Correct me if Im wrong, I think this forum was created on the month of october?
Can someone tell me the exact date?

Also, what will be the events for our anniversarry?
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by By Avi Gilburt, ElliottWaveTrader.net

The perspective that most have about Bitcoin ranges from complete lack of knowledge to utter certainty that it will change the world.  Moreover, there are really no true “fundamentals” with which analysts are able to even attempt to value it based upon traditional methods.  But, that certainly has not stopped everyone and their mother from providing their opinion based upon their “feelings.”

Yes, most of what you see presented on the valuation of Bitcoin is nothing more than the analysts’ “feelings.”  In fact, I read an article a few days ago which provided the perfect example of this phenomena seen in the crypto-currency market.  In a recent article, Geoffrey Caveney provided us his “feelings” about Bitcoin:

“When I say there's a "good chance" the bitcoin price will be below $1,000 by next year, I understand that "good chance" is not a precise phrase. Here is a more complete explanation of what I mean, in two paragraphs that will not fit in a headline:

If we had a guessing game, and we had to guess "What will be the lowest price range bitcoin trades at during the rest of 2018 and all of 2019?", my guess would be around "$900 to $1,000." I think it's about 50-50 whether the actual low price will be above that or below that.”

So, it seems analysis about Bitcoin has now come to the point of simply “guessing,” and attempting to package it as analysis.

However, I have to note that the most accurate statement I read in that article was not by the author, but by one of the commenters:

“Bitcoin has value because we say it does. A shiny yellow piece of rock in the ground has value because we say it does. MONEY has value because we say it does.”

The operable statement in this paragraph is ‘because we say it does’. This is why we say that market sentiment, which is clearly not rational, drives stock and market prices much more than fundamentals do.  In fact, market sentiment drives fundamentals as well, and I have outlined that causation chain in this prior article.

John Maynard Keynes recognized that emotion drives the market more than rationality or fundamentals when he famously stated that “the market can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent’.

So, when you want to understand price, you need to understand market sentiment as being preeminent over any means of valuation, and especially over “guessing.”

Ryan Wilday, (who wrote this article with me) is a man who has lived and worked in Silicon Valley for many years, and sees ‘value’ in cryptocurrency. But he doesn’t bet on or “guess” its ‘value.’  Rather, he analyzes market sentiment when he wants to identify price direction and turning points.

The transparent inflation rates, versus the fed’s hidden printing press and the protection of one’s assets from the ‘banking machine,’ are some of the common ‘reasons’ many buy bitcoin and assign it value. Ryan agrees in these as principles, But it doesn’t tells us how to value Bitcoin, as these principles are too subjective. They may spark warm and fuzzy feelings about Bitcoin, but they don’t tell us when to buy or when to sell.

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With the global cryptocurrency market now valued at over $250 billion, it's no surprise that bad actors are working to exploit such a lucrative sector of the economy. Fraudsters have stolen nearly $100 million from unsuspecting cryptocoin investors, according to reports.

One of the most common grifts is what's known as an exit scam, a process by which sinister entrepreneurs seek investments for an exciting new cryptocurrency, only to make off with investors' funds without ever delivering an initial coin offering (ICO). Earlier this year, a Vietnamese crypto company called Modern Tech stole $660 million from roughly 32,000 people in a single exit scam.

While exit scams are no doubt a major problem the still-nascent crypto market has to contend with, there are several steps investors can take to protect themselves from falling victim to fraudsters. Here are four tips to help you identify and avoid a possible phony ICO:

1. Be wary of unrealistic promises.
In the world of investing, there's no such thing as a sure thing. One way of recognizing a possible scam early on is to take notice of when you're being offered something that sounds too good to be true.

Is someone telling you you'll get a massive return right off the bat, or guaranteeing that you'll turn a profit in the end? That's a pretty good early warning sign that things might not be legit.

2. Vet the personnel.
You'll want to research the key people involved with the ICO. This way, you'll be able to sleep soundly with the knowledge that you're giving your money to a quality team that's capable of delivering the goods.

If an investment opportunity is valid, chances are the ICO team will include several people with cryptocurrency experience, or at least a history of working in finance and/or technology. If the ICO team is two guys who've never managed so much as a company softball team, you may want to look elsewhere.

More sophisticated scammers will fraudulently claim that their ICO is backed by trusted names in the cryptocurrency space. Double-check LinkedIn to make sure that the people who are allegedly working on the project actually list the ICO on their pages. If their profiles don't mention the currency you're about to invest in, that's a pretty big red flag.

3. Look under the hood.
Since exit scams are peddling nothing more than vaporware, ask to see the underlying software that token creators are trying to get you to invest in.

Check GitHub to see if your prospective investment opportunity is listed there, as most crypto projects should be open source. Healthy cryptocurrencies will also usually have a Telegram group where you can ask detailed questions about how the token will function. If all else fails, you can always ask the token creators to show you a prototype.

4. Make sure they're following best practices with your money.
Even if everything else seems legitimate, it's crucial to ensure that token creators are handling your investment funds properly.

One major red flag is if your ICO contributions are being sent directly to a trading exchange account on a site like Binance, which lets token creators automatically cash out any funds you've deposited. Essentially, this empowers token creators to take off with your money without any accountability for how your funds are used.

Another thing to watch for is how thoroughly the ICO company vets the money you're investing. Token creators should be following Anti-Money Laundering (AML) procedures to ensure that they're not receiving your money illegally. In addition, you'll also want to make sure that the company requires you to provide identification that allows them to comply with Know Your Customer (KYC) laws.

If the token creators are not following these best practices, then they are not in compliance with the law, and if they're not in compliance with the law, you shouldn't be giving them your money.

While scammers will always exist wherever there's money to be made, this shouldn't deter you from participating in the cryptocurrency market. By taking some precautions, you'll be able to protect yourself from possible crypto fraudsters, which will help you invest with real confidence.

Source: https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/319024

I will add 50 of the many cryptocurrency terminologies

1. Exchange - Websites where you can buy and sell crypto-currencies.

2. Fiat - Government-issued currency, such as the US dollar.

3. Bullish - An expectation that price is going to increase.

4. Tokens - Refers to the ‘currency’ of projects built on the ethereum network that have raised money via issuing their own tokens.

5. ICO - Initial Coin Offering, somewhat similar to an IPO in the non-crypto world. Startups issue their own token in exchange for ether.

6. Stable coin - A crypto-currency with extremely low volatility that can be used to trade against the overall market.

7. Scam - brief explanation of "Not Paying"

8. Trading - act of buying and selling activity on bitcoin exchanger sites

9. Wallet - used to store your coins/tokens. It's either online, offline or hardware wallet

10. Address - consists of alphanumeric characters. The only way to receive coins/tokens from other wallets.

11. PoW - Proof-of-work. The current consensus algorithm used by Ethereum.

12. Sharding - a scaling solution for blockchains.

13. Software wallet - storage for crypto-currency that exists purely as software files on a computer.

14. Hardware wallet - a device that can securely store crypto-currency.

15. Ledger Nano S / Trezor - two of the most popular hardware wallet models.

16. Smart contract - code that is deployed onto the Ethereum blockchain, often directly interacting with how money flows.

17. Dump - this is where the price of a token/coin go down.

18. Pump - opposition of dump. Where price of a token/coin go up.

19. Escrow - a third party selected and trusted by two individuals to mediate to their transactions.

20. Dapp - decentralized Application, this refers to an application that uses an Ethereum smart contract as it’s back-end code.

30. Airdrop - it is a free crypto coin that is being dished out by a certain project to the wallets of the crypto community.

31. Forking - it is a network split that will create another crypto currency.

32. FUD - Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt. It's the way to scare people so they will be hesitant on buying cryptocurrencies.

33. Fork - when a copy of the blockchain is made and changes are also made to the code to create a new coin.

33. Gas - a measurement of how much processing is required by the ethereum network to process a transaction.

34. Whale - someone that owns absurd amounts of crypto-currency.

35. Bearish - an expectation that price is going to decrease.

36. Altcoin - coins aside from bitcoin.

37. Block - a block is group of bitcoin transactions that are being processed & confirmed.

38. Blockchain - a publicly shared record of every bitcoin transaction that has ever been processed.

39. Hash Rate - is a measurement of computer processing power of bitcoin miners.

40. Hard cap - The maximum projected amount during ICO token sale.

41. Soft cap - the minimum projected amount during ICO token sale.

42. Momentum - price movement.

43. ERC20 - a standard for creating ETH based tokens.

44. Crypto - short for cryptography or cryptocurrency.

45. Chop - directionless price movement that lacks momentum

46. Reversal - a change in price direction.

47. Miners - people who run computers to secure transactions on a blockchain.

48. Accumulation - buying an asset to acquire a sizable position.

49. Bounce play - when the price bounces up quickly after a dump.

50. Breakdown - price dropping below support.

Source: https://cryptominded.com/glossary-cryptocurrency-terms-need-know/

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1st.Upload your image in an image image hosting site.
((go to imgur >click your username (on the top right corner) > images > add image > browse))
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[img width=250 height=250]https://i.imgur.com/putzpAR.png[/img]
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Reminders
--Jr.members can post image, I dont know if newbies can, maybe newbies can try to post image in this thread for us to know.
--If you want to post and you are not confident what your post looks like, you can click the preview button beside post button
--You can centered your image post just add the code [center]image link[/center]
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I join the translator group here in altcoinstalks, may I know how many days it takes to be approved because until now my request is still pending.

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