RE: gold coin purchasing11 Nov 2020 15:58
I have indeed looked into the mining side. ARB is one that has a huge hydro plant and could do well (havent invested there yet)
I am invested in a bitcoin tracker out of stockholm sweden, sadly these are no longer available from 01/01 in the uk as will be banned by the FCA, but you can hold what you have and I think buy before than, and sell anytime ofcourse, but cant buy more after 01/01.
The rather rude and ignorant poster below CB1984 is right however on one account, there is a hell of a lot of scams in the crypto space and futures, options and pools and the higher risk derivitive end are to be banned by the FCA, NOT bitcoin or normal crypto currency, just some of the more complex and leveraged products.
going through a tracker or after a miner in an ISA is I agree probably the least fuss. although again i think you can only buy the bitcoin tracker in a pension and not an ISa.
Al always do your own research, but it amazes me how people are so quick to call it a fraud. Type into google what the best performing asset of the last decade is? Stop being ignorant and do some research. Criminals use real money to by the way CB1984, a hell of a lot more than they use bitcoin. But if you are after a store of value for a small portion of your portfolio alongside the yellow stuff, then all my post is suggesting is that you do a small amount of research into BTC, its hugely volitile so my bet is long term, I dont trade it. I also only use coinbase and binance as they are the biggest most trusted exchanges. I also remove the counterparty risk by storing mine on a digital ledger called a nano x so it is impossible to get them without my 32 word password.
On the subject of removing its encryption and essentially hacking it, sure with quantum computing it is theoretically possible, but thats like saying we are going to mine gold off asteroids so why invest in GGP? its a 280B honey pot, the blockchain is designed to assume each block is under attack by bad actors, thats the beauty of the proof of work concept, its decentralization. the only way to bring down bitcoin would be to switch off the internet.
People get very touchy about the subject, as do all humans when they dont understand something. Enlighten yourself and make an informed decision, even if that is to continue to ignore it. or better yet, dont and come back to this board in ten years, Ill still be here, then lets have this conversation again.
Hold for gold