Bitcoin Forum

-Benefits is you may use that bitcoin to invest in other Bitcoin services and invest bitcoin is safe,profit good
-Risk is that Bitcoin collapses and if countries and government accept Bitcoin, Bitcoin will have tax, your computer can be hacked
What’s your opinion?

No investment is safe, especially with Bitcoin. The price is very unstable, so it can go down at any time and your investment will be over. When investing in anything, you need to assume some risks. There is a benefit only if the price keeps growing, like it did in the last few weeks, but do we know when it's going to stop growing? We don't. The scenarios of countries accepting Bitcoin is unlikely, at least at this moment, except if they want to experiment some kind of a test on us.

most people work out how much money they waste on fast food that literally gets flushed down a toilet 6 hours later.

this disposable income that is used for temporary gluttony but permanently lost is the amount people could/should invest in bitcoin, that way its not deemed a "risk" because when you think about it logically. its going to waste anyway.

so buying bitcoin regularly doesnt 'hurt your pocket'

if you have excess fiat (savings) some people pre-purchase a years worth of bitcoin based on their disposable income for a year, when bitcoin is at a low.. and then 'save' the fiat long term by not getting fast food for the rest of the year to accumulate their fiat back up to the savings level they were accustom to. thus basically not losing out of some good prices

Bitcoin investment is both a risk and a benefit. Just like forex exchange it has ups and downs and sometimes the market crash. Bitcoin is also like that, like any other investment risk is also included in it. There are no perfect business as such there are no perfect cryptocurrency. There is room for success and a room for meltdown depending on the  market conditions.

- If you look at overall price increase for bitcoin you can see it have multiplied several time in last few years, so yes we can consider investing in bitcoin profitable and safe till now.

- Bitcoin can't collapse better to say bitcoin network can't be collapse but there is no guarantee that bitcoin price will stay always top however with increasing demand price of bitcoin will tend to rise in future too.

- If government try to implement tax on bitcoin it will be hard for them to do so and may not be able to implement tax in any bitcoin transaction except when you buy or sell bitcoin from regulated trading platforms.

- Computer are being hacked since it was invented so you have be careful about protecting your computer from viruses and malwares. You can create bitcoin paper wallet in offline computer to not share any of your private key over internet.

As quoted governments accepting bitcoin is not possible, because recent days several countries planned of making their own digital currency following bitcoin's Blockchain technology. None made an initiation of adopting bitcoin as their currency. For those reasons quoted by op, bitcoin never falls. So I believe investing through bitcoin seems effective.

There are several banks or may be even government who are buying bitcoin silently so that they can earn decent profit with their holdings. $16 billion marketcap is not that small to get broken down within few months or years, bitcoin may remain safe heaven for investors in future too. Governments can't banned or shut down bitcoin so better not to worry about it getting collapsed.

Well if it is really true then its a good news! We could say that lot of people will adopt bitcoin in their daily living if government will adopt bitcoin really but we could say that government will using the bitcoins blockchain technology to make new bitcoin i think it is not really successfull without the help of bitcoin itself.

My opinion to you is that never use bitcoin if you are worried about all these consequences. The price might fall so does the paper currency .Government might impose tax on Bitcoin trading but that does not mean it is going to fail.If you think your computer can be hacked hope your not using net banking too.First learn how to be safe and then start using Internet.

There are many benefits if you make the right investment choices. Like I jsut recently joined on Facebook a crypto currency trading group - consortium and they give roi up to 15% weekly and if they don't trade or trade at a loss, we never lose but receive their coin RYCN instead, for any 0 or minus weeks, so our capital is safe.

Bitcoin is a great investment, it has a good future and the value is keeps on rising, you can spend it as currency or you can store it as your investment, the risk that you are talking about, is not yet happened, like government regulate bitcoin or bitcoin collapse, bitcoin now still in prime condition and the problem being hacked you just need to be extra careful, so bitcoin still got so many advantage

Invest in bitcoin service means in bitcoin doubling? No. Just storing+investing in your safe wallet, there's still a paper wallet which have good security+less cost.

Risk, is always stand besides with any investment models, it is how smart us to avoid that risk.

I don't agree investing Bitcoin in other services is at all safe!
But it is all good to hold Bitcoins as it is.
Well, if you say factors liker Bitcoin collapses, what if your bank becomes insolvent!
It all depends upon possibilites, some may be prone, some may not!
But if I look present situation in my country, investing in Bitcoin is free from risks you mentioned above

Every investment is risky and with no guarantee for profit and so is the Bitcoin. The price and the market are volatile so you can win and you can lose. It depends how much you are willing to risk but still I think investing in Bitcoin is long term good decision with good chances to profit.

For now, I conclude that the bitcoin for me is a very profitable. Because of the bitcoin I could feel the life that much more fun and better than ever. Because it is in the bitcoin can I double the amount of money that is big enough in a few moments. It is certainly very different from digital currency or other services, so it is much more beneficial than giving a bad risk. The key advantage in the bitcoin is the moment we can control ourselves and study the bitcoin correctly
 

Every investment do really have the risk on lossing money on it and you cant heard of some investment that 100% profit guaranteed and we know that bitcoin might crash anytime but seeing the current state of it we could say that its really a profitable investment and also a good and beneficial digital currency,

Risking your bitcoin can give you a benefit. Like in trading, and gambling. if you are wise, and good in choosing good cryptocoin you will get a benefit for it. Like in gambling if you bet, risk and know to bet wisely you will win a btc and you have benefit.
Bitcoin will not having a tax in my opinion. If we are anonymously using this bitcoin they cant know if we pay or not so tax is only for the people who want to pay for it.

I think Bitcoin has got many more benefit than risk. we are using many smart devices in the digital world.
so Crypto currency must have been allowed to use  and now it's very popular for many people in the world.
The problem is that we need more legal rules for it to prevent money laundering and terrorist financing.

Relatively investment in bitcoin is more of a benefit than risk, so far all bitcoin has done is rise so no matter when you bought bitcoin you would still be in profit even in you had bought it in 2010s or even last week. Now yes there is always that little chance that bitcoin goes stumbling down and becomes worthless, but that chance is very very low.

Bitcoin investment involves risk as other investments do. Bitcoin has given tremendous profits to its holders. There is a huge pump in btc price and we dont know when the dump will be.But situations are not like 2013.There is a huge increase in demand for bitcoins. So we can hope that there will not be a great fall in bitcoin price.

That is right, there is no one investment or asset that can give you profit with risk attached and in case you find one, please run for safety. It is actually the risk factor an asset has that makes it worth something and attractive otherwise it's garbage. It is your business as an investor or speculator to manage the risks, so that profit making can be possible. Imagine what would happen when you choose to close your eyes and take your hands off your steering wheel ::)


I don't know where you got that from, but today is bitcoin's 8th birthday and it is waxing even stronger. The ones crashing are the fiats of not one nor two countries. The price of bitcoin won't be high at all times, but that is not same thing or a pointer that  bitcoin is crashing. In fact, the price of every financial asset goes through peaks and troughs as a result of market forces and that is even a very good attribute for traders and investors, because stagnant market brings little or no profit.

the benefit is that bitcoin is still a new technology so it is still being adopted and with growth of this adoption, its price will go up and give the investors a good amount of profit.

but at the same time the same thing means bitcoin is still new and needs a lot more development to become ready for the real world (you can say now it is 80 ready more or less)

but i disagree with taxes being a negative thing. taxes actually can mean government allowed bitcoin to be recognized as a valid currency.

To my point of view is a small risk for a big benefit. Assuming that you buy now to invest in the same place as with fiat money it's the same risk but for sure you have at least near to zero fees. If investment for somebody is hoarding, then after eight years bitcoin has gain enough maturity compared the alt coins and is not inflationary as fiat money. So the risk is very low.

Bitcoin has some risk and some benefit but I think benefit is much more than risk.
Bitcoin is very useful and faster than cash. The purchase and transaction is very easy, safe and fast.
about the risk, almost governments are scared of dirty cash, terrorist finance, drugs, no taxes.
However. Bitcoin will must have a legal law to be accepted in the near future.

I think that benefits are much bigger than risk here.
I don't think that bitcoin can collapse in the near future.
In fact, I think that bitcoin will become mainstream soon and its price will jump to the sky :)
I don't think that any country will officially accept bitcoin, because of international financial regulations, decentralization of btc etc.
Any computer can be hacked but if you are careful and have good security on your computer and change all passwords often, you will be fine.

Bitcoin is just for a person who want to risk. If you dont want to risk, then stay away from bitcoin. Investors are the person who are willing to risk and hope for better result.
You know bitcoin is really worth to risk your money. Because its really profitable. If you are patient enough. You could earn much money.

this is an speculative matter.
when you invest in bitcoin, you are speculating about the price and like any other investment there will always be risks and rewards at the same time. you just have to learn the basics of an investment and be wise about it to make profit and not lose money.
in other words investing wisely in bitcoin will give you profit not panic investment.

investment with bitcoin itself could give a lot of benefits to you at the same time it also has a risk because we can never be surely that you can grow your money and gain a profit from investing your money in bitcoin as the price is fluctuating we wouldn't know what will be the next movement of it . these people are right every investment has a risk and no investment is safe .

Since inceptions it has never devalued (if am right)..... It keeps going up in value. That's a great sign it may get even better in future in terms of value.

Even if Governments decide to task us, then they can only do that via banks cos we cant compromise our account for anything. we will have to open a new bank account solely for this purpose.

If you do hear about those investments with 100% risk-free then you should think twice because those things are scam and we should think that in able to earn money we should really take the risk on lossing some of our capital and if we are ready on that then you already accepts the risk.The important thing here is that we should not jump carelessly into investment that we dont know or doesnt include on our interest.

All investments have some level of risk, and bitcoin is no exception. We always say, "Never invest more than what you can afford to lose" and

this still stands. If you wait long enough, you might even make some profits. The hacking risk is very high because most people use the

vulnerable centralized services to store their bitcoins. This risk is manageable, if you use the more secure methods to store the majority of

your coins in cold storage.  ;)

Honestly holding bitcoin we can consider it as investment and much safe than the other bitcoin investment site. the only risk is if the price will going down or the price will crash.. if you found a site like you said many promises that you money will make profit just to invest without doing nothing for few days those are HYIP and ponzi that almost all are scam never trusting them again because i was 3 times victim of the schemes. better to stay away for those site.

I never thought of countries accepting bitcoin and applying taxes on it, that may happen but not so soon as it seems, and about hacking part, i don't think anyone would come to know that i have bitcoins in my computer so that they can start trying to hack my computer, unless there is someone in my home spying me everyday and comes to know i'm using bitcoins in my daily life and hacks into my computer.

It is all about risk vs reward. You will never make any money ever without taking risks. Ask anyone who is financially wealthy.
If the reward is much better then the risk then I would go for it so long as what you risk is not too much of your capital unless it is a good solid longterm investment that is over 10 years old and well established.

Every investment has risk involved, but if don't risk you don't get much money in return. From my point of view, bitcoin is not 100% safe but is nice to have some in your possession. For sure, if the government will use only the bitcoin currency, I will create a specific wallet and pay my tax and comply with the laws of my country.

After the eight years mentioned here, the value of the bitcoin must have appreciated, but the fiat even if there happens to be some appreciation would be wiped off by inflation and transaction fee. No broker is necessary to be able to buy and hold bitcoin till whenever, because bitcoin empowers the holder to be his own bank.

The best advice I've heard,take risks but also calculate your profits and losses cause you have to be prepared if things don't go the expected way.Risks are what will take you from the place you are now to the place you want to end up being,just be sure that you have a plan you can fall on in case you don't end up in profit.Now you've got the strategy the most important step is to do something about it and take action

There are many benefits that you
can get in using bitcoin  maybe you
will doubt in its safetyness but many
will guarantee that bitcoin is very safe.

I think currently investing in bitcoin is very profitable. we can see that every day bitcoin prices continue to rise rapidly.
we have to take a decision. because success begins with the courage to take action. and bitcoin is the path to success.

as we all know this already in any investment there will be risks and benefits at the same time, you can not separate them from each other. and the benefits of bitcoin investment is not just the more money that you get, the benefits are actually the bitcoin and the fact that you can use it as a currency to pay for things fast, cheap, secure, and anonymously without needing to give them all your personal information and documents!

for people who can accurately bitcoin will definitely be able to make a profit. but for some people who do not have the ability to invest in bitcoin will definitely hurt.

Like any other investments available whether in real life or online, there will be risk and benefit. In terms of bitcoin, some of the benefits is mainly the profits out of holding and trading while at the same time, giving us a comfortable way in dealing on sending and receiving money online. Some of the risk in this investment are price fluctuations which may lead to lose and possible money fraud. Also bitcoin is virtual so accessing it is only possible in the online world.

The risk should be played well by any means in order for any investment run for a long term.

Very well said and all the things you said is true on which do exist on reality.Every investment have do risk and benefits not only on online but on physical world too.We are talking about bitcoin and yes it do really have benefits since it could give us convenience on online transactions and the same time it acts as an investment on long term but we should not forget the risk involve.

Where the risk is higher return also will be higher so Bitcoin gives high returns (losses as well) to investors so we can say Bitcoin is risky investment that has high return possibility. We can not separate risk and reward. If risk is higher than reward also will be higher. 

All of what you have said is a risk, but a risk worth taking, investing is just a part of the risk you are taking when you started
using bitcoin. being hacked, scammed is also a small part of risks of bitcoin and the biggest risk you are taking is what will be the future of bitcoin. will it grow or will it drop?. and the only benefits you will get is the profit/reward of the risks you've taken when you started using bitcoin.

Bitcoin investment is like a two-edged sword, it is like any risky investment, such as stock, option or commodity trading. It can make you a lot of fortune, it can make you bankrupt, it all depends on how you use it.

Well described and similar to other forms of investments online or offline it has got high risk, but the benefits will be high than any other form of investment. For this reason its better to make some learning and invest, soon you can get a good outcome due to the price fluctuations which is the key factor for the profit as well for the loss.

its good to make investment in other bitcoin services but there are a few investment site that really recommended, many of these is scam people and i think the best investment is to hold our bitcoin in our wallet rather than to invest in other programs. and about the risk, i think if the risk from the government, then i am sure government will prevent this althought there is no way to get secure in 100% but at least the government will be on its way to make bitcoin user safe. but i don't think that bitcoin user want to see bitcoin is going to have tax because we should spend double fee, the transaction and the tax.

Bitcoin investment is total benefit. The currency already proveed to be a trusted one, otherwise we wouldn't have so many people investing huge money on it. It's a question of trust or not. I personally trust Bitcoins, so I don't fear to invest on it, but another people can have a different vision from mine and say it's too risk or that it's better to don't invest much money.

In the end, it's about personal opinions, only the time will tell who is right and who is wrong.

All investment like that, no secure investment without riak, high' return of course high riak. But for me, bitcoin is the best Investment for now, because a month ago I was bought 1 btc and if I sale now I Will get profit about $120.

Bitcoin has both features of that, risk and benefit. People have different benefits received by using bitcoin in any kinds of thing they want to use their bitcoin. While at the same time, they have also different risk that they're facing while using it. For me the benefits is obvious and that is giving me a decent profit out of my trading activity. The risk is obvious since the challenge is to play with the price fluctuations.

Generally, take care of the risk and take advantage of the benefits.

Saying bitcoin investment is a total benefit is not real but an illusion. There are many hindrances to bitcoin and given that it is market based there is a tendency that price will go down. We are experiencing extreme price increase as of this moment but on the following years when fiat virtual currency will compete with bitcoins the risk for bitcoin investment will be high.

Bitcoin is a risky investment if you are only buying now. This has the potential to go higher even, but it also has the potential to plummet back to the $800 levels. We are in the middle of a good run that started late October at the price of $650. Anything that has risk involved should be studied and carefully reviewed before going all in.

the grow up bitcoin is so high, when you save your bitcoin same like you investing your bitcoin. so I think we must collecting bitcoin more and more and save bitcoin to investing bitcoin. although invest bitcoin have risk, but I think it can try. 

Is Donald Trump Good For Bitcoin? ;D

Bitcoin is a low risk investment with high rewards, since even a price drop your whole investment will not loose and you still have the same number of bitcoins and you still have the chance to earn in the future if the BTC price fluctuate.

In every investment there is a big risk, But even risk is there, the benefit that we can get also is surely profitable for the investors. Meaning fear of losing money has no space for a real investors because of being open minded for itself.

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If you understand this topic, Please post you comment or you can get out of this .
DO NOT MAKE SPAM HERE .

Every investment is about calculating the risk/benefit ratio.It doesn`t matter if it`s bitcoin,real estate,stocks

or whatever.If the benefit is more than the risk it`s OK to invest.

 

Actually behind the risk there is benefit , as long as you can manage it very well it could be really a benefit for you.
You have to get a risk when involving profit , it is should be worthy especially talking about bitcoin.
You just need a good timing and a good starting capital.

Yes true, and or now, everyone agreed to say very favorable, there is not the most profitable investment besides the bitcoin. Take a look at the last 5 days in this year, one could profit more than 30%. Why are we still asking risk or benefit?

I believe bitcoin will become a currency in the future given the increasingly sophisticated technologies, I think it is an advantage to invest from now the thing that makes me believe is the increasingly sophisticated technology will fit into the financial sector, but for the loss I think it all depends on the individual each how to keep their wallets from hacker attacks

I earned a lot btc in invest btc.Just buy in low price and sell in high price  ;D

Yeah it will soon, but both risk and benefit still a part of this bitcoin investments as we grow with our technology bounded digital currency. If we invest with bitcoin like we are in altcoin tradings of crypto there is always a struggle of deciding in the right time where you will be selling or buying your btc as trading is more challenging way of investments although there's risk at all. Fear of investment lossing is prone specially you're lack of knowledge in trading skills which is primarily the key to successful and profitable investments.

bitcoin is a currency now too.
the only thing different is the fact the people don't seem to be eager enough to start using it as a real currency to pay for stuff. maybe they don't have enough reasons to do it either. for example if someone who is new to bitcoin wants to pay for some service with bitcoin he has to go to an exchange, buy bitcoin and pay 2 fees (fiat deposit fee and trade fee) and then withdraw and pay for that service all this extra steps throw everyone out..

Is good investissement if you know when to invest, and a risk is always there ... without risk you can't win.

   All investments involve some degree of risk. Before you make any investing decision, sit down and take a look at your entire financial situation, nobody cant tell you how to manage your investment portfolio. Risky investments can offer a chance for big rewards, and there I see bitcoin. People who invested bitcoin made a decent profit ( depends from money they risked ), and I dont think this trend will stop.
  At the moment bitcoin is relatively risky investment that can bring a lot of profit, price is rising and looks like there is a chance for much more. Next halving is for 3 years, and price can grow a lot in this time (when I see what happened until now, its reasonable to think it can happen again), I believe bitcoin can bring benefit to all people who invest in it.

Bit coin has  a potential of becoming a currency in future and its obvious that their is a risk in investment almost every investment has some risk so do bitcoins .

but in fact you can get the benifit of bitcoin if you take the risk, you can make money in bitcoin if you will take the risk and will invest your money in bitcoin, without involving risk you cannot make money.

There's no such thing as safe investment,only wise investors who can protect his investment,so far bitcoin is doin good but do not be 100% sure,you must know that anytime what you gain will also lose so you must have other options to keep your bitcoin and portfolio growing not only relying on buying Bitcoin..

If you ever want to make easy money in this world you always have to take the risk, the other ways of making money on the internet either require a lot of time and effort or they are not that much rewarding.

Investments into bitcoins on the other hand seems the best way for making profit from a small amount, with comparatively less levels of calculated risks.

I think most of the chances of loss than profit because here before government action on bitcoin, there is chances of big fluctuations in the price of bitcoin , the current present time clearly telling that anything and anytine may occur fluctuations ( specially decrease in the present time .
So it will be somewhat more risky to go for particular way instead to became all rounder .

Bitcoin is at same time risk but very profitable. And the good thing here is that even being risk, it's not so risk like another things people lose moeny everytime, like the trade, ponzies, gambling. It's true bitcoin is related to all these stuff, but it's not necessary to join one of those stuff to use bitcoins. You can hold your bitcoins (low risk) and you are already earning money.

I fully agree with you. Can you imagine when you sell your house using bitcoin (your assumption btc price will grow to $2000) and then bitcoin price drop to $500?

i think in present time do not invest your bitcoin because bitcoin increasing its price too much faster day by day and there is a lot of people holding their bitcoin for more higher price and if your hold your bitcoin so it would be too much beneficial for you.

I think if we invest and hold bitcoin, we will benefit from it.  It was been predicted that it will increase in price in the long run.  It would be best to buy it and hold it for more than 5 years and sell after to get profit.

I think that would be difficult to prove taxes if Bitcoin itself anonymous

Well it really depends on when you are investing in. The timing is as important as the investment choice, that is something to keep in mind in my opinion. If you buy a super good investment item in, but at the wrong time, you're not going to be doing well either.

There are risks in everything and risk and benefit isn't two mutually exclusive things. Bitcoin investing has its risks and that risk may or may not pay off for you, depending on when you buy it.

Every investment do really have the risk on lossing money on it and you cant heard of some investment that 100% profit guaranteed，so is the Bitcoin.The price and the market are volatile so you can win and you can lose.
It depends how much you are willing to risk but still I think investing in Bitcoin is long term good decision with good chances to profit.

But if you don't keep an eye on daily bitcoin price you may rather loss than making any profit holding for years. Without risk you can't earn profit in any types of investment and bitcoin is also same. Bitcoin investment: High risk = High benefit

The one who panics will only loss in end.

I think if government apply some tax then it is not a matter of loss or any risk because tax is not a thing which can be applied at very low amount of money .
But here the big matter is that , what happened if government will banned the use of bitcoin in the country .
Then the all butcoiner will loss all money in form of btc .

Bitcoin is really beneficial to anyone who will use this kind of digital currency. Because it can be use for so many ways such as remittances, shopping online, billings, and savings. While the Risk is if there is internet connection bitcoin will be useless at all. and its true if bitcoin will handle by the government it will have tax declaration for bitcoin for sure which is not good for the bitcoin enthusiast.

bitcoin is more of a benefit than risk :P

If you know a good and safe place to invest(studying carefully before investing  your Bitcoins or a part of your Bitcoins if it is a serious company,for how long is active ,it is paying his members regularly etc.)you can invest.You can do some trading,selling at high price and buying at law price,but there are some risks involved ,you have to know and trust the persons you are trading with.Anyway I think is safer to keep at least 80% of your Bitcoins in your wallet,because it is the safest place:), and in the future you can sell your Bitcoins ,when his price will be multiplied.

Investment related to bitcoin are risky and benefit.
If your investment allow to collecting bitcoin and saving it, may increase in value over time as we know from the first time until now bitcoin development.
But risky too, if the price collapse in the future but it's tend not to happen and the price always recover.
Government accept bitcoin more likely a good thing for bitcoin community instead of risk or ban bitcoin.

First of all understand there's nothing like a risk free investment. There's risk involved in almost everything so you think it will be risky in Bitcoin then it's also risky in Fiat. You need to learn to play smart. All you need to buy at low levels and sell at high levels. Keep on earning from different sources. Even if the government bans they never owned it anyway and they can't find your are the owner, so they are helpless anyway. The only is risk is price devaluation but that happens with all currencies.

Not necessarily. Timing is everything when you enter and leave the market. Take the current dump as example - People that have bought above $1000 and even above $1100 because they were thinking that the price would increase further, are now heavily disappointed in themselves. Perhaps they even blame Bitcoin for their own bad investment timing. Tell me, who on earth enters the market above $1000 while it was so obvious that the market was about to correct significantly any time soon? It's gambling that these people have been doing. Serious people leave the market at such positions, and rookies enter the market....

The question is like Schrödinger's cat paradox.  :P

You can't pinpoint whether it will be risky or beneficial. It is up to you coz eventually it is you who looks into investing where and how much. :)

Bitcoin investment is always we have 50 50 chances don't know when the price will increase and when it falls. The only thing you need to be very accurate when you invest in bitcoin, you need to keep an eye on when it increases at that you can sell them at higher price in this way you will make profit.

Yeah and the more money we put in to invest, the riskier it gets. As bitcoin's future is unpredictable and uncontrollable, by the time you decide to invest in bitcoin, you have put your money in risks. But I think it would be somehow more beneficial than risky if you don't fall for the advertisement of scam sites, because if you don't sell it now, you still have the chance to sell it later.

Many people count investment in bitcoin risky. But I think it's just because of people don't understand bitcoin mostly. One of the most serious problems for any new technology, in addition to ridicule from market participants, it attempts to compare it with something already known, with any starting point. An obvious example is Fiat currency, modern banking system and the process of working Bank accounts. Those people who understand bitcoin and the way it works already invested in it and taking the profit from that.

i agree it only risky if people dont know how bitcoin work
when i start i doubt about it that it my first opinion is bitcoin will collapse that will be no value someday
but after i do some research i learn that bitcoin didnt work by a few people
that even some sell their coin or leave bitcoin there a lot of people waiting to take their spot

u are assuming this or have you any proof that goverment are buying bitcoins for their profit .if possible give us some proofs it will be beneficial .

there is always a certain amount of risk, it may not be that much but it is always going to be there. and the fact that bitcoin is a new technology is the main reason for that risk.

but important thing to consider when talking about risks is the relationship between all these risks with the possible rewards. and it is true about any investment. for bitcoin the rewards are 100 times more than the risks, that is why bitcoin investment is a good thing.

Nothing there worth investing your bitcoins except bitcoin itself! all you need to do is to buy some and hold and sell when price is profitable for you to sell but not all your coins, always keep at least 10 bitcoins for 10 or 20 years.
Nothing to worried about if bitcoin crashes because that is almost impossible.

risk or benefit:
Depends on you
For me, more experience but pay with money

I think one should invest the amount which he can afford to lose. Bitcoin has great potential the price will reach new heights in the coming future but that’s my opinion and I don’t want anyone (including my friends) to invest in bitcoin relying on my opinion. I think everyone should do his own research before investing and that’s the only way for him to take wise investing decisions.

If we invest our money to bitcoins then we should really think off on the possible risk that might happen along the way and regarding to your friends they would really know that because every investments do involve risk always.They wont fully rely on your promises because they have the will to decide on their self because you are just explaining to them and they cant blame you.

there are a lot of benefits to invest in Bitcoin. Even so, there are also a few downsides. Bitcoin gets you rid of capital control and for me that is the major benefit. As for the the downside, what I can tell you is that, since Bitcoin is still a fairly recent experiment there is always the chance Bitcoin can crash and lose all its value. However, and judging by its brilliant performance in the last few years, I do think that's a risk you should be willing to take.

I'm starting to believe more and more that you should actually split that affordable amount into more "pieces", and although they are smaller, you can invest in more opportunities. For example I thought about investing in Altcoins and which one would you prefer, having $100 in your wallet: investing $100 in Litecoin, investing $10 in 10 different Altcoins or investing $1 in 100 different Altcoins? If you choose the first one, your investment could fail and if it does.. you'll lose everything. But splitting it up into more pieces could mean huge income just from one of them rising.

I think bitcoin really is not risky because i believe that the price will increase more again if we seen that the price was drop these days i think the price can be still increase again back.. if you know bitcoins already in 2015 if you compare there is the advantage because the price is really increased and we are touch in 800 value and experience to hit $1k value and more price will come i think..
So there is no risk for me if you buy right now.. government still not asking for a tax for bitcoin so better to enjoy what is bitcoin right now.

Yes i can understand the risk factor with a simple line of msg  :P

Every investment has its risk and bitcoin is the market where traders thrive because the market is conducive to day trading with the massive changes you could make a really huge amount of money ,i am not sure about the possibilities of a long term investment but the market is ripe for trading regularly and with the volatility it has it is the best form of investment in terms of returns .

Bitcoin itself can be considered a good investment, due to the potential reward, but it is a risky investment. The Bitcoin market is a relatively new market, with limited liquidity compared to fiat currencies. That brings high volatility, and that's one of the reasons why I see Bitcoin as a risky investment.

yeah but this has been changing. every year there is more volume and more investors apart from the day to day users that are also using bitcoin for their payments online. and the risk has been getting lower and lower. you can see from the history that in the past two years price has been rising consistently.

No the risk aren't getting lower, it's still the same. Just because of the price increase we can't state that bitcoin investment is not risky anymore or had been lowered. It's depend on how people will enhanced their trading skills or any kinds of system they are applying to make sure they are getting benefits in bitcoin.

Look at those persons who bought at $1100 recently and didn't able to sold before the sudden decrease, do you think that's what you called the lowered risk? It's up to their analyzation.

Wake up from your dream, the latest price falling just happened not so long ago and you still say the price has been rising consistently, I honestly even doubtful that you're actually ever seeing the price statistics or not. Well, besides of that thing, I want to say that from my perspective the risk still remain the same because the volatility still high just like as usual
Bitcoin getting used for an online payments is just normal as it should be

The benefit of bitcoins for me, today i can trade with strategy arbitase and exchange bitcoins to fiat via skrill and neteller. And the other strategy trading altcoins for save my capital, because it can use small capital and large of capital.

Risk on bitcoin is high fluctuating of price, even though it is chance for making money on trading altcoins or bitcoins to fiat on the markets.
About bitcoins will have taxes, it is normal for building on every countries and it is not becoming problem for me.
Hacking problem on the computer depend on the owners of computer for protect it, and i think bitcoin can not be blamed because of hacking problem.

There are mainly two types of investments with bitcoin :
1) Direct Bitcoin investment : In this type of investment user can buy bitcoin at current price in market and stake it for price increase. When price will increase user can sell it for getting profit.

2) Altcoin Investment : This investment is quite tricky. As firstly user have to buy Bitcoins . Then have to use that BTC to buy any of altcoin. (may be multiple) And then have to wait for price increase and then sell. It can also call in short trading.

And always financial transaction might be risky but beneficial.

Investment means always risk, none can assure you that you will win always.And there is a matter of luck also.No investment is risk free and if you wanna win you have to take risk.We believe in bitcoin and bitcoin didn't disappointed us for long time.So,we do bitcoin investment again and again.Though everytime we didn't get profit but most of time..

It depend on how you calculate risk to reward. To invest in bitcoin there are advantages and disadvantages, however the benefits pass the risk. For now bitcoin is one of the good think happening to the world and it may interest you to know that most central bank around the world are trying to adopt blockchain as part of their country currencies.

I agree with this strategy and we all know that ‘one should not put all eggs in one basket’. Diversification reduces the risk of losing the capital and it distributes the risk among the investment options in which we decide to invest. I have my personal experience that systematic diversified investments usually give good returns at the end.

Latest drop in price made me worry, I wont lie. And all this China threating also make me wonder.... So yeah, for me its a risk considering all the latest news. Might be becouse I'm rather new to bitcoin so dont know what to believe or not :D

I dont think bitcoin investment  is not risk  if we talk long term investment because if we think short term for 2 months for example i have money and i m m thinking to invest for someting , when i look at bitcoin price it is really hight now and i think people can sell thier bitcoin for bitcoin price can fall because of for sort time bitcoin investment is risk but for long term, bitcoin investment is benefit .

investment actually was very helpful, especially for the future. we do not know what will happen in the future, and what problems we will encounter. so very good to prepare for any eventuality that by way of investment. maybe it would be a bit risky, because the benefits of direct investment can not you feel. it takes a long time until he could be something useful.

It is relative and with good financial management tools in place you can minimize your risk and make a long term profit. For instance with the current pump/rise I always had a suspicion that it was going to drop somehow but just didn't know when so any critical financial investor would have sold his/her bitcoins after the first drop and would wait for it to stablize after the fall to go buy back all his bitcoins at a cheaper Cody and make a descent profit as a result.

I wrote before somewhere, I saw it isnt healthy rise... Usually when it rise too fast, it drops soon. And I'm sorry now I didnt sell it, would have been nice profit. Im here for the long term, and ofcourse I didnt put all eggs in 1 basket. It's sort of a gamble, and i dont bet with money I cant afford to lose

Almost every investment is subjected to market risk and bitcoin is exposed to even greater amount of risk as there is not central authority. So if the price starts crashing, no one will step ahead to prevent it. Also it is not back by any asset like gold or any other precious metal. Hence bitcoin investment is always riskier.

However, bitcoin also has the potential to reward you suitable if you are willing to take the risk. Those who are investing in bitcoin from long time now, they are already sitting on a huge profit. So invest wisely and wait for long period to get a good amount of return in bitcoin. No other conventional investment will be able to give you that much of return.

I have realized that the possibility of carrying out anonymous transactions with bitcoins has meant a great opportunity for scammers to offer alleged investment options, most of them simple ponzi schemes that are prevailing in several countries, and this has led many people to lose money and trust in the bitcoin economy. That is way we need to be aware of where we decide to invest our coins.

the risk level in this case is pritty lower because the chanses of collapsing of bitcoin is 99.99% and if we take that that lowest value and see it like a risk then also we have lot more cryptocurrency options i am sire if bitcoin collapsed then the whole crowd will be split into many smaller groups and will be distributted into the whole market

i think recently hold your bitcoin is much more beneficial than investment of bitcoin because bitcoin increasing its price with fast and a lot of people buying bitcoin and then hold it for higher price of bitcoin to make a big profit.

to determine if bitcoin is good for investment or not,simply look at the price charts 2012-2016
it has been so volatile that there were huge peaks (2013,jan 2017) and lows of up to 200$ per coin
from the point of view of an investor it is a very risky,yet incredibly profitable asset
and if you are an early adopter you could have reached 10000% ROI

99% pure benefit. Nobody, who bought Bitcoin in the last 5 years can call it a loss. The price goes up. I'm not counting pumps and dumps but the lowest price each year, because this shows you the minimum you are earning every year, even if you're late for the selling party and missing every single pump. In reality you're earning much more, because the mean was above the given prices.
2012 ~$4
2013 ~$15
2014 ~$200
2015 ~$220
2016 ~$350
2017 ?

for the short term bitcoin prices going up and down it can make you win or lose, but in the long run you can view stats you will make money
but it's up to you, can afford to be patient or not

In the long run it is easy to realize that there is a lot of upward potential. Particularly in this year, there are a series of events that can make Bitcoin reach values never reached before. Some of these events are the launch of Bitcoin ETFs, the launch of new applications among other things that can happen. I'm not sure if SegWit will be activated this year, although many experts point it out as the best solution to put an end in the scaling debate.

Some people suggest other solutions, I think that one of them is called FlexTrans, but it seems that SegWit has more community support.

Bitcoin has made a huge sucess in the past with small community, nowadays we are several more and i still see beneficts to be at bitcoin, last year value wow, to be clear bitcoin is growing always a bit all years, the halving does make bitcoin grow over time, and we can see at those list, but 2016 its wrong it started at 400 and went into 900 dollars.
The risk to invest into bitcoin is hight since pumps and dumps happens always, if you follow the bitcoin a bit you will know the best moment to get int and to get out.

sometimes invest in bitcoin not forever or not remain profitable You can also experience a loss especially if the price of bitcoin is unstable and tend to decrease, bitcoin invesment have a risk and benefit you have to be smart when deciding something you will get more profit and a slight disadvantage when choosing the right option. risk or benefit it depends on your choice

People can only experience a loss if they bought in a higher price and if they panic sell when they just see Bitcoin price going down, But if you are an experienced trader of Bitcoin you will not sell your Bought Bitcoin if you are not going to profit unless you need quick money for something.

if you are an experienced trader you will make money on falling markets i.e. when the price is going down
it is called shorting or short position trading
http://www.investopedia.com/terms/s/short.asp
the main problem is to determine which way will the market go

But as far as i know there is not government accepting bitcoin yet legitimately. And no one take tax from bitcoin. So may be for nowadays investing bitcoin is very profitable and have many benefits.
*correct me if i wrong.

It's definitely a risk, the outcome maybe you are getting benefits or you are losing your money. Hence, it is important to manage our investment very well to minimize the risk, when you minimize the risk that means you have a greater chances to take the benefits in the future which is profit.

In every business before entering we have to assume there is 50 and 50 chances, without assuming like that you will not move in order to make more money you have to risk some amount of money, even it is same with bitcoin no one will give you strong support when it comes to investment, all other will suggest you which way is good and which way is bad. You need to right step and you need to move forward.

I would call it a risk worth benefit. Bitcoin is still evolving as a technology and over the time it will gain sustainability but till then we might see huge price ups and downs and in that volatility there will be numerous chances for traders or investors to enter and exit but if someone is considering long term benefit then I think investing in bitcoin is a benefit worth taking a risk.

Out of all other crypto currencies bitcoin is one of the best investment which you make more profit when it's price increases. Without risk there is no gains in every aspects in my cases, because those who faces risks will gain more profits when the have more patience and dedication.

But I feel bitcoin investments are usually ending up in benefits than the domination of risks which we are leading to losses in any other investment types.

I agree we always look into the risk levels before going for any investments, but fortunately even bitcoin poses high risk levels, the returns are really awesome compared to any other investment returns.

Indeed. At least we can predict approximately what will happen with the Bitcoin prices in the next few years. Most of the bitcoin investor has obtained much profit from what Bitcoin has brought to them and normally I have never seen anyone said that they had lost all there money because of Bitcoin. Although many people claim that Bitcoin investment is risky, they have to admit that it is still better than other kind of investment

Bitcoin investment involves both benefit and risk. Bitcoin has given huge returns to its investors. At the same time, if your country bans bitcoin suddenly, you would have to suffer huge loss in your investment. Bitcoin price is also volatile. Recently, bitcoin price rose to $1150 and within two days, it fell down to $850.

all of invesment have risk include bitcoin. but you can get profit or benefit if you smart to look and predict BTC value. buy when bitcoin have low price and sell when it high.

Risks and benefits are all part of investing or acquiring in any cryptocurrency particularly bitcoin. All we can is to manage the risk and enjoy the benefits the bitcoin that will provide.

Evidently bitcoin's up trend is still on-going, but there are no guarantees that market price would always remain high and juicy, so the risk of losing can never be ruled out. To be able to reap the benefits of investing in bitcoin, an investor or trader owns himself the duty of studying and analyzing the market in order to come up with well informed market decisions and not guess work. It helps to understand that in this context, success is not a thing of courage because smartness and not strength, is what a trader needs the most to become outstanding..

I think each investor must have some amount of bitcoin in his/her portfolio. The percentage depends on understanding of risk. In addition, the portfolio must contain not only bitcoin but also other cryptocurrencies. Maybe in the future, big investors like banks or retirement funds or even countries can use bitcoin as an investment instrument.

Risk management is one of the things that makes a big difference to any investor, I think many users ignore different aspects of it because they do not understand the market, and this can cost money later. One way to manage risk would be first not investing what you can not afford to lose. Another thing that can help lessen the risks is, of course, investing in the right thing, not putting money in quick rich schemes.

All sorts of investment have some quantity of risk no matter it is in bitcoins or any other projects
Benefits,yah only those who have some real skills can truly make profit out of it
According to me buying bitcoins can really turn out to be profitable,as the rates of BTC are going high and maybe it could reach 2000 USD also
We cannot always be sure the prices can go down also
Starting a business with bitcoins would be a great idea but again we can never be sure ,guys with trading skills and luck can make the best out of it
The value keeps on fluctuation

i say investing in bitcoin and getting involved with it, is all benefit.
we all know that bitcoin is a great thing with even greater future. and the adoption is growing day by day which only means higher prices in the long run. on top of that we know that the supply of bitcoin is very limited so the price can easily go up because how scarce bitcoin is.

with all that said, when you use bitcoin you get lots of other benefits. things such as not needing any banks for using it, or one of my favorites which is the privacy that bitcoin offers. for example when i am using bitcoin to gamble the gambling site doesn't have to know my identity, name,... or credit card number when i use bitcoin.

bitcoin is really a best investment and we know bitcoin is very much profitable currency and you are right that bitcoin price increasing day by day and a lot of people strongly believe in bitcoin and they investing their money in huge amount in bitcoin.

Every and each investment can be a risk or a benfit. The fact about if it's about bitcoin doesn't matter. You can invest in real state or anything else you take a risk too. In case of real estate if you buy a house but there is a natural catastrophe you risk to loose the house. And if you say in this case insurances are here to cover the lose then let me tell you that no, rarely covering the 100% invested. Another case cold be a life insurance and the bank goes bankrupt, you risk loosing the investment, and in case you say funds in banks are covered by gov then again, not 100%.
Golden rule: don't invest anything you can't afford to lose

i will like to say that where risk is more there is more money. your profit depending on the risk you are taking to invest your money in bitcoin. i think not only trading but all kind of investment and trading are risky. where there is always a chance of losing money. but without taking risk we cannot make money at all. if we want to make money we must take risk.

For me it is all the benefits and there is no any risk according to my views as I do not think that btcoin will now collapse and do not think that if governments will impose tax then we will face issues and the tax will not be that much higher for bitcoin. It will have more benefits in the coming future if governments adopt it.

Every investment comes with its own risk and bitcoin itself is not an exception but at the same time one needs to understand that risk and benefit works together as the higher the risk, the higher the return so it now boils down to the individual making the investment decision if he is ready for the benefit, then he should be ready for the right amount of the risk attached as such. And I am sure quite a number of people understands that as even keeping btc in your wallet, comes with its own risk.

Even bitcoin collapses, it will bounce back very quickly as it had done in the past. So, the risks associated with bitcoin investments are always zero and the benefits we can expect from the investments would be unlimited. In my experiences, bitcoin investments are once in life time opportunity. We must make use of it.

There is a big risk associated with investing in bitcoins but overall the reward is greater than the said risks. Not only will you gain money along the way but also you will have deeper understanding of how banking works and how does things play in the larger picture of the economic scene.

It depends on whether or not you bought at prices far below current levels and kept holding. Moment of entering and leaving the market is key. Not everyone manages to walk out with money. It all depends on how well you are able to analyze the market, and manage to anticipate on whatever situation.


You sure? There are a few active members here that actually know what they are talking about, but the far majority of the people just repeat the same gibberish posted by others that we keep seeing constantly here in this forum. I haven't seen any actual improvement throughout the years I am registered here. It's probably because their target is just to earn bits instead of learning and participating in discussions.

It's not a 0-risk zone. Any investment is a risk. Just because the price is fluctuating but always recovered doesn't mean anything. The price can always collapse, even if the chances are small. You can also invest when the price reaches $10.000, for example, and then the price suddenly goes down and gets stable at around $2k. Anything is possible. Bitcoin investments are risky too.

yes we have good experience in previous days, when bitcoin dropped to a low level and then recover. some days before the price dropped to 940 USD and now again it is trading above 1000 USD. so it is a fact that there is no risk in trading bitcoin because if the price will fell down to a low level it will even recover its position very soon.

This is the impression one can have in analyzing the results of the past few years, because most of the people who have been holding have had the opportunity to recover their initial investment. But when you study technical aspects, you will realize that even Bitcoin has its problems, especially problems related to scalability, which will become more visible when the currency reaches a larger number of people, making transactions every day. The upside is that there are already solutions to this problem.

Bitcoin investing, when done right, is definitely a huge way to make a fair amount of money. It does take some prior observation and there is a fair amount of timing required, so there is a luck component, however it can definitely yield nice returns.

You never have to forcefully go long on Bitcoin either, shorts work fine too.

Right investing were only based depending on how we transact and made research on the investing company. If we find the right one then were on beneficial side but if we got dump then we better learn our lesson.

I think the risks and benefits will always coincide. it depends on the patience, skill, etc. if you are not good at managing bitcoin then will you produce a risk that,

I believe in diversification of investments that is why I try as much to put my eggs in different baskets. I have a little of my money in bitcoin, some in stocks, mutual funds, and in our company savings association. I am still looking for other forms so I can further broaden and spread my risks and profit potentials,  as well.

There are lots of investment out there for bitcoin but they are just a bunch of scams and only few of them are legit,
So I think investment is also on the risk not on the benefits.

The risk of investing with bitcoin is always a better option. To some level it depends upon the skill, patience and so on, but something very important is the country you reside. If the country is with plans of opposing then the risk will be always high.

Investing of bitcoins is same risk and benefit if you want to earn bitcoins you need to take a risk to become failed like investing in mining site you need to take a risk other sites is turning to scams so you need to find a legit mining site and in trading also it has risk in buying and selling of altcoins if you don't want to take a risk try lending on poloniex or in other trusted people or hold your bitcoins for long time in your wallet, business is risky but you will become successful someday if you try and try.

Well actually investing bitcoins are too risky. How would you get the benefits and more profits if you wouldn't take the risk? If you failed then its okay, its because being to lose is a part of our every life, to our journey and even in bitcoins. If you try hard and harder, if you want to take a risk, there's no doubt that you can achieve what you want. All you have to is just wait(patience), and try and try until you defined the success you achieve.

making investments is good but looking at the risk of investment, you will want to hold back to your cash, because, the price of bitcoin is not stable it might have just increased when you invest and later it falls down beyound levels...but looking at the other part, for all countries accepting bitcoin, then paying of tax hmm.... am short of words.

For the moment I think the favorable, price trends bitcoin always rises, many of the positive news that makes people curious and eventually gravitated to save his money in bitcoin. I still suggest to keep buying bitcoin because the price will continue to skyrocket this year.

Investing money in bitcoins sounds great and positive at a moment as if we compare the price of bitcoins to last year then we saw a major growth in price of bitcoins and we can expect the same thing in coming months and years too so if we invest our money in bitcoins at this stage then it can give us best results in long run.

Although investing in bitcoins is both a risk and a benefit but as far as the history records bitcoin is much more on benefits and less on risk. The risk only comes from scammers, hackers, gambling and trading but if we just hold them and let the price grow naturally then we would harvest more benefits. The best investment is holding bitcoins and the only thing we need to do is wait.

If i look at the risk vs. benefit calculation, it's a benefit long term for me, but only if i invest not an overproportinal amount of my funds.

- benefits? Only if the investment scheme is trusted, reliable and sustainable, because many investment programs were ended as scam or fraud.
- Risk? There's no risk-free in every investment, whether using bitcoin or fiat money. If government accepted bitcoin, they will regulate it and will add taxes if you convert into fiat money.

With bitcoin, I only take calculated risks and make it a point to only invest what I  can afford to lose. I know that is bordering on being too cautious but better be safe than sorry. Although the past years has been very good for the increase in bitcoin's price, I would rather diversify and scatter my investments into different baskets.

Bitcoin investment is both risk and benefit but it depends how you invest that will ensure low risk maximum profits. I for instance trade marginally and so I get to buy and sell often taking advantage of the volatility to make profit in the short term while others may want a long term profit by leaving their Bitcoin to fluctuate over and over again thereby risking highly and in the end making a little profit or even a loss; that's not always the case though so it depends on your choices.

With Bitcoin you can win or lose like with any other investment, it's up to you. With some skills, knowledge and luck you can benefit and make some nice profit, especialy on long term basis. But it's inevitable that you also lose sometimes so it's important not tow chew more then you can swallow, if you know what I mean. It's good to have investment plan, that helps also.

Bitcoin is somehow is a risk in itself and an investment in itself it just a matter of how will you use it ! Bitcoin can become a risk if your gonna trade to someone you didn't know personally and since bitcoin js decentralized there is no way you gonna find out the culprit if youve been scammed ! bitcoin is an investment if you will hold it for a long period of time and sell if if you alreadh gained your desired profit

In my opinion investment are not still useful in the current , in case if we are looking to invest to get profit/return at sites then we are placing our bitcoin money in the trap of risk of loss only because most of the investment sites are only of ponzi scheme .
But I think if government banned the bitcoin or allows the bitcoin official to use then I don't think that thier is any risk .
Because if any country government will ban the bitcoin then surely they will announce long time ago before the declare it ban or illegal .
But if in case the government accept bitcoin officially then there is also no risk because we can use our money of bitcoin slowly slowly month by month to remain away from the tax system .
Overall this is not only safe but it is risk free if we take every steps wisely .

In my own opinion bitcoin is more likely to become an investment rather than a risk ! I use bitcoin for already 3 years now and I invested on it back at 2015 when 1 bitcoin was just $250 then after years of waiting I finally quadruple it when it hits $1000 and immediately sell it after I get my desired profit ! I love bitcoins so I considered it beneficial rather than risk ! 

In my own experience it was a benedit for me ! no current bank that exist today can fold your money for many times only bitcoin can ! bitcoin will probably rise until it hit the $2000 bracket ! So as early as today dont think that it was a risk think of it as in investment you are gonna profit from it for sure you just have to be patient !

We all have the risk when investing, all of us have that fear. Losing money is one of our fear. If we not be afraid of losing money, sometimes it could lead to a positive one, but sometimes, too much greedy sometimes lead us to be bankrupt. Like all other investors, we shall take the risk before we get the benefit.

I dont think theres an investment that is safe all we do here in the world has a risk such as sitting all day makes you prone to sickness as diabetes and being obese similar to bitcoin investment trading is so risky if you dont plan it but still if you plan/research everyday you will just reduce the chance you will lose the money you have been invested.

Every investment has certain level of risk attached with it and the same thing goes with bitcoin too, no doubt bitcoin is rising at a moment but cannot assume that the trend will be the same in future too.

So its good to invest in bitcoins at this stage but do not think twice to sell it off when you are making profits from it as it won't be a smart move to hold it for a long term without doing anything to it.

If you are good at trading and if you follow the markets closely and watch the news then you could make a good amount of money without much risk .The crucial point of investment is when there is a market correction and not when the there is a bull run.If you follow these basic things you will never end up in a loss.

you are right that bitcoin price continue to rising up and i am buying bitcoin in huge amount for the future because bitcoin will be double up it price in few years so i want to hold my bitcoin for long term investment. 

It's definitely a risk since we don't know if Bitcoin will succeed or fail, but there is great potential for Bitcoin to be worth a lot of money in the long run. To me it is worth putting some of my savings into it to have a chance to make a big profit later.

i agree with you @xester. this is how bitcoin works. it is not stable. it has pros and cons. and there is no investment in this world who hasnt have risks. so bitcoin has benefits and risks too. but as what who have said, there is always a rooom for improvement. as long as the bitcoin community is a live and we will support bitcoin, then benefits of bitcoin will be much bigger compared to its risks.

Agreed, every form of investment bas its own risk, with bitcoin the risk is bit high comparatively. To have a profit with reduced risk factor you need to find the best among all the investment websites along with legitimacy. Now you can earn a small minimal earning.

In theory, even if bitcoin is not recognized as a currency, you must pay taxes on your earnings that you get when you trade in bitcoin, so that is nothing new besides you can take care of your computer to avoid being hacked, the most important is to not install pirated software or surf in doubtful websites.

As with all investments and most prospects of turning a profit, it requires some risk. There's plenty of information available online regarding bitcoin and speculation abound on the uses and future projects involving bitcoin. It's up to you to decide how "safe" the investment is, and the information is readily available.

Investment is risky, so is investment bitcoin. If you can make the right investment choices, then you can also benefit,we know that bitcoin might crash anytime but seeing the current state of it we could say that its really a profitable investment and also a good and beneficial digital currency,

yes every investment and trading are risky. bitcoin is also a type of investment, so we can say that itcoin is a little risky and more profitable because still there is a lot of potential in the price of bitcoin and there are chances that its price will increase more and more.

Bitcoin is also an investment and it has risk, you cant say if you will earn as time passes by or you will lose your money. it applies in every investment we joined in and we must be prepared. the benefits of having btc is that its not just for investment because you can do many things with it so look for the brighter side.

Every investment has it's own risk and benefit, bitcoin isn't an exception. The price fluctuations can bring both risk and benefit for you so you must be prepared. You shouldn't invest something you can't afford to lose.

It's always a bit risky.

I usually test the newest investment programms.
This night GoldenEggs.us started and i've invested also a few dollars. A few minutes ago i got my first payout:

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If thoose pages will payout, i pay more in it.

That's always my strategy :D

Bitcoin investment can be risky if you are going to hold it for a very long term as future of bitcoin is unpredictable and anything is possible in future but if you are investing it for 2 to 3 years then I don't think it will be risky in fact it can give  you best returns as we are sure that bitcoin will survive for at least next 5 years.

Investment either in real money or bitcoin everywhere it involves risk. first we should understand the company or orgainaztion where will invest. if it is doing its job honestly fromlast few years then ok go for it otherwise if the company is brand new and is giving you lot of oppurtinity and probably its a scam and better to avoid such company.

Investment either in real money or bitcoin everywhere it involves risk. first we should understand the company or orgainaztion where will invest. if it is doing its job honestly fromlast few years then ok go for it otherwise if the company is brand new and is giving you lot of oppurtinity and probably its a scam and better to avoid such company.

that will be your first move is to investigate to your investing site to avoid you to be scam by fake investors and make sure to look for some older investing site and not new one.

when you enter into a business or bitcoin or anywhere along the invesment we should be prepared to face the risk depending on market conditions and price value and benefits that everybody wants. Risk is depends on people how to accept and how to handle a situation towards a positive way.

Challenges for the old site is advantages that continue to shrink, the number of communities decreased, and lifetime of the web registration has reached the threshold. If you invest in a new site will also be very risky, because if member doesn't meet quota, money can be directly retrieved owners. So I hope you find a site that has been running an average of 1.5 years.

There is no guarantee for online investments , because they not wear a legal entities such as physical office.

I would say it is both regarding on engaging to bitcoin.It does really gives good long term and short term benefits for people to earn money and could make their lives more convenient because of its features and the thing which makes it as a risk is regarding on its price.

As described investment has big risk. So its better to make right decision whether to invest or take place in trading activities. Believing the potential making investment through bitcoin gives profit as the price increase more and more to give profit.

It's a risk, after you'll buy one the value of the coin can crash. But in the long run the value will increase

Investment is safe anytime you can take back your bitcoins, and you can use that bitcoins for any other purpose. But it depends on your invested sites income. If the site is in a good position and the price is also stable or increased, you will get good profit. If the price goes down and the site lost reputation, it's risk. Without taking the risk, we can not make money in any business.

Yes friend, this make sense, investment totally have risks yet the faith is totally the one which will you going to hold on. and yes, better have a good research of your investing site which must be your first move when you really want to invest your money.

You seem to overlook something very important - if the price goes down, you'll only lose if you happen to sell your coins at a loss. If you don't sell anything, then you won't lose anything. Whatever amount of Bitcoin you have bought, regardless of the price, that amount remains always the same, and thus you won't lose nor gain anything.


That's why it's important not to panic sell. As I said before, you don't lose anything if the price happens to drop in the short term, just make sure you keep holding. If you look closely to the all time chart, then it's obvious that the price has gone up continuously. Long term is all that matters.

Even if your profit from investing in Bitocin will be taxed, it will still be a profit, so I think that's not a reason to worry.

IMO Bitcoin is a good long term investment, but if you are expecting profit in 6 months you might fail. So invest in it only if you have spare funds you can live without for years. And one more thing. Bitcoin will never collapse.

no investment is without risk, and the large size of the risk that the bus usually read and observed how easy it is calculated in advance between the pros and cons

The price of bitcoin may fall in future but it won't disappear completely and even if price falls it has an potential to bounce bank and it has proved that many times in the past so I don't think there is any risk in investing money in bitcoins as it will give good returns in future.

if u afraid of the hack or your hand got too much btc u can save in physical wallet.
however, bitcoin is super nice to ppl who do transaction in dark / grey area.

I personally do not invest my bitcoins in any services anymore because i have lost enough at starting on scams and hyips and now i don't believe any services, but yeah of course every investment involves risk, no matter how good they might be but still you will feel twice before investing there after so many scams in past.
By the way, i never thought of that tax and computer hacking thing.

Bitcoin investment may be beneficial or not, depends on the situation. Once you chose a good investment of your bitcoin and it is legal, you may gain a good profit. Bitcoins are at risk from hackers. Bitcoin transactions are simple, easy, and cheap. Bitcoin is portable and cannot be traced. Bitcoin investors believe that the currency has a lower falling risk. This is because Bitcoin is a digital currency that doesn't depend on government policy that can fail and cause hyperinflation.

just need to be care bitcoin still is digital currency, when you send cant be revert back.
except the hackers, bitcoin investment can be dangerous and not legal. if the site admin gone, your investment is gone.

government policy still can interrupt it just they want or not.

But for that fact of bitcoin that is something that could be in it's benefit because with the other payment methods they can do chargebacks which cost the companies money to do this refund each and everytime.
Including the man power they have to pay to setup an office to do these calls of customer support and pay them to do these reversals.

Maybe, just maybe if you waste time and spend all day watching the markets and the news.
But that only decreases the chance of losing not remove them there is always a chance of losing, you are better off using that time working on skills that are useful and demanded that you can offer them for bitcoin.

True, all investments have risks and every investment has a different risk. if you're clever in exploiting and using an investment. bitcoin example if you are already familiar with bitcoin, bitcoin will then become the granary of income for you

It depends, some people invest in ponzi or hyip scams, it is always risky. For benefits, some casino houses accept private or open investment. It is always profitable, you will hardly lose money, unless the site is a scam.

Exactly. The probability risk in investing in ponzi/hype investment program is higher than the probability that you would earn from it. Though casino houses accept investment, it's still risky since that casino house could fall down or scam investors since it's a business matter.

invest in bitcoin certainly have weaknesses and strengths of each. we are required to be able to take advantage of existing loopholes. because the smarter decision-making so we can benefit quite a lot. if not right then we will lose.

There are no sure invstment in cryptoworld all you need to do is to risk money and hope to benefit through it.Even the safest may bring danger

Is GENESIS MINING a legit for investing?????.
because i heard a lot about it. basically iam from india, this site is launched in India recently.
please suggest me.

I think Bitcoin investment is always profit because in this world there is no risk free investment. With bitcoin investment you need to act right time to make money. If you don't act properly it will effect on your earnings. But in my case Bitcoin investment is always beneficial to me.

In my own vision of investment, I would rather say it always involves risk every time and also a fear of losing money. Part of that risk or fear of losing money is the benefit that you could have on what you are investing, which could bring positive outcome if the business or trading you’ve invested generates a profitable income. With bitcoin, risk of investments in altcoins trading is more challenging when you are a newbie and its difficult for you to decide the right time to trade, you should research and be updated all the time and do not lose your sight. After all that circumstances there is a benefit that awaits you and that’s your profit.

I truly agree with u..fine no investment is safe, they also the risk side of it...that one should have in mind....and that they can be change of price in  Bitcoin its unstable..and it might affect investments...

Investing with bitcoin is really risky, it doesn't have any weakness or drawbacks. There is no need to make use of loopholes, just with the direct buying and selling itself can make a better profit similar to investment. In my opinion bitcoin as a investment has lot of benefits equal to the risk. In several countries bitcoin is used to boost the economic growth. So bitcoin is always advantageous.

all investments have risks. as well as with bitcoin. if you can get around that risk. the risk it could be a huge advantage for you. essential you have knowledge in the investment, then the risk could be minimized

Investing in bitcoins is not that risky. Though bitcoin investment is a package of both risk and benefit, at this point of time the risk is just a small percentage and the benefit is truly high. But, everything depends on your decision, your decision and judgment will be crucial as to whether you will gain or lost in bitcoin. All investment has both interest and risk but in order to make some profit is another issue and the secret lies in the investors wise judgement and good decision.

In every negotiation there's a risk and benefit. Investment is too risky. I can say that beacuse first, its hard to find a legit investment program yet, some of them are just scam. Second, we all know that the bitcoin is unstable, if the value of bitcoin is go down it is all over for you. It also a benefit, if you find a investing program that are not scam. And if the value of bitcoin keep growing.

Every investment has it's risk even bitcoin has it's pros and cons but if you've been in this field for a very long time you'll know that bitcoin has a future much more. Through the years this one crypto currency has gained many supporters even some countries started using it and many bitcoin forums has been created, thousand of contributors helping bitcoin code's to innovate. So what is to fear?

Nowadays, more and more people are investing their money in bitcoin. As what I am seeing, I see more profits than loosing money. The demand is increasing from time to time and also the price. Even though it is vulnerable to a huge dump. It can manage to bring it up again. I remember when the price of Bitcoin closes to $1K then dumps in $600. But as you can see right now. It manages to get up and even reach $1300.

So, it is recommended to hold your bitcoins as more pumps will occur.

Yes if we compared the pro and the cons we will see there are more advantage to invest in bitcoin rather than in other place like gold or silver, the rising and the stability now is at a very good point and for short term I believe bitcoin will keep on growing, there are more and more shop accepting bitcoin, but still it got risk, bitcoin still in early stage, bitcoin still got a lot of challenges and obstacles

but the investment risk. in bitcoin can be minimized if you have the skills, knowledge and patience. then the risk will be smaller.
because with the skills and knowledge do you know when to sell and buy bitcoin appropriately

As for the benefits, I agree with you. Bitcoin investment is safe and profitable. However, there are a few risks, it is the price of Bitcoin is not really stable, it is still fluctuating daily. If the price goes up you will be more profitable and if the price decrease you may not be able to get the money out. Besides, using Bitcoin to investment also faces some dangers, if you do not invest in the right place you will probably regret it.
As for the risky part, I think Bitcoin can not crash because of the growing demand of users, it is getting more and more popular in the world and also has some Bitcoin services. Bitcoin investment is both beneficial and harmful, but I think the benefits will be more :D

If we have invested our Bitcoin wisely, we can have benefits and with that benefits comes risk.  We cannot remove the risk factor during investment.  It applies to all kind of investment even fiat currency.  The only good thing with Bitcoin is that if the investment work out, you can enjoy a multiplied profit if you convert it to fiat.

I acknowledged that statement that with sufficient skills and knowledge we can adopt and lessen the risk in any investment as well as bitcoin investment. As the most famous quote says "Knowledge is Power" the same goes in any investment that if we equipped ourselves with proper and sufficient knowledge pertaining to bitcoin investment then we will know when to buy and sell your bitcoins without having a losing profit.

Every investment is risky. And in every risk deeds, there is always benefits as you win. Thus, bitcoin is benefit for those who kniw how to manage their bitcoin. In the other hand, you could lose if you didn't know how to manage it and that's the risk.

Just like what I keep on believing if there's no risk that will be taken, there's no chance of growing with such investment. It's a fact that all investments are risky and we know that in bitcoin even though the risk is there. The benefits are still there and we already saw with the first investors and adopters of bitcoin, they actually benefited on it.

life itself is risk as you don't know what will happen to you in the next minute. Bitcoin investment has an inherent risk and reward just like others monetary instrument's. Because of this inherent reward we hope to have good returned on our investment and because of the risk we fear we might lose our entire capital and this two forces is what drive its price.

Can I make it clear, where country do you know that affect the economic growth using bitcoin?
I guess, you better name it would be great to know that there is/ are countries that can feel the effect of bitcoin.

In every sector investment is risky, also in bitcoin.You can be failed or winner.But i think in bitcoin benefit is more than risk, because in present bitcoin price is quite good and price is increasing day bay day.Many people interested to invest in this site and they want to join, and this way importance and popularity of BTC  is increasing in the world.So in my perception bitcoin is quite safe place to invest.

all investments have risks and every investment has a variety of risk. I think investment in bitcoin has a pretty small risk if you want to be patient to wait for prices to rise any circumstances

It is true that the price is unstable, but you could never lose profit if you are going to invest in bitcoin, why? It is because the price is unstable, the possibility of its price to go higher is more than the possibility that its price won't go up anymore. So, anytime would be a great opportunity to invest in bitcoin, but it is more better if you are going to invest in bticoin as soon as possible, for you to have more profit.

Benefit is that Bitcoin explodes and you’re sitting on much more than you earned. Risk is that Bitcoin collapses and you’re stuck with much less. However, if you use bitcoin now to pay for goods and services you risk little except time spent figuring out your taxes come tax time.
The risk of getting paid in Bitcoin, is the bitcoin's price, A collapse in the price,will lower the value of your wage. The benefit is it's price again. Price up and you get a higher wage.

No investment which gives high returns is without risk.Bitcoin,being the innovative currency involves huge risks but if you see the past history of bitcoin,we could see it has given huge returns on an overall view.When we see the upcoming progress in bitcoin industry,we could see there are huge benefits.Since bitcoin is highly volatile,i dont believe that any government could accept bitcoin as legal currency and so there would be no fear of tax.

of course it is profitable. today many people are investing heavily to bitcoin, because they think that bitcoin will have a very high price in the future. so, bitcoin is one investment vehicle that will be profitable in the future.

Bitcoin investment is the best. We know that the price is unstable and this is the best thing about it though it may be risky but out of that risk. You can make good amount of profit from it if you will be guided accordingly or you know how the market of bitcoin works. Just like being a day trader of bitcoin or long term investor.

Bitcoin investment is both a risk and benefit specially when you treat it as an investment and yes,its a profitable if you do know how to deal with it. Risk is always there when we are talking about investments not only on bitcoin world but also on just casual businesses or investments on physical world.

for me is invesment because i believe the price bitcoin can always increase , allright safe and profit good  :)

I agree with you . we should be able to invest appropriately. bitcoin is a profitable investment when we can work well. each work definitely has a risk.

Almost every investment is subjected to market risk and bitcoin is exposed to even greater amount of risk as there is not central authority. So if the price starts crashing, no one will step ahead to prevent it. Also it is not back by any asset like gold or any other precious metal. Hence bitcoin investment is always riskier.

However, bitcoin also has the potential to reward you suitable if you are willing to take the risk. Those who are investing in bitcoin from long time now, they are already sitting on a huge profit. So invest wisely and wait for long period to get a good amount of return in bitcoin. No other conventional investment will be able to give you that much of return.

There are lots of benefits as well as risk in using bitcoin. One of the benefits is buying or selling items even you are inside your home. You can also earn money as well. Risk is investing your money into some sort of untrusted sites that leads to scamming or sometimes hacking. But still, as long as you know how to lessen the risk, then no need to worry about.

That's right. Bitcoin is that way for investment that can become really profitable today. But it stays very danger as well, mostly because of bitcoin is still not admited and the government can block it in any time. I think bitcoin doesn't suit for long term investitions, cause of the highest risk to loose everything at all.

Ofcourse risky. Will you satisfy if btc goes up till 10k usd? How long do u think it ll take? Which one is better? Climbing from 1k usd to 10k usd in 5 years or climbing from 10 usd to 100 usd in 3 months? Check main altcoins dash xmr eth etc. they seems better with similar risk factor. Isnt it?

Its been normal in bitcoin and price is always volatile in chart. We cannot say its always Risker nor benefited at the all the time. Its completely based how you use the security measures to be safer side and demand and supply of bitcoin is also plays vital role to avoid and to be a riskier.

Every investment is risky that's why many people can't initiate in investing. However if you can handle the risk and you know your limit and the market of your investment, then the potential of earning profit is tangible. Bitcoin is risky if you can't handle its volatility, however if you know how its market moved, you would certainly benefit from its movement.

When it comes to benefit, Bitcoin has a wide range of functions, as a system and as a money. It's characteristic as we all know provides us enough security, freedom, and own choice. I can give you a few more but the reason why I should believe in Bitcoin is that these days it's hard to trust, it's hard to put your faith in people and other things in these world that full of lies, at least Bitcoin gave me a chance to trust in a system once again.

Risk is something that we all pull off in everything, this is the reason why we move forward, this is how we grow.
As a beneficial tool, Bitcoin is full of risks. Lacking of knowledge in its inventor or why it is really invented Bitcoin is still full of mystery. It can be a treasure now and be nothing later. Another thing is it's code, some says that it's impossible to break. But no system is unbreakable. Every code has a hole, and thats thing I fear. We might be depending our money on something that might be gone in the future. Will Bitcoin lost its value? Maybe, maybe not!

It can be both. It is a benefit for long term but a risk if you put all your money from it. We all see that bitcoin's value is very volatile. It just drop these past few days for more than 200$ which makes it very risky. But for me i see bitcoin has a really great potential. So i will really invest from it. I advice if you are going to invest in bitcoin, just put the money you can afford to lose.

Bitcoin investment is both risks and benefit, it may risks because bitcoin price is fluctuating we cannot predict when it will dumped and until when its high. Bitcoin investment gives benefits to anyone who join for it really gives profitable because of its price is growing daily.

The final result will depend on how bitcoin performs in future there is always an risk of investing in bitcoin as future is unpredictable and if price starts to downfall then it will not give good results but if its price goes higher then it will benefit us in best possible ways.

I agree, whenever we invest there is always a risk involved.  And the profit we can get or the lose we can get depends on the performance of Bitcoin in the future.  Though as of now there is a strong belief that Bitcoin is a good investment and would benefits lots of Holders since many are speculating that bitcoin will increase in price in the future.

lets look on the facts, the best benifit you are getting is very secured and high privacy transaction in very lower fees(atleast lower from the banks) but the most part is indicating towards risk factor where you can have to wait for about 2days to get your transaction confirmed.

We will find many companies, businesses and individual's will start using bitcoin in future which will take price to very high level and if it happens then bitcoin can give us best returns on our investments so its good to invest some money in it to gain good results in future.

Bitcoin transaction is not private, it is actually public, if you are talking about being anonymous, no its not.  Your bitcoin transaction can be traced if you attached your transaction to an exchange where you had given your identity, and most exchanges that accept fiat currency and Bitcoin do get our identity.  Confirmation even exceed 2 days if we do not know how to resend our transaction or push it.

I think if you do further research about bitcoin you will be aware and you will understand as this is not the first time that the price has dropped but in couple of weeks bitcoin will recover and you will see a price pump as well so it's not best thing to compare altcoins and Eth with bitcoinbecause they might just crash anytime.

It`s risk and benefit my friend, but every risk has a possible benefit, thats why we are risking in the first place. You are talking here about some things that can happen with every currency, just replace banks with the computers (all thou they have computers now, practically its the same). My opinion is to risk when ever you see the chance for winning, sometimes you will succeed and sometimes you will lose. Don`t be afraid to risk that will hold you in your life.

Bitcoin is a stronger currency and will always rule the digital world and it cannot be compared with any altcoin as altcoins are too small in compare to bitcoins and even if price dipped at a moment there are full possibilities that it will recover very soon in coming days and every investment is risky and same goes with bitcoin too but if you save it for long term then you will get benefited from it.

i am agree because bitcoin is the main of crypto currency and for now, bitcoin is still the number one position. bitcoin have a good future and its supported by the dev and the community and they are trying whatever it takes to make bitcoin more stronger in future. and from time to time, bitcoin price is always increase and we don't know how much is the higher price that bitcoin can reach in future.

See there is no such investment which doesn't involve any kind of risk and is totally streight forward.
Investing always involves a risk factor,
But in the case of bitcoins there is definitely some risk involved but the risk factor is very low as compared to other forms of investment.
Also bitcoin can be used as a currency too .

a riskier currencies for investment moreover crypto possible for a long time its value will drop may also be advantageous because we were the era in which digital more attractive. investment in bitcoin include risk and benefit

When we are talking about investment then theres always involves risk and the same on bitcoin which we know it have moving prices overtime then the risk of benefiting or losing is there too which means we do really be aware on that thing if we plan to engage to bitcoin.

There is no investment that doesn't include risking especially when it comes to money, whether its digital or not. But the good thing about investing bitcoins is that it's great benefit for long term investments. Trading of course is one of the best way to invest bitcoins, you just have to have lots of patience and perseverance.

How come bitcoin investment is risky? If you are saying this because of the fluctuations of bitcoins price, then you are wrong. Bitcoins fluctuation price is just normal, what is not normal is if you are going to sell your bitcoins just because you are afraid that its price will continue to fall down, which is not, panic selling is not a must. What we have to do is relax and be patient until its price goes up in the moon again.

And there are more risk in Trading to be honest than investing your money into bitcoin, why? because you can't predict if this Altcoins that you are going to buy will last for a year, or will its price will goes up again, and so on, unlike in bitcoin, you are sure that in no time, its price will go up after its temporary dump.

Benefits.
You will find it beneficial if you got the investment right and you got profit from that.

Risks.
Yes, big risk especially to those who are just first timers on investing their money or coins. It is always together, investment and risk are tandem.

you can use wallet for buy sell. btc day by day increase other you profit from invest. so i tell btc invest not risk.

The benefits of bitcoin is very easy to use and convenient, It can be use for money transfer, can be use for billings of payments, and savings and very secured. And the only risk of bitcoin is when you trade it in the market wng you got a wrong prediction you will be loss.

Bitcoin investment  gave benefits as we can see now bitcoin almost reach 1500$ that is a good sign that bitcoin can reach more higher than that.  From now on bitcoin is a give more benefits from me especially for for our need in our home.

Bitcoin is a risky investment.
Nobody knows how the blocksize problem will turn out.
Nobody knows if another cryptocurrency will become more popular than bitcoin.
Nobody knows if the exchanges will get their banking problems sorted out.
But in the end, the possibilities bitcoin offers make me believe that bitcoin is worth it to takes those risks.