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Re:Digital coins may be on the verge of going mainstream by discombobulate on Friday August 04, 2017 @06:39AM (#14927672)
> When I switched to this new upstart called Google it wasn't mainstream.

It was in schools by that time. Youngsters could well embrace crypto long before the rest of the normies. I would have loved it when I was a kid. Anyone got kidos who grind crypto?

If you're reading the nytimes for crypto, then you're behind the curve. Bigly. Digital coins. Fucking morons.

& if you're reading the nytimes for crypto investment advice, then you're probably exposing yourself to risk with limited upside. Find someone who is investing in this shit full-time & give your money to them. Even tech VCs invest in crypto hedge funds. Polychain Capital is an example. Olaf Carlson-Wee (who runs it) was on the cover of Forbes recently (I believe ). They're the type of ppl you want investing for you. You could also bing Ari David Paul &/or Chris Burniske. The former is opening a fund. The latter will probably open a fund after his book 'Cryptoassets' is released (I think that's the play).

Re:Digital coins may be on the verge of going mainstream by aedron on Friday August 04, 2017 @07:37AM (#14927937)
> Anyone got kidos who grind crypto?

I just overheard my kid's friend talking about how you buy everything you want on "the dark web" using bitcoin to pay for it.

Re:Digital coins may be on the verge of going mainstream by discombobulate on Friday August 04, 2017 @07:50AM (#14927977)
That's obviously bad. But kids have always bought drugs.

That is an example of how kidos can create their own economies with crypto. Money is something everyone understands. Even penguins & chimps understand trade (for sex, with the link provided)[0].

If there's a way to ensure children didn't have access to drugs of abuse, I'm all for that. Drugs & developing brains !mix. & it seems prohibition hasn't helped any. It's spawned more concentrated substances & resilient drug markets.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prostitution_among_animals

Re:Digital coins may be on the verge of going mainstream by neuro_imager on Friday August 04, 2017 @09:08AM (#14928367)
How would I go about investing via a hedge fund like Polychain Capital? I can't seam to find contact information online. Do I need to go through a broker?
Re:Digital coins may be on the verge of going mainstream by discombobulate on Friday August 04, 2017 @09:28AM (#14928478)
http://polychain.capital

Edit: I believe you invest in hedge funds directly. That's the impression I've gotten. I do my own investing. So have never used a broker.

Re:Digital coins may be on the verge of going mainstream by neuro_imager on Friday August 04, 2017 @09:22AM (#14928452)
Does anyone have any knowledge/experience of brickblock.io?
Re:Digital coins may be on the verge of going mainstream by discombobulate on Friday August 04, 2017 @09:27AM (#14928472)
I don't know much about them -- if you're asking me.

Edit: I'm focusing on the underlying protocols, ATM.

Edit2: & security. A lot of security.