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Seems like a good time to buy it price wise, but I don't like that there isn't a hard cap on the number of coins that will be produced. Are most of you just buying it short term and flipping it?

Like most of other traders i also play ETH or other high volume alts like xmr, fct on short term to hedge against bitcoin/altcoin price movement. Bitcoin is having several pumps this month and i think it will pump even more till the end of this year. So better to wait for ETH price to go even more down if you like to hold it for long term.

there's absolutely no way in hell i'd be buying eth and forgetting about it for the long term. these guys are making it up as they go along and there are no doubt giant holes waiting to be found. still, that never stopped anyone pumping it so if you can get in and out fast enough then it's fine.

Thanks for the advice amacar. I've noticed ether has been bleeding downwards lately so I'll wait. You think ether will contain to go down as bitcoin continues to rise?

Good advice. I can't imagine holding long term especially when there still is no hard cap or rule regarding the maximum amount of coins that will be produced.

Short answer, no.  Long answer, Fuck No.

While I agree with the advice in this thread, I hope you dont rely on threads like these for advice. It takes lots of time learning and staying up to date on the market. Pay your dues.

I think ethereum is an accident going somewhere to crash and there will be lots of casualties in this one.
Best for day trading, not long term.

i think eth will not crash...
anybody know any info spanish bank will take eth?

ETH is a gud long term hodl. Don't concern yourself so much with it not having a cap as the true value will come from its utility usage. Definitely a gud time to bag a healthy chunk more, just as I did last night.

Don't listen to this Troll.  Eth is a terrible long term hold as it's not even meant to be a store of value.  It's a premined scam shilled by trolls on these threads.

That'll be why big business is investing in and funding ETHs development then? Idiot.

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/deloitte-becomes-third-gold-sponsor-ethercamp-hackathon-1593105

as for the price down for now, i think its a good idea to buy eth, but i will not make it as long term, i better to make it short and when i see i can make profit with eth, i will sell it. i think eth is not good for long term but if its just to buy and sell to make profit, then its fine and i am agree. i don't think its worth to hold eth too long.

Definitely not! Why would I invest in a platform that has a faster bloating blockchain than bitcoin? In a 5 years it will be very hard to maintain a node because of problems with storage and bandwidth. There is also the argument that since all the nodes have to check and update the state of each dapp then the power of the Ethereum "world computer" is actually the power of only one computer. There is also the problem of dapps not working as intended when there are millions of transactions are happening in the networks.

Go to the major exchange and get your answer.
I don't think if the altcoin was becoming a real chance for long-term investment. Just invest on some will give me the result of profit (short or long term, who cares about it).

Ethereum is one of my favorites altcoin beside bitcoin, afte I bought when the price about $4, until now I never sold, I will sold if the price more than $50, and I sure this price will happen not more 5 years again.

Ethereum was never a buy and forget investment. Perhaps those that managed to get in early would have been lucky if they forgot about it for a good while only to cash out at the bubble but after that point the developments in it's space are so rapid that those distanced from the community are prone to missing out. Generally, after The DAO people trading Ethereum are in constant alert mode.

Eth/etc are both going down, and one would be crazy to hold either for the long term.   They were overhyped, and now they're overpriced.   Both of them and many others too.  Don't buy them would be my strong recommendation.

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Well, I'm not sure that "buying and forgetting" is a good idea for anything....It's always wise to keep abreast of one's investment portfolio.  However, I do believe that Ethereum has some amazing potential in the decentralized application markets and it has a pretty progressive field of individuals contributing to the network....I can't say that I believe buying ether is a good investment opportunity long term, but I can say that the network is very promising from a utilitarian perspective.  If I were to invest in Ethereum....it wouldn't be with money but with time, code, and energy.  Good code will probably be worth something sweet on the Ethereum network someday....

I bought the ICO so I'm all good. I'd probably avoid ETH until price flattens out for awhile and then starts going up. Price could still be heading down for awhile. Most likely Casper will be delayed and you can get some cheap coins then.

If you think "ETH" will be as a gas of 4th industry.

Then, you take it long-term

But you think it's not to be

Then, sell off


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I won't. Never. I've been scammed once with Bitcoin investment, now I don't think I can ever be interested in investing a penny in any such projects.

i never invest in any altcoin for long term and ethereum is no exception and it is always because their prices are a constant downward spiral of death!
so yeah i only buy it short term and flip it as soon as i reach profit and currently i am withholding any kind of investment in almost all the altcoins since their prices doesn't look good to me and it seems like they are falling and will continue falling for the time being.

For me, I would never invest in Ethereum for a longterm.
As I observed the ethereum price seems goes going dumped.
I would rather choose on a short term investment to gain profit
in this coin.

dips are always good price to buy at and Ethereum is at a dip right now but you are asking for long term investment. for that i think it is better to wait and see if it is really the bottom and will there be another pump or not?


This is mostly a trick to increase the market cap but the developers forgot that when there is no way of controlling the number of coins there will be lots of dump which drives the price  to the ground in long term.


Yes, most of the time.

Ethereum is going 10x in 1 year max. Mark my words. So much happening in that system.

I don't prefer investing in Ethereum or any other altcoin for long term but if I'll do so in the near future, maybe on pesobit and waves only. ETH and any other altcoin investment of mine will still be for short term, of course as others have mentioned too already, it is because most alt coins don't succeed. So trading it for short term is a better way to earn profit (just my opinion).

I did invest so Yes.  I think ETHereum is one of the cryptocoins that is quite stable also and having a higher value price per bitcoin. Also there many active community and developers and also having many projects launch and on the pipeline waiting to be launch next year in my opinion.

NO.

I'd rather invest in FORKCOIN....

Every one has their own choice, either he want to invest in alt coin or not, as some people only buy bitcoin and then keep it as investment for a long time and wait for the price increase, as I like trading therefore I mostly invest my bitcoin in alt coins, I have also some investment in Eth and I think it is not such a risky investment, to me as there is good potential in the price of Eth to increase in future.

Too many forks

When they reach some consensus might think more about it

Yes I would invest in Etherum longterm because of all the alts that have been, I see Etherum as the only one with robust infrastructure and also has been relatively stable over the time. It also has potentials similar to Bitcoin where quite a number of developers can build on. I have met a great developer who has never done anything related to blockchain only etherum and its even more than a currency.

At the moment ETH is pretty much on the ground. All those forks rattled its reputation.
Especially today it went down over 10% at some time.
But on the long term I see no other coin to fill the gap between bitcoin and the rest of the altcoins.
When the fork time is over, dust has settled and trust is regained, I can imagine ETH to come back. But that will take a while.

What's happening to ETH has happened to BTC so it's no big deal.

well I don't see any good potential of ethereum after the forking incident, so i won't invest in ethereum for a long term, i think the chances for ethereum to be reputable altcoin is very small, and it will took sometimes to make ethereum to back into it's prime condition

Good thread.   Sentiment says don't invest in Ethereum for the long term, dated November 2016.     Was there a better investment from then until now? 

Yes, do not ever invest coins there just for websites or projects that are less clear, Because chances are they will bring the coins blur there(scam).

If ethereum will successful to drive the next fork to improve its chain and believe me, it will much better than bitcoin chain with scaling agreement combined hardfork. Too many people just says about foek but they don't know how is it. You will see the chain of bitcoin gets forked in the future. And what is the differences?

This post was posted november 2016 and the price of ethereum has skyrocketed if you bought at that time you made huge profit from that and based on what I'm seeing we will see more Ethereum pumps as the marketcap grows I wish I bought at this time.

Of course yes. Etherium always win on longterm.

Yes I would. There are many large companies partnering with ETH so even if the bubble burst at least a couple of those companies will stay around

Clearly I want to, because I've started investing in the last year and the most make me like is I always get a profit.

buy low and sell when the charts in charts highest is the desire of any person. However we recommend that if you want to invest in the long term,, divide into 2 or 3 stages of sales reached the highest charts later. the anticipation is better  ;)

That's a good guide but you always face temptation whenever there's a huge price pump just like what happen last two weeks ,get some profit out and always maintain a good number of coins because Ethereum is a long term source of profit for believers.

I'm still kicking myself for not spending $1200 on 4000 Ethereum when I had the chance (presale). My finger was literally on the button and I backed out (I had recently been burned on a few other coins and decided to just abandon crypto altogether for a while).

To be fair, I probably would have gotten before the recent jump anyway, so there's that. Knowing what I know now I plan on making some investments on some sound coins (stable, good dev team, etc.) and just letting them bake for a year or so. It seems like that's the pattern to these large jumps (already good coin, dedicated devs, eventually get the recognition they deserve, coin skyrockets because of it).

Ethereum has so much hype its ridiculous. So much based on its ability to do things in the future. Has anyone done calculations on how fast eth needs to be to support Augur, golem, and all the other eth dapps? Does that sh*t even add up? If you've seen anything please let me know. Whens the last time you needed a smart contract?

ETH is good for  long term investment.

As i understood Ethereum is the best investment these days because Ethereum price can be supercharged in near future. I think 1 Ethereum will be more than 0.2 BTC end of 2017.that would be huge value based on btc price.buying and holding Ethereum is a good investment

I tried ETH two to three times. Gotten good amount of profit but I just flipped it when the time was right. Now bitcoin seems to be more promising than ETH. Indeed they have limited coins and not sure whether they will produce more or not. For long term it can't be better option for now. Look at the bright side of BTC, it is always increasing and who know if nodes problem gets solved they might add more bitcoins to it? Its just speculation but would be great for us only.  :)

ETH is both becoming mainstream through its value in ICO's and by its design it is superior to bitcoin. While I think bitcoin will always have a good place as the first cryptocurrency, ethereum will come out on top in the long term.

Well, basically the ethereum indeed has many partners to work together and have a lot of levels is likely to be the best investment place. Because a growing number of partners that exist therein, certain market forces will be the better. And it provides a beneficial effect for those who have a soul and a good thought. But you need to know, before making an investment will be much better you think about life in the future. What you want and how much you have to invest funds in order to achieve that goal. So essentially, you should be able to calculate and estimate well
 

I will definitely invest some in ETHEREUM for long term and shorterm trading. As a comparison to BTC, ETH has a strong foundation in the market, even if you buy high price right now, after 5 years, if my specualtions are right, it will be closer price with BTC.

I think ETH isn't going anywhere, until something better comes along that is (which could be a while). Maybe the price won't keep increasing at such a fast pace, but it shouldn't bomb anytime soon. There are too many other projects being built on the "smart contract" system that require people to fund it with ETH to start.

I like ethereum, i got in in january and have been rewarded so far.
I like its ERC20 token system,
i think some of the existing projects there have good potential.
currently watching the price to get in again.

Yes, because as you can see ethereum price was raised up too like bitcoin. Also I believe that ethereum value will become closer to the Bitcoin that's why I'm choosing to invest in ethereum for a long term. However I study more the ethereum value and their capacity to survive in digital currency.

Bitcoin (and the top monetary cryptos) is a "buy and forget" safe investment. Ethereum is not however "buy and forget" due the the 'airgap' problem.

In bitcoin, the value and token are integrated into a single holding. In Ethereum there is an 'airgap' separating the value and token. For example, if you buy the Ethereum token, you're not investing in Golum - you need to invest in a Golum token for that. If you buy an Aragon token you're not investing in wetrust - you need to invest in a wetrust token for that.

Further, the more Ethereum gains in value, the more attractive competing smart contract platforms become and they are starting to sprout up like mushrooms after a rainshower.

Therefore, investing in Ethereum is like investing in electronic typewriters in the 1960's. They're great until something better comes along. Whereas investing in the monetary assets is like investing in gold in the 1960's. Gains value slower but forever.

What are the monetary assets ?

 • Bitcoin
 • Litecoin
 • Dash
 • XMR
 • PPC
 • Dogue
 • UNO

etc.

yes I think so. ethereum will be able to contest bitcoin within a cpuple of years mostly. not only that ethereum has a powerful foundation as well.

What time scale are you considering is very important. If you are planing the investment for years, probably the answer is yes.

Yes i would. Look rate eth at now.. I think eth is Best coin for invest

This is the best time to buy some Ethereum it will be equivalent to bitcoin price later maybe about 1-2 years. The fee for bitcoin makes me crazy.

$20B valuation, no revenue, no mass adoption yet, current price "may" be priced in.

But.......

The hype is real, the facts are real (Ethereum Alliance)...
Many new Ethereum Based Projects (ICOs) that require Ethereum for funding (price pressure), POS coming soon, media attention,etc.

The chance of this "experiment" being the next Google of Cryptocurrency / real life usage is looking good so far (in terms of momentum) and if you're looking for a conservative 5x-20x play within several years this is the long term play to be.

IMO 100x-1000x from here seems rather unlikely though, so pick another coin if that is your fancy.