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Hello Bitcoin users! So i've decided to pull the trigger and set myself a coinbase account to start investing in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrency. I'm excited explore this new finance endeavor and by doing so I would like to get some initial knowledge. Everyone is welcome to chime in on this but what are you guys' opinion for someone like me starting out would be an ideal amount of investment.

I know for the most part majority will probably advise to start on what I'm comfortable with however I'm mainly looking for an ideal quantifiable range based on how much is Bitcoin is going for or other cryptocurreny for that matter. What's too little and what's too much for someone whose in the beginning stages of investing. Thank you.

I'd suggest you initially experiment with an amount you're willing to part with for an indefinite period of time. You can use that as your testing ground until you have a stronger grasp / clearer goal in mind regarding what you want to get out of investing in cryptos (and how you plan to do it). If there's an ideal, quantifiable range or amount to invest, I think it would vary greatly depending on the individual, and can change based on several factors. Some might include how risk-averse an individual is, how much insight or trading experience they have, their amount of income, savings, expendable funds available, etc.

nobody can possibly tell you "how much"! because it depends on you and how much money you have and how much of it are you willing to invest.
maybe you are rich and your starting amount can be 1 million dollar.
or maybe you are poor and can only invest 20 bucks.
or in the middle

what matters is that you first learn about bitcoin, then understand the risks involving your investment and then invest what you can afford to lose.

The ideal initial amount is 0 (zero), you earn some coins in airdrops, giveaways or doing some simple tasks online and then you build your portfolio from there.

That's how you really learn to navigate in bitcoinland.

If you have enough money to invest, money your can afford to lose, then just buy bitcoin every month, sit on it, and in a few years you'll have a nice sum of money.

Are you planning on bitcoin long term holding or will do trades regularly? If you plan on long term holding then I suggest that after you buy bitcoin at Coinbase, transfer it to a bitcoin wallet wherein you control your private keys and no one controls your funds but you. Desktop and Hardware wallets will do. Examples are: https://bitcoin.org/en/choose-your-wallet . If you plan to do trades based on your instincts then you have no choice but to deal with trading platforms. Take note that once you used an trading site, you don't control your funds there so risk of losing is possible but it's not wrong to trust them.

Ok what's more. Learn all the risks along the way. You don't need to study that much as basic knowledge is enough since some things will be automatically learn as you move forward.

Is it really possible for newbies to earn any significant amount of coins through airdrops or giveaways? I mean actual Bitcoin, not some obscure ICO that gives away a few of their tokens.

I tried some faucets and stuff myself when I first started, but quickly found out that they weren't worth the effort and I just bought some coins for a couple of hundred dollars after a few days.

I've never lost any, so it can't be too hard for a newbie to learn about Bitcoin after making a small investment.

Though this was before the fees were so high, so I guess you could make some mistakes with that now.

investing comes with great risk so if you really want to do it, invest only what can you afford to loss. there is always up and down so be ready for the loss and gain. it is better to invest a small amount first and it would be great if you have knowledge in trading.

It seems to me that if you have no experience in investing then the best option for you would be training on a demo account. You should always remember that in order for someone to earn money on the stock exchange someone has to lose them.

the Golden Rule of Investment is
invest what you can  afford to loss
I wish you good luck.

Of course it is, just keep accumulating and don't expect to retire after a month or a year, but after 2 or 3 years, those accumulated coins will be worth quite an amount of money, of course it requires to learn how to trade, don't keep shitcoins forever, but some are good projects and value will increase a lot.

I don't know, I think these freebies aren't really worth the effort, unless you happen to find something really good, which doesn't happen too often.

Time spent on this kind of stuff could be put to so much better use, perhaps learn a valuable skill which you could then offer in return for Bitcoin.

If I had to choose between spending a week looking for giveaways or other free crypto-related stuff or spend that time learning how to build a website or programming, I'd choose the latter. It's a far better investment of my time.

Yes we have many coins in the market, but not all coins are good to invest. To compare good coins, we have a lot of shitcoins. These shit coins will operate by some group of people these people will always try to cheat new investors. So don't look the price of the coin. Check the project and invest after 2 or 3 years you will get good returns.

how much initial investment? It depends on the person, which is the amount you are willing to spend to get the initial experience and you must be willing to give up on failure. It's like tuition when you study any subject. so, it's  depended on you to decide  how much money it is.  but you should only spend small money because you may have to do so many times.

There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want.  ;) :D

Although I have a comfortable trading/investment portfolio and I do have a full time day job, I still make more money from shitcoin airdrops and giveaways than in my day job, a lot more.

If you also do some bounties, you can make really good money.

Check out how much it is worth now NEM, Decred and Ripple airdrops.

I can see a lot of people have given great advices. While most of them are nice, some are really good and even i gained knowledge in reading through the replies. But if i were you, i would consider the fact that i am just starting out. And being a beginner, I should learn first the things about at least the most famous coins at this time, then ask advices(which is you already did). After knowing a good amount of knowledge about how things work, i would invest first in my security, like buying an extra device or pc or a vault to store my important details considering i am looking into investing huge amounts of money and time. And gen everything is set, i start investing small and try to get the feel of things that are going on. And when i get used to it, i would increase investments time after time, while trying to learn some more then learn and learn and learn. Knowledge is the most important thing in the crypto world. Well, luck seems to be needed too, so better have them both. So yeah, that's pretty much it. I hope this helps you mate! Good luck. Cheers.

If you can, Invest more than 1000usd in bitcoin (10% Bitcoin Cash if do you like to diversificate). Wait 12 months and then invest in other cryptos. Do it know because we are going to be a mainstream currency in a matter of months with K.im, Bitcache, lightning network...

Thanks for the response. What are airdrops? and what examples of giveaways and where to source them?

Initial investment is the amount required to start a business or a project. It is also called initial investment outlay or simply initial outlay.

Capital budgeting decisions involve careful estimation of the initial investment outlay and future cash flows of a project. Correct estimation of these inputs helps in taking decisions that increase shareholders wealth.

The Golden rule is, DO NOT invest more than what you can afford to lose. Bitcoin is still a high risk investment and you should always keep that in mind, when you decide on how much you want to invest. I started slowly and invested a small amount. Then within 2 weeks I doubled my initial investment and I was so chuffed with that, I invested more.

Since I have started, I quadrupled my total initial investment with the profits I made and I am trading with profits now. I see this as a risk free Bitcoin portfolio now, because I already extracted my initial investment. ^smile^

It depends on your goal. If your goal is for a short term income, of course you will be needing a big capital because you achieve your goal in short term if you will start with a small one. If your goal is for long term, you can start small but I high suggest that you will be consistently adding additonal investments because the market is very volatile. And always remember that you will invest only what you can afford to lose!

my advice you should try with a small amount ,, especially if you are a beginner ,, better learn and understand first about bitcoin ,,, but if you are ready to accept the risk ,, then ,, yes please any price will invest ,, your own aan accept the result ,,, I say "good luck"

I can not tell you the value of your initial investment, what I can tell you is the the value of my initial investment. I started with bitcoin in January 2016, when the price of bitcoin was some 400 USD. I have bought then from eBay with 30-40 USD each 4 coupons of 100 GHs each. I sold them one month latter and all the bitcoin that I've got was around 0.16  Thus I invested 120 USD and got some 80 USD in return. This was very good and I accepetd the 40 USD lost from the initial investment.
 My advice for you would be to invest between 100-200 USD in bitcoin. I do not know which country do you belong from, for some people 100-200 USD is a big sum of money.

Actually there's no initial amount of investments in Bitcoins. It's all up to you. Like the higher ranks suggested "Don't invest more than you can afford to lose" I always keep that in mind. Investments is not a priority to do unless you know 100% what's your doing.

if you aim to invest in bitcoin it is the right choice for you, you can invest as much as you can to make the first investment, and you while understanding bitcoin world and trading, if you hard to understand and get the result you can add more your investment amount, so you can feel bigger and more satisfying results.

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First you have to ask yourself.
1. what is my goal in bitcoin?
2. How much money do i have?
3. How much money i am willing to risk for investment?
4. Am i ready for this? If yes then go on!
One more thing, only invest what you can afford to lose

If you want to be able to sleep well at night you should invest only money you are sure you will not need. I think that is the better thing to do. BUT personally I would go full btc.

For me, just try to invest the amount that is enough to loss if ever you will loss in the business and then if will be successful then invest more. Try to learn first and determined carefully before going into investment program so that you can be successful in it.

I think Bitcoin is still money in a sense if you can surely convert it if you would need it, but I guess if it only matter depending if your country have that kind of feature where you can surely use bitcoin directly of you can cash out bitcoin to fiat anytime then I think you can surely do a full BTC on all of your fiat money.

First don't invest money you can't afford to lose, we know bitcoin is not gambling but you if you may need that money for something important, the bitcoin price fluctuate so much you can lose some money at the time of need.

there really isn't any "ideal investment range" for anyone. it depends on how much money you own and how ambitious you are. you may be well satisfied with a couple of hundred dollar each month or you may want a couple of thousands.
and you can do both in this market.

as a started i suggest at least a couple of hindered dollar more if you can afford it and buy bitcoin with it.
then if you wanted start trading both bitcoin and altcoins with a small portion of what you already bought and work from there.

There's no ideal amount of investment in my opinion it depends upon how much money you have and how much you can easily invest. Since you are new to all of this I would advise you not to make a big investment but buy bitcoins or ethereum, litecoin etc in small amounts at regular intervals especially during dips this way you will not only be safe from running a risk of losing all of your money but also get to learn and understand how bitcoin, eth, ltc, behave in different market conditions which will be quite helpful for you for future investments.

Investments can start with any amount. The higher the investment the more will be your income, but also higher risk. You should always be able to feel the very brink of when the risk exceeds reasonable limits. If you have no experience in investing it is best to start for free in demo mode. On exchanges there's always the possibility.

Invest only what you're afford to lose. I would suggest to earn them if you can't. If you can then buy 1 Bitcoin and diversify at least 0.5 Bitcoin in altcoins and ICO's. If you can then better to buy coins which have platform independent and those which have their own blockchain.

I could recommend you can invest the money which is not effecting day to day life or the money you kept it as long term saving then bitcoin or crypto currency is the best place to invest . I could recommend long term profit better than short term trading.

I could recommend you can invest the money which is not effecting day to day life or the money you kept it as long term saving then bitcoin or crypto currency is the best place to invest . I could recommend long term profit better than short term trading.

There is no too little or too much initial investment in my opinion. You're an adult, and what you do with your money is nobody's business. If you're wary, which you would be wise to be, then just put in money you can afford to lose. If you like the upward trend, then maybe put in a little more. Just make sure you'd be happy about your decision at the end of the day. Good luck to you!

It depends on what you can invest. If you have a normal 9-5 job I would reccomend 1-200 a check if you can. it will bump you at this current moment somewhere between .02 and .03 each time landing you with 1 bitcoin relatively quickly especially if you chooses a service that accrues interest.

Follow these 2 sections:

Announcements (Altcoins) https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=159.0

Games and rounds https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=71.0

Search for topics with 'Giveaway' and 'Airdrop' in them, if you don't immediately qualify for them, plan for the future.

Also search for bounties in altcoin announcements and check if you can do any of them.

Some of these don't worth your time, some do.

Careful installing new software on your computer like new altcoin wallets, they may have malware, improve your opsec.

Good luck.

ive checked and visit the link you provide can i raise a question how to join on that may i know some information thanks for some response.

What is an amount you wouldn't be effected if was completely disappeared tomorrow? Any amount less than this will work.

If you want to invest in any cryptocurrencies then you don't need to have a fixed initial investment amount because it is up to you on how are you going to budget your money very well and it is better if you will invest regularly in bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies so you can do cost averaging which is an effective strategy in terms of investing in bitcoin.

You need to check the details in the topic, here's an example:

█【ANN】【ICO】█【PRE-SALE】 🌟 【SOLD OUT】 ██ 🌟 BLOCKLANCER ██ JOIN GIG ECONOMY BOOM https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1974481

Here's the bounty topic: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1997477

Read the topic and check if you can do some of those bounties.

You need to follow the section and go through all the garbage posted every day to find the good stuff.

Initial investment is the amount required to start a business or a project. It is also called initial investment outlay or simply initial outlay.
Capital budgeting decisions involve careful estimation of the initial investment outlay and future cash flows of a project. Correct estimation of these inputs helps in taking decisions that increase shareholders wealth.

5% of your portfolio is a good start and 60-80% would be the top I would suggest. That would be a little high for you I'm sure since you're just starting out.

It's hard for me to wrap my head around because I really didn't invest money, I just earned bitcoins over the years. Investing fiat just seems..  Strange to me. I know it's not but I just don't have fiat to invest because earning bitcoins is how I use my time.

The first time you start investing with bitcoin I think that's the best thing that you did in your life because for me it is, when I first entered the cryptocurrencies the value of bitcoin was slightly above $500+ and that time I feel that it is over price or it is too high and it will not go more higher but I am wronged, there is no $200 worth of Fiat currency that existing though that's why I am skeptical back then.

Actually everyone can tell you the do's and don'ts here to invest more or less but we can't really predict what will happen in the future as in no one, only speculations that the main basis are the market's history itself. The best advise that I can give you is, start investing now than regret later that you didn't, invest only what you can afford to lose.

If you are in for a long haul, then go for some well known coins like BTC, ETH, NEO etc.

But, if you intend to go for short-term trading try with a small amount that you can afford to lose. The mantra should be "spend less, study & think more"

BTW, if I were you, I would wait for sometime for BTC price to dip before the hard-fork (November). I would buy at $3500

I think bitcoin is Dipping right now, from $4200 to $4000 mark value but I am not sure if it's gonna continue to drop so I would go to waht you are trying to say and wait for the dip before the hard fork because this might be a resistance rising up to the $4500 mark value, and I think OP is well aware on how much he is willing to invest he doesn't need our opinion on how much but I guess he can take our advice in when he can surely invest a good amount and that would be when bitcoin value drops.

My question is how much money are you planning to put in investment? if you thinks there's a lot of option to invest your money better pro-rate them the way you see the likely hood of return in investment, like for example you have $10000 better invest 40% in bitcoin then choose some alts  or some other sort of investment just study first the market and make a wise decision before letting your cash out.

Invest the amount that you can lose. Investment is really risky since if you are investing in Bitcoin, Bitcoin's value is really volatile, you should also have knowledge on investing in cryptocurrency. You should really find a way to have a time to monitor these changes, speculation may help but it is not really advisable, it is really better to build your skill on investing first. Take it slowly do not be excited too much, learn it slowly and make sure you digest everything you learn.

Personally, as a beginner I would invest a low amount of money like $100 or nothing! Yes, you can start from zero and some people did it or are doing this at this moment. Earning from online activities, like the faucets. But if you don't have time for it, $100 is a good amount to test the Crypto-Currency world and its features. You can choose between investing this amount or just holding the BTCs.

Once you gain more confidence start investing larger amounts of money or just make the initial investment grow on the internet, that is very possible, but a longer way until the fortune...

Whatever the initial investment you have theres nothing wrong in it. Yes investment is very risks and it best to put out your money on what you can afford only. Time management is very important in investing your money so you can observe the flow of the market.

I agree. There are some decent airdrops and bounties, such as signature campaigns, available, so not having money is not an excuse to avoid bitcoin. If people spent as much time doing these tasks as they do arguing with others or wasting time online, they would eventually own plenty of cryptocurrency.

Hi! I think you would have to invest depending on the amount of money you are willing to gamble. Investing is no assurance. You would have to know how much you are willing to lose for it determines your success as well. Assess yourself first.

Anyway profit comes when you just keep still and study data. A good data of 5 years or more can help determine what it will be in the near future save for some exceptional circumstances.

I wish you well in this new endeavor!

Exactly, Even if it is not that much money , as long as it is investment there will be always a risk on your money. And I agree also that without Time management and enough time on observing the flow market will really make the investor loss it's chances on earning the profit from his investments.

I don't know exact amount of money i would like to invest. But i have not really pale of them xD Anyway my 39 dollars goes directly to Confideal and we will see! ;D

its totally depens on you if you want to have earn quickly and smartly you have to deposit greater amount of bitcoincs in the same way if you want to increase your income then you are not supposed to invest as much either you can staring earn through bitcoins and then starting invest in different online trade .

If You Bought $5 of Bitcoin 7 Years Ago, You'd Be $4.4 Million Richer. so it depends on you. the more money you invest the profit and loss ratio increases.

There is no really ideal amount of investment. My friend once told me that he only invested 20 usd in this cryptocurrency and the price go boom and it just like he won from a lottery LOL. From 20 usd to 1000 usd. It is all about strategy bro.

i agree if you dont have any experience on investment i suggest also try a small amount to avoid a huge lose on it.. cuase sometimes you cant notice that you're investing in a ponzi schemes such as clone site with falls testimonials to gain more clients or victim. must test before proceeding to invest a large amount .

There is no initial amount standard in investing at bitcoin you just have to invest your money and wait until the value of bitcoin becomes higher. You just have to keep calm and relax. And wait until the value of the bitcoin becomes high. That is how to earn and gain money in a very simple way with the help of bitcoin.

Basic investment rule is to spend money you can afford to lose. Think of this as setting up a small business. You dont need to go all in for your hard earned money all the way. Once you get hold of the trend then you can start to increase the amount to invest.

i started with 600 in alt coins an have profited $500 in 2 weeks hoping theres more to come

One of the safest and most effective ways to invest today is to invest in bitcoins. You do not have to invest a lot of money. Understand and follow bitcoin transformations. Read the post on the bitcoin forums and try to hoard more bitcoins

Check your balance on bank account, withdraw 70% and invest in bitcoin, as long as this money will not be used until 6 months or 1 year. If you doubt about your investment will going wrong due to bitcoin price may drop soon, or you may have to use your funds for something else, then invest 45%-50%. But, do not invest at the peak, do some research about bitcoin development or events that may affect bitcoin price, and buy in the dip.

It will actually depend on how much you are willing to invest. It is never too late to invest. Let me add that Propthereum ICO crowdsale will run off a decentralized Smart Contract that runs on the Ethereum Blockchain. It is secured with a 256-bit encryption which makes it secure and reliable. Propthereum Tokens will be minted as PTCs. These coins are a digital representation tracking the funding of our ICO and crowdsale. The pre-ICO token sale will take place on November 10, 2017 at 12PM GMT. You may check this link for more information: www.propthereum.io

There is no exact amount that good for starting investment. As newbie, i suggest you to start with smallest amount to get experience.
If starting with big amount, it can make your mentality growth bad.

Bitcoin is a digital currency system and it only investment are buying a account to activate and make a profile and enter into the camping this are the process and investment in buy a account only and profit is very high like to get in 2,3 months much higher amount of the initial investment amount.

I think the ideal investment should start from minimum amount.  It depends on how much you have an how much you can invest .
I would suggest that you must start your experience with forum . Participate in different campaigns of social media from the service section initially to collect some minimal amount . The collected minimum amount can be invested further . This way there will be  no loss .

The best option is start from low because the fact to be accepted is that failure is the first step to success, so it should be kept in mind that you may fail at first but don't give up and be hopeful.

Learn skills and tricks of investment and be careful on the note that with whom you are investing and in which project you are entering, be committed and be patient, when you get the profit either reinvest it or keep it safe for future.

Initial investment is the amount required to start a business or a project. It is also called initial investment outlay or simply initial outlay. Capital budgeting decisions involve careful estimation of the initial investment outlay and future cash flows of a project.

Only invest money that you can afford to loose.
Once you get a hang of it, you can increase your
investment and grow slowly.

Don't just rush in with all your money. Always
try to minimize your risk.

Remember to invest only a small amount first. But add to it every month, if you feel like the coin is going to drop, stop buying and wait. Once it drops, pick up as much as you can because there's no way that things will stay tht way. Bitcoin is going to jump to at least $50K in the next few years, as it becomes harder and harder to mine.

I'm sure you've heard this before, but you can't really expect to see a legitimate answer when you haven't even specified a range that you can invest within. But since you seem excited, I would suggest that you spend whatever you can afford to lose on bitcoin. Consider that there is a limited amount if Bitcoin available (21 milion), and that the amount that will be mined effectively halves each year. This suggests that you should buy bitcoin now. Although I would also invest in a few other altcoins and a few powerful tokens like LEV and nCash by Nucleus.Vision . Actually, even Universa and IOTA are definitely worth the investment.