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2018 will be an interesting year for decentralized exchanges and atomic swaps.

• aviv 9y ago
  2018 will be the year that a major US exchanger gets raided by the FBI/SEC.
  • gaadd33 9y ago
    Wouldn't be the first time, assuming you mean exchanges in general: http://www.nytimes.com/1989/01/30/business/fbi-commodities-sting-fast-money-secret-lives.html?pagewanted=all http://www.nytimes.com/1989/01/30/business/fbi-commodities-s...
    • aviv 9y ago
      My 2018 prediction is that a terror attack (or other high profile event, say a massive human trafficking ring bust) of some sort will get blamed on "Bitcoin financing" and this will be used as pretext to go after one or more US exchangers and seize assets. That's why - never keep your coins on an exchange-controlled wallet. If this happens, it will take many years if you ever see your coins again. By then the worldwide crackdown on exchangers will crash the Bitcoin price, so it might not matter at that point.
  • knownothing 9y ago
    What does your prediction have to do with my comment?
    • aviv 9y ago
      It's going to make things interesting.