@SMMnet I was and am passionately anti-Ripple (XRP). I spent a good bit of time in December 2017, when XRP was skyrocketing, warning of the inconsistencies and issues with the coin and the company behind it. There was a 30-page thread about it back then, and it can be found https://www.blackhatworld.com/seo/you-think-ripple-is-done-think-again.997485/.
Artificial price inflation of XRP is the reason that its chart looks like this:
From peak to trough,
XRP lost 95% of its value. And people were still hyping the coin as it hit $3 per. Imagine getting into a pump and dump at what you thought was the start, but turned out to be the peak? Imagine putting $10,000 into this and walking away six months later with $500 left.
I put some solid knowledge nuggets in that massive thread.
Here was my initial argument: https://www.blackhatworld.com/seo/you-think-ripple-is-done-think-again.997485/#post-10684116
And here are further responses:
https://www.blackhatworld.com/seo/you-think-ripple-is-done-think-again.997485/page-2#post-10684212
https://www.blackhatworld.com/seo/you-think-ripple-is-done-think-again.997485/page-2#post-10684235
https://www.blackhatworld.com/seo/you-think-ripple-is-done-think-again.997485/page-6#post-10686906
https://www.blackhatworld.com/seo/you-think-ripple-is-done-think-again.997485/page-6#post-10686972
Here I stated that XRP, which was $3.14 when I posted, would drop to $0.50 in 2018. Three months after posting that, it did exactly that:
https://www.blackhatworld.com/seo/you-think-ripple-is-done-think-again.997485/page-17#post-10702080
A quote from further down the page on the same day as my prediction:
Lol bro i stopped reading ur bs when u said ripple is going to 50 cents... that was enough sherbert bs for today
(My username used to be Sherbert Hoover, so Sherbert is me).
Overview of "pump and dump" hype quotes:
https://www.blackhatworld.com/seo/you-think-ripple-is-done-think-again.997485/page-27#post-10737488
Even if you could orchestrate a pump and dump of an altcoin, XRP is a terrible one to go with because yourself and 10,000 members on here would barely make a small dent based on its market capitalization.
But how do you know when to dump? What is stopping authorities from knocking on your door since your full name is deeply intertwined with your username?Keep in mind that, even with you just asking questions and hypotheticals, you are associating yourself and your full name in a public space with financial fraud.
Do you want to make money? Put excess income into VTSAX and leave it alone. Don't gamble on fake money in the hopes that it pans out, because it rarely does.