IMO

CletusVanDayum

You can always use the lntip bot at r/lntipbot . It's cheaper than reddit gold and actually means something IMO

Bitcoin1776

I've been watching COIN for a while, and I'm going to make a play on it. I'm the 'realistic' worst case is COIN has to stop doing 'shit coins' and pay a fine, say $200 Mil. Something moderately trivial. Then coin will be forced to promote only BTC ETH a few others.. which in general is better for the public and product (IMO). Coin could probably slim down 90% of their staff if they only did BTC ETH. The question for the company is if Brian can actually adjust to the changing climate, or if instead he will 'die' on woke style principles. If Brian 'fights the power' but going increasingly broke at break neck speed... then ya, Coin is f'd - but my bet is he will wake up. And that the SEC will either win, or get reigned in by congress (unlikely) - and that the posturing will be for nothing, but we'll see.

silentjxhn

I love them. Art is cool and they all fit the snoo template. Customizable. Seamless for non-crypto people to participate (I love pointing out the crypto avatars in those crypto-hate threads lol. IMO reddit's avatar rollout is how crypto gaming needs to be. It's there is you want to use it, but otherwise it's just seamlessly integrated.

themapwench

They all hate whatever they cannot control (manipulate). "Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain, the great and powerful OZ has spoken" IMO its mindset-manipulation of our general gullible population. Our entire govt needs blockchain decentralization and they don't want to give everyone time to figure that out.

themapwench

I'm not the only tinfoil sombrero here, power to the people! Market on Wall St being manipulated for years with SEC complacent & likely complicit. Wait, I think the govt in general (owned by billionaires) just hates the word decentralization... central bank and FED, SEC act to look like they try to keep things straight...seems just for that club tho. Still, great idea IMO, lets sue the SEC AND billionaire hedge funds!

nickert0n

Because they are scared, therefore there is a real threat to them, therefore it is unstoppable. IMO They ban it people will use defi and govt doesnt get their cut, they dont ban it and it takes over FIAT slowly as it becomes more user friendly. Its like stopping the internet, they can slow it and scare people from it but ultimately in 20 years all currency is gonna be backed by Bitcoin ( and friends ) on the back end I swear.

BrotherAmazing

The spot ETF denial is a f’ing joke IMO but to be fair, Bitcoin doesn’t give a shit about what the SEC-Coinbase lawsuit is longterm, the SEC has even admitted BTC is not a security and they have no power to regulate it, and their lawsuits against Binance and Coinbase seem pretty reasonable if what they charge is true, and we know most shitcoin scams are in fact unregistered securities.

BuyRackTurk

its like a demonstration wallet for "this is how to form transactions" "this is how to replace transactions by fee" etc. Really nothing more than a tutorial wallet specific to "how to interact with bitcoind nodes". As an actual wallet it does almost everything wrong and isnt very compatible with other specs. IMO, they should drop the wallet and just release a library or something, because the wallet is so bad its nearly unusable for many use cases. It cant even run without a node. Its really not a proper wallet.

Techie_77

So basically they let anything IPO and then rake in the money in fines after they sue. That's even more crooked IMO. The whole point of SEC is to protect the investors but this looks like the only thing the look out for is their own pockets.

piggleii

Err why is Binance in the same level as those two. If something happens to Binance, it’s because the US government instigated it, not because of any negligence on their part. IMO

ScoobaMonsta

Catastrophic in the best way possible IMO. The crypto space needs all this crap flushed out big time! The ultimate shake out will be so fucking glorious to see, Fucking bring in on I say!

2FangsInYa

Others have paid $30-40 million in fines, and shutdown most services. Binance IMO will end up paying $2.5 Billion in fines, and announce like the others, slowly shutting down services in the USA. Let's not forget, this company has been crooked since day with his flying HQ. We all want a better proper market, the villains still need to be weeded out. Trust builds.

CarlBMenger_

Both are very good IMO

genlight13

It would be interesting though. IMO if the US (or any other country) would make their „own“ bitcoin with *all* the implications i.e. the halving of the mining reward would be insane. Then we wouldn’t have all the problems associated with printing endless money. Also, the ledger aspect would be genuinely interesting. I don’t believe they want everyone to see who owns how much money. Oh, and don’t forget the energy consumption. Or they can just use something like proof of state instead? Keeps the world interesting i guess

Eagle1FoxTWO

If Satoshi shows up, it would probably the worst possible thing for crypto at this stage IMO. Anonymity and silence over presence.

DukeThom

This so much. They are one of the worst companies around IMO

DontTakeNames

IMO this is side-effect of going mainstream. Still I beleive reddit is doing better than other site comparable in size.

InsaneMcFries

It’s a shame as it affects even more than the third-party interfaces, though it is definitely a kill move on them to focus on their ad revenue IMO. Why they would make it essentially infeasible for anyone to access is downright disgusting. One of the things that makes this platform great is how it can be utilised by devs of all backgrounds, for all sorts of magic using the API.

Boring_Ad4003

IMO It's more of a self fulfilling prophecy type of thing. They will buy / sell at certain levels based on price reaching certain points on TA, and they will draw those levels on TA based on the same price. It's just a bunch of people agreeing to sell / buy at certain levels.

Rooftop720

I think eventually it will replace physical cash. I remember people never thought cell phones would replace the home phones, and eventually they did. Same with computer, almost everything is done by mobile phone now. Emails, payments, bills, face to face conversation. All cellphone. Money is next. IMO, NOT NOW BUT EVENTUALLY.

Redac07

Mass adaption is when normal people start using it as tools. IMO bitcoin already is adopted and found its niche. No one is going to say NO if you want to give them a single Bitcoin. Financial tools I'm not sure will happen. I can see side chains and permissioned blockchain coming to replace things like stock exchange. Stocks becoming NFTs. Infact NFTs are probably the thing that will bring mass adaption, but people won't know the tech behind it. They just see the data that is linked with it. Diplomas, certificates, (medical) records, all can be safely linked with NFTs showing its validity. This is already happening in PoC form right now as we speak. DeFi on its own, without side chains and permissioned chains I'm not sure. The fact is with loaning is you can only borrow a small part of the sum you give. Its more akin to a loan shop then really replacement of a bank. Staking is fun and if the chain gets really used then being early (like now still is) could massively pay off. But we talking about 7-10 years of time frame if not more. These things take time. So (mass) adaption will be in phases. Phase 1 already happened: crypto is here to stay and an alternative to storage of value + a speculation market. Also DeFi as a way to provide liquidity to a decentralized market is genius tbh. And its already here. Phase 2. Will be NFTs being used for more then linking to a cartoon monkey jpgs. You can do awesome things with NFTs including things like treasury that can be traded like a bond or linking NFTs on the chain to real world data as I said before. Phase 3. Would be that everything that needs to be validated like diplomas, certificates, ownership of houses and cars etc. Be all on the blockchain. That would be full adoption. And who knows, DeFi might become something more then the current niche it is.

Technical-Land3714

Don't fall for "no fees", you will just get less Bitcoin, you can buy Bitcoin without registration right in your wallet. The best way IMO for EU is Relai and Bitkipi. (Relai IOS is paused for some countries). If a traditional bank becomes a problem (my experience), just use a free revolut account. Stick to Bitcoin only platforms. Everything else are scam supporting businesses.

tracingorion

UI/UX is a solvable problem. Innovation never stops. We're closer to adoption than many think IMO.

tracingorion

UI/UX is a solvable problem. Innovation never stops. We're closer to adoption than many think IMO.

SuccotashComplete

IMO the optimal solution is to regulate the price of education to stop the breakneck inflation. We shouldn’t need to rely on the government to cancel debts in the first place. The next best thing is canceling debt as a stopgap and to get people to take the issue seriously but it doesn’t actually fix the underlying exploitation. Without further action though it sets a dangerous precedent. Worst case outcome it’ll turn out like healthcare and you’ll need insane scholarships or governmental assistance to be able to afford school which would be truly tragic since it would leave just as many if not more capable people unable to afford education. I definitely see student loan forgiveness as a democratic bargaining chip atm, I’m sure later on they’ll sacrifice it for a benefit to a more vocal group because they think the average loan payer will be apathetic. I for one think education inequality is a massive issue and that principle guides a lot of my voting considerations. If the dems don’t take this issue seriously I’ll likely have to start voting third party

Tweldorian

IMO to avoid the hassle and risk of not remembering a new seed phrase and losing access to you coins, you can use the same seed phrase if you just leave a small nominal amount stored in it... an amount you can afford to lose if Ledger actually has access to in and lets the government have access to it, in the future. Then when you test move $10 first, transfer the bulk of your coins to a new passphrase wallet on Jade added to that original seed phrase which Ledger will never have access to, unless you foolishly use your Ledger to ever access it.

SuccotashComplete

No I contributed what made sense to student loans until interest was halted. Now that they may start up it’ll take a good chunk of my disposable income out of my budget so I’m glad I made it before that happened I did opt to DCA into Bitcoin even when I was repaying loans though. IMO for the interest rates I have combined with my risk tolerance it makes sense to pay some money to loans, and some to investing. This way on average I’ll be able to have 1-2%+ more in savings than if I paid off loans directly. If my shiny new bitcoin really takes off maybe I’ll be able to just pay off the loan in full but I’m not counting on that. I also work as an engineer in a fairly stable industry so I don’t need to worry about making my monthly payments too much so I can afford to take on slightly more investing risk. I think it comes down to snowball vs avalanche strategy on whether this is a good idea or not.

Low_Cucumber_764

Im in a small Midwestern,mining, agriculture area. We are still sorta struggling here. No one is real prosperous but open. Plus its a community that's in the "greying of America", 80 yr olds,theres more of them than 18year olds. Carerakers is big business in US and will be for decades. 60+, I own small amounts mainly Sats different walets. Point is no one here,even those aware wont use it. A community like this will never be an example sadly. Humble truth IMO...Peace..

SecretPrimary7181

Blockstream Jade is for bitcoin only, that could be a reason it’s less talked about in general. Ledger is closed source which is not good and have security concerns. Trezor and Blockstream Jade are open source so their code can be verified. Bitcoin University YouTube recently stopped recommending Trezor after recommending only Trezor, ColdCard, and Blockstream Jade for a long time. He made videos recently why he’s no longer recommending Trezor but just blockstream Jade and Coldcard, who are both bitcoin only companies which is great IMO. The Coldcard is like three times more expensive than the Jade so I went with the Jade. The Jade is also about $5 cheaper than the cheapest Trezor. Of course security is the main thing and I believe it’s just as secure as the Trezor if not more. Coldcard is a little too overkill and technical for me.

RookXPY

No apology necessary, everyone is entitled to their own opinion. But, I did start with price being the scoreboard in this game. I just care more about crypto in general and BTC in particular displacing the power of people I see as morally repugnant which IMO is totally possible. I thought it was unrealistic for a Bitcoin to pass an ounce of gold at one point, even in the middle of this crypto winter it buys 14 ounces today. I understand most people care only about the dollar price in the short term (or Peso or Euro or Lira etc.). But, that is more than enough for Bitcoin to kill it on that scoreboard for over a decade. IMO A system meant to repress and control its users can't honestly compete with a system designed to empower its users.

lVloogie

I think you'll be fine. Liquidity is supposed to come down dramatically in the next 3-4 months. That usually causes equities to drop so crypto drops. You might time it up just right. The next bull run starts around that time IMO.

GMCdonalds6

The graph shows the hash rate is relatively stable, with the emission falling by 50%. I think that isn't all about renewables. I mean, of course, renewables are the vital key, but the improvement in mining gears also has an essential role since PoW is energy intensive. I remembered my first mining gear (AntMiner S1), the first gen of AntMiner, 180 GH/s with around 350 Watts or something power consumption. Today's mining gear has way better power efficiency than the old ones! It might also potentially reduce the amount of electricity used in the Bitcoin mining industry. IMO

Slainte042

One thing is sure, everything will change around here. We will either go to the Moon or the Moons will lose any monetary value. IMO there is no middle ground.

BlueLatenq

It's crazy how I spent more than $500 for the transaction fee on ETH, and there isn't much difference with WEth too. IMO there are better L1s that will take over ETH in the future like QAN and the like, mainly for the gas fee issue plus quantum-resistant features too

Every_Hunt_160

I noticed OP didn't explicitly lay out the full 'monthly rankings' for the last month, so I'll just lay it here: 1. BNB, 2. Eth, 3. BTC, 4.Tether (its always 0), 5. ADA, 6. LTC 7. DOT 8. LINK 9. BCH 10. XRP Pretty much a 'crab' month in April was Eth and BTC up 2% and 1% respectively and the stablecoin right around the middle place. Feels like the 'crab' can't go on forever, and something's gotta give eventually. A significant move up or down is probably imminent IMO.

Llonga

Mass adoption IMO won’t be for many years. We don’t need it really. I saw a recent tweet saying we went from $1 to $27K with 0.03% adoption.

Krupda42

Not that hard IMO Buy Bitcoin and atomic swap to XMR The Taproot upgrade on Bitcoin makes all atomic swaps look like regular transactions You could just say you sent your BTC to a friend or got scammed or whatever But in reality you just got a bunch of XMR I would suggest testing this with a small amount though to make sure

C01n_sh1LL

> I don't really think Bitcoin is "all about decentralization" but that the decentralization is needed for Bitcoin to work as intended, but this is debatable. Yeah, we're getting into semantics here. Depends on the bar for "all about" obviously. I'll step back a bit and rephrase a bit: decentralization is a key concept in these technologies, and it's one of the features which I, and many others in the community, find attractive in Bitcoin. > What this does is like using AWS to run a server/website instead of having you to run your own server, you could still run your own node an LN services from home if you want, this doesn't compromise the protocol in any way IMO. Agreed, it doesn't compromise the protocol. I'd argue it doesn't help it either. The impact is neutral as far as I'm concerned. Thanks for taking the effort to explain.

fverdeja

I don't really think Bitcoin is "all about decentralization" but that the decentralization is needed for Bitcoin to work as intended, but this is debatable. What this does is like using AWS to run a server/website instead of having you to run your own server, you could still run your own node an LN services from home if you want, this doesn't compromise the protocol in any way IMO.

IlIlllIIllllIIlI

Dematerialization seems like a big word. Things tend to get smaller, that’s true, but to an extent limited by tangible tech. Also, I don’t feel like it would be a need, so no reason to pursue that way IMO

Giga79

Twitter is IMO the best place for crypto info. Anything news you see in here was discussed ad nauseam probably a month ago on CT.

CartographerWorth649

I believe that many understand, but IMO many don't seem to care about oracles like Chainlink, Band or Dia, when those are literary the backbone of DeFi and the crypto space as we know it. If people care, by any reason the money doesn't follow... and I can't get why! Maybe it's how they say "the market can be irrational longer than one can stay solvent"

EdgeLord19941

On the other hand you have no proof of payment in case they dispute it, do you? IMO the public ledger is one of Bitcoins greatest strengths, not a weakness

solomonsatoshi

IMO The Bitcoin Standard is required reading as a bare minimum. https://www.z-epub.com/book/1712

Bitcoin1776

This would almost certainly be an *illegal* pump and dump. There are 'legal pump and dumps' and illegal ones. Illegal pump and dumps have either 1) A collective group of people selling simultaneously (buying as a group is not illegal, but selling is), 2) Supply false / misleading statements, in particularly designed to impact price (this could easily be seen in his 'tesla will support BTC / Twitter coin will be doge', comments), or 3) Having collective knowledge / profits, such as a company / enterprise - such as the celebrity endorsements of FTX, etc. (again this can be seen in his 'I'm on the doge board' and also if he sent emails to others designing how to promote doge, so that they could collectively benefit...). I'm a Musk fan, and he could be playing '5d chess' - look the SEC sued me, now I HAVE to accept Doge / BTC as payment methods.. - But I am NOT a fan of celebrity pump and dump endorsements, especially for an inactive, small cap coin like doge... pumping ETH / BTC is AOK IMO b/c it's actively traded.. but dogs had like 100th market cap volume before Elon promoted it - meaning he could have easily cornered the market (it's noted that he like bought $1 Bil doge at $0.05 or less before tweeting it). So I am not happy about these schemes. There are other things in this world that don't make me happy either, and this may be 5d chess as mentioned, but it's 'scummy' on the surface.

theycallmekimpembe

Oh boy… completely unrealistic also IMO. Realistic figures would be BTC 90-110K , ETH 5-7k , DOT 35-85 , ADA And Solana I will not even comment on as it’s a wonder bag , Could Both be dead or boom, personally wouldn’t touch either.

NervousShop

IMO, I anticipate mostly crabbing for the rest of the year, with small pumps occurring but ultimately returning back to these ranges. I still think we’ll see one big final shakeout later this year, and alts will continue to take a beating against BTC. This slow/dead movement will be a phase that’ll test the patience of investors that are still lurking around. There’s a lot of people claiming a bull for this year are riding hopium, looking at the macro will indicate tell you otherwise.

joentx

Good point. Would add some depth and say if it dropped and bounced around at $14-$18K for 6 months and then took another 6 months to get back to where we are now how stressed would you be OP? With the possibility of a more prolonged global recession and the US Fed still not starting up the printing presses aggressively again yet we're in uncharted territory so going heavy in Bitcoin without some experience in a protracted bear market is IMO a significant risk.

DiegoBoy98

IMO Privacy coins will lead the next bull run !!

Jcook_14

I agree that abstraction of the blockchain is extreme important. But these systems aren’t being built for old timers, they are being built for the young/middle aged adults of 10-15 years in the future. Old timers won’t be around to see crypto be adopted, so they aren’t the market IMO.

Alfador8

As you should. Check out the history of the petrodollar. Basically we made an agreement with Saudi Arabia in the 1970s that stipulated that we would provide them with weapons and military support so long as they agreed to only sell oil in USD. This arrangement gave the US the ability to essentially "print energy", which IMO was a deciding factor in the outcome of the Cold War

sixgod999

Understood! The thing I love about this space is it’s ok to have differing opinions on certain aspects, but we mostly agree on the solution. IMO these arguments allow us to grow intellectually! That being said - thanks for taking the time to interact with my post! Enjoy some sats on me! !LNTIP 500

rodinj

The best way to exit IMO, congrats!

MuzBizGuy

ALGO will def bounce back, IMO, but the question is how much. I’m not too confident in a $3 coin anymore but at this point I’ll be happy with $1 lol.

DMugre

IMO most of Mt Gox's BTC will have been bought OTC from depositors, and the players doing such deals would probably not dump straight away. I do expect retail to panic and try to catch a massive sell off that's not gonna happen.

KateR_H0l1day

What I don’t understand is, can mainland Chinese buy/hold crypto through this Hong Kong law/exchanges? If they were banned previously and it opens a portal for them, then obviously having a large audience start buying will increase prices across the board! However, if they could already buy/hold through international exchanges then it makes very little difference! Just IMO of course

CryptoDad2100

Bought a bunch of garbage when I first got into crypto (ICP 🤡) which also happened to be near the top of the 2021 bull run. Learned some lessons quick and had to dump a few before they dropped off a cliff, but those were growing pains. It takes a while to really "get" the space IMO.

poisonzi

There will be more pros than cons IMO. AI powered algorithms and predictions will help crypto alot

DBRiMatt

Probably a step in the right direction, there should always be regulation on business practice IMO.

RealVoldemort

Polygon Network has been one of the winners of this bear IMO

itsmyfakeone

Conservative ??? Based on what? That’s almost 3x previous ath That is like pipe dream shit IMO

rodinj

It could but it needs some hype IMO. Parachains were the biggest reason it hit $50 but now that we have them we need another reason. I hold quite a decent bag of DOT so I really hope we can get something.

Live_Jazz

Which part do you doubt? I’m sort of neutral on the geostrategic stuff toward the end, or at least I don’t know enough to save a strong position one way or the other. But the baseline positive thesis of slowly increasing adoption that ebbs and flows with sentiment, against a backdrop of slowing supply / halving approaching and increasing percentage of long term hodlers…pretty convincing IMO. I am also concerned about how politics is infiltrating this community. That is rarely helpful, in either direction.

rodinj

Yes but not this year IMO

poisonzi

ahhh!!! the problems of exchanges..but we have no other option IMO

CarlBMenger_

More sexy IMO

atomski021

I did some "forensic investigation" on the blackchain and it would appear that you guys were somewhat right, in the sense that Fold us not passing the network fees down to the customers. However, due to the batching process they use, the funds do thake sone time to arrive if they don't have lots of payouts to do that day. Lightning network withdrawals would solve this problem IMO, and I do t see why u/FoldApp wouldn't implement them. Yes, the technology is "nacent" as it has been stated here, but it has also been proven to work in many countries around the world where large populations are unbanked and it seems to be working well for them. Just a suggestion... While on the topic of rewards, what about those rewards precipitouslydropping after the new rules have been implemented? Mine went down by at least 60-80 percent, and the only way I can get back to the same level of rewards I had before the change, is if I use the zfild card for literally every transaction. I have other banking relationships that have to be maintained in order to keep rewards leveles, and other credit cards that need to be used. With the variable percentage on the spin wheel it made sense to roll the dice and get a boost from time to time, making the average rewards percentage well over 2% and now with the percentage locked at 1% and spin rewards heavily gravitating towards 5, 10, 25, etc sats, it generates very little rewards and the incentive to use the card wend down dramatically. I still use mine, but if I cannot make $150 /yr in rewards to pay off the investment, it's not going to be worth it keeping the card, since my other banks are giving me 3% cashback which I can then use Kado App to purchase sats and stack them DCA style that way. They should think about that at Fold. Just saying, pure math, no emotions here.

XBB32

\-Are you trying to make money? ***=> Yes, for sure*** \-Are you trying to improve the world by creating a shift in the banking system? ***=> I'm trying to participate to that shift and taking advantage of it.*** \-Are you excited about the technology? ***=> Everyone should be excited... Imagine being your own bank with the ease of use of the actual best online banking platforms. It's like having all your cash in your pocket but no one else has a hold on it.*** \-Are you here for gaming? ***=> Would be great to see some gaming using blockchain tech... But a game shouldn't be built solely around blockchain.*** \-Are you here for digital art / NFTs? ***=> Gaming NFTs is, IMO, the best use case for NFTs. But ot the actual "art" BS.***

Jcook_14

For sure, there’s tons of interesting tech bringing in new narratives and concepts that people don’t quite understand yet. The vision of crypto has been constantly evolving even through this bear market. I definitely recommend understanding the fundamental issue of security fragmentation in crypto and then you’ll see why concepts and projects like Polkadot, avalanche, Interchain security and mesh security (both Cosmos related) became popular among new developers. I think that is going to be a large narrative in the next bull. Abstraction will be huge for the next 10 years, but it isn’t quite ready for prime time yet, since no projects are actually close to achieving abstraction within the next few years IMO.

Funnellboi

IMO and this is biased because I am a holder, but VXV is a sleeping giant, what people think AI coins will do, VXV has been doing for years. As an early investor I was lucky enough to get into their program, I invested 5k (which was the max allowed) and every month they use their algorithm to predict markets and give you a return on your money, the lowest return I have had in 14 months is 7%.. highest is 20% (I believe if it’s more, they keep the profit) They are partnered with Nvidia and working with SpaceX. Do some research on the coin, I’m absolutely baffles it’s so low cap, the ATH was around $24 I believe, I sold it all around $16… and have bought it all back with an average buy price of around 44 cents… this made me so much money last bull run and I 100% believe it will make me more next run… people are so far behind on AI coins etc… VXV and VRA will be absolutely spectacular next bull run. But don’t buy just because I’ve shilled it and fed you the dream.. do some proper research on it and I’m sure you’ll feel the same.

HesitantInvestor0

"Bitcoin cant ever be the world's currency, It cant scale at all." Between Lightning Network and general protocol upgrades, what makes you think it will never properly scale? Your opinion reads a bit like the opinion of countless people from the past claiming things to be impossible, only to have technological breakthroughs and innovation steamroll their ideas. If you care to explain, I'm all ears. Your opinion is a fairly close-minded one IMO.

slvbtc

Free market capitalism really means near zero regulation. Voluntary exchange of labour for pay. Meaning immigrant workers move their to work of their own accord as they can make 10x the salary they made in their home countries. Now admittedly Dubai used to have some issues with rogue developers who took advantage of workers back when Dubai was very much still a developing city with a government that could not keep up with the UAEs growth, however these were mostly Indian/Bangladeshi owned and operated developers using Indian/Bangladeshi operated recruitment offices taking advantage of their own people. Dubai government has since cleaned that mess up which is quite miraculous given how small the Dubai government is. Now if you look to Africa, S.E. Asia and central Asia companies taking advantage of people in horrible conditions in labour camps is 100x worse. The best thing that has happened is the explosion of wealth in Dubai which lead to a more advanced and efficient Dubai government that could eliminate this illegal activity. No country on earth in its developing stage has ever been able to eliminate migrant workers being taken advantage of and the fact Dubai did it so much quicker than any other country in history is noteworthy. Dont forget what the US used to do which is 1000x worse than anything that happened in Dubai. Dubai has been for a long time no different than Singapore. Immigrant construction workers and immigrant maids run Singapore no differently than in Dubai. So if you do not like Dubai for its short comings in the past then you must also not like Singapore. Thats just my understanding after doing some deep diving into the issue that wasnt BBC propaganda trying to disuade westerners from moving to Dubai for its zero % income tax. Dubai and Singapore are both amazing cities IMO.

King-esckay

I am not very concerned Normal story: Don't share your keys. Can it be forceably taken, possibly, if it was happening, though there would be a louder uproar. I only plug my ledger in once or twice a year. I also have air gaped laptops Crypto Cassie on YouTube, I think it is, goes over all the dangers and options and what to do about it. Since this has started, I get 2 to 3 emails a day stating my trezor has been connected to via an unknown country. Please click here to verify it wasn't you. Stuff like this is the biggest threat, IMO.

neen209

ICP will have its time, especially when it becomes deflationary. It’s too good of a project not to IMO

RonPaulWasR1ght

This is degrading to black people. IMO.

BlackDog990

Can you guarantee it's buying power won't have collapsed by then? No, neither of us can guarantee anything. All it would take is a BTC unfriendly gov closing exchanges in US and its buying power would be shot for many years. This isn't totally far fetched either, though not likely IMO. 10 year time horizon is pretty short when it comes to retirement planning. BTC, today, is still a risk play (like it or not.) Risk and retirement are usually not good buddies.

makeererzo

Correct, but that requires buying a stamping set with all letters instead of only numbers. = Increased cost for no real gain. The type of damage you may get on a steel-based backup is not really mitigated by using a word-based scheme IMO.

redditSwingking

That centralized POS ( Prove Of Stake or Pease Of Shit) shitcoins (tokens) gets money flowing in. How come more people doesn’t stop buying them, is something I really don’t understand. People should only buy decentralized coins IMO with their own blockchain (POW) as Bitcoin’s, Litecoin, lovely Monero ❤️, Dogecoin and lots of DigiByte 🕺👍😎

Heatproof-Snowman

Very risky bet IMO. Basically right know in crypto you have self-custody-conscious people who won’t want to upload their keys to the cloud due to privacy and security constraints (current Ledger users). And the average Joe who doesn’t care/know about this and is happy to trust Coinbase, their online bank, or their online broker to custody the crypto for them for free (the group Ledger is trying to recruit as customers with their new service). The second group is a larger market alright, but asking them to start paying for custody and to bother with a HW wallet at the same time isn’t going to convince many of them that it is better than their current solution IMO.

Effective_Discount67

shiit, PEPE DAO still the best IMO. Enerygrinks, passive rewarding nft´s what not to like

DBRiMatt

There might be a few things I'm overlooking, but IMO, the only type of crypto that needs to mix with games would be NFT's for skins, and again, you probably wouldn't invest into it, rather than buy it because you want to standout.

undeadkarlmarx

Too complicated to use bits IMO. People will gradually trend towards thinking in sats as the network grows in value, and arbitrary denominators greater than a sat will just cause confusion. I notice millisats were fashionable back around 2013-2016 when that was around a dollar, but now nobody uses that denomination. Same will happen with bits.

boerenbrok

Can’t we just ban such speculative articles/posts? IMO they add nothing to the quality of this sub, nor are they meant to spark a discussion.