Well we’ll see how things go with 38-billion tokens in circulation, and nearly another 60-billion being locked up supposedly NOV-2017. I think ripple is trying to show the advantages to banks of using

Lennartbedrage, this is a great article, and some fairly conservative hypothesis to keep things realistic. I suspect ripple will garner more support as time goes on. With the 55-billion xrp lockup, and

Hey Kyle, I'm just a guy who's trying to figure this out. I'm certainly not an expert but guess i'm asking, irregardless of it being xrp/btc or other, what are the requirements for making a blockchain

I'm not sure what to think. I've seen advantages and disadvantages pertaining to Ripple's value but want to be sure this is passed along to XRP token value. I've seen Ripple referred to as both a public

Just curious now that you mention it but how should one trust a "blockchain trustless" exchange. Aren't all blockchains that are focused on trustless relationships operating relatively the same

Agreed it's an important check-and-balance and worth spending a few minutes thinking about what you'll say if in squabbles with others. I wonder if human resource offices will start checking to see what

It seems the whales have been engaging in a great deal of pumps''dumps but I'm not sure I see that with bitcoin - I think a very small number of people probably hold the majority of btc. On poloniex, there

Still waiting to see if bytecoin will pickup with their project. It seems digibyte has aligned with mine craft (gaming), and the rest I don't know?

I'm not saying you're correct or incorrect but can you pinpoint for a fact that Ripple is 'in bed' with any new world order or is this an assumption because they're working with the largest banks in the

Much appreciated on the quick'torial.

For bitshares! I look forward to hear what's going on with all bts projects.

I think SiaCoin has a great idea offering blockchain decentralized storage, use of contracts for storage rental, use of SiaCoin to generate payment and a mechanism to promote use of the altcoin. It seems

Glad to see ripple doing well.

I too invest in a Goldmoney account....think it's a good way to own gold. I acquired their goldmoney MasterCard but I never use it (usd account). I would probably use it should harder times unfold just

I am one of those guys that really....really wished I had more insight to bitcoin years ago. While I have made some cash on btc, would have liked to be one of those who invested for cents (or even a few

Thanks for acknowledging differences between hosted and ripple wallets....I'll have to re-read again. Interesting on "trust line" with other account holders for iou's....i suspect this could

Would that teaser be a new movie you're working on? :) Good to see you're in the steem community.

To answer your question at this very second....I would take gold right now as it's $1284.50/usd whereas btc is around $1250/usd. When the trend reverses so would my preferences.

Bitcoin and gold/silver both have their advantages and disadvantages. With the lack of confidence in fiat currency world-wide, there has been more acceptance of cryptocurrencies yet think the average joe

True enough. Was kidding. :)