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We all know based on the historical data, Bitcoin should increase more than $20,000 in 2021. The first and second halving have proven significant moves on Bitcoin values. So, it makes sense if we believe that in 2021 will be another great year for Bitcoin.

However, who knows about it. No guarantee for the rising of Bitcoin value. Since Bitcoin is decentralized and no authority to have the responsibility, a bad scenario may happen to break off our expectations. So, how if there is no significant move on Bitcoin price in the upcoming halving? What is your plan as a Bitcoin holder?

- Disappointed and directly trade all holding Bitcoins. 
- Keep holding until the next rising.
- No idea. I will think and replan later.
- Others (Write down on your reply).

*Sorry if this topic was already discussed before. I've used the search button and find out no result.

Uhm replan? I mean, I should have a general idea of how BTC would move after the halving if it doesn't boom off like how we all anticipated. Determining whether BTC would actually drop off the famous coins because of this or it's actually just lazying around, feeling the sun kinda moment is something I should probably get the answer once 2021(end of it) comes. It also depends on what would actually happen in the year of the halving, aka next year. You never know, movement of BTC may actually move up its time frame, happening a little bit after a few months after the exact halving.

Based on the stock to flow ratio and bitcoin scarcity factor, I believe that in the future the value of bitcoin will be even higher than the increase in value in 2017.

The bitcoin stock to flow ratio is high because the addition of supply is relatively low compared to the amount circulating on the market. A higher ratio shows that the commodity is increasingly scarce and therefore more valuable as a store of value. After halving and decreasing the subsidy, bitcoin will be used as a store of value. When the amount of bitcoin reaches its maximum supply (21 million), the supply becomes limited even though market demand will not shrink, causing scarcity and the price will be even higher.

With the assumption above I will hold bitcoin as a long-term asset. But it is possible that I will use a small part for trading with short-term margin goals.

Above all of this, just accumulate no matter what, if possible or just do the usual activity of buy-sell-trade.

People's preferred price target might not be reached on their expected year but isn't it better that whatever happened, bull or bear, ups and downs, we must have a decent number of BTC in our stash. If people are really optimistic about bitcoin's future, they should just focus on having more.

Yes, it might be risks to others as putting money regularly on BTC isn't a joke and a big crash can happen anytime but the moment people decided to deal with bitcoin's volatility, they should already aware of this risks.

Trust the process.

Well, first I think this thread should be moved into the bitcoin speculation board.
Reply above was right, no matter what happens accumulating and holding is the best decision despite this current situation of Bitcoin price.
The fact is bitcoin price is unpredictable and no one knows about it. If the first and second block reward halving was experienced a massive pump up after a year, probably at this third one will also be expected to experience the same scenario and yeah, let us just hoping by the same situation repeatedly will happen.

Indeed, we should always be ready for what possibly happens. The risk was always there.

I don't think the moves in 2013 and 2017 were anything to do with the halving at all.

The key event of 2013 was the Cyprus crisis where they did bail-ins without warning people. Lots of people lost their savings and some businesses even lost their payroll money and couldn't pay their staff.

That led to people saying, "be your own bank, and use bitcoin, at least the govt won't be able to seize it". And worldwide, this created interest in bitcoin.

In 2017 it was China that was the reason. China has capital controls but people were able to get some money out to buy property abroad. (They'd usually buy a property in Vancouver or Sydney with a mortgage and then take money out of china each year to pay that mortgage. After 25 they'd have got their money out and hopefully made a capital gain as well).

The crackdown on that kind of thing led to people trying to get their money out via bitcoin. Especially after Xi Jingping declared himself president for life. That initial rise in the bitcoin price then got publicised everywhere and millenials in the west started buying.

In order for that sequence to repeat, we need a new story that will compel people to buy bitcoin - but I can't see where that story is going to come from.

we cant assure the next possible thing to happen since after halving we cant see any changes yet it will appear after few months or it might took a year like what happen on last halving, still we cant conclude that the price moves because of halving due to lots of factors to consider.

Well my plans aren't actually dependent on the halving next year. With my btc's, i'm planning on just accumulating whenever i can. The price can plunge after halving, i don't really care. Good if it does pump though i'm not planning on selling as well if that happens. For me, bitcoin is something i'd utilize in a few more years.

I think that's bilge myself. Same goes for Greece. It might have been used as an excuse to initiate a pump by the same old suspects but that's about it. Both events are hardly ever mentioned any more. I'll bet no more than a few hundred Cypriots or Greeks actually used it for what Bitcoin fans believe they did.

As for the original question I'll sit and do nothing. We come and go in waves. At some point another wave will arrive. It may have nothing to do with the halving at all.

If prices didn't rise as expected in the third halving, I will simply hold the coins until it increases. Because I bought those coins for much lesser price than the current market so I am not in a loss anyway only have to wait to reap the profits and can even resit my selling coins for any reason for the next 5 years or something nearer.

If the halving doesn't make the price go more than $10k by the first Q3 of 2020, I'd probably be selling more altcoins to start my small business or I'd be seeking a new  day job by then and will just check my altcoin investment from time to time. I'm staking coins and become a node to some altcoins as well. Its not going to earn me thousands a month, definitely can't provide substantial amount of money for me to live comfortably.

Good question. I never really have thought about this that much since I'm more positive in Bitcoin's halving. But in case it didn't turn out as expected, I might still hold my coins for long-term investment. I also do believe that adoption is difficult to avoid, and we are in the verge of using digital currencies such as cryptocurrencies in our daily lives. In which case, having stock of coins stored on my wallet is always a good idea.

I believe that it is likely that bitcoin will not grow as people expect, no one can guarantee this. But for me if Bitcoin does not rise to more than $ 15,000 then I will continue to hold and wait for it in the future. Sooner or later, the price of Bitcoin will surely exceed ATH

Replan I'd say. There isn't much question there. Sides, all the choices are actually byproducts of re-planning in the end. In case such disappointment did occur, I'd just depend my actions on the current state of events not only of the market but also the community around it. You never know, governments and countries might initiate a total ban over BTC or any other crypto for that matter, I'd have no choice but to give up on it and turn a new leaf right?

make withdrawals of less than half of my portfolio, according to the plan that there must be results that are enjoyed in a period of 4-5 years. Then starting to reset to accumulate bitcoin and altcoin together, I believe the market will be very bumpy in the 2020-2021 period and I use it to look for as many opportunities as possible. I'm sure the speculation will be very bullish, at least bitcoin will try to retest up to $ 20k, if that's true, then that's more than enough.

Can you not make a poll for this?

If we see no run next year I don't think I'd be disappointed... I would probably anticipate something a few months after or before the halving but if nothing happens it's nothing to me... Invest for a return in 1 to 5 years, don't come here for a return tomorrow as you may be disappointed... Even the stock market is the same as crypto, a lot of the time it's worse trying to time the market rather than just putting in funds and leaving them there.

Yeah creating a poll is a good idea
to answer your question : I'm not planning anything special , HODL the main stash amount , spending the rest whenever and wherever I can
currently trying to pay for my vpn , digital goods  ,hosting etc. in bitcoin only
and silently hoping that bitcoin will be moving up , at least breaking the 10k mark somehwere closer to april -may
realistically ( and historically) halving should play a positive role
but once again - you never know with bitcoin

First, I think the pattern will hold true. There will be a significant move in the price of bitcoin after the halving.

But if the opposite happens, then the plan is to continue what I have always been doing. Earn bitcoins, spend some and save the most for HODLING. There will be another halving after this one, and if the price doesn't move to our favor on this one, maybe on the next it will. 

Along with the chart we have to observe the mechanism of the halving that why it happens and what affect of it comes on the market. With halving I know the supply will be reduced and it will trigger the rise of the price. So keeping this in my mind I will definitely hold my portfolio till the rise in the value of bitcoin.

There is two years to go to 2021. Only way for Bitcoin not to go over $20k is a fatal flaw in protocol or if we get a huge financial crysis in worst time possible so in start or mid 2021.   Making plans for 2 years ahead in Bitcoin is a bit silly to me. I mean you can plan to hold, but not to buy or sell.

Just hold, the market is unpredictable and the right thing to do is to wait for our target to be reached and if this halving happen to can't fulfil my target then there's nothing i really want to do actually and I think people will think the same too. it'll be yet another ordinary hodl day for us the hodlers which has become the norm whatsoever.

I would still keep holding bitcoin in my wallet and I would keep holding it if it goes up or down as well. What people are missing out is that not everyone cares about the price of bitcoin in the short term. People think one week is short term, 3 years is short term for my sense of investment.

I will be able to retire at the age of 56 with the laws of my country so I do not have any problems at all or any issues after I am 56, what I need is a way of not having to worry about money until I am 56 and that is where bitcoin goes into affect, I need to manage to have enough money to cover me for the next 25 years and bitcoin is not there just yet.

I want bitcoin to be at least 100 thousand dollars, if that happens (which I doubt will happen any time soon) I will sell my coins, until then I don't care about halving, I don't care about bakkt, I don't care about SEC or libra or anything else.

Yeah it should be the scenario, but it's true what you say, no matter how good we hope in the bitcoin scenario, bitcoin will still store various surprises later. Some time ago I found a thread, which in my opinion could illustrate a scenario that might occur in 2021, was made based on the two previous scenarios. Let's look here.

I think I am gonna quit, I will just let my future get along with my current standings in life and go on living a simple life. As of now for me bitcoin is a ticket of big time success, if it really does goes down, then I will just have to accept it and make my business on my town grow without engaging in bitcoin or in any crypto anymore.

I don't expect that halving will bring some major price changes, I never counted on that so in fact Idon't have any special plan different to what I'm doing now.
I will continue to keep the balance between keeping and spending Bitcoin and as long as I have some steady income in Bitcoin I don't worry too much about the price.

I am expecting some significant jump in Bitcoin price leading to the scheduled halving that can happen within May 2020. However, we all know that Bitcoin may or may not be following its own historical precedents so as we all know there is no guarantee here. I am not so sure how would I feel and what will I do in case there can be failure for appreciation but maybe I will just have to wait for 2021. Maybe we are already expecting too much with Bitcoin and this uncontrolled expectation can be dangerous if it is not meet exceedingly.

Or you could just wait a bit longer? The people pouring money into services like Bakkt aren't doing it for fun. They're expecting a future where it's much, much larger than it is now. It may not arrive on the timescale so many here seem to think is already in the bag but that doesn't mean one unexpected misfire signals it's over for good.

If zilch has happened by the end of 2021 I'll be rattled but I won't be throwing in the towel.

I will keep holding but I won't tell you what to do because it depends on your finances.

I bought Bitcoin years ago for less than 1k USD and was briefly at a loss but just took a break from all of it. I kept my coins in 2015 and 16 when the markets were bloody and didn't care. Since my coins are now worth over 7 times more than they were when I bought them I'm fine. It was to be my safety fund for stormy weather and I'd be ok with 5k USD Bitcoin even if it was to stay like that for years.

Each of you will have a different idea because if you buy now at 7k and after the halving price will be 6k you'll be devastated and I understand that. For me it will be just another day of my personal bank working as it should.

If there will be no huge move from bitcoin to go up after the halving, then I will just use it to do altcoin trading. I will try my best to multiply it for a few months and once I saw a potential move up of bitcoin then I will convert my altcoins into bitcoin and hold them and wait for the result of the rally to think if I will be selling or not.

I will have a different direction for myself. I am definitely not holding bitcoin, it is too risky to expect too much of the halving event. Think about it, if there are too many people who believe that Bitcoin will grow very strongly during this halving event, then everyone will buy and win, so who will lose? Maybe the crowd will make their own trap and sharks just need to wait for the ripe time to sell a lot of their bitcoins during this halving event. I have always been cautious in this market because I know this is a market full of manipulation and crime, so I will sell my bitcoin when it sees its price increase 10% after the halving event.

For those who view Bitcoin from the perspective of technology that has practically not started at full speed, and for those investors who are investing in the long run, the next halving is by no means a crucial point. What is more important to me is the fact that almost 99% of Bitcoin will be mined in the next 10 years, all this with 3 halvings that will happen (2020, 2024, 2028).

I personally do not mean to take any drastic steps in the event that no new large pump happens by the end of 2021, which I personally do not consider to be a realistic outcome, because I believe that history will be repeated again. In the end, it's not all about the money, Bitcoin can remain at the same value for another 2 years, and I don't see how that would diminish its real value.

I'll keep holding. I don't need to take profit now and I realized that when we had this mini rally a few months ago. I held at 4000 and we went to 10 and I felt no need to sell. This means that deep inside I know I don't need money now and I know Bitcoin is worth more than 10 thousand dollars.

Maybe if the halving rally was to take us above 20 thousand I'd think of buying myself a few things with my coins but I'd still not sell everything.

Well due to halving the price should have been affected from even now onwards because it's not a sudden thing , it's starts small but then it gains momentum but instead of seeing a positive growth it's more or less stable and I cannot see any market fluctuations.
I think it might now increase too , who knows , I am not really sure since the halving is gonna be in June and consider January be the month where we would start seeing something.

Then I'll keep waiting for as long as it takes to encounter a new bull run, there's a very-very high chance that it will happen, we are significantly below the ATH, adoption is increasing, new capabilities are being added to the network, supply is fixed - all the fundamentals are there, you just need time and patience to see big profits.

A shock wave may come after the halving. Not much time left. I can make a new plan for May 2020. I think it's worth trying. This time I can invest long term with the right strategy. We cannot speak of a certain rise, but there is a possibility of a rise.

You are right. But It is already created.  :D  Maybe I will make a poll for the next topic. Thanks for the suggestion, sir.

I like the way how you answer my questions above. It's simple but clear enough.

Thanks, buddy. But sometimes you need to think about how to anticipate if you get the worse result. We mustn't be like an amateur investor that feels doubt and panic because of experiencing an unexpected situation.  ;)

Well if the price did not rise when halving happen, my plan is still holding bitcoin until such time I can attain a profit. Being positive about the market could gives us hopes in bitcoin. So in my point, there still a good thing that can happen and the possibility still exists that price may increase.

There's a button at the bottom to make a poll, should be written as something like "add poll" so you could add it here and give a bump. I'd be interested in the numbers we see...

No idea, may be I will replan besides majority are the doing the same. We cannot totally rely on our expectation as it bitcoin price is too unpredictable though halving had happened twice, and it really make the price soar but that doesn't mean it will always happen as halving comes. We gotta need to do something better specially when we always get false hopes.

I have the opposite belief as yours, I think there will be a huge price change on bitcoin since we have seen it on previous halving event but I guess that won't be long and will just cause another dump. As for my plan, I think of immediate sell when the price of bitcoin escalates quickly, I won't aim for a huge profit instead I'll look for a decent profit. We still do not know what this coming halving could bring since the market has changed in 4 years, might as well we don't expect too much from it.

Done. I've just created a poll for this topic. Let's see what people will prefer to do for their Bitcoin assets.  :)

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Bump!!! Everyone, please vote your option on the poll above. If you choose others, you need to explain it clearly in your reply. Thanks

Honestly, I don't have any expectations with this coins halving event coming next year. I am sure this will pass without any impact on bitcoin prices. Bitcoin mostly goes up once in a year and I will wait for that moment in the coming year to sell me bitcoin holdings.

will history always be same time in repeating? if there is no significant increase in 2021, but with a note if the price of bitcoin rises slowly and does not go down, of course I will wait next rising, surely there is still a chance to increase. of course 2 things happen, if there is no increase it means there is no interest, so confidence decreases and prices fall.

You sound like the superior over Bitcoin. You are like threatening to leave Bitcoin if halving will not give you the price that you want. Well, do not hope that it will pump high in the coming months. Halving is already known beforehand. And it cannot be enough to pump the price high. For me, I will keep hodling regardless of the price after halving.

It should be like that, we all expect halving so that it can make prices increase like halving before. so what would make the price of bitcoin go up so high if halving had no effect? because the supply and demand factors are very big influence on prices. but I will not be disappointed if indeed there is no significant movement. as long as bitcoin still has a high value, I will stay focused on quantity.

But again what's the guarantee that the history will repeat again when it comes to Bitcoin price increase which you are waiting for?  Yes I do believe that the value does increase every year at some point of time but it's not as big as we are expecting as we have to settle for gradual increases.

Most of us who are here on this forum are supporters of Bitcoin so what do you expect the result will be..?
Another thing is that it is 99% speculated that bitcoin will boom towards halving. So we may see some positive trends soon.

Oh, if the price does not change, after Halving Bitcoin in May 2020, then this will be a disappointment for me. I keep bitcoin and want it to grow in value.

In 2013 there was 100x rise in price, in 2017 - more than 30x (declined by 3x) and in 2021, logically it must be more than 10x rise and I think it will be pretty logical to think that we will see bitcoin's price 100K USD. But on another hand let's calculate price rise from all time highs, from 1,100 it went up to 20K so had 19x rise and from 20k, how much rise can we see? 5x or 10x?
Well, personally I think another 100K high price will be logical and I have high hopes that it will happen, don't think that there won't be significant move, if that happens, then I will sell all of my bitcoins and try to keep alive instead of being dead.

I do not expect too much in halving so I will not be disappointed if the price did not increase. I just rely on price action so I do not guess what will happen to the price of bitcoin. They say that halving can cause to the rapidly growth of the bitcoin but the thing is we are not sure what will happen in the future. I do not believe to the self proclaim experts who keep saying their prediction because the do not also know what they are saying.

I will still hold the bitcoin that I have. but have to look for work outside. because I fund my life from bitcoin. I still hope bitcoin has the next increase in 2020/2021, after halving is done. because I believe. bitcoin scarcity will make bitcoin prices higher.

I don’t really know for sure if I’m going to continue holding Bitcoin if there is no increase after the halving. I’d sure like to Hodl, but when things seem like they are not going to work out, then I will have to create a new plan that’s going to work out for the situation I’m in. If after the halving and Bitcoin seems to retain a price that is above what I purchased at, then I will continue to hold.

But, if it starts to fall to the extent it seems like it’s literally going to crash to the extent I will lose too much, I will sell my coins. Well, I am not hoping that this happens lol, I really want the price to increase after the halving.

I guess you may expect at least 5x growth and the maximum may be 20x or 100x like the past. But, we cannot be sure that would happen immediately after halving. Because in the past, halving trigger bull markets very slowly like after some 6 to 10 months of time. Also, I like to suggest you not to quit all your BTC holding at a time. Sell some % which could transform your life and save the rest within bitcoins and you may tack me after decades for sure.

Actually i have no idea if this is happen because i still cannot thinking about further plan if bitcoin price not increasing after halving and maybe one of the worst step i will choose is to trade all of my bitcoin but maybe too i will still hold my bitcoin until uncertain time so it maybe will depend on the situations for bitcoin itself

I will continue to HODL. I think I will not be disappointed as much as my disappointment when I continued to HODL during the time when Bitcoin reached almost $20,000. I did not sell at that time. I sold before that and after that. But it was not selling because I gave up. I sold because I had to. I am HODLing for a long time, not just within the next year or the next halving.

I have voted for "Keep holding until the next rising", but it doesn't mean I'm going to cash out right away, if Bitcoin rises, say, to $25k. I will be glad, of course, if that happens, and will probably cash out some part to celebrate it, but no one knows to which height can BTC really go. There is upper limit, which is around $4 million, and it is very unrealistic to expect that price, but to expect something in the range of $150k-$300k during the next several years is not that unfounded, in my opinion.

Overall, I think halving might have rather a psychological effect on traders and potential investors. But still, there will be an effect.

to trade it maybe I still think again, until now I still hold it, and maybe for the long term, or at least worth it for sale. It is very frustrating to feel after the price has fallen far, but that has become a risk. besides that I still have several tokens, and it's possible that those tokens that I will convert to bitcoin

I am glad that everyone voted for the 2nd option. It seems to me that it is not so important when the price rises. The idea is important. It is important that we all want change, that we all strive for the best.

Of course, that's the smart way, if you wanted to make a good ROI down the road. Instead of being disappointed or cash it out because it didn't go on your way. History will tell us that being a holding will give you a higher chance in the future to make a lot of money.

So let's look at the bright side, use this opportunity to stash more bitcoin in your wallet. It doesn't mean you need to purchase 1 BTC right away. Just small portion of let's say .01 BTC and then I'm sure you will be on your way to make 1 BTC or more before the next halving.

Yes. It is better to do dollar cost averaging rather than buying bitcoin big time. Divide your number goal of bitcoin into weeks or even months (depending on your preferences) and buy bitcoin each deadline and that will build you a good amount of average purchased price and after that, just hold it until the price reaches new all time high because based on the forecast, we can see up to 6 digit price per 1 bitcoin.

I voted "others," here what I'm going to do:
I will keep creating educational posts and posts that can make you guys laugh in this forum (yes, I like jokes). I believe signature campaigns are still here, so I can earn whether BTC price goes to the moon or not.

I think this forum is the 2nd best thing aside from Bitcoin.

Halving is only good for traders and not long term investors. Bitcoin is a diamond amongts the coal here and because we are lucky to have bitcoin we should be thankful for whatever the price is. I am %100 honest I wouldn't be mad if bitcoin went back to 1000 dollars because people started to sell in waves, I don't care about the price of bitcoin right now.

Yeah, in 20 years I would like to see a decent return (and doesn't have to make me super rich, just a decent retirement fund like today's 100k for example) and that's it for me, I have no secret agenda about bitcoin. Halving should theoretically increase the price because there is less supply with about 900 bitcoins a day instead of 1800 bitcoins a day but to be fair 900 bitcoins a day means around 6.5 million dollars sold per day even if all of them are sold, that is not really too much of a big difference in a daily volume of all bitcoin trades.

80% of my plan is this, I'll continue to hold even if there is no substantial changes with the prices and cryptocurrency as general but it could be another time trigger to get bitcoin to top again with whopping $20000 price then you can enjoy selling your bits at that price point. Let us watch what this incoming halving could do to change the current situation now, but at least don't expect that much.

amazingly you still hold your bitcoin, how much bitcoin do you hold?
I hope you have the right plan to minimize losses if halving later bitcoin fails to fly, good luck

Everybody hopes that this scenario will occur and keeping their faith on what happen in past few years. We can’t set aside that past halving really set new records in terms of prices few years after implementation. But we can’t stick to it always and better to have plan B’s or if the new halving won’t push the price higher then we Hodl very long.

I think I will hold coin until strong growth again. because I believe that bitcoin is still in an adjustment phase and that it will soon grow in the same way that technology businesses once did. History is difficult to repeat accurately but I believe the sharks are still there and it is just waiting for the chance to do this. We should take this opportunity and this halving event will explode the market.

My guess was as similar as the popular decision over here. Not that i would be selling all my bitcoins if it ever crosses $20K  ;D again. Whatever happens i sell some when i need it and hold the rest to continue to make profit of it. That's called an investment strategy 8).

I'd probably keep my Bitcoin still as I believe it does have potential, not only because of the halving. My thinking is if it's not after the halving, then later. I really have nothing to lose with my Bitcoin. Even if it's go to zero, I'll be fine. Maybe a bit disappointed but it's mostly fine. But I believe the thing that would make Bitcoin the de facto gold 2.0 would not be the halving, but some major change in the world's financial system. I'll be waiting for that.

as usual, I only need a few percent that I set for monthly withdrawals, and still always increase btc investments with periodic trading. even if bitcoin returns to $ 1000 I don't panic and always stick to the main goal. Continuous development will always produce maximum results, bitcoin always proves its quality in this 10 year period.

I will keep on holding until the next rise of the price of bitcoin. I am not in a rush to sell my bitcoin at a higher price and I am thankful that the market is giving me enough time to continuously accumulate bitcoin for my long term investment portfolio. I don't know why other people are so afraid to buy now when they know that the price of bitcoin will be so much more expensive than the price now.

It is not impossible for bitcoin to reach at $20K again and halvings already prove that it can greatly affect the price of bitcoin and another alternative coins however the market has changed after the previous halving. The previous halving occurred in 2016 which made the bitcoin market explode but then it dumps after a while, but that is not what I'm talking about coz I'm referring to changes in the market in terms of people/users/investors of bitcoin that hold and waits for the upcoming halving expecting the price to pump again. Way back 2016 there are lesser people talking about the halving which took the dump long after the pump, So I guess the dump after the halving in 2020 will just take a month of less and that dump will be massive.

I have been investing on bitcoin for so long already and every decision I make here is well processed which usually takes up a long time to make every detail work according to my plan. If ever there will be no movement on the next halving or in 2021, I will definitely keep on holding still. Those speculation may occur or maybe it will not but I will still hold on to my faith in bitcoin and keep on going with my investment. I know and I can feel it that bitcoin will rise up more than what we are expecting soon, it may take long but the wait will surely be worth it.

if you buy it at the price of support I think you will be safe, but another story if you buy it at $ 10000 if halving does have a positive impact and bitcoin sky rocketing I think you are lucky, it's better to trade your bitcoin and you will feel safe

Holding would be the most obvious choice here should the scenario even happen. There's no reason to continue trading nor go against the tide if the ship is clearly sinking without any chances for recovery. By going against the tides, chances are you might just waste everything and sink insteas of just going with the flow and leace things as is.

Then again, this highly depends on who you're asking. A day-trader would surely continue on trading but for the most of us, the answer is just to hold.

Yes, as we can see from the posts in this thread and from the poll, most of us will be holding if nothing changes, or if the price goes a bit up or a bit down. But I have an impression that most of us don't realize what period of time we are talking about. It's not about 2-3 months before/after the halving, but rather about 1 year+ after the event. It's a pretty long period of time during which the price can significantly go up or down for other than the halving reasons. I personally believe that the price will go up significantly during 2020-2021, and not necessarily due to the halving.

If we see past trends, price doesn't increase immediately after halving but increase gradually and sky rockets after a year or so and hence I would hold my bag for atleast 2 years after the halving and try to save more in between with a hope of getting great returns!

Bitcoin price is giving signs of uptrend. However, it is necessary to be cautious. It is impossible to make a prediction for bitcoin as it rises or falls. But if the price of Bitcoin remains constant. The subcoins will be activated.

I will not be disappointed even if the price of the bitcoin didn't move after the halving. I do not expect too much after all and I do not care to news and updates in the internet. My decisions are always relying in technicals so I am type of trader who using technicals than fundamentals. I an a day trader and there are a lot of opportunities in the market. Even if the bitcoin did not go up after halving, I can still make profit from its swings.

Personally I will hold until at least the last price peak. I will separate my Bitcoin, over 70% of my Bitcoin will be hold and the rest will be trading.
With current Bitcoin hype the demands will be more than supply, I'm sure the price will be higher than the last peak.
It's looks like more people already prepared for the next halving.

Just keep on holding and if the price keeps on dropping or will be stable, I will keep on investing my savings while it is affordable. It has only been a few years since the last bull market. The bull-run might occur on the halving or a few months after it. I will just be patient, I have no olans where to use my money on crypto yet, so there is no sense for me to sell it or be disappointed if there is no significant rise on crypto after halving.

I wanna look at the situation. This topic is highly being discussed that if the price didn't double after the halving, many miners will lose incentive for mining. This might create a problem for the Bitcoin network. Along with that, the rising expectation of the price rise after halving will create a fomo which in turn will take the price up. I will take that as an opportunity to sell my holdings before the halving.
I will reinvest only if there is a stability in the market after halving.

There will be no stability in the market even before neither after the halving. Halving is just a normal event in bitcoin and since the difficulty of mining bitcoin will go up then the price should also go up in order to maintain the miners in the bitcoin network. You cannot expect the market to be stable and you need to deal with its volatility because it is a blessing in disguise to make quick profits because of the fluctuations.

I might do both replanning and continue holding. Make some adjustments with my previous plan if ever the price didn't move that high compared to what is expected even with halving. And since I can't do anything with it, I'll just continue holding. In crypto, unexpected increase and decrease is normal so I'd better prepare myself if that is the case. That's the best thing I can do.

While its good to make a plan, its even better to make solid plans on what one can control while the ones you cannot control the plan there will be on making some excess spending assuming the plan is on revenue expected to be generated from the price of bitcoin. In my own case, while I am optimistic that the price of bitcoin would rise and the impact this would be on my finances should this happen, I am not oblivious that it might not happen which would me easily amenable to the current realities and the halving would not make any difference in that plan.

Even me, myself, I will choose to still hold on bitcoin no matter what because when the time comes that bitcoin price becomes high again, you are the one who is a winner. So patience is always a way to success. I still trust bitcoin although they say that it will take too long before it becomes the no. 1 coin again.

I don't care about what they say, after 5 years from now. Maybe bitcoin will reach above $10k USD and it is huge enough. Imagine from $6k to $10k up. So that's why I still have faith in Btc.

I will pick the 2nd option.
Keep holding until I see the next rise.

There is just not much option right?
It is like you have been here all the time and made so much effort. There is more backing out from it.
The weak might surrender but there are still people who will keep on fighting until the very good end.

Who's saying that? BTC is number 1 coin right now. Its dominance, in regards to the market cap, equals to 68%. And when the market cap figures can be fake for some shitcoins, we all know that they are not fake for BTC. I know some people say that market cap means nothing, but I think it shows how much money in total people can entrust to this or that coin, and this is a very important indicator.

I have big plan when bitcoin halving coming because bitcoin must have good price above $20k, I will disappointed when bitcoin miss for growing up to higher price and look frustrated with how long I have waiting for profit with my assets holding, next year when bitcoin haling coming become my chance to get back with altcoin up to higher price and bitcoin keep stable always above $20k.

First of all i would say that bitcoin price will not remain same after halving, it will surely increase as from previous review, and if something happen like the price do not increase then i think it would be very fool decision that one will sell bitcoin.
like you i will hold my bitcoin in any situation and will not lose my heart very soon.

Actually, I don't have any backup plan at the moment because I strongly believes that the prices will surely hit some new heights sooner or later after the halving.If there is such scenario of price stays or get dumped then I will keep on HODLing until my loss reaches the level that I can afford.

This is my plan too, but will try to trade often, and will try to stop loss thru trading. Though halving is always expected to make a increase in the past years. If ever things weren't happen that way then I will just probably do trading more than keeps on holding. But still be hopeful that it didn't change the idea of halving as many expects high on it.

if in 2020 or 2021 bitcoin can't pump as I expected. then of course I will be disappointed and maybe I will still sell half of my bitcoin for me to use to open a business in the real world. and the rest I will hold it back until bitcoin can pump again. I am always optimistic that bitcoin prices in the future will be more expensive. because I see every year more and more countries are willing to accept bitcoin and also bitcoin users are increasing.

It is good that there is no vote that goes to the option Disappointed and directly trade all holding Bitcoins. I feel glad that we remain strong as a community of Bitcoin supporters who are looking far beyond the temporary price fluctuations. Bitcoin is a very young currency. It has a very bright future ahead of it. It might even become the topmost global currency in the next decades. We should be looking at this potential rather than at its daily price changes.

I still no have idea what will I do if the halving will not cause the upward move of the bitcoin. My action is depends on the price action so that is why I still have no plan for that. Also, I do not care in halving because I am not a holder and I am a trader. I do not want to become a passive investor who are just holding a coin in a long time because it is sucks for me. I'm an active trader because that's what I want.

If you are a long term holder then you wont care too much on what would be the upcoming prices.Theres no assurance if the price will shoot up or would just be on sideways.

But there would be a significant move in prices.It might not be too fast but it is much more preferable rather than to see sharp spikes on prices.

For now we should wait up on what would be the things to happen.Thing here is that you do know on what you gonna do.

At first I thought that halving should had an impact, at least a psychological one, resulting in price rising. But then, after looking at the charts once again, I began wondering weren't those price increases just coincidences, considering that they were happening a year after or so. I do believe that the price will rise in the near future, but I'm not sure if the halving will be the reason for that. So, regardless, I'm going to hold until McAfee's most modest prediction, $1 million for 1 BTC, comes true. :)  Btw, according to the guy, it should happen by the end of 2020. Good Luck in 2020, everyone!

There is no chance that nothing will happen to bitcoin price. May be halving have zero effect on bitcoin price but something will keep on happening to price of bitcoin sooner or later. According to my plan, I am accumulating bitcoin at its current price and hodling it until there is significant moment in bitcoin price. Dont pay much attention to this halving.

For me, it is not going to make much of a difference. Because I am in for long-term investment with Bitcoin. I am ready to wait for another 3-4 years, so that I could sell my Bitcoin stash at a considerable profit. Now I need to note down that I had purchased my coins almost 3 years ago (January 2017), when the exchange rates were $900 per coin. Even at current rates, I am sitting on top of 700% profit. 

Whatever happens to bitcoin go forward or reduce it to half is no problem for me, because I always do the long term to hold it back when bitcoin goes down for a long time or whatever it is.
and I will wait for 1 or 2 years until bitcoin rises significantly, and most importantly bitcoin always dominates and remains the number 1 coin in the crypto market and I always believe in bitcoin and will always give good returns and the most important is to be patient and remain consistent to wait for it even though it takes a long time.

For me personally, I will hold on to the bitcoin that I have until I get real results and then let it go.
Panic will bring destruction. What is clear is that many factors cause bitcoin to increase not only by dividing it in half.

Bitcoin doesn't have to make a big move for most of us to actually do something about it, if it stays same we will move the spread, if it goes down we will leverage short, if it goes up we will leverage long.

I mean not myself personally because I am just a long holder but in the end there will be people who make profits no matter what bitcoin does, there are people out there who can profit whatever bitcoin does (different people for different moves) so it is all about what the majority is hoping for bitcoin to do and not "some" of us because a small portion always comes out right, there are people on each directions waiting for it to happen so it is impossible for bitcoin to do something and NOBODY makes any profit, even if it stays the same people will find a way to profit from it.

I voted Keep holding until the next rising, it will not increase just after the halving, we need to be patient, Bitcoin is not always about profit, there are so many instances that development and adoption is moving but the price is not moving at all, only time can tell on the right time that it will move up, but if you sell now, you will be there on that time.

When people are expecting for the price to bull it doesn't happen and the price goes down. Right now its all based on speculation we can't really tell if this halving will carry a significant effect towards the bitcoin price, as long as there are no confirmation in the crypto market technical analysis then im still bearish.

My answer is almost the same as 82% of this forum which is "Keep holding until the next rising.". Glad to know that many will be holding their BTC and very positive that it will rebound even we did it know when. This is a very optimistic reply for the whole crypto community here.

Holding become only one chance for many investor because bitcoin and altcoin keep with lower price, maybe more than 70% investor keep holding their bitcoin and waiting for until bitcoin halving coming and sell after bitcoin growing up, many people hope with bitcoin halving moment can give big opportunity to get much profit with bitcoin and altcoin as investment way.

I will still hold bitcoin even though after halving there will be no significant price increase, maybe bitcoin still needs time to rise after halving later, slowly but surely bitcoin will repeat history after halving that has happened before, so for me now is a good opportunity to buy bitcoin at cheap prices.

Most investors choose to stay with bitcoin than other altcoins and its consistency in profit taking had encouraged it, if things does not change we could look else where. It is impossible for all the space to fail throughout the whole,so we move our money there. It will be disappointing for 100% holders to see no response. My expectation is not that high, something around the previous ATH ($20k-25k) is good for the rest of the year.

i never disappoint about bitcoin, it help me very much in any direction. and when it happen, i will to keep my own until the price is hit my expectation. no one want to sell bitcoin when it price is low except they have something needed. but im sure if the next one will make bitcoin price increase

If you check the historical prices then 2021 should be a good year for bitcoin and everyone is expecting the market to rally by that time and even if there is a delay i will not mind holding it for a much longer time as i had my profits for the base investment in the past and i will be happily waiting for the next rally even if it takes a longer period of time.

indeed our expectations after halving prices will surge, but no one knows whether it will happen. but I personally will still hold bitcoin, because in my opinion bitcoin still has a future so I will wait for that time to come

Yeah, and that's why the question in the OP is about one year after the upcoming halving. We need time to see what it means for the market to have minus 936 BTC produced each day. Not all of them go to exchanges right away, but a big part of them do.

And you are right, Bitcoin is still cheap(anything below $10k is very cheap imo), so the potential investors should hurry up and buy some to make profits in the near future.

il be disapointed but not to the point that ill sell all my btc holdings and altcoin holdings but i still continue my original plan and that is to hodl ( continue hodling )  .

 i read the effects of halving and now i understand on why people are so assuming and optimistic about the good effects that itl bring on btc   . not just btc but i think the good effects will also pass on other cryptos ( alts and tokens  )  , you know that mostly happens on this space    .

We already saw numerous times on how alts prices do react when btc price do rise up but it isnt really correlated from time to time yet it can possibly move sideways.

Being optimistic is good yet we have seen on what things happened in the past when we do talk about halving but it doesnt mean that it would happen on the next one.
Future is uncertain but as an investor or support of btc, you should prepare for the worst.

I am not thinking much about the halving right now. people are so concerned about the price and the mining being unprofitable. If you see these 4 years. People were mining even when the price went $1k, they continued when it went to $20k and still did when it came back to $4k. The reward value changed significantly year after year and period after period. Therefore, price increase or decrease shouldn't be much of an issue during halving.
If the price goes up due to speculation I will try to take profits and will keep on trading the usual way.

There is no time frame involve when will Bitcoin price will surge, so if you are in a hurry to sell and sold your coin in a wrong time you will be sorry, you have extended your research for the past two years so why extend another year more, long term holding is not only about months, it's all about the right time and it could be years.

January is usually not a good time for bitcoin, so it is allowed not to expect anything this month. We might even see more dump this month and next but they no indications to lose hope if you are long term investors. I will advice to read more on twitter than even the news, trusted horses are always speaking there, they can give hope in times like this. Bitcoin has the way it surges and no one can control it, if we had waited this long we have fewer days than ever.

Sometimes we need to get out from fantasy and focus on reality since there's no constant or immediate growth will happen when year changes but maybe those things is a great beginning  since we see a good percentage upwards and maybe this is a good start since halving days are coming. And best to erase the thinking about the bearish so that we can see the sideways In positive ways.

if prices does not move or rise like other and past halving . i hope everyone hold because bitcoin is a money that we can make buy of product shop for example ; so bitcoin have high value for other stock and market too

Bright idea pal. Me too even if there is no assurance that I can get here or for example the bitcoin's value doesn't rises I will still trade here because of the benefits that I can get here and even though there is no movement on its value, still we are lucky because we can still earn here a good amount of money and also we can get money in the easiest and fastest way so we should be thankful to Mr. Satoshi for founding btcs for us.

The first few months of the year usually do not lead to the growth of the cryptocurrency market. This will happen no earlier than spring. Therefore, now you need to work calmly and expect the next wave of growth of bitcoin and the entire cryptocurrency. Bitcoin will certainly still grow in price, but when it will not know, probably no one.

of course it would be better to hold it than to throw away the valuable assets we already have because we feel pessimistic if the market price does not rise. if we look at the movement of bitcoin market prices from the start created until now it must have experienced a very drastic change, therefore we must remain optimistic about future market price increases and of course many people predict market prices will be more valuable in the future

But sometimes it is better to let go than to hold it for a long time. Bitcoin is a speculative asset where it has volatility and it prices are keep changing every minutes and seconds. If the market proved that we are wrong then it is better if we will let go our position and we should just find new opportunities in the market. Our portfolio will turn to red if we keep holding a coin if the market keep telling us that our decision is wrong.

You know, I'm prepared to a sideway market or even a fall during the halving and even after
When everyone is expecting a pump in price, some people found a way to gain money with the opposite
I've seen a lot of times coins not being pumped in these big events, so I'll be prepared for anything

It is necessary not to pay attention to all kinds of movements and continue to hold. And then everything will be fine!

I voted other: explanation
Since its not a given that Bitcoin price will rise, and to mitigate the possibility of disappointments, I'm not expecting anything to happen and in fact, I'd be elated if I could simply retain the same value I put in over time. I'll not be selling whether or not the price increases this halving and probably not even the next in 2024 or 2028. I mean, unless, of course ridiculous life changing values occur. In that event I'd pay my outstanding debts and continue on saving. I'd also like to be more charitable to places in need if that opportunity occurs. 
I consider Bitcoin a safe asset suitable for life savings. When and if I make it to an age whereupon I wish to retire from work, hopefully Bitcoin will be a decent nest egg for my family and I.

you don't see the history above? why do we have to wait 1 week? bitcoin increase occurred 1 year later after halving happened. so if there is no significant movement after halving it's normal to look at the history of halving. so we wait in 2021 there should be significant movement.

From what I see looking at the previous halving, I see that it takes about one year to make a big difference in the price, maybe that was just a coincidence, maybe that had nothing to do with halving but right now I can say that one year is a good long enough time to wait after the halving for a big increase.

I assume the logic is that miners are making 1800 bitcoins right now per day, if they spend 1200 to 1500 bitcoins as cost, and keep the rest of it in bitcoins, that would mean they would have enough to recover for a full year to actually not go bankrupt for it, after that price HAS TO go up or they would be not making any profits and losing too much money. So miners basically postpone the halving to a date where they don't have any extra bitcoins left. This is just an assumption tho.

it has become very reasonable if halving is canceled then surely I will still keep bitcoin in my wallet because I think bitcoin is a very good digital currency and can be expensive because of the influence of very limited supply.

I think the bitcoin price will rise. Bitcoin may not make a rapid rise. However, there may be an upswing in part. This stasis provides opportunities for altcoins. Altcoin prices may rise. I have such an expectation.

I choose " Keep holding until the next rising." and this is also the choice of the majority, being an old member of this community, I have seen the ups and downs of the top coins in the market, improvement in the market is not immediate and quick it is slow but steady, the market and it's investors are now maturing, I don't think people will not hold now that many great things are happening, losers are those who can't keep on.

But holding is sometimes painful and that is why I do not prefer holding bitcoin. Holding is for long term investor, I'm not investor because I'm a trader and I prefer to trade my bitcoins than to hold. I do not know why there is a misconception about holding, most of the holders are only holding for a coin because they hope that the price of the bitcoin will become valuable and the problem is they do not know that timing is important and most of the holders do not consider the timing.

I expect a big increase starting before the halving, but even if it doesn’t happen immediately, I will still hold my Bitcoin’s because I think the increase will eventually come.

I will keep holding and will accumulate more bitcoin until the next bull. Halving doesnt guarantee a price rise for btc and other alts, its just an indication that might trigger the price to increase just like what happened in the past.

So if you can still endure seeing the price not changing or turning down then keep holding because the price will rise in time. However if you are losing your trust and patience then let go and dont make it hard for yourself.

I think the bitcoin price will go up. Are we at the right times to get Bitcoin? I don't know, but the market is giving signals that it will go up. That's what I interpret. I got some ethereum. I hope he rises. Btcoin entered a stable period.

Based on what you have posted regarding about the halving that happened before and its effect to the price of bitcoin after a year is so reassuring to every bitcoin holders, as well as altcoins holders, because when bitcoin rises, expect that altcoins will rise too. I'm not good in analyzing charts but I trust news that is good be true, not too good. I know that bitcoin's price is volatile and that goes the same to other cryptocurrencies therefore I guess it is good to wait for the great result, you could see green candles in your portfolio right now.

Yes indeed bitcoin's price will eventually rise up maybe a few months after its halving but maybe yesr after or more but we are sure that bitcoin will rise, its value will increase because there is a lot of influence not only the halving that will happen but also some big companies considering it will make it more known to people but i will still hold my bitcoin if the increase will not happen to what i've expected.

Although the price starting to rise today provably those are brought by the hype and the other news but actually the same on your though I believe that we can feel the actual effect of the halving on year 2021 after the halving will take effect and possibly it could create more demand and it will contribute more to the growth.

I haven't much plan but I wouldn't be selling them off in one go after I held on for them hoping for a new ath. Probably I'd just try to some trading along the small movements.

There are still several things that can happen, especially with the uncertainty now with the US-Iran conflict and the associated oil and goods hike.

Personally, if I had the idea of selling all the assets, I would have already. I am not here for 2020 halving. Longtime residents have already been in this market for a long time and will continue as long as it survives. Halving is simply a natural innovation that should be in the market and also a little more gain if it influences the price in the right direction. Just relax and trade as usual.

If there is no price movement even the halving is successful, my plan is to still trade bitcoins even there will be no price after the halving. I'm a momentum and a day trader, I find opportunities everyday and that us why I keep gaining profit but not all of times I always winning in my every trade. There is still times that I lose but my losses is only small because of my good risk and management.

It is merely impossible that bitcoin's price will not be affected by the bitcoin halving. It will surely does affect the price but it might take a long time or a short and small changes, day by day. Still, the accumulation of bitcoin will be profitable if we are really dedicated to the profit it can give, so as why we are still hodling bitcoin.

So my plan if there's no significant move on the time of halving is to just hodl and stay patient. I am sure I already know how the market goes and I have the control of my profit and that's why bitcoin is different to other investment platforms.

halving is certainly a success, but of course the market is decisive when supply has diminished there should be significant movement. but if it's not there, maybe I'll do the usual thing, daily trading. because the most important thing is to continue to make a profit if prices do not move up.

It should really be this way but people cant really avoid not to be hyped with halving event since we know on how the market improved after this event.
People presume for things to happen the same way even they do tell to themselves on trading as usual but the excitement inside cant really be denied.
Pretty sure that you do feel the same thing too where no matter how old we are already into this market, seeing upcoming event that can give out positive sentiments do really excites us.

it's better to trade than to hold it, 2 years if you trade you already get a lot of profit, and if you hold Bitcoin until 2021 not necessarily Bitcoin will reach $ 20,000, it's a waste of time

People shall simply keep supporting marketing no matter what happens because this is how we can make crypto currencies increase in prices. It is simple business law; the more investors are there definitely the more money will be in the market ultimately increasing value of coins. People are definitely having great expectations from halving especially the ones who are simply holding coins.

I'm making a good plan for after-halving. I haven't invested in the market in a long time. I just made a money entry again. It may be more difficult to get bitcoin in 2020. Miners are one of the cornerstones of this market. And increasing difficulty can add value to bitcoin.