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Despite the PS2 generation feeling like it was only a blink ago for some gamers, Sony’s celebrated successor to the PlayStation 1 is now comfortably joining the ranks of retro gaming consoles. The lasers are starting to give out, the disc trays are starting to break, and the games are getting hard to find. They’re also getting costly. Some of the rarest PS2 games can easily hit $1,000 on eBay these days. Diving into the world of PS2 games in 2022 is quite an interesting journey and illustrates why the console is still so beloved today and why some of these games are so rare and expensive now. As one of the last consoles that still stuck to the antiquated notions of region locks, moral panics, and limited prints, the stories surrounding some of these PS2 games are truly fascinating. In this article, we’ll run down the top 10 rarest PS2 games right now and dig into what has made these games so coveted in the first place. For the purposes of this piece, all pricing information will be gathered by Pricecharting.com and based on the complete in-box (CIB) prices that most collectors look for these days. List of The 10 Rarest PS2 Games 10. Obscure 9. Echo Night Beyond 8. Futurama 7. Xenosaga 3 6. .hack Quarantine 5. Silent Hill: Shattered Memories 4. .Haunting Ground 3. Blood Will Tell 2. Rule of Rose 1. Kuon 10. Obscure Many retro gamers will point to Obscure as one of the sixth generation's most forgotten . Today, games like Resident Evil, Silent Hill, Siren, and Fatal Frame all hold legendary statuses within the horror fanbase that Obscure never reached; however, that would make it a prime candidate for becoming one of the rarest PS2 games ever. This early 2000s American College take on survival horror let players swap between five characters and even had a co-op mode which was quite unique to the genre at the time. PS2 survival horror games Currently, Obscure goes for around on most online markets due to poor review scores and a small run of prints in 2004. What is particularly interesting about Obscure is that, unlike many games coming up on this list, it was not exclusive to the PS2. In fact, it even has a PC port that players can buy on Steam right now. Obscure isn’t a particularly difficult game for anyone to get their hands on if they want to play it digitally, but the price is still high online. Obscure’s price tells us that fans love playing survival horror on the PS2 and are willing to dish out some extra cash to get games specifically for that system. There is a novelty among retro collectors for PS2 and survival horror as the genre grew and refined its style heavily in this era. Almost 20 years later, even the lowly Obscure is finding renewed interest thanks to the PS2’s celebrated catalog of horror games. $200 9. Echo Night Beyond The PS2 generation was no stranger to over-the-top gameplay and bizarre stories; after all, those styles of games became some of the highest-selling titles on the platform. However, Echo Night Beyond took a step in a different direction, offering a slower-paced sci-fi narrative experience. Developed by FromSoftware and released in 2004, Echo Night Beyond plays out like a haunted mansion murder mystery but in space. Unfortunately, not everyone was keen on picking this game up, leading to another case of limited prints before outright discontinuation. Like many FromSoftware titles of that era, Echo Night Beyond has a lot of great ideas, but the execution was clunky and mediocre. It would take multiple tries for FromSoftware to really refine its craft. Moreover, the slower nature of the game and lack of action meant that many gamers passed on this game at the time. Echo Night Beyond has become increasingly rare as time has progressed, especially as some retro collectors claim this is one of those PS2 hidden gems and seem to enjoy hanging on to their copies. These days, Echo Night Beyond costs around for a complete in box copy. $205 8. Futurama Futurama is one of the most celebrated animated sitcoms of the 2000s, right next to The Simpsons, South Park, and Family Guy, but the series was also subject to a lot of internal turmoil. In 2003, Futurama was canceled after numerous disputes between Fox and the showrunners. However, a video game tie-in was already in development by the time the show was in its final run. On August 12, 2003, two days after the last episode of Futurama aired on Fox, a video game adaptation developed by Vivendi Games would release. Unfortunately, the game was deemed mediocre, and only die-hard fans of the show decided to pick up copies. When combined with the first run of Futurama on Fox being over, the saw a very limited run of printings before falling into obscurity and now becoming one of the rarest PS2 games. On eBay and pricecharting.com, you can now find Futurama on the PS2 for around . PS2 game $230 7. Xenosaga 3 Before Monolith Soft created the incredible Xenoblade series of games on the Wii and , it made the Xenosaga of games on PlayStation consoles. Overall, Xenosaga was a bit of a mixed bag, featuring three games of varying quality. However, one thing that both reviewers and gamers agreed upon was that Xenosaga 3 was the best of the bunch. Nintendo Switch Due to the mixed reviews of the first two games, Xenosaga Episode 3 had fewer copies printed as Bandai Namco forecasted similar sales and reviews as the previous two entries. What it didn’t expect was that Xenosaga 3 would blow up the way it did. But, thanks to the awkward timing of the PS3 release that same year, Bandai Namco didn’t issue many copies of Xenosaga 3, expecting players to move onto the new console. Xenosaga 3 is right now, but the limited Best Buy exclusive Lenticular Cover is considerably rarer and goes for a much higher . $250 $330 6. .hack 4: Quarantine The is one of the most elusive franchises for game collectors because even at the time of its popularity, .hack was catching some flak for being so expensive. Unlike many franchise sequels today that operate as fully playable standalone games in their own right, .hack Quarantine requires players to have played and understood the previous three games to know what’s going on. The barrier to entry for .hack Quarantine was a hefty $150 for three games in 2003 when the franchise was still going. .hack series Needless to say, .hack Quarantine was fairly niche, and only the most dedicated fans gobbled up the copies in circulation. What’s more, as the fourth and final game in the series, Quarantine is the entry that completes the .hack set and even forms a piece of artwork along the spines when all four games are lined up. Its collectability has made .hack Quarantine easily one of the rarest PS2 games, shooting the price up to on online marketplaces. $310 5. Silent Hill: Shattered Memories The Silent Hill series was destined to show up on this list at some point, but surprisingly, it would be the forgotten Silent Hill: Shattered Memories hitting the rarest PS2 games list instead of the critically acclaimed or 3. Shattered Memories reimagined the original PS1 Silent Hill game and was initially developed for the Nintendo Wii with ports for the PS2 and PSP. Oddly enough, Konami never green-lit a PS3 port despite releasing Shattered Memories in 2009, well after the PS3 had been on the market. Silent Hill 2 Due to many of today’s gamers having some contempt for Shattered Memories’ Wii motion controls but still craving a Silent Hill fix, the PS2 version became the go-to version for retro gamers. Unfortunately, this game had a limited print because many gamers had already switched to PS3, and Shattered Memories sold quite poorly on PS2. Right now, you can expect to pay around for a copy, and that price is only getting higher as Konami has expressed interest in making new Silent Hill games. $330 4. Haunting Ground Throughout the and PS2 eras, Capcom was at the top of its game with survival horror, practically defining the genre's future with Resident Evil 4. Naturally, it would make sense that one of Capcom’s last and most underrated games on the platform would end up being one of the rarest PS2 games right now. As a spiritual successor to the Clock Tower franchise, Haunting Ground would fix many of the issues fans had with Clock Tower 3, but unfortunately, the game saw a very limited run due to poor review scores. PS1 Haunting Ground can now be found for on the internet, and that price has grown astronomically over the past two years. Haunting Ground’s unprecedented rarity and price hike can likely be attributed to Capcom’s current excellent standing with gamers. Between fantastic remakes of Resident Evil 2 and 3 and the well-received Resident Evil Village, fans feel nostalgic for some classic Capcom survival horror these days. While it was reviewed poorly at the time, Haunting Ground has also achieved a bit of a cult following as the years have gone on. Those who can find a copy out in the wild tend to hold on to it. $340 3. Blood Will Tell Blood Will Tell easily makes the cut as one of the PS2’s hidden gems, being an underrated game that was overshadowed by the platform’s biggest titles. Released in 2004, Blood Will Tell is a video game adaptation of the Dororo manga created by Osamu Tezuka and published by . At the time, Blood Will Tell received very mixed reviews praising the story but criticizing its dated gameplay. Sega As time went on, however, gamers caught wind that Blood Will Tell actually had some great ideas at the time and was by all accounts much better than what most reviews at the time said. The budding cult classic status of Blood Will Tell would begin to propel the title to the most-wanted lists as retro gamers wanted to see what this game was all about. These days, Sega’s 2004 slice-em-up goes for around . $350 2. Rule of Rose In the current day, games are more respected in their artistic intent, with less moral panic surrounding edgier titles with evocative narratives. However, in the mid-2000s, it seemed like politicians everywhere were targeting video games as the source of society’s ills. While barely managed to escape the clutches of prohibition, Rule of Rose would not be so lucky. Grand Theft Auto Rule of Rose was developed by Japanese studio Atlus, a team that often skirts around sensitive issues with their popular Persona and Shin Megami Tensei franchises. With Rule of Rose, Atlus decided to get into the topic of child abuse and the odd nature of children overall, and it was subsequently the source of controversy. The EU banned the game outright, leaving a whole part of the world seeking imports from North America and Japan. Additionally, Rule of Rose sold very poorly in the West due to launching well after the PS3 was on store shelves. Regarding the rarest PS2 games, Rule of Rose is one of those “holy grail” items that some gamers may never see in the open again; it currently sells for close to . $650 1. Kuon Kuon takes the title as the undisputed rarest PS2 game at the moment, and it’s not even close. This Japanese survival horror game mainly flew under the radar when it was released in 2004. As a matter of fact, it didn’t even review very well at all and held a 57/100 on Metacritic. Kuon is undoubtedly a visually compelling game, set in a beautiful rendition of the Heian period of Japan, with an engaging narrative that plays off Japanese folklore for its scares. Still, the game is bogged down by some rough gameplay and strange puzzles. Due to the critical panning of the game and the niche nature of Japanese horror in the West at the time, Kuon received an extremely limited print and mostly ended up in discount bins throughout GameStops and EB Games due to a lack of interest. That was until launched in 2011. Dark Souls The release of Dark Souls shot developer FromSoftware to wide acclaim, and as it so happens, that was also the studio in charge of Kuon in 2004. As Souls-mania grew throughout this past decade, so did the interest in FromSoftware’s back catalog, making the limited number of Kuon copies out in the wild extremely coveted. At the time of writing, Kuon goes for close to CIB, with sealed versions going for , making it the number one rarest PS2 game right now and the undisputed “holy grail” game for PS2 collectors. It’s a horror title that will scare both you and your wallet. $850 $1,400 Closing Thoughts on the 10 Rarest PS2 Games For those of us who were around when the PS2 was thriving, it can be kind of surreal to see what used to be a $10 game end up worth the price of a new console today. Many gamers today may regret selling that drawer filled with PS2 games to GameStop for some in-store credit during the Xbox 360 days because I know I do. That said, it’s also worth mentioning that so many of these games are rare because they really aren’t that great. Subjectivity obviously will play a factor here, but as someone who has played many of these games on PS2 or through other means, I can state that quite a few of these games are just total duds. Kuon, the most coveted game on this list, is quite a snooze-fest when you realize that there is a whole mechanic that lets you recharge your health, in turn killing the tension and horror of the entire game. Some of the better games on the list, like Xenosaga 3 and Silent Hill, are definitely good and can be worth their high asking price these days to the right person, but just because these are some of the rarest PS2 games ever doesn’t mean they’re necessarily the best PS2 games ever. Remember to shop smart and collect retro games responsibly. More in Gaming: 5 Best Gaming Headsets Under $200 The Super Mario Movie: Release Date, Cast, and Everything You Need to Know Getting Started With Game Development

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When Bitcoin first launched, the mining reward for solving a single block was 50 bitcoin. That was worth just pennies at the time, but initial miners were optimistic about the future potential of the cryptocurrency. And they were right. In the years that followed, the price of bitcoin rose steadily to make mining an increasingly lucrative venture. Same with many other cryptocurrencies that followed. The higher prices climbed, the more people flocked to set up their own mining rigs. But when prices began to fall toward the end of last year, things began to change. Humbling price corrections across the board dramatically reduced mining margins along with interest in mining overall. Today, many question — is crypto mining still profitable? What will it mean for the industry if it’s not? To get insight into the state of mining today, I reached out to the owner of Block Operations and Horizen co-founder Rolf Versluis. I asked him 10 of the most pertinent questions facing miners today. Here’s what he shared with me: Rolf Versluis 1. Given the decline in crypto prices, is mining still profitable today? Mining is still profitable today. Mining profitability is in a large part determined by how low the mining costs are maintained. Costs are a combination of electric power, payroll, cooling, facility rental, and the other ongoing charges that any business pays in order to stay in business and comply with local regulating authorities. One of the biggest investments that has to be made is into the mining infrastructure itself. For a small business mining operation, which has for example 500 miners to operate, it is very expensive to obtain a building, outfitted with the appropriate amount of electrical distribution, cooling, and data networking. The next part is purchasing the miners that operate within the mining facility. Profitability can certainly be enhanced by purchasing efficient miners at a low price. If the mining organization is able to keep costs low, make savvy purchasing decisions regarding mining equipment, and chooses good times at which to convert the mining rewards into the local currency to pay for electricity, mining still has double-digit annual profitability. It can be profitable, but it is also risky, requires extensive domain-specific knowledge gained through experience, and requires more cash reserves than expected. 2. Has the decline in crypto prices changed your perspective toward mining? The decline in crypto prices played out mostly as I had predicted when I got into this business. The idea I had was that as long as costs are kept as low as possible when the crypto market prices decline, the higher-cost miners would unplug their unprofitable equipment, the overall hash rate would go down, the rewards for each miner who kept mining would go up, and low-cost miners would be able to continue mining and maintain profitability. For about four months, many mining operations were mining at a loss, but that was dependent on their timing for the sale of mining proceeds. Some miners mine and sell their mining proceeds right away. For those miners, when the price and hash rate are in an unfavorable or negative situation, it is best for them to turn off their equipment. Other miners maintain a cash reserve balance, and those miners only sell their mining proceeds when the crypto prices are higher. Timing the sale of mining proceeds is very important. For that activity, it helps for the person who is responsible to sell to understand price charting and trends. For example, on the most recent Bitcoin price downturn, experienced miners would have seen it coming and sold proceeds that would provide them with a year of operational costs in the bank in their local currency. Then, they would have been able to mine for the entire low period without having to sell any cryptocurrency to meet expenses. By maintaining a higher cash reserve and not being forced to sell when the cryptocurrency price is low, The experienced miner can mine more cryptocurrency during the downturn and hold onto the mining proceeds until the price is higher. If, for example, a miner mined a lot of cryptocurrency when the Bitcoin price was about $3,500 per USD, and held it until some point in the future when Bitcoin is $7,000 per USD, on the look-back they would have been very profitable. 3. You have mentioned previously that for a coin to survive long term, it has to have miners who can make money processing the transactions. Why? For the first 20 years or so that a cryptocurrency that follows the Bitcoin emission curve is in existence, miners make money by the new block reward and transaction fees. After most of the new coins are created, 21 million in the example of Bitcoin, the only way for miners to maintain profitability is from the transaction fees. The expectation is by the time there will be many transactions, the price of the cryptocurrency will be much higher, and so miners will still operate their machines in order to get paid from the transaction fees. If, after the majority of the coins for a particular cryptocurrency are created, the price is still low, there are not many transactions, and the blocks are not full and do not have much competition for transaction fees, then most of the miners would be unable to make money and would shut down their mining machines. This would impact the security of the cryptocurrency because it would then become subject to attacks on the blockchain integrity from miners with many idle machines. 4. If mining becomes increasingly less profitable for a number of coins, what can we expect for the future of these coins? Mining is always profitable for mining organizations with low costs and the latest and most efficient mining hardware. There is always a process where miners with less efficient machines and higher operating costs are forced to stop mining a particular cryptocurrency because their costs exceed their revenue. The future of the coins is not determined by the miners, it is determined by the organization that is working on the technology of the cryptocurrency and the adoption and use by users. Demand for a particular cryptocurrency is driven by different reasons during the life cycle of the cryptocurrency. In its early life, demand is by speculators and investors who look to the future technology improvements and user adoption of the cryptocurrency. Later on in life, demand is driven by users who want to acquire the cryptocurrency in order to actually use it for its features. Miners point their mining machines at the cryptocurrencies that are most profitable for them to mine. Whether a cryptocurrency has more hash power or less, the amount of new cryptocurrency that is created every day is not dependent on the miners. If the usage of a cryptocurrency declines so much that there are no new coins being created, and all the transactions on the network are done at zero cost so there are no transaction fees, then miners will stop mining that blockchain. At that point, I would expect that cryptocurrency does not have much of a future. 5. What are some actions that core teams should do to prepare for and/or respond to such an eventuality? After all the cryptocurrency is created and emitted, for miners to continue to operate their machines on the network, there has to be some reward that they get. Some cryptocurrencies actually have a low annual inflation rate so new coins are always created to offset the ones that are lost every year, and this makes sure that miners will always be on the network. Other cryptocurrencies should look ahead to the future to make sure that there will be sufficient transaction fees for miners. 6. If mining profitability decreases, do you see miners moving to other types of crypto-related operations instead? Miners have a particular skill set that they develop, which includes technical engineering work. They have to build facilities at locations that have low electric power, build large electrical and cooling installations, and develop the ability to operate hundreds or thousands of mining machines and keep them running. There are other crypto-related operations like running servers hosting masternode nodes, working on user and business adoption, and developing new cryptocurrencies, but those skill sets are very different from the ones miners employ. It would depend on the capabilities of the individual mining organization as to whether they switched their operations to something else. 7. How complicated is it to file tax returns for crypto miners? It is very difficult to file a tax return for crypto miners. Cryptocurrency miners are some of the few businesses that operate in a full cryptocurrency revenue environment and have for many years. All their income is in cryptocurrency which then gets converted to the local currency in which their bills are paid. My experience is that the accountants and bookkeepers would like a level of detail on mining and trading operations that is difficult to obtain because many of the bookkeeping tools that have been developed for traditional businesses in banking do not exist yet in the cryptocurrency space. My advice for most miners is to treat the proceeds they get from mining like resource extraction companies treat the resources to get out of the ground. Mining businesses have to work with an accountant who is able to help them account for their revenue, profits, losses, and file a tax return and pay their taxes. 8. Which countries do you see having the most favorable regulations toward miners? Countries that have regulations which permit low electric prices, low prices when building a facility that has a lot of electrical and cooling systems in it, and low business taxes are the ones with the most favorable policies. In many cases, the most significant regulations involve the building of power generation facilities and the prices that facilities are allowed to charge for electricity. The electric rates are usually heavily regulated for residential and small business electric agreements, and those electric prices are usually not very competitive for miners. As the amount of electricity that is used increases on a monthly basis, electric prices go down. At higher electric usage rates, there is very little regulation and electric providers and consumers are able to negotiate rates that are favorable for them. This is one of the reasons that larger mining operational facilities tend to be more profitable. It varies by region, but basically, if a facility uses more than one million kilowatt-hours per month of electricity they would be at the level where they can negotiate the rate with the local electric company. 9. What would you like to see more of in terms of mining regulations, going forward? There is already quite a bit of regulation that affects miners. Electricity prices are regulated, building codes are enforced, and mining profits are taxed like any other business profits are taxed. I would like to see that cryptocurrency mining remains legal. Mining facilities have been denied banking relationships and had insurance policies canceled due to regulatory uncertainty. Banks and insurers appear to operate within a legal realm of their own development, which is unfortunate, but as mining remains legal I expect banks and insurers would adapt to provide service and policies to good operators just like they do for any other business. 10. Environmentalists believe that crypto mining operations are contributing to climate change because of the vast amounts of electricity being consumed. What do you think about these allegations? There are many different types of environmentalists with a wide range of opinions. Vast amounts of electricity are not being consumed by mining compared to other industries. For the electricity that is consumed, miners tend to move their operations to wherever the lowest-cost electricity is available. For the past few years, this has been in an area of China where the Chinese government has built hydropower plants in expectation of population growth. The electricity being used for mining there would otherwise go to waste. There are many potential targets regarding waste for environmentalists to focus their energy and attention on. Cryptocurrency is minor in the big scheme of things regarding wasted energy. Originally published at cryptolawinsider.com on April 4, 2019.

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The cryptocurrency market seems to be growing in popularity every day. With the astronomical rise of cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum, there seems to be an influx of people into the market. Many cryptocurrency exchanges cannot even afford to have their account creation feature open all the time. Such is the demand for entry into the market that trading account creation for new customers is periodically disabled. The average daily trading volume of the market is usually in trillions of dollars. The total market cap of the entire market stands at more than half a trillion dollars which is an astonishing feat considering the market is less than a decade old. However, despite all of these large numbers, there are a number of major problems that plague the market. To use these numbers solely as an appraisal index of the state of the market would present a false narrative. There are structural and functional issues that affect the market. These problems stem from a variety of reasons such as the infant nature of the market, lack of understanding of the cryptocurrency space, and some peculiar economics of cryptocurrencies (“tokenomics”) just to name a few. The following are some of the major problems in the cryptocurrency market. Price Manipulation By far the biggest issue in the cryptocurrency market is the excessive volatility. The prices of cryptocurrencies on exchange platforms rise and fall dramatically over a short period of time. When a tradable asset can drop by as much as 49 percent in less than 24 hours, then the volatility of the market is high. There are a number of reasons that contribute to the excessive volatility in the market but perhaps the biggest contributor is the activities of “whales.” Whales are individuals that have large cryptocurrency holdings. They are able to swing the market by manipulating the price of a cryptocurrency. They do this by means of “buy and sell walls.” A buy wall is simply when a “buy position” worth a lot of money (probably running into millions of dollars) is opened on a crypto trading platform. Regular investors who trade in small amounts will notice this big buy position that has been opened and interpret it to mean an imminent price increase. Once this happens, the price of the cryptocurrency will inevitably go up. The problem with this regularly occurring scenario is that the whales can drive up the price without actually investing in the market. The actual trades that have boosted the price of the cryptocurrency has come from the smaller traders. When the price is at a level that favors the whales, they can adjust their buy and sell walls, cash in on the price spike and once they do so, the price of the cryptocurrency falls dramatically. This process gets repeated over and over with only the whales benefitting. The biggest reason why this sort of asset price manipulation is possible is due to the lack of position price limits/fees on many cryptocurrency trading platforms. If adequate limits or fees are put in place, it will discourage the movement of large buy and sell market positions. Pump and Dump ICO Schemes ICOs have emerged to become an integral part of the cryptocurrency market. Many tokens are introduced to the market via ICOs with investors buying these tokens in exchange for fiat money. Pump and dump ICO schemes continue to be a problem for the market due to the lack of regulation. During the ICO, the entrepreneurs behind the token speculate massively on the coin, driving the prices up and getting investors attracted. Once this is done, they cash out, leaving the investors with worthless coins that have little or no value. The Activities of Cybercriminals The cryptocurrency market has right from its inception been beset by the activities of hackers and cybercriminals. There have been a number of high-profile cryptocurrency hacks and heists that have resulted in millions of dollars being stolen. Traders and investors have lost funds and some platforms have ceased to operate. In the aftermath of these hacks, the price of particular cryptocurrencies has dropped considerably. In a bid to counter the activities of these cybercriminals, traders and platform operators have to take a number of precautionary measures. While some of these measures are indeed helpful, they create bottlenecks that hamper the cryptocurrency trading process. This then creates a trade-off between security and efficiency. Take for instance, the need to provide adequate security for cryptocurrency held in wallet storage. Due to the activities of hackers, some traders prefer to store the bulk of their cryptocurrency holdings in offline wallets. This means that anytime they wish to trade, they have to move from offline storage to online storage before participating in the trade. This constitutes another hassle in an already convoluted trading environment. Transactions on a blockchain are immutable and as such if funds get stolen, there is little chance of ever recovering such funds. Cryptocurrency trading platforms constantly have to improve their security framework in order to stay ahead of the hackers and thieves. Many of these upgrades also make the trading process a lot more cumbersome with all the authentication steps that need to be carried out. Lack of Price Uniformity Price charting is an essential part of asset/commodity trading. It is often necessary to develop price charts in order to carry out investment analysis and develop trading strategies. The problem here is the price of a cryptocurrency can vary considerably on the different exchange platforms. With such extreme price differences for the same cryptocurrency, price charting becomes a difficult endeavor. Add to this, the sheer degree of volatility in the market and the problem becomes even more exacerbated. Transaction Delays The cryptocurrency market is plagued with a litany of delays across almost every type of transaction. From opening a trading account to verifying your identity and being able to make deposits and withdrawals, the system seems to be quite slow. Blockchain technology ought to make transactions occur faster but it seems to take forever for transactions to be approved on the various chains. Issues having to do with scalability have been identified by experts as being the cause of transaction delays. As the blockchains become longer, more transactions are being held up in the queue awaiting approval. The market is volatile and as such, delays can be costly. Traders end up missing out on favorable positions because the transaction didn’t get posted on time. These are just some of the nagging issues in the cryptocurrency market that threaten to affect the quality of the trading experience. It is vital that key stakeholders in the market continue to work on efforts to combat these issues. As the market grows and evolves, it is hoped that some of these issues will become a thing of the past. Keen to find out more about FundYourselfNow? Join our crowdfunding revolution conversation on our Telegram group, or follow us on Twitter.

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