The future of Crypto
vontogr
(togr)
Medlem sedan Feb 22, 2011
4856 poster
Jan 31 2019 at 15:18
The problem with BTC vs. fiat price drops is not the investors losing money.
Good trader makes money shorting the asset as well.
The real issue lies with miners.
The level where BTC mining brings profit is around $6,000.
If the price stands below that level for long time, a lot of miners will be OOB.
The exception: Chinese mining companies are still profitable around $1500-$2000.
So problem solved?
No. The problem is blockchain is independent only when none is able to control more than 50% of miners.
And that could happen in China.
Your thoughts?
Good trader makes money shorting the asset as well.
The real issue lies with miners.
The level where BTC mining brings profit is around $6,000.
If the price stands below that level for long time, a lot of miners will be OOB.
The exception: Chinese mining companies are still profitable around $1500-$2000.
So problem solved?
No. The problem is blockchain is independent only when none is able to control more than 50% of miners.
And that could happen in China.
Your thoughts?
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Does Crypto have a future?
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vontogr
(togr)
Medlem sedan Feb 22, 2011
4856 poster
Feb 01 2019 at 11:53
Sure it does. Even on decreasing price you can make profit by shorting it
niceGLer
Medlem sedan Dec 28, 2013
164 poster
Feb 01 2019 at 13:45
togr posted:
Sure it does. Even on decreasing price you can make profit by shorting it
It is like in Weimarer Republik tackling with hyperinflation. If you have money, buy anything you can. It's a bit late thought..
vontogr
(togr)
Medlem sedan Feb 22, 2011
4856 poster
Feb 01 2019 at 13:51
A lot of guys consider crypto as simply spending fiat to buy BTC.
World of crypto is much more diverse. If you want to hodl why not buy XRP which is going to be used by international banks to settle transactions.
World of crypto is much more diverse. If you want to hodl why not buy XRP which is going to be used by international banks to settle transactions.
niceGLer
Medlem sedan Dec 28, 2013
164 poster
Feb 01 2019 at 17:51
togr posted:
A lot of guys consider crypto as simply spending fiat to buy BTC.
World of crypto is much more diverse. If you want to hodl why not buy XRP which is going to be used by international banks to settle transactions.
This is interesting: Where did you get this info? Could you cite us the source?
togr posted:
The problem with BTC vs. fiat price drops is not the investors losing money.
Good trader makes money shorting the asset as well.
The real issue lies with miners.
The level where BTC mining brings profit is around $6,000.
If the price stands below that level for long time, a lot of miners will be OOB.
The exception: Chinese mining companies are still profitable around $1500-$2000.
So problem solved?
No. The problem is blockchain is independent only when none is able to control more than 50% of miners.
And that could happen in China.
Your thoughts?
That is a very interesting comment about the discrepancy in mining costs leading to control of BTC. But even is Chinese miners held 50% they would not necessarily be all working together. If they did then it would need to be kept secret otherwise the interest in BTC would collapse. So achieving control would be extremely difficult in practice