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2018 is going to be the real test of bitcoin, if it is a bubble then it is going to be the year when it's explode.

With crypto, difficult to say that "if it is a bubble then it is going to be the year when it's explode."
There are a lot of things that will happen in the near future. So this year - 2018 might not be the year for the btc to explode.
But okay, let's see if BTC is a bubble so to say. Just my opinion though.   :P

bitcoin has stabilized from last month and some have decreased. for the year it will probably explode, but instead of exploding to go down, I think it exploded to pump hard and could reach 20k - 25k usd.

It's not mainstream yet, but it's starting the journey towards it. If it does go mainstream it could reach a million dollars a coin. I doubt it will reach that price in 2018, but it might go higher than most people expect.

I hope it actually pump! And our holding will increase in value and we would get more gain than what we have been getting In 2017. Bitcoin is going to do well in 2018 and we actually expect to make more up ward movement than down ward movement. We should have some believe that bitcoin is not a bubble and we should look at this discovery as a greatest things that has happened to humanity.

Hoping for another year for bitcoin,it was been successful for the year of 2017 and it was going to be a new year for 2018.More increasing and stability for bitcoin and its going to be popular now,I think many people now are going to invest in bitcoin and it will help for higher price value of btc.We should believe that it will explode and pump more.

The real test of bitcoin? Isn't this has been told before that during those fork times that are the days that bitcoin is on a real test? Bitcoin has been said that it's on a bubble since the past years and it has been exploded. I don't know what keeps on your minds about bitcoin bubble, it has been established for how many years and still you can't accept the fact that it's growth is legit.

This is only a hypothetical assumption

You're very right, we all want it to be a pump that can push everything

12 months in crypto is a very long time.
If we compile everything that has happened with Bitcoin alone coupled with all the Alt-Coins we could write some book.
Given my 4 key points in bitcoin ATM: Transaction speeds, Fees, Futures and $ value they all have a bearing on how Bitcoin will perform in 2018,
and these along with other positive and negative unforseeable events yet to play out leaves for a very exciting year.
I'm not sure this bubble will burst though, if we are calling it a bubble.

I think the year 2018 is not the time for bitcoin to experience it. my prediction may be in 2019 or 2020.
but that's just a prediction.
we'll see what happens

Well its already 2018 and its only on its second month,  and Bitcoin already decreases into half of its highest price. This is not a good start of 2018 for all crptocurrency people, and also I think that having an issues on bitcoins also affects the price of other cryptocurrency such as Etherium, LTC and Alt coins.
And if you want more information about bitcoin Issues and other information pertaining bitcoin you can visit
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/policy/arun-jaitley-settles-the-bitcoin-issue-for-once-and-all/articleshow/62737852.cms
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/02/01/bitcoin-drops-9-percent-nears-crucial-make-or-break-level-of-9000.html
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jessedamiani/2018/02/01/crypto-watch-bitcoin-prices-fall-amid-reports-of-india-crypto-regulation/#3fed1ffa1736
https://www.coindesk.com/follow-leader-analyzing-bitcoin-cryptocurrency-price-correlations/
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/24/weiss-ratings-gives-ethereum-higher-rating-than-bitcoin.html
 
Even though bitcoins are decreasing its price this year. I believe that bitcoin is not a bubble and I have the faith that Bitcoin will again regain its price and recover from these issues.

I think 2018 last Bitcoin again pump $30k+.just wait & see.

the word "bubble" seems to have lost all meaning when it comes to bitcoin and random people like OP using it :D

most of the times this word is used, if you look at the content they are trying to make it into some scary thing that will crash and kill bitcoin's price down to a ridiculously low number like $100
in time the expectation of others also changed when they started thinking a bubble means any price that is higher than their wishes. so if they wished to have bought at $3000 then they will call anything bigger than that a "bubble". if they wished to buy at $15000 they will call above that a "bubble". not understanding what they are talking about!

ps. i find it funny to find this topic about bitcoin and bubble being in an Altcoin Service Discussion board...

If you look at this indication, it looks like next year could be a year of action for the Bitcoin and Crypto currencies

Can't say much but the way new ICO's are coming out in 2018. Shows a good sign for another cryptoboom. This so-called bubble burst will never happen this year or in the near future. I found many services offering cryptocurrency as payment, online seller adapting crypto bandwagon.

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I do not think that this is a bubble and I do not think that bitcoin will explode. Billionaires invest money in crypto-currencies and in technology, factories are built on the level of crypto-currencies, the ecosystem only expands despite the reduction in prices and prohibitions in different countries

We are not immune from the most unfortunate result, anything can happen, because the market of crypto currency is just beginning to form and it can change very much in the coming year. This can be facilitated by very large investors and legislative projects of different countries

The situation developed in the market of crypto currency is certainly disappointing, but do not forget that many very rich people are investing their money in crypto-currencies and technology, these people are very smart and experienced, they would not waste their time and money on the bubble)))

The real test is just happening , we will see if bitcoin can still hold the $8k price. If not then we might see again 4 to $5k price. This is all fault by mt gox trustee who sold 65,000 btc.

Shit every investors will cry then bro. I do not want to bitcoin to go behind the 5k USD or less than that. Fakes news, Regulations and hacking attack over many exchanges these all made the bitcoin and other crypto currency fell inside well bro.

MT gox sold the bitcoin worth in 400 billions USD. I am not sure what the about it is bitcoin. His last selling few days before 6000 BTC. That is the information I got from the cointelegraph. You please check yourself and confirm it ;D

It will hold for sure but its fate is based on news now a days so if there's a huge wave of incoming positive news all over the world it will easily break $10k but you know bearish people wont let us yet, waiting is probably the trend right now  :D

hell no. news dont hold the fate of bitcoin. Its pretty obvious that almost 99% of the news that came from the web is actually a hoax and fake at all. who the hell will probably believe on it? newbies maybe? however majority of crypto investors are not a beginner anymore , so how can the value decrease that low?  but overall  lets just still hope that bitcoin can now increase because we are always experiencing a dip all the time.

IIRC, there's an article last year that says the real test just happened last year but it seems that article is pointing out to this year. Whether it's all the fault of Mt. Gox trustee, the social media news about banning crypto ads, this is a chance for those who got in late that are aspiring bitcoin investors. Real test on who are the real holders, who are the real supporters and who are those people that are just good for the profit without any intention of supporting the tech.

In cryptocurrency, it is always hard to predict what will happen to a particular coin in the future or even in the next few hours as predicting will only increase your expectation of the coin and it might be the other way round. But in 2018, I believe bitcoin will rise above recent price by 5-7%. I do not think their will be an explosion or bubble burst.

many new people entered in cryto trading last year so they are facing such situation first time and in panic . i also entered last year , but i know whatever will be the price , as long as community is strong will be back to new high any time in future .

yes I think also like that, especially from year to year also like that. now the year is the worst. maybe in this year bitcoin prices will be very explosive from the year before.

I totally agree with you, many people talking about bitcoin will skyrocket once for the year now. I hope also like that, so the payout to bounty like me will rise drastically  ;D

the year 2018 is the hardest year for bitcoin especially and for altcoin in general, will likely experience a price spike though not very meaningful, maybe 2019 is the year cryptocurrency

Bitcoin is having a hard time this year 2018 cause a lot of things just happened. From the highest price of 20,000$ down to  9,000$ which is already 50% loss. I hope bitcoin will recover in the upcoming months.

Yes, it will recover but we don't know how long this will take. Already we are seeing manything about the market because of its volatile. Before increasing it's price it should consolidate and same thing we are seeing in the market. Surely bitcoin will cross more than $20k.

This is the year that bitcoin will make the most popularity and many people come to no about bitcoin this year.  I think we need to have a stable price in bitcoin and that is the major reason why the current pricing is highly significant and bitcoin has started to behave like most of the popular currencies around the world.

well let's wait until the real test of bitcoin is going up and real ..., but it might go higher than most people expect.

This is very hard to predict, for me it is best to check as per market sentiments, starting the year 2018 until now, we still did not see a complete market reversal as we still in bearish mode, we are hoping that this last period of the year that will be the time for the market sentiment reverse bigtime!

I do not really believe if the bitcoin price will be really stable, it is true that currently occurs after several months passed the bitcoin price is in the range of $8000- $9000 but it is very ill-advised if only concluded at the present time. Many people who believe, even experts who have a positive view of bitcoin they predict bitcoin prices will be high this year, it's okay that is just speculation but bitcoin always gives a surprise that not everyone knows about it. Let see in the few months ahead.

Just looking out in your Forum name I would say that Time would really Tell  8) on the things that would happen ahead. We don't know the future and we don't know on whats totally or really happening on bitcoins price as of this moment and on possibly for this year 2018. It has being mentioned for a thousand times I supposed that bitcoin is a bubble if it does then once we crash its price it cant able to recover up, but we are seeing different thing where when bitcoin decrease its price which comes to a point and believing that this is the end,it do eventually goes up and reaching up new Ath's which means we can really still able to put a period when it comes to btc's capability.

whoever can expect the speculation to happen they want but all those are becoming real in the marketplace. So we need to check that first bro. As like someone expect bitcoin will be reached to moon before this year ends mate

I do not know what sentiments you have mentioned here to get the bitcoin to reach for the big value bro. Like you I too expect the last two months in this year to see the peak value.

Hi.

The test has been around since the introduction of Bitcoin and so far, all hater have been wrong.

it's going to be a test in 2019 because i got into bitcoin late so now i get to pay attention and really see where the price goes how much it changes and how it applies to this years evaluation ?

The truth is that , many of the investors are worried about putting new money into Bitcoins. Only once they are sure that the volatility would end and the Bitcoin resumes its uptrend you can be sure that most of the investors would actually get ready to invest in this cryptocurrency.

We really cannot predict what will happen in cryptocurrency within the next couple of months or even days as crypto is unpredictable. The price might be falling now but I believe it will rise soon and maybe it after it recovers, the price might rise higher han expectation as anything can happen. But I believe it will be better by the end of the year.

I think that the years 2018 to 2020 are the perfect time for bitcoin proof.
the current bitcoin price is less good than the year 2017 is the beginning of the test for the world of crypto

bitcoin is now in the range of 7000-8000. I think that by the end of the year will cost at least 2 times more, and in early 2019 will see new highs

as it is happening for the current month almost in a short period of up and down going so to predict this is very difficult and it seems there is something happening to big investors there I do not know if this has anything to do with FUD or not or even with a new currency?

wow awesome dude
are you sure bitcoin will hit $30000? i dont think so
so many country deleted crypto on they country

i guess bitcoin will pump $17000, thats it  :D

I think it will reach $ 16000 by the end of the year, when the market is pumping more.

I still believe bitcoin will explode up to 20 thousand dollars by 2019, as investors will retain their bitcoin to the price of 20 thousand dollars

It was like Op was prophesying when he made that statement in the earlier part of the year because really, this year so far has been a trying one which could make or mar the very existence of bitcoin. We have seen a massive attack against the continuance popularity of bitcoin from every corner with effects not too small to not be recognised so also have we seen the price not showing any significant increase to the extent that every prediction have been rendered futile without a major convincing reason as to why its happening that way.

Whether you are bidding for Bitcoin to be a "bubble" or you are thinking of being a "currency of the future", everything can be decided in the near future. According to some, Bitcoin is a bubble, while the blockchain has a great potential. Its benefits are to secure data at all levels - individuals, corporations and governments. I assume that the price of bitcoin with the possible arrival of new investors may increase to a five-digit number.

2019 is the beginning of a battle for bitcoin against fiat currency whether bitcoin will be a means of payment or remain an investment asset. the journey is still long and this will not be young to create history.

year 2018 from the beginning of the year until now still experience a price that is less good, could be due to preparation bait in the lead up / or do not know when will return to the peak of glory

I also feel that the real test is going this year but it could continue up to the next year. I feel that bitcoin is going weaker and these bastards are not going to take a break so I'm expecting that we are going to be in the same depressing market in 2019.

maybe this happens because the whales continue to do his theory so that eventually bubble and explode and I think the year 2018 year slumped for turmoil market price in every exchange exchange