The problem is Poloniex is the main place where Steem is traded. This downtime not only makes trading next to impossible, it also depresses the price of Steem.

I agree. I am very sorry for those who got conned. Fraud will always exist, sadly, and a combination of greed and naivety will drag people into it.

Cheers

You have to prove intention to defraud, which is very hard to do. They wont be prosecuted, and have now gone on to Davor, the next big fraud.

Certainly a milestone. Who would have thought it nine months ago, when it was around $70?

Yeah, that's it. You cannot expect existing states to play nice. Maybe he is still there in the Siskiyou Mountains, or North Dakota. I hope so.

Well I wish you best of luck. I cannot help thinking though, if you abide by the rules set by the big governments, the big governments will just change the rules (as Tonga did). I often wonder what happened

Personally I wouldn't transfer anything into Poloniex.

Sensible advice.

Wonderful

Well done you! And posting about your journey here is a good way to keep you on the straight and narrow, of course. You know we are all cheering you on.

I suppose the question is, are you in it for the long term, as an investor, or the short term, as a speculator? Bytecoin has seen very rapid fluctuations, but does it have a long term future? I don't know,

A correction was certainly needed in what had become a very overheated market. I am long term bullish, but I think quite a lot of coins are destined for oblivion, as they serve no pupose except to exist.

Dash?

Best of luck. You will feel better for it.

Right, thanks. I hadn't been paying attention!

Had my doubts about Poloniex for some time. Where are they physically located? No one seems to know. They are registered to an address in Delaware, but that is just a corporation registering business.

I haven't looked at BitShares for some time. When I first discovered it, I was very excited. But it seemed over complex (with memberships and things like that). Also I wondered about the commitment of

Difficult to buy (or sell). Only one exchange (SouthXchange) currently makes a market for it. But you can sign up and receive it for free, so what is there to lose?

They have had a difficult first year (since they decided on making it a universal basic income project). I think that is really just down to lack of resources, especially time. For volunteers, who presumably