Bitcoin Forum

Economy => Speculation => Topic started by: Bono on December 25, 2013, 09:48:15 PM



Title: Predict some big monthly events for BTC in 2014
Post by: Bono on December 25, 2013, 09:48:15 PM
Just some fun speculation - I'm trying to guess a Bitcoin event for every month of the year.

January -
February - U.S. debt ceiling debates spark a modest rise in price.
March - 2nd Q of the U.S. Fiscal Year - Overstock.com begins to accept BTC payments.
April -
May - Some weirdo will name his kid after Bitcoin.
June - By this time Coinbase will have accepted (or announced they will accept) LTC, opening the door for other altcoins and raising awareness.
July -
August -
September -
October -
November -
December -


Try and fill in the blanks!

Will be updated as input comes in.


Title: Re: Predict some big monthly events for BTC in 2014
Post by: Wetish on December 25, 2013, 11:02:44 PM
January - All time high
February - All time high
March - All time high
April - All time high
May - All time high
June - All time high
July - All time high
August - All time high
September - All time high
October - All time high
November - All time high
December - All time high


Title: Re: Predict some big monthly events for BTC in 2014
Post by: exocytosis on December 25, 2013, 11:06:49 PM
January: Large bail-ins in Europe (or the US) push BTC price to an ATH.


Title: Re: Predict some big monthly events for BTC in 2014
Post by: undeadbitcoiner on December 25, 2013, 11:07:53 PM
January - Bitcoin will hit 1500$ from the second Week
February - U.S. debt ceiling debates spark a modest rise in price.
March - 2nd Q of the U.S. Fiscal Year - Overstock.com begins to accept BTC payments.
April - Coinbase, Bitpay will rise more costumers and Transactions.
May - Date to born my baby who will be called Bitcoiners Child (Haha Its Real)
June -
July -
August -
September -
October -
November -
December -

Guys more from you


Title: Re: Predict some big monthly events for BTC in 2014
Post by: Bono on December 26, 2013, 12:11:16 AM
Updated the list - feel free to fill in months that already have an event. (More than one thing can happen in the span of 4 weeks!)

It will be fun to look at this next year and see how many are accurate.


Title: Re: Predict some big monthly events for BTC in 2014
Post by: shmadz on December 26, 2013, 05:10:34 AM
May - An all-inclusive resort in Cypress begins offering vacation packages including airfare, hotel, and all your food and drinks for a single lump sum fee payable in bitcoin.

Seriously, I think there will be a huge market for bitcoin vacations. I was talking with my Dad who just got back from a vacation and he said his bank charged him 7% to exchange his money, and then they wanted to charge another 7% to change it back! (he just kept the leftover funds for his next trip)


Title: Re: Predict some big monthly events for BTC in 2014
Post by: BitChick on December 26, 2013, 05:13:49 AM
May - An all-inclusive resort in Cypress begins offering vacation packages including airfare, hotel, and all your food and drinks for a single lump sum fee payable in bitcoin.

And hopefully the price per coin has risen so much that it only costs us .1 BTC.  ;D 

Cyprus here we come! 


Title: Re: Predict some big monthly events for BTC in 2014
Post by: kireinaha on December 26, 2013, 05:45:11 AM
January - Bear market
February - U.S. debt ceiling debates spark a modest rise in price.
March - Overstock reverses their decision to support bitcoin, but nobody really notices or cares.
April - EU crisis sparks another rally and ATH
May - US will place banking restrictions on bitcoin
June - Bitcoin prices plummet to <$100
July - Bear market
August - Bear market
September - Bear market
October - Bear market
November - Bear market
December - Bitcoin prices climb back up to $100


Title: Re: Predict some big monthly events for BTC in 2014
Post by: suukool on December 26, 2013, 06:32:12 AM
January - Bitcoin will surpass Gold parity sending it into the 1500+ range. Along with news broadcasting to boost it even more.


Title: Re: Predict some big monthly events for BTC in 2014
Post by: Elwar on December 26, 2013, 07:03:34 AM
February - The ability to vote using Bitcoin will be available to groups that want it


Title: Re: Predict some big monthly events for BTC in 2014
Post by: woutersteven on December 26, 2013, 07:08:19 AM
Some events happening next year:

- Wall Street is going to get involved, major pumping (and dumping) is going to happen in Q1 or Q2 of 2014
- More adoption in China, people will have found a way around the obstacles, already BTC China is accepting vouchers that people can buy elsewhere
- Mining SHA256 based coins is no longer profitable for individuals starting Q2 2014, there will be a shift towards shared cloud mining operations
- Mining Scrypt coins is starting to become unprofitable for individuals starting Q4 2014
- Bitcoin will be tied to other electronic currencies, such as the M-Peso
- Trade volume will go up, arbitrage trading will become less profitable
- Countries will make further clarifications towards crypto currencies regarding regulation and taxes
- Crypto currencies become a major threat to the remittance industry
- PayPal will introduce an integrated Bitcoin wallet
- Bitcoin will hit the transactions per second bottleneck, will require software update
- Bitcoins blockchain will require pruning to be implemented or people using remote servers. The first will require a software update
- Bitcoins market cap will grow towards 50-100 Billion USD
- A lot of infrastructure and products and services will be added to the bitcoin eco system, providing solutions for consumers and merchants.
- Signifant adoption, tens of thousands of merchants are accepting bitcoins by the end of 2014, including several very big retailers.


Title: Re: Predict some big monthly events for BTC in 2014
Post by: Bono on December 26, 2013, 08:50:16 PM
Some events happening next year:

- Wall Street is going to get involved, major pumping (and dumping) is going to happen in Q1 or Q2 of 2014
- More adoption in China, people will have found a way around the obstacles, already BTC China is accepting vouchers that people can buy elsewhere
- Mining SHA256 based coins is no longer profitable for individuals starting Q2 2014, there will be a shift towards shared cloud mining operations
- Mining Scrypt coins is starting to become unprofitable for individuals starting Q4 2014
- Bitcoin will be tied to other electronic currencies, such as the M-Peso
- Trade volume will go up, arbitrage trading will become less profitable
- Countries will make further clarifications towards crypto currencies regarding regulation and taxes
- Crypto currencies become a major threat to the remittance industry
- PayPal will introduce an integrated Bitcoin wallet
- Bitcoin will hit the transactions per second bottleneck, will require software update
- Bitcoins blockchain will require pruning to be implemented or people using remote servers. The first will require a software update
- Bitcoins market cap will grow towards 50-100 Billion USD
- A lot of infrastructure and products and services will be added to the bitcoin eco system, providing solutions for consumers and merchants.
- Signifant adoption, tens of thousands of merchants are accepting bitcoins by the end of 2014, including several very big retailers.

50-100 Billion?

Optimistic aren't we?


Title: Re: Predict some big monthly events for BTC in 2014
Post by: tysat on December 26, 2013, 10:10:27 PM
Some events happening next year:

- Wall Street is going to get involved, major pumping (and dumping) is going to happen in Q1 or Q2 of 2014
- More adoption in China, people will have found a way around the obstacles, already BTC China is accepting vouchers that people can buy elsewhere
- Mining SHA256 based coins is no longer profitable for individuals starting Q2 2014, there will be a shift towards shared cloud mining operations
- Mining Scrypt coins is starting to become unprofitable for individuals starting Q4 2014
- Bitcoin will be tied to other electronic currencies, such as the M-Peso
- Trade volume will go up, arbitrage trading will become less profitable
- Countries will make further clarifications towards crypto currencies regarding regulation and taxes
- Crypto currencies become a major threat to the remittance industry
- PayPal will introduce an integrated Bitcoin wallet
- Bitcoin will hit the transactions per second bottleneck, will require software update
- Bitcoins blockchain will require pruning to be implemented or people using remote servers. The first will require a software update
- Bitcoins market cap will grow towards 50-100 Billion USD
- A lot of infrastructure and products and services will be added to the bitcoin eco system, providing solutions for consumers and merchants.
- Signifant adoption, tens of thousands of merchants are accepting bitcoins by the end of 2014, including several very big retailers.

50-100 Billion?

Optimistic aren't we?

A 5x-10x increase in one year still seems possible.


Title: Re: Predict some big monthly events for BTC in 2014
Post by: Ivanhoe on December 26, 2013, 10:31:03 PM
Q1 2014, new bail-ins in EU. Bitcoin sky high.


Title: Re: Predict some big monthly events for BTC in 2014
Post by: Lloydie on December 26, 2013, 11:41:48 PM
Some events happening next year:

- Wall Street is going to get involved, major pumping (and dumping) is going to happen in Q1 or Q2 of 2014
- More adoption in China, people will have found a way around the obstacles, already BTC China is accepting vouchers that people can buy elsewhere
- Mining SHA256 based coins is no longer profitable for individuals starting Q2 2014, there will be a shift towards shared cloud mining operations
- Mining Scrypt coins is starting to become unprofitable for individuals starting Q4 2014
- Bitcoin will be tied to other electronic currencies, such as the M-Peso
- Trade volume will go up, arbitrage trading will become less profitable
- Countries will make further clarifications towards crypto currencies regarding regulation and taxes
- Crypto currencies become a major threat to the remittance industry
- PayPal will introduce an integrated Bitcoin wallet
- Bitcoin will hit the transactions per second bottleneck, will require software update
- Bitcoins blockchain will require pruning to be implemented or people using remote servers. The first will require a software update
- Bitcoins market cap will grow towards 50-100 Billion USD
- A lot of infrastructure and products and services will be added to the bitcoin eco system, providing solutions for consumers and merchants.
- Signifant adoption, tens of thousands of merchants are accepting bitcoins by the end of 2014, including several very big retailers.

Winklevoss and other ETFs get listed.

Bitcoin becomes a more mainstream investment.

Retail clients allocate to bitcoin ETFs via IRA and stock exchange.

Zerocoin gets released.

OPEC creates basket of currencies that includes bitcoin.

Someone gets sued by the IRS for tax violations relating to bitcoins.


Title: Re: Predict some big monthly events for BTC in 2014
Post by: undeadbitcoiner on December 27, 2013, 02:02:44 AM
January - Bear market
February - U.S. debt ceiling debates spark a modest rise in price.
March - Overstock reverses their decision to support bitcoin, but nobody really notices or cares.
April - EU crisis sparks another rally and ATH
May - US will place banking restrictions on bitcoin
June - Bitcoin prices plummet to <$100
July - Bear market
August - Bear market
September - Bear market
October - Bear market
November - Bear market
December - Bitcoin prices climb back up to $100

Bitcoin is never coming Back to lower then 500$ be sure of that.


Title: Re: Predict some big monthly events for BTC in 2014
Post by: Apostata on December 27, 2013, 02:21:15 AM
I'm surprised no one has mentioned the January 31st deadline in China for exchange withdrawals.  There is a thread here, https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=385851.0 would be interesting to see some of your thoughts



Title: Re: Predict some big monthly events for BTC in 2014
Post by: derpinheimer on December 27, 2013, 02:50:37 AM
January - Bear market
February - U.S. debt ceiling debates spark a modest rise in price.
March - Overstock reverses their decision to support bitcoin, but nobody really notices or cares.
April - EU crisis sparks another rally and ATH
May - US will place banking restrictions on bitcoin
June - Bitcoin prices plummet to <$100
July - Bear market
August - Bear market
September - Bear market
October - Bear market
November - Bear market
December - Bitcoin prices climb back up to $100

Bitcoin is never coming Back to lower then 500$ be sure of that.

stupid comment is stupid


Title: Re: Predict some big monthly events for BTC in 2014
Post by: kireinaha on December 27, 2013, 03:09:42 AM
January - Bear market
February - U.S. debt ceiling debates spark a modest rise in price.
March - Overstock reverses their decision to support bitcoin, but nobody really notices or cares.
April - EU crisis sparks another rally and ATH
May - US will place banking restrictions on bitcoin
June - Bitcoin prices plummet to <$100
July - Bear market
August - Bear market
September - Bear market
October - Bear market
November - Bear market
December - Bitcoin prices climb back up to $100

Bitcoin is never coming Back to lower then 500$ be sure of that.

stupid comment is stupid

Who you callin' stupid?


Title: Re: Predict some big monthly events for BTC in 2014
Post by: Mikcik on December 30, 2013, 11:22:40 AM
January - Bear market
February - U.S. debt ceiling debates spark a modest rise in price.
March - Overstock reverses their decision to support bitcoin, but nobody really notices or cares.
April - EU crisis sparks another rally and ATH
May - US will place banking restrictions on bitcoin
June - Bitcoin prices plummet to <$100
July - Bear market
August - Bear market
September - Bear market
October - Bear market
November - Bear market
December - Bitcoin prices climb back up to $100

Bitcoin is never coming Back to lower then 500$ be sure of that.

the comment IS STUPID people aretoo much optimistic about bitcoin, its clouding their mind, its not good, but hey, its not me that will lose all his savings...

stupid comment is stupid

Who you callin' stupid?