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Predictions for 2018: - It will be a busy year for crypto, if only by the amount of ICOs that launched in 2017. 2018 we will have more and (I'm hoping) an incr

Predictions for 2018: - It will be a busy year for crypto, if only by the amount of ICOs that launched in 2017. 2018 we will have more and (I'm hoping) an increase in the number of mature Dapp in the market. - We will have a big Bitcoin crash, there will be a drastic correction on the price of crypto, specially when you look at what might be driving the current raise in value for Bitcoin. - AR will gain traction and 2018 and become mainstream. VR will still be years away from being common place. More: https://hackernoon.com/5-trends-to-watch-out-on-2018-e9db73107ebf https://hackernoon.com/5-trends-to-watch-out-on-2018-e9db731...

jjoe 9y ago
> We will have a big Bitcoin crash, there will be a drastic correction on the price of crypto, specially when you look at what might be driving the current raise in value for Bitcoin. What do you think is driving the uptrend?
- allanmacgregor 9y ago
  Right now Bitcoin value is purely based on speculation, and interestingly enough the more the price of Bitcoin increases the less usable it becomes as a payment method. Also there is some concerns that the bitcoin price is being artificially inflated by the people behind Tether, here is some related reading: - https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-12-05/mystery-shrouds-tether-and-its-links-to-biggest-bitcoin-exchange https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-12-05/mystery-s... - https://seekingalpha.com/article/4129543-bitcoin-one-way-go-true https://seekingalpha.com/article/4129543-bitcoin-one-way-go-...
  - wu-ikkyu 9y ago
    Was reading more into Tether and I thought this was interesting: Tether Default Swaps https://www.reddit.com/r/Tether/comments/7lx3bw/introducing_the_tether_default_swap/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Tether/comments/7lx3bw/introducing_...
  - jjoe 9y ago
    > Right now Bitcoin value is purely based on speculation That isn't factual. Analysts have found an almost perfect correlation between new wallets growth and btc's price. Transaction clearing delays will be fixed. Give it time.
    - allanmacgregor 9y ago
      > Analysts have found an almost perfect correlation between new wallets growth and btc's price. The question here (at least to me), is what all those new wallets are doing with their bitcoin, what percentage of the community is actually using bitcoin as a currency vs an "investment" and they are just holding. Now, this doesn't mean that I don't believe in Bitcoin or Blockchain tech for that matter, quite the opposite.
      - jjoe 9y ago
        Right now high fees are halting usability. But LN should ease that and encourage wallet owner to transact more.

jjoe 9y ago

> We will have a big Bitcoin crash, there will be a drastic correction on the price of crypto, specially when you look at what might be driving the current raise in value for Bitcoin. What do you think is driving the uptrend?

allanmacgregor 9y ago
Right now Bitcoin value is purely based on speculation, and interestingly enough the more the price of Bitcoin increases the less usable it becomes as a payment method. Also there is some concerns that the bitcoin price is being artificially inflated by the people behind Tether, here is some related reading: - https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-12-05/mystery-shrouds-tether-and-its-links-to-biggest-bitcoin-exchange https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-12-05/mystery-s... - https://seekingalpha.com/article/4129543-bitcoin-one-way-go-true https://seekingalpha.com/article/4129543-bitcoin-one-way-go-...
- wu-ikkyu 9y ago
  Was reading more into Tether and I thought this was interesting: Tether Default Swaps https://www.reddit.com/r/Tether/comments/7lx3bw/introducing_the_tether_default_swap/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Tether/comments/7lx3bw/introducing_...
- jjoe 9y ago
  > Right now Bitcoin value is purely based on speculation That isn't factual. Analysts have found an almost perfect correlation between new wallets growth and btc's price. Transaction clearing delays will be fixed. Give it time.
  - allanmacgregor 9y ago
    > Analysts have found an almost perfect correlation between new wallets growth and btc's price. The question here (at least to me), is what all those new wallets are doing with their bitcoin, what percentage of the community is actually using bitcoin as a currency vs an "investment" and they are just holding. Now, this doesn't mean that I don't believe in Bitcoin or Blockchain tech for that matter, quite the opposite.
    - jjoe 9y ago
      Right now high fees are halting usability. But LN should ease that and encourage wallet owner to transact more.