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I have 4.6 bitcoins, but I don't know if that's a good investment.
I want to know how much people invest in bitcoins, is it more then 10 bitcoins?
And what is the standard bitcoin investment?
I don't want to waste too much money on bitcoin, you know I'm not that rich and I have to pay bills.

I don't think of it in terms of "how many", I think of it in terms of "what percent".  I shoot for 5% of my investment portfolio.  Bitcoin and alt coins are one of the most volatile and risky assets that anyone can own at this time, but they also offer returns that have outpaced other asset classes ... by far.  I just don't want to get too deep into them.  People younger than me might have a higher tolerance for risk, though.

But to answer your question, there is no standard investment quantity.  You can buy and hold whatever amount you are comfortable with.

Wow, not bad.  I've never owned more than something like 1.2BTC, and I currently own much, much
less than that.  I get an itchy feeling about crypto and don't like to have too much of my money tied
up in it at any given time. 

As the gentleman above stated, it matters more what percentage of your net worth is in bitcoin, not
the straight up dollar amount.  If all you have in the world is 4BTC, that could be problematic.  If I
was a millionaire, I'd probably have no more than 5% of my dough in crypto.  It's just far too volatile
for comfort.

I think most users on bitcointalk have far less than you have, so you should consider yourself fortunate.
There are people posting in sig campaigns who are probably eating toothpaste sandwiches.

After hearing from you guys, I was confident of how much I invest. Let's just hope bitcoin doesn't fail on me. I have heard of some bitcoin wallet locking people accounts and took their bitcoin. So I don't know what bitcoin wallet I should use?

There is no standard Investment of how much you should invest in bitcoin it is really up to you if what amount you can provide and in your case you said that you are not rich in investing bitcoin but I think even if you invest in bitcoin it is still money and you can surely convert or sell it back so you can use it again or if your country have a direct transaction using bitcoin then it is great in your part, by in my opinion invest in bitcoin the amount you surely can invest,

Wow you have a 4.6 bitcoins but its up to you if you want invest your bitcoin but for me think a lot and do study abouy investing becuase investing is risky you only need is be patience and sure that you will get s lot of profit.

4.6 BTC is a good amount of money. Nobody wants to waste money and we all have bills to pay. If you're not confident, honestly you have maybe too much Bitcoin and you should maybe sell some to reduce the risk of losing money? Can you afford to lose money? It also depends on what price you bought them. I don't know what it represents for someone in your country...

Most people on this forum hold less than 1 BTC yet they preach like they hold 1000's.  That's pretty much all that you need to know.

I have only like a bit of money in my bank. After hearing from you guys I think I should resell atleast 1 of my bitcoin. If any intersted in buying my bitcoin, I'm definitely up for it.

I love this post...toothpaste sandwiches....LOL...the truth comes out!! :D

If you are unsure of the investment, you are better off trading with the amount of money you have. you just improve your mental trading to do that ...

It depends o your goal. If you want to be extremely rich after 5 or 10 years, definitely, you will need a bigger capital. Aside from that, you will need to invest only what you can afford to lose. Do not invest too much because the Bitcoin Market is very volatile. You can earn or lose 100% in just a day!

Wait, your initial Bitcoin investment is 4.6? That is a ridiculous amount of money man lol. I'm not one to call out anyone on their personal investment decision, but that seems like way too much for an initial investment. Most people I know start with $100 and go from there. I'm fairly sure there are an exceedingly few amount of people in this forum that has actually ever touched 10 Bitcoins, much less start with it.

Either way, best of luck to you man! Projections are in your favor.


This should not ever happen if you are the tiniest bit careful. I would personally recommend Electrum. Write down your seeds on a piece of paper and never lose it. Apply standard security practices on your computer and your use of it.

People CALM DOWN! I brought my 4.6 bitcoin way back when bitcoin price is at $1K. I don't know if I should sell all my bitcoin or keep on investing. I used to have 7 bitcoin, and by this year and last year I have sold 2.4 bitcoin. I don't know why people are so crazy?

What?! Who is crazy? You asked a question and they are answering it. The problem is they will just keep on answering what the title says. Even if you keep on replying here they will still answer that and will never read your other replies.
You can use electrum as your wallet and you could also sell it if you want. I dont think you have the passion of keeping it and is just up for the money because you already profited from 1k to 4k dollars. No one will stop you. You can always sell it at exchanges or if none for your country then go to localbitcoins.

Probably safe to base it on how much money you hope to gain from it one day.  I believe its a fair assessment that we will see a $40,000 bitcoin in the next five years, and a $100,000 bitcoin in the next 10 years. 

Plan accordingly.

-B-

Because you, holding more than 1 BTC are like God to them.  They are pretty much crazy since they all pretty much go one way with their thinking....rarely if ever questioning it.

there is no investment limit, no matter what you have directly you can invest. big or small investment will only affect the big and small profits that you will get.

You can invest any amount. You can start earning even having only $ 500. If you have enough experience in traiding - you can double this amount every month. When the deposit is small, it is easy to make money. With a larger deposit, this is more difficult.

Actually that is a good investment if you bought Bitcoins in it's cheaper price. You said you bought at $1000 then you now have big profit because current BTC price is $4000+. If I were you Just hodl 4BTC and invest .6BTC in altcoins or trading. It is really difficult to earn such amount especially if there is no special skills or even capital. For me there is no standard in investing Bitcoin. You can invest how much you want. Just make sure to have a legit investment because there are plenty of scams out there.

if my suggestion hell depends on yourself how do you think well yes and do not good you leave. which ultimately hurt yourself and eventually you will regret.

There is no standard investment in bitcoin it depends on the set percentage based on the term and reference of the company you want to invest your bitcoin. Some companies or ICO's offered a small amount of investment but with high profit. It is depend on the set terms and condition and make it sure your investment is secure.

Wow 4.6 bitcoins is pretty huge investment you know most of us here in bitcointalk are happy to own 1 btc.
Well some are Investing huge amounts of money and are little but there are no standards for a bitcoin investments any amount money you can invest it in bitcoins. anyways congrats you've invested in bitcoins

I Second that opinion there no set standard... Its subjective based upon how much you are willing to invest; how long are you willing to hold; what are the profit margins you are looking at... while there are several ways to invest and stay invested i.e. Holding bitcoin longterm in paper wallet, trade bitcoins on exchanges for other crypto currencies and investing in ICO's of good promising project (you would need proper awareness or guidance if you decide to invest in an ICO)

Regardless of what amount you are investing you should at-least hold 30% of your investment long term... considering the fork drama happening again by the end of the year may be hold 50% of investment as bitcoins on core node or any wallet as long as you have the private keys access so that you can profit from free coins if it happens again..

consider your current income. Only put in what won't make you cringe each time. I put in a certain amount of my check into bitcoin each time and i'm slowly amassing more everyday!

If you have that amount of bitcoin. Try to hodl half and invest half on otger cryptocurrencies. That would be the best choice. Try to invest in nem, ethereum, ptoy, adx and centra for long term. That would be a great choice if you'll do that. And by that I can see that you'll profit a lot. About your bitcoin, just hodl and by now if you have other money than your bitcoins you can invest on other cryptocurrencies.

There is no standard investment around here. It is just strategy. There were some veterans that can make their $500 times 10. :) all about strategy.

you have invested about $19000.
investing in bitcoin alone is a good thing, last year 4.6 was worth less than $3000 and now it is $19k and the year before last it was worth about $1000
but whether 19k was a good decision or not depends on you. is it an amount you are willing to risk or afford to lose?

they should invest what you can afford to lose. based on their funds some buy 0.01BTC some 1BTC and some 21BTC and all other in the middle.

then invest what you can afford to lose, that is the "standard" of any investment!

There is no "standard" when it comes to investment since it depends on the user's initial capital and financial capacity on how much he/she is willing to risk. 4.6 bitcoins as an initial capital really depends on your financial status. If you rely on those coins for your monthly obligations and bills, then I would suggest that investing everything would be a bad idea. But if your 4.6 bitcoins are purely for investment, then you can invest everything or half of it.

There are few websites where you can invest your btc and grow them. Most of the people prefer to invest bitcoin to individuals who are in this business, the returns ranging from 2% to 10% returns on monthly basis.

Wow amazing..I'm jealous of you. I still do not read the standards for investing in bitcoin. No matter how much you invest, there are no rules and regulations on bitcoin how much you can invest. For me if I have 4.6 bitcoin I do not invest all in trading I will divide 4.6. I will invest in a real state, I will deposit at the bank and the remaining will be placed in trading.

see now you will not regret it, bitcoin has been pumped back. and the value is quite extraordinary, maybe the near future will increase again.

Most people I've seen strive to get to one full BTC. Once that's hit, there are some other psychological levels. 5, 10, 21 BTC...since there will only be 21 million, 21 BTC puts in some sort of crypto elite, if you're into that kind of things.  :)

It's only up to you, but that's what I see around.

There is no such thing as standard of BTC investment, it's really up to you, no matter how much you want to invest, just don't forget to check the risk of what you're dealing with and be sure to invest what you can afford to lose.

4.6 BTC is not bad actually it's a big investment for me. You can divide it into different parts if you want, let's say the 1.6BTC goes to paper wallet and let it stay there for 6 months - 1 year and withdraw it (For sure profit) the 1 bitcoin again invest it to ICO just make sure that ICO will grow the 1 BTC goes to trading and the 1 BTC you can invest it to whenever you want.

so here's the computation

1.6BTC - Paper Wallet (Long term investment)
1BTC - Trading
1BTC - ICO
1BTC - You can invest it to other investment or store it to paper wallet.

Very compelling project. Who came up with this?.  I will examine.

What kind of project you are looking for dude. If you want to invest your bitcoin any trusted platform you need to check the bitcoin price and go with the trading platform to invest, or if you wanna invest your money in non failure project. Go to invest your fund in any bitcoin mining ASIC machines dude. That will give decent profit every month after the electricity bill rendered.

Don't listen to half these people as most don't even take the time to read through the post.

4.6 BTC really isn't that much no matter what people on here try to tell you. If I were you I would take some of that BTC and start growing it by trading. Start with small amounts at first but try to grow it to 5 BTC. Then aim for 6 BTC and so on until you get at least 21 BTC. Why 21? It is a nice psychological amount to have and represents 1/1millionth of the total amount of BTC total cap. In practice it would represent slightly more since all BTC hasn't been mined yet and some are lost or locked up.

OP, to be honest your money is good enough for investment but to be honest again, investment in some other way is too much risky, so just hold your coin and wait until it grows by itself and earn the profit. If you have skill and knowledge only then you can go for trading or gambling, otherwise only keeping the money save in wallet is the best option for the newbie. Do not fall for any trap or attractive scheme.

In future I think that blockchain will become an immutable mathematical guarantor for preservation of property and economic freedom. Cheating can occur in different forms in the current economic situations one is caused by inflation by printing press or else government steals our money openly by adding value to taxes,banks can go bankrupt the state does not guarantee the safety of our money. We don't know when computer algorithms will be able to solve all the problems that we can,including creativity.For a safe investment in the crypto world is a basic computer literacy,think twice before you put your wealth if you don't know how computers work then better  not to take risk in investing.Once you realise when to invest you need to send bitcoins to exchanges where the target is being traded.

You don't have to invest with bitcoin my friend. I see that bitcoin is also an investment. 4.6 bitcoins are very good for you. 1 bitcoin is approximately 6300 dollars for now. I guess it will also continue increasing. Therefore you can hold it and wait for rising of bitcoin or you can invest with low amount of it not all of 4.6 bitcoins.

Stop thinking in terms of actual bitcoin, and start thinking in terms of percentages. Let me give you an example of what a cryptoportfolio looks like:

Bitcoin - 60%
Ether - 20%
Other Alt coins (Monero, Litecoin) - 10%
Tokens (NUCLEUS VISION, Jibrel) - 10%

This is how you should ideally distribute your portfolio, but of course the actual percentages and coins will vary depending on your research and acumen.

Happy investing!

That was pretty huge amount, even 1 btc is very hard to reach due to consistent rise up of  its market value, this is much precious than gold, If it is going to be an investment better hold your btc because btc will truly increase on daily basis, Me too loves to own that much amount someday,,  as of now, all i can do is work hard:)

the OP started this thread last September, the value of his Bitcoin today is now 100% gain or already doubled. I envy him for holding such BTC.

There is no standard BTC investment, invest what you have to invest and do it right

Whoa! Been seeing a lot of the Nucleus Vision name running around lately. I checked the website out, but I'd like to hear actual opinions about it. Anyone got a clue?

it's an ERC20 token and the project is looking to build on IoT and blockchain  to bring crypto to retail markets globally. The token is called nCash and Since Tim Draper AND Ian Balina are on the advisory team, I think it's a safe bet. Safer than most anyway. Check 'em out https://nucleus.vision

There isn't a particular standard of investment, man. But if you've invested in other securities, you should know that saving 5%-20% of your total investable amount for cryptocurrencies is a good idea. And out of that 5%-20%, at least half should go into bitcoin.