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MARCH
2018
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INDEX
WELCOME 02-04
CRYPTO CATCH-UP 05-07
TOP PICKS 21-16 08-14
A LESSON WITH THE TUTOR
LESSON 4
15-17
TOP PICKS 15-11 18-22
JOE’S ICOS 23-26
TOP PICKS 10- 6 27-31
FLORIAN’S SECURITY 32-36
MISSNATOSHI’S CORNER 37-40
TOP 5 PICKS 41-46
PINK PAGES 47
COLLEEN’S NOOB JOURNEY 48-51
THE COIN BRIEF
PAMELA’S AMA
BURGER’S ANALYSIS
52-58
59-60
NOTSOFAST’S MINING PART 2 61-64
CRYPTO ALL- STARS 65-69
BEAST’S TRADING DOJO 70-73
BULLDOG’S FA 74-80
DECENTRALADIES
IRIS ASKS
PAMELA’S DIARY
CRYPTO CULTURE
81-88
89-91
92-95
EVENT CALENDAR 96-102
SEE YA NEXT MONTH! 103
ANBESSA @anbessa100
BEASTLORION @Beastlyorion
BITCOIN DAD @bitcoin_dad
PARABULLIC TROLL @Crypto_God
BULLY @cryptobully
CRYPTO BULLDOG @cryptobulld0g
CRYPTO CHIEF @cryptochief_
IVAN S. (CRYPTOGAT) @cryptogat
CRYPTOMANIAC @happywithcrypto
CRYPTORCA @cryptorca
CRYPTO RAND @crypto_rand
CRYPTOTUTOR @cryptotutor
D. DICKERSON @dickerson_des
FLORIAN @Marsmensch
JOE @CryptoSays
JOE CRYPTO @cryptoridy
MISSNATOSHI @missnatoshi
MOCHO17 @cryptomocho
NOTSOFAST @notsofast
PAMELA PAIGE @thepinkcrypto
PATO PATINYO @CRYPTOBANGer
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CRYPTO CATCH-UP
What Did the Markets Do?
In beginning of February, Bitcoin continued one of the largest corrections
in its history. From $10,600, we saw Bitcoin in a further downtrend
that ended up with a bottom-like position at $6,000. The total market
capitalization lost more than 50% since the beginning of January, but it’s
now showing the same signs of reversal as Bitcoin itself.
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Bitcoin then recovered very fast, almost
doubling up to $12,000, breaking the
downtrend almost three times, and is
currently trading around $10,000. The
most common question at the moment is
whether it can complete the huge inverse
head & shoulders pattern before we are in
a new uptrend and can aim for the next
rise.
When it comes to altcoins, we saw a lot
of blood since the last small altcoin party
in December. With few exceptions as
always, e.g. Litecoin had an awesome
performance and is one of those
cryptocurrencies which are leading the
recovery so far. Other alts took strong hits;
most of them are now in pretty similar
setups. Coins like LBC hopefully have found
their bottom after completing the market
cycle and are now in accumulation mode.
New investors who will be getting into the
markets should deliver the volume needed
for the next alt season.
What Did the Community Feel?
This question can be answered with a
simple and short wording: NaCl (salty) -
when the markets went down, the overall
sentiment changed into an apocalyptic
mood. Newbies got rekt after buying
Bitcoin at the top, OG’s spread 2014
memories, bears were painting $2k BTC
charts, and bulls (like myself) just tried to
figure out why everyone was so pessimistic.
It was a much needed and healthy shake-
out of both newbies who don’t know what
they’re doing, and impatient hands.
Since the beginning of the recovery the
sentiment quickly changed. A lot of bears
threw their charts away and turned into
bulls once again. We saw fewer twitter
fights, and witnessed growing euphoria for
the next alt season. At this point I have to
say that the crypto community in general,
not just on Twitter, is quite an experience
to be a part of. We have such kind and
intelligent people here who want real
change, not just for themselves, but for the
world.
What Events Took Place?
Some important events/headlines:
Feb 6: SEC and CFTC Senate Crypto
Hearing
Feb 9: Nvidia CEO: Cryptocurrency is not
going to go away
Feb 12: JPMorgan Report: Crypto could
one day help diversify portfolios
Feb 16: Spanish government eyes tax
benefits for crypto companies
Feb 26: Circle buys Poloniex
Feb 27: Trump Administration working on
“comprehensive strategy” for Crypto
Feb 27: Japan aiming for ICO Regulation
framework
Cryptocurrencies are still in a very early
phase. Mass adaptation is coming, and so
are regulations by the states. We will also
see entries of larger/institutional investors
over the next few months and years, a
great difference from 2017’s corporate
motto “Bitcoin is a fraud”.
NEWBIES GOT
REKT AFTER
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But things are changing. There was an
official Senate Crypto Hearing in the US,
which included the SEC and the CFTC.
JPMorgan is officially speaking about
cryptocurrencies as an asset/diversification
method in portfolios. The Sachs-Goldman
startup “Circle” bought the exchange
Poloniex. States worldwide are working
on regulation frameworks, and even the
Trump administration claims that they are
working on a “comprehensive strategy” for
cryptocurrencies.
Those are all very good signs which
shows that the cryptocurrency market
is maturing. Soon everybody will
realize that this isn’t a bubble and that
cryptocurrencies are here to stay!
What Can We Expect of March?
My expectations for March are optimistic.
Bitcoin should “make it” and break out
of the downtrend. This will attract new
investors who were to afraid to buy the dip
because they thought Bitcoin could drop
even more. The fear of missing out will be
for real. Demand will rise big time—not
just for bitcoin. Decent altcoins that have
bottomed out and now have a nice setup
will see demand rise as well. Here we have
to hope that bigger exchanges open their
registrations again, such as Bittrex, which
has people still on its waiting list. Personally,
I am bullish on both Bitcoin and altcoins -
we haven’t even begun yet.
I wish you a lot of success in the next
month, and hope you enjoy reading this
new issue of 21 Cryptos Magazine!
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MASS
ADAPTATION
IS COMING,
AND SO ARE
REGULATIONS
BY THE
STATES.

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TOP 21
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each area of each coin’s performance. All info is accurate at the time of
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Read on, see what coins are trending this month, and enjoy!
Figures accurate on 28th February 2018

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FIRST 100% PROOF-OF-STAKE COIN
Blackcoin[BLK]
https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/blackcoin/
-20% 0% 26m 0.33 Bittrex
Poloniex
Upbit
PIVX (PIVX)
DASH (DASH)
Neo (NEO)
GROWTH
PAST 30 DAYS
GROWTH
PAST 90 DAYS MARKET CAP ($) PRICE ($) WHERE TO BUY COMPETITION
0.00
0.25
0.50
PRICE (US$)
0.5
0.25
0
LOW: 0.23 HIGH: 0.42
FEBRUARY 2018 FEB 28
CATCH-UP BACKGROUND
UPCOMING EVENTS
V’S PREDICTION
Blackcoin had a somewhat stable support price of
around $.35 in the past month. Known for its yearly fractal
runs, BLK is expected to have another run this March, but
be cautious trading fractals only.
Active since early 2014, Blackcoin claims to be the first 100% proof-of-stake
coin. Users who keep their wallets open to help secure the network via staking
will get from 1% to 8% interest per year in an open ledger network. It has
open-source software, fast transactions, and claims to have more privacy-
focused transactions than Bitcoin. You can also create your own assets on the
Blackcoin network through Iris, a multi-signature wallet with assets support.
In a descending channel on the daily. Indicators show
bullish divergence. Resistance levels: 3.2k sats, 3.5k sats.
Support levels: 3k sats.
Blackcoin turned 4 years old this February. Historically,
Feb/March has been a good time to accumulate. There is
some recent dev activity and it has an active community
on Gitter. But mostly I like the chart and hopefully it will
have some upside this spring.
No events in the foreseeable future.
Potential for some movement on the chart.
Fundamentally and event-wise though, not much going
on.
TA BY I VAN S. (CRYPTOGAT)
– CryptoBull
TA FA
ROOM TO
GROW
UPCOMING
EVENTS
PUBLIC
OPINION
3 2 2 1 2
TOTAL SCORE
55%
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COMMUNITY-BACKED COIN
Arion[ARION]
https://arioncoin.com/
N/A N/A N/A
TBA LUXCoin (LUX)
Alqo (ALQO)
Monetary Unit
(MUE)GROWTH
PAST 30 DAYS
GROWTH
0
50
100
PRICE (US$)
0
CATCH-UP BACKGROUND
UPCOMING EVENTS
V’S PREDICTION
After the Mutual Coin fiasco, Arion was born from the
need to create a community-backed coin. The pre-sale
was on Feb 12th and 0.1BTC could buy you 500 ARION. It’s
currently waiting to be listed on exchanges.
Arion is a community-created coin. It was created after the developer and
main staking pool manager from Mutual Coin dropped out and left without a
trace. The community then joined forces and started working together. Arion
was then developed to be a high-end, high-value coin with a sustainable APR
and long-term investment in mind. Since it’s a hybrid coin, they allow POW,
POS, and Masternodes.
In pre-sale, there is no TA available for this coin.
Arion is a masternode hybrid coin. Presale phase 2 was on Feb 19th 17:00
CET. The swap from Mutual Coin is in process. It will be listing on exchanges
soon. Arion has large community support and involvement. It has a mobile
application for management of your portfolio. 21 Million max coins. It is a
high value, long-term investment.
In the upcoming months they will add a wallet to their
mobile app, post tutorials on how to set up masternodes,
a general education platform on their website, how to
use the wallets, and also release their whitepaper and
final roadmap.
Currently unlisted on exchanges, when it hits them it may
do well when volume kicks in.
– mocho17
TA FA
ROOM TO
GROW
UPCOMING
EVENTS
PUBLIC
OPINION
N/A 2 4 3 2
TOTAL SCORE
57%
20
N/A
NO GRAPH DATA

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FAST, CHEAP, SCALABLE TOKEN TRANSFERS FOR ETHEREUM
Raiden Network Token[RDN]
https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/raiden-network-token/
-27% -39% 154m 2.95 Huobi
Bibox
Binance
GoNetwork (GOT)
Nano (XRB)
DASH (DASH)
GROWTH
PAST 30 DAYS
GROWTH
0.0
2.5
5.0
PRICE (US$)
5
2.5
0
LOW: 2.32HIGH: 4.06
CATCH-UP BACKGROUND
UPCOMING EVENTS
V’S PREDICTION
One of the many newer tokens on the blockchain,
Raiden Network Token was added to CoinMarketCap in
November of 2017 where it started trading at $0.92. The
marketing for this project is fairly quiet, but they were
present at the Berlin Ethereum Meetup in late January.
RDN is currently trading at $3.55.
The Raiden Network is an off-chain scaling solution that is compatible with
ERC20 tokens and works as a layer on top of the Ethereum blockchain.
It enables fast, low-fee, and scalable payments‚ much like the Lightning
Network does for Bitcoin. The idea is to avoid ‘blockchain consensus
bottleneck’ by leveraging a network of payment channels for every transfer.
In a descending channel on the daily and weekly.
Indicators are signaling that RDN is oversold, however
there is not much support around this price. Resistance
levels: 33k sats, 40k sats. Support levels: 25k sats, 17k sats.
I hardly see Raiden being mentioned. If you like lightning
for bitcoin, then you should look at Raiden if you like
Ethereum. A lot of ifs, but I’ll end with an AND. And it’s
undervalued!
Currently RDN team is working on the developer preview
and could be launching their mainnet this year, but that is
still undefined.
Ethereum’s Lightning Network. No set dates for the future,
but could do well if it gets more awareness this month.
– CryptoManiac
TA FA
ROOM TO
GROW
UPCOMING
EVENTS
PUBLIC
OPINION
2 3 4 2 3
TOTAL SCORE
59%
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SMART-WEB POWERED BY THE BLOCKCHAIN
Elastos[ELA]
https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/elastos/
+82% N/A N/A 79.92
Huobi LBRY Credits (LBC)
Po.et (POE)
SingularDTV
(SNGLS)GROWTH
PAST 30 DAYS
GROWTH
0
45
90
PRICE (US$)
90
45
0
LOW: 41.12 HIGH: 89.25
CATCH-UP BACKGROUND
UPCOMING EVENTS
V’S PREDICTION
Elastos was launched in early February. The decentralized, open-source
version of the Elastos Carrier has been recently published, and the
development and verification of the Elastos ID service sidechain was
completed. Since ELA is a very recent asset, it’s not yet possible to see its
market cap. It’s currently trading at approximately $70.
Elastos aims to create a new Internet where digital goods are easily
identifiable, tradeable, and scarce. In their own words “property rights pave
the way for wealth creation.” Users can access their digital content directly
without going through an intermediary, as it will be registered in Ethereum’s
blockchain, and content creators will know how many times their content was
accessed.
There is no TA available for this coin.
Elastos wants to create the Internet Of Wealth by using blockchain to issue
IDs for digital content, making it possible to know who owns the digital assets.
This allows the user to to access articles, movies, games, etc, without going
through an intermediary or media player. Chances are good that Binance will
add this to their exchange.
Elastos will hold a global applications meetup and tour, and will also establish
Elastos Capital, which aims to support Elastos application ecology projects.
Looking further down the road, they will be creating main and side chains to
form a trustless way of storing information without the usual security points of
failure in the Ethereum network related to smart contracts.
Potential exchange listing and a great concept of
securing IDs, this is a great coin to watch for short and
long term.
– Yakherder
TA FA
ROOM TO
GROW
UPCOMING
EVENTS
PUBLIC
OPINION
N/A 3 4 2 2
TOTAL SCORE
61%
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FIRST BLOCKCHAIN GAME MACHINE
RouletteToken[RLT]
https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/roulettetoken/
+19% +2% 1m 0.127
Livecoin FunFair (FUN)
Wagerr (WGR)
Edgeless (EDG)
GROWTH
PAST 30 DAYS
GROWTH
0.0
0.1
0.2
PRICE (US$)
0.2
0.1
0
LOW: 0.067 HIGH: 0.142
CATCH-UP BACKGROUND
UPCOMING EVENTS
V’S PREDICTION
Launched in mid-2017, RLT is currently trading at $0.12,
back from a +$1.00 ATH in June. They’ve begun a
strategic partnership with SJM Holding in Hong Kong this
February.
RLT has launched a European Roulette based on
Ethereum smart contract technology. They offer various
services like the possibility to make different types of
bets, place up to 64 bets on different fields at one turn,
payouts being fully automated via smart contracts,
and more! Their code is open-source and available to
everyone though GitHub.
Broke out of a long term bear trend. There has been
a huge spike in volume and it is retesting resistance.
Resistance levels: 1.3k sats. Support levels: 1.1k sats, 900
sats.
Roulette machines powered by Ethereum. Its company
https://smartplay.tech recently signed a partnership
agreement in the field of the digital games & the
blockchain technology in Asia.
In the near future they plan to provide RLT tokens holders
with sustainable loyalty rewards, present animated 3D
designs with visual and sound effects, and introduce a
voting system to manage key parameters of the project.
Traders have a complex relationship to gambling - and
a gambling token may pique their interest quite well.
Good updates in the near future, and a very low cap.
But as always with low cap coins, trade cautiously as the
volatility can be high.
– Florian
TA FA
ROOM TO
GROW
UPCOMING
EVENTS
PUBLIC
OPINION
3 2 4 3 2
TOTAL SCORE
63%
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DECENTRALIZED EXCHANGE AND OPEN PROTOCOL
Loopring[LRC]
https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/loopring/
-38% +176% 345m 0.58 OKEx
Binance
HitBTC
Waves (WAVES)
BitShares (BTS)
0x (ZRX)
GROWTH
PAST 30 DAYS
GROWTH
0.0
0.5
1.0
PRICE (US$)
1
0.5
0
LOW: 0.52HIGH: 0.93
CATCH-UP BACKGROUND
UPCOMING EVENTS
V’S PREDICTION
A few weeks ago Loopring released its roadmap for 2018.
Daniel Wang, founder of Loopring, attended the Bitcoin
Super Conference in Texas in February and has very
recently been interviewed by China Daily USA newspaper,
as well as MIT Technology review. The current price per
token is $0.61.
Loopring is an open protocol for building decentralized exchanges. It has an
execution system which pools the liquidity of cryptocurrencies and trades
across token exchanges. It doesn’t require users to send tokens to exchanges,
instead tokens stay in their blockchain addresses during the whole transaction
and Loopring takes care of the rest, acting as a decentralized middleman.
The daily chart shows a long falling wedge. There is not
much support close, but some volume could break LRC
out of the falling wedge back into a bull trend. Resistance
levels: 7.3k sats, 8.9k sats. Support levels: 5.6k sats, 3k sats.
Loopring is a fairly new token that aims to solve decentralized exchanging
in a slightly different way than other projects. Essentially they will allow any
platform that uses smart contracts to trade across exchanges in a very flexible
way. I’m excited to see this moving forward and recommend checking it out.
In February Loopring launched their open-source ring-
mining software. By the end of April they will also be
launching an open-source wallet to trade with Loopring
Protocol.
Interesting and potentially extremely useful concept.
Good updates ahead in the next couple of months. New
token, so trade with caution.
– CryptoBull
TA FA
ROOM TO
GROW
UPCOMING
EVENTS
PUBLIC
OPINION
2 4 3 3 2
TOTAL SCORE
64%
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Price movements may showcase a bearish or a bullish trend, depending
on the strength of the bulls (the buyers) or the bears (the sellers). These
trends consist of repeated swings in the price, of which the strength is
mainly dependent on the current momentum. The momentum is the
rate of acceleration of the price or volume, and thus plays a key role in
the current trend. By looking at the large price swings the current trend
creates (the spikes in the bottoms or tops), combined with oscillating
indicators, traders can gain information on the momentum and whether
the current trend is either gaining or losing strength.
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There are indicators in Technical Analysis which show whether the price is gaining or losing
momentum. Oscillators like the Relative Strength Index (RSI) or the Momentum indicator show
us the momentum in the price. An increasing momentum or RSI often relates to an increase
in the price. However, this isn’t always the case. This is where Momentum Analysis comes into
play, which helps us to conclude the current trend’s strength using the price’s highs and lows
and the indicators’ highs and lows.
When movements in price differ from the movements in the oscillators, we have a diver-
gence. Divergences help traders spot trend reversals (or continuation, in some cases), which
can help them to either add more to their position or to start closing their position.
How to spot Divergences?
Normal Divergence and Hid-
den Divergence
First, a trader should only take into account strong peaks and bottoms when performing
momentum analysis. Hence, consolidation areas should be avoided when trying to spot
divergences. An example of what should be avoided when performing momentum analysis is
when a coin is ‘just’ consolidating and isn’t making any proper highs or lows.
Divergence comes in two
categories, namely ‘Normal
Divergence’ and ‘Hidden
Divergence’. Both categories
have their bullish and bearish
versions. On the right are
their properties summed up,
in regards of the price’s high
and lows and the oscillator’s
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Highs or Lows?
You might be unsure about when to consider the highs of the price, and when to consider the
lows of the price. That mainly depends on the current trend; in a bull trend, a trader would
want to know whether the bulls are weakening so that a reversal could be spotted early on.
Hence, the tops are considered when trying to look for bearish divergence, to see whether
bulls fail to make new tops with momentum. This is why in a normal bearish divergence, we
have a higher high for the price, but a lower high for the indicator. This indicates that highs
are being made with less momentum. Bearish divergence doesn’t only show up at the end of
a bull trend, but it could be spotted during a bear trend as well. Bearish divergence comes
in the form of hidden bearish divergence, when it forms during a bear trend. In a bear trend,
hidden bearish divergences suggest a continuation of the current bear trend.
Bullish divergences are the opposite of bearish divergences. Bullish divergences include the
lows of the price and the indicator. A regular bullish divergence occurs at the end of a bear
trend, and signals the reversal from a bear trend to a bull trend. Hidden bullish divergence,
however, could occur during a bull trend and would suggest a continuation of the bullish
trend.
How to trade Divergences?
As discussed earlier, divergences help you spot early signs of reversal of the current trend.
Divergences can be found easily on the lower timeframes but show up less frequently on
the higher timeframes. Hence why lower timeframes yield a lot of fake-outs regarding
divergences and does the higher timeframe divergence say significantly more on the current
trend.
In the example on the right, the
Japanese Candlesticks represent
the 12H timeframe. Here, we can
see the price making an obvious
higher high, and the oscillator
(Relative Strength Index) making
a lower high. This is an example
of a Bearish Normal Divergence.
Based on this, a trader could
have closed their position before
the sell-off began. Do mind that
trades shouldn’t solely be based
on one indicator only. When
having found a divergence (on
a higher timeframe), consider
other indicators as well (i.e.
volume, Japanese candlestick
formations). Hence, the more
confirmations (in the same
direction) a trader has, the higher
the likelihood of the position
succeeding.

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DECENTRALIZED AD EXCHANGE
AdEx[ADX]
https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/adx-net/
-18% +10% 104m 1.38 Huobi
Binance
Liqui
Basic Attention
Token (BAT)
BitClave (BAT)
AirToken (AIR)
GROWTH
PAST 30 DAYS
GROWTH
0
1
2
PRICE (US$)
2
1
0
LOW: 0.91 HIGH: 1.88
CATCH-UP BACKGROUND
UPCOMING EVENTS
V’S PREDICTION
Last month AdEx released their platform in beta phase
and attended NEO DevCon in the end of January. ADX is
currently trading at $1.46.
AdEx intends to disrupt the current landscape of online
advertising by addressing its main problems: advertising
fraud, privacy, and consent to receiving sponsored
messages, etc. They want to empower advertisers and
publishers with a platform that is trustless and secure to all
parties involved, consumers included.
Price is bouncing between 13k and 17k sats in a neutral
rectangle. Look for a break above/below one of these
prices. Resistance levels: 17k sats. Support levels: 13k sats.
Great FA. Adex is a GoogleAds competitor. Their beta
launch was late February. There are similarities to STRAT
(Bittrex) 3-day time-frame pre 7000% pump fractal.
Although there seems to be no dates for what happens
next after the beta release, we should expect further
development of their platform. A new roadmap is also in
the works.
A great disruptive project that just released their beta.
Charts look good for a leg up in the near future.
– Pato
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OPEN-SOURCE COMMUNITY DRIVEN CRYPTOCURRENCY
Kalkulus Credits[KLK]
https://twitter.com/kalkulus_team
N/A N/A N/A N/A
CryptoBridge LUXCoin (LUX)
Nano (XRB)
Decred (DCR)
GROWTH
PAST 30 DAYS
GROWTH
0
50
100
PRICE (US$)
0
CATCH-UP BACKGROUND
UPCOMING EVENTS
V’S PREDICTION
Kalkulus, a newer currency, has just taken off from their
genesis block. KLK has yet to be listed on CoinMarketCap,
which means that there is not much data available,
though they’ve just upgraded their block explorer and will
be listed on the site soon. It’s price is currently at 0.00009
BTC.
Kalkulus is an open-source, community driven
cryptocurrency that is easy to mine and fairly distributed
through crowdfunding. Their client allows users to send
anonymous P2P transactions with very low fees.
There is no TA available for this coin.
KLK is already accepted as payment method on the portfolio dashboard,
MyCryptoStats. They have their own off-chain staking program and will soon
announce a proper marketplace partnering with a collectable sneakers
oriented brand. The release of a new staking wallet and swap to new KLKs is
already scheduled for 20th of March. The coin will implement well designed
masternodes with a See-Saw System to balance ROI and rewards. With
nothing but headroom, this superlow-cap coin will become one of most
rewarding and promising coins for months to come.
According to their roadmap, Kalkulus will expand their
developer team, switch to hybrid proof-of-work/proof-of-
stake, and implement masternodes this quarter. The end
of the quarter is coming fast, so we can expect these to
be implemented soon!
Potential masternodes this quarter for a coin not yet listed
on CMC. This could hold a lot of profit. As always, use
caution with new coins as they can be extremely volatile.
– Mocho17
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NO GRAPH DATA

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DECENTRALIZED, IMMUTABLE, UNSTOPPABLE SMART CONTRACT PLATFORM
Ethereum Classic[ETC]
https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/ethereum-classic
+18% +32% 3.9b 34.01 Binance
Bitfinex
Bittrex
Ethereum (ETH)
NEO (NEO)
Qtum (QTUM)
GROWTH
PAST 30 DAYS
GROWTH
0
20
40
PRICE (US$)
40
20
0
LOW: 16.75 HIGH: 39.41
CATCH-UP BACKGROUND
UPCOMING EVENTS
V’S PREDICTION
February had taken Ethereum Classic from a market cap
of 2 billion to almost 4 billion USD. With Callisto airdrop
coming, there are many holders waiting for free tokens
and many others still trying to join the party. ETC is
Ethereum Classic is a decentralized platform which runs on smart contracts.
It’s essentially like Ethereum, except that Ethereum Classic moved on with the
original code out of the need to keep it immutable and untampered after the
“DAOsaster” happened in 2016, when a hacker managed to steal more than
3.6M ether through an ICO. Ethereum Classic was born after this and moved
on with the original code, believing that Ethereum was attacking the core
idea of decentralization by changing its code. For ETC investors, code is law!
Daily chart is in a strong bull trend with a bullish pennant
forming. Resistance levels: 375k sats, 450k sats. Support
levels: 310k sats, 270k sats.
Aside from the incoming airdrop for ETC, the sentiment
analysis is too strong to disregard. It’s about time it rises to
its true value.
Callisto airdrop happening on the 5th.
There may be a large dip around the airdrop time
when the charts and price correct, so watch for some
stability afterwards. Seems to still have a lot more upside
potential.
– CryptoChief
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THE FIRST DECENTRALIZED STORAGE PLATFORM
SiaCoin[SC]
https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/siacoin/
-41% +233% 719m 0.02 Upbit
Bittrex
Poloniex
Storj (STORJ)
VeChain (VEN)
Factom (FCT)
GROWTH
PAST 30 DAYS
GROWTH
0.000
0.025
0.050
PRICE (US$)
1
0.5
0
LOW: 0.018HIGH: 0.034
CATCH-UP BACKGROUND
UPCOMING EVENTS
V’S PREDICTION
SiaCoin have recently been busy working on their
rebranding. On block 139,000 this January, SiaCoin
hardforked to fix the new difficulty algorithm, lending it
more speed, scalability, and stability. It’s currently trading
at $0.02.
SiaCoin is a decentralized storage platform that is
secured with smart contracts. The Sia Platform uses
underutilized hard drive capacity for those who want
to rent that space to store their data. It is more reliable
because it is not centralized, and it’s rentable at a lower
cost than traditional cloud storage providers.
SC is in a falling wedge and just hit support on the daily.
Indicators show it is oversold. Resistance levels: 270 sats,
350 sats. Support levels: 200 sats, 128 sats.
Lots of upcoming updates for Q1 2018 we should see
some support around 200sat. Some features are: Faster
File contracts upgrade, recover files using only wallet
seed, and sharing files with other Sia users.
SiaCoin is currently working on adding the ability to
recover files using only your wallet seed, the ability to
share files (P2P) with other Sia Platform users as well as
enhancing their UI (user interface) to make the platform
easier and more accessible to the average person.
Great updates ahead in the near future, and rebranding
to boot. This coin could do very well over the next couple
of months.
– CryptOrca
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THE ORIGINAL CRYPTOCURRENCY
Bitcoin[BTC]
https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/bitcoin/
+3% +8% 180b 10596 OKEx
Bitfinex
Binance
Bitcoin Cash (BCH)
Litecoin (LTC)
Nano (XRB)
GROWTH
PAST 30 DAYS
GROWTH
0.0
5686.5
11373.0
PRICE (US$)
11373
5686.5
0
LOW: 7051.75 HIGH: 11372.2
CATCH-UP BACKGROUND
UPCOMING EVENTS
V’S PREDICTION
February was anything but boring, as we watched BTC
tank from $10.3K to only $6K and back up again. It’s been
a crazy rollercoaster and we can’t wait to see where it’s
taking us. Bitcoin Private snapshot was also taken on the
last day of February. The current price of BTC is at $10.9K.
Born after the housing market crash in 2008, Bitcoin was created out of the
need to make a decentralized currency that is not pegged to government-
issue money. Its creator, Satoshi Nakamoto, is a total mystery to everyone. This
person (or group of people) stays in the shadows and removes the focus from
being a person with a political stance, to an entity who has revolutionized our
world forever.
Bitcoin is at a strong resistance and attempting to break
out of the down trend. On the daily there is a possible
inverse head and shoulder playing out which would
confirm a trend reversal. Resistance levels: $10,800,
$12,000. Support levels: $9,400, $8900.
BTC will eventually decide which way the total crypto market will go. If it
decides to go for another bull-run in March, altcoins (in general) might have
to wait a bit longer. Always have a certain share of BTC in your portfolio to
hedge against bitcoin-caused volatilities in the altcoin market.
This month we will see the CME futures contracts of BTC
expire on the 29th, 4:00 PM GMT.
Could go either way short-term, but long-term we all
know where this is heading...
– CryptoTutor
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THIS MONTH
JOE’S ICO
I made my first investment in Ethereum at age 17 and ran a reverse
arbitrage service for half a year to earn enough money to start a cryp-
tocurrency-based hedge fund. At age 19, I finally launched the fund
and diversified into more than two dozen ICOs over the first year. I sold
my car at age 20 to invest more money into Waves and Golem. Today,
I continue managing that fund and work as a consultant and adviser
to several cryptocurrency-based startups.
I seldom take the time to consider many ICO’s these days, but KickCity
is different—it caught my attention. Researching this project was a true
refreshment; it took me back to the good old days of 2016 when ICO’s
were launched with purpose. The startup currently has several innovative
products that are already generating revenue. This is not your typical
sci-fi “let’s all get rich quick” type of ICO; this is a real investment in
a real company with a great idea. Tokenization of real businesses is a
major trend in cryptocurrency today, one which we are only just beginning
to witness. KickCity is an innovator and they are one of the few leading
the charge towards real blockchain solutions; intending to enhance their
business, not be their business.
@CryptoRidy
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The project is fascinating. It serves two
unique purposes meshed together into
one highly scalable master platform. At
first glance it may seem as though it were
only a blockchain-based ticketing service.
However, KickCity is building something
so much greater. The immediate market
will indeed be in event services but this is
only because it serves as a fantastic entry
point towards the establishment of “value
communities.” This is perhaps the most
intriguing part of the concept proposed
by KickCity. It is part of a long-term plan to
move from being an event services app,
towards a potentially disruptive social
network. KickCity aims to become the first
blockchain-based social network in which
the exchange of information and value
occurs simultaneously. They plan to disrupt
the social networking space the same way
Steemit is currently disrupting mainstream
blogging.
We will discuss value communities in a
moment, but first let’s delve into the
benefits and advantages of the event-
ticketing aspect of the platform, as this is
the immediate market. This segment of the
platform could prove to be a powerful tool
all of its own. The way in which KickCity
will be providing event ticketing services is
highly scalable and provides tremendous
value to the community as well. To begin,
it is important understand the value in
a blockchain-based ticketing service
in and of itself. Scalping, reselling, and
forging of tickets is a serious problem–no
one can deny that. This is an industry that
stands to benefit a great deal from an
immutable ledger, which can prevent such
unscrupulous activities.
The KickCity platform cuts out the need
for costly and unnecessary middlemen
involved in the payment processing sector,
connecting event organizers directly
with attendees in a lossless manner. The
cost savings are passed down to end
users through promotional campaigns
in which consumers are able to earn
rewards by helping promote an event. The
platform offers incentives to consumers
to go through KickCity to purchase their
tickets and refer friends. This provides
THEY PLAN
TO DISRUPT
THE SOCIAL
NETWORKING
SPACE THE SAME
WAY STEEMIT
IS CURRENTLY
DISRUPTING
MAINSTREAM
BLOGGING.
substantial benefits to users: including
price reductions, special offers, and loyalty
rewards. These features provide a high
degree of utility to event organizers who
are able to save time, money, and effort in
their marketing campaigns.
KickCity’s rewards program is very
beneficial to event organizers. Loyalty
rewards are one of the great functions of
the KCY token which provides value to
both the consumer and event organizer.
I invested in a project called Incent
some time ago because the concept of
blockchain-based loyalty rewards is simply
brilliant. The issue with Incent was that they
tried to go too big, too fast. This was long
before cryptocurrency was in any position
to take on such mainstream accounts.
However, the concept is still valid; it’s
just a matter of who makes it work
first. Blockchain-based loyalty rewards
programs provide several key advantages
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reward programs are very high. Building
the payment infrastructure and managing
these systems are not only costly, they are
also challenging to administer. Ensuring
each user is rewarded appropriately,
effectively, and efficiently is a common
problem faced by merchants today. This is
an area in which the KCY token provides
further value to event organizers.
KickCity is going to implement the rewards
program in the form of a decentralized P2P
promotion network. Essentially, KickCity
protocols allow for a reward-based
event marketing system in which you
earn points, or “kickbacks,” for referring
people to an event on the platform. This
provides value to the consumer as well as
offering incentives for continued use of the
platform. Additionally, event organizers
interested in leveraging the community
power of the platform can do so very
easily. The community’s power and their
ability to interact directly to exchange
information establishes the peer-to-peer
marketing aspect of the platform. In this
regard, the cost of promotional campaigns
is greatly reduced, allowing for additional
discounts to end-users.
It is an ambitious concept, but it is one
that could revolutionize the industry. The
system would enable event organizers to
use KickCity as a highly efficient, cost-
effective promotional tool which passes
on savings to consumers. In the long term,
it is a potentially self-sustaining business
model, thanks to their focus on building
“communities of value.” There is certainly
competition in the blockchain-based
event ticketing space: Aventus is a great
example of that. The Aventus platform is
equally strong in many regards. However,
there is one major factor which separates
KickCity from Aventus–KCY is far more
scalable.
The KCY token provides a highly scalable
event planning, creation, and ticketing
distribution service. Anybody can use
KickCity to administer an event, but what
truly creates value for the platform is its
ability to take on mainstream accounts/
partnerships. The KCY token is built on
Bancor protocols which enable continuous
liquidity and price-stability so that third-
party platforms interested in using the
services can do so without any confusion
on price disparities. The model empowers
existing businesses interested in leveraging
blockchain technology to do so in a way
that prevents the current issues associated
within the ticketing industry, but with an
interesting twist. KCY separates themselves
from the competition in this regard.
The KCY token allows for existing event
organizational platforms to create their
own customizable tokens, meaning that
they can create tokens which do not
dampen their brand power. In fact, the
customized tokens would actually incur
more brand power and offer new ways
to create loyalty. There is already a great
deal of interest in KCY’s value proposition
from some major event services/ticketing
platforms. The team is grinding every
day to add as many new partnerships as
possible to grow the adoption of KCY-
integrated payment solutions for ticket
purchasing.
Event services is an industry that really
does stand to benefit a great deal from
blockchain technology. To better explain
the platform and its value for existing
event organizational services, let’s use a
real-world example. Let’s say Eventbrite
determines they want to begin using
blockchain-based ticketing services as
a part of their existing business model.
Eventbrite can create their own token,
but they need a platform with existing
infrastructure to do so, one that will allow
them to provide a cost effective and
proven solution. KickCity provides that
infrastructure. Eventbrite can easily create
an “Eventbrite Token” backed by KCY,
making it incredibly easy to administer
rewards policies, loyalty programs,
discounts and more. Each individual
event organizer has the ability to choose
whether or not, or how they would like
to use it. One of the key reasons that a
company such as Eventbrite would be
interested in a blockchain-based token like
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technologies (this was the fatal flaw that
caused the collapse of many big names
such as Toys-R-Us, Sears, and Blockbuster).
It is of the utmost importance to adapt in
order to ensure the ongoing success of
any business; blockchain technology is
no different. As cryptocurrency gradually
enters the mainstream, the big players
in the event organizing and ticketing
services space will inevitably look for the
best methods of leveraging blockchain
technology and KickCity is quickly
establishing themselves as that solution.
KICKCITY HAS A GREAT
DEAL OF LONG-TERM
POTENTIAL BEYOND
EVENT SERVICES.
People who go through Eventbrite to
organize their events would like to know
that they are getting the best services
available. If Eventbrite failed to seek
out every solution that could help make
each organizers’ event as successful
and profitable as possible, they would
suffer serious issues of customer attrition.
Organizers who want to test the possibilities
of a blockchain-based service for
coordinating their events will do so, it’s
a matter of who they do so with. Keep
in mind that KickCity is also developing
built-in value communities that will offer
organizers using blockchain-based
solutions additional exposure and provide
them with the power of a decentralized
P2P market, eliminating costs and
maximizing revenues. If the competition
opens up blockchain solutions through
KCY which prove to be highly valuable
to organizers and consumers alike, the
company which does not adapt quickest
can and will lose business to the other
service. By establishing themselves as
the reserve that lays the groundwork for
cryptocurrency adoption on mainstream
event platforms, KickCity is creating a
serious early mover advantage.
As stated earlier in this article, KickCity
has a great deal of long-term potential
beyond event services. They also have
plans to harness the power of the
communities they develop to build a
decentralized social network. The power
of which goes mostly without saying:
imagine the possibilities of a social network
in which the users benefit from advertising
and can easily monetize their own content
with no costly middleman. If Steemit were
any indication, the long-term potential
of KickCity’s value communities can take
everything to the next level. Vloggers
could earn more money for their content,
influencers could be paid more accurately
according to their exact reach, and each
individual user stands to benefit through
micro-payments and decentralized P2P
marketing rewards.
Though I apologize for the, erm,
comprehensiveness of this article–there
was much that needed to be said to
fully grasp the scope of this truly unique
platform. The team behind KickCity
epitomizes brilliant, hard working,
dedicated, and highly ambitious
entrepreneurs. If there is any group of
people who can make this work, it’s
them. Sometimes it is hard to look far
into the future in an industry such as
cryptocurrency (one that fluctuates so
rapidly, changing day-to-day). However,
in this case there is real potential to look
3, 5, even 10 years into the future. KickCity
is a great platform which will become
a household name within the next six to
seven years. I am proud to be an early
investor and I look forward to watching this
amazing platform grow.

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SECURITIES TOKEN PLATFORM
Polymath[POLY]
https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/polymath-network/
+43% N/A 285m 1.13 IDEX
KuCoin SophiaTX (SPHTX)
Ethos (ETHOS)
Dynamic Trading
Rights (DTR)GROWTH
PAST 30 DAYS
GROWTH
0
1
2
PRICE (US$)
2
1
0
LOW: 0.69 HIGH: 1.6
CATCH-UP BACKGROUND
UPCOMING EVENTS
V’S PREDICTION
Polymath has recently partnered up with SelfKey (KEY) to
help secure users’ digital identities on the blockchain.
Polymath facilitates the primary issuance and secondary trading of
blockchain security tokens, lowering the liquidity time of securities to months
instead of years. Polymath has taken under their wing the responsibility
to bridge traditional security markets and blockchain tech. SummerHill, a
Canadian venture capital firm, and Skyline Capital, a Real Estate Investment
Trust have already trusted Polymath to bridge this gap.
There is not much data on POLY since it was recently
listed. It is still in price discovery. Resistance levels: 11.5k
sats, 13k sats. Support levels: 10k sats.
Polymath is the first platform that will offer security token
offerings, separate from the traditional ICO. These STOs
will be the first types of token offerings that are fully legal
and compliant. It will allow for a new wave of tokenized
assets including funds, real estate, and much more.
Between February 28th and March 3rd, Polymath will hold
Polycon in Nassau, Bahamas, the world’s first crypto event
dedicated to securities tokens.
Conference at the end of the month could hold some
good announcements, and great overall unique
concept. Security may trend this year, so keep your eyes
on this one.
– CryptoGat (Ivan S.)
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OPENING THE DOOR TO INNOVATION IN BITCOIN
Counterparty[XCP]
https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/counterparty/
-47% -14% 56m 22.83 Poloniex
Bittrex
Counterparty
DEX
Omni (OMNI)
GROWTH
PAST 30 DAYS
GROWTH
0
22
44
PRICE (US$)
44
22
0
LOW: 21.31HIGH: 43.1
CATCH-UP BACKGROUND
UPCOMING EVENTS
V’S PREDICTION
In the past month, XCP has forked and launched XCPC (Counterparty Cash),
which is a protocol that can be used to create new layers on top of the
Bitcoin Cash network. Multi-Peer Multi-Asset (MPMA) sends will allow many
assets to be sent to many peers in a single transaction. P2SH data encoding
was also implemented. Its price is currently at $30.27.
Counterparty is a protocol that ‘extends Bitcoin’s functionality’ by allowing
developers to create layers upon the Bitcoin network to make it more
scalable and accessible to the masses, including the creation of smart
contracts in Bitcoin’s network. XCP coins can be used to pay for the
execution of their smart contract codes, and holding it allows holders to vote
on game-changing decisions.
Sitting at strong support on the daily and weekly. Daily
and weekly indicators are signaling oversold. Resistance
levels: 335k sats, 420k sats. Support levels: 210k sats, 140k
sats.
My number one pick. Why? Low supply, long sideways,
great FA, and similarities with the 2-week timeframe of
Reddcoin’s (RDD) chart (Bittrex) pre-3500% pump fractal.
While we couldn’t find any upcoming events, in the future
XCP seeks to implement the following: a virtual machine,
serialized tokens, atomic swaps, picopayments, and
Lightning Network.
A coin that aims to increase functionality and scalability
is usually a good concept. After a long accumulation, this
coin could be ready to move upwards soon.
– Pato
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DECENTRALIZED EXCHANGE FOR INSTANT CONVERSION OF CRYPTO ASSETS AND PAYMENTS
Kyber Network[KNC]
https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/kyber-network
-53% +63% 351m 1.92 Coinnest
Binance
Liqui
Bridgecoin (BCO)
Waves (WAVES)
0x (ZRX)
GROWTH
PAST 30 DAYS
GROWTH
0.0
2.5
5.0
PRICE (US$)
5
2.5
0
LOW: 1.92HIGH: 4.09
CATCH-UP BACKGROUND
UPCOMING EVENTS
V’S PREDICTION
February marked the highly anticipated launch of KNC’s
wallet mainnet. Surprisingly, there was only a small peak
in price action, which was overwhelmed by the dip in BTC
during its launch. It’s currently sitting at $2.63.
Kyber is a system that allows the instant exchange and conversion of crypto
assets. This allows merchants to receive payments in any token, while also
mitigating the risk of price fluctuations in cryptocurrencies with derivatives
trading. It is trustless, decentralized, and provides high liquidity. The
specialized team counts on advisors like Vitalik Buterin (Ethereum).
Currently sitting at strong support on the daily. Resistance
Kyber Network can be described as an on-chain protocol, which allows
secure instant exchanges between digital assets (cryptocurrencies). The
Kyber Network went live on the Ethereum Mainnet on February 11th. KNC is
rapidly expanding the network of partnerships and recently established two
significant new connections with Wanchain and SelfKey integration.
Soon Kyber will allow its users to trade arbitrary token
pairs, and has a longer term goal of being used to
facilitate cryptocurrency payments.
A live network and a bag full of partnerships - Kyber
looks good for the month ahead. They also have some
great long-term plans. A strong team with goals usually
achieves what they set out to do.
– Anbessa
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SELF-SOVEREIGN IDENTITY ECOSYSTEM
SelfKEY[KEY]
https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/selfkey/
-38% N/A 28m 0.015 OKEx
KuCoin
Tidex
Civic (CVC)
THEKEY (TKY)
GROWTH
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GROWTH
0.000
0.025
0.050
PRICE (US$)
0.05
0.025
0
LOW: 0.014HIGH: 0.024
CATCH-UP BACKGROUND
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V’S PREDICTION
SelfKey has recently partnered up with Kyber Network to
provide ETH-based tokens exchanged within the SelfKey
wallets. They have also partnered up with Polymath
to provide identity safety for securities trading on the
blockchain. It’s currently at the low price of $0.016.
SelfKey brings full identity ownership to the blockchain. It gives individuals
more freedom, privacy and wealth. KEY enables an identity wallet assigned to
each individual or collective companies which they fully control to manage
and secure their own portfolio, hassle-free. This makes KYC processes much
easier to perform thanks to the trustless storing of identity information to
participate in ICO token sales!
There is not a lot of data for KEY, but it looks close
to bottomed out. Indicators are signaling oversold.
Resistance levels: 150k sats, 170k sats. Support levels:
None.
SelfKey is offering an all-in-one KYC and ERC20 exchange.
It will allow users to participate in ICOs by submitting
their KYC and ETH in one click. The company has 4 years
experience in KYC and is my favorite identity platform
pick over Civic and TheKey.
This month SelfKey will launch the alpha version of
their desktop app. They have also stated that in this
quarter they will launch their token sales and exchanges
marketplace, as well as the Identity Wallets that will
support cryptocurrency transactions.
Desktop alpha, marketplace, and identity wallets all in
the near future. This is one to watch closely for this month.
– CryptoGat (Ivan S.)
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DECENTRALIZED BLOCKCHAIN SOLUTIONS
Stratis[STRAT]
https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/stratis/
-40% +39% 771m 7.47 Bittrex
Binance
Upbit
Ethereum (ETH)
Neo (NEO)
Lisk (LSK)
GROWTH
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0.0
6.5
13.0
PRICE (US$)
13
6.5
0
LOW: 6.09HIGH: 12.36
CATCH-UP BACKGROUND
UPCOMING EVENTS
V’S PREDICTION
Stratis was busy attending and networking at the Bitcoin
Super Conference in Dallas, TX last month. The first two
flagship ICOs based on the Stratis blockchain, Gluon
and Beyond Global Trade were also in attendance.
Regarding price, STRAT is currently trading at $9.46.
Stratis is a smart contract platform which can be used
by customers to build their own blockchain applications
based on the open-source code. The platform gives
freedom for some use cases, such as scientific study
transparency, product tracking, data recording of IoT
(internet of things), and identity management.
In a bearish trend on the daily and weekly. Daily shows
it is oversold, but there is a bearish pennant forming that
indicates we might not be at the bottom yet. Resistance
I am bullish on a few business platforms. Stratis is working ambitiously to
establish a Blockchain-as-a-Service (BaaS) Platform to provide solutions
for corporations in the financial sector that want to enjoy the benefits of
Blockchain technology. March will be big: smart contracts, sidechains
release, and the stratis identify iOS app.
March is looking like a busy month for Stratis! We can
expect them to release their smart contracts solution,
sidechains alpha, and their new iOS app.
Lots coming up for Stratis - and all eyes are on sidechains.
This is one of the strongest coins to watch for in March
and beyond.
– Anbessa
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CRYPTO SECURITY PRIMER
Hardware hacking, mining & Bitcoin are my favorite
tech topics. I wear plenty of hats. Nowadays, peo-
ple mostly know me as fundamentals expert for new
technologies in the blockchain space. My favorite
picks are masternode cryptos, privacy focused pro-
jects and distributed storage technologies.
This article is the first in a series of at least five articles that address
different risks that crypto traders and HODLERs are typically exposed
to in different forms. Most security articles focus on what you absolutely
SHOULDN’T do and are often accompanied with complex procedures to
implement and keep up.
@marsmensch
FLORIAN
PART 1
USING CANARIES:
PROTECTING YOUR VALUABLE
CRYPTO ASSETS BY RECEIVING
EARLY BIRD WARNINGS BEFORE IT’S
TOO LATE

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Being a security guy for more than a
decade, I’d like to break up the mindset
that good security must be complex.
After reading these, you will hopefully be
inspired and motivated to implement some
measures to raise the bar for your overall
personal security. Don’t be afraid, I will be
your friendly guide throughout this journey.
Credit: Paul Keller
Credit: Klaus Post
About Canaries
In software development, a Canary is referred to as an early test version of software, alluding
to the method used in coal mines to detect the presence of carbon monoxide. The bird’s
rapid breathing made it an ideal early warning system to warn the miners if they were in
danger of being intoxicated.
Don’t be afraid, no single Canary is going to be harmed with this measure to enhance
yoursecurity! Computer security persons are utilizing that concept in different forms. Canary-
Tokens are one of them and I will show you how to use them to your advantage with no
expensive hardware or complex scripts involved.
Why An Early Warning System?
If you are a little like me, you assume
perfect security is not possible and—at
some point—a compromise is inevitable.
New and severe vulnerabilities in Firewalls
and Operating Systems are discovered all
the time, so it’s a matter of being prepared
for WHEN and not IF you are hacked. It’s
bad if your last line of defense is falling; it’s
worse if you don’t realize it only after all
your crypto has been transferred out.
Canary-Tokens are a free, quick and
painless way to help you discover that
you have been breached—by having
attackers announce themselves.

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Deploy Your First Virtual Canary
As usual, there are multiple ways to do
it. Some are more complex and involve
rolling your own Linux or Windows system.
For this article, we’ll focus on things you
can do now and without spending an
evening on the installation. All you need
is a web browser and about 10 minutes of
time.
For our first test, let’s assume you have a
backup folder on some of your PCs where
you store encrypted backup copies for
crypto wallets. This is a good place for a
Canary; you definitely want to get notified
when someone has accessed these files.
In case you don’t have backups of your
wallets, drop this article and do that NOW!
First things first: head over to https://
canarytokens.org/ now. The site looks
like a simple web form with some basic
instructions how to use it. A Dropdown
Menu allows you to select from various
predefined Canary formats.
Credit: Thinkst Applied Research
Please select the option “Microsoft Word
Document”. Next, insert an email address
to get notified and a helpful message to
remind you what Canary is responsible
when it has been triggered.
In my example I used the text, “Tezos
Keyfile Canary compromised!” Verify your
email address and message, then press
the “Create my Canary Token” button to
generate it. Now click the “Download your
MS Word file” to download it.
Since we are testing right now, head
over to the location of your downloaded
Canary document and open it. You will see
an empty and boring document: nothing
more and nothing less. But wait, let’s head

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over to our configured email account
and see if our Canary Token has triggered
properly! You should see an email popping
up within one minute after opening the
document.
The message you will find in your inbox
should roughly look like what is pictured
here. This would already be pretty great,
but there’s even more information logged
and accessible when you click the “More
info on this token here” link.
You have just established the baseline for
a very efficient early warning system and
spent only about 10 minutes to do it.

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Distribute Canary-Tokens Over Sensitive
Places
Of course, generating a Canary-Token is
only the first step. So, what’s next? You
should distribute those tokens all over the
sensitive places in your network. Here are a
couple of ideas to get you started:
Drop the file on a Windows network share
(PDF, Word, Folder Canary)
Attach a Canary to an email with a
tempting Subject line (PDF, Word Canary)
Unzip the file on a juicily named Windows
network share (PDF, Word, Folder Canary)
Left in a secure location with your paper
wallet backups (QR Code Canary)
Underneath your phone battery when
crossing international borders (QR Code
Canary)
These are only some possible options. I am
sure you can find a lot more that will fit
your environment perfectly. The only limit is
your imagination and the result will be that
some sad hackers go to sleep instead of
draining your crypto wallets!
I hope you had as much fun reading
this article as I had writing it. Stay tuned
for the next part in this series. Cheers,
@marsmensch.

MISSNATOSHI’S CORNER
Just a 👸 BTFD
Whether you’ve just started trading or already trade full time, there seem
to be more and more exchanges popping up in the crypto space every day—
so I did a little research on some of your fav’s.
@missnatoshi
MISSNATOSHI
HOW WELL DO YOU
KNOW YOUR FAVORITE
CRYPTO EXCHANGES?

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Bitfinex
Founded in 2012, Bitfinex is a crypto
exchange providing advanced services
for digital currency traders and liquidity
providers.
Location: Undisclosed. The website
states “servers cloud based and globally
distributed.”
Features: exchange trading, margin
trading, margin funding.
Verification: Yes—if you wish to deposit/
withdraw and trade fiat currencies.
Verification can take up to 5 weeks.
Verification is not needed for crypto
deposits/withdrawals and trading.
Fees: Trading fees is either or a small fee
depending on traders activity in the last
30 days. Deposit fees for Euro and USD is
.100% with a minimum fee of $20. A small
deposit fee is applied on less than $1000
USD equivalent. Withdrawal fees vary per
coin and can be found on their support
website. Margin funding fees are 15% on
all generated fees received by margin
providers and an 18% charge applied on
fees on hidden offers.
Payment Methods: Crypto, USD, Euros.
Hacks/Drama: Around $70 million worth
of bitcoin was stolen in August 2016. They
were subpoenaed by the CTFC Dec 6,
2017.
Binance
Binance is a popular crypto exchange that
in 2017, while fairly new on the market,
has managed to gain popularity. Their
platform offers basic and advanced options
for trading. The more advanced option
offers more in depth technical analysis
of digital currency value over time. The
exchange also holds contests with prize
giveaways.
Location: In response to the China ban
they moved IP’s to an offshore location
(BVI) & multiple locations.
Features: exchange trading, ICO listings,
mobile app
Verification: Level 1 verification gets you
a 2 BTC daily withdrawal limit, and level
2 you are allowed up to 100 BTC per day.
There are also higher limits available if you
contact them directly.
Fees: Binance charges an average fee
of .1% on each trade. If you pay with
BNB token, you’ll get a 50% discount on
trading fees. Withdrawal fees vary for each
currency.
Payment Methods: Crypto
Hacks/Drama: Nothing major.
BINANCE IS
A POPULAR
CRYPTO
EXCHANGE

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Bittrex
Bittrex was founded in 2014 and has made
its way as one of the top exchanges in the
world by volume. Created by a security
engineer at Amazon, it has been known to
deliver a fast and secure platform, trading
services, and rapid deposits and withdraw-
als. It has hundreds of crypto trading pairs
and recently announced that it will soon
incorporate fiat pairings.
Location: Seattle USA
Features: exchange trading
Verification: Basic accounts require name,
address, and DOB for you to withdraw up
to 3 BTC. Enhanced accounts need ID and
photo identification in order to withdraw
up to 100 btc per day.
Fees: All trades are charged .25% of the
profits of the trade. No fees for deposits. A
network fee charged for withdrawals.
Payment Methods: Crypto
Hacks/Drama: Nothing major
Cryptopia
Registered in 2014, Cryptopia is unique
because its trades are peer to peer—all are
completed with other users. It is known
and loved by its users as the place to find
less common crypto, or “hidden gems.”
Location: New Zealand
Features: Exchange trading, mining
platform, arbitrage service, coin info,
lottery
Verification: You only need your email
address to get a daily withdrawal of
$5,000. The next stage of verification
requires providing and ID, address and
photo which limited you $50,000 per day.
The final stage requires proof of address
and a written statement which can allow
$500,000 per day.
Fees: Trading fees are .2% and withdrawal
fees vary per coin
Hacks/Drama: Nothing majo
[CRYPTOPIA] IT IS KNOWN AND LOVED
BY ITS USERS AS THE PLACE TO FIND LESS
COMMON CRYPTO, OR “HIDDEN GEMS.”

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ALSO
SOMETHING
TO NOTE IS
THAT SOME
OF KUCOIN’S
FEES GO BACK
TO THE USERS
AS A “KUCOIN
BONUS”
Kucoin
Kucoin is a new modern looking platform
that was founded in 2017 although its team
and platform is new they have been work-
ing on it for a few years. Pairs to choose
from are btc, eth, kcs, neo and usdt. Ku-
coin is also known to get new some ICO
listings come in first.
Location: Hong Kong
Features: Exchange Trading, mobile app
Verification: You need an email and pass-
word
Fees: Trading fees are .1% and low fees
for withdrawals are coin dependent. Also
something to note is that some of Kucoin’s
fees go back to the users as a “Kucoin
Bonus”
Hacks/Drama: Nothing major
With the recent exchange hacks this year
and DEX’s on the horizon it is important
to be able to trust the platform you are us-
ing to manage your valuable crypto assets.
Also don’t forget to bookmark your ex-
changes so you aren’t logging into a phish-
ing website.

TOP 5
Well, we’ve seen all the way from 21 to 6, and now it’s time for our top 5
picks of the month!
Buckle up and get ready, and as always, do your own research (DYOR)!
Figures accurate on 28th February 2018

RETAIL MINER-FRIENDLY SMART CONTRACT PLATFORM
LUXCoin[LUX]
https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/luxcoin/
-42% +1006% 14m 13.38
Cryptopia Groestlcoin (GRS)
Pirl (PIRL)
Ellaism (ELLA)
GROWTH
PAST 30 DAYS
GROWTH
0
12
24
PRICE (US$)
24
12
0
LOW: 10.83HIGH: 23.16
CATCH-UP BACKGROUND
UPCOMING EVENTS
V’S PREDICTION
It has been an exciting start to the year for LUX. They
have released their whitepaper v.2.0, redesigned the
website, and implemented ZeroMQ protocol in their
wallet for block and transaction broadcasting. LuxCoin is
LuxCoin claims to have the most efficient GPU mining algorithm, and is ASIC
resistant as well. LUX also has SegWit implementation, which is a protocol
that segregates part of the information in a transaction to make transactions
smaller and faster. Users can run masternodes and access a hybrid POW/
POS algorithm. All-in-all, a very tempting asset to miners and investors for its
profitability and potential!
Broke out of a downtrend on the 4 hour and daily.
Indicators are showing bullish divergence, signaling that
there might be a bullish trend soon. Resistance levels:
160k sats. Support levels: 100k sats, 65k sats.
LuxCoin has a full blockchain ecosystem with really active
development and an interesting roadmap ahead for the
next quarters. Great low cap pick at Cryptopia.
This month Lux will be burning coins, as well as activating
SegWit implementation and smart contracts.
Coin burns historically have an effect on price. A good
low cap with high upside and a strong team.
– CryptoRand
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SECURE, PRIVATE, UNTRACEABLE
Monero[XMR]
https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/monero/
+5% +67% 4.7b 293.14 Bithumb
HitBTC
Bitfinex
ZClassic (ZCL)
PIVX (PIVX)
ZCash (ZEC)
GROWTH
PAST 30 DAYS
GROWTH
0
163
326
PRICE (US$)
326
163
0
LOW: 180.87 HIGH: 325.96
FEBRUARY FEB 28
CATCH-UP BACKGROUND
UPCOMING EVENTS
V’S PREDICTION
Monero is a coin that has been getting a lot of buzz lately
due to the sentiment that privacy coins will be very bullish
in 2018. As far as its most recent marketing/networking,
Monero had a meetup in Los Angeles last month. It is
currently trading at around $280.
Monero is a safe, private, and untraceable
cryptocurrency. Nobody can track your balance or
transactions back to you, nor they may know if, where, or
how much you sent to whomever. It uses ring signatures,
ring confidential transactions, and stealth addresses to
keep all the data hidden from prying eyes.
Bull flag on daily, XMR is in a strong uptrend. Resistance
levels: 300k sats, 320k sats. Support levels: 260k sats, 215k
sats.
The project and team make an introduction obsolete. It’s
accumulation time!
On the 14th of March, Monero will hardfork to a new
privacy coin: MoneroV (XMV). Every Monero holder
during the snapshot will get 10 XMV for each single XMR
coin they hold.
Privacy is so hot right now, and Monero is one of the
original privacy coins. If the trend takes off in 2018,
Monero stands a good chance of rising with the incoming
privacy tide. Could be this month, could be the next, but
it’s likely to be sometime in the near future.
– Florian
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CENSORSHIP-RESISTANT ART MARKETPLACE ON THE BLOCKCHAIN
LBRY Credits[LBC]
https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/library-credit/
-32% +36% 54m 0.38 Poloniex
Bittrex
Cryptopia
Po.et (POE)
Basic Attention
Token (BAT)
Steem (STEEM)
GROWTH
PAST 30 DAYS
GROWTH
0.0
0.5
1.0
PRICE (US$)
1
0.5
0
LOW: 0.27HIGH: 0.56
CATCH-UP BACKGROUND
UPCOMING EVENTS
V’S PREDICTION
LBRY has been gaining popularity lately. Over 150,000
pieces of content are currently available on the
platform, including movies and LBRY originals. In February,
LBRY attended Bitcoin Super Conference, represented by
Jeremy Kauffman, LBC’s founder and CEO. At the time of
writing it’s sitting at $0.32.
LBRY is the first digital decentralized marketplace with
a focus on digital goods controlled by the market’s
participants themselves. This means that content creators
are responsible for their content. LBRY is censorship-
resistant, allowing everyone to create and sell whatever
they want with a focus on movies, books, and games.
Broke out of downtrend on daily and there is a bullish
pennant forming. Resistance levels: 4k sats, 5.5k sats.
Support levels: 3k sats, 1.8k sats.
FA - strong. Might need a bit more sideways movement
(in March), but I believe it will perform well in the coming
months.
Through the end of this quarter, YouTube Sync program
re-launches with Partner Program to build on its current list
of creators and create incentives to bring on even more.
They will also launch their Android app in alpha, and
release their technical whitepaper draft.
Very good concept and some great events to help
expansion and awareness this quarter. A strong
contender for March.
– CryptoTutor
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SCALABILITY, PRIVACY AND INTEROPERABILITY
Aion[AION]
https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/aion/
-35% +132% 289m 2.81 Liqui
Binance
KuCoin
Ark (ARK)
Wanchain (WAN)
Blocknet (BLOCK)
GROWTH
PAST 30 DAYS
GROWTH
0.0
2.5
5.0
PRICE (US$)
5
2.5
0
LOW: 2.28HIGH: 4.33
CATCH-UP BACKGROUND
UPCOMING EVENTS
V’S PREDICTION
Aion has recently launched their Virtual Machine: FastVM.
Its purpose is to improve the performance and efficiency
of their platform. FastVM is a core module of the Aion
proof-of-work release, which is currently in its beta testing
phase. Its price is currently at $3.66.
Designed to support custom blockchains and act as a
bridge between them, Aion allows trustless cross-chain
interoperability. This means that you can interact with
multiple blockchains through its network. Aion-1 is their
first public, dedicated blockchain.
Sitting at strong support on daily and 4 hour, indicators
signal that it is oversold. Resistance levels: 34k sats, 40k
sats. Support levels: 28k sats.
One of the best projects aiming to cover one of the
main blockchain problems: scalability. From a technical
analysis perspective, it’s in accumulation stage with great
risk/reward.
March will be a busy month for Aion. They will be
attending the Canadian FinTech conference, and will
be releasing the 4th round of AION tokens for those who
participated in Aion’s Token Release Schedule. Their
testnet, wallet, and explorer will be available early in the
month for download.
Loads of important events in the month ahead for AION,
great charts, and a great concept for adoption. One of
the key coins to watch in March.
– CryptoRand
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BANK THE UNBANKED WITH CRYPTO
OmiseGo[OMG]
https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/omisego/
+22% +104% 2b 19.43 Bitfinex
Bittrex
Binance
Metal (MTL)
Ethos (ETHOS)
Everex (EVX)
GROWTH
PAST 30 DAYS
GROWTH
0
10
20
PRICE (US$)
20
10
0
LOW: 9.31 HIGH: 19.43
CATCH-UP BACKGROUND
UPCOMING EVENTS
V’S PREDICTION
OmiseGo has experienced some accumulation
throughout the month of February. Regarding
fundamentals, it’s currently finishing its Honte phase,
which means the team is laying the foundations in
preparation for Plasma (plasma.io), as stated in their
roadmap. OMG is currently trading at $17.82.
OmiseGo is a payment platform project within the large
Thai company, Omise. They help solve a fundamental
problem of coordination between payment processors,
gateways, and financial institutions. OmiseGO is a start-up
lead by Jun Hasegawa and Donnie Harinsut, founders of
Omise, which was established in 2013.
Broke out of ascending triangle on daily, strong bullish
trend. Resistance levels: 200k sats, 222k sats. Support
levels: 178k sats, 145k sats.
Our whale catcher noticed a lot of accumulation by big
accounts (8 figures+). Its chart is looking good enough! If
you can get in below 200k Satoshi, don’t hesitate. Follow
the big money.
No events in the foreseeable future, except for the
conclusion of their Honte phase, as described in the
catch-up. Honte is to be delivered in the end of Q1 or
throughout Q2 this year.
OMG has been one to watch for a long time. With large
accounts now purchasing tokens, and a great looking
chart - OMG may see some strong price action in the
short-term and long-term alike.
– CryptoManiac
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COLLEEN’S
NOOB JOURNEY
I started my love affair with cryptocurrencies at a Bitcoin
ATM in a gas station while buying lottery tickets. I am a for-
mer Midwesterner, now living in the Southeast United States
and working in both the insurance and publishing indus-
tries. My passions include meeting new people, having a
good laugh, and spreading the bitcoin gospel.
Most of us like to think of
ourselves as a practical people.
We want to understand the
bottom line. All the theories
in the world are all well and
good, but in the final analysis,
we want to know if what we’re
buying is going to provide a
tangible benefit. Often times in
crypto, this is not so easy.
AN INVENTORY OF
CASHTAGS AND
TOSSING OUT THE
SHAME BAGS
@CryptoNoobGirl
COLLEEN GREENWOOD

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Some, if not many of the projects I’ve
“invested” in have no working product and
are based purely on speculation. I guess
this makes it more exciting and mysterious,
however it also can make one a bit
apprehensive. In the realm of our personal,
family, and spiritual lives, we might believe
lovely ideas such as “the journey is more
important than the destination,” but when
we’re shelling out our hard-earned money,
many people can become impatient
and ruthless, only caring about results.
This makes for an interesting dilemma in
the case of crypto, hence it may not be
entirely inaccurate to say that I’ve thrown
practicality out the window in favor of
faith. Faith in something bigger than my
bottom line. Faith in a revolution. Faith
that all of this crazy crypto commotion
will make the world a better place. Okay
sure, also faith that I’m going to be rich
and have the freedom to hop on a plane
on a whim, pop bottles of champagne,
and party all day; or the freedom to do
absolutely nothing and be completely,
utterly, and fabulously lazy. I have never
claimed to be a Saint.
Anyhow, seeing as we’ve just celebrated
Valentine’s day, the day of fine chocolates
and flowers for many, just another day for
some, or a lonely drunken night for others,
I got to thinking about love. Is it true that
love is blind? Do only fools fall in love? Of
course now that I’m card-carrying bitcoin
junkie, once I start pondering something
my mind automatically tries to tie whatever
I’m thinking of to crypto. What exactly is it
about crypto that I love so much? Why am
I behaving like a teenager in love, staying
up late and obsessing over it when I know
that I should be sleeping? What the hell
am I doing with my life?
This may sound awfully stupid, but for the
first time it dawned on me in kind of a
profound way that all those bags I was
accumulating and the projects I had been
gazing at weren’t just far fetched ideas,
nor were they merely some way to make
a quick buck like in some kind of lottery.
These were things that were actually going
to be interacted with and used, things that
would unquestionably become part of
the shuffle of life, a partner in humanity’s
quaking. It had a strange spell about it
that left me partially hypnotized.
After some time, I started thinking about
some trading tips that I had heard
repeatedly, and how they sounded a
lot like dating advice: “Don’t fall in love
with your bags!” “Diversify, but don’t
over diversify” The love and attachment
to the bags that I’d been holding and
accumulating since I started in this space
not much longer than 6 or so months
ago had grown pretty strong, I realized.
On the other side of the coin: if you’re a
hodler, aren’t you supposed to fall in love
with your bags? Also, it was becoming
clear to me as well that I was indeed over
diversified.
Hodl was the strategy that I was advised
to take when I entered crypto, so maybe
subconsciously I will always tend to lean
towards it, regardless of how enticing
and exhilarating it sounds to become a
hustling day trader. However, we humans
are always refashioning and reinventing
ourselves, and I am no exception. After
about a half a year of being in this space
(which, much like dog years, is equivalent
to a decade in terms of how fast things
move), I decided it was time to reevaluate
things. I needed to take stock of my
WHAT THE HELL
AM I DOING
WITH MY LIFE?

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strategies and goals and look deeper into
the love affair I had started with my bags,
as well as look back at any lessons I’d
gleaned from the beginning. As with many
relationships, it’s not always easy to do,
and the truth is sometimes harsh.
So I set off on a cringeworthy walk down
memory lane, and there was a mound
of mortifying dirt that I dug up on myself.
During the first week or two that I initially
started buying altcoins, I was doing so
without doing any serious research, not
that I would have known how to anyhow. I
would sometimes pick projects or coins to
invest in the same fashion that I’d pick a
team to root for when I’d be half-watching
a sporting event I didn’t particularly
care for at a bar: the team with either
the coolest name or the most appealing
colors/logos. Clearly this wasn’t genius
rocket science. Some of the bags I’d
initially picked up were just after payday
when I’d meet up with friends to go bar
hopping. I would often wake up the next
morning and log into an exchange to
see that I’d started yet another bag with
absolutely no recollection of doing it,
nor what the coin was for, or what had
prompted me to buy it. Luckily and oddly
enough, they actually weren’t all bad
choices.
It didn’t take long (just a couple of months)
before I had amassed an outrageous
amount of bags—in the triple digits. Many
of these bags were laughably meager in
size. It was almost as though I had bought
them simply as bookmarks so that I could
be prompted to look at them again in
the future and possibly fill them further.
I can’t help but be reminded of one of
my favorite guilty-pleasure trainwreck
TV shows from years ago: Hoarders. The
main subject of each episode is typically
a nice, but clearly broken individual who
can’t seem to throw away so much as a
toilet paper core. Their house is so filled
to the brim with junk that you practically
need a zip-line to get from one side
to the other. As the show progresses,
you watch the person reluctantly and
sluggishly struggle to dispose of heaps
of their beloved 20-year-old magazines
and stockpiles of empty shampoo bottles
while a professional helper (cleaning
shrink) is there holding their hand, offering
gentle encouragement. All the while,
as you frustratingly watch, it starts to get
excruciating and you can’t help but
think, “Oh for crying out loud, someone
just light a match and burn that place
down already!” Little did I know that this
was to become me someday, except
with an entirely different kind of clutter
predicament.
I had known for some time that it was
getting out of hand. Clearly there are
worse fates than holding onto over a
hundred bags (there are people that do
and get along just fine), but as a noob
IF YOU’RE A HODLER, AREN’T YOU
SUPPOSED TO FALL IN LOVE WITH YOUR
BAGS?

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with not a lot of time to babysit that
many, I was starting to realize why it was
ill advised. If I decided that I wanted
make some bold moves, it would be much
easier with far less bags—or so I had read.
Knowing this, I still did nothing to remedy it.
The universe continued to do what it
does best: send me hints at what I should
be doing, and I continued to do what I
did best: ignore the signs. I kept coming
across tweets about keeping the amount
of assets/bags you hold to around 10 or
under, the same sentiment was in podcasts
I was listening to, and there were also
discussions on Telegram echoing the
message. I was being blissfully stubborn—
at least until one day. I was driving around
in my car, listening to a mainstream media
financial show on the radio (which I won’t
name). The host of the show is famous
for talking fast and getting exceptionally
excited when discussing stocks. In this
particular segment, he was getting worked
up about the importance of not over
diversifying unless you are a professional.
In that moment, I felt as though he was
speaking directly to me. He was more
or less telling me that I was going to get
rekt if I were to continue on my path. I
sat in my car and let out a joyless giggle.
The warning bells in my brain finally went
off and while sitting idly at at stop light,
I nodded to myself. It was time to cut
loose many of my beloved bags. “Just not
tonight.”
For half the next morning, I tried to
convince myself to sit down to my
computer and whip my portfolio into
reasonable shape. “It would be like the
garage sale of the century!” I told myself.
Finally after procrastinating with 3 cups
of coffee, I logged into my computer.
Scanning through all of my altcoins, I
concluded that I couldn’t do it alone.
I was just like one of the poor souls on
Hoarders—I needed to enlist a cleaning
shrink. I hesitantly messaged a friend of
mine, who happened to be the best trader
I knew, and I asked for a favor. I explained
that I would be texting the name of a
coin, and all he would have to do is reply
with the words: “sell it.” He had seen my
portfolio months previously and had also
cautioned me that I was “over diversified.”
Thankfully, he agreed. It took quite some
time and we only managed to get through
maybe 20 or so of my bags. It felt like a
weight had been lifted and I was able to
confidently keep going without the need
for someone prodding me with a stick,
granted it took me several more days.
Hoarders: Altcoin Edition was a success!
That night I as I sat at my computer and
scrolled through my Twitter feed, watching
the various shitposts and charts blur past
me, I thought about how unlikely it was
that I was in Crypto in the first place. In
one sense I’m a highly likely candidate,
since I like taking chances on weird new
things. But on the other hand, I’d always
been fairly tech illiterate and I didn’t know
the first thing about trading and markets.
Fortunately as someone who doesn’t mind
getting their hands dirty and making a
mess of things, I didn’t let that dissuade
me. I knew I had a long, bumpy road
ahead of me in order to truly figure out
what was what around here. That road
keeps getting longer each day as I learn
more. It truly is a strange and wonderful
rabbit hole. Somehow, through the flip of a
coin, I wound up here. Sleep deprived yet
invigorated, and fantastically lucky.
I WAS JUST LIKE ONE OF
THE POOR SOULS ON
HOARDERS—I NEEDED TO
ENLIST A CLEANING SHRINK.

THE COIN BRIEF
Welcome to the coin brief! This mini-featurette is a monthly interview/
AMA with a popular coin team or crypto project, coupled with a
fundamental analysis. Read on, and meet the team behind the coin!

AMAWITH
PAMELA PAIGE
I am a real estate developer in New York City who specializes in secur-
ing investments from high-level commercial developers across state
lines. In my off time I shoot editorials and high fashion, I have been
featured in several prestigious magazines as a professional photogra-
pher. Appearing in magazines such as Dark Beauty and Maxim. I am
the first woman to establish a professional roundtable (The Moonshot
Groups Crypto Roundtable) consisting of ex-forex professionals, hack-
ers & software developers, and network security analysts. The focus?
To educate their community and bounce information off one another.
There is power in numbers and this group proves it.
Phore Blockchain and @ThePinkCrypto organized an AMA with folks from
Zerpbox to discuss the upcoming year and the new direction of Phore,
which has seen significant growth through the end of 2017.
@ThePinkCrypto
PHORE

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(Pamela) Is Phore just another privacy coin or
does it have another objective?
(Phore Team) While we are a privacy
coin, we aim to be a top tier blockchain
platform, that is our primary objective. We
do this by actively creating use cases for
Phore, and building solutions rather than
being content to exist solely within the
cryptosphere and waiting for adoption
to come to us. We want Phore to be
far more accessible and user friendly
than cryptocurrencies currently are.
This includes the user interface and user
experience, but also being able to easily
use Phore in both a personal commerce
and a business context.
How do you intend to deliver that ambitious
goal?
The first step is the creation of the Phore
Decentralized Marketplace which is in
closed beta testing now, due for release
towards the end of this quarter. We will
also be integrating a decentralized
crowdfunding component into the
marketplace that will give people a
privacy enabled way to contribute to
causes they believe in, and a platform
which people and businesses can use to
raise funds without needing permission
from any central authority.
At the same time there, will be a
strong focus on blockchain technology
improvements including private smart
contracts, atomic swaps, and an ever
growing list of decentralized applications
using the Phore platform. These are only
a few things on our public development
roadmap. In reality, there are many other
business developments going on behind
the scenes, such as potential partnerships.
We will be announcing those in the very
near future!
IN TERMS OF FUTURE
PROOFING, WE
FEEL INNOVATION IS
ESSENTIAL.
PHORE
TEAMPHORE
As you know, the crypto space is rapidly
evolving. How do you plan to keep up, and
keep ahead of other projects?
In terms of future prooﬁng, we feel innova-
tion is essential. The unifying theme be-
hind our roadmap this year is that we are
transforming Phore into a true blockchain
platform that is both developer and user
friendly, and enables further innovation of
blockchain based business models and
applications that solve real world problems.
Overall though, I think it will come down to
solid execution. Cryptocurrencies are open
source and ideas will continue to be shared
and copied. I think this is a great thing be-
cause it will allow us to adopt and improve
upon the best ideas that others implement,
and focus more of our efforts on innovating
in areas others are not working on. With our
ambitious vision and solid execution, I think
we are going to be well positioned in the
crypto ecosystem.

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WE DO FEEL
PRIVACY IS VERY
IMPORTANT TO
CRYPTOCURRENCY
TRANSACTIONS
AND REMOVAL
WOULD VERY
MUCH BE A LAST
RESORT
You mentioned that Phore is a privacy coin. If
government regulation starts to crack down
on privacy coins, would this be the end of
Phore?
Phore enables private transactions through
our implementation of the Zerocoin
Protocol, which prevents any transactions
from being recorded on the blockchain
that directly link the sending and receiving
addresses. Phore nodes and masternodes
can also be run over the Tor network
for anyone who wished to do so. It is
important to note that the use of Zerocoin
is optional, allowing users to send both
private and transparent transactions—
unlike many other privacy coins which
are private transactions only. One more
thing which is important to note is that the
“privacy coin” aspect of the Phore code
COULD be removed in order to comply
with regulations, and the transparent
transactions would continue to operate
exactly as they do now along with all of
the other features of Phore. We do feel
privacy is very important to cryptocurrency
transactions and removal would very
much be a last resort, but if regulatory
requirements required it, it could be done
without disruption to the blockchain.
How does Phore’s implementation of Zerocoin
work?
When you know you that you will want to
do private transactions at some point in
the future, you begin by ‘minting’ zPHR,
which is the private version of Phore.
The PHR are added to an accumulator
pool and you receive zPHR which are like
vouchers for those specific denominations,
which exist only in your wallet. These zPHR
have no direct linkage to any specific
input address on the blockchain. An
analogy of this would be taking US Dollars
that have serial numbers on them and
give them to the cashier at a casino. You
then receive casino chips of a variety of
standard denominations (ranging from 1
to 5000 PHR), that have value but are no
longer tied directly to your identity.
A side effect of this is that your zPHR
balance would not show up as belonging
to your address or wallet on a rich list or
other block explorer view. So zPHR would
allow someone to mask their true Phore
holdings if they were worried about being
targeted by hackers based on their wallet
balance. Information is available about
how much zPHR exists, but not who owns it.
This minting can be done at any time.
More mints of the types of zPHR you
minted have to be done before you can
spend yours. This helps to ensure a certain
minimum amount of privacy by eliminating
the possibility of someone immediately
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zPHR, which would make it easier to guess
where the private transaction started.
When you are ready to spend your zPHR,
you can send your zPHR to any Phore
address and it arrives as PHR. Your zPHR
are destroyed, and the transactions
recorded on the blockchain are from the
accumulator pool to the receiver—nothing
traceable back to the original sending
address, which may have minted their
zPHR weeks or months prior. Each zPHR
denomination coin is mixed with all of
the other coins of that denomination up
to the point it was minted, as well as a
configurable privacy level ranging from 10
blocks ahead of your mint to a maximum
of all mints on the blockchain. The
amounts you minted may have different
amounts than what is being spent. This
makes analyzing the blockchain to guess
the sending address very difficult, and
the privacy gets stronger as more zPHR is
minted and used.
The process also uses zero knowledge
proofs which prevents even the Phore
nodes that are doing the minting and
spending processes from having enough
information to piece together your
transactions, which eliminates what
otherwise may require a developer-trusted
setup.
If you want to delve deeper into the
zerocoin protocol, the original zerocoin
whitepaper from Johns Hopkins University is
located here: https://isi.jhu.edu/~mgreen/
ZerocoinOakland.pdf
One of the concerns around privacy coins
is that they often have an anonymous team
which makes investors skeptical. How has
Phore decided to address this issue?
We really value an individual’s right to
choose their level of privacy. This applies
to the way our team works as well as the
philosophy behind our project. Therefore,
we allow team members to choose the
amount of information they would like
to release to the public. As part of our
upcoming rebranding event, our new
website will have the names and faces of
the team members who are comfortable
sharing this information.
How does Phore’s masternode and governance
process work?
The governance system and masternodes
make the Phore blockchain and project
very resilient, in a very decentralized and
powerful way. Masternodes require 10,000
PHR to be locked as collateral in order
to set one up. In return for the services
these special nodes perform securing the
Phore network, they receive a portion
of the block rewards, creating a passive
income stream for the owner. The annual
masternode ROI as of right now is about
40%, which can fluctuate based on the
number of masternodes, and will decrease
at certain points in the future to control
inflation.
The masternode owners also have voting
rights over the development budget for
the Phore project that is paid out every
30 days. Anyone can submit a proposal,
which is recorded on the blockchain,
and masternode owners vote to decide
which proposals are approved and paid.
This process is completely decentralized
and the blockchain has specific rules for
THE MASTERNODE
OWNERS ALSO HAVE
VOTING RIGHTS OVER THE
DEVELOPMENT BUDGET FOR
THE PHORE PROJECT

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