Hello my dear forum member.
This is Secco, admin of Bitcoin Garden Forum, writing. Welcome to this new edition of the Bitcoin Garden Newsletter.
Christmas is almost here, and it is that time of the year when your kids will get busy with lots of activities and events that celebrate the occasion. I wish you a Christmas full of mathematics: addicted to pleasure, subtracted from pain, multiplied with happiness and divided in love with the people that matter most to you! And happy new year 2019. May the new year bring to you warmth of love, and a light to guide your path towards a positive destination!
Now some forum news: in the last few months the staff expanded with some new moderators. Moderators are here to help you and to make sure the forum is a safe environment for all of us, so please be kind to them and collaborate as much as you can. It is worth to remind that in every post there's a "Report to moderator" button, so every time you see a post that is objectionable, you're welcome to report it for proper investigation. Make sure to add a comment when reporting it, so moderators will know what's wrong with it and can quickly handle it. Now, please allow me to introduce the new moderators...
Bamzmeca is the new moderator of the trading and bounties areas. He's 29 years old, from Indonesia, and has been following the crypto markets for almost two years now. Synvc, 35 years old, trader, entrepreneur and cryptocurrency analyst is now in charge for the crypto discussion and crypto resources boards. fulled, gamer and crypto enthusiast, is taking care of the gaming/gambling board. Cimmy_revenger and jenica are new moderators for faucets and cloud mining.
We also have two new moderators for the local boards. elegant_joylin is new moderator for the Tagalog/Filipino board. She has more than 5 years experience in accounting/audit and equity research, and started to study crypto in October 2016. At the moment she's freelance mostly involved in marketing, management, promotions and translations of blockchain, crypto related projects. She's also a Filipino moderator of Moonforum. Finally comanche is the new moderator for the Turkish board.
BITCOIN 10TH ANNIVERSARY: On 31 October 2008, at 18:10 UTC, Satoshi Nakamoto released an email to the gmane.comp.encryption.general user group with a link to the bitcoin.pdf - the original Bitcoin paper that started the entire cryptocurrency universe, and blockchain technology, as we know today. Then, about 64 days later, on 3 January 2009, Satoshi Nakamoto launched the Bitcoin mainnet, mining the first 50 bitcoins - called the Genesis Block!
FORUM RULES UPDATED: We've added a new rule about quoting text. It is a common sense rule, applied in every forum, but since some people are maybe new at forum posting, we wanted to make it clear. In short, never quote an entire post, just quote just the part relevant to the discussion. This will make topic clear and discussion easy to follow. If you have not done yet, please take some time to review the forum rules
https://bitcoingarden.org/forum/index.php?topic=56503.0 and please remember that some boards can have some extra specific rules. In case, check the pinned post in the relevant board.
NEW YEAR GIVEAWAY! Win gaming prizes worth over $1,300 with PC Gamer & Fanatical's Epic Loot contest! They are going to give one lucky gamer the chance to start the New Year with a bang in the PC Gamer & Fanatical December Epic Loot contest! As well as a PC building kit courtesy of GameMax, you'll also get a Hero Black/Red Luxury gaming chair from noblechairs and a SteelSeries gaming package - worth over $1,300 in total. The more entries you complete, the more chance you have of winning. Good luck! Enter here:
https://bitcoingarden.org/data/clk/GAW_Dec_18-1.phpEVENTS & CONFERENCE: As usual, find below a list of top crypto events taking place in various countries. A more comprehensive list of events can be found on the forum, area crypto events, where you're also welcome to share your favorite events and local meetups!
SUPPLY CHAIN FORUM: January 10, 2018 in Hong Kong. The concept of a blockchain – a distributed, tamper-proof and time-stamped database of transactions that can be managed without intermediaries – is highly attractive in the supply chain domain, and the industry has launched a number of proof-of-concept initiatives. However, awareness of how blockchains work and what they can accomplish is still relatively low. The lack of knowledge is exacerbated by the fast pace at which the technology is evolving. Blockchain Supply Chain is the forum connecting blockchain experts, supply chain and logistics decision makers and tech innovators. This intimate gathering will explore how companies are investigating the use and deployment of the technology to help their supply chains. More info:
https://bitcoingarden.org/forum/index.php?topic=53539.02ND CHAINERS BLOCKCHAIN WEEK & SUMMIT: 23-24 January 2019 in Seoul, South Korea. 2300+ attendees, 60+ exhibitors, 75+ speakers from 15+ countries. Meet 50+ Token Fund & Venture capitals, 120+ project team mainly from South Korea, China, South East Asia, Europe, USA at after-parties and conferences during the whole week. Great support from Top South Korea Finance Groups, Top Cryptocurrency Exchanges (Upbit, Gopax, Coinplug, Houbi). Bitcoin Garden users can use promo code MPBG1017 to obtain a 25% discount on tickets. More info:
https://bitcoingarden.org/forum/index.php?topic=50090.0EUROPEAN BLOCKCHAIN INVESTMENT CONGRESS 2019: From February, 28th to March, 2nd, European Blockchain Investment Congress will be gathering top blockchain professionals, market leaders, entrepreneurs, investors and blockchain-based startups to provide outstanding learning, discussion and networking experience first ever in such scope in Europe. In the very heart of Vienna, international speakers connected to blockchain industry - professors, founders, influencers, representatives of blockchain-promoting associations, and others - will be brought together to raise the importance of blockchain technology as a key driving force in modern economics, and more importantly, project its future implications. More info:
https://bitcoingarden.org/forum/index.php?topic=54817.0BLOCKCHAIN INDIA WEEK: Blockchain India Week is scheduled to take place from 7-8 March 2019 in Mumbai. The event is supported by Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology and Government of Maharashtra. This platform connects key stakeholders from the Government, Private and Public sector along with blockchain community including emerging startups with IT leaders, tech investors and blockchain developers from India. The conference will purely focus on how blockchain can effectively be adopted and implemented in various business sectors of India’s emerging economy resulting in creating ample of opportunities regionally and globally. It’s a must attend event with insightful and communicative expert sessions, panel discussions, use cases and fireside chats. More info:
https://bitcoingarden.org/forum/index.php?topic=56798.0BLOCKCHAIN EXPO GLOBAL: Arriving at Olympia Grand London on April 25-26, the Blockchain event is co-located with the IoT Tech Expo, AI & Big Data Expo and Cyber Security & Cloud Expo so you can explore the convergence of these technologies in one place. The Blockchain conference agenda will present a series of expert keynotes, interactive panel discussions and solution-based case studies. All exploring the key industries that are set to be disrupted the most by this new technology, including; legal sectors, retail, financial services, healthcare, insurance, energy, music, government, real estate and more. Blockchain tracks include; Blockchain for Enterprise, Blockchain Platforms and Strategies, Cryptocurrency and Financial Services, Developing Blockchain Applications, Blockchain for Business, Blockchain Technologies, Blockchain Workshops and Innovation & Investors Zone. More info:
https://bitcoingarden.org/forum/index.php?topic=58607.07 TIPS FOR PARTICIPATING IN THE AIRDROPS: By now, if you have any interest in the cryptocurrency, you have probably heard about the airdrops. And maybe you have participated in one of them. But, for those of you who still doesn’t know what crypto airdrops are, the answer is simple. Airdrops are free tokens. Simple as that. Wait, no way, there is no free lunch, it must be some catch! Why would they give away tokens for free? Well they aren’t giving them for free exactly. Blockchain projects expects some actions from the users in order to drop them free tokens. Those actions are usually to join Telegram groups, follow or re-tweet on Twitter or like Facebook page. That’s are one time actions and you will get free tokens. Even if you are not investing your money in order to participate in the airdrops, you are investing your time and you are sharing your personal data, so it is very important to be very careful. Here are some practical tips how to safely participate in the airdrops in order to be sure that your personal information will not be compromised:
https://bitcoingarden.org/7-tips-for-participating-in-the-airdrops/THE HEROES OF THE GARDEN! This month 2 new users entered the club of "Garden Heroes"; they are: Cloudbet and Vertex_ICO. Congrats!
NEWSLETTER ARCHIVE: All the past editions of this newsletter are available on the forum, in the newsletter archive:
https://bitcoingarden.org/forum/index.php?board=72.0That's all folks! Enjoy your garden! As usual, comments and feedback are welcome. Secco.
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