The place where is love (XXVI)
“Is this true?”
“Look at this! Ace’s fans almost grew their eyes, when they saw Asher Brooks’ photo with a date. “OMG, Asher is here! But who, who’s that girl?”
“I’m also curious, base on her attire looks like she’s not a celebrity.” A fan can’t help to stare again on her cellphone, “She was lucky, she dated Asher. . . So maybe, Asher is on vacation.”
“Are they going to get married?” There seemed to be regrets in their voices.
“it happened a month ago, why is this news just spreading?” He immediately dropped the cellphone on his center table.
“I’m also wondering about that Asher, there were lots of reporters outside as well as in the office.”
He looks devastated on what he noticed about the five photos at different angle, however Callie wasn’t captured by the picture. Again he look at Zed. “Fix that, I don’t want these news will go to Callie’s broadcasting, I’m sure she’ll be surprise the moment she sees these pictures too.” He was shaken in no time, he thought everything was quiet between them, specially Callie is already happy with their relationship.
“I told you, you can’t hide who you really are.”
“Zed please.”
“Asher, Callie will know and know the truth. Don’t expect too much, you can’t hide your true life.”
“Not now please, I'm still building my gutts to confess her everything” he turned around and went straight to his room, he had to get dressed and would still fetch his girlfriend from work
After entering he immediately closed the door, he leaned back and briefly closed his eyes….
There’s a lot of light around, light of mobile cars and ambulances… taking Camille’s body as they leave the old factory, messing with his mind when Camille took her hand and put her on the strecher. “Camille.”
“Mr. Brooks, come with us first.”
He stopped and looked at the authorities, he was blown away even though he wanted to accompany Camille to the hospital.
He was taken to the precinct, to an office he was placed and seated. “I have to go and check that kid.”
The police turned to him, “Sorry Mr. Brooks, but we won’t allow you to be released. “
His face was lifted and looked at them. “Who said?”
“It was command to us, specially this is for your career. Let’s just wait for your lawyer as well.”
“But, I wanna know what happened to Camille” He stood up, “Please, I’m begging you. I need to know the child’s condition.”
“We will tell you right away, once we got an information.” It responded and signaled to the comrades and immediately left the office.
Asher sat down again, holding his hair and almost overthink about what happened
Until a person enters, this is probably his lawyer. Again he stood up
“Mr. Brooks, I’m Atty. Commen please sitdown.”
He rested loosely and sat down again, seeing it sitting in his chair. And some papers were released.
“Please sign it all, so that it will not affect your career.”
“What?” He asked
“Please, sign this Mr. Brooks. This is for the better, so that your hardships will not lost because of this issue.”
“What is this all about?” He took the paper but didn’t read it first, he just stared at the lawyer
“It’s a personal problem, between Camille and the management that holds you back.”
“Wait, I don’t. . . Understand.”
“Just please sign this.”
He just stared on the things what the lawyer gave to him.. It’s already stated on the papers that he will be paying all the bills on Camille’s hospitalization. The incident took almost four hours, but here it was… As if, everything was ready. He shooked his head and immediately took the ballpen in its hand at the same time, he don’t know what is this all about and what personal issue is there, but he wanted to know what really happened to Camille.
“Thank you. You can go home now.”
“What?” he didn’t answer it anymore, however a smile was given to Ace
He came to his senses and started to shaken his head again. “I have to tell her everything before I get caught.” he whispered.
“Asher’s in a relationship seriously?” Tacy asked and look at her manager. “And who is that woman?”
“We don’t have any idea, the girl looks like a mystery. But in its form and appearance, she was just an ordinary girl.”
“Oh really, I should be back. And besides, he already enjoyed his vacation. He forgot maybe we still had a movie to work on.” Tacy looked back in the mirror and put a red lipstick on her lip.
“Almost three months on, he’s still not returning to that project.”
“I’m sure he’ll be back when I get home.”And she looked at herself in the mirror.
“And I like to meet this woman as well"
The place where is love(XXV)
“Does my outfit looks embarrassing?” Callie's sudden question, she didn't expect Ace to go straight to the venue and all she thought was just a place to eat, but she didn't expect that the place was a bit classy. She felt Ace hands holding her hands, so she immediately turned to her boyfriend.
"Don't worry, not all the rich are used to go here.” he whispered to Callie.
"What are you saying? Aren't you blind? It looks like a restobar" she whispered
"Didn't I tell you, I'll take you to the relaxing place. We're already here inside. And besides this is not just a Bar, it's a lounge too. But I don't like the noise, let's just go outside." He whispered and simply look to the manager. He was well known, but since he had spoken already to those who's there to call him as Ace. Fortunately and there's only few customers because of the regular day, and by that no onne would recognize him.
"Ace” Callie said, afterwards a waiter came
"It's okay."He responded and smiled.
"This way Mr. Miles, your table is ready."It also reacted with a smile and turned away.
Ace grabbed her hand and they followed the waiter, wondering why in the event of a balcony they were going and she wasn't mistaken, she seemed to stop and kinda amazed of what she witnessed. She had nothing in her mind to do with Ace's hand and rushed closer to see the place.
"It’s awesome...."
Asher smiled as she saw Callie's expressions, but immediately turned to the waiter.
"Please, make it private. We want to be alone, the two of us only." He said
"Yes, Mr. Brooks. We already set the whole balcony as a private dinner tonight." The waiter responded as well
"Thank you... "he replied again and signaled that he was here, apparently understanding it so it came out and immediately closed the most curved door on the balcony.
Again he looks at Callie, she sees so much fun. "Did you like it?"
Callie turned around without removing the smile on the lip, "come here, faster!"
He was surprised to come and sat down with his girlfriend
"Look Ace, I thought I could only see City lights in Paris but I was wrong these lights looks stunning I cannot ask for more, it feels like I'm in Paris as well" Callie still admires the whole view she sees.
"Vu's Sky Bar is known for its most beautiful view when it comes to balconies, it's really nice at night, because you can see the strange city lights around. Also, at its height you will also know if the surrounding such as buildings are high." He explained and blinked, he felt the wind that was over him
Callie smiled as Ace closed his eyes and said, "That's why you brought me here because you know I'm gonna enjoy the rest of it right?”
He opened his eyes and smiled to Callie, "Because I want to see you happy."
"I'm happy, because you're here. You make me happy all the time."Callie leaned over hima
Ace smiled and hugged her.
"Ace, I want to get to know you better”
"Just ask a question, I'll answer all that."She responded and rubbed Callie's hair.
"But for now, let's eat first." and smiled at Ace.
"The food is already on the table, let's go"
"Really?, alright then Let's go." She said
Asher laughed and remembered the moment when the two of them went to Paris, . And he never forgot the way Callie hold his hands the same way as before .
"Cheers!"
They both laughed at the toast of their glasses with beer flesh, they even chose to stay and keep an eye on the view.
"I'm going to start asking."
Asher stopped drinking and landed the beer mug, at the same time with Callie. "Sure, anything?"
"Okay, ahmm did you finish college?” Her first question
"Yes... I'm a Business administrator, but I'm not blessed."He replied,
"Since first day of college life. . . I'm having a family problem. My dad left us, then Mom couldn't support my studies because she has no job that time ."As soon as he took the glass and drank, when he landed it again. "But we were just shocked, she died from an accident."
"I'm sorry to hear that" she held Ace's hand," I don't know that your past is quiet difficult too"
"So I applied for a job and afterwards I went to school" he just smiled and sighed. "You can ask me more, there's no problem with me, I want you to know everything about to me."
"Okay, let's make it different this time coz I don't want this night to be dramatic, it's our first date we're supposed to have fun. “She smiled at Ace, she paid attention because it was so sad. "What, about movies? What genre you’re in?"
"All of the above."
"Wow, what about food?"
"Whatever kinds, remember when we were in Paris?" He laughed.
Callie was brought to his laugh, and Ace was even more handsome when smiling. "Color?"
"Blue, black. . Hmm, i love purple too."
"Really, I like purple and blue too."Callie immediately replied. "Ahmm, what kind of music you like?"
"Hmm, sometimes I like love songs, sometimes rock song specially when I'm in the shower..."
Callie laughed hard at his last answer.
"What?"She held her hair and couldn't even stop laughing.
"I was not expecting that you had music while in the shower. We are the same."Callie still laughs. And still think again. "Sports?"
"I love swimming, boxing and. . . I love badminton too"
"Wow boxing ... Ahmm, hobbies?"
"I love to sing."
"Really?!"Callie couldn't believe it.
"When in the bathroom."Asher chased and laughed.
"Hmm I thought I already have a boyfriend who's good at singing."Callie took her mug and drank for a moment, she noticed Ace looking into the view, she could see his eyes with a deep mind. "Ace, is there a problem?"
Asher just shook his head, "I just want to keep an eye on the whole area while I'm with you." Facing to Callie and reached for its hand. "Callie, for example I have to something to confess to you. Will you listen to me?"
"Of course, why? Are you hiding something?"
Asher noticed Callie became serious.
"I was just kidding tho, she laughed," I know you're too honest with me and I find you really kind, so no matter what you keep. . . I will understand, however if you did something just tell me right away. Okay? So that you will also have the chance to explain"
He nodded and was forced to smile.
"That was just an example, right? I know you have nothing to hide, because you should have said it earlier than today ."Callie added and drank the beer again.
"You're right..."And he also took the mug .
The place where is love (XXIV)
Callie was about to come out of her door quickly, when she heard someone opens the door outside so she rushed out.
She wondered why there's a parked black vehicle in front of the gate.
"Wait, whose car is it?"She whispered to herself
and opened the gate, stopping at the window she was trying to figure out who was inside, but she didn't notice because it was tinted.
"Hmm what a nice car" she whispered again, she really thinks that vehicle is for rich people.
Honda Jazz is the kind of it and it's not just that, because it's just new out there.
She backwards her steps as soon as the car's mirror going down as well
"Let's go!"
As soon as Callie stopped, she never realized that Ace was in the car.
"Hey? You may be late?"
She blink her eyes twice, and finally smiles at him.
"You shocked me , I can't even imagine that. . . You have a car?"
Asher just laughed,
"Hop in, it's your first day right?"
It forced the door to open as Callie get inside.
Sitting down, she could really feel the cold of the aircon inside not only that, because even she was really impressed Ace's car.
"Is this really yours?” she curiously asked
"Yes, put the seatbelt already . . Where are you going?"He asked
"In Greenbelt."Callie responded while staring at Ace’s novel necktie and black formal attire.
“hmm you look formal today but it seems like you don't know how to put necktie tho''
"What?”
And Asher looked at the front mirror whispering about Zed because he's the one who dressed him earlier
"What did you say?” Callie added
"Ahmm nothing I'll pick you up later okay, we will be having dinner outside." And took Callie's hand and kissed it.
"Alright then . I feel excited, on our dinner!” Callie smiled
"Promise, you'll love to go there later."He answered and started to drive the car.
While Ace was busy driving, Callie couldn't help staring her boyfriend especially when he is busy driving.
"You what know, you're really cute!"
"What?"
Callie just smiled,
"Ace, they say it's crazy to love."
As soon as Asher turned his sight to his girlfriend, he noticed the she took it seriously.
But he also immediately turned his eyes to the road.
And asked,
“where did you hear that?"
Callie laughed softly,
"Love is crazy because, I feel good about smiling here as I watch you. However there's no reason to laugh."And another poor laugh from her lips.
Asher also laughed and shook his head,
"yes, love is crazy. . . Because, " stare to Callie"
Because I'm deeply crazy in love with you."
"Wow that was close!"Callie laughs.
So even he was brought to his Callie's laughter.
"Why did you still take me, up here inside?"Callie was in a hurry, and turned to Ace again.
She stopped first to keep an eye on Ace.
"I still want to deliver you, upstairs but.. . It may cause you trouble."he replied and fixed Callie's hair, with strands of hair that had been cut off.
"You look, perfect today.."
"Thank you Ace, I'm more than happy, because you are one of my inspirations."
"It's almost time , see you later"
Callie nodded, but as soon as her hands approached to fix the novel's necktie.
"Next time you fix it, before you enter. Also, is this how you are in the studio?"
"Executive director because I'm in the studio, so I need to wear formal attire." he lied, he remembered to have fun with his movies.
So he's pretty trained.
"Wow, really? I have never really known my boyfriend."
And tightening his necktie well before letting go, he even peeled his coat.
"But you look so handsome. No matter what you wear."
"Thank you, go up. I'll just call you later."
"All right, be careful in driving." She said and kiss Ace's cheek, and turned back to her was
Asher followed, as Callie turned again, she waved as she said goodbye.
"I love you Callie, you're right you don't really know me."he whispered and recovered the hand that had just waved at the girl, he had turned away and had been asked to leave the building...
"What!?"Zed's voice was almost lifted and he was standing in his chair.
"Sitdown."Asher ordered again.
You're asked to sit back,
"Tell me, you just kidding right?"Zed asked again.
"No, I'm serious."He responded and took the cup on his table, not even drinking it but just watching the flesh.
"I want my name clean, I know it's five years when the issue is ignored, but I want to clean my name."
"For what? For Callie?"
He just swallowed.
"Asher, you can even clear your name about Camille's case, but not Callie's."
He looked straight forward to Zed. "What do you mean?"
"He trusted you from the beginning, and from the beginning he had told you about her sister and Asher Brooks. But you are afraid to admit the truth?"
"Because I love her, and I don't wanna loose her." He answered immediately.
"Yeah, yes. You love her."Zed asked Asher again.
"One of the most important of all is to confess the truth, if you really love her. Then, you don't hide anything to her. Beside, you really have no fault, do you fear? It was better early on, to know the truth Asher, before it's too late." He explained and slightly approached the chair and grabbed Asher's hand.
"Before she lost her trust and her love for you was turned to anger. "He just looked at Zed.
"Zed, i don't know what should i do."
"Right now, that's what you do well. For us to know, what will be the result." Zed stood up.
"I should go now, think first of all. It's still early. Because not all the time, you can hide yourself by the name Ace Miles."
He didn't budge until he heard Zed step in to the door of his apartment.
Her hair combed her with her hand.
"I would say, too, but i need more time." He whispered
The place where is love(XXIII)
"Uhm wait, I have good news for you." Callie said excitingly while eating.
Asher stopped and looked at Callie's face
"I can see your smile, that sounds like good news, am I correct?
Callie smiled and say,
"Finally! I am now part of a broadcasting company . And that's not all, because they took the story I made there in Paris!!!"Her voice is full of happiness and joy
Ace smiled, and embraced the Callie's success as well. It's been a long dream to become a journalist and reporter, she's glad that finally someone has accepted her.
"Congratulations! I'm so happy for you and because of that let’s go out and I’ll treat you whatever you want”
Callie shrugged and stared at Ace, "really, you’ll treat me?"
"Of course, just tell me where you want to go," he asked and smiled
“Hmmm can we just schedule that one? Tomorrow will be my first day and I need to be prepared. And you should drive me over in the office, okay?”
Excitingly responded and kissed Ace's cheeks.
"Sure, Even more so." With a match of fixing Callie's hair. "I love you. Callie Yoon."
"Well, it's too early for you to miss me tho, it was only three days right, laughingly saying and directly put her arms around Ace's neck.
"You're right, I miss you so much day and night that I don't remember you.” And rubbed Callie's face.
"Ace, do you really love me?"
"What kind of question is that?" She asked the girl back.
"I just want to be sure, I don't want to fall in love that hard. Then, maybe at the end of the day weren't meant for each other"
"Listen. "at the same time he had his hands placed on his neck earlier. "How can I prove that I love you? Will I cross those wires hanging in a poste? I'll get one star for me to prove that my love is unconditional.. Or climb the highest mountain? That's hard..That's it...you just hold my heart so I can prove my life..."And he put Callie's hand on the chest. "See, you feel every touch of it, you're the only one inside it."
Callie laughed at what he said, "That's so corny.” And she still can't stop laughing.
"I love your smile, don't take it away. You look better when smiling."
"Because you are the one who makes me smile. So, don't leave next to me. Because I'll be sad if that day will come. Promise me Ace"
"I promise., i won't leave you. But I can't promise, that I'm a perfect person."He replied
"I don't need a perfect person to love me. I just need someone who will make me feel special whatever happens. A person that would never leave me"She smiled again," let's continue eating."
Asher nodded. "You're really feel here, eating at the table?"
"I'm used to it, eating alone."Callie responded and started eating again.
Asher stops and turns Callie back, Callie is very confident. Not only that, because he was the first man he loved....
"Thank you for this very delicious dinner!"
"You just ate small amount of it, didn't you?"Callie said with laughing voice
Asher approached again and held her hands. "I gain weight when we were in Paris, I might get fat.” He said
"So, you're really going home?"
Asher nodded. "You have to rest too, since you have to be early tomorrow . I'll fetch you early as well, and at the same time I have to go work too."
"So, see you tomorrow again."As she noticed that Ace was coming to him, and still holding her hands. "I thought . . . You'll go home? Why are you still holding my hands"
"Yeah I know but before that I need to stare first on your face , before I say goodbye."he kiss her forehead.
"I care for you..."he whispered and looked back at Callie. "And I love You."He added.
"I love you too. Be careful when you get home too."
"Come on in, I'm fine."And retreat slightly.
Callie appeared in Ace's hand and smiled and turned away to enter the gate again, entering again and again. "Take care!"He still chased and waved.
"Lock the doors down, okay."
"Yes, dear mwahh!" With a flying kiss. And finally turned around to go inside.
When he saw Callie already entered the house, he also lost his smile on the lip, which was again a worry. Asher sighed and turned away for a walk, preferring to walk first. For some reason he still had the mind he could do it first.
Callie smiled, as Ace arranged the flower., she briefly sat down at her study table and took their picture frame with his brother. "Camille, you never even met Ace."She sighed and rubbed the frame. "I really missed you, hopefully - I really didn't allow you that day. Maybe now, you're as happy as I am. You know what I am now part of a Broadcasting company. I know that, that's what you want?"she just felt sad again, and she returned the frame in its place. Starting to shed her tears, she promised that she would never cry again. Because she wanted his sister to have silence, too, but every time she thought of all the Asher Brooks who was still shining she was just feeling down in her chest. "I'm sure, he'll feel the pain I felt too."she whispered and just bowed to the desk and cried again
The place where is love(XXII)
3 Days Ago....
"Ace!"
He turned around and saw Zed, he quickly approached him.
He noticed that he was shocked, knowing that he was disguising, and that he had called for important things to do.
His vacation was not over yet, but he thought about something that is more important.
"We need to talk." He whispered.
"Is it urgent?" Zed asked.
"Yes, it’s urgent. . ." He said and looked around,
" Those I ordered you to do is it done?" He asked again and looked around again.
"I'm have a feeling that you’re hiding to someone. Are you okay?" Zed said and scratched his head.
"Come on let’s go” Ace said.
When they arrived at his house he immediately sat down, also noticed that Zed sat down, so he immediately looked at him.
"I'm in love."
"What?” He dropped his jaw as if he were too surprised by what he said.
"You're in love, but why you look like a depress?" Zed said.
"That’s why I called you, to help me. I mean, I have to pretend to be Asher's staff." He sighed deeply, he had never found a good timing, before admitting everything.
"Look, Asher I don't understand you!" Zed was confused.
"I’m inlove to Camille Yoon's sister." He replied.
"What!?" Zed was shocked and just stared at him.
"Are you crazy, she's been a big issue in you. You almost lost your career, do you know what you’re doing?"
"He didn't know me." He responded and seriously looked at Zed.
"She didn't recognize me, maybe because she really erased me from her sister's memory, or Camille as what Camille said, her sister don’t have an interest to the guys like me in showbiz”
"Then, what's your plan?" Zed asked.
"I want to repay first, until I can get a good time." He replied and looked at Zed.
"I want to be Ace first, and not Asher. When I am brave, I will say everything too."
"Asher, aren’t you worried. Whatever her reaction, when she happens to know the truth?” Zed was worried.
"I'm not afraid, because I'm not guilty. I just want to repay, because I haven't done anything before. Because I was cowardly, but now it's not. . . I love Callie." Asher said.
"Callie?"
Asher looked at Zed.
"You know her?"
"She’s because the newly passed journalist yesterday. She was very good, she made the inspirational story. 'The place where is love'." Zed said in a proudly tone.
"So she got accepted right away, the pictures she submitted from Paris were very beautiful."
Then Zed stopped smiling.
"Don’t tell me you both met there?" Zed asked.
He just nodded and leaned in, he just closed his eyes and memorizing Callie's face with a beautiful and chaining smile.
"You seem to be in love." Zed said and stood up.
"I never saw you like that."
"I'll go to her later, I'll surprised her." He opened his eyes and smiled at Zed.
"For now I don't want to think about anything, it's better to be happy first." He got up and immediately stepped into the room.
Zed just turned around.
"Hey, I prepared the clothes you want to wear." He said and came out of Asher’s house.
He first looked at the address Callie had given him, he checked again and continued looking if anyone was inside.
He pressed the doorbell button, and hid the flowers on his back. His wearing a long sleeve and pants, he was very decent good looking man.
Another reason is that he wants to be as simple as Callie meets him at Paris.
He noticed the gate was slowly opening and saw Callie at the door smiling at him.
"Ace!" She hurried and opened the gate,
"Hi!" He greeted and smiled widely.
"Hays, I thought. . . You'll never show up?"
Asher approached her and immediately smiled,
"I missed you so much."
"Come on in, how lucky I finished cooking." She responded, and lead the way..
Asher took a deep breath, before closing the gate and following Callie.
The flower he bought for her still remained hidden behind him.
He turned around and started following Callie, as he entered he saw the whole are of the house.
His girlfriend’s house was simple, the furnitures were all high quality and good style.
"I notice that you were hiding behind you?" Callie said.
She held her hair.
"Does that mean, it’s for me?" She smiled and extend her hands to receive the flowers.
Asher quickly pulled out the flower and put it in Callie's outstretched hand, he was shy so he just looking around avoiding eye to eye contact.
Callie laughed, because it’s not a bouquet of flowers but 3 piece tulips with three colors, purple, orange and yellow.
"Thank you..."And approached Ace with a kiss on the cheek.
Asher looked at her because she felt Callie kiss his cheek.
"I'm glad, you like it."
"Of course, that's from my boyfriend." She capped Ace's hair.
"Sit down first, I'll just prepare our dinner." And Callie turned away to fix their food first.
he just smiled as he watched Callie walk into the kitchen.
The place where is love(XXI)
(Asher’s POV)
October 21st, that was the exactly date I met her, one of my avid fans.
She was young and student, I also saw her passion for education.
And I'm so proud, because I inspired her to study.
Her name was Camille Yoon she's only 15, no one wouldn't think she was just around that age.
When I stalked her social media, I was really surprised.
She's pretty and look like matured enough for you to not know her age.
But that's all, this kid is only my avid fan.
Yes I am scared to all secretly messages especially their obsession, They wanted a blind date, meet me outside of a world.
Meaning, that type of not facing the camera.
But I'm not into it.
I'm not that kind of person, I used to be a part of some fans club.
I leave some messages, greetings all my avid fans who really love me.
I care all them, but I don't want to get to the point that they are crazy about me.
And yes, someone hooked me for some reason, it's Camille who always inspired me with her inspirational quotes, she's different from other fans.
She always post a photo of me on social media with very nice quotation.
That's why I help her, yes I sponsored her studies, because I discovered her parents were dead and her sister and her were living together alone.
I feel her, because I went through that life.
I’m helpless, and working hard and I see it all to Camille.
We been friends, secretly friends.
And yes, I found myself that I want to meet her too because it’s her request for her birthday.
But I was late, because of my meeting.
So decided someone will get her.
But that didn't happen
, because they didn't saw Camille where we were supposed to meet.
I was worried that night, she never send me a messages.
Then in surprised, when someone sent me a phot of her, I really don't know what to do that time.
I went to the place like they said, but there's no one in there except Camille's body.
I tried to help, call someone to remedy what happened to the child.
But that night. . . Yes, that night gave me a torture to myself.
The news spread to everyone, that I raped Camille, not just rape because she became a victim of Gang-rape and torture.
I know it hurts, especially when Camille asking for help, he was in my arm I’m holding her to the best of my ability.
It made me crazy, every time I think of everything, I can’t sleep, it's all my fault.
If I didn't make a meet up then that wouldn't have happened.
Until I found out she committed suicide , I cried all night.
Why is it happening?
Why they’re blaming me?
There were pictures, which saw Camille with me, that I was in the old factory where I found her.
And even Camille she wrote a letter to my email,
she told me she saw me with her own eyes.
I was shocked,
what was it?
Why it all happened?
And that day, I found out that her sister had filed a case, that she had filed a lawsuit against me.
But I never saw that woman face, I never know her name, and so as she.
Because Camille once said, her sister is not fond of artists like her, she doesn't bother to look at my poster or my picture.
But my name, she always heard my name.
When Camille was buried, I saw that woman standing in a front of Camille's grave.
I can only see her back, she remained standing even when the rain was strong and I noticed her shoulders were moving.
I know she was crying, they were only two in the family, and Camille was her only family.
And she lost her.
I feel the pain, I feel the emotions of her.
I want to go crazy, I want to clean my name in front of her, but she herself has gone away and never opened the case of her sister.
Ever since the issue disappeared and my popularity has returned again, I had a trauma to my fans.
I no longer join the fans clubs, and I have limited friendships and closeness to fans, specially with women.
Until I thought of living peacefully, and now I found the right girl.
The woman who hooked my heart.
Destiny is playful, because the woman I love today is the woman suffered and cried five years ago.
The woman is nothing but, Camille's sister.
Asher found himself crying while staring Callie, she was asleep.
She fall asleep perhaps because she was tired crying.
"I'm sorry." he caress the hair of the woman he loved,
now how can he tell the truth her?
Will he have the courage, especially the woman he loved hated him so much.
“I want to repay, but I don't know how. If only you knew, how painful it was also for me, I respect your sister. Because she's like a sister to me.” He had a teary eyes now, he let himself cry.
Because no matter how much his eyes shed,
he couldn't overcome the pain that was in Callie's chest.
The pain caused by the past should remained in the past and not opened up.
Because his wish was to see her happy and happy with him.
As long as he can hide everything first, he will.
Until he has the courage,
and admit who he really is. .
The place where is love(XX)
"Hey you two you made me envy you’re so great for each other."
They both laughed as they saw Grandma Isay putting the bowls on, they ate together because Callie's flight will be tomorrow afternoon, Callie will be going home first because Asher has something to finish regarding the place for his next project.
"Son, look at that roast first. It might burn!" Grandma Isay ordered.
"Yes," he replied and looked at Callie.
He also organizes meals on the table.
"Wait I’ll just check the grilled meat."
"It’s because you left it." Callie replied smiling.
Asher returned to the grilled station, they really enjoyed last night.
And now, bonding with Grandma Isay, he knew Callie will miss grandma because she was very kind to them.
He looked at the girl, they were only a few days away, and he had asked for her address.
Callie also mentioned that she wily go straight to her house.
"Son, it's burning!" Grandma Isay shouted.
He looked at the grilled meat, and he was shocked because it got roasted.
Probably because the meat is greasy.
"It happened because you can’t take away your eyes to Callie." The old woman said and put the rice on the table..
Callie laughed and approached Ace.
"That's okay, it's still cooked." And she took the other meat which was already cooked.
"It’s because it suddenly blazing" he scratched his head because he was embarrassed to Callie.
"Come on, let's eat while it's all hot.” And held Ace's hand, to pull it off and they went to the dining table together.
"There you are, you made me envy again." Grandma Isay teased them and laughed.
Time passed, and Grandma Isay released a liquor.
It was for the meat to digest it’s not really hard..
"Grandma, just a little you might get drunk?" Callie said.
"Yes grandma, just a little." Asher also said.
"Hays, I've only been drinking for a long time. Maybe, my last drink. When, my husband died." She said and drunk the one glass of liquor.
Callie just smiled and drank her wine in the glass too.
Asher did the same and refill the glass.
Grandma Isay looked at her own house,
"My kids want to take me, they wanted me to live with them in states but I didn’t agreed." Grandma sighed.
"Those plants and flowers, together with my husband we worked hard for those beautiful species. We made a promise, whoever died first and who will remain should be the one to maintain the fragrance of these flowers because it is the sign of our undying love." She said on a teary eyes now.
"Grandma, So that’s why you didn’t go with your children? And lived alone?" Callie suddenly asked.
"I said to them, I will stay here because of my promise to their father. My husband died first, and as I held his hand, he repeated to me, that these flowers would not wither. Because no matter what his love will remain forever." Lola Isay breathed.
"Even how many times my children asked me. I did not agree to sell this place, as this place only reminds the only person I love." She said.
"I'm sure grandma, wherever he is. He is watching you, and he's happy because you still keep your promise." Asher smile to Grandma Isay,
behind the delicate face of the old man there was still a part of the sadness and memory of his husband.
"So you two, no matter what the challenge is, if the love between you two is strong. No one can separate you.” And looked at them.
"I know, you two will last. And I'm sure your relationship will be colorful and fun." She smiled at them.
The looked at her and smiled to each other.
"Promise Granny, all I have to do is make Callie happy." He made a promise and he took Callie's hand,
"And, I will never make her cry." He added.
Grandma left them, Callie drank again her wine and sighed briefly.
"Maybe, you're drunk?"
She just shook her head and smiled at Ace.
"I just missed someone." She said in a sadden voice.
"I said before, since my parents are gone, I will take care my sister. Especially we were only two."
"Callie?"
He felt anxious and also pulled his jacket over to put it behind her.
It was a bit cold and they were still in the Garden.
"Do you want to, talk?” He suddenly asked.
"It’s almost five years already, when I lost my younger sister. Her death was severe, it’s not an accidenta or sickness that killed her." Callie's tears begun to fall.
"She was in pain, a very deep pain.” She sighed and looked at Ace.
"You remember your question to me, why I was so annoyed with Asher, why I was angry to him?. He was the reason, he was the reason of all."
Asher paused and stared at Callie.
"W-what do you mean?" He asked.
"Sheys an avid fan of Asher Brooks, it's my fault too. I shouldn't have let her." Her voice is full of emotions, she seems to be repenting and she wants to bring back the past.
"Camille was smart, she was so inspired, because of Asher. He was involved in the fans clubs, and in fact Asher was one of her sponsors in the study."
Asher was stunned, he seemed go the idea on what Callie was talking about.
"One night, she said goodbye to me... "
"Sis!” Camille rushes to get close to her sister.
"Sis!, you wouldn't believe it, I had a one on one meet with Asher Brooks, I was chosen in the fan club."
"Wow, really?" Callie smiled and fixed Camille's hair.
"I'm so happy for you sis, but where will you meet him?"
"They said, there will be someone to assist us. Don't worry about me I’m not alone. At last, I can finally see Asher in person, and so that I can thank him too." She smiled again, she's super excited because for almond 3 years avid Fan by Asher Brooks and sponsor and now she's lucky to be selected.
"How unfortunate I can’t come with you, I love to meet him too so that I can thank him for the sponsorship. But, I have a flight to Paris."
"It's okay, I'll be fine. You take care, and I want a dried mangoes." She said and hugged her again with a kiss on the cheek.
Callie just smiled and watched her sister went to her room..
And that day. . .
Hello. Ms. Yoon?
Yes, speaking?
This is san Sebastian hospital this is where Camille Yoon was brought.
Just hearing her sister's name, she seemed to feel something different.
She even tried to calm down.
Until she returned to Manila, and she was shocked.
"She was a victim of Gang rape, she was tortured luckily she was a alive." The doctor explained
She was so shocked, she didn't want her tears to fall.
When she get inside of her sister’s room she couldn’t stop the tears to fall as she saw her sister lying on the bed.
She released all the emotions.
After that,
she read in her sister’s email the conversation of Asher and her sister.
It was said that someone will pick her up because Asher could not leave the meeting.
She didn't know if it was just and Alibi, so when she was home.
All his posters, photos, actor merchandise were burned.
And after a week, Camille committed a suicide.
Perhaps she couldn’t accept what happened,
She saw again in the e-mail that Asher explained.
Her sister said in the email that Asher was one of those he saw that night.
She burst into tears and went to Asher’s office, but she just got rejected.
She had no evidence of what had happened,
so her sister’s suicide was ignored.
"She had no choice, but to kill herself. She has no reason to live, and ended. She didn’t even talk to me
. "Callie cried again.
"I just saw her hanging and still holding the letter for Asher, saying to help her."
She hugged Callie, and don’t know what to do.
This is one of the issues about him, that’s why he avoids the fans.
But to the many people in the world,
why Callie's sister. Why Callie?
The place where is love(XIX)
"Wait, why are we not going home yet, where are we going?” Callie suddenly asked, because she couldn’t understand why she still had to change clothes.
And besides it’s already night.
"Tell me, will I be a photographer to both of you with your soon to be girlfriend tonight?" She asked.
Asher just smiled and looked at Callie,
"Just relax okay and trust me, Grandma Isay is the one who taught me about the place." He assured and finally they have arrived.
Callie was stuck, they were like in a park but it was way more than that.
"Wow so beautiful. . ." She smiled while watching the view.
Asher approached her.
"Grandma Isay said, it’s nice and refreshing here especially during at night because you could see the lights in the city." Ace said.
Callie looked at Ace.
"It's one of the most popular chill out location, especially to those who like to spent blissful moments here in Paris. Not only that, there is music here and food. Is it not romantic?” Asher smiled and he also looked at Callie who was currently looking at him.
"I want you to enjoy tonight, with me Callie." Ace said.
Callie just stared at Ace, she had heard this place but it’s only for those who are in a relationship.
But, she was still glad that Ace brought her here.
"You can look and see the view, we could see the whole city here. Which is very beautiful at night.” Asher added and looked into the view, even though it’s dark he could see the beauty of the city because of the lights.
Callie smiled as she watched the place, and just as Ace said there was music suddenly playing.
¶I finally found someone
That knocks me off my feet
I finally found one
That makes me feel complete
It started over coffee
We stated out as friends
It's funny how from simple things
The best things begin
This time is different
And it's all because of you
It's better than it's ever been
'Cause we can talk it thought
My favorite line was
"Can I call you sometime?"
It's all you had to say
To take my breath away
This is it¶
Callie was relax and feel the music, but she feel strange about the song she was listening to, until Ace looked at her.
¶Oh, I finally found someone
Someone to share my life
I finally found one
To be with every night
'Cause whatever I do
It's just got to be you
My life has just begun
I finally found someone¶
"Ace, can I ask you?" She suddenly asked.
"Sure, what is it?" He replied while just staring at her.
"For you what is love?" She seriously asked while also staring at him.
He took a deep breath, before answering Callie's question.
"Love is. . . Being so glad, because I finally found you." He said.
She gaped, she didn't know if Ace was joking or not but she really just felt like it wasn’t, her heart beat so fast.
He looks straight to Callie and take Callie's hand.
"You're the first and last person I think of, the more I’m with you the more my feelings grow as if I would die if I’m not with you every time."
"Ace?” She whispered.
"I told you, I'll introduce the girl. . . I’m inlove with, and now she's standing in front of me. No other than that, but is you Callie." He declared.
"Yes, I finally found you. . . I finally found, what I’m looking for. . . I like you, no I think I’m so inlove with you”
¶Did I keep you waiting?
I did not mind
I apologize, baby that's fine
I would wait forever just to know you were mine
You know I love your hair
Are you sure it looks right?
I love what you wear
It's not too tight?
You're exceptional
I can't wait for the rest of my life
This is it
Oh, I finally found someone
Someone to share my life
I finally found one
To be with every night
'Cause whatever I do
It's just got to be you
My life has just begun
I finally found someone
And whatever I do
It's just got to be you
My life has just begun
I finally found someone¶
This scenario that stopped Callie's world, Ace holding her hands as he confessed his feelings toward her.
And not just an admiration, but it’s love.
She heard it right, because the truth is her heart feels the same way.
"Ace I never have been in love before, but. . . When I met you, and got along every day, I don’t know if you just got annoyed because I’m always tailing you when I need a cellphone " she smiled widely.
"But now, I know the answer, the day I got sick, I felt something here in my heart." She said.
"And your lucky, because you're my first love." She added.
"You mean?” He wanted to confirm,
"I was scared, that I might be the only one who have feelings for you, because I won't be your type." Callie replied.
"Callie, no! You are the woman I am looking for, the woman I have long dreamed of, and sought." He approached and slightly caressed her cheek.
"I don't want to lose you, so I've made my way now, to ask you. . . Would you be, my girlfriend. Callie Yoon?" He proudly and happily asked.
Callie smiled and seemed to hold Ace's hands tightly.
"Yes, because when I’m with you I felt comfortable and I felt happy." She replied.
He immediately hugged Callie, he can't explain the happiness to his heart.
Callie is truly his happiness, and he is happy that he has finally found the woman for him.
"I swear, I couldn't love you more than I do right now.” He stopped hugging and looked at Callie again.
"But promise, tomorrow or the next day or which ever day it is I will show my to you." He assured.
"I love you too Ace, and I will love you forever in my heart." She replied and embraced Ace.
Again he hugged Callie, now he found the woman for him.
The woman he will love until the very end.
The place where is love(XVIII)
The days that went by made their friendship go stronger and they felt comfortable..
Grandma Isay often teased them, especially especially when Asher was really happy to be with Callie.
Even if he didn't say anything about his true feeling.
He was happy as long as he was with Callie every day.
"You're about to go home Callie right?" Grandma suddenly said.
Asher turned to what Grandma Isay said,
it's been a month since they were staying at Grandma’s house.
Maybe it's one and a half month.
"When will you home?" He shockingly asked.
Callie turned around and smiled.
"Maybe, it's two days from now, that's just because I have a place where I still need to go." She responded and turned her attention to what she was doing on camera.
Asher noticed Grandma Isay's signal to him, and he saw that she stood too.
To leave them both.
"Callie."
Callie turned around again.
"Can we, let's go now... I mean, let's go where you want to go." He smiled and took a deep breath.
Callie laughed slightly.
"You really want to, go to Sirao Flower Farm? you know it’s a flower farm you might get bored." She replied.
He smiled widely, especially when he see the excitement of Callie from her eyes.
He could also see in Callie's eyes as if she wanted to be with him too.
"of, course... I like it, I want enjoy more especially when you're only two days here." He replied.
"All right, wait I'll just get dressed." Callie got up first,
He was just looking at Callie as she walk toward her room, he already decided last night.
And this is his chance, Grandma Isay also has a tip for him, to where is the good place to confess..
And he will take Callie there tonight.
He shooked his head and smiled again.
It’s thanks to Grandma Isay who always encourage him and cheer him up.
"In fact, the Flower farm is two actually here in Sirao." Callie smiled as she watched the flowers around them.
"One they called Little Amsterdan..." she added and she spun around in the middle of the flowers,
as if she were just a kid who had just played in the middle of the beautiful and many colored flowers.
Asher smiled, he was a bit far from Callie.
he could see the girl who seemed to enjoy while she was spinning around the flowers.
He always see a beautiful smile of her, he took his cellphone.
This is the first time he wants to take a girl's picture.
And on one click he observed again.
"She is beautiful, but not like those girls in the magazines. She was beautiful, withered when her eyes glowed while sharing stories, she loved simple things. She was beautiful, for her ability to make other people smile. Not only was Callie's exterior appearance is beautiful, she was beautiful deep down to her soul.” He murmured.
And now Callie's eyes were looking at him, and a simple smile from her lips.
That makes him crazy all the time.
"This is great right? Celosian Flower comes in a variety of colors... Yellow, orange as well as Fuchsia color." Callie was really happy and get one then approached Asher.
"Look, how beautiful they are." She excitingly said.
"More, beautiful... Than I ever thought." he responded while staring at Callie.
Callie suddenly stopped and looked at Asher, she noticed he was staring at her.
So her heart suddenly beating fast as if it’s about to explode.
"He's gazed to me? Why, why is he staring at me?" In her mind, she was asking herself.
Asher glanced and looked at the flower that Callie held,
"super nice, ahmm..." He took it from Callie’s hand.
"Is it for me?" He jokingly asked.
She chuckled.
"You already took it, maybe you just give it to the woman you already know. You're unfair, and you don't want her to be introduced to Grandma Isay and me.” She said with disappointment and she looked to another part of the place.
But deep inside, it seemed to have a pain in her chest, just in case Ace already met the woman he already like.
She suddenly stopped thinking of it as Asher held her on both shoulders and faced her to him.
Staring again into his eyes while staring at her as well.
"W-what?" She shyly asked.
"Maybe, I will really give this flower.” And slowly approached Callie.
"They say, a man is lucky, if he becomes a woman's first love. But for me a woman is more fortunate. . . If she is the one, I will eventually love for the rest of my life." His eyes glanced to Callie.
He noticed because Callie was stunned and couldn’t speak... And he put the flower in her ears which he had taken in her hand earlier, a fuchsia color.
"Perfect. Don't worry, you will meet her tonight.” He said, and let his shoulders down at once.
"Later this night?" Callie whispered and held her ears with a fluffy flower.
"He will give it, but why did he put it on my ears?" She felt nervous, her heart beats so fast as if it was racing and she bite her upper lips, because she could feel her cheek was warming.
“Am I blushing?”
The place where is love(XVII)
Asher just came in his room, but his eyes were on Callie's bedroom door looking.
He took a bath, before he sleeps.
It would be embarrassing if Callie could have open his door again,
he smiled and slowly approached the door of his room.
He takes a deep breath and try to knock the door.
"Oh, why are you still awake?"
Asher couldn't keep up the knock and turned to Grandma Isay,
He smiled and scratches his head while keeping distance to Callie's bedroom door.
"I can't sleep, and I just done my shower." He replied.
"Is that so, come join me for tea first." Grandma Isay said and headed first.
Asher just followed, besides he couldn't even sleep.
And it’s Grandma Isay who offered for tea he couldn’t refuse.
He noticed she coming out, across the slide door.
She went straight to her mini garden, with a round table and seems like it’s an antique.
She sat down so he sat down too,
he also noticed the little tea pot and and a tea cup then give to him.
"Thank you.” he immediately accepted it and drank slightly.
"Looks like, you two enjoy the trip." Grandma said.
He put the cup first.
"Yes, the falls was beautiful and the so called Osmeña peak though it is four hours travel it was still worth it. " He replied and looked around first.
it was so quietly peaceful, only crickets could be heard.
The wind was refreshing and the fragrance of the beautiful flowers could be smelled.
"Whether you admit it or not, you like Callie right?" Grandma suddenly asked
"Pardon?" He quickly replied even though he heard what was Grandma talking about.
But of course he was embarrassed because perhaps Grandma Isay would misunderstood it.
The old man laughed slightly.
"You are blushing?" She teased him, and suddenly sighed.
"Son, the real man they do not love the beauty of a woman in outer form. You know what a man loves?" She added.
"What is it?" He asked Curiously.
"They love a woman, who can color and make their world happy. " She replied
Asher suddenly stopped , Grandma Isay was right.
Ever since Callie came into his life he has never lost a smile on his lips.
Callie gave his world a color.
The world where he is really looking for love of who he is.
"Not all the time, there is always someone there to understand and cheer you on. So whoever that woman is in your life..." And looked at Ace.
"As early as possible, say what you really feel." She said.
He couldn’t respond as he stared at Grandma Isay.
"Uhmm." He didn't know what to say.
"Son, I know. . . It's hard to get hurt, but it's harder if you don't try. Because when you don't know the true answer, you too might regret it." She seemed reminding Asher and continue drinking the tea.
He smiled a little bit and started to take a deep breath.
"I don't know, if he can accept me." Finally he said something too.
"If a woman is important to you, you have nothing to hide. Because you love her, so she must know whatever you are hiding.” Grandma explained and sip the tea.
"Actually, that's just a secret. Other boys, were just nice to bed but when it comes to the obligation they got scared." She added.
"Why, are you already a father?"
Asher cough on what he heard he didn’t know if he should laugh or what.
He didn't even know if Grandma Isay was just joking or giving an advice.
"Grandma, I'm still young. " he replied.
"That’s it, you young man. While you're still here, you make your move before it’s too late perhaps someone will get her heart first before you do." Grandma said.
"Wait and I'll warm it up again, it's a bit cold. For a moment, just stay here and wait I’ll be right back." Grandma said and stood up to warm up the tea again.
Asher remained and looked into the sky.
"Maybe, I'll admit what I feel. While we were here." He whispered.
Callie is not asleep yet, she is just busy fixing what she wrote and the photos she has taken earlier from the trip.
Just as much fun as Ace was with her earlier, she briefly stopped what she was doing and remembered their scene earlier.
His eyes, the nose and lips.
The innocent face that couldn’t fade in her mind.
"Did if think, he was the one?” She sighed, she felt that she was struggling with the feeling for Ace.
She wanted to stop, but she couldn't seem to avoid it.
"I hope, that he like me too." And briefly looked at the door that was already close.
"How I wish, I can tell you Goodnight and sweet dreams Ace." She whispered
Right next door to her, Asher turned around again and watched Callie's door,
he smiled.
"Goodnight, Callie." He whispered and entered his room.
What I want to change and to achieve this 2021
This article may seems late lol, well I'm just bored and don't have anything to do so I just tried thinking on what to do for me to achieve my ideal type of life.
Year 2020 wasn’t the year we all expected, it’s a year where the world has shaken, However, there may be bad events occurred in 2020 we can’t also deny the fact that it bring some good effects to us, a realization in life, opportunities, and etc., Personally 2020 made me realized that I need to act fast for me not to left behind in the financial matter, so I decided to invest something to start my year 2021.
Actually I already started Investing on Cryptocurrency but not full pledge because first I don’t have any capital, I only started small amounts like $10-$20 but now I realized as cryptocurrency keeps on growing I’ll double my work and focused on it without affecting my study.
To achieve a good year in 2021 there are a lot of things that I need to change in myself because it’s hindering me to keep moving such as the habit of “bahala na” this habit of mine is hard to get rid off because personally I’m a lazy person or let’s say I don’t want to be bothered by something and to change this habit will greatly affect me especially in the field of investment which the market is highly volatile because I always depends on luck like “bahala na si batman” and also in the field of my study because the teacher is so kind I always don’t want to study which is a very bad habit. And also the habit of blaming others even though it’s really my fault, instead of learning from my mistake I blamed others to make myself feel better which is very wrong.
My goals is not permanent, I mean whenever there’s something that interests me it became my goal like in the past year I have interest in music so I want to study playing instruments. And so this year which I started investment I always see people with their earnings and sometimes I envy them but I said to myself my time will come, so this year my number one goal is to increase my portfolio x100 by the year end. These are the things that I actually specified to achieve 1 Bitcoin, 20 Ethereum, 20 Bitcoin Cash and 100 Binance Coin in my portfolio, In addition I also wanted to achieve a good grades in 2021.
In life there are always values that keeps us being a good person, this values helps us in many aspect in life it made us into a better person. As a student and first time on Investment the values that I highly consider to sustain is patience, discipline and respect to others. I believe this values helped me and will help me to become more better person this year and will also helps me in my Investment and study because this kind of values will help me in decision making.
As a student and as a son, year 2020 I failed to become a better student because I always procrastinate which highly affect my grades and this failure also reflect me as a son because of doing bad in school means that I don’t give importance of the hardwork of my parents. The obligations and duties of me as a student and as a son like studying hard, helping my parents on the household chores, give some of my profits in my Investment to my mother and other stuff that will help my mother to lessen her burden, I need to do it not just this year but for eternity.
If my decision to start my Investment on cryptocurrency which others called a joke become successful, I will share it to others in order for them to be financially free not the money but all the important information they need to have a successful Investment, and if ever I made a huge profit and have some extra money I will probably help homeless people not that really that much just food for a weak at least and if ever I will have a financial break through I will treat my mother for her to enjoy life.
There are a lot of stuff that people say on 2021, these things might be helpful and some are just a bad omen, However, as a master of yourself you are the one who will decide on what your year will be work smart and work hard.
May our year 2021 be fruitful goodluck with our journey.
BCH will soon overtake credit/debit cards
We all want a fast, secure, and not costly transaction. Bitcoin was made to used for daily transaction, but unexpectedly it's value surged to top and became the leading Cryptocurrency today, in result its transaction fees rose and the transaction process became slower.
Bitcoin Cash was made in replacement of bitcoin as a means of payment in every transaction, at first it wasn't accepted by the cryptocurrency community, in fact it wasn't listed yet in coinbase, one of the leading cryptocurrency exchange. Instead of selling the bitcoin cash right after the bitcoin holder received it, they hold it then later on it made it as one of the successful cryptocurrency today.
With the advancement of technology the traditional method of payment like cash on delivery is being used less. Over the years credit/debit cards are the most commonly use as a method of payment worldwide. However, because of the emerging of cryptocurrencies this method of payment will take away its spotlight especially by Bitcoin Cash.
Here are the reasons why Bitcoin Cash will overtake credit/debit cards as method of payment.
**1. Privacy**
Since credit/debit cards is tied by other entity, it's vulnerable to attackers your card can be easily bypass by those attackers and steal your money, in addition your transaction history can be seen by other entity. Whereas Bitcoin Cash, only you who knows your transaction history, what you purchased, when did you purchased, and how much you payed is totally unknown to unwanted parties, meaning you are like a spy an unknown being because of the tight privacy. In addition, since Bitcoin Cash is a decentralize meaning no one is able to control it, then it is much safer.
**2. No Hassle**
Bitcoin Cash is hassle free, you just get your phone click your wallet then send it and kaboom finish, unlike credit/debit cards you always make sure no one is next to you that can see the pin code or if in online cases some merchants need you to fill up something for verification purposes and also sometimes error will occur due to the fault of your card or to the merchant's side.
**3. Fast yet not Costly**
Crypto enthusiasts love Bitcoin Cash because of its fast and low transaction fees, so whatever you purchased online or personally, internationally or locally, its low fees and fast transaction will never change. On the other hand credit/debit cards will sometimes charge you some hidden fees that you aren't aware of.
Finally,sooner or later it will dominate the crypto space and will make a great history, why? Because we all need a fast, secure, affordable and low transaction fees kind of cryptocurrency and that's what make Bitcoin Cash dominate. Another reason is because it's Bitcoin Cash your friendly cryptocurrency.
Aside from earning, Things you can do on read.cash
Some of us wrote articles on this platform to earn money, well of course we all need money especially in our current situation. However, because our primary goal is to earn money and we forget the most important things, the improvement of ourselves we tend to be disappointed and stop on making articles when we don't get any tip from the bot rewarder and worst is we leave on this platform.
We all know that read.cash is a platform where we can earn money from publishing our articles. When I first joined on this platform, my primary goal was to earn money, to be honest I envied those writers who earned a lot, and I felt disappointed when I don't earn enough money with my lame articles(lol) it was point system.
Week passed I stopped making articles, I visit the platform in my leisure time to read some interesting articles, upon reading some inspiring articles, I realized that it is not all about the money, it's just a bonus for your hardwok to improve yourself, so I visit the platform regularly and getting some ideas on how to create a good articles and how to live a good life.
Aside from making money and publishing articles in this platform. Here are the lists you can do on this platform.
**1. Flourishing yourself**
This platform for me can be a tool that you can use to flourish yourself, this platform has a lot of different kinds of articles you can read that may help you enhance your physical, emotional, mental, social, and even spiritual health. Let improvement of yourself be your primary objective on this platform.
**2. Interaction to other nationalities**
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**3. Checking reliable information**
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**4. Understanding the world**
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Effects of Typhoon: please help
Greetings everyone, first I want to say sorry, for this article is not educational, instead it's a result of being desperate in this time of calamity, I am Evon Napoles, I live in Philippines we are hit by four strong consecutive typhoon this month, during the first typhoon which was referred to be the strongest typhoon this year, we experienced a heavy blow in our family, our house was destroyed because it's only made up of light materials, the government and other volunteers took actions to the affected family and we received enough ration of food for atleast a week, However, we are perhaps challenge because another typhoon are coming so my family and my fellow country men need to stay in the evacuation for our own safety, I do not have problem on the food because there are volunteers who helps us, we can atleast eat twice a day, we prioritize the children and the elderly. Today I felt desperate for asking help in this platform for any amount, I don't have any belongings remaining except for my clothes but thankfully my family were safe, I just borrowed a phone from my neighbor, I know I am not in the position to ask help because in reality we cannot just trust people, but please I beg you even how small it is, I will gladly accept it. Please help us. Thank you and God bless.
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I'm back?
Indeed no man is an island, for a month I became inactive in this platform though I am not that known to others, back then when I'm still active in this platform I felt that I am not alone, I enjoyed reading different articles it made me feel happy, sad, motivated, and excited. However adversity came, I was infected by the virus and it made me depressed, I stopped using this platform because I thought it will be useless. One month fighting the virus was unimaginable, it was hard like you don't know when will your life will end and it's frustrating to the point you can't even sleep peacefully, I was helpless I want my life to end as quickly as possible so that I will not suffer anymore, However those motivational articles I read in this platform came to my mind and made me realized that if they can do it then I can do it also, though it was not that quick recovery but slowly I regained my life, after I recovered I faced some discrimination and financial crisis but it was alright because life is more important.
Being back made me excited to write new articles, though I'm not that good in publishing good articles but I will try my best to write a good one, I am also excited to read different articles that may inspire me more to live as a better person on this world, when I was inactive I came to realize that life is full of unpredictable events and we should enjoy our life with no regrets so that when we die, we die with a smile. This platform became part of my life this year, I may not earn much money in this platform, However, I met people who were interesting, frankly speaking when I joined this platform what inside my mind is money, I was discouraged because I'm not earning at all, because of boredom I just realized I don't have a day without visiting this platform to read different articles and having interaction with people you don't even know personally, so the thought of money became a secondary objective of mine in this platform, because I am not rich so even it's a little amount atleast it can help me in my daily needs.
We have different stories to tell, we have different ways to survive in this unfair world, and we stumble on this platform like it was a destiny, I'm not in a position to tell what you need to do, but I just want to tell that before you plan on doing anything make sure it made you happy. I'M GLAD TO BE BACK.
Feds’ ‘stablecoin’ letter may boost crypto ambitions of Facebook, Square
The federal agency that oversees banks issued a letter, that gives financial institutions a green light to hold reserves to support so-called stablecoins—digital currencies similar to Bitcoin that are backed on a one-to-one basis by real-world money.
While stablecoins have existed for years, their popularity has soared in recent months both in cryptocurrency circles and among businesses that have embraced them as an efficient way to settle international transactions.
In its letter, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) stated that U.S. banks can lawfully hold the fiat currency reserves of companies that issue stablecoins, provided those firms comply with federal banking laws.
According to Jeremy Allaire, the CEO of cryptocurrency firm Circle—which has issued a stablecoin called USDC alongside crypto giant Coinbase—the letter will provide legal cover for tech and finance companies that are experimenting with stablecoins.
Allaire pointed in particular to [hotlink]Facebook[/hotlink], which is backing a consortium called Libra that plans to issue a global digital currency that will be backed by U.S. dollars or by a basket of major currencies. Allaire also suggested that companies like [hotlink]Square[/hotlink], whose CEO has expressed strong support for cryptocurrency, are likely to make stablecoins part of their operations in 2021.
A spokesperson for Libra declined to comment on the OCC news. Square did not immediately reply to a request for comment.
The OCC letter is not transformative in that some U.S. banks already hold stablecoin reserves. These include [hotlink]U.S. Bancorp[/hotlink], which holds more than $2 billion of reserves that back the USDC stablecoin.
Allaire, though, says the letter will provide assurance to other banks—some of whom remain skittish about cryptocurrency ventures. He says that as stablecoin use expands and more companies seek to issue their own stablecoins, the presence of additional banks will be essential.
In its letter, the OCC qualified its support for stablecoins by noting that it applied only to ventures that comply with regulations such as know-your-customer laws, and which permit regular audits of their reserves. This would seem to exclude exotic stablecoins like Dai that are supported in part by algorithms, as well as Tether. The latter is the most popular stablecoin project, but it has been dogged by complaints about its lack of transparency.
The OCC’s pronouncement on stablecoins comes two months after the regulator opened the door for banks to store cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin on their customers’ behalf.
2020 Has Been The Year of DeFi. Here’s How It Has Given Cryptocurrencies A New Lease of Life
Decentralized Finance or DeFi for short, is an inclusive and remodelled open finance format that typifies the unification of decentralized technologies (like the blockchain) and traditional banking systems. Simply put, DeFi systems aim to provide substitutes for existing financial services in the aspects of loans, insurance, savings, asset trading and lots more.
DeFi is largely dependent on decentralized applications (Dapps) on the Ethereum blockchain, and to understand its capabilities, the concept of Dapps must be adequately understood.
**How Important is DeFi?**
The importance of DeFi in the evolution of financial systems as we know them, cannot be overemphasized. This open finance format offers huge prospects for the expansion of global economies, and since 2019, it has been considered one of the most significant and rapid advancements in the cryptosphere by analysts.
Recent reports have also revealed that DeFi tokens are, without cessation, outstripping their compeer, having surged by over 200% since the start of 2020.
**DeFi Apps and Crypto**
At the moment, DeFi apps have grown in popularity and are already securing businesses, money and time. The emergence of Decentralized Finance platforms has become evident in virtually all parts of the financial sector, inclusive of cryptocurrencies. All DeFi apps are transparent, open-source, interoperable, flexible, and permission-less, as seen in numerous Ethereum-based projects.
In the crypto sector, decentralized exchanges are perceived as the next big thing towards achieving the desired evolution. Decentralized exchanges (DEX) will eliminate the chances of theft and exchange hacks that have plagued centralized systems.
When crypto assets are traded on a decentralized exchange, the transactions are facilitated by smart contracts rather than traditional intermediary systems in centralized exchanges.
Smart contracts protect crypto transactions on the blockchain and ensure that the entirety of the system is not vulnerable to hackers. The DeFi ecosystem isn’t just flourishing, it is quickly changing the business approach of established institutions, while also facilitating the emergence of thousands of crypto projects.
Here are some of the most exciting and interesting projects, in no particular order, and of course, by no means exhaustive.
**1inch**
Before the emergence of tokens and smart contracts, cryptos were normally traded via exchanges. Due to this, exchanges have enjoyed massive growth and have become major players in the crypto world. The surge in the popularity of Ethereum, created Decentralized Exchanges (DEX), and ever since, more DEX projects have launched on the ETH blockchain.
1inch improves on the existing concept by taking it a little further. To be more explicit, 1inch is a DEX aggregator that scans through all the DEXs on the Ethereum blockchain to obtain the best prices for any asset as desired by the user. 1inch offers a powerful tool, especially for users who are in the market for the best price margins.
One way to get the best of crypto investments is to research and purchase yet to be launched token on major centralized EXs. Being on the ETH network, purchasing 1inch tokens before they debut in large crypto economies, would be an excellent choice.
**Curve**
Having kickstarted in 2019, Curve is another amazing DeFi application in the cryptosphere. It is an exchange pool built on the ETH blockchain, that utilizes bonding curves, and specifically designed to support and boost the trading of stablecoin (DAI, USDC, USDT and TUSD), while also providing low-risk income fees for liquidity merchants.
With Curve, users do not experience price fluctuations as they normally would on DEXs, when swapping one stablecoin for the another. In the case where assets on other DeFi platforms, especially Compound, are not being traded, Curve lends the assets and return interests to providers of liquidity.
Curve is accessible on mainnet via curve.fi and it supports DAI, USDC, USDT and TUSD. Trading and depositing are facilitated by MetaMask, a web3 wallet.
**Compound**
At the moment, Compound is a top-rated DeFi project, and it offers users the opportunity to borrow ETH tokens and payback with interests. Liquidity providers could also come into play by providing their token for loan purposes with the aim of receiving loan profit.
This platform offers huge profits, and at a time like this, where savings in traditional banks give little annual interest or lost to inflation, Compound becomes a lucrative option. Compound is intuitive and well-designed and can be accessed via mobile wallets or online channels.
**Uniswap**
This is an innovative automated market-making DeFi platform with a protocol that enables ultra-swift trade settlement between parties. The Uniswap protocol ensures that, as much as possible, the closing trade value of assets reflect their real market value. You can become a liquidity provider with amazing interest rates provided via a dedicated pooling feature.
**Summary**
As the major sectors of the global society tend towards decentralization, the demand for DeFi applications will no doubt skyrocket in the nearest future. At the moment, DeFi continues to remarkably disrupt and dictate the pace of today’s business systems, while also dictating new standards.
2020:DeFi era?
Defi stands for “Decentralized Finance (DeFi)” also called Open Finance which is one of the fastest-growing sectors in an ecosystem that comprises of financial applications that are being developed on top of blockchain systems.
With more than $4 billion in assets locked up in Defi projects, this is a global alternative for all financial services like savings, loans, trading, insurance, etc., are more accessible to anyone through smart contract blockchains like Ethereum which offers an open and permissionless system that is easily available to everyone.
**“Smart contracts”** are programs that run on the blockchain that can execute automatically when certain conditions are met. These smart contracts enable developers to build more sophisticated functionality than simply sending and receiving cryptocurrency. These programs are called decentralized apps, or dapps.
***DeFi industry is currently growing by nearly half a billion dollars per week***
**Functions of DeFi**
Creates monetary banking services (e.g., issuance of stablecoins)
DeFi provides peer-to-peer or pooled lending and borrowing platforms for the users
Enables advanced financial instruments such as DEX, tokenization platforms, derivatives and prediction markets
**Benefits of Decentralized finance compared to traditional financial services**
Deploying a financial application or product becomes less complex and secure by use of smart contracts
As many dApps are being developed on top of the Ethereum blockchain, reduce operational costs and lower entry barriers
Removes needs of intermediaries as- Once the smart contract is deployed to the blockchain, DeFi dapps can run themselves with little to no human intervention
Transparent codes
Flexible user experience
As DeFi applications can be built or composed by combining other DeFi products like Lego pieces they are interoperatable
**Is 2020 a DeFi era?**
When Crypto companies are increasing their capabilities to facilitate better trading, products, and services, decentralized exchanges will be easier for the average user. New financial products and instruments are continually being developed that will drive further liquidity and potential profits for investors. Speculation will continue to grow in 2020 as crypto assets evolve with the addition of newer investing categories like staking, information markets, and yet to be conceived ideas will further create value for individuals, entities, and investors.
Thus, interoperable, programmable, and composable nature of the open financial stack built on Ethereum provides the foundation for a new financial economy. While 2019 saw significant strides forward in the development of decentralized finance, 2020 looks set to make a giant leap!
BITCOIN CASH VS BITCOIN- Which one should you choose? (Last Part)
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**Bitcoin Cash vs Bitcoin: Where Can You Buy Them?**
One of the most popular exchanges to buy both Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash is Coinbase.
On this platform, you can use fiat to buy popular cryptocurrencies (including Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash) through your credit card, bank account and more. Unfortunately, Coinbase is only available in 32 countries:
U.S.A., Canada, UK, Switzerland, Sweden, Spain, Slovenia, San Marino, Portugal, Poland, Norway, Netherlands, Monaco, Malta, Liechtenstein, Latvia, Jersey, Italy, Ireland, Hungary, Greece, Finland, Denmark, Czech Republic, Cyprus, Croatia, Bulgaria, Belgium, Austria, Australia and Singapore.
If you are not in one of these countries and you want to buy Bitcoin Cash or Bitcoin, you can try out other broker exchanges like CoinMama or CEX.io.
If you use a broker that doesn’t sell BCH but sells BTC, you can always buy Bitcoin and exchange it for Bitcoin Cash on a trading platform like Binance.
Another option for buying these coins with cash is to do so on a P2P exchange, like LocalBitcoins. Again, you’ll only be able to buy Bitcoin on P2P exchanges, but you can trade your BTC for BCH using a trading exchange afterward.
**Bitcoin Cash vs Bitcoin: Conclusion**
Many people are under the impression that Bitcoin Cash vs Bitcoin is a war, and that one should be better than the other. For practical reasons, Bitcoin Cash is a faster and cheaper asset to use for transacting on the blockchain.
But Bitcoin, being the original cryptocurrency, is the most adopted and currently the greatest store of value in the cryptomarket. This leads me to believe that both these coins can remain as staples in the industry as it evolves and matures.
BCH can become the main tool for transactions and moving money around as more users adopt it. BTC can continue to be used as a store of value that is considered the gold of digital currency. Both stand to grow in value and adoption over time, making them worthy investments for any investor to look into and consider.
Now that you know the differences between these two coins, you can better decide how you want to invest in them and how you will use them.
For example, you can invest into Bitcoin Cash to use it as your main form of currency to transact with. However, you could invest into Bitcoin the way you would invest in gold – for investment benefits.
The question is, which is it that you prefer? And what for? Do you prefer Bitcoin as an investment but Bitcoin Cash as a usable coin? What’s your opinion on Bitcoin Cash vs Bitcoin? Let me know!
***Important note: Always do further, independent research, and always consult a financial investor before investing.***
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BITCOIN CASH VS BITCOIN- Which one should you choose? (Part 2)
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**Bitcoin Cash vs Bitcoin: The War of the Prices**
As mentioned in the previous article, cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin or Bitcoin Cash derive their value from how much they are adopted, used and demanded. We can analyze them in terms of ROI (return on investment) and value growth.
They are both holders of value, and while Bitcoin has been the holder of the most value up until now, Bitcoin Cash is gaining users and value fast.
Bitcoin Cash is still less than a year old. So, it is still in the stage of capturing and realizing its own place in the crypto market. Many people speculate that Bitcoin Cash might take a good portion of Bitcoin’s market share, making it the new dominant crypto in the industry. This is because Bitcoin Cash has addressed the scaling issues that Bitcoin faces, allowing more people to use it with ease and lower fees.
If the Bitcoin developer community doesn’t find a way to agree to a mutual update to the Bitcoin code to fix its problems, Bitcoin might lose in the war between BTC vs BCH. This means that more people will likely switch to using BCH as their main store of value and transactional currency.
In the recent past, Bitcoin Cash has been worth as low as 5% of Bitcoin, to as high as 33%.
**Bitcoin Cash vs Bitcoin: The Features**
**Bitcoin Cash Advantages**
The main advantage of Bitcoin Cash is that it is cheaper and faster to use. This is because it is more scalable, meaning that more people can transact on the blockchain at any given time.
Its development team is quick to implement solutions that make the blockchain more scalable. Which gives it great future potential for adoption and use.
It is also cheaper to move around between exchanges. Whenever its price surges, it is a great trading asset against Bitcoin and a solid investment to hedge against Bitcoin, should Bitcoin lose its market dominance one day.
***Note: Nothing in this article is financial advice! You should always consult a financial advisor before investing.***
**Bitcoin Cash Disadvantages**
Bitcoin Cash does not have as much investor confidence as Bitcoin. Also, its adoption rate and market penetration is much lower than Bitcoin’s. This has a lot to do with the fact that this coin is much newer than Bitcoin.
While the price of BCH is around 10-15% of the price of Bitcoin, the cost of Bitcoin Cash mining is relatively the same as mining Bitcoin. This means that someone who mines Bitcoin Cash makes 50-60% less profit than someone mining Bitcoin with the same equipment. For this reason, miners are not as quick to mine Bitcoin Cash.
Finally, when it comes to trading, BCH has far less trading pairs than BTC, making it less tradeable than Bitcoin. All these disadvantages work towards making Bitcoin Cash’s adoption rates and prices much lower than Bitcoin’s.
**Bitcoin Advantages Over Bitcoin Cash**
As the original cryptocurrency, Bitcoin is the base currency of the entire sector. It is what all other cryptocurrencies trade against (as well as ETH, most of the time) and is tradable on most exchanges. Bitcoin is the most popular and has the most trading pairs with other cryptocurrencies.
As of 23rd March 2018, Bitcoin makes up 44.5% of the entire capital of the crypto-sector and is considered the Gold standard of a rapidly growing industry.
The biggest advantage Bitcoin has over Bitcoin Cash is its community and cult-like following: it’s the first cryptocurrency anyone hears about. It is super, super popular — if your Grandma knows about one cryptocurrency, I’ll bet you $100 it’s Bitcoin!
**Bitcoin Disadvantages Over Bitcoin Cash**
The disadvantages of Bitcoin when compared to Bitcoin Cash mainly regard the scalability issues facing Bitcoin. Bitcoin is older, slower and costs a lot more per transaction. It is likely that as the sector grows, Bitcoin will continue to lose its dominance to these other coins.
Another disadvantage is that the core development team of Bitcoin is not united as good as other crypto teams, like that of Ether, for example. They appear to be divided as a group and lacking clear leadership.
This makes the implementation of scaling solutions more difficult to agree on and implement to the network — not good at all!
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BITCOIN CASH VS BITCOIN- Which one should you choose? (Part 1)
Did you know that Bitcoin Cash originated from Bitcoin itself? That’s right — Bitcoin Cash nodes were once a part of the Bitcoin blockchain. Bitcoin Cash is a fork of Bitcoin.
But which of the two should you choose to invest in? What is the difference between Bitcoin Cash vs Bitcoin? What’s a “fork’? There are so many questions, and I’m here to answer them all!
First, let’s look at a little about Bitcoin and its background. Then, I’ll explain what a fork is. After that, we’ll look at the story behind Bitcoin Cash and its features.
**Bitcoin** was the first ever cryptocurrency and for many years it wasn’t very known. It is just like any other real currency. You can use it to buy, sell and trade for goods, services, investments and more.
The **blockchain** technology that it’s made of prevents it from being counterfeited. It also means it is not owned, issued or controlled by any one single group or party.
Today, Bitcoin is the most valuable cryptocurrency currently on the market. While other currencies are attempting to outrank Bitcoin and reduce its dominance over the digital-coin sector, few are getting close. However, Bitcoin Cash may be an exception to that due to the difference between Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash!
As Bitcoin Cash is a fork of Bitcoin, I’ll explain what a fork is before I explain Bitcoin Cash!
**A Fork**
There are quite a few Bitcoin forks, but none are as used or as well known as Bitcoin Cash. A fork is created when the original code of a blockchain is updated but only some of the nodes (computers) on the blockchain accept the update.
The original blockchain (like Bitcoin) remains the same, and the updated nodes split off from the original blockchain and create a new blockchain (like Bitcoin Cash) and the coins on the blockchain become separate and unique from the ones on the original blockchain.
Anyone holding the original coin at the time it was forked will automatically get the forked version of the coin they were holding. So, when Bitcoin forked to Bitcoin Cash, someone who had 10 BTC would automatically have received a certain number of BCH matching the value of their 10 BTC.
**Bitcoin Cash**
Like Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash is a cryptocurrency with its own blockchain. It works just like a digital currency and new BCH (Bitcoin Cash) is created through Bitcoin Cash mining. It was created at the end of 2016, making it much younger than Bitcoin.
Bitcoin was forked to create Bitcoin Cash because the developers of Bitcoin wanted to make some important changes to Bitcoin. The developers of the Bitcoin community could not come to an agreement concerning some of the changes that they wanted to make. So, a small group of these developers forked Bitcoin to create a new version of the same code with a few modifications.
The changes that make all the difference between Bitcoin Cash vs Bitcoin are these:
Bitcoin Cash has cheaper transfer fees (around $0.20 per transaction), so making transactions in BCH will save you more money than using BTC. A BTC transaction can cost around $1 USD per transaction, although it previously went up to around $25 per transaction!
BCH has faster transfer times. So, you don’t have to wait the 10 minutes it takes to verify a Bitcoin transaction!
BCH can handle more transactions per second. This means that more people can use BCH at the same time than they can with BTC.
All these changes are due to the fact that a Bitcoin Cash block (in the blockchain) is eight times bigger than a Bitcoin block. This makes BCH faster, cheaper and more scalable than Bitcoin. Bitcoin cash is becoming more and more adopted by the day because of this.
That's all for today, a little introduction of the two, have a good day.
How to Start Trading Cryptocurrency Online.
Even though the digital landscape as we currently know it is only a few decades old, the world of digital currency that is based on it is constantly changing. This is especially clear with the recent influx of popular cryptocurrencies that have debuted on the market, much to the delight of investors operating at different levels of expertise. Trading cryptocurrency online offers a unique set of advantages to those seeking their investment’s growth, thus explaining its increasing popularity. If you are interested in understanding more about how to trade cryptocurrency online, then the following primer should be of assistance.
**Research**
To begin exploring the vagaries of this particular market, you need to become more familiar with the different order types. While apps offered by broker services might help, you still need to understand the lingo and get the difference between what a limit order or market order is. If you trade on an exchange, you should also be well acquainted with the idea of slippage since, if done improperly, you run the risk of losing quite a bit of money.
Finally, remember that crypto markets lack the traditional liquidity in the same sense we apply it to other investments, so you will need to be careful when placing big orders on the market.
**Tech Savvy**
We should get this out of the way: trading cryptocurrency requires a degree of fluency with technology that is not for the faint of heart. So, if you are not familiar enough with technical know-how, then make sure to brush up on it now since it will take time. However, if you are excited about the prospect and already identify as something of a computer nerd, then the rest should be easy for you.
**Managing Technology Risk**
Much of the technology used to support the trading of cryptocurrency is new and thus retains a great deal of risk. If you live in Australia, for instance, and are interested to find out more, then research is necessary. Experts will tell you that you should first search for the best crypto exchange Australia based platform that will protect your online investment. There are still a few unknowns when trading at such a large scale, and both brokers and the software can be reactive in a shaky market. So, be mindful when securing the assistance of a broker and technological tool when trying to trade cryptocurrencies, and only seek out those that are vetted and have a track record of reliability.
**The Blockchain**
Cryptocurrencies are based on blockchain technology. However, there are major differences between quite a few. Some notes to consider when deciding on how to trade is the transaction processing speed, the supply currently available, and, perhaps most importantly, if there is a use for this currency in the real world, which will secure its value.
Not to put too fine a point on it, but make sure that the backers have a good reputation, and that the software or the currency itself is viable and makes sense.
While it is all based on fairly new technology, it engenders a great deal of hope. There are many benefits, provided that you do the proper research first, and look only at the reputable and verified avenues before settling in on the trading strategy.
The Cryptocurrency Moment
There’s a growing sense of urgency when it comes to ensuring that stimulus checks and election ballots reach their recipients on a timely basis. The economic recovery and the future of our democracy hinges on that. Yet, we’re using a technology invented by the ancient Egyptians more than 4,000 years ago, later perfected by the Chou dynasty in China and by Cyrus, the emperor of Persia. Organizing a modern postal system was one of the key decisions made by the Second Continental Congress in 1775. In the digital age, however, does it make sense to mail checks and ballots as if they were tangible products like medicines or shoes? The main advantage of postal systems is that they can potentially reach the entire population. By contrast, not everyone has a smartphone or a reliable Wi-Fi connection, or feels confident about using them. Still, the last few months have amply demonstrated that the American financial and election infrastructures are not up to speed.
More than two months after the CARES Act was enshrined into law, 30-35 million stimulus checks — about 20% of the total — had not yet been issued to their intended recipients, according to the U.S. Congress. Meanwhile, results from several primary elections were delayed by days or even weeks in states like New York, New Jersey, Kentucky and Georgia given the avalanche of votes by mail. The solution to many of these quandaries could come from the world of cryptocurrencies or, to be more precise, the technology underlying them. Progress in their adoption has been thwarted by government officials, monetary authorities, and bankers in the U.S. and abroad, who have swiftly come to the rescue of legal tender, predicting nothing short of economic and financial apocalypse if cryptocurrencies were to be widely adopted.
Watching the trials and tribulations of bitcoin and the reception given to Libra, the Facebook-led consortium, it seems clear that **cryptocurrencies are unlikely to be widely used unless they become much more than a mere substitute for money.** So far, cryptocurrencies have been used as a form of electronic cash in which transactions are authenticated by senders using cryptography. Payments and balances are recorded using blockchain technology, which provides for frictionless speed of transactions, transparency and security. (It has been estimated that breaking the bitcoin key is as likely as winning the Powerball nine times in a row.) Still, government officials and bankers are not persuaded they are necessary, or even useful. But what if we turned cryptocurrencies into multipurpose digital tokens with a use value far greater than as a form of cash? Traditional money has exchange value, but zero use value (apologies for appealing to Karl Marx to make the point). What if we reinvented money altogether so that it helps not just with payments but with elections as well? Every day, billions of transactions are made in the global market economy. With each one, there are at least two counterparties: For example, a buyer and seller, an insurer and insured, or a borrower and lender. More broadly, humans engage in all kinds of transactions where there is a party and counterparty, including legal agreements like marriage, divorce or a will that distributes property after someone dies. Digital tokens may make this whole process easier and cheaper. And it won’t end there. Virtually everything can be turned into a token, including equities, commodities, debt, real estate, art, births, civil unions, diplomas, votes and so on. Even data could be turned into a token, potentially disrupting the likes of Google and Facebook.
The beauty of the blockchain is that it enables all manner of lateral extensions from its original, intended purpose. One possibility is to combine digital currencies with smart contracts, digital record management and decentralized autonomous organizations — all ideas supported by the so-called Blockchain 2.0, first proposed half a decade ago. Tax collection might also be made less complex by automatically deducting the government’s share from every transaction recorded on the blockchain.
In general, the management of supply chains at companies would be simplified and accelerated though a combination of the mechanisms involving contract execution, record keeping, tracking, payment collection and restocking. Another lateral application of digital tokens would relate to the interaction between governments and citizens, political parties and their voters, or corporations and shareholders. Elections, for instance, are still conducted around the world using paper ballots or very rudimentary voting machines. Blockchain-enabled e-voting would eliminate the need for voting stations, making it more convenient to vote. Each citizen registered to vote would have a unique digital token for each candidate or issue being voted on. They could exercise the right to vote after authentication using a personal key. Engagement and turnout might increase, although digital accessibility is a concern that could augment inequality. In fact, with blockchain technology voter participation might be even higher among the better educated and more sophisticated groups of individuals who already have higher participation rates. For national elections, the stakes would be high. "It is not enough for the result to be fair and valid," argues a study published by the European Parliament. "The whole electorate, even if they are disappointed with the result, must accept that the process was legitimate and reliable. As such, beyond providing actual security and accuracy, [e-voting] must also inspire confidence and trust." What if we thought laterally in yet another direction? What if we used digital tokens and blockchain technology to force government officials to automatically act on campaign promises under certain pre-agreed conditions? Taxpayers would use cryptocurrency in exchange for accountability. For instance, after an election certain policies could be implemented through binding smart contracts or money allocated to specific budgetary categories. Or citizens could track how much the government is spending and whether it is fulfilling its promises. Smart contracts could be used throughout the economy, and not just in the context of government policymaking.
They include a set of instructions agreed upon by the parties to a transaction that would be automatically triggered if certain conditions are met. A simple example would be a loan contract whereby a lower insurance premium on a mortgage kicks in if the market interest rate goes down. A 2016 report by the U.K. Government Chief Scientific Advisor proposed using blockchain technology and digital tokens to improve government services by cutting costs, supporting compliance and fostering accountability. It would also help collect taxes, disburse benefits and make interactions with citizens more fluid. Several countries have already realized some of the potential of digital tokens. Estonia, home to the most advanced e-government in the world, so much so that it presents itself to the world as e-estonia. The citizens of this tiny country of 1.3 million can apply for benefits, obtain medical prescriptions, register their businesses, vote and access nearly 3,000 other government digital services online. In 2016, Wired named Estonia "the most advanced digital society in the world." Some African countries like Ghana and Kenya are at the forefront of global efforts to bring government closer to the people through technology. According to the World Bank, "the eGhana project represented a pioneering design for ICT [information and communication technology] projects that is being replicated in a number of African countries." An independent research team evaluated Kenya’s efforts and concluded that the country "has created an enabling political, legal and business environment that is suitable for the implementation of … e-government," bringing benefits such as a "reduction of bureaucracy, round the clock accessibility of services, fast and convenient transactions, increased transparency and accountability, improved staff productivity, and easy flow of information." The potential of multipurpose digital tokens is truly unlimited. A key geopolitical issue of our time is copyright infringement. Many a trade war has started as a result of systematic intellectual property theft, including the ongoing row between the U.S. and China. Copyright owners could enforce their rights much more easily if they accepted digital cash tied to royalty payments, offering companies and individuals a discount for using the system. A global economy powered by technology is no place for traditional, bureaucratic regulation and authentication of intellectual property use. This is especially the case with complex products such as cars or computers, and also with intangible content like software, music and video. Digital tokens could also give people and companies incentives to engage in pro-environmental behavior. One potentially important proposal is to enable companies and individuals to transform carbon credits into digital tokens that can be traded on an exchange or converted into cryptocurrency, or to help homeowners sell their excess solar power without the cumbersome paperwork involved in dealing with their local utility. EnergiMine, a startup, uses the blockchain to give people "gold stars" in the form of tokens if they reduce their carbon footprint by taking public transportation, replacing their old appliances with efficient ones, or better insulating their homes. The tokens can be used to pay for utility bills or exchanged for cryptocurrency at a discount. A similar system could be set up for certain categories of consumer goods that leave behind a large carbon footprint, including food, beverages, clothing and personal care products. Consumers would thus be able to gauge the environmental impact of their purchases. There’s an obvious downside to the use of information technologies to save the planet — it turns out they’re major contributors to climate change themselves. Forecasts indicate that by 2030 more than 20% of electricity will be used to power the information and telecommunications infrastructure, Nature reported. "Data centers contribute around 0.3% to overall carbon emissions, whereas the information and communications technology (ICT) ecosystem as a whole — under a sweeping definition that encompasses personal digital devices, mobile-phone networks and televisions — accounts for more than 2% of global emissions. That puts ICT’s carbon footprint on a par with the aviation industry’s emissions from fuel." That’s not even counting the anticipated increase in cryptocurrency trading, which is extremely energy consuming. "We are a very data-hungry society, we’re using more and more and more data and all of that is using more and more energy." Digital tokens could also be used to encourage the companies that operate data centers to use renewable sources of energy. Besides citizen services, intellectual property, and tackling climate change, digital tokens with both use and exchange value could provide a system for tracing guns, protecting endangered species and certifying the origin of diamonds, among many other applications. Cryptocurrencies will only capture the imagination of users — and perhaps regulators — if they transform the way in which we think about money and how we use money; if they open new horizons and possibilities not only for doing business or managing our personal finances but for improving our lives. If digital currencies merely substitute for cash, then we might be disappointed. But if we can do away with the high costs of moving cash around while at the same time providing incentives for individuals to preserve resources or diminish their carbon footprint, then we might witness a tectonic shift in the world of finance — and create a better future at the same time. Ultimately, digital tokens are a formidable tool when it comes to encouraging individual and group behavior that helps society. For digital tokens to become widely used, people need to receive some immediate benefit (like ease of use or a reduced cost per transaction) in addition to the long-term benefit to everyone in society (a reduction in carbon emissions). For instance, the interest paid on my holdings of cryptocurrency should be higher if I reduce my wasteful behavior concerning food and clothes by sharing them on a digital platform. Cryptocurrencies will triumph only to the extent that entrepreneurs find ways to integrate more uses into them. It’s clearly too late to make digital tokens available to deliver stimulus money or election ballots. But it’s never too early to start designing a better, more reliable and fairer system for it to be ready for the next election — or the next big crisis.
Where are Bitcoin’s ‘Retail’ Investors?
Imagine I told you about a technology that could revolutionize finance and governance.
As the #1 disruptor of a $100 trillion market, it has a massive first-mover advantage over its peers. Thousands of developers already use it, several big companies now sell it, and a few billionaires launched new ventures to make it more valuable, useful, and popular.
Since its inception, its value has grown over one million percent. Over the past 18 months, its price has tripled. It’s up almost 50 percent so far this year—and it still hasn’t even captured 1% of its target market.
Would you consider putting any money into that opportunity?
Wouldn’t touch it with a ten-foot pole
If you’re like most people, the answer is no. Even though almost everybody knows about this investment, only about 1.5% of people own even a penny’s worth.
I’m talking about bitcoin, of course.
Does this seem odd? After all, in 2017, people mortgaged their houses and sold all their possessions to buy bitcoin at $20,000. Millions of millennials opened up Coinbase and Binance accounts. They all bought into ICOs and scams. Everybody lost all their money.
Where did these people go? Do they suddenly not care? Don’t they want their money back?
What if retail was never into bitcoin as much as you thought?
According to Statistica, there were about 24 million bitcoin wallets at the beginning of 2018, right at the end of the 2017 boom that brought bitcoin to the mainstream.
Since many people owned several wallets, the true number of bitcoin users was much lower.
Of course, exchanges combined many people’s bitcoins into a single wallet, so maybe not too much lower. Given the pseudonymous nature of bitcoin, it’s hard to get compelling data (one of my sources called that a “heuristic nightmare”).
Regardless of how you do the math, the conclusion is the same: few people held bitcoin during the 2017 boom. A recent report from Cambridge Center for Alternative Finance put the number at 35 million in 2018.
Let’s look at today.
The six biggest cryptocurrency exchanges report only 48 million combined accounts. Cambridge estimates there are only 101 million overall users across all service providers, including peer-to-peer exchanges and OTC desks, but also acknowledges that number is an overestimate.
On top of that, only about $4 billion worth of bitcoin sits in investment funds from Grayscale, Bitwise, 3iQ and other fund managers.
While nobody knows how many people that represents, it’s safe to say most of those people are not retail investors.
Size matters
Also, of those that hold bitcoin now, most hold little. The “Bitcoin Rich List” shows over 70 percent of wallets have less than $100 worth of bitcoin (equivalent to $200 at bitcoin’s 2017 peak).
It’s likely that retail never came into the market in large force.
More likely, 2017’s boom came from a small number of people putting a little money into a tiny asset all at the same time.
It seemed big because bitcoin was so small.
Try scooping a pint glass into the ocean and pouring it into a thimble. Barely anything for the ocean. A deluge for the thimble.
Heads in the sand or smartest people in the room?
Retail investors do not have access to financial networks or industry research.
Plus, they have bills and other things to pay for. Many have only a little money to invest, and they’re not going to put it into an asset as volatile as bitcoin.
Perhaps that’s smart of them. After all, bitcoin is still down 50% from its peak price.
If they didn’t buy in 2017, when “everybody” else did, they’re not going to buy now, when the world is struggling with pandemic disease and financial stress.
At least the Fed will prop up the stock market. Bitcoin, no way.
Does that mean retail investors will never arrive?
We shall see.
Wall Street’s making it safe to buy and sell crypto, developers are making it easier to use crypto, and market cycles are on schedule to push prices up again.
Bitcoin’s network continues to grow. Bitcoin investment funds do, too. So does the world’s money supply.
Meanwhile, Wall Street’s fees for traditional financial products continue to fall. On top of that, most mainstream financial investments have lost their yields or gained new risks (sometimes, both).
At what point do money managers decide their fiduciary duties compel them to put some money into the best performing asset of the past decade?
When do financial advisors tell their clients to put a little money into a bitcoin fund, “just in case” it booms? How low do bond yields and stock dividends go before investors rebalance into “the fastest horse,” as investment legend Paul Tudor Jones calls it?
At what point does your average person decide it’s worth taking a chance on bitcoin?
The question is not when will retail investors come back to bitcoin. They were never there in the first place.
The question is, what happens when they arrive?
Cryptocurrency: key to become rich?
Bitcoin,Ethereum,Litecoin,Ripple,Dogecoin, and Bitcoin Cash are just some example of cryptocurrency circulating in the world. So what is this cryptocurrency? Why is it popular and most people want to own it? Can this thing make us rich? Is it more valuable than gold? And how can we earn cryptocurrency?
A cryptocurrency is just like other currencies which can be use to buy goods and services, However unlike other currencies cryptocurrency are digital in form and use cryptography to provide secure online transaction. 2009 the first cryptocurrency was founded which is bitcoin, that time perhaps the value of bitcoin is not that valuable compare today, if a person hold thousand of bitcoin that year he or she is probably rich today, but that is not always the case because I believe that it is part of humanity to doubt, there might people who believe on that project,However there were always people who are uncertain because perhaps afraid to invest. If today we look on that same scenario and analyze it thoroughly we might have the chance to become rich just like the people who invest on bitcoin and hold it for many years,However investing and holding cryptocurrency is not easy as slicing pizza we need wisdom and knowledge on it, there are thousands of cryptocurrency but that does not mean you will invest and hold everything, perhaps you will just choose top three or five that you feel like it has the potential to grow. You can earn cryptocurrency for free or purchase it in low price. So cryptocurrency is the key to become rich? In my humble perspective NO, it is just a door which we are uncertain what is inside, I believe wisdom and knowledge is the key to success which can open that door enlighten us for an answer.
Never End
In the breeze of the night
The moon lost its sight
The wolf was fright
For there's no light
The wind called the rain
Storm started to reign
The wolf feel the pain
Of its undying sin
Cave as its shelter
Trace by the hunter
Run in the center
Not to surrender
In the midst of nothing
Birds are singing
Grasses are dancing
Clouds are opening
A sound of a trumpet
Did not become a secret
Everything are on set
No need to regret
There is no Fairy
Lost in a formless dark
Waiting for someone to bark
There was a mark
Of a lost cursed ark
Carved in a hidden wark
In a solemn night
she lost her sight
She was fright
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Is not that bright
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It was back then happy
Everything was fine and gloomy
Day by day was just a normal day
Laughing spontaneously
It’s a dead star
Leaving her heart a scar
She’s in a war
Without a lar
Tear drops,snap her out
Wishing for a fairy
To come and rush
Heal her pain, make her happy
But a fairy lost its track
She whispered
“There’s no fairy.”
3AM Thoughts
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