What is Captain Bitcoin?

• A company that pays people to interact with ads and "education" in exchange for crypto.
• "Captain Bitcoin is founded by industry veterans who wish to push Bitcoin adoption on a global basis." - from their about page.
• "The founders and many of the core team have been active in the blockchain space for a few years now and feel there are no products designed specifically to drive Bitcoin and cryptocurrency adoption. To tackle this, they came up with Captain Bitcoin, a platform that gives away Bitcoin daily, simply for watching videos and does so, in a fun and exciting manner." - This is a quote from an article they wrote.
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Why does this matter at all?

• I will be candid when I say I don't think XRP is a good investment. I believe that if you're still invested in XRP, you are likely making a mistake. However, I'm not writing this today because I'm worried about my portfolio. I'm writing this because the lawsuit involving Ripple and the SEC concerns me for one reason: the repercussions of claiming XRP is a security.
• This isn’t the first time Ripple is in the spotlight, with many in the past questioning the company’s purchase and sale of XRP, accusing Ripple of manipulating the asset's price. This has all been disclosed to the public.
• If the SEC wins their case, XRP will be treated as a security and not a

What is your account age and karma? We would like to see mods with moderate-substantial numbers on both.

• My account is three years old and has 7,445 karma.
• I've been an active member for a few months now and have mostly focused on helping newbies with their questions. I've enjoyed contributing to the subreddit by sharing information that is relevant to everyone in the community. I enjoy objective analysis and discussions, so I've been trying to create posts conducive to that type of atmosphere.

What is your experience with moderation? Please describe your skill level and comfort zones.

• I don't have any experience moderating subreddits.
• I'm a law student with a bachelor's i

Metcalfe's law states that a telecommunications network's value is proportional to the square of the number of connected users of the system (n2). First formulated in this form by George Gilder in 1993 and attributed to Robert Metcalfe concerning Ethernet, Metcalfe's law was originally presented, c. 1980, not in terms of users, but rather of "compatible communicating devices" (e.g., fax machines, telephones). Only later, with the globalization of the Internet, did this law carry over to users and networks as its original intent was to describe Ethernet purchases and connections.

Over time Metcalfe’s Law was linked with the Internet's substantial growth and how it works in-line with Moore’s

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Ethereum fell by 2.49% on Friday. Following on from an 8.78% slide on Thursday, Ethereum ended the day at $1,445.18.

A mixed start to the day saw Ethereum rise to an early morning high $1,530.00 before hitting reverse.

Falling well short of the major resistance levels and 23.6% FIB of $1,579, Ethereum fell to a mid-morning intraday low $1,400.01.

Finding support at the first major support level at $1,403, Ethereum struck a late afternoon intraday high $1,564.11.

Falling short of the 23.6% FIB and the first major resistance level at $1,617, Ethereum slid back to $1,411 levels before steadying.

At the time of writing, Ethereum was up by 0.82% to $1,457.03. A mixed start to the day saw Et

Ethereum

Ethereum slid by 8.78% on Thursday. Reversing a 3.01% gain from Wednesday, Ethereum ended the day at $1,482.62.

A mixed start to the day saw Ethereum rise to an early morning high $1,659.97 before hitting reverse.

Falling well short of the major resistance levels, Ethereum fell to a late morning low $1,579.70.

Finding support at the 23.6% FIB of $1,579, Ethereum struck a late intraday high $1,672.49 before a 2nd sell-off.

Falling short of the first major resistance level at $1,726, Ethereum slid to a late intraday low $1,458.50.

Ethereum fell through the 23.6% FIB and the first major support level at $1,512 to end the day at sub-$1,500 levels.

At the time of writing, Ethe

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What is NMR?

Numerai is an AI-run, crowd-sourced hedge fund based in San Francisco. South African technologist Richard Craib created it in October 2015. Its primary competitors are other open-source trading platforms mainly QuantConnect, and WorldQuant.

The Numerai Tournament is where you build machine learning models on abstract financial data to predict the stock market. Your models can be staked with the NMR cryptocurrency to earn rewards based on performance.

The staked models of Numerai are combined to form the Meta Model, which controls the capital of the Numerai hedge fund across