Alamance Countys proposed sales tax increase has failed again.

It was the second time the measure has been put before voters in an effort to ease the property tax burden incurred by $189.6 million in bonds that voters approved for education in November 2018.

This time, the measure failed by nearly 19 percentage points.

Here are all of Tuesdays primary election results in Alamance County:

Local races

ALAMANCE COUNTY LOCAL SALES AND USE TAX

Against 18,183 votes, 59.4%

For 12,428 votes, 40.6%

ALAMANCE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, Republican Party (vote for three)

William (Bill) Lashley (son of incumbent) 7,324 votes, 21.12%

John Paisley, Jr. 6,751 vote, 19.46%

Pamela Tyler Thompson 5,827 votes, 16.8%

James Kirkpatrick 5,675 votes, 16.36%

Blake E. Williams 3,668 votes, 10.57%

Jim Johnson 3,341 vote, 9.63%

David Michael Spruill 2,100 votes, 6.05%

ALAMANCE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, Democratic Party (vote for three)

Kristen Powers 10,588 votes, 27.08%

Bob Byrd 10,058 votes, 25.72%

Dreama J. Caldwell 7,098 votes, 18.15%

Anthony Pierce 6,131 vote, 15.68%

Henry Vines 5,226 votes, 13.37%

N.C. DISTRICT COURT JUDGE DISTRICT 15A SEAT 3, Republican Party (vote for one)

Rick Champion 7,561 vote, 58.16%

Julian M. Doby 5,440 votes, 41.84%

ALAMANCE COUNTY REGISTER OF DEEDS, Republican Party (vote for one)

David Barber 6,793 votes, 53.44%

Cheryl Halacheff Marley 5,919 votes, 46.56%

State and national races

N.C. HOUSE, DISTRICT 64, Republican Party (vote for one)

Precincts Reported: 19 of 19

Dennis Riddell 6,225 votes, 83.32%

Peter McClelland 1,246 votes, 16.68%

N.C. GOVERNOR, Democratic Party (vote for one)

Roy Cooper 14,885 votes, 86.89%

Ernest T. Reeves 2,245 votes, 13.11%

N.C. GOVERNOR, Republican Party (vote for one)

Dan Forest 11,956 votes, 89.73%

Holly Grange 1,369 votes, 10.27%

N.C. LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, Democratic Party (vote for one)

Yvonne Lewis Holley 4,517 votes, 28.99%

Terry Van Duyn 3,985 votes, 25.58%

Allen Thomas 2,262 votes, 14.52%

Chaz Beasley 2,260 votes, 14.5%

Bill Toole 1,406 votes, 9.02%

Ron Newton 1,151 vote, 7.39%

N.C. LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, Republican Party (vote for one)

Mark Robinson 5,000 votes, 39.51%

Mark Johnson 2,010 votes, 15.88%

John L. Ritter 1,543 votes, 12.19%

Andy Wells 1,405 votes, 11.1%

Scott Stone 610 votes, 4.82%

Deborah Cochran 601 vote, 4.75%

Renee Ellmers 557 votes, 4.4%

Greg Gebhardt 551 vote, 4.35%

Buddy Bengel 379 votes, 2.99%

N.C. ATTORNEY GENERAL, Republican Party (vote for one)

Jim O'Neill 7,208 votes, 57.32%

Sam Hayes 2,801 vote, 22.27%

Christine Mumma 2,566 votes, 20.41%

N.C. AUDITOR, Democratic Party (vote for one)

Beth A. Wood 11,764 votes, 75.18%

Luis A. Toledo 3,883 votes, 24.82%

N.C. AUDITOR, Republican Party (vote for one)

Anthony Wayne (Tony) Street 6,852 votes, 59.18%

Tim Hoegemeyer 4,726 votes, 40.82%

N.C. COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE, Democratic Party (vote for one)

Jenna Wadsworth 7,873 votes, 51.42%

Walter Smith 4,682 votes, 30.58%

Donovan Alexander Watson 2,755 votes, 17.99%

N.C. COMMISSIONER OF INSURANCE, Republican Party (vote for one)

Mike Causey 8,594 votes, 70.54%

Ronald Pierce 3,589 votes, 29.46%

N.C. COMMISSIONER OF LABOR, Republican Party (vote for one)

Chuck Stanley 4,894 votes, 42.38%

Josh Dobson 4,697 votes, 40.68%

Pearl Burris Floyd 1,956 votes, 16.94%

N.C. SECRETARY OF STATE, Republican Party (vote for one)

E.C. Sykes 5,504 votes, 46.68%

Chad Brown 4,035 votes, 34.22%

Michael LaPaglia 2,253 votes, 19.11%

N.C. SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION, Democratic Party (vote for one)

Jen Mangrum 4,911 vote, 31.84%

Constance (Lav) Johnson 4,081 vote, 26.46%

Keith A. Sutton 3,095 votes, 20.06%

James Barrett 1,938 votes, 12.56%

Michael Maher 1,401 vote, 9.08%

N.C. SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION, Republican Party (vote for one)

Catherine Truitt 7,015 votes, 59.66%

Craig Horn 4,744 votes, 40.34%

N.C. TREASURER, Democratic Party (vote for one)

Ronnie Chatterji 6,773 votes, 43.24%

Dimple Ajmera 4,734 votes, 30.22%

Matt Leatherman 4,156 votes, 26.53%

U.S. SENATE, Democratic Party (vote for one)

Cal Cunningham 9,971 vote, 59.68%

Erica D. Smith 5,286 votes, 31.64%

Trevor M. Fuller 665 votes, 3.98%

Steve Swenson 509 votes, 3.05%

Atul Goel 277 votes, 1.66%

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Alamance County makes its choices at the polls - Burlington Times News

Weve heard many times how crypto enthusiasts and figures make interesting proposals for Bitcoin (BTC) to be adopted around the world even further. This time, Tim Draper, the recognized investor and billionaire, shared his view about the United States and how he would use Bitcoin rather than U.S. dollars to move the economy.

In a recent blog post released by Mr. Draper, he shared his views about what would look like a day of his presidency. The first two things that he mentioned are decentralization and Bitcoin. Indeed, he would work in order for the economy and the government to be driven by decentralization.

Blockchain networks that are represented mostly in virtual currencies have promoted decentralization as something that would be much better than centralized systems. Clearly, there are many advantages of decentralizing processes and systems. However, there are still some things that must be solved before it is possible for decentralized systems to become 100% efficient.

The second thing that he stated is related to Bitcoin and how he would make if the national currency of the United States. Bitcoin is the largest virtual currency in the market and the one that many companies and firms are starting to accept as a means of payment. Moreover, investors are also looking at it as an investment asset that could eventually provide investors with large benefits in the long term.

In this first paragraph, he mentioned many other things that he would do if he would be elected president. For example, he mentioned he would release Ross Ulbricht, who was running the Silk Road, a marketplace to sell illegal goods and services, or he stated that he would make any increases in government worker salaries tied to GDP growth.

On the matter, he wrote:

I would drive decentralization. Make Bitcoin a national currency. Break California into 6 states. Release Ross Ulbricht. Have people use Aragon for trial by jury. Make any increases in government worker salaries tied to GDP growth (rather than cpi).

This is just one of the many proposals to help Bitcoin reach a larger number of users. It is worth mentioning that Draper is not officially running for U.S. president and that John McAfee has previously tried to run for president as well. John McAfee has proposed many times to bring blockchain technology to the U.S., decentralize the government and promote the usage of cryptocurrencies.

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Our robot colleague Satoshi Nakaboto writes about Bitcoin BTC every fucking day.

Welcome to another edition of Bitcoin Today, where I, Satoshi Nakaboto, tell you whats been going on with Bitcoin in the past 24 hours. As Aristotle used to say: Lets get this bread!

We closed the day, February 26 2020, at a price of $8,820. Thats a worrying 5.54 percent decline in 24 hours, or -$517.77. It was the lowest closing price in thirty days.

Were still 56 percent below Bitcoins all-time high of $20,089 (December 17 2017).

Bitcoins market cap ended the day at $160,879,489,024. It now commands 65 percent of the total crypto market.

Yesterdays volume of $50,420,050,762 was the highest in two thousand, four hundred and ninety-five days, 166 percent above last years average, and 1 percent below last years high.That means that yesterday, the Bitcoin network shifted the equivalent of 950 tons of gold.

A total of 329,831 transactions were conducted yesterday, which is 1 percent above last years average and 27 percent below last years high.

Yesterdays average transaction fee concerned $0.39. Thats $3.32 below last years high of $3.71.

As of now, there are 12,750 Bitcoin millionaires, or addresses containing more than $1 million worth of Bitcoin.

Furthermore, the top 10 Bitcoin addresses house 5.8 percent of the total supply, the top 100 14.9 percent, and the top 1000 34.7 percent.

With a market capitalization of $163 Billion, NVIDIA has a market capitalization most similar to that of Bitcoin at the moment.

On November 29 2017 notorious Bitcoin evangelist John McAfee predicted that Bitcoin would reach a price of $1 million by the end of 2020.

He even promised to eat his own dick if it doesnt. Unfortunately for him its 96.1 percent behind being on track. Bitcoins price should have been $224,867 by now, according to dickline.info.

Yesterday 27,388 fresh tweets about Bitcoin were sent out into the world. Thats 48.4 percent above last years average. The maximum amount of tweets per day last year about Bitcoin was 75,543.

This was one of yesterdays most engaged tweets about Bitcoin:

This was yesterdays most upvoted Reddit post about Bitcoin:

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Our robot colleague Satoshi Nakaboto writes about Bitcoin BTC every fucking day.

Welcome to another edition of Bitcoin Today, where I, Satoshi Nakaboto, tell you whats been going on with Bitcoin in the past 24 hours. As Hannah Arendt used to say: Crack open this tasty lobster!

We closed the day, February 27 2020, at a price of $8,784. Thats a minor 0.46 percent decline in 24 hours, or -$40.60. It was the lowest closing price in thirty-one days.

Were still 56 percent below Bitcoins all-time high of $20,089 (December 17 2017).

Bitcoins market cap ended the day at $160,238,496,932. It now commands 65 percent of the total crypto market.

Yesterdays volume of $45,470,195,695 was the lowest in one day, 139 percent above last years average, and 9 percent below last years high.That means that yesterday, the Bitcoin network shifted the equivalent of 870 tons of gold.

A total of 338,634 transactions were conducted yesterday, which is 3 percent above last years average and 25 percent below last years high.

Yesterdays average transaction fee concerned $0.34. Thats $3.37 below last years high of $3.71.

As of now, there are 12,737 Bitcoin millionaires, or addresses containing more than $1 million worth of Bitcoin.

Furthermore, the top 10 Bitcoin addresses house 5.8 percent of the total supply, the top 100 14.9 percent, and the top 1000 34.7 percent.

With a market capitalization of $162 Billion, Oracle has a market capitalization most similar to that of Bitcoin at the moment.

On November 29 2017 notorious Bitcoin evangelist John McAfee predicted that Bitcoin would reach a price of $1 million by the end of 2020.

He even promised to eat his own dick if it doesnt. Unfortunately for him its 96.1 percent behind being on track. Bitcoins price should have been $225,955 by now, according to dickline.info.

Yesterday 25,882 fresh tweets about Bitcoin were sent out into the world. Thats 40.2 percent above last years average. The maximum amount of tweets per day last year about Bitcoin was 75,543.

This was one of yesterdays most engaged tweets about Bitcoin:

This was yesterdays most upvoted Reddit post about Bitcoin:

Drug dealer loses $60m bitcoin fortune after landlord accidentally threw away his codes from r/Drugs

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Satoshi Nakaboto: Steven Seagal to pay $330K settlement for promoting a Bitcoin scam - The Next Web

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John McAfee is by far one of the most interesting, as well as the most controversial public figures today. He has had an eventful life, which led him from being a door-to-door salesman to being an anti-virus maker and a cryptoanalyst, with numerous substance abuse incidents, countless lawsuits, and several arrests in between.

He also moved to Belize for a while, he attempted to run for president of the US, created his political party, and much more. His life filled with fascinating anecdotes, disputed events, and surprising twists that have brought him to where he is now. With that in mind, here are seven interesting facts you probably did not know about John McAfee.

McAfee was born in the UK on September 18th, 1945. While he was still very young, his parents moved to Roanoke, Virginia. He had a difficult childhood, with his father being an alcoholic and committing suicide when McAfee was 15 years old. He then went to Roanoke College, where his alcohol abuse originally started.

McAfee has had quite a colorful business career, and he started off selling magazines door-to-door. After that, he started working at a firm that coded punch-card systems, which is where he became familiar with the basics of computing. With this knowledge, he managed to get a job at the Missouri Pacific Railroad, where he worked on using the new computer system for creating train schedules.

In the 1970s, he moved to Silicon Valley, where he worked for different technology companies. In 1986, the first big computer virus hit PCs, which is when he decided to start his own anti-virus company. Soon enough, his security software was used by some of the largest firms around the world, although individual users were still unaware of the online threats and not particularly interested in applying his anti-virus. However, when another virus called Michelangelo hit in 1992, infecting over 5 million computers, the demand for protection software made McAfees anti-virus the most popular one around.

He resigned from his company in 1994, when he decided to retire and keep a low profile. He spent years lecturing at a business school, advising startups, and working on his own smaller projects.

As mentioned, McAfee started drinking in college, which continued throughout his business career. He also began experimenting with harder drugs, often during working hours. One day he bought a psychedelic DMT, and after using it, he felt nothing. He then decided to use the entire bag, which caused vivid hallucinations, paranoia, and hearing voices. He ended up running out to the streets and hiding behind a trash can, with people approaching him and asking questions which he was unable to understand.

He continued using drugs after the incident as well, until 1983, when he started feeling alone and scared, which is when he decided to seek help.

After quitting his company, McAfee agreed to sell his shares, which brought him quite a wealth. With $100 million in his possession, many believed he was set for life. However, in 2008, the global financial crisis that inspired the creation of Bitcoin affected McAfees fortune quite strongly, and he lost an estimated 96% of what he owned.

Later in the 2000s, McAfee believed that the world of antibiotics is the next big thing where he can make a breakthrough, so he sold everything and moved to Belize to work with the company called Quorumex.

Whilethere, however, he became convinced that he is being followed and watched, which eventually led to him losing connection to society. Later, in 2012, he fled the country after becoming a person of interest in a murder case that involved the death of his neighbor, Gregory Faull.

He was living in Guatemala when the countrys police arrested him for illegal entry, and after being detained for some time, he was sent back to the US.

After returning to the US, he received a lot of attention, which he decided to use in September 2015 when he decided to start a new political party called The Cyber Party. He also attempted to run for the president of the US. He tried to join the Libertarian Party, but he failed to win the nomination, with New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson winning it instead.

Finally, he got involved with a mysterious tech company called MGT Technologies, which invested in games and cybersecurity, but also in a small drugmaker. Soon enough, McAfee left the company, which is when he developed an interest in digital currencies.

He developed a particular interest in Bitcoin and had made some of the most bullish claims to date, stating that Bitcoin will hit $1,000,000 by 2020. And if not he will eat his di** (evidence ahead). While there is no way of knowing whether or not this will happen, many consider him a tech genius, which is why many had taken his predictions to be extreme, but possible.

We recently had a chance to interview Mr. McAfee. For the past months, he had been hiding in a so-called cage. McAfee doesnt reveal where the cage is located:

Theyre going against me, but they cant find me. Nobody can find me in a cage in some unknown place in the world specifically so that I can do what Im doing: building a distributed exchange that cant be shut down. Do you understand? This is the world we live in. If youre going to do things like Im doing, youd better be prepared to go underground. Youd better be prepared for the SEC to come., As been told by him to CryptoPotato.

In the full interview, McAfee reveals how he had found out about Bitcoin and talks about his famous Bitcoin to $1 million predictions.

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John McAfee of antivirus software fame has arrived in London from the Dominican Republic, where he had been detained for several days with his wife and several others for entering the Caribbean nation with a cache of weapons on his yacht, his lawyer said Friday.

Authorities asked him where he wanted to go, and he decided on London, his attorney Candido Simon told Reuters.

News of his arrival in the UK came two days after McAfee, 73, the eponymous founder of the PC software security giant, said on Twitter that he was released after four days of confinement along with five other people, including his wife, Janice.

I was well treated. My superiors were friendly and helpful. In spite of the helpful circumstances, weve decided to move on, the British-born tech guru said in a tweet Wednesday.

After Dominican authorities ensured that the US had no active legal cases or extradition requests for McAfee, they allowed him to choose where he wanted to go, Simon said.

McAfee has been sought by US tax authorities since January 2012, when he announced that he had fled the country and living in exile on a boat because of felony charges handed down by the Internal Revenue Service.

A spokesman for the IRS told The Post on Friday that he could not release any information about the case, as per policy.

McAfee who is seeking the Libertarian Partys nomination for US president in 2020 asked his Twitter followers on Friday whether he should also campaign to be British prime minister.

Can a person run for, and be, President of the United States and Prime Minister of Great Britain simultaneously? Yes. Absolutely. Without question. But I believe I am one of the few people still alive who could qualify for the combined position, he tweeted.

Earlier this week, McAfee docked his yacht, Great Mystery, in Puerto Plata, a province on the DRs Atlantic north coast, where the weapons and ammo stash was seized, Reuters reported.

Customs officials said they found pistols, a shotgun and bars of suspected silver on the yacht.

While in custody, McAfee retweeted a photo posted by his wife of himself sitting shirtless in a cell.

@theemrsmcafee insisted I looked better in this jailhouse photo since I was smiling. Janice was incarcerated in the cellblock next door at the same time. She just forgot how to properly smuggle phones, he wrote.

My crime is not filing tax returns not a crime. The rest is propaganda by the U.S. government to silence me. My voice is the voice of dissent. If I am silenced, dissent itself will be next, he wrote in a July 19 tweet.

The CIA has attempted to collect us. We are at sea now and will report more soon. I will continue to be dark for the next few days, he said in another tweet, which included a photograph of himself and a woman brandishing rifles.

On July 22, he wrote that they had been at sea 4 and a half in rough weather. Nearing port. All is well. Will be back in the saddle shortly.

McAfee said he couldnt wait to get off of this God forsaken boat that lost air conditioning and water 18 hours into the trip. None of us have bathed for 5 days.

His Twitter account was later taken over by his campaign manager Rob Benedicto Pacifico Juan Maria Loggia-Ramirez, who wrote: If John misses his next check-in, events will be set into motion that I cannot prevent once they have begun.

John has secreted data with individuals across the world. I know neither their identities or locations. They will release their payloads if John goes missing.

McAfee said in a video earlier this year that he was charged for using cryptocurrencies in criminal acts by Tennessee authorities, according to bitcoin.com.

I am running my campaign in exile on this boat for the duration I will not allow them to imprison me and shut my voice down, which they will do immediately Why? I am a flight risk. Obviously, I am in flight, McAfee said in the video.

The cybersecurity pioneer also boasted in a Jan. 3 tweet that he had not filed a tax return for 8 years, saying taxation is illegal and that his net income is negative.

At the peak of his wealth, McAfees net worth topped $100 million but he reportedly lost the bulk of his fortune during the global financial crisis in 2009.

He then liquidated his assets and moved to Belize, where he surrounded himself with a harem of young women many of whom moved in with him at his heavily fortified beachfront compound on Ambergris Caye.

In 2012, Belize police said McAfee was a person of interest in the murder of a neighbor. He told the news outlet Wired in November of that year that he was forced into hiding because local authorities were trying to kill him.

Prime Minister Dean Barrow dismissed the allegations, describing McAfee as extremely paranoid even bonkers.

McAfee was later arrested in Guatemala, where he sought political asylum but was charged with entering the country illegally. He was hospitalized for suspected heart attacks, which he later claimed he faked to avoid being handed over to police in Belize.

On Dec. 21, 2012, Guatemalan authorities deported him to the US, where he reportedly met Janice, who solicited him as a prostitute in South Beach, Florida.

The couple have lived in constant fear of his assassination by agents of the Belize government, according to a Newsweek report.

McAfee sold his famous anti-virus software company, which he founded in 1987, in 1994 for about $75 million.

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Presidential campaign of John McAfee

The 2020 presidential campaign of John McAfee, anti-virus software pioneer and cryptocurrency investor, was formally launched on June 3, 2018.

McAfee previously ran for president in 2016. He was initially the candidate for the Cyber Party, a party which he had created. In December 2015, McAfee re-announced his candidacy under the Libertarian Party. During the campaign, McAfee was considered a front-runner for the nomination, and participated in the first televised Libertarian primary debates. At the convention, McAfee came in third place, with 14.1% of the delegates on the second ballot, behind Austin Petersen and the Libertarian Party nominee Gary Johnson. Following the convention, McAfee declined to endorse the Johnson campaign, and announced that he would not run for office again.[citation needed]

Contrary to his assertion at the 2016 convention, McAfee announced on June 3, 2018 via Twitter that he would run for President again in 2020, either with the Libertarian Party or under the banner of a party of his own creation.[2] On January 22, McAfee announced via Twitter that he would be continuing his campaign "in exile", following reports that he, his wife, and four of his campaign staff were being indicted for tax-related felonies by the IRS. McAfee indicated that he was in "international waters", and had previously tweeted that he was on his way to Venezuela.[3] The IRS has not commented on the alleged indictments.[4] On June 29, McAfee tweeted that his campaign headquarters was relocated to Havana, Cuba.[1] Around the same time, McAfee defended Communist revolutionary Che Guevara on Twitter, putting himself at odds with the Libertarian Party, with Libertarian National Committee chairman Nicholas Sarwark saying, "I hear very little buzz about McAfee this time around...making a defense of Che Guevara from Cuba may ingratiate him with the Cuban government, but it didn't resonate well with Libertarians."[5]

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-- There are many different versions of security software founder John McAfee.

He has gone from being known as a multimillionaire tech legend, to making headlines as a "person of interest" in a mysterious killing in Belize, to launching new tech companies, to running to become a presidential candidate, to living in rural Tennessee. The one constant these days is his state of mind -- his belief that people are after him.

Im a mad man to some people because I dont follow the normal rules, McAfee told ABC News Matt Gutman in an exclusive series of interviews this spring for an ABC News "20/20" report. You know, the drummer that leads me is an odd drummer, but I follow the sound.

McAfee, 71, is best known for developing antivirus software in the 1980s that bears his name and helping to pioneer instant-messaging in the 1990s. He says he wrote the antivirus program in a day and a half and that 4 million people were using it within a month.

He sold his shares in the software company in the mid-90s, and reportedly made $100 million, though McAfee told ABC News his fortune was worth much more. But, he added, I wasted it, like everybody who has money.

McAfee built nine homes, filling them with expensive art, furniture and oddities, such as a dinosaur skull, and he bought a fleet of planes and antique cars. He created a yoga retreat in Colorado that hosted 200 guests at a time and set up a center in New Mexico for a new sport called aero-trekking.

But then the recession hit McAfee hard and in 2009, he said he liquidated his assets, and several of his properties and possessions were auctioned off. But he later said he didnt lose his all of his fortune, and had set up the auctions to try to fool the media.

Ive had 200 lawsuits in my life because my name is John McAfee, he told ABC News. No, I didnt lose everything. I wanted to stop people from trying to sue me.

So McAfee packed up and moved to Belize. When asked what made him go to the Central American country, McAfee joked, because Im a stupid man.

John McAfee's home in Belize, Ambergris Caye, is pictured here.

In 2009, he started a company that he said would manufacture plants from the Belize jungle into antibiotics. His lab was raided in May 2012 by the police departments Gang Suppression Unit on suspicion he was manufacturing methamphetamine. He says the raid was retribution for his refusal to be extorted by the government. No illegal drugs were found during the raid. He was never charged and the lab was eventually shut down.

The Belize government declined ABC News request for comment.

McAfee was catapulted to the headlines again in November 2012. This time Belizean authorities linked him to a more serious crime, naming him "a person of interest" in the mysterious slaying of 52-year-old Gregory Faull, a U.S. man who was McAfees neighbor two doors down from McAfees beachside compound. McAfee went into hiding, telling ABC News at the time he was afraid the authorities were trying to kill him.

He has denied any involvement in Faull's death.

After being on the run for almost a month, McAfee was arrested in Guatemala by Guatemalan immigration officials for entering the country illegally. He was about to be deported back to Belize when he collapsed. McAfee later said he had faked a heart attack.

Sure, I faked it, he said. What would you have done?

He was never arrested or charged in connection with Faull's death, and McAfees attorney in Guatemala was able to obtain a stay of deportation to Belize for him. Soon after, Guatemalan authorities deported him to Miami, where he met his future wife Janice Dyson McAfee, a former prostitute at a restaurant.

I instantly saw in Janice what I had been looking for my entire life, McAfee said.

It was, I dont know how to say it, magical, Janice told ABC News. He saw the hurt that was there. He saw the human in me. He thought I was worthy enough of a second chance.

"I had nothing to do with the murder of Gregory Faull," McAfee told ABC News "20/20" in an exclusive interview with him and his wife, Janice.

McAfee and his wife now live in Lexington, Tennessee. He has an armed body guard with him everywhere he goes and his home sports a large gun collection.

I have no fascination with guns, he said. I have a fascination with survival.

McAfee and his wife are convinced that they have been followed for the past four years.

We have been chased for days, he said. You could see the same cars and trucks over and over and over.

McAfee was the subject of filmmaker Nanette Bursteins Showtime documentary, Gringo, released last year, which alleged McAfee was responsible for Faulls death.

One of the people featured in the film was McAfees property caretaker in Belize named Cassian Chavarria, who says in the film McAfee paid to have Faull killed, though the supposed hit man he named denied all wrongdoing.

When asked about the documentary recently, McAfee laughed it all off, saying Burstein paid Chavarria to make false statements. After the film was released, McAfee posted multiple videos online with Chavarria and others who said they had lied to Burstein.

Let me make this perfectly clear, McAfee told ABC News. I had nothing to do with the murder of Gregory Faull.

Burstein told ABC News that she didnt pay for interviews, though she said she did pay what she called a nomral fee for some photos. She says McAfee paid Chavarria to recant his story.

I called him and said listen, why did you do this? she said. He said, Someone showed up at my house who works for John and they offered me thousands of dollars to say this.

An attorney for Chavarria and three others featured in the film held a press conference in Belize City shortly after the film was released, in which they all claimed they had lied in the documentary to get money from filmmakers for their interviews.

McAfee denies paying off people from the documentary to recant what they said - Chavarria also denied at the 2016 press conference that McAfee had paid him -- but at one point, McAfee did threaten to walk out of the ABC News interview if our questions about Belize continued. McAfees only conditions for the interview were that ABC News adhere to his schedule and location.

Since being back in the states, McAfee hasnt completely avoided legal trouble. In August 2015, he was pulled over in Henderson County, Tennessee, on suspicion of driving under the influence. He says he wasnt drunk, but high on Xanax, which he said a doctor had prescribed. He pleaded guilty to a DUI, and has yet to get his suspended license back.

Though he may not have the fortune he once did, McAfee does paid speaking engagements at cybertech conferences, where some in the hacking world consider him to be a visionary. He took his public persona to a whole new level last year when he ran to become the Libertarian Party candidate for president. He finished as a runner-up to Gary Johnson.

McAfee is the CEO of MGT Capital, a company that invests in cybersecurity, such as a cellphone that McAfee says is the first that cannot be hacked.

He also demonstrated a NFC ring, or near field communications ring, which he did not develop, but said could have downloaded a script which took full control of your phone.

Youre living in an age of no privacy, he added.

Given the worlds obsession with hacking, McAfee could be looking to make another comeback.

Its an opportunity for me to speak again, he said. People are listening.

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The antivirus guru and a prominent crypto bull John McAfee has not been tweeting about cryptocurrencies for a while busy talking to his followers about the permanent faults of the US government and the taxation system.

However, a few hours ago, he resumed his perpetual discussion of virtues that cryptocurrencies privacy coins in particular have.

In a recent tweet, John McAfee praises privacy coins or rather he praises criminals for being the first to adopt all valuable technical novelties automobiles, the telephone and now they are welcoming privacy coins.

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Authorities are always behind. Now, they [criminals] have validated the power of privacy. Thank God!

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In the second tweet in the thread, McAfee continues the discussion, revealing the reasons, why the authorities are perpetually behind.

McAfee believes that this is down to bureaucracy. Bureaucrats have a high level of incompetence, the crypto baron says.

They use their power to slow the rate of society's progress down to their own level of incompetence.

Recently, the former antivirus mogul revealed that he believes Bitcoin to be ancient technology, saying that he no longer bets on BTC as a toolto change the global financial system.

As per him, blockchains that are appearing now are much better and all his BTC promo campaign, the prediction that BTC will hit $1 mln and a promise to eat his penis if it does not have proved to be just a bait to attract new users into the crypto sphere.

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The CEO of Binance cryptocurrency exchange is striking back at a report that the exchange is not licensed to operate in Malta, calling it quite a bit of FUD. This case about Binance operating in Malta stems from a public statement recently published by Maltas chief financial regulatory body stating that the crypto exchange is not licensed to operate in the country.

The question about where Binance is actually headquartered has always been a mystery. But many assumed that the exchange is based in Malta after it announced that it was setting up an office there after being forced out of Japan by regulators.

At that point, Malta Prime Minister, Joseph Muscat welcomed Binance to the country with open arms. However, the Maltese crypto-friendly leader stepped down earlier this year. Noted cryptocurrency advocate John McAfee suggested that the new Prime Minister would not allow cryptocurrency operations in Malta.

But, Binances chief growth officer, Ted Lin, recently acknowledged that the exchange indeed has offices based in Malta.

Lin explained:

We have offices in Malta for customer services, and some compliance people there, but its not the headquarters per se. Its the spiritual headquarters. Its a name that people think about when they think about Binance.

However, the Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) has published a statement affirming that Binance is not authorized to conduct any cryptocurrency operations in the country. As such, it is not subject to regulatory oversight by the MFSA. MFSA also noted that it is currently investigating whether Binance has conducted any activities in the nation which may not fall within the realm of regulatory oversight.

MFSA further said:

Admission of virtual financial assets to trading and/or for offering virtual financial assets to the public in and from Malta requires an MFSA license in terms of the Financial Assets Act (CAP 590) of 2018

Following this statement from MFSA, Binance CEO, Changpeng Zhao took to Twitter to clear the air. In a series of tweets, he opined that this report is old news and bringing it up again is quite a bit of FUD. He also cited that Binance has no headquarters because it is a decentralized company.

Nonetheless, this response has seemingly not answered the nagging question on where is Binance is really based. A slew of the comments below CZs tweet noted that every time there is a story about Binance headquarters, CZ always calls it FUD. The CEO of The Block, Mike Dudas, even pointed out that a Binance document stating that the exchange is governed by the law of Malta has since been deleted.

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Since the XRP price slumped back to $0.28 on February 16, the third-largest coin has been doing its best to recover the $0.30 psychological level. At press time, it is changing hands at $0.29, according todata from CoinMarketCap.

The XRP community remains bullish as ever. Meanwhile, a crypto trader has shared a tweet, saying that he expects XRP to surge to at least $1 as 2021 approaches.

Semi-retired crypto trader, as he describes himself on his Twitter page, @AngeloBTC, has taken to social media to share his expectations regarding the prices of some top cryptocurrencies: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple and Tezos. He expects the coins to achieve the followingprice marks by 2021.

It's good news for all who are betting on Bitcoin the trader reckons it will hit $30,000 (contrary to John McAfees prediction of BTC surging to $1 mln). As for XRP the figure he named is $1.

Twitter user @cryptomocho, who boasts over 126,000 subscribers on Twitter, has posted an XRP/USDT chart from Binance, saying that if the third largest coin manages to stay above the $0.28 level, odds are that it willmakeanother attempt to skyrocket.

Meanwhile, XRP liquidity continues to rise via Ripples ODL corridors set up together with its partner MoneyGram.

Crypto investor Dave Jones has shared data from the Mexican Bitso exchange. Last week, it says, around $54 mln was transferred from USD to MXN using XRP 7.5 percent of the transfers in this corridor. This information initially came from the recent interview of Brad Garlinghouse to CNN.

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Despite the aforementioned good news, last week the media reported that MoneyGram had set up a new product, FastSend, without Ripples XRP. The remittance behemoth preferred Visa Direct instead.

Now, MoneyGram can allow its clients to send cash directly to millions of Visa cards.

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Johnny Depp is an actor, producer, and musician from the United States. He was nominated for three Academy Awards and won the Best Actor Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Awards. Thanks to the 1980s T.V. series 21 Jump Street, Depp became a teen idol.

Depp is considered to be one of the biggest movie stars in the world. He has received praise from the critics for his portrayals of Ed Woods screenwriter assistant, Joseph D. Pistone in Donnie Brascos undercover F.B.I. Agent, author J. J. In Finding Neverland Mr. Barrie and in Black Mass the Boston Gangster Whitey Bulger. He is the third biggest actor in the world, as movies featuring in his box office in the United States amount to over $3.7 billion and over $10 billion worldwide.

McAfee is your computer systems antivirus program that protects you from unwanted malware, unexpected ad-clicks, and poor downloads for years. John McAfee, a man with drogue-related problems, was started by driving schools out of work and still managed to make $100 million at a time in his life. Just imagine that Johnny Depp is playing a guy like that. And there is good news if youre excited about the idea. It has been confirmed that the film King of the Jungle will be directed by Glen Ficarra and John Requa based on Johns life. And not all of that. And not all of that.

Under a Snow Moon is a fantasy film starring Jamie Brewer and Johnny Depp. Sean Stone will direct the movie with a script written by the writers Alexandria Altman and Melody Rowland. The film uncovers events that take place under a snow moon deep in the Bayou of Louisiana, where a mysterious child is mysteriously delivered to a two-centuries-old plantation where two older adults care for her. In time, the ancient legend of six hundred years reveals her ancestral journey to her destiny.

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Hackers are some of the notorious players in the cryptocurrency space as they continue to torment and steal from industry participants including crypto exchanges, custodians, and individuals. And now thesafety of the crypto industry now rests on the shoulders of cybersecurity firms.

GK8, a digital asset cyber-security company, has taken a bold move to create a hack-proof Bitcoin cold wallet to keep secure users funds. To prove that the wallet is indeed unhackable, GK8 has set up a $250,000 bug bounty to challenge hackers from around the world who think they can break into the wallet.

The cyber-security company claims the cold wallet cryptocurrency storage solution is the first-ever wallet that can handle the entire digital asset management process without the need for an internet connection.

Hence, it is confidently offering a bounty of $250,000 (AU$370,300) to anyone that can successfully break into its unhackable Bitcoin cold wallet. The bug bounty will start from February 3, 2020, according to the company.

At the said date, the address of the wallet and its live transaction information will be publicized. The participants have 24 hours to run their hacking scripts on GK8s Bitcoin cold wallet containing $125,000 worth of Bitcoin (BTC).

Whoever breaks into the wallet first and provide a satisfactory explanation on how he/she succeeded will receive the whole fund in the wallet and additional rewards which will then sum up to $250,000.

We dare the hackers of the world to take a stab at cracking it, but they wont be able to, said Lior Lamesh, the co-founder and CEO of GK8.

GK8 Bitcoin cold wallet, if truly unhackable, will be a very welcomed development to the crypto space. Unarguably, it will guarantee that 99.9% of users Bitcoins are safe from hackers and could attract more people who are afraid of losing their funds.

While we continue to wait for the GK8 bounty result, the company is not the first to boast an unhackable cold wallet. John McAfee-backed BitFi develops a crypto wallet in June of 2018, saying it is an open-source and unhackable hardware wallet.

BitFi also offered a $250,000 bug bounty to anyone that could hack into the highly sophisticated crypto wallet, as claimed. In August the same year, the wallet was hacked twice, forcing them to remove the unhackable tag on its site.

Hackers are proving to be stubborn even to hardware wallets through dubious ways. In June last year, a Redditor raise the alarm about a fake Nano Ledger support phone number, which was already spreading all over the internet and scamming victims who are unaware.

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John McAfee has doubled down on his confidence in bitcoin by stating his belief it will be worth $1 million by the end of 2020. Bullishly, the controversial businessman said he will eat his own manhood if the cryptocurrency fails to perform to that level.

The founder of the eponymously named security software, McAfee has something of reputation for backing the volatile cryptocurrency with outrageous comments.

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Earlier this year, the US native signified his faith in the cryptocurrency by proposing a similar forfeit, stating he would eat his own penis on national television if bitcoin did not reach $500k within three years.

With bitcoin recently smashing the $10,000 landmark on South Koreas cryptocurrency exchange and news of its rise to $11,000 on Wednesday, McAfee appears to have become even more spirited. He has now raised the bet, waging his genitals against bitcoin growing to $1 million by 2020.

When I predicted Bitcoin at $500,000 by the end of 2020, it used a model that predicted $5,000 at the end of 2017, he said. McAfee said bitcoin has accelerated much faster than what he originally thought and therefore had to revise his opinion. I will still eat my d*ck if wrong, he added.

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Bitcoin has experienced a meandering rise since its launch in 2009. In early November, bitcoins value dropped 30 percent before rebounding. As of Wednesday, the digital currency was valued at a record $11,000, up from $1,000 at the beginning of the year.

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Antivirus magnate and cryptocurrency evangelist John McAfee says he will run for president in 2020 in exile, using masked doppelgangers to campaign in the US. McAfee has been filmed sailing to Venezuela, fleeing indictment.

In a series of Twitter videos posted on Tuesday and Wednesday, McAfee claimed to fleeing felony charges brought by the IRS. McAfee, his wife Janice, and four campaign workers have been indicted for unspecified IRS crimes of a felonious nature, he explained, adding that he had not paid taxes in eight years.

The videos were shot on a yacht that McAfee called the "freedom boat," which will now double as his 2020 campaign headquarters. The eccentric cybersecurity guru announced his intention to run for the nations highest office last June, on a platform to serve the crypto community.

I will not allow them to imprison me and shut my voice down, McAfee explained. Today, crypto community, we are at war, and I am on the front lines.

McAfee plans on having thousands of volunteers print masks of his face, which will be worn by road warriors in parks, street corners, (and) restaurants all around America. McAfee will address these supporters over loudspeakers.

Another group of volunteers will wear McAfees masks to conferences and campaign events; speaking, shaking hands, and standing in for the man himself.

Where McAfee himself will be during this campaign is unclear. According to his Twitter feed, the crypto candidate is currently en route to Venezuela, which due to the current political climate is most likely beyond the reach of US law enforcement. According to the latest posts, the craft is currently somewhere near the Bahamas.

It is unclear if McAfee is being completely honest about the yachts location, given the fact that US authorities could simply intercept the freedom boat before it docks in Venezuela. A lot of people are saying they have never seen anyone live-cast their evasion of US authorities before, but why not? McAfee said. I have nothing to hide I dont have time or energy for lies and deceptions.

This campaign-in-exile is McAfees second attempt to run for the White House. In 2016, the crypto enthusiast lost out to former New Mexico governor Gary Johnson in his bid to be the candidate for the Libertarian Party.

The 73-year-old tech entrepreneur has recently emerged as a distinguished advocate for digital currencies, including bitcoin, which have experienced swift growth and extreme volatility in recent years. McAfees forays into politics have been aimed at promoting cryptocurrency, which he sees as a serious challenger to government-backed fiat currency.

Remember: I do not want to be president! I just want the stage. I just need to run. I did it once before in the Libertarian Party. Who cares whether I can?? I'm f**king doing it now!! he tweeted on Tuesday.

Apart from his career as a tech entrepreneur, McAfee hit the headlines in 2012 after he was declared a person of interest in a murder case in Belize, Central America. However, the businessman, who was neither arrested nor charged with the crime, left the country and moved to the US.

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John McAfee has just backpedaled on one of the wildest wagers in the history of crypto. In his recent tweet, the cybersecurity tycoon makes it clear that his promise to eat his penis if the Bitcoin price doesn't go to $1 mln by Dec. 31, 2020, was simply a "ruse" that was meant to attract new users.

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Back in July 2017, less than six months before Bitcoin became the biggest topic worldwide, McAfee took to Twitter to make an unprecedented claim that he would eat his penis on national television if Bitcoin failed to reach $500,000. Five months later, he upped the ante with the now-famous $1 mln price target.

Throughout these years, McAfee continued to stand by his prediction. As reported by U.Today, he still insisted that BTC could end up in the seven-digit reality as of Dec. 13, 2019. At the time of writing, BTC is trading at$7,462, which means that its price would have to increase by13,286 percent in twelve monthsfor McAfee's body to remain safe.

His prediction became so popular that there is even the "Dickening" countdown till Dec. 31, 2020 (itis called afterthe reward "halvening" that will take place in May). However, now that McAfee claims that it was nothing but a ruse, this site might no longer be relevant.

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Moreover, the eccentric septuagenarianhas apparently had a change of heart about Bitcoin since he's now certain that the top cryptocurrency has "an ancient technology," and newer blockchains will effectively replace it. McAfee compared Bitcoin tothe FordModel T,which is generally considered to be the very first affordable car.

While McAfee himself did not mention any specific names in his tell-all tweet, the threadgot instantly swarmed with people who wanted to pitch their favorite cryptocurrencies from some top altcoins to obscure projects.

A bit later, he named privacy-focused coin Monero as the new clear winner.

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The crypto industry is one of the most fragile industries in the world and is heavily dependent on market influencers. This is because the industry itself is quite young, and theres a dearth of extensive and exhaustive data that could help interpret the market conditions. Thus, the role of influencers, especially those who are from technical backgrounds, is extremely crucial for the industry. One of the biggest names among such influencers is that of a computer scientist and anti-virus pioneer John McAfee.

McAfee, who himself is on the run from the US authorities, has been quite vocal about his views on cryptocurrencies and is the biggest proponents of Bitcoin and other cryptos. In fact, he is among the first persons to claim that BTC will touch the million-dollar mark in the next few years. As the year is about to end, we look at what McAfee had to say about Bitcoin in 2019, and what does he predict for 2020:

John McAfee was one of the prominent personalities that came out openly against self-proclaimed Bitcoin creator and Bitcoin SV chief Craig Wright. McAfee was among the firsts to debunk Wrights claim of being Satoshi Nakamoto and did so in a hilarious manner saying,

I am the real Craig Wright. I can prove it. Absolutely. Im filing a patent on my existence as Craig Wright. I can prove I am him at a fingers snap. But Im not going to. You must simply believe me. I will be suing Craig, soon, for impersonating me. Unlike me, he is serveable.

In turn, Craig Wright called McAfee a scam artist, and threatened to drag him to the court. However, McAfee had the last laugh as Wrights own legal battle grew tragic for him. Currently, Bitcoin SV is going through a tough phase, and problems for Wright doesnt seem to end anytime soon.

2018 was a disastrous year for Bitcoin as the apex crypto fell from its all-time peak of around $20,000 in December 2017 to less than $4,000 in January 2019. Things started to improve in February when Bitcoin broke its six months-long losing spree. Predicting a mega bull return, McAfee predicted that BTC would hit $1 million by the end of 2020, a claim which seems to be far from reality at the moment.

After a mini bull run till late July, BTC has come down steadily from its yearly peak of around $14,000 to less than $7,200 as of date. In spite of this, McAfee has stuck to his bull prediction stating that he agreed with the midterm $50,000 prediction by Peter Brandt and also reiterated that BTC would touch $1,000,000 by the end of 2020.

McAfee has been a long-time advocate of cryptocurrencies. This became even more apparent when he promoted BeatzCoin, a cryptocurrency targeted towards empowering artists, stating that it was one of the best. His support for the use of crypto became even more apparent when he stated that using fiat currencies is slavery, and that the government is afraid of crypto.

Similarly, McAfee also showed his open support for Dogecoin, an altcoin that began life as a joke but has successfully acquired a market cap of around $360 million. He seconded Tesla boss Elon Musks prediction that Dogecoin will go to the moon.

The year 2019 has been quite adventurous for John McAfee, as he not only spent time in jail and dodged the US authorities on multiple occasions but also engaged with several crypto-blockchain platforms. Some of these include:

John McAfee launched a decentralized crypto exchange called McAfee DEX in October. McAfee DEX boasts features like complete anonymity of transactions, lesser processing times, and lowest processing fees. The DEX is functioning smoothly at the moment, though it faced tough challenges initially.

Before launching the DEX, McAfee went out all guns blazing against fiat currencies and government-controlled monetary systems. He also heavily criticized centralized crypto exchanges and accused them of controlling the market.

McAfee launched the Epstein Didnt Kill Himself (WHACKD) token as a form of protest against the alleged murder of Jeffery Epstein which was staged as a suicide in prison. He also announced an airdrop of 700 million WHACKD tokens which were divided equally among all the eligible participants.

First of all, we will have to closely observe the McAfee DEX, how it performs and how much it stays true to initial promises. Similarly, it would be quite interesting to see the outcomes of various partnerships and engagements McAfee has entered into this year and given his past record, and exciting results are awaited.

However, the most important thing to keep an eye on would be the performance of Bitcoin. As mentioned earlier, McAfee has predicted a $1 million prediction for BTC by the end of 2020, and if Bitcoin was to really achieve this stupendous feat, it would have to have a terrific bull run through the year. At this moment, it seems quite unlikely due to the below $7,500 price, but if at all it happens, McAfee will establish himself as the greatest Bitcoin analyst.

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American entrepreneur and controversial crypto figure John McAfee, who boldly predicted that Bitcoin would be valued at $1 million by the end of 2020, has openly lashed out on the leading cryptocurrency, referring to it as an ancient technology due to several limitations. This comes as a blow, considering that he was one of the biggest promoters of Bitcoin and crypto in general over the last few years.

McAfee believes that being the first blockchain to exist does not make Bitcoin the future. In his opinion, there are newer blockchains with enhanced features that solve the flaws of the Bitcoin blockchain, just as the Ford Model T automobile of 1908 was replaced by more sophisticated cars.

The 74 years computer programmer and billionaire has always been an advocate of decentralization and privacy. In fact, he has spent a great deal of time on the run while preaching against central authorities like government, and as such, privacy is a big concern for him, one of the features which he believes bitcoin lacks.

Bitcoin was first. Its ancient technology. All know it. Newer blockchains have privacy, smart contracts, distributed apps, and more, McAfee said in a tweet.

This is not the first time McAfee has called bitcoin outdated. In an interview with Cryptopotato from last October, he maintained the same opinion about the first cryptocurrency.

McAfee claimed that Bitcoin is only good at being a store of value and cryptocurrency, and nothing more.Besides, McAfee called the community to spend their bitcoins; otherwise, adoption wont come true.

McAfee is famous for his outrageous prediction that Bitcoins value would hit $1 million by the end of this year. He even went on to place a bet that he would eat his private part on national TV if the prediction does not come true, and many crypto enthusiasts are eagerly waiting for the event to happen in the next 12 months.

Although McAfee had stood firmly by his prediction on many occasions, including our interviewwith him from recent October, he said today that the $1 million bitcoin price prediction was only a trick to attract more people to the crypto space.

Eat my dick in 12 months? A ruse to onboard new users. It worked, he said in this regard.

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As the new decade trucks along, plenty of crypto-related questions arise. It appears that a fair few people wonder if and when John McAfee will honor his initial promise.

Most bitcoin enthusiasts will remember the wild price prediction John McAfee shared with the world.

More specifically, he claimed how bitcoin will hit $500,000 by late 2020.

That prediction was ultimately adjusted to a value of $1 million per BTC by the end of 2020.

There are still over 364 days left to make this bitcoin price prediction come true.

If the prediction does not come true, however, John McAfee would eat his penis on national television.

A lot of enthusiasts are already warming up to this idea.

Given how bitcoin has performed in 2019, such a price point seems impossible to reach.

Based on the current price, the value per BTC needs to increase by $992,857.635.

While not impossible in theory it seems very unlikely the six-digit range will be reached in 2020.

Even in 2019, John McAfee further affirmed his bitcoin price prediction.

In a Tweet, he mentioned how the rise of bitcoin cannot be stopped.

Moreover, he also hinted at some obscure altcoins that could perhaps rise in value.

For the time being, it seems unlikely that anything major will happen to bitcoin.

A price increase is possible, but exponential growth will not happen anytime soon.

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From outrageous price predictions to the future of altcoins, crypto analysts and industry leaders are placing their bets on the fate of digital assets in 2020.

Here are seven forecasts predicting some major shifts in the year ahead.

1. Twelve months ago, Bob Loukas, a Bitcoin trader and analyst, accurately predicted what the price of BTC would be at the end of 2019. Now, he thinks Bitcoin is headed for its all-time high near $20,000 by the end of 2020.

In the absolute bear case, after a 6-month downtrend, expect a counter-trend move towards $10k-$11k before another big downtrend. If you think you will FOMO buy $10k then buy it now instead.

Bob Loukas (@BobLoukas) December 26, 2019

2. Mike Novogratz, the CEO of crypto investment giant Galaxy Digital, is also bullish on BTC, saying he expects the king coin to end the new year above $12,000.

2020 prediction #1. @realDonaldTrump loses by more than 10mm votes. #2 $btc finishes over 12k. #3. @USAWrestling wins 3 golds in Tokyo (MF). #4 @tomhanks wins the Oscar for Mr Rodgers. #5 @reform and its partners help shrink the supervised population from 4.5mm to 4mm or <

Michael Novogratz (@novogratz) December 28, 2019

3. Changpeng Zhao, the founder and CEO of Binance, thinks numerous governments around the world will experiment with blockchain and their own digital assets.

Says Zhao in an interview with Global Coin Research,

I think in 2020, we will see different experiments tried by many different governments around the globe for adoption. Some will work, some may not, but overall, they will have a tremendously positive effect for crypto adoption.

4. Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse predictsthat 10 of the 20 largest banks on the globe will begin to actively hold and trade digital assets in 2020 as fiat currencies go digital.

Hes also predicting that at least one G20 currency becomes fully digitized by 2021.

5. Decrypt columnist Matt Hussey echoed Zhao and Garlinghouses sentiments, predicting numerous nation states will roll out their own digital currencies this year.

6. Jimmy Song, a Bitcoin educator, thinks BTC dominance will be at more than 75% by the end of the year. He also predicts lots of altcoin delistings.

2020 Predictions Part 1:

* Bitcoin dominance will be 75%+ at end of year* Taproot will be activated without much controversy* Bitcoin price will have a bottom to top difference of at least 100%* Halving will be the big narrative

Jimmy Song () (@jimmysong) December 30, 2019

2020 Predictions Part 2:

* Lots of altcoin delistings* IEOs will lose steam* Some coin will be 51% attacked and cause an exchange to lose lots of money. Coin will go down less than 20%.* More coins will change to be merge mined with Bitcoin.

Jimmy Song () (@jimmysong) December 31, 2019

7. And last but not least, John McAfee now has only one year left to see whether Bitcoin reaches his sky-is-the-limit, dick-on-the-line forecast.

When I predicted Bitcoin at $500,000 by the end of 2020, it used a model that predicted $5,000 at the end of 2017. BTC has accelerated much faster than my model assumptions. I now predict Bircoin at $1 million by the end of 2020. I will still eat my dick if wrong. pic.twitter.com/WVx3E71nyD

John McAfee (@officialmcafee) November 29, 2017

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