About five or six years ago, it was possible to profitably mine Bitcoin using nothing more than a desktop PC. Fast forward to today, and profitability requires huge amounts of hash power and, in turn, a considerable amount of electricity. Of course, unless this electricity is cheap, profitability is difficult to achieve. This has led to markets searching for the most efficient (from a price perspective) regions globally to set up their mining operations.

Historically, China has been a popular choice as have some areas of Eastern Europe

Now, however, the latest region to enter the fray is Japan.

Specifically, a region in northern Japan where the climate is ideally suited to this sorof mining activity.

The region in question is called Kazuno City and it has a population of approximately 32,000. It is located on a mountainous northern prefecture on Japan’s primary island called the Akita Prefecture.

Here's what Japan Today said about the climate:

“The average yearly temperature of Kazuno City is low, probably contributing to improving the heat exhausting/cooling effects to deal with the heat generated by computers for mining… The city has an abundance of renewable energy including geothermal, hydroelectric and wind powers, and its self-sufficiency rate of electricity exceeds 300%.”

According to reports, one company is already making plans to set up an operation in the region and expectations are that many more will follow, lured in by the potential profits rooted in cheap electricity and a cryptocurrency friendly government environment.

The company in question is called Miner Garage. According to, again, Japan Today:

“At the mining center, 600 computers will be installed at first, and they are expected to realize a mining business worth about 300 million yen per year by dealing with about 10 kinds of virtual currencies such as Bitcoin.”

https://bitconnect.co/bitcoin-news/806/japanese-bitcoin-mining-just-became-more-attractive/

Swissquote Bank SA upped its cryptocurrency game with the release of an exchange-traded product that will attempt to curb volatility by switching holdings between bitcoin and dollars.

The Switzerland-based online trader called its offering the first actively managed bitcoin certificate. Funds will be shifted between the digital currency and cash based on an algorithm that will use “technical signals” and sentiment expressed on social media to try to forecast the market. Trading will take place on the SIX Swiss Exchange.

Online trading firms, hedge funds and foreign-exchange platforms are launching new bitcoin products to try to get onboard a rally that has seen the biggest cryptocurrency surge eightfold this year. Traders are hungry for ways to hedge downside risk and adopt flexible positions after three separate slumps of more than 25 percent this year and a raft of commentators warning of a bubble.

“Investors are excited about the cryptocurrency but are unnerved by its volatility,” Peter Rosenstreich, the bank’s head of market strategy, said in an interview. “So we tried to build a trading algorithm that’s a protection against downside risks”

Swissquote said in a statement Thursday it will hold the cryptocurrency and a buffer of dollars that ranges from zero to 40 percent of the certificate’s portfolio, depending on its quantitative algorithmic trading strategy. The exposure is limited to bitcoin and cash, minus a 1.5 percent management fee and trading costs, it said.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-11-23/now-you-can-invest-in-bitcoin-without-the-volatility-apparently

very helpful idea, this is a must to avoid victimized waiting for the list 

Pinaka sikat sa lahat ng crypto currency ang  bitcoin kumbaga pinaka indemand sa lahat ng virtual money o cryptocurrency ang altcoin naman mas mababa ang kalidad nya in short mura lang siya may posibilidad pa na pwedeng lumaos lalo na kung low potential ang price nya unlike si bitcoin tuloy tuloy pa rin pagtaas nya paps inshort unstable siya meron at meron pagtaas ang bitcoin kaysa sa altcoin, yun lang po ang aking opinyon 

since bittrex and poloniex was said you can try this hitbtc.com also i used these 3 exchange 

as of now ang presyo ng bitcoin ay patuloy parin ang pagtaas niya nakakaaliw talaga lalo na sa mga maraming naipon noon baka tiba-tiba na sila ngayon for sure kung nagbenta na sila 

As i said on the Tittle: Why some people prefer bitcoin rather altcoin?
Any thoughts regarding this guys? What do you think.