21 Cryptos Magazine January 2018

NEW YEAR NEW MOON

70 PAGES • 39 PRO PICKS • 21 COIN ANALYSES 19 PROS • 13 FEATURES

JANUARY 2018

INDEX 2 3-9 10-11 12-16 17 18 19-20 21-25 26-28 29 30-35 36-38 39 40-43 44-48 49-53 54 55-56 57-61 62-67 68 69

- Welcome! - Top Picks 21-16 - A Lesson with the Tutor - Lesson 3 - Top Picks 15 - 11 - Joe’s ICOs - The Cryptostreet Podcast - Missnatoshi’s Corner - Top Picks 10 - 6 - Coin In The Spotlight - Gat’s Smallcaps - Our Top 5 Picks! - #iwanttobetheminer! - Pink Pages - Miss G’s Noob Journey: Part 3 - Pamela’s AMAs - Crypto All-Stars - Donate - Beast’s Trading Spot - Bulldog’s FA - Event Calendar - Competition - See You Next Month!

The 21C Pro Squad (In alphabetical order) Beastlorian Bitcoin Dad Bully Colleen G Crypto Bull Crypto Bulldog CryptoChief CryptoGat CryptoManiac CryptOrca CryptoRand CryptoTutor Florian Joe Crypto Missnatoshi Notsofast Crypto Pamela Paige TheBitcoinBear Yakherder

@Beastlyorion @bitcoin_dad @cryptobully @cryptonoobgirl @Crypto_God @cryptobulld0g @cryptochief_ @cryptogat @happywithcrypto @cryptorca @crypto_rand @cryptotutor @Marsmensch @cryptoridy @missnatoshi @notsofast @thepinkcrypto @cryptotrendz @yakherders

ADDITIONAL CONTENT

TEAM 21C V

Ananke

CEO & Editor-in-Chief @GameOfCryptos

Art Director @anankestudio

The Crypto Street Podcast Crew Killer Whale @k1llerwh4le Prince @13prince31 CryptoDale @cryptodale Pinkcoin’s Creative Design Director @elypse_pink

Tiff Production Manager @n00bqu33n

Designer @tiffchau

Alder Designer

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WELCOME

WHAT A CLIMAX TO 2017 THAT WAS FOLKS. NOT A MONTH AGO I WAS WRITING ABOUT HOW BITCOIN HAD HIT THAT MAGICAL $10,000 SPOT, AND NOW WE CAN SAY IT’S HIT THAT UBER-SUPER-SPECIAL PEAK OF $20,000! I’D LOVE TO SHARE A GOOD LAUGH AND A JOKE WITH YOU GUYS THAT $40,000 IS NEXT ON THE AGENDA… BUT I’D PROBABLY HAVE TO EAT MY WORDS BY FEB, AS FOR ALL WE KNOW THAT COULD BE A REALISTIC POSSIBILITY. SO, ALT SEASON IS WELL UNDER WAY, AND WE’VE SEEN A LOT OF THE COINS MAKE INSANE GAINS OF BETWEEN 100-300%. THEN OF COURSE WE’VE GOT MONSTERS LIKE ZCLASSIC WITH A WHOPPING 2000% INCREASE IN A SINGLE WEEK. WHO KNOWS WHAT JAN WILL BRING? THE CALENDAR IS CRAMMED FULL OF EVENTS, THE PROS ARE OUT IN FULL FORCE, AND THE COINS ARE ALL BEHAVING LIKE ABSOLUTE MANIACS. 2018 IS POISED TO GET OFF TO AN INCREDIBLY EXCITING START. THIS MONTH WE’VE GOT A MASSIVE 10 PRO FEATURES FOR YOUR DELECTATION, AND OUR NEW DESIGNER IS SLOWLY REPLACING SOME OF OUR STAFF FEATURES WITH THE NEW AND IMPROVED V.2 OF 21C’S STYLE. YOU’LL NOW FIND NOT ONLY THE TOP 21, BUT ALSO THE ROUNDTABLE (NOW RENAMED CRYPTO ALLSTARS), AND THE EVENT CALENDAR IN OUR BRAND NEW THEME. NEXT MONTH WE AIM TO HAVE MOST OF THE MAG COMPLETED IN THE SAME STYLE. SO FOR NOW LET’S DIVE RIGHT IN WITH THE FIRST OF OUR TOP 21 COIN ANALYSES! TURN THE PAGE DEAR READER, AND YOUR ADVENTURE SHALL BEGIN…

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TOP 21 SAVE YOURSELF SOME TIME & ENERGY!

Welcome to our main feature! This is an analysis of the top 21 coins for the month ahead. We hand select some of our pros picks, add some of our own, and set about the epic task of researching and writing up only the most relevant information in the most easy-to-understand way - so you get the benefits of all the research and knowledge without any of the legwork. Our aim here is to help you get a quick look at a coin’s background, what it’s done last month, and what it may do next month. We include a lot of stats for those interested in their own analysis, and a scoring system on the bottom of each page - which gives a brief look at how we’ve rated each area of each coin’s performance. The overall score we give - from 0 to 100 - allows us to rank each coin from no.21 all the way up to no.1. We analyse Public Opinion, how much Room To Grow the coin has, TA, FA, and Upcoming Events. Those scores contribute to the final figure. Read on, see what coins are trending this month, and enjoy!

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GAMIFIED MICRO-TASKS

STORM [STORM]

21

https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/stor m/

+184%

N/A

165m

0.0046

HitBTC Bancor Network

UnikoinGold (UKG)

GROWTH PAST 30 DAYS

GROWTH PAST 90 DAYS

MARKET CAP ($)

PRICE ($)

WHERE TO BUY

COMPETITION

First Blood (1ST) GameCredits (GAME)

PRICE (US$) LOW: 0.016

0.06

HIGH: 0.05

0.50

0.03 0.25

0.000

DECEMBER 2017

JAN 1

CATC H - U P

BAC KG RO U N D

Storm is a very recent token launched in the last week of December, and has already gained a multimillion market cap at $120M.

Storm creates earning opportunities for people all around the world by letting members find ways to earn through microtasks. You can earn by playing videos, trying new products and services, by shopping or performing micro-tasks. They count on advisors like Bill Shihara from Bittrex, and Tom Bollich from Zynga. Their team has some great prior experience in blockchain tech.

T EC H N I CA L A N A LYS I S

U P C OM I N G E V E N TS

Being such a recent asset, it’s still discovering its price through highs and lows, but the great FA will make it a solid bet mid/long-term.

Storm has no events or an available roadmap for the time being. It will be launched soon, however.

P R E D I CT I O N

Probably one of my favourite bets for 2018. Excellent suite of payments for microtasks with a gamified perspective. All-star team and advisors, founder of Bittrex and Zynga to mention just a couple of them.

Who can say exactly what will happen when a coin’s been on the market a week? Well, we’re in an industry where 99.9% of people love to make money, and there’s a fun product in their field of interest that will help them make money. Potential gains seem like a no-brainer. But as always, use caution with coins that are new to market.

– Crypto Rand

TA

ROOM TO GROW

FA 2

3

UPCOMING EVENTS 4

67%

PUBLIC OPINION 1

3 TOTAL SCORE

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THE ORIGINAL OPEN-SOURCE P2P CURRENCY SPONSORED BY SHIBA INUS

DOGECOIN [DOGE]

20

https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/dogecoin/

+285% +605% GROWTH PAST 30 DAYS

GROWTH PAST 90 DAYS

929m

0.0077

Bittrex Poloniex Cryptopia

MARKET CAP ($)

PRICE ($)

WHERE TO BUY

Shibas are friendly and competitionaverse. They only get ANGERY around filthy cades. COMPETITION

PRICE (US$) 0.01

LOW: 0.002

HIGH: 0.0093

1.0

0.005

0.5

0.00

DECEMBER 2017

CATC H - U P

JAN 1

BAC KG RO U N D

Dogecoin was created for fun by the American programmer Billy Markus back in 2014. It was supposed to be used as a meme currency, a move applauded by Shiba Inus all over the world. But it has, in recent years, teamed up with charities around the globe, making it the most adorable and squishable currency with a cap over $600 million and lightning fast transactions, gaining the reputation of being a tipping coin.

Nothing much ever goes on in the Dogecoin world, but the recent bull run has fueled this adorable coin, making it rise 3x since the beginning of December. Who would ever guess a cute Shiba would give us munnies?

T EC H N I CA L A N A LYS I S

U P C OM I N G E V E N TS

DOGE is known for its predictable market cycles, but this time it surpassed all expectations and is still on a steady climb. If traders keep feeling bullish about it, we might see it hit a $1bill cap soon. Much opportunity, such money, wow!

2018 is the Year of the Dog in the Chinese Calendar. In the words of Avril Lavigne, ‘what more can I say’?

P R E D I CT I O N

The original meme coin. The large supply makes it perfect as a tipping coin. I would love to see some form of web implementation where you could tip content creators directly with doge. And don’t forget, according to the Chinese Zodiac, 2018 is the year of the Dog.

The temptation to make jokes in this section is almost too high to bear... but in seriousness, Doge is largely based around public opinion. If the meme-lovers get distracted, Doge could fall. But don’t underestimate the year of the Doge. Also, if Doge gets integration as a formal tipping coin... Well, time for a trip to the moon.

– CryptoBull

TA

ROOM TO GROW

FA 3

3

UPCOMING EVENTS 3

69%

PUBLIC OPINION 1

4 TOTAL SCORE

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HYPERCONNECTING THE WORLD IN A DECENTRALIZED NETWORK

ICON [ICX]

19

https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/icon/

+285% +1171% GROWTH PAST 30 DAYS

GROWTH PAST 90 DAYS

1.96b

5.2

Binance OKEx

MARKET CAP ($)

PRICE ($)

WHERE TO BUY

Ethereum (ETH) Qtum (QTUM) Lisk (LISK) COMPETITION

PRICE (US$) LOW: 1.16

7

HIGH: 6.99

7.0

3.5 3.5

0.00

DECEMBER 2017

JAN 1

CATC H - U P

BAC KG RO U N D

Icon has recently launched in Korea and it’s taking the Crypto world by storm. Trading below $1.50 at the beginning of December, it has soared past $6.50 on Christmas Day, preceding their main launch on January 24th.

Focused on a community-based blockchain, Icon seeks to bring the different projects and cryptoassets together without resorting to centralized exchanges, mainly for identification data, wallets, and goods and services giving a real use case to daily problems. The ideas are limitless.

T EC H N I CA L A N A LYS I S

U P C OM I N G E V E N TS

The highs were astonishing and the lows brutal to some new investors, as it usually is in Crypto. There’s huge volume and a stable uptrend with support at $5.

On January 24th Icon will release their mainnet, which is an extremely bullish scenario for the asset.

P R E D I CT I O N

Rumoured to be the Korean Ethereum, Icon will launch their platform this month, and considering how their ICO sale went, this means I’m feeling very bullish on it.

Mainnet release will have a huge impact on the price, and when their platform goes live there’s a good chance that investors will flock to see what all the fuss is about. As always, use caution with new projects and releases. Avoid FOMO.

– íris

TA

ROOM TO GROW

FA 4

3

UPCOMING EVENTS 2

70%

PUBLIC OPINION 3

3 TOTAL SCORE

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DECENTRALIZED ETHEREUM EXCHANGE

0X [ZRX]

18

https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/0x/

+264%

+12%

354m

0.685

Poloniex Binance Liqui

GROWTH PAST 30 DAYS

GROWTH PAST 90 DAYS

MARKET CAP ($)

PRICE ($)

WHERE TO BUY

BridgeCoin (BCO)

COMPETITION

Waves (WAVES) BitShares (BTS)

PRICE (US$) 0.7

LOW: 0.188

HIGH: 0.693

0.70

0.35 0.35

0.000

DECEMBER 2017

JAN 1

CATC H - U P

BAC KG RO U N D

Last month 0x was allowed to shine again, flying from $.19 to over $.60, reaching a new ATH. With what’s coming for the next year, this could be very well the foundations of a solid uptrend.

The 0x Project is a decentralized exchange based on the Ethereum protocol. It provides an easily accessible exchange specifically for Ethereum assets, while at the same time, allowing lossless transactions and high liquidity.

T EC H N I CA L A N A LYS I S

U P C OM I N G E V E N TS

Surpassing a new ATH above $.60, and with a market cap of less than 300mill, 0x still has a lot of space ahead to run. Wait for consolidation in this area before buying in.

Next quarter 0x will be implementing governance R&D (research and development) and new UI components before launching their platform in the second quarter of the year.

P R E D I CT I O N

Noticed ZRX is getting more attention lately. Developers are doing really good work. Recent fundamental reviews indicated 1.50USD base valuations, providing plenty of upside. Below 4k Sat it still is a perfect bargain.

Events are slowly developing with 0x, and even though it might not look like much until their platform releases, in just the last month the price has gone up more than 3x. If you’re holding the tokens, there are still profits coming your way. If you’re not, use caution until consolidation is confirmed.

– CryptoManiac

TA

ROOM TO GROW

FA 3

3

UPCOMING EVENTS 3

71%

PUBLIC OPINION 3

3 TOTAL SCORE

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DECENTRALIZED EXCHANGE FOR INSTANT CONVERSION OF CRYPTOASSETS AND PAYMENTS

KYBER NETWORK [KNC]

17

https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/kyber-network/

+104%

+26%

317m

2.22

Binance Coinnest Liqui

BridgeCoin (BCO)

GROWTH PAST 30 DAYS

GROWTH PAST 90 DAYS

MARKET CAP ($)

PRICE ($)

WHERE TO BUY

COMPETITION

0x (ZRX) BitShares (BTS)

PRICE (US$) 3

LOW: 1.09

HIGH: 2.9

3.0

1.5 1.5

0.00

DECEMBER 2017

JAN 1

CATC H - U P

BAC KG RO U N D

After their launch in October 2017, after entering Binance and hitting $2.40, it tanked back to the $0.93 area. Recently it’s reached an ATH of over $3. Their platform Kyber is launching soon.

Kyber is a system that allows the instant exchange and conversion of cryptoassets. It also 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).

T EC H N I CA L A N A LYS I S

U P C OM I N G E V E N TS

Kyber has had a Steady climb from $1 to $3 since midNovember. It had some small dips along the way, which is healthy. Expect accumulation and spike around mainnet release sometime in Q1.

Kyber Network mainnet will be launched in this first quarter, and it will surely be big news for the platform. It will allow the trading of ERC20/ETH pairs.

P R E D I CT I O N

In my opinion, Kyber is poised to take a large market share of decentralized exchanges. If it does that, then Kyber Network Crystals (KNC) should do very well once people migrate over to its service. Their mainnet is scheduled to launch Q1 2018.

Like almost every other coin with good fundamentals, KNC is rising, but this is compounded by speculative rises due to their platform release in January. The near future looks extremely bullish for Kyber.

– TheBitcoinBear

TA

ROOM TO GROW

FA 3

4

UPCOMING EVENTS 3

72%

PUBLIC OPINION 2

3 TOTAL SCORE

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SOUND PEER-TO-PEER ELECTRONIC CASH

BITCOIN CASH [BCH]

16

https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/bitcoin-cash/

+71%

+442%

41b

GROWTH PAST 30 DAYS

GROWTH PAST 90 DAYS

MARKET CAP ($)

2368.81 PRICE ($)

Bittrex GDAX Bitfinex

Bitcoin Gold (BCG)

WHERE TO BUY

COMPETITION

Bitcoin (BTC) Litecoin (LTC)

PRICE (US$) LOW: 1320

3910

HIGH: 3909

3910

1955 1955

00

DECEMBER 2017

CATC H - U P

Last month Bitcoin Cash was added on Coinbase and Bitstamp. That has bred some controversy regarding newcomers being confused about which one is the real Bitcoin. Regarding the price, some allege that due to confusion from new investors, BCH has doubled in price on the day it was listed on Coinbase, suffering an immediate flash crash from which it is still recovering. Never a dull moment with Bitcoin Cash.

JAN 1

BAC KG RO U N D

Bitcoin Cash was forked out of the need for faster transactions, while keeping the original Bitcoin ideal. Bitcoin Cash supporters claim that the SegWit fork proposed for the Bitcoin blockchain is fundamentally wrong according to Satoshi Nakamoto’s vision of full decentralization. Bitcoin Cash allows users to determine their preferred blocksize, which can be scalable from a minimum of 2MB up to 16MB.

T EC H N I CA L A N A LYS I S

U P C OM I N G E V E N TS

From around $1500, BCH has gone to the moon and back, the height of its parabolic top coming in at over $4000. Currently there’s a somewhat stable support at the $2500 area.

This month BCH will be listed on a new Japanese crypto exchange, will have a meetup in London too, and will update their address format.

P R E D I CT I O N

As controversial as it is, you cannot deny the possibility of BCash seeing similar gains that Bitcoin had over the past year.

Love it or hate it, BCH is here to stay. There’s little doubt that as the overall market cap for Crypto increases - so too will BCH’s own cap. We predict steady gains for Jan, providing the general market remains stable.

– Yakherder

TA

ROOM TO GROW

FA 3

3

UPCOMING EVENTS 4

73%

PUBLIC OPINION 3

2 TOTAL SCORE

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By CryptoTutor HI, I’M CRYPTOTUTOR, @CryptoTutor ON TWITTER AND THE OWNER OF THE YOUNG PROFESSIONALS TRADING COMMUNITY. OUR FOCUS IS INFORMATION-SHARING, BOT-DEVELOPMENT AND STRATEGY MANAGEMENT. MY GOAL IS TO REVOLUTIONISE THE FLOW OF INFORMATION ON CRYPTOCURRENCY MARKETS (I.E. BITTREX ALT/BTC PAIRS) BY LETTING MY TEAM DEVELOP BOTS (SRSI TOOL, CHART/CANDLE PATTERN RECOGNITION & MORE). GROUP ADMISSIONS GO BY DM ON TWITTER.

LESSON 1. History The Ichimoku cloud is also known as the Ichimoku Kinko Hyo, which means “one glance equilibrium chart”. This technical analysis indicator was created by the Japanese journalist Goichi Hosoda. In the market of cryptocurrency, you’ll see that many professional traders use this indicator (not all use all the functions of it, but I’m pretty sure they know all the functions).

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2. The configuration of the Ichimoku cloud system Under the assumption that you use Tradingview.com, the cloud system asks for 4 inputs. The conversion line periods, the base line periods, the lagging span 2 periods and displacement.

Conversion line periods: The conversion line is known as the ‘Tenkansen’ and represents the average of the HIGH and LOW in the previous periods. So, actually it is comparable with how the exponential moving average works. It calculates for every candle the previous periods the HIGH and LOW and draws a line through the points. When configuring this Ichimoku cloud, Tradingview will ask you for the conversion line periods. On which periods do you want

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Displacement line:

the Tenkan-sen to calculate the average? Later on, we’ll discuss which settings are in our eyes the best. The color of this line is standard blue, however, you can change the color under style.

The base line periods: The base line is known as the ‘Kijun Sen’ and works exactly the same as the conversion line. Standardly, the color of this line is red. The only difference is the input of PERIODS. The idea behind this line is that it is calculated based on a higher number of periods. For example, the conversion line periods could be 9 and the base line periods could be 26. Just like the moving average, when the previous average of the lower periods (conversion line) crosses one of the higher periods (base line) upwards, the trend has already turned bullish on that timeframe. This is what we call a TK-cross (Tenkan line crosses the Kijun line upwards). And if the higher periods line (base line) crosses the one of the lower period (conversion line) the trend has already turned bearish. Help! I cannot remember which one is the higher periods and which one is the lower periods. To solve this problem, you can change the colours (under tab styles) to for example a darker line for the higher periods and a lighter colour for the lower periods. For example green and lime.

The lagging span 2 periods: The lagging span is known as the ‘Senkou span’ and indicates the red/green cloud, which everybody knows as the ‘Ichimoku cloud’. This cloud has two boundaries, the Senkou span A and Senkou span B. The Senkou Span A line is the average of the conversion line and the base line plotted the given periods into the future. The Senkou Span B line is the average of a given periods HIGH and LOW. This one is also plotted in the future. The Senkou Span B is most of the times based on a higher number of periods.

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The displacement line is known as the ‘Chikou line’. The Chickou span is a lagging span and will be behind the prices. It represents the most recent price but by a given period behind the current price level. This span helps to understand how the trend has changed; how much further it is away from the candles, and how much stronger the trend is. This indicator can also indicate resistance and support points.

Settings: In the stock market, where markets are not 24/7 available, the settings should be: (18, 52, 104, 26). In Cryptocurrency markets where the markets are 24/7 available, the settings should be: (20, 60, 120, 30).

3. Trading signals • When the price level is above the cloud it means a bullish trend, under it a bearish trend. • When the cloud color changes it means a change in trend (green is bullish, red is bearish). • When the price moves above the base line the momentum is bullish, under it the momentum is bearish. • When the conversion line (Tenkansen line) moves above the base line (Kijun sen), the momentum is bullish, under it the momentum is bearish. • When the lagging span is above the price & cloud it is bullish, under it means bearish. I could go on and on, but I’ll leave the details for another lesson with Cryptotutor. We have seen that this Ichimoku indicator is really strong and comprehensive. It is an all-in-one indicator, so learning the details of it could be a really strong improvement of your knowledge and ability to use indicators.

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DECENTRALIZED AUTONOMOUS ORGANIZATION PLATFORM

WINGS [WINGS]

15

https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/wings/

+142% +103% GROWTH PAST 30 DAYS

GROWTH PAST 90 DAYS

104m

1.21

Bittrex Liqui HitBTC

EquiTrader (EQT)

MARKET CAP ($)

PRICE ($)

WHERE TO BUY

COMPETITION

Augur (REP) Gnosis (GNO)

PRICE (US$) LOW: 0.49

1.5

HIGH: 1.44

1.50

0.75 0.75

0.000

DECEMBER 2017

CATC H - U P

JAN 1

BAC KG RO U N D

Wings is a platform for companies and entrepreneurs to submit their ideas for community consensus attached to prediction markets. It means that people have the ability to predict how much a certain project or idea evolves over time in terms of adoption rate, how much it will gather in investments, etc. They aim to ‘identify and promote high-value proposals that have higher chances of positive financial returns’.

This past month Wings has been listed on Binance with the pairs WINGS/BTC and WINGS/ETH. In the past few weeks has climbed from $.35 to over a dollar, for a very impressive 3x.

T EC H N I CA L A N A LYS I S

U P C OM I N G E V E N TS

After a dip at the start of December, Wings climbed to over $1.20. It’s had steadier growth than a lot of altcoins during this period, with no major dips. This could be a sign of continued steady growth during Jan.

In early 2018 Wings will release version 2.0 of their smart contracts and chat bots, including their standalone client.

P R E D I CT I O N

An easy to use platform where users can create, support, and invest in Decentralized Autonomous Organizations without any specific coding knowledge. Its growing popularity makes it an ideal investment.

Wings has shown steady growth during December, and this coupled with the growing public opinion that it’s a solid but undervalued project will probably mean larger gains coming soon. For now, whether this happens in January is up for debate.

– Yakherder

TA

ROOM TO GROW

FA 3

3

UPCOMING EVENTS 4

74%

PUBLIC OPINION 2

3 TOTAL SCORE

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A COMMUNITY BUILT CRYPTO - BY PEOPLE, FOR PEOPLE

PIRL [PIRL]

14

https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/pirl/

+144% +1009% GROWTH PAST 30 DAYS

GROWTH PAST 90 DAYS

9.4m

1.27

Cryptopia

MARKET CAP ($)

PRICE ($)

WHERE TO BUY

Syscoin (SYS) Ellaism (ELLA) BitBay (BAY) COMPETITION

PRICE (US$) LOW: 0.52

1.6

HIGH: 1.57

1.6

0.8 0.8

0.00

DECEMBER 2017

JAN 1

CATC H - U P

BAC KG RO U N D

Pirl was launched at the end of October at the price of $0.11. Since then it has started a slow growth cycle, going up the ladder until a recent ATH of $2.23 (not shown on the daily chart), over 20x its starting price.

Pirl is an asset of its own. It’s a masternode based cryptoasset that is ASIC-resistant (resistant to relying on heavy machinery, allowing retail miners to mine as well). Pirl was inspired by Ethereum to build their own smart contract environment as well. A decentralized marketplace is also in the works.

T EC H N I CA L A N A LYS I S

U P C OM I N G E V E N TS

Pirl has formed a steady uptrend and is now looking for volume before the next leg up. It may gather fuel for a new ATH in the first or second week of January.

They are currently working on their Windows and Mac wallets, as well working with exchanges on their listing. Masternodes are still halfway functional. They also count on the community to guide them on functionalities that will be necessary in the future.

P R E D I CT I O N

Similar to ELLA, one of my picks last month, but with masternodes. No premine, but the dev gets 1 out of every 12 PIRL mined. So far things are looking good. I’ve mined some and I’ll just hold on to it and see where it goes.

If the new exchange announcements occur in January, then the price will certainly reflect that. With such a low cap it’s hard to imagine any way but up from here. One to watch closely, and to BTFD.

– Crypto Bull

TA

ROOM TO GROW

FA 3

3

UPCOMING EVENTS 4

75%

PUBLIC OPINION 3

2 TOTAL SCORE

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SCALABILITY, PRIVACY AND INTEROPERABILITY

AION [AION]

13

https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/aion/

+176% +673% GROWTH PAST 30 DAYS

GROWTH PAST 90 DAYS

299m

5.08

EtherDelta Decentrex

MARKET CAP ($)

PRICE ($)

WHERE TO BUY

Ark (ARK) Wanchain (WAN) Blocknet (BLOCK) COMPETITION

PRICE (US$) LOW: 1.49

5.7

HIGH: 5.61

5.70

2.85 2.85

0.000

DECEMBER 2017

JAN 1

CATC H - U P

BAC KG RO U N D

After a lifetime of slow growth, August has seen Aion has expanded not only in market cap, but also as a business. They’ve arranged partnerships with Wanchain (who have yet to release their platform), Bancor, and Icon, to build bridges between different blockchains and assure the security of all transacted data.

Aion was designed to support custom blockchains and act as a bridge between them, allowing trustless crosschain interoperability, meaning that you can interact with different blockchains through Aion. Aion-1 is their first public, dedicated blockchain. Aion’s team have strong figures such as Alexandra Roatis, Ali Sharif, and Anakha Palissery.

T EC H N I CA L A N A LYS I S

U P C OM I N G E V E N TS

Aion is still only available in EtherDelta, which is extremely volatile and doesn’t have much volume. However, the demand is there. As with all good projects, in December Aion has also joined the bull run party and is set to achieve loftier heights. Scale your entries and don’t FOMO!

This month Aion will be attending the Blockchain Conference in Miami, Florida. At the beginning of this coming year Aion has also scheduled a virtual machine, a token bridge and interchain communication, and a modified proof-of-work consensus algorithm.

P R E D I CT I O N

[AION] is a 3rd generation blockchain that will have exponential gains over the next few months. Over 91% of the circulating tokens are locked up in the TRS, which means once more news and updates are out the price will spike.

Aion has a lot of room to grow, offers a great concept backed by a strong team, and looks good on the charts. With more marketing and awareness-building, this coin is primed for some great potential gains in the near future.

– CryptoGat

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SCALABLE BLOCKCHAIN PLATFORM

ARDOR [ARDR]

12

https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/ardor/

+413% +823% GROWTH PAST 30 DAYS

GROWTH PAST 90 DAYS

1.55b

1.54

Bittrex Poloniex HitBTC

Ethereum (ETH)

MARKET CAP ($)

PRICE ($)

WHERE TO BUY

COMPETITION

Ark (ARK) Neo (NEO)

PRICE (US$) LOW: 0.3

1.8

HIGH: 1.72

1.8

0.9 0.9

0.00

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Ardor was built as a child-chain platform to Nxt (NXT). It aims to scale technologies that were built for the last 12 years on Nxt’s blockchain. This means that everyone can easily create their own child-chain that interacts with the whole Nxt blockchain ecosystem. A use case for this is to allow the chain where you store your information to interact with the chain that stores your medical records.

In December, Ardor’s genesis snapshot was recorded, setting up preparations to make its blockchain fully operational. Price wise, Ardor has gone from an astounding $0.35 to an ATH of $1.73, an increase of 500%.

T EC H N I CA L A N A LYS I S

U P C OM I N G E V E N TS

For quite a few months Ardr has maintained its level in the $.12 area. It has kickstarted to a parabolic at the beginning of December, hitting an ATH of $1.60. It will very likely experience a correction after its platform release on January 1st.

They will be releasing their new platform at the beginning of January, which is highly expected this month in the crypto community in general.

P R E D I CT I O N

Ardr will have its platform launched soon. This, coupled with the high attention nxt had been getting of late is surely a sign of good things to come. After the correction we may see the beginning of an uptrend.

Many experts believe this asset is still undervalued, making it possible that this parabolic is only the beginning of a much bigger trend. For now though, wait for a large dip before making an entry. What goes up must usually come down.

–V

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BROWSE, CHAT, AND MAKE PAYMENTS ON THE ETHEREUM PLATFORM

STATUS [SNT]

11

https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/status/

+218% +464% GROWTH PAST 30 DAYS

GROWTH PAST 90 DAYS

579m

0.156

Bittrex Binance Huobi

investFeed (IFT)

MARKET CAP ($)

PRICE ($)

WHERE TO BUY

COMPETITION

Obsidian (ODS) Steem (STEEM)

PRICE (US$) LOW: 0.049

0.3

HIGH: 0.209

0.210

0.15 0.105

0.0000

DECEMBER 2017

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Last month Status joined the Ethereum Alliance, the world’s largest open-source blockchain initiative. Its price has soared 5x to over $0.20/token, coming back down to the $.16 area.

Status is a tool where you can safely store your Ether and ERC20 tokens, a browsing tool to find and use Ethereum dApps as well as also listing your own. You can also trade Ether and its tokens directly with other users. It comes with a fully decentralized and encrypted messaging system too.

T EC H N I CA L A N A LYS I S

U P C OM I N G E V E N TS

Like all good cryptoassets this month, Status had its moment. It’s now found a support at $.15. The trend looks bullish, but wait for confirmation of an uptrend, and as always: BTFD.

Their roadmap is unclear about the near future, but their FAQ lays bare their long-term plans: a decentralized messaging system, a social network with hashtags, dApp directory (akin to Play Store or App Store, for example), research tools, and more.

P R E D I CT I O N

This sleeping giant (not to mention it has already QUITE awakened) has things cooking. Maybe not January, but the first quarter of 2018 should be interesting.

SNT had a meteoric rise this month. It’s still relatively new to the Crypto world, but it making a solid name for itself. There could be a giant cup-and-handle forming, and this coupled with the Ethereum Alliance news points to great things ahead. Jan could be another excellent month for Status.

– CryptoChief

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JOE’S ICOs This Month

STK PLATFORM

W

ith a plethora of copycats and an increasingly saturated ICO market - determining the difference between a good project and a get-rich-quick scheme becomes increasingly challenging. However, this month one project stood out so much so that it completely obliterated that blurry line, making this months’ ICO recommendation a no-brainer. This project is STK, a global payments network developed for instantaneous cryptocurrency transactions. For most of you, your immediate response will probably look something like, “Isn’t that an incredibly competitive space,” and “isn’t that supposed to be the purpose of cryptocurrency in the first place?” And the answers to those questions are yes, and partially yes. So why is STK the best ICO of January? Because it proposes a new-aged solution to a long-time problem in a viable and attainable way – with a real plan! Last week, I went into the dry cleaners and pulled out my American Express card to pay. The woman sitting behind the desk told me they don’t take that here and naturally, as a man of crypto, I asked why. She told me simply, “the transaction costs are too high, the fees make it unfeasible for our business because we charge such low amounts.” That is largely the problem which cryptocurrency set out to solve, allowing for an instant and lossless exchange of value. However, there are a variety of issues preventing mainstream vendors from accepting cryptocurrency. First, bitcoin transactions take 10 minutes or more to confirm these days, and that number will only increase as network traffic continues to grow. Second, Ethereum transactions take a good half-a-minute or more even on a good day, which is still too slow. Imagine waiting that long at the checkout line for the transaction to clear – the loss in efficiency would cost companies millions over time. Finally, existing point-of-sale systems do not have built-in mechanisms for accepting cryptocurrency. The business owner would have to either adapt to a new (currently non-existent) point-of-sale system or ask customers to transact directly between private wallets – which would be as bizarre as it sounds. Cryptocurrency solves so many issues that could help business owners increase margins all across the world. There must be a way to integrate this new half-a-trilliondollar plus technology into mainstream systems, must there not? Well, there is, and it is called STK - the best proposed solution for mainstream point-ofsale cryptocurrency transacting yet. They have partnered with nearly every major PoS systems company in the world today reaching a total of ~39 million merchants.

BIO

STK proposes an intriguing concept, it is a totally new way of leveraging blockchain payment channels to create truly lossless and truly instant payments. The STK token promises instantaneous payment verification and will do so by immediately settling cryptocurrency transactions through the STACK payment channel. The STACK channel transfers the denominated amount of funds from their liquidity pool and connects to the existing PoS systems’ payment terminal, automatically sending the merchant the equivalent value of the STK tokens sent, and converts it into the native fiat currency of wherever you happen to be shopping. Obviously, there is competition in this space. TenX has the COMIT network which proposes a very similar concept for leveraging payment channels. They are undeniably further along in development and they also have the physical “crypto” debit cards released already. I myself was an early investor in TenX, the project is solid, and I am not going to try and simply tell you that “STK is better!” – because, to quote Steve Jobs, “Don’t think better, think different.” And that’s exactly what STK is doing. They are thinking different. STK is thinking different in the same sense as Jobs’ when he founded Apple computer, initially competing with hundreds of other personal computer companies that he would ultimately beat out. Before I finish telling you exactly why STK is such a promising ICO, we must also consider the Metal project. With a market cap of over $200M, and a steady development team, Metal is certainly worth noting as well. They also propose a “tap-topay” B2C rewards systems, similar to STK, but with less emphasis on mainstream merchant adaptation. TenX and Metal are strong projects, both competing for the same general market, but STK does things different enough to make itself a viable contender in this multi-billion-dollar industry. Oh, suppose I should mention them, Monaco and TokenCard do technically exist as well, though I hardly consider them contenders, to be honest. The most powerful feature of the STACK wallet is its availability as a mobile app which helps to make online or POS transactions on the go. It is very useful for business people or individuals who travel a lot. Through the STACK payment channel, STK can transact in real-time,

Twitter: @CryptoRidy making instantaneous zero-cost crypto transactions a thing of reality – to both consumers and merchants. STK “tap-to-purchase” connects with existing payment rails through participating merchants’ PoS systems, immediately withdrawing the designated amount from the STACK liquidity pool into the areas’ native currency and then finally, into the merchants account. With availability at more than 39 million locations worldwide, STK is usable virtually anywhere. Notably, STK is actually accessible at 3 million more locations than is TenX. Needless to say, STK has a powerful team behind the project. With backgrounds in payment processing, two former high-level employees at MasterCard, strong development, marketing, and community management teams, this project will prove to be a real contender in the space. STK has powerful and innovative technology, but so do their competitors. What truly separates STK and makes it worthwhile investment is not their focus on being technologically superior, though that is part of it, the real reason it is great is due to their focus on what matters most: the users. STK has explicitly made clear of their focus on user experience, simplifying interface, and ultimately making the platform more desirable and easily accessible for the end-user. If you check out STK’s website, you will see just how much these guys know how to make a damn good user experience - their design and interface is absolutely flawless. So why did I bring up Steve Jobs earlier? Because, personal computers all generally served the same functions in everso-slightly different ways, but it was Jobs’ focus on creating an unparalleled user experience that led Apple to the huge success it is today.

“STK can transact in real-time, making instantaneous zero-cost crypto transactions a thing of reality”

STK is strong technically and they also have a special emphasis on what truly matters in the long-run – the users. STK is putting a hard cap on their crowdsale at just $17,000,000, valuing the project very low in relation to other projects of such valor in today’s oversaturated ICO market. The public sale begins Jan. 31st and I highly recommend watching this project. You won’t regret it.

I made my first investment in Ethereum at age 17 and ran a reverse arbitrage service for halfa-year to earn enough money to start a cryptocurrency-based hedge fund. At 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. PAGE 17

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MISSNATOSHI’S CORNER by Missnatoshi

The other day I got a message from a friend that said “Natasha, its like you speak a different language, I have to google every word you say to find the Crypto to English translation.” It made me laugh because, well, he was right. On twitter we must sound like we’re from another planet. With that in mind, I decided to write a little Cryptoslang dictionary to have some fun and help everyone who is still confused out. Lets get started!

👸

Just a BTFD Twitter & Insta:

@missnatoshi Satoshi - 1/100,000,000 of a Bitcoin, Gem - When you find a coin that

and the name used by the unknown person who created Bitcoin.

MilliBit - 1/1000th of a Bitcoin Mex - Bitmex a 0 sum game where you can leverage trade with 100x leverage.

Rekt - Another way of saying get

“wrecked”. The term comes from the gaming community. In crypto people say REKT when someone lost money. Example: liquidated on Bitmex

Hodl - Otherwise known as HODL!

A comment that went viral from a bitcoin talk post. The concept being that if you just ‘hold’ your coins instead of trading or selling, you will make gains. PAGE 19

no one knows about yet and you start accumulating it. Otherwise known as a “hidden gem”. Bag - A classification for your “bags” of coin holdings.

Bag holding - When you buy a

coin hoping it would become the new Bitcoin. Only to find that the price is going down and you are left holding your coin bags, praying to break even one day.

Shill - When you buy a coin and

then promote or talk about it to your friends, telegram group chats or on social media.

Moon - When a coin goes

parabolic very quickly (the green candle rockets up to the moon). Can also be written “mewn”.

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Dox - When someone publishes

Perma Bull - Someone who is

Whale - Someone who has a very

Ref Link - The link to an exchange

Sleeping Giant - When you

Scam - A Crypto that is sketchy or

private information about you on the internet.

large amount of any given coin’s supply.

know a coin or project is good but it hasn’t had its moment to shine yet.

Lambo - (Lamborghini) - The

always bullish (optimistic) on Crypto or Bitcoin.

that you can share to get commission from your referral.

a Ponzi scheme. Most likely will pull an exit scam at some point in time and take everyone’s money.

Rig - A GPU or other style of mining

ultimate crypto dream car that everyone wants to get when they have ‘made it’.

device that cranks out shares of digital assets by hashing metadata from the most recent block.

Corn - Bitcoin or Bitcorn, the most Normies - What people in

ATH - “All-time-high”, the highest ever recorded price for whatever metric is being used to analyse a coin. E.g. ‘Bitcoin’s ATH was $20,000. It’s now trading at $12,000.’ The reverse would be “all-time-low”.

Noob - A person who is

Bubble - When market participants drive the price of an asset up above its plausible value.

organic type of coin.

crypto call people who don’t do or like Crypto. Some have a strange obsession with comparing Bitcoin to Tulips.

inexperienced in a particular sphere or activity, especially computing or the use of the Internet.

BTFD - Buy the f“ing dip! Buy a low

point on a coin’s chart, in the hopes it has a good chance of rising.

Bullish/Bearish - Characterized

by rising/falling prices, or an optimistic/ pessimistic outlook on a Crypto.

ICO - ‘Initial Coin Offering’ or

token sale that companies use to crowdsource funds for when a project launches.

Hard Fork - A hard fork is a

change to the Bitcoin protocol that makes previously invalid blocks/ transactions valid, and therefore requires all users to upgrade.

So good luck you there you perma bulls! Remember to BTFD and hodl onto your hidden gems. Always shill your ref links and bags to your friends. Be sure to keep some satoshi’s or corn on hand just in case you need to grab a Lambo for your trip to the moon. Watch out for whales and oh, most importantly, try not to get rekt! PAGE 20

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RETAIL MINER-FRIENDLY SMART CONTRACT PLATFORM

LUXCOIN [LUX]

10

https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/luxcoin/

+600%

N/A

6.7m

10.44

Cryptopia

GROWTH PAST 30 DAYS

GROWTH PAST 90 DAYS

MARKET CAP ($)

PRICE ($)

WHERE TO BUY

Groestlcoin (GRS) Pirl (PIRL) Ellaism (ELLA) COMPETITION

PRICE (US$) LOW: 1.49

14.7

HIGH: 14.61

15.0

7.35

7.5

0.00

DECEMBER 2017

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BAC KG RO U N D

LuxCoin claims to have the most efficient GPU (graphics card) mining algorithm, and is also ASIC (application-specific integrated circuit) resistant, meaning that miners don’t need heavy duty machines to mine LUX. It also has SegWit implementation, which is a protocol that segregates part of the information in a transaction to make transactions smaller and faster. Smart contracts are also employed. Wealthier 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.

Last month LUX’s team has made certain announcements regarding their team, website release, rebranding, upcoming partnership, and more. As a recent coin, it also took off to new heights, at an ATH of over $16, that’s over a 10x increase for you!

T EC H N I CA L A N A LYS I S

U P C OM I N G E V E N TS

LUX made a killing right from its introduction to the cryptoassets world starting at the end of October. It reached its ATH at the beginning of December and has since then found a somewhat steady ground between the $4.50 and $6 area. It’s forming a cup and handle pattern, but we need to wait for confirmation in January.

In this quarter LuxCoin seeks to activate stealth addresses, and implement public and private parallel masternodes through their LuxGate platform.

P R E D I CT I O N

[LUX] is one of the most undervalued coins out there. In the next few weeks they are implementing segwit, smart contracts, and upgrading the wallet. Additionally there are talks of a coinburn.

If cup and handle confirms, this means we will very likely experience another all-time-high, depending on how the general market fairs next month. If this coin gets more mainstream awareness then a strong uptrend could form.

– CryptoGat

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4

UPCOMING EVENTS 4

82%

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DECENTRALIZED BLOCKCHAIN SOLUTIONS

STRATIS [STRAT]

09

https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/stratis/

+144% +190% GROWTH PAST 30 DAYS

GROWTH PAST 90 DAYS

1.3b

13

Bittrex Poloniex Binance

Ethereum (ETH)

MARKET CAP ($)

PRICE ($)

WHERE TO BUY

COMPETITION

Lisk (LSK) Neo (NEO)

PRICE (US$) LOW: 5.32

15.2

HIGH: 15.15

16

7.6

8

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DECEMBER 2017

JAN 1

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Last month Stratis launched their Breeze wallet and their ICO Platform. This bode very well for Stratis and has given the platform enough fuel to reach a new dollar ATH at the $14 level.

Stratis is a smart contract platform, and can be used by customers to build their own blockchain applications based on the open-source code. This gives freedom for certain use cases such as scientific study, transparency, product tracking, data recording of IoT (internet of things), and identity management.

T EC H N I CA L A N A LYS I S

U P C OM I N G E V E N TS

Starting this month kicking in on $5~, STRAT has rocketed to way above $12, granting almost 200% returns. With its incredible FA, this could very well be the new support level.

On Q1 2018 we can expect the launching of Stratis Academy and Stratis’ alpha version of their Smart Contracts.

P R E D I CT I O N

ICO platform launch and announcement of two ICOs in January.

Q1 2018 is looking very promising, and we’ll almost certainly see a new ATH in the next few months. Stratis goes from strength to strength, and the breeze privacy wallet coupled with the fact that it’s a smart contract platform mean that it’s primed for success.

– CryptoTutor

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4

UPCOMING EVENTS 3

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THE ORIGINAL CRYPTOCURRENCY

BITCOIN [BTC]

08

https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/bitcoin/

+28%

+212%

221b

13034.6

Bitfinex GDAX Kraken

Bitcoin Cash (BCH)

GROWTH PAST 30 DAYS

GROWTH PAST 90 DAYS

MARKET CAP ($)

PRICE ($)

WHERE TO BUY

COMPETITION

Litecoin (LTC)

PRICE (US$) LOW: 10198.6

19480

HIGH: 19475.8

19476

9740 9738

00

DECEMBER 2017

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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-issued 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 revolutionised our world forever.

December was a crazy month for Bitcoin. Getting more and more mainstream by the day, everyone wants it. At the start of Dec it was at the magical $10K, and since then it skyrocketed up, touching an unbelievable 20K at one point. It’s now corrected to around 14K. CBOE and CME futures also launched, the latter being a surprising non-event, leading to a small dip then an immediate recovery.

T EC H N I CA L A N A LYS I S

U P C OM I N G E V E N TS

Bitcoin keeps trying to push to its ATH, with some sideways movement that’s serving as fuel before it may take off once again. The start of 2018 will decide when the next short bear market will come, so stay on the lookout for reversals if you’re trading short-term.

This month there will be a few events around blockchain tech like the Blockchain Conference in Miami, and Blockchain Cruise in Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand.

P R E D I CT I O N

I’m still ultra-bullish towards bitcoin FA and TA speaking. With futures being here, it’s only the beginning of a brighter 2018 ahead of us.

Balancing the fact that Bitcoin’s due a short bear trend with the fact that people keep buying it regardless is an absolute nightmare. Whatever happens, it’s unlikely there will be a dip that lasts any significant amount of time, and of course we all know where Bitcoin will be in a few years. Perhaps Jan will see $25k.

– CryptoChief

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4

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PRIVATE INSTANTLY VERIFIED TRANSACTIONS

PIVX [PIVX]

07

https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/pivx/

+149% +209% GROWTH PAST 30 DAYS

GROWTH PAST 90 DAYS

529m

9.45

Bittrex Cryptopia CoinExchange

Monero (XMR)

MARKET CAP ($)

PRICE ($)

WHERE TO BUY

COMPETITION

ZCash (ZEC) ZClassic (ZCL)

PRICE (US$) LOW: 3.79

13

HIGH: 12.97

13.0

6.5 6.5

0.00

DECEMBER 2017

JAN 1

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BAC KG RO U N D

PIVX is one of the most active coins in the crypto space. Last month they managed to more than double the value of their market cap, taking the coin from $4 to $11. Coins with good fundamentals can only have a bright future, and PIVX is one of them.

PIVX is based on Bitcoin, with a focus on decentralization, privacy, and real use cases. Simply speaking, PIVX is a form of private and trustless digital cash that can be exchanged, hiding transactions and their end users. It’s a currency instead of a token, which means it has the future capability to be used directly to buy other assets.

T EC H N I CA L A N A LYS I S

U P C OM I N G E V E N TS

PIVX has had a healthy climb this month from $4 and $13. With a steady 3x increase, it’s now had a week’s consolidation at around $11. This could be new support for a higher push which may come soon.

In the next few months PIVX is seeking to implement multisig addresses, elastic block sizes and an encrypted chat system right in your wallet.

P R E D I CT I O N

After a year of consolidation since its meteoric rise in March 2017, PIVX has accomplished a lot. This includes the release of world’s first PoS+Masternodes+Zerocoin stack. Plenty of room for growth is an understatement.

Pivx is one of the most advanced privacy coins, with a great public opinion, and a strong team. The market cap is small compared to its competition, so the only way from here is up. It performed better than many other alts in Dec, so Jan could be much the same.

– Florian

TA

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4

UPCOMING EVENTS 3

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SMART ECONOMY PLATFORM

NEO [NEO]

06

https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/neo/

+119% +152% GROWTH PAST 30 DAYS

GROWTH PAST 90 DAYS

4.76b

72.06

Bittrex Bitfinex Binance

Ethereum (ETH)

MARKET CAP ($)

PRICE ($)

WHERE TO BUY

COMPETITION

Stratis (STRAT) Lisk (LSK)

PRICE (US$) LOW: 31.89

78

HIGH: 77.19

73.0

39 36.5

0.00

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BAC KG RO U N D

Neo had such a busy schedule in December that it almost made our heads spin. Between their competition of CoX nodes on their mainnet, conferences, events, listings and the announcement of dApp competition winners, Neo has more than doubled in price. What a journey!

Formerly known as Antshares, Neo is China’s first official Blockchain project. Headed by Da Hongfei, its goal is to create a smart contract digital asset platform. Neo’s one of the public favourites as its price soared from $1 to highs of over $60 after its infamous rebrand.

T EC H N I CA L A N A LYS I S

U P C OM I N G E V E N TS

The charts are bullish, with an uptrend forming after an organic and steady growth phase. If fractals are to be believed, NEO is due a large rise very soon.

This month Neo will have several meetups throughout Europe, such as in Dublin, Hamburg, Amsterdam, and London. They’ll also be opening a new dApp competition that will run until February 25th.

P R E D I CT I O N

With Ethereum flirting with $1000, Neo seems like a good large cap pick. Lots of action on platform and giant in APAC. And China fud all but forgotten.

Neo’s a coin we all love to love. The public support coupled with the extremely strong team, fundamental concept, and active development, mean that the future quite literally always looks bright for Neo.

– CryptoBully

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4

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CoIn iN  ThE 

t h g i l t Spo

KyBeR NeTwOrK CrYsTaLs (KnC) By ThEbItCoInBeAr

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I

want to start off by reminding all of the readers that I am not perfect. Although I try my best to find undervalued (or what I perceive to be undervalued) projects, I don’t always hit the mark! Do not assume that you will make a positive return by investing in the coin I am about to write about. Also realize that past performance is not indicative of future success. Additionally, I have a vested interest in the success of the below coin as I have already invested into it with an intention to hold it for quite some time. Finally, I am not a financial advisor, and nothing I write here is financial advice. I am writing about my research and findings of Kyber Network Crystals (KNC), and anything stated here is only based on what I found online, any error in accuracy is not intentional. KNC is currently listed on Binance and if you have not signed up already, please use my reference link: https://www.binance.com/?ref=11629636 .

I am a PhD student who deals with the creation of biosensors for small molecules as well as pathogens. I was first introduced to Bitcoin when it was 200 dollars, and remember watching it crash from 250 - 50.

Twitter: @cryptotrendz

First, I will go over what piqued my interest in Kyber. Then, I will go over the basics of Kyber itself. Afterwards, I will detail what sets Kyber apart from other exchanges. I will also talk about the futures market that Kyber will introduce and end will some final remarks.

project itself. One of the main reasons Once the hype that Kyber first caught my surrounding Buterin died eye is because it was the down, the price of KNC last project that Vitalik quickly slipped to 10,000 Buterin (one of the founders, satoshis and lower. Even and basically the face of now the price of KNC is less Ethereum) openly advised. than half of what it was The project that Buterin had immediately following its supported immediately ICO (in terms of satoshis). prior to KNC was OmiseGo, This in and of itself is not which turned out to be one a good reason to buy of my favorite tokens as well. something, but I am Therefore, I was admittedly emphasizing how the price over-excited as I began to seemed to be driven by dig into Kyber in order to find the presence of Vitalik out why Buterin supported it. Buterin and not by the On a related note, fundamentals something of the project. else that To me, this got me “I WAS ADMITTEDLY signalled that excited Kyber could about OVER-EXCITED AS I potentially be Kyber undervalued personally BEGAN TO DIG INTO if the was all of KYBER IN ORDER TO fundamentals the major were strong, hype FIND OUT WHY BUTERIN because it leading seemed as if up to the SUPPORTED IT.” most people successful did not bother ICO, to look too followed deep into the project itself. by the extreme disappointment of investors Kyber will be a as the price slipped closer decentralized exchange and closer to the ICO price. in which users will be The reason why this able to buy and sell excited me was because it cryptocurrencies. In the made me feel as if people Kyber Network there are 5 were narrowly focused on separate roles actors can the hype and speculation partake in: Users, Reservers, of the project due to Buterin Reserve Contributors, backing it, instead of looking Reserve Managers, and at the fundamentals of the PAGE 27

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KyberNetwork Operators. Users will be people like me and you who want to trade cryptocurrencies on the exchange. Reserves will be the entity(ies) that provide liquidity for the platform (by holding the reserves of crypto assets). Reserve contributors will be actors who contribute assets / money to the reserves and take a share in the profits (further increase liquidity). Reserve managers are the actors who will control the exchange rates in reserves. And finally the KyberNetwork Operators will be the ones who maintain the network by listing/delisting token pairs. At first this will only be KyberNetwork employees, but will eventually be transitioned into a decentralized model. There are a couple of unique features to Kyber which sets it apart from other exchanges in a positive way. One of the main differentiating factors is the way Kyber will exchange token A (payment) for token B (desired) for an individual user. Kyber will look through all of the reserves to determine the best route from A → B which will allow the best exchange rate. Individiual A may be paying in BTC and want

believe that the demand for Options are a bit more LTC. However, Kyber may decentralized exchanges complicated. They are first exchange individual A’s will continue to grow, and meant to protect against a bitcoins for ETH and then can see Kyber being the perceived drop in price and exchange the ETH for LTC if it forerunner of them all. come in the form of calls provides a better exchange Conversely, being first and puts. Call options give rate for individual A. To me, to market is one of the the owner of the contract this is a huge advantage largest competitive over traditional advantages that a exchanges as it product can receive seemingly eliminates “FOR MONTHS I PUT OFF when obtaining non-efficient and retaining exchange rates and SIGNING UP FOR NEW market share in a their characteristic EXCHANGES BECAUSE IT WAS field. However, In arbitrage my opinion, Kyber opportunities within A SLIGHT INCONVENIENCE, can overcome this the Kyber exchange obstacle for a slew of itself. HOWEVER THE EASIER THE different reasons. Additionally, Kyber For one, if there will take advantage TRANSITION IS, THE BETTER continues to be issues of their new wallet USER ADOPTION WILL BE.” with the exchanges contract which will that were first to allow Kyber to send market, for example tokens on to the users losing funds or being the right to purchase a user’s desired destination on hacked, then the demand crypto asset at an agreed their behalf. The destination for a novel decentralized upon price. Put options are address will receive the exchange will grow. the opposite. converted tokens as if Additionally, I don’t think Owners of the contract the tokens were sent from we can underestimate the must also pay a fee the sender, not the Kyber power of Vitalik Buterin called a premium which is contract. This couples with being an advisor to this calculated using the implied the novel feature above project; I’m not saying we volatility of the underlying which convulutes the path should blindly listen to or asset. It was not stated in of A → B but may provide a follow an individual (myself their whitepaper how this better exchange rate. included), but I believe volatility calculation will be that Buterin may talk about made, but I will assume it will Something else that I’m Kyber closer to its mainnet be fairly reasonable. And, excited about is Kybers launch which will give the from what I understand, proposed integration exchange a lot of publicity. party A will write the into already used and On top of that, the contract, and party B will popularized wallets such second most important purchase the contract as MyEtherWallet, Jaxx, competitive and be and others. I feel like this advantage responsible is a big plus which will a product for the help the adoption of this “BEING FIRST TO can receive premium decentralized exchange. is being the attached to For months I put off signing MARKET IS ONE best in the it. up for new exchanges OF THE LARGEST market. I Previously, because it was a slight believe that I have inconvenience, however COMPETITIVE Kyber can stated that the easier the transition is, ADVANTAGES THAT definitely futures are the better user adoption steal this dangerous will be. I believe that user A PRODUCT CAN attribute instruments adoption will also be aided RECEIVE” because in the highly for other reasons which I of the wide volatile describe in my final notes. range of products it will offer, its cryptocurrency markets. Another aspect which integration with popular However, I am not personally I believe has been wallets, and its utility token excited to partake in the completely overlooked by which will increase in Kyber futures markets; I am many is the implementation scarcity as more get burned excited because I see a of futures markets into through the use of the high demand for a futures Kyber. Kyber will have exchange. market, and don’t really futures in the forms of what know of another platform they call “forwards” and I did not go over every in which you will be able “options”. Forwards will feature of Kyber, and I to trade derivatives with allow two parties to trade encourage you to do arbitrary cryptocurrencies. a cryptocurrency pair your own research if you at a later time but at a choose to invest in this Kyber will provide a predetermined price. cryptocurrency. trustless exchange which For example, if person A will offer instant trades, low thinks the price of ETH will The english version of the fees (I assume), and high go up in 10 days, they can Kyber whitepaper can be liquidity for users. Overall create futures contracts found here: I am very excited for the to purchase ETH in 10 days https://kyber.network Kyber mainnet to come around the current market out this quarter (Q1 2018). I price. PAGE 28

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HOW TO FIND LOW CAP GEMS by CryptoGat

Twitter: @CryptoGat In a few simple steps I am going to teach you how I find my gems. Low marketcap coins can be risky, but if you find the right ones the profits are insane. There are a few important things you need to look at.

IS THE IDEA UNIQUE?

IS THE PROJECT LEGIT?

The most important thing when trying to find lowcaps with HUGE potential is examining the project as a whole.

Some lowcaps seem “too good to be true”. If you get that impression, typically it is a scam project! There are a few things to look at to find out whether or not it is a scam:

Are there other projects that offer the same thing? • If yes - then you must dig in and find out if the project you are looking at will be BETTER than the current options. Look through the whitepaper (red flag if they don’t have one) Compare the marketcap of the project with its competition – if the project has a lower marketcap, then it has room to grow • If it is unique – will this project solve existing problems in the space?

• Look at their GitHub and see if there is a demo – how often do they make commits? How many developers are working on the project? Is the code original, or a fork? • Find the roadmap and see if the developers have been meeting their milestones • Who are the devs? Do they have experience in cryptocurrency AND the field related to the project? Sometimes it is best to wait for more development on lowcaps before you buy them. Buying earlier can result in huge returns, but it can be risky.

Examine the technology behind it Go through forums like bitcointalk and reddit – is there a strong community backing it?

Are they professional? From the start the developers should be acting in a professional manner. The website should be up to date and appealing (10 year olds can make websites now-a-days), they should have multiple social media platforms up and running, and most importantly the team should be transparent and responsive.

Conclusion Using this simple criterion can help you find some promising lowcaps. Always remember, lowcaps are very risky and have low liquidity – only invest a little.

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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)!

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BANK THE UNBANKED WITH CRYPTO

OMISEGO [OMG]

05

https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/omisego/

+97%

+64%

1.8b

16.01

Bittrex Bitfinex Binance

Ethos (ETHOS)

GROWTH PAST 30 DAYS

GROWTH PAST 90 DAYS

MARKET CAP ($)

PRICE ($)

WHERE TO BUY

COMPETITION

Metal (MTL) Everex (EVX)

PRICE (US$) 19

18.6

LOW: 7.88

HIGH: 18.5

9.5 9.3

0.00

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In December, OMG managed to be listed on the Korean exchange Coinnest, and have two of their representatives speak at the Blockchain World Conference in Bangkok, Thailand. They also managed to move from alpha to closed beta, a stage known as ‘Fuseki’ on their roadmap.

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 set up in 2013.

T EC H N I CA L A N A LYS I S

U P C OM I N G E V E N TS

Just like basically all other good assets this month, OMG has found a new ATH. It hit above $20, and has now fallen back to a support between $12 and $15. There’s a definite upward trend in the making.

Investors can participate in the closed beta SDK available on their blog. The beta version of SDK is being built by a strategic partner, a ‘huge multinational company’, who for now will remain unknown.

P R E D I CT I O N

OmiseGo will always be a personal favorite of mine. Like Kyber, OMG will have a POS decentralized exchange in which stakers will earn a portion of the profits generated through fees. Both Kyber and OMG are advised by Vitalik Buterin.

OmiseGO has a great cause - to bank the unbanked. This, coupled with their great public opinion and seemingly unstoppable events and partnership news schedule means that their team is set for success. If the ‘huge multinational’ partner is revealed in Jan, then we can bet the price is going to skyrocket.

– TheBitcoinBear

TA

ROOM TO GROW

FA 3

4

UPCOMING EVENTS 4

91%

PUBLIC OPINION 3

4 TOTAL SCORE

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BLOCKCHAIN PLATFORM, INCUBATOR, AND ECOSYSTEM

DRAGONCHAIN [DRGN]

04

https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/dragonchain/

+223%

N/A

305m

0.84

EtherDelta Kucoin

GROWTH PAST 30 DAYS

GROWTH PAST 90 DAYS

MARKET CAP ($)

PRICE ($)

WHERE TO BUY

Cardano (ADA) EOS (EOS) Ubiq (UBQ) COMPETITION

PRICE (US$) LOW: 0.22

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1.18

HIGH: 1.17

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What a crazy ride it has been in December for Dragonchain holders! If you bought it at the ICO you’ve probably seen the amazing journey from $0.06 to an incredible $1.20 ATH. December was, in general, an amazing month for smallers caps to gain, and Dragonchain, with its amazing fundamentals, was right on in there. It’s now sitting at the top 100. Who knows how many rungs of the ladder it will climb in January?

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Not only a blockchain platform, Dragonchain also aims to be a marketplace and incubator. You can build your own scalable platform using established languages like Java, Python, Node, and C#. The incubator allows you to have early access to projects built on top of it, supported by a marketplace where you can utilise smart contracts, specialized experts, and purchasable platforms. Joe Roets is the CEO. He has former experience in software architecture at The Walt Disney Company.

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U P C OM I N G E V E N TS

In its short life, the charts show a healthy climb, finding a more or less stable support around the $.80 area, with a very strong support around $.40. The potential in this coin is immense, and could very well be among the top 20 next year.

DragonChain will be releasing their Look Lateral project pre-sale for investors built upon their DragonChain incubator, it aims to make art accessible to all.

P R E D I CT I O N

Anyone who follows me on twitter knows my love for this project. The announcement of their “slumber score” encourages holding. Currently sitting over $1 (from $.06 ICO).

The bulls ran wild after the ICO crowdsale ended. It has gone up more than 33 times its ICO price, which is a crazy gain compared to most coins in this space, but a completely plausible one - this is Crypto afterall. A higher rise is also very plausible in Jan.

– CryptoBully

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4

UPCOMING EVENTS 4

92%

PUBLIC OPINION 2

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TENX [PAY]

03

https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/tenx/

+65%

+41%

410m

3.53

Bittrex Bit-Z Huobi

TokenCard (TKN)

GROWTH PAST 30 DAYS

GROWTH PAST 90 DAYS

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PRICE ($)

WHERE TO BUY

COMPETITION

Monaco (MCO) Centra (CTR)

PRICE (US$) LOW: 1.93

4.8

4.8

HIGH: 4.78

2.4 2.4

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Recently TenX has implemented more cryptocurrencies and scalable payment operations for Europe. They currently accept Bitcoin, Ether and ERC20 tokens on beta, as well as Dash. Its price has spiked, almost hitting $6 a token.

TenX allows you to finally spend your crypto gains in the real world. 50 countries accept the TenX card, and it has no spending or exchanging fees. TenX was built by Toby Hoenisch, Julian Hosp, Michael Sperk, Paul Kitti, and several others.

T EC H N I CA L A N A LYS I S

U P C OM I N G E V E N TS

In the long-term TenX seems to be forming a cup & handle, a very bullish sign. It’s had a few months of consolidation, so now’s a pretty good entry point.

On January 1st Tenx will start issuing cards worldwide, which is great for those living in under-developed countries and for those who are unbanked. This can be big for investors, depending on the demand from customers.

P R E D I CT I O N

TenX is a well-marketed, well-developed project with a healthy product. They lead the real-world payment brands, and as soon as Crypto goes mainstream they’re probably going to rule the world.

TenX holds the brand top spot in terms of ‘real world’ every day usage. After a lot of consolidation, it could be ready to start a strong uptrend. With their cards being issued worldwide imminently, we won’t have to wait long to find out.

–V

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3

UPCOMING EVENTS 4

94%

PUBLIC OPINION 4

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P2P ELECTRICITY SURPLUS TRADING ON THE BLOCKCHAIN

POWER LEDGER [POWR]

02

https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/power-ledger/

+27%

+1375%

GROWTH PAST 30 DAYS

GROWTH PAST 90 DAYS

(Nov 01>)

308m

0.83

Bittrex Binance Cryptopia

SunContract

MARKET CAP ($)

PRICE ($)

WHERE TO BUY

COMPETITION

PRICE (US$) LOW: 0.5

1.3

1.2

HIGH: 1.2

0.65

0.6

0.00

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Last month POWR was launched on Changelly, has partnered up with BCPG to bring renewable energy to Thailand, has made it as finalist on the Talent Unleashed Awards, and was listed on KuCoin. A big month!

Power Ledger is a blockchain-based P2P energy trading platform that allows users to trade their energy surplus through the trustless network without a middleman. It launched in May 2016 and has been very active with conferences and partnerships.

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U P C OM I N G E V E N TS

It entered the markets in November at $0.05, and has in less than two months been able to achieve more than 2000% its value since the token sale. It’s in a strong uptrend (with occasional due corrections). It’s currently sitting in a stable support at $.90.

This month POWR is one of the 10 semi-finalists in the Extreme Tech Challenge taking place in Las Vegas. Dr. Jemma Green, the co-founder, will be speaking at the World Economic Forum.

P R E D I CT I O N

Awesome solution that covers one of the main issues in blockchain. Still in early stages of development. It’s moving greatly across institutional players.

With its incredible FA and the partnerships they keep amassing, the long-term scenario for POWR looks very bullish. There was also rumour of them being in talks with Tesla, but this is unsubstantiated.

– Crypto Rand

TA

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FA 3

4

UPCOMING EVENTS 4

95%

PUBLIC OPINION 3

4 TOTAL SCORE

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SMART CONTRACTS FOR AN AUTOMATED WORLD

UBIQ [UBQ]

01

https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/ubiq/

+231% +204% GROWTH PAST 30 DAYS

GROWTH PAST 90 DAYS

212m

5.33

Bittrex Cryptopia

MARKET CAP ($)

PRICE ($)

WHERE TO BUY

Ethereum Icon Lisk COMPETITION

PRICE (US$) LOW: 1.58

5.4

5.4

HIGH: 5.33

2.7 2.7

0.00

DECEMBER 2017

JAN 1

CATC H - U P

BAC KG RO U N D

Last month was a crazy ride for Ubiq, finding an ATH at 4.5 times its support price ($1.70~). A lot of voices are bringing awareness to this great project, some even saying that it’s the most undervalued of the top 100 coins.

Ubiq is a decentralized network that allows the creation and implementation of smart contracts and dApps. Inspired by Ethereum codebase, Ubiq is a decentralized global ledger and supercomputer, a powerful tool for developers to automate everyday tasks carried out by middlemen.

T EC H N I CA L A N A LYS I S

U P C OM I N G E V E N TS

In the last days of December there was a huge spike in price that is currently finding a support. The steadiest support is still at the $4 area. There may be consolidation and then a rise after January 1st.

There will be a token distribution to UBQ wallet holders on January 1st.

P R E D I CT I O N

Very undervalued platform for the service it provides. I wouldn’t be surprised to see a $1-2b market cap in the near future. I wouldn’t quite call it the new ETH, but it’s not far off

Ubiq is one of the projects people may talk about in a year or so as having ‘only been $10 a year ago’. It may not quite be the next Ethereum, but it’s definitely a contender. Short-term - awareness is growing and the charts look great. Wait for a consolidation or correction and then BTFD!

–V

TA

ROOM TO GROW

FA 4

4

UPCOMING EVENTS 4

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PUBLIC OPINION 2

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WHAT IS $MINING AND WHY SHOULD I CARE? By Notsofast Twitter: @notsofast

ARTICLE 1 OF 3 (MINING SERIES) This is the first of three installments in the @notsofast $mining series, a 21cryptos exclusive.

In the beginning, there was only mining. If you wanted some bitcoins, it was up to you to head over to bitcointalk, download the open source Bitcoin code, compile it yourself, and set your computer’s CPU to start processing sha256 hashes in the hopes your work would discover the nonce of the next block’s header and earn you 50 bitcoins.

S

ure, you could get someone to send you some as a test. But to generate yourself a Bitcoin address and receive them, you’d have to do 99% of that work anyway. So in the meantime why not type in one command line and wait for your computer to make a few on its own? This is the foundational genius of cryptocurrencies, cryptoassets, cryptotokens, whatever you want to call them-- this is what it is. If you have access to a computer, electricity to make it work, and a network to which you can connect... you can create your own valuable asset, from the work you do with those tools. By the power of mining, if you are

able to get online, then you have access to income, to safe savings, to purchasing power. You don’t have to buy anything. You do not need anyone’s permission to hold (hodl wasn’t invented yet!), save, spend or trade your bitcoins. Your wallet is a node on a network of money. All nodes follow the same rules, and reject those who break those rules. Nobody can tell you whether or not you’re allowed to participate in the bitcoin ruleset, and the Money-over-Internet-Protocol it enables. Specifically, nobody who is normally in charge of the money and valuable assets people generally use: governments. This ethos is why Libertarians PAGE 36

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fell in love with Bitcoin so hard! This is also where I first entered the story. I’m not a hardline libertarian, so although I thought the philosophy of Bitcoin was cool af in 2011, I wasn’t super interested. Libertarians are not a dominant force in society, I reasoned, and if Bitcoin was money for Libertarians, Bitcoin couldn’t ever be a dominant force in money. So when I downloaded a Bitcoin-QT wallet, I didn’t bother typing setgenerate true -1 into its console, and I left it on my hard drive to rot. Until the end of 2013, when I found a Dogecoin meme on Imgur. Immediately I recalled that cranky Bitcoin ethos, and liked how Dogecoin’s irreverence turned it around

and spanked its ass. Here was a version of Bitcoin that didn’t take itself too seriously... that had a random block reward for the hell of it... that had a massive supply so anyone could have and use a whole bunch... this was a version of MoIP I could get behind. I love underdogs. I love memes. I love trolling those who take themselves too seriously. And I believe, or did at the time, that Planet Earth is just crazy enough for Dogecoin to challenge Bitcoin, as an implementation of it that more people-MOST people-- might end up actually using. I wanted some. I downloaded a DOGE wallet and visited faucets that airdripped me tiny amounts of DOGE. It was an awesome first day as a cryptocurrency fan. But on Day 2, the faucets were empty. And I still wanted more Dogecoins. I didn’t want to sign up to a shady website and send real dollars to buy bitcoins and then turn around and buy dogecoins with those bitcoins. That was a ridiculous idea, to trust multiple websites to take my real money for my intangible playcoins. So the remaining option was to buy a couple of gaming GPUs I could sell later if/when the hobby died out, and make them myself. This is how LOTS of people got into crypto, and stayed. We were Dogecoiners. We could create our own money for fun. And then Dogecoin pumped like hell on the cryptomarkets, and suddenly our hobby became for fun AND profit. The profit started to change everything, and FAST. First the PC gaming community had flexed its build skills. Its members had begun adding more than one GPU to a computer, making even the most tricked-out gamer’s rig look like an empty box by comparison, all in the name of tweaking for more bitcoins more efficiently. Then miners had begun building and running multiples of these Frankensteins, in parallel,

PAID. The crypto network of money grew and mining grew with it. Today we have giant Chinese farms burning cheap coal to mine bitcoins and offloading the environmental externality costs to the planet’s future. We have hundreds of mineable currencies and hundreds more that you only get by buying, not mining. We have coins using algorithms that can “This is how LOTS of only be mined with CPUs, or GPUs, or their people got into crypto, own special ASIC and stayed. We were machines. For every thousand Dogecoiners. We could people that have create our own money read an article saying Chinese farms have a for fun.” monopoly on mining crypto, there is a home miner out there exploiting the gap between only mine Bitcoins, making that idea and the truth, and everyone’s investment in making BANK. You know how bitcoin-mining GPUs instantly you lord your 5x ICO gainz obsolete-- but they could still over traditional investors who mine Dogecoins (or Litecoins used to brag about their or several other coins), and banner years of 20% profit? dump them for Bitcoins, or Mining for profit can exploit trade them for profit, or HODL a more complex gamethem tight. New variations theory interaction of timing, of Bitcoin with parameters economics, and information designed to be better and asymmetry to make that 5x fairer than bitcoin started springing up, rallying “Then dedicated ASIC machines miners to support hit the marketplace, designed them to only mine Bitcoins, making and earn mounting everyone’s investment in bitcoinvalue mining GPUs instantly obsolete” for that support. We saw look just as silly. (How silly? altcoins challenging Bitcoin’s I will not get into specifics status, or altcoins that defied here, because a) it is good Bitcoin’s sha-256 ASICs practice to show not tell; b) by using new consumerit is better practice to keep hardware-mineable algos. this hypothetical and devalue We saw novelty coins, miners as targets for hax; and scamcoins, colourcoins, c) you wouldn’t believe the themecoins, you name it. We gainz, dear reader.) saw a dozen new coins to Yes, there are plenty of ways mine, every day. Miners could to make money in crypto employ multiple strategies besides mining. to earn wealth in so many You can buy ICOs whose ways that played to individual tokens live on other networks. strengths-- computer However, when you buy an hardware chops, trading skills, ICO at retail value, you are a knack for identifying good paying its issuers what they projects before anyone else-have dictated that their mining became an edge that creating a run on the retail GPU market that left shelves empty to the puzzlement of big box stores, totally throwing the “I’ll just resell to gamers” backup plan out the window (unless you knew like ninety basements’ worth of gamers). Then dedicated ASIC machines hit the marketplace, designed to

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secure their respective project is worth. But do you networks via Proof-of-Stake, trust the ICO issuers not to for the passive income. give massive discounts to PoS is fantastic, but it’s secret bulk buyers, whose got an inherent problem: breakeven on the investment vulnerability to a Sybil attack, is one tenth what yours is, in where an attacker spoofs order to raise more money (pretends to be) a whole for themselves? Do you trust bunch of unique nodes on them not to buy their own the network, and coerces the ICO tokens to inflate their network to his numbers for favour, without the sake of promotion? “They all require anyone else knowing the Do you you to buy at network is full even trust someone else’s of fake nodes. they need There are the massive price, or jump bandamounts of through someone decent aids, and even money they better tech on say they else’s hoop” its way to fixing need in the this with finality, first place? so I don’t suggest you avoid Between the initial ICO PoS because of Sybil attack valuation period-- where the risk, just know that it exists. issuers tell you how much their However, PoS’s reliability at project is worth, by stating scale isn’t as conclusively what they “need” to raise-proven as Proof-of-Work or and the later period, after PoW mining is. You may, as I the trading market for their often do, value the passive tokens matures, the token income from PoS projects will go through something more than the risk of Sybil called price discovery. This is attack. But you’ve assessed where the market, over time, that risk by looking at stake figures out what the project is generation and the richlist ACTUALLY worth, by reaching in the block explorer, right? an equilibrium between Right? buyers and sellers. You can get airdrops. These That equilibrium, for a preare pretty sweet: you get product pre-income venture, tokens for free. Oh, except is almost always going to be you have to fill out a form on lower than the ICO’s number a website that fingerprints of tokens outstanding times your browser, OS, and IP its full retail token price as address, and serves you an issued, due to the issuers’ ad with a password-stealing greed or optimism, and the keylogger in it. Or you have discounts only the issuers can to download a wallet with truly quantify. Fundamentals-a trojan in it that steals all which at the beginning are the other crypto on your just vapourware promises computer AND creeps your and unauthorized pictures webcam. Or I’m being a of Vitalik Buterin as an pessimist and these free Advisor-- only matter as a tokens are legit and make speculative premium on it to a marketplace where price, until and unless that they trade for... almost zero. venture gets a product, a (What did you expect for userbase, and revenue. This free?!) There are always rare boils down to one thing: exceptions of legitimate price discovery for an ICO is airdrops from which you can probably going to start high grind out some additional and trend downward, and as working capital, even an investor, you are fighting valuable airdrops, but these against those odds. And are few and far between. we’re not even going to get Notice a similarity between into how the American SEC these three ways to get wants to protect you from crypto? They all require you those bad odds... to buy at someone else’s You can buy tokens who PAGE 38

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price, or jump through someone else’s hoop, in order to participate. Mining is unique in that you can make a capital investment with resale value, and then forever choose what to mine, or even whether to mine at all. You are in control. Unlike PoS, you can mine whatever you want, rather than only produce small amounts of the asset you bought (or some specific related asset). Unlike an ICO, you know your mining costs and can choose the effective price you pay via mining breakeven, rather than taking an issuer’s word for it-- and no agency has to give you permission, or legalize over what work your computer does to reward you. And unlike airdrops, you can choose what you want to earn, when you want to earn it. Sure there are unique risks to mining, like a pool not paying you, or capital depreciation/obsolescence of your rigs, but you can account for these. They don’t stand in the way of your full and complete control. Maybe most importantly, mining introduces you to an important set of fundamentals you may have ignored in your investing. If you’ve bought a PoW coin without knowing what it cost to mine it, you may have been the other side of the trade belonging to a spec miner taking extreme multiples in profit. From your pocket. This is the information gap I mentioned earlier, which directly pays miners. No information gap or profit opportunity? The miner turns off the rig, or points it somewhere else. Information gap that can reduce risk or increase profit? The miner turns on the rig and mines like hell. You want to be the miner, don’t you?

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“If you hang out with chickens, you’re going to cluck. If you hang out with eagles, you’re going to fly.” - Dr. Steve Maraboli

Twitter: @CryptoNoobGirl

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he last five months of the year 2017 would be, in short, one of the most extraordinary five months in my history on this bewildering orb we call Earth. Of course, I didn’t know it on that humid August evening when I enthusiastically bought my first fraction of bitcoin at my local gas station. Having had zero background in finance or tech, I didn’t know anything really, which is a strangely wonderful position to be in. Everything that I was to encounter was new and mysterious and exciting in a way you can’t imagine. CryptoLand was full of words I’d never heard before -- blockchain, Satoshis, white paper, segwit. I didn’t know how to correctly pronounce OmiseGO. For all I knew, “hash rate” was a unit of measure for how high one can get while smoking jazz cabbage, mining was simply a way to unearth coal, and PoS was a term I’d been using to describe a slow driver I’d gotten stuck behind while running late to get to work in the morning. I didn’t have the faintest idea what DYOR, ICO, FOMO, or FUD stood for. I was positively radiant with ignorance.

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hen first entering the crypto space as an absolute noob, there are many options at your fingertips for learning the ropes -- YouTube, Google, Bitcointalk.org, Reddit. They all pale in comparison, IMHO to Twitter. Once you get the hang of it and figure out who to follow, it is a veritable gold mine of both information and drama. The latest news is always circulating and you can quickly cut through the B.S. that the mainstream media has been regularly guilty of, as the articles that have been tweeted will have an impassioned firestorm of comments debunking misinformation while raking the reporters though the hot coals of the unforgiving CryptoTwitter jury. In fact, within my first week of having bought bitcoin, I had come across a

frightening article from one of the major media outlets that nearly had me ready to throw in the towel. You know, the typical “Bitcoin is a scam” story. I recall flinching while reading it as my heart sank into my stomach. After having determined with my typical blind conviction that investing in crypto would make me a multimillionaire in a few years time, this news hit me like ton of bricks and

dream world. My shoulders sagged as it dawned on me that I would have to break this terrible news to my friend, the eager gas station attendant that had just set me up with bitcoin. I hung my head as I proceeded to text him the link to the depressingly unpleasant article, knowing it would rob the wind from his sails. “F*ck!” was the only accompanying word I could muster to send along with the link. My phone beeped with his reply almost immediately. “Fake News” was all it said. “Did you even read the article?!” I replied in disbelief. “I only needed to read the headline. It’s fake news.” he reiterated. I wasn’t sure what to think. I hastily logged into

“POS WAS A TERM I’D BEEN USING TO DESCRIBE A SLOW DRIVER I’D GOTTEN STUCK BEHIND WHILE RUNNING LATE” my whole world suddenly seemed to be moving in slow motion. It was like I was walking in a dream world; a horrific, nightmarish

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my freshly created Twitter account to see if I could find the article being passed around. Sure enough, it was there. I intently read through the comments and as I had hoped, the crypto community had already taken the reporter to task. I rolled my shoulders to ease the tension in the back of my neck as a corner of my mouth curled up to a lopsided grin. Being somewhat of a tin foil hatter, this was sufficient enough for me and my faith in bitcoin was wholly restored. “Fantastic!” I texted back to my friend as I nodded to myself in agreement.

Twitter can be a very useful tool when getting a feel for the sentiment of a currency or the market in general. But, it can also help you to find your style and fine-tune your strategies. The people (most of them) of Twitter

“I emerged from the weekend with a legendary hangover that could make Keith Richards wince”

Once you start hanging out on Crypto-Twitter long enough, you start to realize that not only is it helpful, but it’s also a lot of fun. It somewhat reminds me of my favorite dive bar. So many strange characters are lurking about and you never know what kind of conversations you’ll end up in until you have a seat next to them. You start bumping elbows with some interesting people, many of whom are completely anonymous, choosing avatars and fake names to protect their identities. Actually, I suppose Twitter feels more like hanging out in the Star Wars cantina, now that I think of it. I’ve gone from being a social butterfly in “real” life, to favoring hanging out at home online with an army of muppets, felines, dogs, whales, cows, ham-cats, drunken ducks, movie stars, cartoon characters, and superheroes. Hek, there’s even an empty beer bottle that you can chat with! It’s truly marvelous.

are wonderful. They (for the most part) want to see you succeed, as your success will ensure their success as well by continuing to increase adaptation. I’ve had many of my noob questions graciously answered, found moral support during difficult times, and been pointed in the right direction more times than I can count. The fact is, you can’t fake that kind of warmth. You just can’t. I’ve tried. And it seems to me, you just don’t encounter such warmth from strangers that often, unless they’re drunk or have a hard-on. One thing leads to another, as the saying goes. I’ve found this to be very true with almost anything in life, especially now with CryptoTwitter. In the five short months I’ve been in this space, I’ve had the pleasure of witnessing some amazing opportunities unfold for some amicable and deserving people and I have even managed to experience a

few nifty things for myself. What a thrill it was when my new, anonymous “superhero” friend who had been messaging me about his frustration working in a soul-sucking office job wrote me one day, ecstatic that he was finally able to quit and go full time into crypto. Seeing other people achieve their goals is a beautiful thing. One of my favorite stories is about another new friend of mine whom I only recognize online as a funny movie character avatar. If I bumped into him on the street I would never know it was him since he’s another anonymous account, but I feel comfortable using the term friend. I’m not sure exactly how we became pals at first. He was mainly posting really bad toilet humor jokes when I came across his account, but they cracked me up and I couldn’t resist interacting with him. At the time, he had maybe 40 followers and it seemed like he was spending a good amount of his time tweeting juvenile thoughts into thin air, just for something to do. One day, I recall him hanging out at a playground in the afternoon where he had taken his child. He was eavesdropping on a small group of hooligan kids that were within earshot and took it upon himself to “live-tweet” what those kids were babbling about. I was thousands of miles away from this scene, reading word for word what a few tweens

“HEK, THERE’S EVEN AN EMPTY BEER BOTTLE THAT YOU CAN CHAT WITH!”

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and inquired if anyone were saying about girls and would be interested in other arbitrary young boy grabbing coffee or a drink affairs, most of which would and chatting about crypto. have likely gotten them I had the good fortune of grounded had their mothers meeting up with two very overheard the conversations. opposite individuals. One, It was rather ridiculous and a humble humorous radiologist to say the who is an avid least, and HODLer and his account “SEEING passionate promptly about mining. became OTHER PEOPLE Sampling one of my ACHIEVE THEIR various gins favorites to at a cozy follow. It GOALS IS A neighborhood didn’t take bar, we had very long, BEAUTIFUL roucous just a few discussions short months THING.” on world before travel, the many other meaning of people life, and what makes us tick. started to take notice of his The other, a mischievous offbeat brand of humor. As yet incredibly kind full-time fate would have it, he is now trader whom I wouldn’t be a co-host of a wildly sucshocked to find out that he cessful crypto Podcast and was a member of Mensa. a popular twitter personality. We bar hopped around the You just never know what is city discussing some of my waiting for you around the favorite topics: quantum corner. physics, the supernatural, and other mysteries of the Crypto is a growing space. universe. Even if you’re not a tech whiz or have a background Garnering new insight in finance, there are into two very different many opportunities to be approaches to investing as had. In my case, I was I find my way in this space: serendipitously offered a valuable. gig writing for this magazine Making new wonderful after not having written friends: priceless. much more than grocery lists on Post-it notes for several As another example, not years. I had been a hobbyist long ago I accepted an writer previously while in invitation to a somewhat my school days and it has exclusive crypto meetup been wonderfully gratifying weekend in Miami where to knock the rust off of my I partied with complete writing tools. Evidently strangers (only having goofing around and hanging known their twitter handles) out online after a having few while we mingled in posh drinks can have its rewards. nightclubs, restaurants, and even a yacht. A freaking Making new friends YACHT of all things. It “in real life” that I would was so cringe-inducingly have otherwise never stereotypical Miami. I encountered has also LOVED it! The whole been an amusing side weekend felt like a strangely effect of joining the glamorous movie, which I crypto community. While had absolutely no business on vacation in a bustling being in, as I am rather metropolis recently, I accustomed to shabby tweeted my whereabouts

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dives. I felt almost like an “extra” that had gotten lost on a movie set and accidentally walked through the middle of the filming of a main scene, but the director never yelled “Cut! Get this crazy person off of my set!” Everyone in the crew had clearly been into crypto for quite some time and were rather successful in that endeavor. Most of them made their livings solely trading bitcoin or working in some manner in the field. Being an utter crypto noob and having a somewhat run of the mill career in the insurance industry, I worried I’d feel awkward and somewhat out of place. As luck would have it, just by being in this relatively small and niche landscape of crypto, I was warmly welcomed by the group, making me feel almost as though I was now part of some fabulous secret society. I emerged from the weekend with a legendary hangover that could make Keith Richards wince, an inexplicably sprained ankle, some new perspectives on crypto, and a handful of new acquaintances and friends. It was perfectly fantastic. Don’t kid yourself that you have to be some particular type of person to do well or thrive in this space. You don’t have to know everything about every aspect of blockchain or trading. All you really need is patience, a willingness to learn, and balls of steel in this volatile space. No matter your goals and hopes in embarking on the crypto journey, whether they be humanitarian, anarchistic, or simply to make money and gain personal freedom: don’t be afraid to stick your head out a bit and interact with the community. We don’t have cookies, but we do have sick charts and fart jokes.

POWER LEDGER AMA WITH

PAMELA PAIGE I

am a real estate developer in New York City who specializes in securing 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 photographer. 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, hackers & 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.

Twitter: @ThePinkCrypto

MONETIZING EXCESS ENERGY DEMOCRATIZATION OF POWER OWNED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE WORLD RE-IMAGINING THE ELECTRICITY NETWORK CO-CREATING THE ENERGY SYSTEM OF THE FUTURE BRINGING HUMANITY TO THE ENERGY SYSTEM We are no stranger to Power Ledger here at the Moonshot Group, but now we have a chance to have our questions answered directly! If you would like more information on the Power Ledger project their website and whitepapers are linked below.

https://powerledger.io/ https://powerledger.io/media/Power-Ledger-Whitepaper-v3.pdf

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What do your current media marketing/public relations/communications strategies look like at the moment, and how do you feel about Power Ledger's participation in the semifinals of the Extreme Tech Challenge 2018?

The dual token structure of the Power Ledger platform provides interoperability across multiple jurisdictions. POWR tokens provide the licence to operate the system and tying the value of the Sparkz to the lowest denomination of the local currency means we can operate with ease in multiple jurisdictions with differentially priced energy systems.

Is there any upcoming exchange in your pipeline?

A During our ICO it was all hands on deck and we had some help from an external social media and PR company. We’ve just hired a Community and Marketing manager in-house (she started Monday!) and part of her role is to take a step back from the madness and strategically plan what little steps we need to take for the bigger picture. That includes what events we need to speak at, what interviews we should be doing and how our social media presence should evolve to get us to our business goals and keep us on track. We’re a small team, so we have to be strategic about where we spend our energy. We’re very excited about being semi-finalists in the Extreme Tech Challenge 2018 and I’ll be in Vegas for it in January. It’s an honour to be semi-finalists with such a high calibre list of companies. We’re also organising a Vegas meetup beforehand -- we’ve locked in a date and once the time and venue are confirmed we’ll share the details with our community.

Q How does this spread outside of Australia? How do individual jurisdictions intersect with the POWR marketplace? Won’t energy in place A with QWE circumstances always differ in price from place B with XYZ circumstances?

Q I know you guys have already partnered with Mahindra, one of the biggest companies in one of the most populated country (India). Lots of European countries have made commitments to 100% green energy by certain years, are you trying to partner with those countries? If yes, are you in talks with some of them now?

A Definitely! The commitment to 100% green energy is a really promising thing for us. LISD (The Liechtenstein Institute for Strategic Development) will become the first European Application Host to offer Power Ledger’s blockchainbased peer-to-peer energy trading platform in Europe, which we announced in November. We’ll support the development of low-cost, low-carbon distributed energy markets in microgrid developments there which is really exciting. Power Ledger will support LISD in marketing, planning and developing the metering, market settlement and reconciliation components of microgrids while LISD promotes and develops sustainable microgrid developments and other trading uses based on renewable energy and storage systems in Europe.

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A We can’t pre announce any exchange news, but as soon as there is something to announce we’ll share it on all our official social media platforms and our Telegram announcement channel. In the meantime you can buy POWR from Bittrex, Kucoin, Cryptopia, Binance, Coinspot and Gate.io

Q How many people will be able to access your technology?

A The market for electricity is massive, over 70% of the world population. We intend to scale the platform globally.

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There is a lot of buzz regarding achievements in fusion energy. If (very hypothetically) fusion was achieved say tomorrow, what impact would that have on powr?

How big is your team right now and where do you see your company in the next 5-10 years?

Are there any plans to break into the United States and Canadian markets?

A There’s no doubt, distributed renewable generation, like fusion energy, is going to get cheaper and more efficient meaning the balance in the energy system will swing even further towards consumer generation. That swing will only increase the opportunities for consumers to monetise their excess generation capacity to sell it to consumers who are unable to participate in that distributed energy economy for a raft of social and financial reasons. Better penetration of distributed generation will enhance the opportunities for people using the Power Ledger platform.

Q Which energy technology would work best with blockchain? Specifically, will solar panels or energy storages be able to transfer easily to these types of energy products?

A Any and all technology works fine, solar panels and energy storage are the most common but any flow of electrons is tracked and transacted on the platform.

A Right now, we’re a team of about 20 staff, associates and contractors distributed across Australia. Over the next 5-10 years we’ll grow organically but efficiently to make sure we can stay at the forefront of the distributed energy trading evolution and pivot the Power Ledger platform and technology to bring more and more opportunity to consumers.

Q Has incentivization of the profit sharing model been created yet and when do you plan to begin distributing profit sharing?

A Rather than a profit sharing model we’re developing an incentivisation mechanism that rewards consumers for contributing renewable energy to the system. This mechanism is under development but will be a key component of the POWR economy encouraging the deeper penetration of distributed renewables and rewarding consumers who invest in clean energy technologies.

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A Power Ledger took the step from trading application to trading platform in order to bring the benefits of autonomous P2P energy trading to as many people in as many places as possible. The US and Canada present major opportunities for P2P energy trading and we’re already in discussions with US and Canadian companies as well as multinational companies that have existing operations and customers in North America.

Q Do you see an opportunity for Power Ledger to combat the massive energy consumption of BTC mining or perhaps compliment it as a way to increase the profitability?

A Rather than “combating” energy consumption, we’re focussed on providing opportunities for energy consumption that don’t have the negative impacts of traditional generating technologies. Energy consumption has a direct correlation with economic growth so we see the Power Ledger platform as a facilitator of efficient and clean energy consumption that can continue to drive the economic development of communities around the world without the detrimental impacts of the traditional energy system.

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How can POWR help with the vasts amount of humanity which still till this day do not have any access to electricity or energy?

How do you plan on achieving globalization and expanding to a more international market outside Australia?

Will you spend effort to make these markets real time? And would you substitute green technology in exchange for the renumeration it generates? I.e make loans to spread green tech?

A The Power Ledger platform can provide a modern, low cost, low carbon alternative to the traditional energy supply model. Even better, because of the ability to fractionalise an asset, the platform can give communities and individuals a chance to own a share in their local power generating assets

Q As for Asset Germination Events, what exactly do these entail? Will these be cryptocurrencies that are different than POWR or will they be more like buying into shares of companies that are created under the umbrella of Power Ledger?

A We’re still working towards the final model for AGE’s - it’s complex and jurisdictions differ in their interpretation of financial instruments but fundamentally, the AGE will allow for a seed investment, the germination of a renewable generating asset and offering of that asset to investors to earn a secure return. Seed - Germinate Bloom

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A That’s the purpose of the platform - we allow other application hosts to use the Power Ledger platform to create their own trading environments. The POWR token is surrendered as a payment for the software licence, to gain access to Sparkz and to provide a limited prudential cover for energy buyers and sellers.

Q How will you integrate with existing wholesale legacy power/electricity markets which don’t even have APIs?

A Many wholesale power/ electricity markets are not settled in real time. For example, ELEXON in the UK has a settlement period of 30 minutes.

Q Will p2p energy trading matter once everyone has solar on their roof and electricity price has finished its race to the bottom?

A The fees are really small because of the frictionless characteristic of the Sparkz Token but even still, they will reduce as the volume of trading increases.

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A Great questions... There’s a number of models for integrating with existing markets. The most obvious, and what we’re doing in Perth, is take data directly from meters and provide the reconciliation and settlement, in time frames consistent with the wholesale market intervals, so we can integrate the two markets at an individual customer level. Our settlements a nearreal-time too aligned with whatever the wholesale market requires. At the moment we’re using 15 minute and 30 minute settlement periods. We’ve experimented with shorter because our platform can settle much faster than 15 minutely but aligning with the wholesale settlement period is a sensible approach. We’re not working on a financial services angle just yet but it may eventuate as part of our Asset Germination product.

Q What will be the fees to transferring and processing the energy?

A The fees are really small because of the frictionless characteristic of the Sparkz Token but even still, they will reduce as the volume of trading increases.

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Will p2p energy trading matter once everyone has solar on their roof and electricity price has finished its race to the bottom?

Micro fiat energy markets, like PowerPeers, exist already as do programmable smart contracts , why does this need to be on the blockchain? Can you give us an update on your current app development and testing?

Would you substitute green technology in exchange for the renumeration it generates? I.e make loans to spread green tech?

A Absolutely! There will always be people. who, through no fault of their own, can’t afford to participate in the distributed energy economy - renters, people suffering financial or social disadvantage - and they deserve the same access to low cost, low carbon energy as the rest of the population. The other issue to consider is the sustainability of putting PV and storage on every person’s roof to meet their peak demand rather than sharing capacity to meet the diversified peak demand across a large group of people. For example, if I just look after myself I need enough capacity to meet my peak demand. If I’m sharing energy with a group of people, we’re not likely to have a peak demand at the same time so the amount of generating capacity we need to install is reduced if we’re sharing it.

A The blockchain is needed when we have multiple parties transacting in near real-time. A relational database might be OK if there’s one generator with multiple consumers but when there’s multiple (and potentially competing) generators there needs to be a settlement model. In existing systems a Market Operator is responsible for reconciliation and settlement. In distributed energy markets the blockchain provides fast, trustless settlement so we can pin the financial transaction to the physical transaction. Our app is currently in commercial operation in Perth and we’re working with partners in India and other places to broaden the application of the trading model. The Platform is in development and we’re focused on the middle of next year for delivery.

A That’s a financial instrument we’re contemplating. Our technology makes it easy but the existing financial services regulatory framework doesn’t contemplate what our technology can do. It’s a bit of the new world bumping up against the old world.

Q Where is the energy stored?

A It can be any storage device or we can manage the platform with a connection to the local grid for back-up that way.

DAVE

Thanks for the questions, guys. Let's do it again sometime.

PAMELA

Thank you very much for taking the time to answer all of them. We will certainly Look forward to extending this AMA when new developments come along next year, perhaps.

DAVE

Thanks for hosting us @ThePinkCrypto Power Ledger is focused on facilitating the development of low carbon, low cost energy systems owned by the people of the world. The support we've got from our community really buoys us and keeps us focused on the important work in front of us. We're open to queries and scrutiny at any time so if there's questions on who we are or what we're doing, we'd love to hear them! Have a great day. PAGE 48

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CRYPTO Follow your faves and check out some new talent! Here at last we have the section dedicated entirely to the pros and their monthly picks. If you already have a fave pro, or want to check out some new talent, this is the place to be. 21C’s Pro Squad have all the latest inside info on which coins to watch out for in the month ahead!

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1 D O G EC O I N ( D O G E ) The original meme coin. The large supply makes it perfect as a tipping coin. I would love to see some form of web implementation where you could tip content creators directly with doge. And don’t forget, according to the Chinese Zodiac, 2018 is the year of the Dog.

1 A R DOR ( A R D R )

Full time twitter troll falling deeper and deeper down the rabbit hole known as Crypto.

Will have its platform launched.

Easy going daytrader

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@Crypto_God

PIRL (PIRL) Similar to ELLA, one of my picks last month, but with masternodes. No premine, but the dev gets 1 out of every 12 PIRL mined. So far things are looking good. I’ve mined some and I’ll just hold on to it and see where it goes.

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@CryptOrca

3 MOT H E R S H I P ( M S P )

T E N X ( PAY )

Lots of stuff in the works and great community support. Not following development too closely as I feel comfortable just hodling. Hopefully we’ll see new highs in 2018.

Rollout cards worldwide.

3 GOLEM (GNT) Will launch its first use case. CGI Rendering.

1 K Y B E R N E T WO R K ( K N C ) In my opinion, Kyber is poised to take a large market share of decentralized exchanges. If it does that, then Kyber Network Crystals (KNC) should do very well once people migrate over to its service. Their mainnet is scheduled to launch Q1 2018.

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OM I S EG O ( OMG )

Anyone who follows me on twitter knows my love for this project. The announcement of their “slumber scoreâ€ù encourages holding. Currently sitting over $1 (from $.06 ICO).

OmiseGo will always be a personal favorite of mine. Like Kyber, OMG will have a POS decentralized exchange in which stakers will earn a portion of the profits generated through fees. Both Kyber and OMG are advised by Vitalik Buterin.

2 N EO ( N EO ) With Ethereum flirting with $1000, Neo seems like a good large cap pick. Lots of action on platform and giant in APAC. And China fud all but forgotten.

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CA R DA N O ( A DA )

@cryptobully

(Honorable Mention) As I’ve stated in the previous issue, I believe the release of the computational layer will be huge for Cardano. This release is set for sometime Q1 2018. However, now that it’s over 10x my buy-ins it is unlikely that I will purchase more.

3 U B I Q ( U BQ )

CryptoBully is a corporate attorney and occasional crypto trader. You can find him on twitter at @cryptobully.

in my opinion one of the most undervalued coins out there (but it’s moving up fast as I type this). Becoming the platform of choice for sexy new projects. Basically like ETH, without the cats and Parity.

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I am a PhD student who deals with the creation of biosensors for small molecules as well as pathogens. I was first introduced to Bitcoin when it was 200 dollars, and remember watching it crash from 250 - 50.

1 AION (AION) Aion is a 3rd generation blockchain that will have exponential gains over the next few months. Over 91% of the circulating tokens are locked up in the TRS, which means once more news and updates are out the price will spike.

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I look at charts til I am delusional and they speak to me.

B I TC O I N ( B TC ) I am Crypto Wolf. Pretty new in the Crypto space, but not in the financial market.

I’m still ultra-bullish towards bitcoin FA and TA speaking. With futures being here, it’s only the beginning of a brighter 2018 ahead of us.

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@CryptoGat

LU XC O I N ( LU X ) LUX is one of the most undervalued coins out there. In the next few weeks they are implementing segwit, smart contracts, and upgrading the wallet. Additionally there are talks of a coinburn.

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MO N E RO ( X M R )

This sleeping giant (not to mention it has already QUITE awakened) has things cooking. Maybe not January, but the first quarter of 2018 should be interesting.

XMR is going to have a great year in 2018 because it is the most popular privacy coin. New investors entering the space are going to get into alts and buy coins they have heard about and are confident in. Additionally there are “rumorsâ€ù that Monero will be accepted by huge online retailers soon.

3 D O G EC O I N ( D O G E ) Upon observation, I think it’s time we give attention to these low value/PoS/faucet alts.

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P R I VAT E I N STA N T V E R I F I E D T R A N SACT I O N ( P I V X ) After a year of consolidation since its meteoric rise in March 2017, PIvX has accomplished a lot. This includes the release of worlds first PoS+Masternodes+Zerocoin stack. Plenty of room for growth is an understatement.

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B I T BE A N ( B I T B )

Noticed ZRX is getting more attention lately. Developers are doing really good work. Recent fundamental reviews indicated 1.50USD base valuations, providing plenty of upside. Below 4k Sat it still is a perfect bargain.

BitBean is a fun project and actually one of my first PoS coins. It was the first coin to implement a maximum of 20MB block size. Rebranding to Bean Cash soon. You know what that means.

2 N EO ( N EO )

After having a rough period, NEO found its way up again. Expecting multiple ICO’s on NEO soon and with it an Ethereum effect as we have seen early 2017. If you can buy below 450k Sat, load up on them. 900K could be a first exit, but im happy to keep them for higher levels.

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@marsmensch

With dedicated ASICs incoming shortly (Baikals in January, others in June) a great tea & vision, I expect a huge growth in usage of the platform. Goodbye 1k Sats.

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Hardware hacking, mining & Bitcoin are my favorite tech topics. I wear plenty of hats. Nowadays, people mostly know me as fundamentals expert for new technologies in the blockchain space. My favorite picks are masternode cryptos, privacy focused projects and distributed storage technologies.

ARK (ARK)

Background in conventional financial markets as a quant, trader and portfolio manager. Brought my skills to crypto. Started “The Happy Few” early September 2017. Apply for “The Happy Few” by following @HappyWithCrypto and sending a tweet using #InterestedToJoinHappyFew

Ark is staying a bit behind compared to other alts. It’s still trading close to the bottom of it’s channel and looks very promising at 40k sats. Fundamentally a very strong project and do yourself a favour. If you buy them, store them in your wallet and vote for a delegate! DPOS makes you more ARK.

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I’m an Economist, Data Analyst and Technical Analyst. Bought my first Bitcoin in 2013 knowing it wasn’t the top. Started my own trading community a few months back in which we’re automating Technical Analysis by building bots. Analysing data and charts has become a habit which I’m not planning to lose.

I have two decades of experience in business

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ST R AT I S ( ST R AT )

along with investment

ICO platform launch and announcement of two ICO’s in January.

experience in the stock market. Cryptocurrency trading began as a hobby a couple of years ago and has grown into my main investment

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platform over the past year thanks to the popularity of bitcoin. I try and spend as much time as I can researching the alt market in order to earn more bitcoin to put towards my retirement.

WINGS (WINGS) An easy to use platform where users can create, support, and invest in Decentralized Autonomous Organizations without any specific coding knowledge. Its growing popularity makes it an ideal investment.

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@cryptotutor

C O N D E N SAT E ( R A I N ) Great smallcap pick.

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E T H E R E U M C L AS S I C ( E TC )

B I TC O I N CAS H ( BC H )

Potential of being listed on Coinbase and many other catalysts for January.

As controversial as it is, you cannot deny the possibility of BCash seeing similar gains that Bitcoin had over the past year.

3 WAV E S ( WAV E S )

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With the recent release of WAVES Labs, a startup incubator that provides legal support, advice, resources, marketing expertise, and seed funding, I expect WAVES to grow in popularity quickly.

STO R M ( STO R M ) Probably one of my favourite bets for 2018. Excellent suite of payments for microtasks with a gamified perspective. All-star team and advisors, founder of Bittrex and Zynga to mention just a couple of them.

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Awesome solution that covers one of the main issues in blockchain. Still in early stages of development. It’s moving greatly across institutional players.

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@Crypto_Rand

U B I Q ( U BQ ) Great project with an even better community/team behind. When Ethereum switches to POS I think a lot of miners will shift to UBQ. Chart and volume says the rest.

Trader, researcher, advisor and traveller.

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