Normally the fees aren't that high. But the increase caused by the spike in unconfirmed transactions, which happens quite often, can't be ignored though!

Sorry for the delayed response. It's not a possibility, it is definitely happening. There will be SegWit + 1MB (Bitcoin Core), SegWit2X and Bitcoin Cash. The activation of BIP141 requires a lock-in period

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SegWit2X (BIP 91) enforces the original SegWit proposal (BIP 141) by orphaning non-BIP141 blocks, and a hard fork to 2MB 3 months after SegWit activation (which will happen on August 21st).

Yes, and no. In this case, there will be another split because community and miners(not as much) are divided as to which Bitcoin to support. Many people also claim that 2MB is useless now that we have

I'm very happy for Bittrex. It's clearly the superior exchange when compared to Poloniex and it was about time its volume surpassed it, even if it's temporary.

Maybe. But the only reason BTCs mempool was 'full' a couple of months ago was due to spam attacks, which stopped completely with the NYA. It'll be very difficult for the network to be congested again after

You're right. It's definitely not a concern right now, but it could be in the future if it gets more transactions. This will largely depend on its development and how things unfold with SegWit2X, as well

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Thank you! Whatever happens, at least we will get another airdrop so that's something to look forward to.

To the mooooooon!

Actually the FBI seized all cryptocurrencies that were deposited on the dark web markets they took down. No one could withdraw their BTC back to their wallets after these websites' closure now could they?

Bitcoin Core developers want to implement the Lightning network and keep the block size small so as to let as many people as possible to run full nodes. They completely oppose a 2MB increase not only because

When did you learn about Bitcoin and how much money would you have now?

From my understanding (which is limited considering I registered yesterday) quality, organic content will always surpass spam regardless of who spammers may know. At least that's what I have observed in

This is a fantastic post and I will definitely refer people to it when they ask me about cryptocurrency.

I have to disagree. I believe Bitcoin can scale, and the scaling roadmap, although quite old, gives some insight on what Core developers have planned. It's just that everyone is arguing over the means

One of the most compelling advantages you didn't mention (unless it falls within #9) steemit has over Facebook is freedom of speech. Facebook is running wild with censoring a lot of controversial content