2018 will be the BEST year for Cryptos in my opinion! We are another year closer to receiving World wide adoption and hopefully begin the transformation into a decentralized marketplace using the blockchain technology as an open infinite transactions ledger.
Bitcoin has created the stepping stone for so many fantastic projects and ideas that will mold the future of our children and our children's children. As the GrandPappy of Cryptos, Bitcoin's influence of decentralization will undoubtedly shape communities and even countries into the belief that, the middle man should no longer profit from our every transaction and that even the little guy can get ahead in this world ...... this new technology is the FUTURE.
To many, I am still considered a "noob" in the crypto world. I began investing in early March of 2017 and have been hooked ever since. I began with a Coinbase account, purchasing BTC, ETH and of course LTC. To my knowledge at the time, this was the only way to purchase cryptos and the only platform used. I'll admit that I understood nothing of the technology behind it and only got in to make a little extra cash. One of my closest friends had told me of the investments and gains he had acquired using this exchange and I blindly jumped right in. This has been the best blind investment I've ever taken part in, thus far.
Over time I was intrigued to learn more about the currencies I had invested in and why I was making money. I began my reading about Bitcoin, Satoshi, Blockchain tech, Ethereum, Vitalik, LiteCoin and Charlie Lee. I was overwhelmed with a world I never knew existed or even thought possible. Once I got through the basic reads of the previously mentioned topics, I began researching ICO's, hard forks, soft forks, ALT coins, smart contracts, DOAs, hardware wallets, cold storage wallets, mining, proof of stake, proof of work, peer to peer and minting. I was never so interested in something in my entire life. My wife would get extremely annoyed with how often I had my phone to my face and what little attention i gave to our favorite shows that we would watch together every week. Realizing the only way to continue my new found obsession, would be to inform my wife of the new knowledge I had accrued and keep her up to date on our investments and gains. Over time, my wife became more interested herself and began to see that these investments will eventually change our lives for the better.
As time moved on, I opened up accounts on every exchange that had high trading volumes and even the smaller exchanges that offered the newest coins I had read about. I was definitely hooked and felt like some Wall Street investor watching charts, buying dips and selling highs. I've tried to mold myself into being less greedy and taking profits at the mark I had aimed for. Even when the ATH hits 10x i'm still satisfied removing the 5x goal I set. That tool has helped me become a better trader.
Enough about my journey into the Crypto Life, I'd like to get some insight and opinions on the 3 following projects:
High Performance Blockchain (HPB) - Currently trading on Bibox.com
28,000,000 supply
HPB is going to be the world's first company to combine software with accelerated hardware to significantly improve ease of use and speed of data transfer and access. They will be able to do 1,000,000 plus transactions per second using their tech. I've heard that they will be trading on Kucoin.com soon.
Their partnerships include: NEO and UnionPay (also some unnamed partners). For those of you who may not know, UnionPay is responsible for almost 80% of all Chinese transaction data, about $12.5 trillion per year. They're bigger than Visa and MasterCard combined.
+Thanks doogie88 for the info on this project.
Cardano (ADA) - Currently trading on Binance, Bittrex, Coinnest, Gate,io, Mr. Exchange
45,000,000,000 supply
Developer - Charles Hoskinson (one of the founders of Ethereum)
Cardano is a decentralized platform that will allow complex programmable transfers of value in a secure and scalable fashion. Cardano uses the Proof of Stake method with a focus on cryptography to reduce the energy needed to mine the coin. Built in the highly secure Haskell programming language. Some say a mix of Monero, Bitcoin and Ethereum. The first blockchain project to be developed from a scientific philosophy. They're aiming to launch an ADA debit card.
Their partnerships include: Z/Yen Group's Distributed Futures , IHOK , Emurgo
KIN Ecosystem Foundation (KIN) - Currently trading on Etherdelta
10,000,000,000,000 supply
Founder - Ted Livingston (CEO of Kik)
KIN is built on the Ethereum blockchain and transitioning to a fully decentralized and autonomous system. Kik will pledge all resources to make KIN the primary transaction currency in its chat app and promote services from the Kin Ecosystem to its millions of users. A KIN Rewards Engine will be created as an incentive to developers and creators to make new products and services using the KIN Ecosystem.
Their partnerships include: Kik