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I have seen someone who invested in Altcoin that was new and made money from that investment huge amount of money that has changed his life forever, if you don't like taking risk is up to you but allow people that love it to continue doing it, I always see people saying investing in AItcoin is a very wrong decision but to be honest is not, if you are a risk taker, you can be investing in Bitcoin because Bitcoin investment is a very good investment and it's more safe when it comes to cryptocurrency investment however that those not mean you can't use some liftover from your Discretionary income after you have accumulated Bitcoin for that week or month to try another coin it most not be done every month or weeks just some times.
But if you know you usually don't like playing around with your funds then stick to Bitcoin because is more safe.

You can only say that because you haven't fall victim of shitcoin dump or rug pull, that's why you still believe strongly on alt/shitcoin. Well let me inform you that majority or large number of people have lost huge amount of money and have learnt their lessons in a hard way, and that's why you see them talking about the risk in shitcoin investment. There is never a time it was stated that people can't try out risking alt/shitcoin but it is always said that you should gamble with what you can afford to lose as not to lose all your money.  Although it is possible for your friend to make big profite from altcoin, but it doesn't happen always. It could just be that it was a new tokens that was fast rising as a result of it massive demand by  buyers, and on the process your friend sold off before it falls. I believe your friend sold at the right time, maybe if he had waited more longer the team behind the project would have liquidated it and it dump so badly that everyone would be left into rug pull. So you need to be careful with your shitcoin because it can be tricky and at thesame time Risky.

 

You didn't read all my write up, the reason why some set of people has lost a lot which even cost them to become frustrated was because they took the investment as a safe heaven and because of that they used huge amount of money to invest in it, some sell properties just to invest in Altcoin which is not right, the same way it has frustrated some people that's same way it has made some set of people rich, those that benefited understands how it works, some set of people are so greedy and that is why they also lose.
Now in my write up I said if you don't like taking risk then is better you continue investing in Bitcoin Because is more safe, believe me using want is lift from your Discretionary income to invest in Altcoin won't cause you any pain if it fails but it can cause you joy if it's succeed.
People should just learn to invest wisely, money for a 2 bottles of beer can be used to invest in Altcoin.
So the choice is your  :)

Investing in Bitcoin is also risky. Just pick your poison and pray you have the stomach to withstand it. Altcoin investment can be tricky as they don't have as much reliability as Bitcoin does but that doesn't mean that one can't make money from it. The important thing's to be vigilant so you know when you can pull out because some people from what I've seen and read often get carried away and forget that these coins do not hold as much assurance of lasting as Bitcoin has done and may want to keep putting in money then before you know it, they'd lose all because of a crash.

Investments come with risks. Especially when they're not diversified within a global or national developed economy. That's always going to be a fact.

Whoever takes the most risk stands to gain the most but also lose the most. A lot of money funnels into projects and when a project starts gaining traction, its competitors start doing the same. There are a lot of defi perps platforms now and there was just dydx for a long time - there's now probably too many. But most of those are worth different amounts because they've vastly different features, security and governance.

The same goes for any altcoin, once one starts doing something innovative it either fails or many others start to follow suit. The top 40 or so change quite a bit though - enough that if you find a coin that looks a bit undervalued, you might be able to make a few x on it. But nothing's guaranteed.

Obviously there's no rule for successful person.

We all know almost all casinos have house edge and theoretically in the long run, the casino will be in profit. But if there's a gambler can still profitable in the long run despite they gamble in a casino which have house edge, then where's the problem, right? :D

No one is forcing anyone to or not to invest in whatever he dims for to invest in, at the end of the day, it's your choice and the resources you're going to put into that asset is yours. The only thing we are saying is that investing in an altcoin is more risky and that it can get a person all wrecked as long as the person is investing into it with a short term plan.

Just like gambling, there are people that get lucky in it and at the same time, there are multitude of others that aren't too lucky at it and lose in the process. But even at that, it's hard to convince them to stop because of the thought that they also can be lucky. At the end, it's about talking a step you're ready to face the consequences or outcome.

Nobody ever made a decision on other's behalf, when it comes to trading and investment, we go part ways to do whatever thing we see as best for us, because we will also be found being responsible for anything that comes out of it, but the truth must be said, the right thing must be established and suggested to avoid more people being a victim of rug pull or shitcoins, same as those that go into trade, we advise and left for them to decide.

I think that investing in Altcoins is comparatively risky, it is reasonable to invest in Bitcoin consistently. However, it is very important to use discretionary earning for our Bitcoin purchase, because Bitcoin long-term investment system, the risk of losing money by investing in the short term can increase many times. With a long-term plan, you need to buy Bitcoin in small amounts consistently and by holding it for the future, you can avoid inflation and expect profits in the long term.

This is one among many good news from altcoins investments, but what we must know is that, we have to measure the risks and limit them in other not to take the risk that won't be bearable in the long run, altcoins investments is gambling in disguise and as much as the profits comes so are the loses sometimes so we need to be careful while taking risks.

Yes, investing in an alt coin is really risky and can ruin anyone because we know that it is less stable and less liquid than BTC. To be honest, when Bitcoin was at its all-time high of 126k, you might have noticed that alt coins were lagging behind, so many people were hesitating whether to buy alt coins now or later. You are right that it is important to use discretionary income before buying Bitcoin but, if one is a risk taker, perhaps using some of the liftover from this discretionary income, one could try other currencies or even altcoins. However, if you do not want to play with the earned funds, it is better to stick with Bitcoin investments, a move that can be expected to yield returns if held for the long term and this step may be risk-tolerant for those interested.

How risky do you mean? Too risky that you will purchase and won't see the price increase or too risky that bitcoin project will get rugged. The risk you are talking about should be from personal mishandle of wallet, either allowing yourself being prone to attacks that will make you lose your funds, aside that what other risks compared to altcoins that are completely centralized and controlled.

A Bitcoin maximalist could say that altcoins are shitcoins and they are not interested to buy altcoins, that's their decision and they have reasons for calling it bad, you are not wisers than them who has started quite on time to accumulate more Bitcoin for themselves but when you think altcoins is good for you and if you have also gained profit from the pump and price manipulation of altcoins, you could be smart in your own way,  but on a long run you will understand my most people call altcoins bad investment. When buying altcoins it's because of making profits from the pump but what if it dumps? You will be in a big unrecoverable lose, so be smart and risk what you can afford to lose.

Altcoin investment is all about positioning, knowing when to buy and when to dump. Many investors do miss that when they invest in altcoins. And those who know when to enter and get out of the market are the ones who make a fortune out of their altcoin investment.

That person you know who made a huge amount from an altcoin investment. Ask him or her how they achieve that? You will find out that they invested in different coins at their early stage, when their price was low and they got to dump it when some of their hodl altcoins were at a high price. They didn't continue to hodl them for more gains.

Many investors in the crypto have miss their chances of being made in life from altcoin investment. Some will be made in life in this upcoming altcoin season, if it comes. Some will miss it because they are looking for huge gains from their invested altcoins

I just think that people misunderstood the words when they say don't fuck with altcoins, personally I think what it means is that bear in mind that you're gambling and not making an investment because if you throw around a whole lot of money hoping it fails on a good floor or sticks to the wall but not guaranteed to be fruitful so you too do not be deceived with successful attempt of your friend because he probably took losses that will never be talked about but only discuss the successful attempts.

Don't deceive people into investing into something that they'll regret because although you know someone that made it big from altcoins, we have many others that're losing money because they invested in altcoins thinking it'll be the next Bitcoin but they have lost their life savings. I'm not saying all altcoins are bad but many of them are bad therefore it becomes difficult for you to choose which one is the best one to invest into. For the people that claim they know the next altcoins to invest in, they're lying because they don't know anything and if they had known, they won't come and be exposing their secrets to wealth. They're just guessing like everyone and sometimes they become lucky. Altcoins are risker while Bitcoin isn't and you won't lose if you choose Bitcoin.

It's up to each person to decide where they want to invest their money, whether in altcoins, meme coins, or Bitcoin, but after seeing so many people lose their money in altcoins and countless projects turn into scams or simply disappear, we should be much more cautious in choosing which coins to invest in. choosing an altcoin is the same as accepting a much higher risk because your money can be lost at any time, since most altcoins are centralized and often launched solely as scams.

so, again, do you want to take that risk by putting your money in altcoins or sticking with the safer Bitcoin it's entirely your decision.

Risks must be taken in investing. If someone tries to make money without taking risks, it is never possible. In this regard caution should be exercised when investing in altcoins. We generally know that many of those who invested in altcoins in mid-2021 or before have benefited a lot, but if we consider that situation at the present time, it will never be reasonable. Decisions should be taken considering both time and situation. If you take the risk of investing without choosing a reliable platform at the present time, then there will be a high chance of losing that money.

It is true that investing in Alt coins is as risky as gambling, there is no assurance of money by investing. Alt coins can disappear at any time, so I think it is completely foolish to invest money here. Bitcoin is unstable, but by investing money and holding it for the long term, we can hope for success in the future, but Alt coins have no such hope. It is very wise to invest our hard-earned money in Bitcoin instead of investing in Alt coins.

If you know which altcoin to take a risk on, I agree, but if you randomly invest in an altcoin that doesn't have an active community and development, then you waste your investment in an altcoin that has a low chance to make you a huge profit.

Bitcoin is safe as an investment if you can handle your emotion and have a long-term plan; it won't make you profit if you are also one of the people who do panic selling.

Also, take note of shitcoins out there; like others said, don't invest what you can't afford to lose because some of them are created for pump and dump.

Those who have made huge profits from altcoins were lucky or if you review their history you will see that there are more experienced investors among them. I only follow those investors who are doing Bitcoin without any problems. And most of the alts are not suitable for long term investment and are risky. It would be the right decision to invest in Bitcoin for the long term instead of following those lucky ones.

I think buying altcoins is not a wrong decision but to go to that stage of investment you should follow the right investment process like practicing and gaining experience in long term investment.

Alot of people have made good money from altcoins so they will not be very inclined to agree with you and they won't be wrong because while you haven't seen any benefits in altcoins they have and they liked it, it's the same way gambling works, most have lost too much to it but a select few have been able to make food money from it and to them there is absolutely nothing wrong with gambling, those who have benefited massively from trading altcoins share this perspective too and they won't stop until sometime bigger convinces then to do so, like a massive liquidation event.

Some people made huge money from alts but some also lost theirs irreversibly. We tend to see the good examples and ignore the bad ones usually. If you want to invest in alts go invest in them but never fully. Never go full retard.

Always have a btc ballast in your portfolio because alts can go to zero, btc will never go to zero. It might lose its market cap by 80% but it will recover as it always has been. Look at litecoin for example and litecoin is one of the good ones. A decade ago it was $50 and it is barely above $100 nowadays.

That is your decision and no one can prohibit you. If you can search for the coins, you have a chance to increase your capital by making a profit. But if you think that is difficult, you'd better not play with altcoin and leave that while you can choose Bitcoin as your main investment.

Temptation to make more profit from altcoin will be there, making people want to try it. Most people don't understand that they must have skills to search for the coins. If that is the case, it is better that they stick to Bitcoin without putting altcoins as their investment.

High risk high return probably this is the statement how to describe to invest in altcoin because if you were putting huge amount of money into the particular altcoin you will have two possibilities that if success you can became an the millionare because if you were pick the right altcoin the profit will be very fantastic and make you rich

But the question is how many altcoins can give the profit from hundreds or thousand percent to the holders because if we speaking about the percentages probably less than 1% we can found the altcoins which have potention just like i said above and do not forget too sometimes luck is necessary because to gets huge profit from altcoin we should have luck too

You have right to invest whatever you think is good for you because it is your money. No one can stop you from investing altcoins if you want to but the only advice and awareness that is always given is to know that altcoins are very risky and more volatile and if you must invedt in altcoins first do your own research to know the altcoin that is worth investing because their are lots scam altcoins and if you dont do your research you may end up investing in the wrong one. The reason why bitcoin is always recommended it is because it is very reliable, so if you want to invest in altcoins try to make sure you do your research and invest in the reliable one.

But do you know the feeling of a new coin investor who manages to make a large amount of money in a short time? The effect is like someone addicted to gambling. What happens is an addiction to finding and investing in new coins. You know the risks. You are unlikely to find a new coin that will give you a profit. 
It is true, not all new coins are bad. Those who are willing to take risks will not face objections to buying new coins. It is their money, and they can do anything they want with it.

I agree with you, anyone who is willing to invest in Altcoin can go on and do that as long as he has the mind of doing that and he's using only his discretionary income to do that, even investing in Bitcoin is risky, bitcoin investment is not 100% out of risk especially if you are a bitcoin trader.
But I will also advice that if you are investing in altcoin you should be very careful because a lot of those coins are scam, they are usually sometimes created by some set of people and when they announce it and people start investing in it and the coin start growing those that created it immediately sell off their coin and then make huge amount of profit and those who invested lost because immediately they sold their large amount of that coin the value drops.

Altcoin investment can bring very fast profits and people can achieve a lot of success in a short time if they are lucky but for this you have to take the highest risk because Altcoin investment is the most risky. I always like to invest in Bitcoin I don't like Altcoin investment because I am not willing to take the highest risk I will take a little risk and hold it for the long term as needed but even then I will not invest in Altcoin without Bitcoin. But if someone can take the risk and try then it is definitely worth trying because many people have changed their lives in a short time by investing in Altcoin.

Each person has their own right when it comes to investing in either altcoins or Bitcoin. Whether we experience the risks or not is up to us, and if we experience the profits, we also experience the rewards, and vice versa.
I also agree with what you said earlier that before making a decision, it's best to research where we should invest, because regret always comes at the end. So I also recommend what we both want to do, whether in altcoins or in bitcoin. And most importantly, when making an investment, you must be sure and believe so that we don't lose money by doing research first before doing it so that the choice we choose is the right choice that we rely on.

Yes, I've heard comments from users on this forum who claimed that trading with $25 capital could turn into $1000 in altcoins. This can happen if the timing is right, and you're right. Usually, memes with high-rise qualifications are hit hard and fall back down within seconds. I paused for a moment, and when the price rose, a sell-off was immediately initiated, either by the owner or even by buyers when the price was low. There's no conscience here, it's a concept of "eat or be eaten" when trading memes. Even if the price drops, it's very difficult to return to its original value, leaving only regret.

Bitcoin investment is the safest and the risk of getting more money benefits is much higher. So those who invest in Bitcoin are basically ideal investors and they are able to hold Bitcoin for a long time. However, another strategy to keep Bitcoin away for a long time is the DCA method, those who follow the DCA method and invest in Bitcoin are able to maintain their Bitcoin investment for a long time.
They deposit some amount of money regularly every week or month, and after depositing in Bitcoin for a few years and following the DCA method regularly, their Bitcoin investment continues to grow. In this way, it is possible to maintain Bitcoin investment for a long time.

Many stories of getting rich in a short time lure traders to buy altcoins. I have heard many such stories but in reality I have seen very few such traders. Most of them were experienced and did a lot of research about the market but even after that they took risks and very few succeeded but most of them lost money through trading like gambling. While trading seems easy from a distance, it is actually a very complex strategy and making money from this platform is risky like taking risks in gambling. To me, long term Bitcoin investment (DCA strategy) seems safer than any other investment.

That person the OP knows is very lucky and in the minority. Most of us who have been
here from the crazy days of the ICO's will be able to remember the absolute chaos and losses
that were made from Altcoins of which there are thousands and backing one is a pure lottery.

Unfortunately stories like this are what is still feeding the hype and the belief that you can
become rich without too much effort and that 1000x is possible.

Of course, you have free space for yourself in determining anything in your life, including in investing whether you will diversify or not is up to you, as long as you understand the risks that you can bear.

Most people do that and he only realized that altcoin was not worth investing in after a long time of holding, the motivation is the same as what you know, in the end it will end up the same, altcoin is traded not invested, so if you understand this you will know that your friends may also be like that.
And know the sweetness of money that is obtained from the profitable altcoin? of course back to bitcoin to be held in the long run.

We can't stop anyone to invest in any crypto project of any kind after all is there decision and money that's involved, but we won't stop telling them the truth about how untrusted and shady some of those projects are.
I wanted to say something where you said Bitcoin is not free from risk but when I stumbled on your instances on traders then I understand that, traders are the reason what you made that statement but I have a question for you to that effect, let's put traders aside, can you compare Bitcoin and altcoin in terms of risk? The last time I checked, Bitcoin out out performed any shitty thing out there and with the continued dominance it has over those shits, we can bit our chest to say Bitcoin has done well.

The risk in Bitcoin to some people is the volatility and in really sense thats not risk, it is just the concept and functionality of the system that triggers that and we can't help it, so to me I don't think there's any other risk we can point out in Bitcoin or is there any?

In conclusion, everyone have the right to make there choice but it won't be wise for an investor to invest in something thats not worth risking for irrespective of the amount involved because money is money no matter small is it but anything risk is been left for the risk take to decide whether what he's risking for is worth it, this sincere opinion.

What I can say is that buying altcoins are gambling your funds, except for a few top altcoins that have some potentials most of them are scams, if you're not lucky enough to exit at a perfect timing with what you can grab your funds will become worthless. I see most new crypto projects in the market as get rich quick schemes, they are no different from Ponzi schemes which if you you're not lucky to exit before it crashes you lose everything. You can always gamble on shitcoins with amount that you can afford to loose because they are very volatile and can be dead at anytime. Bitcoin is different it has proven many times that it will always recover after dip, if you want a long term asset to hold for profit look no further than Bitcoin.

The best advice for newbies to trading should be avoiding trading on altcoins and gain the basic knowledge before investing.

Study the risk, analyse the charts and minimize the losses, building the mentality that the market is not all a bed of roses and it could all go wrong on a bad day.

Yes, it is true that people have made millions or more from altcoins but that should not rule out the risk involved in altcoins investment as they could be very volatile and the losses on the long run could outplay the profits.

Altcoins is not for the weak so it's best to invest in a trusted asset that is less volatile and it's movement is not influenced by external bodies or centralized entities. That is BITCOIN...

I've also experienced making money from a coin I didn't expect to sell for a high price. Shortly afterward, the coin disappeared from the market. Not all altcoins are bad investments if someone is brave enough to invest, as experienced and long-standing investors who invest in certain altcoins have experienced the situation and conditions, as well as the profits and losses they can incur.

However, I don't recommend investing in it, especially with junk coins.
With Bitcoin, I can provide a detailed explanation based on data, history, and future opportunities if someone needs it.

In my real experience, I have seen many people who have invested in altcoins but have not been successful so far. They were inspired by the increase in the value of those coins that did not have much value in the market but suddenly the value of those coins increased by thousands of times and then the investors I know thought that if they had invested in these coins earlier, they would have owned a lot of money now and this money could have changed their lives. In this hope, they only invested in those coins whose value was after a few zeros but so far they have not seen success. $ 5 or $ 10 can be wasted on these, but you should never give your entire investment focus to these coins. If you have to invest, you should invest in Bitcoin consistently, thinking about the safety of your money. Investing in coins other than Bitcoin means a lot of gambling.

I think that when it comes to risk, everything has its own risks, but the difference is that some are high risk and some are low risk, such as what you mentioned with long-term investments or short-term investments, and it's up to us to choose which one. I myself do what you mentioned, and there are other risks outside of that, such as sometimes I can't afford it because my income is just enough, but before that I try to stay consistent in doing it.

Apart from this person that told you or you saw becoming free from poverty through altcoin is there any other person you have seen again that becomes successful through it?, you can only be sure if you have seen a lot of person coming in and out everytime with happiness of the same success before you can say is good for everybody to do it. If you had hard this story from the case of the person becoming poor because of the altcoin, would you have still say this?, there is no were you will mention altcoin people will not tell you about the problems.

Altcoins were profitable back than but now altcoins have turned out to be a riskier investment. People who made money from altcoins years back are the ones who would recommend new investors to think about altcoins as an investment opportunity instead of a trading opportunity.

But to be honest, things have changed and the markets do not favour altcoins anymore. Long term investments in altcoins will not really be reliable and this is been told by a lot of seasoned traders because it comes from their experiences.

OP, you should try to learn from other's mistakes and instead of taking a chance, why not invest your money someplace else where it can be much safer. Bitcoins can always be one of those.

The risk to reward ratio should be balanced. If you feel the ratio is balanced than yes you can go for altcoin investments which might have a bit risk. But if the rewards are not really that great than there is no point in going for altcoins. Now, with altcoins you will only see higher profit potential in riskier coins which can dump harder which will make your investment worthless. Once in a while, yes you can see really good profits coming out but have you considered how often is it?

In most cases, you will loose and we are sure about it that's the reason why not everyone recommends to go for altcoins. If you are capable of taking risk than sure you can go for altcoins and who knows maybe you might even make good profits out of one or two investments.

between bitcoin and altcoin investment, bitcoin is more better to invest than altcoins, because some of the altcoins lacks potential,  and there's every tendency that some of the altcoin’s may give off to survive during long-term holding

Whereas Bitcoin only decreases and later bounced to the normal, and volatility of Bitcoin can't be used to compare with some of the altcoin that backs potential,

During altcoins investment you have to make a proper research before investing because some of the coins that are sub coins to Bitcoin does not have the potential to survive in long term so that is why many people lost out during the Investment of altcoins, for me we are supposed to understand a coin before we invest and also know the sponsors before we invest, due to lacks of risks in altcoins.

Whenever you hear the phrase “invest only what you can afford to lose” in Bitcoin investment actually means that you should only risk what you can afford to lose. Going by that term, it also means that even if Bitcoin is safer to invest into than other altcoins, it is still worth noting that we should only go by what we can afford since the condition and outcome of the market is still not certain.

Bitcoin investment has been proven several times to be the safe haven to invest into in order to avoid loss of assets, but other cryptocurrencies have not really gotten that acceptance from people even though some of them have also shown to be a reliable course to invest on. Crypto investment is all risky and they depend on which coin you’re investing into to control your risk appetite.

Altcoins can only be profitable if you end up investing in the right altcoins. I've heard a lot in here are certainly making excellent profits from altcoins, and that's true because I, myself can prove that. But if you come here with less knowledge and experience about altcoins, I suggest stick to bitcoin first and invest for long term. You will learn then how to deal with bitcoin the right and profitable way, and diversify with highly potential altcoins once you have reaped already decent amount of profits from bitcoin.

Just because someone invested in altcoin and was able to make a reasonable amount of money those not mean if you do the same, you going to be making money also. The person might be lucky, but when you decide to invest, you won’t be lucky. Thesame way you see someone make huge profits which can change the persons life, thesame way I have seen someone invest in altcoin and the person went broke, because he invested everything in a project, and things didn’t go as planned.

Am not discouraging anyone from taking risk, but whenever you are taking risk, then you have to apply risk management, don’t take some risk thats going to land you into prison, or cause more problem for you.

Most people that hit life changing profits from altcoins all did that through the help of luck and smartness, since the gave the fundamental understanding that altcoins market is a game and not an investment, and to profit form such a market you must be smart enough to ride with the wave of the time, like when you see the price skyrocketing, you should sell at that point, instead being too greedy untill you eventually lose everything again.

If you can't take risks, your chances of getting rich are very low. There is risk in almost every financial endeavor. There are some who take risks within their means and there are some who take too many risks. I think luck is with those who take risks. There are some people who took too many risks and that is why they are in a much stronger in financial position today. Having the attitude of taking risks is an important thing to change your destiny.

You have to compete with the adverse waves of the altcoin market because if you want to stay in the market, you have to keep a significant amount of cash flow. Most of us investors have limited sources of money, which makes it difficult to make more profits in a limited time. In my opinion, to keep up with the waves, you need to keep buying regularly and have a long term Bitcoin investment strategy. Long term investment and exposure to the market can help you make the right decisions after knowing the differences and inherent potential of altcoins and Bitcoin. A decent holding with experience will entice you to take risks with your available funds because you have holdings worth the risk.

If you hadn't sold when you did then you would have lost all the money you put into it since you just said it disappeared from the market shortly afterwards, that's alot of risk and your story about it would have been different if you hadn't sold it on time. This is what people have to face every time they put their hopes on some altcoins but bitcoin through our it's history has proven to be different from them, it's a safer asset and that's why people invest in it and don't end of regretting that decision to invest in it.

I also invest in altcoins and make a decent profit. Some friends are doing the same but that is difficult because we need to scan which coins will lift the price in the future. Luckily, we have altcoin investments from a long time ago and those are the coins that have the potential to increase.

We don't prohibit friends who want to invest in altcoins. But we always remind them not to invest in a coin that is not clear on the projects. Investing in new coins will be okay but that will not guarantee them to profit.

Yes, if you are afraid or confused about selecting altcoins, you can stick to Bitcoin. You will not have difficulty or meet a problem in selecting the coin because Bitcoin will be the best investment for you.

Investing in Altcoins is very risky, but I do not support it in any way. Because I do not want to lose my money, I will not let my money float in the ocean in the hope of getting more money. I consider Altcoin investments to be very risky.


Bitcoin investment is another strategy to keep your money safe and secure. However, I would most encourage newbies and advise you to invest in Bitcoin and keep your money safe by holding Bitcoin to be financially independent in the future. I have seen that Bitcoin has been around for a long time with a good reputation among the community. That is why Bitcoin investment is the best.

As long as you continue to strive for consistency in long-term investing, you will certainly continue to find ways to never stop doing it at any time. Because if risk is seen as a serious obstacle in any job, we will certainly never do it wholeheartedly because we are still more reminded of the risks, which are basically just something to understand, but instead are seen as frightening. Now there are many people who are brave enough to face risks to achieve extraordinary results through Bitcoin investment, and they are the people who should serve as motivation for those who are starting out or want to start now.

That person whom you think that makes such profits is just fortunate to have such luck to make that kind of profits through altcoin, in fact in altcoin investment you can't truly defined how such coin should go or where it would land you because many of them can be just pump and dump and others could be overhyped that is why is many people do not advised to invest in altcoin. Usually, I don't like altcoin instead it would be good I hold bitcoin for long term and watch over how is growing than holding altcoin where it will just dumped without growing or leaving someone with worthless coin.

Many investors get attracted to stories of people who struck gold by investing in new altcoins because it feeds into the dream of quick success and instant wealth and in truth there are times when a new project explodes and changes someone’s life but what people usually forget is that those wins are rare and depend on perfect timing being early enough to buy cheap and smart enough to sell before the crash the majority of investors who enter later often end up as exit liquidity for the early movers who dump their bags once the hype peaks.

Altcoins can be exciting because of the volatility and the promise of huge returns but the same volatility can wipe out an entire portfolio overnight most of these coins don’t have real long term use cases or solid foundations and once attention fades they lose liquidity vanish from exchanges or drop by more than 90 percent it’s a brutal reality that many refuse to see until it’s too late the key is not to completely avoid them but to handle them with strategy and control never let greed dictate your choices. Bitcoin on the other hand has stood the test of time it has weathered multiple crashes and still managed to rise stronger after every cycle it’s the only cryptocurrency that has maintained its value reputation and trust over the years making it a safer and more sustainable option for those looking to build wealth gradually investing in bitcoin is about long term patience not hype chasing once you have a stable bitcoin base then using a small portion of your income to explore new altcoins can be acceptable the goal should always be balance and protection of capital not reckless risk taking just because someone else got lucky.

It can be like gambling to get rich and make a lot of money with altcoins. It may be the case for a very small number of traders who are lucky. The price of altcoins is unpredictable and there are very few in the market that can be suitable for traders besides the rest will attract you like a spider web and you will not be able to protect your capital from them. I also do not recommend buying altcoins unless an investor is experienced. You can only advise those investors who have available Bitcoin holdings and have already passed a suitable stage of investment and are ready to take risks. Besides, buying altcoins for others is like walking into a deliberate trap.

You only see someone who is very lucky after investing in Altcoin, but have you ever seen how many people lost everything because they became victims of Shitcoin? I am not at all against anyone who wants to invest in Altcoins, I also conclude that investing in Altcoins can have high profit potential, but also has greater risks.
Maybe that person was lucky after successfully finding a diamond in the mud, but not a few of them failed. It should be underlined that investing in Altcoins is not suitable for everyone because the risks are very high.

If you're looking to try your luck in altcoins, you can give it a try. However, make sure you don't invest more than you can afford to lose and have a risk management plan. If you are a beginner who is just starting to invest in Cryptocurrency, you should choose Bitcoin because the risk level is very low compared to other crypto assets.

Yes, that's right. A little late, and I lost out.
Putting hope in an unknown coin or simply following the hype is wrong, in my opinion. If the token or coin has value at the time, selling it immediately without further consideration is the best course of action.
I don't want to say that coins like $Trump and Melani, which are still relatively new to the market, are bad, but you can judge for yourself what happens when people place high hopes on those two types of coins.
I've been trapped in that stupid cycle for a long time, so it's better for people like you not to experience it.

The only coin that can be expected to achieve more in the long term is Bitcoin.
Don't be influenced by the various figures behind certain tokens or coins, although not all altcoins are bad; some are good too.

The problem is that while these success stories become headline news the stories about the losses people made from investing in new altcoins are never really made public much, it would seem that no one wants people to know that he's lost to something like that, this is why people don't see the risks for what they are, their mindset is that if someone else won then I can too but they never consider that if someone else lost then they can too and this is actually more important because people need to know that their chances of losing everything they investing in new altcoins is higher than their chances of hitting it big, if this realization is made then they might actually start looking at these things differently.

It looks like a chance, but when BTC corrects again like it is now, even the currently hyped coins like Zcash can't withstand a BTC correction, let alone smaller coins that don't necessarily have strong fundamentals. Large donor backup is essential if you really want to buy altcoins. If the average ones are not likely to swing down, it's very difficult for them to recover and follow BTC's movements.

Market conditions remain fraught with fear. I think we can observe stock movement patterns over 1-hour, 4-hour, or at least 5-minute time frames. If it's fast and crowded with buyers, it could be a good indicator, but if buying demand is slow and delayed, it's best to avoid it, as we'll have to wait another month for recovery. Currently, some traders and investors still see the potential for further declines, which is a bad sign for the market. The strength of accumulation is likely to be limited before it can reach a new record.

The opportunity is always there, we never know which Altcoin or Shitcoin the opportunity resides in. For me, lesser known Altcoins like BNB, ETH and some other top Altcoins are full of tricks. The price is still very easy to manipulate and it is not uncommon for people to become victims of greed who want to get rich quickly overnight. Bitcoin has been fully tested, there is no doubt whatsoever to invest there, even though it is experiencing a correction, its value will soon recover because its support is very broad.

Maybe this is a good idea, but it must also be supported by established coins, if the goal is to take risks in investing, I think it's okay, but you must also consider the amount of money you can afford to lose.

Nothing wrong with investing in altcoin honestly. I did invest in altcoin sometime and find some edges or a really good bet. Problem arise only when the trader or investor doesn't do their due diligence and throw around blame when things go south.
As long as you know the risk, you know how much money you gonna put at risk and there is big chance that things can go wrong, you're absolutely fine.

Such things can happen, if he chooses good and right coin, invests. However, I don't think it's possible to change everyone's life by investing in altcoins. But if it actually happens then it is really luck. Because people tend to lose the most money through this. Moreover, risk-taking, wherever you invest, is something you have to lean on. And not everyone can make more money by taking risks. If one really wants success. Then I think investing in Bitcoin is a must because 90% of people can't get rich without investing in Bitcoin. And you keep believing. Then you can invest some money there.

If you invest in bitcoin, you will feel safer because it is the safest investment in the crypto market. But it doesn't guarantee you wealth, whether you become rich or not is entirely up to you, bitcoin doesn't decide that for you.

Bitcoin is just a tool, opportunity and success or failure depend on your plan, strategy and capital. You won’t be able to get rich if you only invest $1k or $2k these days, even if you hold it for the next 20 years. Since the exponential growth phase of Bitcoin is over, it can no longer grow x100-x1000 like before. Or you can't expect to get rich in just 1 or 2 years of investing in bitcoin.

Only a small number of people are lucky enough to make money on new altcoins, while the rest are in the group of people who regret investing in new altcoins.
Those who regret it will say that crypto is a scam.
But you are right that anyone who wants to take action with altcoins has the right to do so because each person bears their own risk.

There is no investment that does not contain risk, what you must remember is that investment is not a way or scheme to get rich quick. If you try to move around like that From Bitcoin get a little profit then you switch to the altcoin you are interested in.  In fact, if you don't have enough knowledge, this will make you trapped in your investment, which will make you lose focus on your investment goals. If possible, set aside a separate fund for speculating on altcoins and achieving your desired returns. I don't think this method is particularly problematic if you're equipped with sufficient knowledge and prepared for the consequences.

I totally agree with you that most of the time people who buy altcoins regret buying them. To be honest, I bought a few coins at the top stage in the market but only a few times I managed to sell them at a profit. Most of the time I sold them at a limited loss or withdrew my investment at a very low profit due to fear of losing my capital. My goal was short-term trading but it was very stressful mentally.

In my opinion, only those who have sufficient funds available and are willing to lose money can walk this risky slippery slope. Those who can bear the risk are more likely to get lucky because they keep buying regardless of the price in the hope of getting high profits.

New altcoins are full of risks, and not everyone is suited to investing in this type of coin because the potential for loss is very high, even though there is the opportunity to make large profits. The best advice for beginners or those who are still hesitant about new Altcoins but are tempted by the promise of huge returns is to never invest more than you can afford to lose and to do sufficient research before making a decision.
Greedy people often ignore wise advice, even though they have the right to make investment decisions and how to manage their money. However, when they lose, they will act as if Crypto is at fault, even though they are the ones who always ignore the correct and proper investment principles.

I mean investing in altcoins and meme tokens are surely going to earn you a huge amount of money, compared to just staying safe in Bitcoin, but maybe he was just kinda lucky on he's altcoin investment, We all know it, it was a riskier investment than staying on Bitcoin, that just mean that it has higher chance of losing that money, so yeah if he was lucky then its great but its a double edge sword, its easy to say that its and easy profit but if you lose on that bet, then suddenly your gonna say its a huge scam in the history. You need to understand that a lot of people are going to lose a lot of money on riskier token and there are a lot of pump and dump project out there, especiallyon meme tokens on solana network which is really popular, I see a lot of people getting there investment more than 10x but at the same time I know meme tokens is just Player vs player there are a lot of people losing money there.

Also another thing is, this wasnt a great mindset to have, its similar to have a gambling or betting mindset since you are always taking on a huge risk, for me you need to always have the foundation first and know its risk, it wasnt a bad thing to invest on this risky investment but you need to know your limits and diversifying your investment, if you know you could easily lose money on it, then you oculd just set a small amount and win or lose your not going to get a huge lose anyway, if it win then its a good thing, if it lose then you could easily get back up.

I'm not saying that all altcoins will end up being discarded, but among the many altcoins out there, only one or two are worth holding onto.
You may choose to buy coins that don't have a community or foundation that allows them to have potential if held. Examples include Ethereum and BNB.

It's understandable if you regret buying coins other than these two because of their high prices.
Short-term trading also requires a strategic approach when selecting coins to trade. If a coin has good potential, buy it, take the profit—even if it's small—and move on.

The most common patterns seen in the crypto space people are drawn to new altcoins because of the possibility of turning a small amount of money into a fortune overnight but the truth is only a few succeed while the majority lose most or all of their investment new altcoins tend to attract hype and attention early on yet most of them either lose value over time or completely vanish from the market after the excitement dies down. Many beginners forget that Bitcoin became what it is today not overnight but through years of proving its security adoption and resilience new altcoins don’t have that history and their development teams often fail to deliver on promises or abandon the project once they’ve made profits from investors this is why investing in new altcoins should always be treated as speculative gambling and not as a stable investment.

The most practical approach is the one you mentioned first focus on building Bitcoin holdings since it’s the most proven asset in the crypto world then if you have extra discretionary income use a small portion of it to experiment with altcoins this gives you the chance to explore without risking your financial security. Doing proper research is also key study the whitepaper the team behind the project the technology it offers and how active the community is if any of these are missing or look suspicious that’s already a red flag also never let greed push you into investing more than you can afford to lose because the higher the promise of return the greater the risk involved.

You should not invest in places where the risk is high, I would say Altcoin has the highest risk because every investor invests in the wrong place in the greed of money, which can attract Altcoin investment and beginners. However, you should not invest in the greed of money because it is much more reasonable to keep money safe than to lose all your money. Currently, Bitcoin is the most popular and trusted where the possibility of losing your money is very low, and there is a possibility of getting benefits. Bitcoin plays the biggest role in keeping money safe and keeping money safe.

If we can understand well about how to invest properly then investing in bitcoin or altcoin I think is still safe, but we have to choose altcoins that already have potential and not invest in newly listed altcoins, this has a high risk as you said, it could be that our capital is used up, but for bitcoin it has been proven that they will increase when the time comes like this year, but we need a long time to be able to get big profits if we invest in bitcoin.

The fact that people do advised that investment in altcoin is risky isn't wrong. The risk associated with such investment is very high. There are people that has succeeded in altcoin likewise there are also people that has lost almost all there lives saving in altcoin. The best thing is to invest a percentage of our discretionary income like 10% into altcoin and the rest should go into bitcoin investment. However if we can actually be able to avoid altcoin I will advise we do as most of this coins are just dust. So stop looking at the few that has benefited from altcoin but rather the majority that has lost there income while investing and holding altcoin.

It's funny to see people who say crypto is a scam after they've already lost money on a new altcoin, even though they were a firm believer in it before the loss. This is both strange and very real, because I still encounter such people around me, so I don't really care for them because they basically have no convictions about their actions. New altcoins aren't meant to be invested in, but rather to be used for short-term gains during good times. If you can capitalize on them for a few times before abandoning them forever, I think it's worth a few tries.

Forks easily get carried away by newly altcoins with over hyped ratings and very cheap where they can get lot of them with a small amount of money feeling excited not knowing is a trap that they have fallen in to and it doesn't stop there in most cases greed can make most of them to in with lot of money that they can not afford to lose and some times they borrow to fulfill their satisfaction of getting certain amount of the coins, I rather have the patient with Bitcoin than fall in to the trap of altcoins especially the new ones coming out here and there.

Another thing to be added is that his friend may have not shared with him his looses, I mean great losses. For some reason, some of them them hide this fact, and cry inside, but runs out openly to proclaim there wins and make people feel that it's all well with them always. They are shitcoins and they have a high propensity of dumping within the shortest period of time. Just like you said, maybe his friend sold just at the right time, yea.

Anyways, I believe whatever money we use in buying any coin belongs to the person and only the person will face they lose when it happens. So it's there risk to bear and not mine. But for me, I wouldn't go in for something that's not solid and offers no hope in the future.

If you often interact with people in the crypto space, what you're saying isn't unfamiliar to me because I've heard them complain several times about being harmed by their own actions. Strangely, they are overly confident in their choices, and some even dare to tell their friends that their altcoin choices will be profitable for them.

My question is simple: why do those familiar with the crypto space choose to take risks with new altcoins?
They’re not investing small amounts either. How would you respond to something like this?

I don't know what can you make up of those people who are trying to look good in the outside, but inside they are suffering as what you have describe. Hiding and then crying inside when no one was watching. That's why it's never a good investment for this shitcoins, specially if you are very inexperienced to begin with. There could be good practice for others, like investing early and then exiting before the dump. But it's hard to timing it as there are clearly manipulations for behind, like p&d group all over the crypto sphere. Take risk but learn to mitigate it, or just invest in Bitcoin. Yes, investing in Bitcoin has it's risk as well, but not as big as to altcoins or meme or shitcoins. Maybe the profit margin is big, but then again it also equate to bigger risk that most investors can't take.

It's true, it's true that many people jump on the altcoin for quick profits by rely on the temporary hype, but they don't understand how much risk is hidden behind them. They think that the price is very low now and after some time they will pump a lot more and as a result they will have much better success. But the thought of making this short-term profit is actually the biggest problem, instead if you patiently stay connected to established assets like Bitcoin for the long term, and refrain from thinking about short-term success, then your chances of losing money here will be less and the success in the long term can be much better.

I agree with your opinion that you said some investors jump into buying those shit coins without reviewing their history. This is because of the hype of those short sighted investors. The expectation of quick profits can make you greedy and you can get trapped in the hype of those shit coins. That is why many also promote it that if you cannot take risks you cannot get rich. You are tempted to buy those coins and they disappear from the market in a very short time.

In my opinion if you do not want to take risks then invest in Bitcoin for the long term. Clever investors are attracted to investments where the level of risk is relatively low. Buying Bitcoin through DCA strategy through discretionary income can reduce the level of risk in the investment and provide high returns.

They learn from someone's success so they dare to take risks with new altcoins even though it is clear that the new altcoin has no clear direction. Taking the success of other people or friends is the wrong thing in crypto investment without being based on strong science and knowledge. Many times after losing money they blame friends for their own decisions without compromise, which is one of the reasons they dare to take risks with new altcoins.

Risk is always most for everyone that really want huge money,  and he want to be rich because taking risk can make you become rich and change your life easily but you should always think of type of risk you takes, because not all risk can make you rich but make you lose all your funds. Investing in altcoins is not bad if you trust it and think you will be profitable is good to invest and you can probably be profitable when the coins pump. People that are saying to others to invest in bitcoin is because bitcoin gave more value and trust them other coins, and you can't just lose all your funds when you invest in bitcoin but if you invest in altcoins can make you lose all your money because the coins can drop and won't raise anymore. So you just need to be thinking wisely before making your own decision.

Unfortunately that is way too common in the crypto world and causes a lot of people to lose a lot of money. I am pretty sure that we are going to see things change with time, but for that reason we should not be looking into this like it's some sort of important thing to handle. It's their mistake and if they want to make mistake then let them, not our problem.

I used to care about it, and tried to help people out and make sure they do not invest into shitcoins, but I have seen some of them kept on insisting how it could be making money for them and how there are examples of shitcoins making people money, so I gave up trying to help them and just let them learn their lesson by making those mistakes so they avoid repeating.

Life itself is risky so are we going to risk it more by not taking risk? of course no I have a total differenr perception of altcoins even though they are still some good ones yet it seems like for one to have to venture into altcoins you must make up your mind to loss just like gambling, so altcoins are just making guesses and hoping one of more pays back the return but however there is a bit of guarantee on bitcoin over altcoins so you can be sure with bitcoin then go ahead and throw money around hopefully it pays off.

There is no guarantee that you will definitely make a profit in any investment. Especially in the case of buying altcoins, the level of risk is very high if you make a mistake. Most of the alts in the market are very risky and if you fall into a risky situation by buying them, it is even more risky. There is risk in investing in Bitcoin and this also does not guarantee you will make a profit. Long term Bitcoin investment can take you to a positive financial level that you cannot even imagine in any other investment.

It is true that most altcoins are very risky and are equivalent to gambling. If you expect to be risk tolerant by buying those coins, it will not be fair. If you can take the risk in Bitcoin investment, then this risk will become valuable in the future and it can take you to a reasonable level financially.

That's called FOMO and it happens a lot of time. There's a thing that people don't seem to understand, such luck doesn't happen twice. Whenever I see people winning it big on memes, good for you but I ain't buying similar memes chasing mirage.

People don't understand this, they think big massive pump will happen twice while people who profited from the previous random altcoin pump were already cashing out and trust me they don't plan on going back to the market, or maybe after awhile.

Investing in altcoins is like gambling but it is not pure gambling. Investing in altcoins is risky but if you take the time to research and learn, you still have a chance to make significant profits from altcoins. You can't do that with gambling.
Like comparing trading to gambling, do you think trading is gambling? If they are different, how can say that investing in altcoins is gambling?

Bitcoin is safer, better but the truth is investing in bitcoin these days is no longer giving huge returns. It can't help you multiply your wealth by 5 or 10 times like before, but you can do that with altcoins if you are smart enough.
Everything is proportional, high risk high return, low risk low return.

Life itself is full of risks but the key is knowing which ones are worth taking when it comes to crypto investing altcoins are definitely the higher risk side of the market they can make you rich fast but they can also wipe out your money just as quickly that’s why comparing them to gambling isn’t entirely wrong because most of the time you’re betting on uncertainty and hoping your choice performs well. Still altcoins aren’t pure gambling if you take time to study projects look at real use cases developer activity and market behavior you can reduce the risk a lot research gives you an edge that luck alone can’t give gambling depends entirely on chance but investing allows room for knowledge and timing to influence the outcome.

Bitcoin is more stable now it won’t give you the same 10x returns like in the early days but it also won’t crash as easily it’s like the foundation of the market a safer long term bet while altcoins are for people willing to take bigger chances for bigger rewards. The rule stays the same high risk high return low risk low return so if you want to play with altcoins make sure you’re prepared for both outcomes hope for the win but be ready for the loss the best approach is balance hold Bitcoin for stability and use only what you can afford to lose for altcoins that way you stay in the game without getting burned.

The reason why people buy altcoins, meme coins, nfts, play with derivatives/futures, etc is because you can't get rich anymore by buying Bitcoin. Even buying Ethereum or Solana wont result you in making large sums of money anymore.

Go on Wallstreetbets and you wont find people buying the Dow 30 index. Instead they are all buying 0DTE which are 0 day to expiry options on the SP500. Basically an option that expires in mere hours and it loses probably 5% value of itself every 30 minutes. Why do people buy it when most expire worthless? Because if you are right like when Trump announced the Tariffs you can turn $100 into $10000. Hence why they are doing it. Same with those buying alt coins and meme coins.

So true, but don't forget that even those who take risks still don't make it, I am one of those few people who looked for opportunities in altcoin investment, today it is a shame that I have to announce that it doesn't pay.

I tried atleast, not trying will make me unhappy but trying now makes me realized that things might not always work out the way we wanted, I have lost a lot of money and Bitcoin alone would have saved me from all those losses.

Right now I don't know if it is too late, altcoin season looks impossible right now like it is not going to happen, and the time phrase compare to 2018 and 2021 have changed.

Learning from the success of someone is good, but don't forget to ask how the mistakes where and how long it too to recover from them. Mistakes is part of the journey of success, and anyone who forgets to looks out for mistakes might end up missing everything up.

The experience I gained from doge coin and Trump coin made me know that following the movement from the beginning is where you make remarkable profits, when it gets to the top, you might not see that hight again. So, investing in meme coins are risky but can't be cured with same sight as gambling.

I think it's not really a problem if they understand how to choose the altcoins they invest in, I don't think it's greed in this case, but rather how they see a gap or opportunity to gain profit in that altcoin. They can also use this profit to buy more Bitcoin. If they're prepared and have carefully considered the risks involved in their investment, they'll be ready to face them without regret. Yes, every investor has their own character in this matter, some are brave enough to take risks and some are not. But almost all or most of them are skilled hunters to get this opportunity to add to their portfolio.

As for me altcoins has really dealt with me a lot, when I first came into this crypto space i always buy any shitcoin that shows buying activities, without knowing that those buying activities are not genuine, rather it's a way to attract investors and trap them down, and When the creator's of those shitcoins have seen a reasonable profit they will sell, leaving the investor's in the dark. I have bought several shitcoins in this crypto space and non of them gave me anything called profit in return, and as for OP who have seen someone make profit from shitcoins and now the person is a millionaire or what ever he can take the risk, but he should do me one favour to share his testimony when he finally become rich through shitcoins.

This is the typical shenanigans on shitcoin since the team knew that crypto people are degen when it comes to profit opportunities. They offer a lot of incentives such as airdrops, marketing bonus and so on to promote the token while rewarding huge token allocation for these marketing which is the common cause for the dump on the price after retail buying on the hype due to the marketing strength.

I hate buying shitcoin because I knew that it’s always a race on buying low and selling high in able to get profit. It’s still better to buy and hold Bitcoin that has organic growth.

Shitcoins are never a good source of investment but some altcoins might have potential. Even after their marketing hype, they are able to survive once they hit the exchanges because they offered reasonable profits for the airdrop holders or for their marketing team. If I see any altcoin offering hundreds of dollars just for participating in their airdrop, I am certain that coin will not do good once exchanges are hit because all the bounty hunters will be busy selling their share of tokens and this will just dump the markets.

But there are a few coins who offer lock up periods for the bounty tokens and those projects can be worth giving it a shot. They will at least not dump immediately after hitting the exchanges giving us some room to book profits.

I know what you mean, there are times when we have to take risks to get big profits, but if it is not supported by knowledge, everything that is hoped for may be lost. The number of people who succeed in Altcoin is very small, the rest have to go home empty handed. Taking risks is not about being reckless or Fomo after seeing other people's success, but you also need to consider the level of success. You may not have been a victim, that's why you have this view on Altcoins/Shitcoins.

Let's debate it, altcoin investment is not a good choice and not a place for investment, it is a place to trade narratives, we often see altcoins move according to the narrative and hype, if not they don't have any power to be able to move, bitcoin is the main choice, it has been proven over time that the best investment is in bitcoin and is an asset class that has been recognized by the world in value.

if you want to diversify altcoins use money no more than 1%-5% and 95% in bitcoin that's enough not to take excessive altcoins, it will only make us lose and lose, don't you see the fact that altcoin will not be able to reach its ATH again in the next cycle, even for ETH, he has difficulty printing new ATH.

Altcoins mostly survive on hype cycles and narratives that shift every few months a new project comes out promising something revolutionary then fades away when attention moves elsewhere it’s not about long term value but about timing and speculation bitcoin on the other hand has maintained relevance for over a decade because it’s no longer driven by hype alone it has proven scarcity decentralization and global recognition which makes it the safest digital asset.
You’re right that most people who profit from altcoins are early entrants or insiders while the majority end up holding worthless tokens after the hype dies down altcoins are like trading waves you can ride if you know when to enter and exit but they are not built for holding long term their teams sometimes abandon projects after the market interest fades and even strong ones like ethereum struggle to consistently outperform bitcoin over full cycles.

If someone wants to diversify it should be done carefully with strict limits maybe a small percentage of total capital in altcoins purely for trading or experimentation and the rest in bitcoin where historical data and adoption trends show actual resilience bitcoin’s dominance has only grown through every cycle proving that the market still trusts it more than any other crypto when hype ends fundamentals are what remain and bitcoin is the only asset in this space with fundamentals strong enough to survive every storm.

Investing in altcoins is not recommended for people who do not understand the high risks and volatility of the crypto market. Altcoins are not the same as Bitcoin, it is much riskier if a person does not understand what they are investing in. Many altcoins have ended in scams and caused losses to many people, by looking at this, people should be able to understand that investing in altcoins is actually high risk, but unfortunately many beginners ignore this and are actually more interested in investing their money in altcoins with the thought that they can make big profits in a short time, but they actually ended up with a serious loss.

Altcoins are risky, there is a high chance of losing money, very few people can make good profits from here, I will say this only because of their luck. Those who are very lucky can often make money that changes their lives in a short time by trading. Altcoins are best for those who are ready to take big risks and when faced with losses, their emotions do not work, but they can control themselves. If you want to make a risk-free investment, you must come to Bitcoin because it is always safe for your money, you will not lose your money. I think if you are investing for the long term, then you should definitely do it in Bitcoin, it is reliable and low risk, and it is possible to achieve something good from it in the future. Bitcoin is the future asset, in that case, investing in it is risk-free, but Altcoins always have risks.

One other thing you know is that what works for Mr A may not work for Mr B, you would have also tell us some story how a trader lost huge amount investing in other coins apart from BTC investment. I can't stop any body from investing in Altcoins after all we can do want we to do but if you are doing buying altcoins it should be little percentage of your discretionary income then invest more percentage of your discretionary income into bitcoin investment.

Op though many will not agree with you based on their own experienced especially those who have fall victim of altcoin or shitcoin where they lost heavily, but I will agree with you to a length, one thing is paramount, which I observe in the space of crypto market generally is more of gambling though it may not be same but have similarities, in area of while some investor is crying of lost another investor is celebrating of profit make from the system which Visa versa to sports betting. Altcoin may be full of scam or shitcoin as some may claimed but some are also repeaping positive results of their risk on the investment made on those shitcoin and altcoin. In my opinion to completely condemned a process or such platform because your experience one also need to consider those it favour, just that one must cut down it risk by not investing what you can't afford to lose while engaging on them. diversifying if one have what it takes for such risk should not be a barrier because of another person failure because favour if lucks differs.

A Bitcoin trader is different from a Bitcoin investor. The trader buys Bitcoin in response to market movements and sells it back when he gets desired profits or even at a loss if the market moves against his predictions but a Bitcoin investor just buys and holds and most of them has ended up profitable going long-term in it. Bitcoin investing has it's risks quite alright but not in the context of trading since trading success is dependent on making the best predictions with respect to your entry point. While Bitcoin investing success is based on its adoption and it's growth potential.

It does not always mean that even our investments in bitcoins are safe. Even bitcoins are a volatile asset and can cause extreme loss if not treated carefully. I presume all investors to be risk takers because there is literally no profits without taking risk. It depends on the amount of risk we are willing to take. There is futures where the risk is extremely high but so is the profits. For less riskier investments, we have spot markets where profits are too low but the risk as well is negligible.

Altcoins does come with higher risk but there are certain altcoins like ETH which perform similar to bitcoins and to be honest, risk with ETH is much lower as compared to bitcoins because of the price point.

A reality shows that teenagers and adults living in 2025 already have a foundation that prevents them from easily getting caught up in following others, leading them to make bad decisions.
If the direction of an altcoin is unclear, they will think twice about making a decision, even if it comes from someone who has already made a big profit from a particular coin.
You can surely understand what I mean, and I have also mentioned some promising altcoins that could yield returns. However, most newly launched coins are merely projects built without a solid future vision, despite being packaged with well-designed roadmaps.

Good advice is still very useful for everyone, even though everyone can do whatever they want. But when there's much better advice in terms of profit opportunities and the chance for future success with one of the best assets, it's certainly more likely to be listened to than simply following one's own desires, which inherently doesn't guarantee a profit. I'm also not discouraging people from hoping for luck with altcoins, as long as they fully understand the risks. But I simply hope everyone never forgets Bitcoin, because it's a lifeline for everyone.

Most of these people often believe that the more the risk you take the more money you will make although they are not wrong, it's just that they tend to ignore the risk that comes with that decision even when they are familiar with how things work in the crypto space. When you make such decision the loss is usually massive too but they turn blind eyes and invest a huge sum in new coins. New altcoins are usually unpredictable that why risk management is very important to invest in such coins. They can be profitable if all goes well but it's better to be careful with how you invest in them.

I believe they choose to take risk with new altcoins because they know how profitable they can be if things go well. They are usually more profitable than well establish altcoins but they have high risks too. Also they are quite aware of the risk too but they turn blind eyes and invest huge amount anyways hoping to be profitable. I don't expect them to complain if it doesn't end well for them. If they do I would not even listen to them.

The greater the risk, the greater the reward. That's true, but in what context? That's the question. Maybe in business I would agree, but when it comes to choosing coins, I don't agree. I've been in the crypto space for a long time and I'm tired of obscure altcoins.
For newcomers, it might make sense to them that they can make a lot of money in a short time or get rich quickly by taking risks on the coins being discussed. That's just garbage framing, and their complaints when they lose money are also garbage. Go back to what's right, which is Bitcoin, not to trade, but to hold.

Nah, it's not actually a "Wrong" decision, but it's more of a "Bad" decision. We can't deny that there are some investors/risk takers who have made a fortune out of a few altcoins. Not to mention, some of these altcoins were considered a sh*tcoin at the beginning. It's just fair to say that their risk-taking skills paid off. However, it will not be the case most of the time. In fact, it will only happen rarely for altcoins because there are a lot of scams and rug pulls going on with a lot of altcoins in the market. So, when you decide to invest in altcoins, you will need thorough research and some extra digging about the people behind the project to avoid total devastation.

I don't hold people back from investing in altcoins, but if they ask me about investments, I won't mention altcoins first either. 

Haven’t you seen someone that invested all what they have in a new altcoin, and at the end they ended up losing everything, and some of them committed suicide, and some will have to start afresh? The same wey you have seen someone make huge amount, thats how people are losing huge amount also, but if you do your analysis properly, then you will see that higher percentage of people investing in new altcoin do lose, just little percent do make money. So if you are taking risk, then you should always know the kind of risk which you will take, don’t take a risk which will end up affecting you.

If anyone wants to invest in all this new altcoins, then it should be a little amount of money, any amount which you know that even if you lose, it’s not going to affect you in any way. it’s so risky investing huge amount of money in all this new altcoins. If you are having huge amount of money to invest, then it’s better you just invest in bitcoin.

It's not about you it's about them. It's not about you agreeing or not it's about what they prefer and having a reason to believe it's their way to make the most of the crypto space. I am not saying they are doing the right though.

Investing in new coins with uncertain future is really risky both for enthusiasts and newcomers. I don't think it's safer for newcomers to invest in new coins, it's more risky and easier to lose their money if it doesn't work out well so It's a terrible place for beginners to start. The only thing is that it's cheaper to acquire and they can accumulate as many as they want but I advise newcomers to start with a more reputable coin instead just as you have mentioned. Bitcoin is the most reliable coin and the best place for Beginners to start because it's level of risk is minimal compared to others.

I am totally with you on this. Altcoins are just straight up shit coins to me at this point. I have seen too many people get wiped out thinking one random token will change their life overnight. It is always the same hype, fake promises, quick pumps, then it dumps harder than anyone expects.. And the painful part is that most people only understand the risk after they have already lost something..

Bitcoin is literally the only thing in this whole space that has proven itself over and over again…  You are not waking up tomorrow to see Bitcoin rugged or Bitcoin team disappeared..  There is no team. No CEO. No shady foundation dumping on people..  It is solid, and it is the only place where long term money actually feels safe..

There is no way you can stop people from investing in altcoins because they will always do what is in their mind and what they think will be profitable for them. There has been so many advices on how risky it can be investing in altcoins and we need to understand the risk it can cause us when we invest in altcoins without well understanding about the potential of some of these altcoins crashing and making making investors to lose money.

Investing in Bitcoin still remains the ultimate for those of us that want to be profitable in the market for a long periods of time. The price is down and iys not too late to invest.

In investing of course we all understand the movement of each coin that we have held and no investor buys coins carelessly, even though investing in altcoins has a high risk, every investor who has bought several altcoins must be ready if they will receive losses, but currently many new investors only know that investing in crypto will get huge profits, and they buy without knowing how to invest, then they will definitely feel the loss, so everyone needs knowledge and be ready to take risks.

A lot of new investors jump into altcoins just because of hype or the promise of fast profits without really understanding what they’re buying they see a low price and think it’s the next bitcoin but most of the time those projects don’t have strong fundamentals or real long term potential once the market turns bearish those coins crash hard and many disappear completely.

Bitcoin on the other hand has proven itself over time it’s not free from volatility but its track record and adoption make it far more reliable for long term holding investing in altcoins isn’t bad by itself but it should be done with proper research and only with money you can afford to lose. The key is balance if you really want to try altcoins you can keep most of your portfolio in bitcoin and maybe a small portion for experimenting with altcoins that have real use cases and active development that way even if the altcoins fail you still have a strong base with bitcoin.

Because an altcoin worked for you, it doesn't mean that it will work for someone else, as not everyone gets the same luck. Altcoins are very risky, and people will definitely talk about the risks involved; it is not something people need to keep quiet about.

Do you know how many people invested in altcoins with all they had, expecting better returns as profit, but ended up losing everything just because they invested in the wrong altcoin? One of the reasons why people are often discouraged from investing in altcoins is that it is very difficult for beginners, especially, to know which altcoin is the right one to invest in. Altcoins are very risky, and because someone was lucky to make a profit from an altcoin, it misleads a lot of people into altcoin investment out of greed, which often ends in a big loss.

When it comes to investing, anyone can make their own investment choices for their future, but they must have a good understanding of their decisions. Of course, everyone has their own reasons for investing in altcoins. I completely agree with you, no one has the right to stop them from doing what they do, but they must first fully understand the assets they choose.

Everyone will certainly take advantage of the downturn to accumulate more than usual, but we must also have funds that can be maintained in the long term so that we do not experience obstacles when the investment is running, which will be very risky if we use funds that we cannot maintain in the long term.

Actually, in investing, everyone has their own risks, even if we invest in bitcoin or altcoin, but it all depends on our respective beliefs in choosing coins to hold, and currently there are many investors who are successful because they invest in altcoin even though the risk is big, but they believe that the profits they get are also big so they focus until they can enjoy the results but they do not invest in the long term, and it is very different from investing in bitcoin if a price drop occurs, we can save until we can get the profits even though it takes a long time, so it all depends on our own beliefs.

I see a problem for those that don't see bitcoin as a good long term investment and are moving forward with altcoins.

They don't have a balance portfolio and even they want to profit for so long, they don't want to hold it for their own personal reasons. Like if they've lost so much money in it and that's because of their wrong decision for either not buying early or by selling too early.

We always tell them that it's never too late to invest and the market is open widely for them if they start doing themselves a favor to buy when the dips are there. It's only a firm of action that will make them realize that they have waited for so long and yet, no big steps are done.

Every investment has its level of risk and reward it doesn’t matter if it’s bitcoin altcoins or even traditional assets like stocks or real estate the difference only lies in how we manage that risk and how patient we are to wait for results bitcoin and ethereum for example may seem safer compared to other altcoins but they’re still volatile enough to cause anxiety when the market swings hard.

Some investors thrive in high-risk environments like futures trading because they enjoy the fast pace and potential for big returns but those same traders could also experience complete liquidation within hours it’s a double-edged sword on the other hand spot trading or long-term investing requires patience it may not bring instant profit but it offers more control over losses and gives you time to strategize. Belief plays a big part in this too when people truly understand what they’re investing in they can handle volatility better because they trust their decision rather than reacting out of panic it’s not about choosing between bitcoin or altcoins but about how disciplined you are with your strategy diversification helps too spreading investments across different assets can reduce the impact of a single coin’s crash and help maintain balance in your portfolio.

I am not talking about the opinion of others, but in my own opinion taking risk on alt and meme coin is not entirely bad if you are doing it with a few percentage of your discretionary income, because you don't take such coin as investment, you take it as gambling since the possibility of it failing is way more higher than the chances of making anything out of it.

Take note that your friend may be lucky doesn't mean that you will also be lucky while investing in shit coin, because investment in shit coin is more of gambling than investment, so my candid advice is that you should invest like 90% into Bitcoin and you may decide to risk like the remaining 5 - 10% on shit coin, so that if it doesn't goes your way, you wouldn't be that much bother like someone that invest so much ignorantly.

Your statement is correct because investing in shit coins is more of gambling than investment, given today's market decline, it seems to me that investing in altcoins makes no sense, because suddenly the price of digital gold has dropped by $ 5k while alt coins have been dumped by 10-20 percent. Actually this proves how risky such rubbish coins are for every trader or investor compared to Bitcoin. If we analyze the market's sudden decline, i.e. today, on the first day of December, we see that $500 million plus in long positions have been liquidated and $200 billion has been wiped out from the crypto market.

Investors who still like to invest in altcoins, even though they are already familiar with Bitcoin, are still quite reckless, even if it's only for the short term. Because these investors don't know when the altcoin will be dumped back into the market, they can't sell it unless they are willing to bear the losses from the falling price. I prefer to see investors who are still willing to hold Bitcoin even though the price is currently declining, as it is now, because Bitcoin has a clearer potential for price improvement when the declining price conditions are no longer occurring in the market.

Those investors know that Bitcoin price will soon pump and with it the price of a few altcoins may increase. Their investment sentiment is to increase the amount of profit and that in a very short period of time. At the same time, they are at risk of losing money as the market situation is very volatile at the moment. Bitcoin investors are well aware that the price will recover very soon. This confidence gives them the motivation to hold on to Bitcoin holdings. Altcoins are uncertain whose value will not be guaranteed to recover. Several memecoins are already deeply gone.

Investors who have the ability to withstand the heat of the falling market are not affected by FOMO but the current situation will double the volatility if you are involved in altcoins. I am definitely one of your prefer who is still accumulation Bitcoin and is committed to buying cyclically.

Yes, we can't deny the fact that some people have made some amount of life changing of money from altcoin investments. But the question is that how many people have really made it? It is a very small number of people and I would even say it was mostly in the past.Nowadays ordinary investors are no longer making big profits from altcoins. The only people making that huge amount of money now are the project developers, and even their ways are not pure because it's a game they are playing with investors. They will pump and dump the project and take their money out. So it is those who are always behind the projects that are making the life changing money from altcoins nowadays.

Because even if someone wants to invest in reputable altcoins like ETH, Solana, or Binance, it is very difficult to make reasonable life changing profits there. And they are never less risky than Bitcoin, so it is better to just invest in Bitcoin.It is not bad to invest a small amount in altcoins, but the problem is: how will we be able to find reliable altcoins that are even worth taking the risk with, when the crypto industry is full of scam projects?

I would rather not call buying shitcoin an investment. Those who buy these are gambling with themselves. You know those short term traders who really managed to make a profit in the end. I don't think you will find anyone who will say that they have really succeeded. Risk is good but you should invest in something where the potential is high.

Everyone invests because of faith but not all of them choose the right way because some choose the risky way to reach the destination very quickly but in reality it is the opposite. Easy and long term Bitcoin investment that sharpens your knowledge over time as well as increasing its holding through discretionary income forms a secure financial system for the present and future.

I priority probability and my own analysis not only on faith but also in investing. Those who still believe in investing in Bitcoin are on the right way because it is the best investment in analysis and review.

There’s a big difference between investing and just throwing money at something hoping it’ll moon overnight calling those random altcoin buys an investment is stretching it too far because that’s basically gambling with no real fundamentals behind the project people get tempted by fast gains and hype but most of those coins crash hard once the noise dies down.

Bitcoin on the other hand has already proven itself through every market cycle and even though it’s volatile it still remains the most solid long term store of value in the crypto space like you said it’s not just about faith it’s about having a logical reason and a plan that’s backed by research and probability if you understand the risks and time your entries well you can handle dips without panic. Altcoins like Ethereum do have potential and some stability compared to the rest but still nothing matches bitcoin’s track record easy and steady accumulation through DCA and patience always beats chasing quick profits the people who rush usually burn out fast while those who stay disciplined keep building real wealth over time.

Bitcoin always plays the best role in the market, but I don't know why people invest money in Altcoin to make more money. There is a high probability of losing all the money if you invest in Altcoin. Those who invest in Altcoin are stupid because they made a mistake in choosing the best coin, Bitcoin is the best. There is a high probability of profit if you invest in it for a long time. I don't like Altcoin investment, because there is the highest risk. If you take excessive risk, there is a high probability of losing your capital.

Just because you don't dare to take risks and don't have much capital to risk with altcoins to seek higher profits. That doesn't mean you have the right to call someone stupid just because they don't think like you.

No one denies bitcoin is the best and investing in altcoins is very risky. But everything has its price, low risk low profit, high risk high profit. And whether to invest in altcoins, stocks, gold or bitcoin will depend on each person's preferences and tastes. None of us have the right to judge others just because they don't think the same way we do.

If you think investing in altcoins is stupid, what do you think about people who invested in ETH, BNB 10 years ago? Or who invested in SOL for under $10 in 2022? Or big funds managing trillions of dollars like Blackrock have bought ETH or will even buy SOL in the near future, do you think they are stupid?
I don't like and don't encourage people to invest in altcoins, but I don't hate anyone because everyone has their own choice.

Everyone has a different risk tolerance, this allows each of them to get different returns too. When we can take advantage of market volatility, it's no longer just about bitcoin, but anything that allows returns to be maximized. The goal is to make a profit, this can be for the short term or long term regardless of the respective risks.

Bitcoin is a great choice, even for those new to investing in the crypto market.
I buy and invest in bitcoin, but I also managed to get returns from investing in altcoins. It's all about market capitalization, altcoins are also a great choice for both short and long term, but not all altcoins are the same. Many altcoins fail to thrive in the market, their roadmaps fall short, and they simply gather dust over time. However, there will always be altcoins that can provide investors with returns commensurate with the risks they consider.

That is just the point, investing in altcoins is very risky and people that are saying is better to invest in bitcoin then altcoins they have taste both and they see bitcoin is more saver then altcoins, many people are losing alot in altcoins and if you are not a risk taker you should just minimise your risk and focus on bitcoin because if you invest in it you won't lose all your funds because the more in decrease that is how he will increase for long term is just for you to be patient and wait for your target. Anything call crypto are unpredictable and know one know when to drop and deep so to save you funds is to just make research about anything you prefer to do.

No one will stop you from investing in altcoins but they will tell you the risk involves, if you can't take risks you should move away in altcoins and invest in bitcoin because since I no about bitcoin have not seen anyone that said he regret in investing in bitcoin but altcoins many people have regret because they lost all there funds making some cry because he put all is saving in altcoins and lose everything thinking he will become wealthy when investing in altcoins. Not all altcoin are good some are fake and the moment you invest in it that is how the price will drop and lose value immediately so you just need to be careful always when investing.

You can't grow in life without taking risks. That's why you shouldn't risk your valuable money in something that is questionable. Altcoins are always speculative and depend on luck. New investors often invest in old coins without understanding the difference between Bitcoin and old coins. Just because one person has made a profit doesn't mean everyone will. I've seen someone I know regret not being able to invest in the right place.

For some reason I see this statement as somewhat a set up statement, the reason being that, advising people to buy altcoins with expectations that they can make huge amount of money is somewhat a no no for us here, since we have oftentimes advice people to always do their own research before anything, so for some of us taking risk with altcoins is like gambling, regardless of how much anyone made from such risks.

As what the saying goes, we need to be uncomfortable first, before we become comfortable and have the guts to face the risk in life not just in crypto. So with that, as a human, we should go really go and try out best even if we really don't feel good about it. But still we go out and give everything. And after that if we go and past it, then there's nothing that can break out spirit.

Just like what you said as well, we all know that difference between Bitcoin and old coins. And so with that we all go with what is best for us and that is Bitcoin. We might go and venture on altcoins, but if it didn't give up profit then it's better to go with Bitcoin only and just keep on stacking sats.

The actual fact is that investment in alt coin is more of gambling than investment because they are more likely going to fail than succeed, but if you succeed, you may cash out big, just like in the case of gambling.
So if someone wishes to venture into them, then he should do it with as little as 2% of his discretionary income, because it's just like trying your luck, since the chances of winning is way too slime.
But with Bitcoin investment, the risk is minimal if you are comparing it to that of alt and meme coin, especially when held for a long period of time.

If we already understand the movement of each coin and can analyze market prices then investing in bitcoin or altcoin is not wrong because both have their own risks, but for those who want to get big profits in a short time without having to invest long term then altcoin is the best solution, and we must be able to control the capital we have so as not to experience big losses, because the movement of altcoin prices up and down can happen in a short time if the price increases then we will experience very big profits and vice versa, so whatever our choice at this time must be able to control the market situation and must be patient and not panic when a decline occurs.m8

Indeed, we have no other choice but to go for Bitcoin because of what it is. One can decide to invest in any coin aside from Bitcoin, but there is no other like Bitcoin.

 It is only Bitcoin that, when the market is going down, I have no worries about. However, if I'm investing in other coins, because of what I have experienced with altcoins before now, I don't think I can be completely calm investing in altcoins. But Bitcoin is just the one coin that is worth investing in. It is the one that can be invested in at any time, and there will be good profit, so long as it is a long-term investment.

Yes off course, Bitcoin investment is somewhat a risk investment and for that reason altcoins that is a more volatile assets is more riskier and since altcoins projects have limited access to real life ecosystem and based on hypes, it more important to note that it can get pumped and dumped, so for those investing in altcoins should and is gambling kind of and nothing more.

You have just nailed it, Sir! Life itself is a risk. In fact, everything that pertains to life is risk. Consequently, every life's endeavor, including investment have some levels of risk involved. Every investor is a risk taker, and can patiently wait until the business grows up.

Investment actually, requires the zeal, and courage to continue. Therefore, it important to consider, and ensure the continuation of bitcoin investment. Life is splits into various stages. Each stage determines the success of other. So, I submit that risk taking is normal, and part and parcel of every engagement.

Simply because someone chooses to invest in altcoin makes them stupid?. No no it's their resource and their risk to take. The made their choice with their own resource. Bitcoin is king but some altcoin can change the lives.wity just small risk to reward ratio. Making some little sacrifices on some alt coin is not a complete bad idea the problem is when they choose to drive with greed.

It is true that altcoins are more volatile and risky, but also in many cases they do not even worth it. I understand there are few cases where it is worth it, but in many cases it is not worth it at all. I think it's clear that we are going to see this not be a good thing and have some trouble because 99% of all alts just crash and never recover or just go down and not go up.

Only handful are doing decently, but not a lot of them do better than bitcoin neither. So when you think about it, the risk/reward ratio is not good, and you should probably avoid it. There are moments of hype, very short span of time, and that makes it look good, people say "but I made 10x with it", well you were lucky, you got in at bottom and got out at the top, 99% of the people lost money instead.

This isn't a foolish move as long as the person understands and understands the risks, especially if the person has been familiar with Bitcoin for a long time and has never abandoned Bitcoin despite daring to take advantage of some altcoins. However, what we need to understand here is that altcoins aren't for long-term goals, although they can be used to seek small short-term profits. Bitcoin is clearly very different from that, which is why most investors focus solely on Bitcoin investments, overlooking the opportunities offered by some altcoins.

It is true that you can never expect to get high money without taking risks, when you take big risks you will have the hope of getting something big. However, if you plan to invest in altcoins, then this will be the biggest risk for you, because here the fear of losing money is the highest. However, if you have enough money that you can control yourself if you lose money, you can invest in altcoins with that amount, if you are lucky, you will get good returns from here. Very few altcoins can be profited, so if you are ready to take risks, you can invest here, but once its value decreases, the possibility of increasing later is less. However, I think it is better to invest in Bitcoin if you take risks, here there will be less fear of losing money and there will be hope of making high money in the future.

This is why we cannot call alt coins completely bad, some coins can give us such huge returns that we can completely change our lives, but if you decide to buy many alt coins to achieve this huge amount of success, in this case, the risk should be considered and the decision should be made. We have seen that some alt coins have been successful to the extent of mountains, but are all of them like this? There is no shortage of coins in the market, no one can say when which one will pump, it can be said that here 99% of the time you will have to lose but if this 1% luck works for you, then it can change your life. Now if you are able to bear this high risk, then you can invest in alt coins or meme coins.

What are the odds that you'll get lucky, you use one persons win as motivation or inspiration for why we have to take risk on altcoins. A lot of people has fall victim to rug pulling

Business has basic keys, and one of them is 'taking risk'. A brave investor can go to a length to succeed. Bitcoin is a business forum with such large members. These members are investors, each investor should understand that risk taking is directly part of the life, and same to whatever life is dependent on.

To be honest, if you invested only in the right altcoins, you will not lose. Yes, bitcoin leads the market, but that does not mean that altcoins are already valueless. There are still few altcoins who are undeniably profitable, so they should not be ignored at least.

But if you want to secure and maximize your profits, stick with bitcoin, they are less risky than altcoins. However, if you want to diversify, there are still good altcoins on the side, but always use your discretionary income.

Yes, everything has its own entry point, and it's undeniable that smart people will stay smart, while those who haven't learned will need more time for each journey, and nothing truly happens instantly.

And regarding risk-taking, it must always be adjusted to our own capabilities. If we push ourselves too hard, it will backfire on our investments, especially if we don't fully understand trading, especially futures trading. Spot trading may seem easier and quicker to understand, but it can still be complicated because everything moves in a very short timeframe. and remember if just one small mistake and all assets can end up at MC.

A courageous investor is one who has already understood the level of risk involved in their work. It's impossible to be courageous without first understanding the level of risk. Even if someone is courageous without understanding the level of risk involved in their work, they are likely simply being reckless and undertaking something they don't fully understand. The most obvious example is an investor who has held Bitcoin for a long time, as they already have a thorough understanding of Bitcoin and the risks involved in holding it for a long time.

Exactly, if an investor didn't do due diligence and investing in an obvious rug, we don't call it courageous investor, we call them fool.
A courageous investor know what exactly they are doing, have calculated RR and can distinguish the scam coin and the legit ones. Honestly there should be category for taking risk, like taking risk blindly without any understanding and taking risk with calculation.

Warren buffet with berkshire hathaway invested in chinese EV maker because he know EV is the future. Elon invested in tesla and spacex because he know the prospect is huge, but meme coin degen invested in meme because they heard from a guy who know other guy and who know other guy as well that this coin might pump. That's the differences.

Undeniably, Bitcoin leads the market and is the most reliable cryptocurrency. But yes, not all altcoins are useless, some have been and continue to be very profitable, even better than Bitcoin in this cycle.


Although there is no altcoin season in this cycle, this has resulted in many altcoin investors not achieving the profits they expected. But those who invested in altcoins in late 2024 when Bitcoin surpassed the $100k. They reaped significant profits as many altcoins grew and generated substantial returns.
If I remember correctly, Sol has also increased more than 38 times in this cycle since its 2022 low. Many memecoins on Solana, such as Bonk and Wif, also increased in value by thousands of times during the same period. Therefore, it would be incorrect to say that investing in altcoins is pointless and wasteful.

To be fair, altcoins are still not a bad investment, but it would be a bad idea to hold them for the long term. They are only suitable for short-term speculation.

Inexperienced investors will never dare to take risks. Only those who are experienced and regularly analysis updated information about the market are ready to take risks in investment. New investors will never think about going into risky investments if they are really smart. Many may take risks through imitation but the chances of entering a sustainable position will be very low. One reason for this is that they expect to get profits in a short time and do not apply funds at a tolerable level.

And that's why investing is not for everyone, those who really understand the market, can enter here at the right time, and they never panic during volatility. But those who do not have enough understanding about the market, they tend to make wrong decisions very easily, get panicked easily, and they cannot survive here properly. So it should be achieved first, if you enter here by gaining knowledge, then you will be able to avoid unnecessary volatility, and there will be no possibility of making wrong decisions.

Investing in both Altcoin and Bitcoin is very risky. However, where the risk is high, there is also a lot of opportunity to achieve something big. Investing in Altcoin is much more risky than Bitcoin. But people are most interested in investing in Altcoin because there is a lot of opportunity to make profit here and quickly. No comment can be made that you cannot make profit from Altcoin. Because Alt is very volatile, there is also a lot of opportunity to make profit from here. However, there is a risk of making big losses quickly. If you want to make a good profit, you must accept that risk. It is never possible to achieve anything big without risk.

The crypto market is risky, so wherever you invest, there will definitely be risks, but somewhere more and somewhere less. If someone is not willing to take risks, then they will never get the opportunity to do well in the crypto market. There is no investment platform without risk, so before investing, it is necessary to have the mentality of taking risks. I have not seen anyone on the crypto investment platform who is not willing to take risks, but he has achieved good returns from his investment. There are more things that need to be known about taking risks. If someone invests in altcoins and someone invests in Bitcoin, the risk is not the same for everyone. Therefore, the investor must also take appropriate measures when taking risks.

Every investment comes with its own risk and it depends on you to choose the risk you can keep up with, indeed there are some altcoins that have given many investors huge profits that has changed their lives and there are also altcoins that has driven investors back to their starting points because they lost everything while investing in altcoins but which ever way I have never stopped anyone from investing in altcoins because of my dislike for it. Even Bitcoin is risky as well but there's a chance that you will not lose your funds completely so it's more safer to invest in Bitcoin, altcoins is not for the weak at heart.

Yes, many people have become wealthy and millionaires, and many of them did so thanks to investing in altcoins, not all wealthy people have become rich through bitcoin.

Not just one, but many altcoins have brought enormous profits to many people and changed their lives. We shouldn't deny that and only praise Bitcoin, that would be really unfair.

In fact, Bitcoin is one of the safest and most reliable investments, and investing in it should be encouraged over any altcoins. But everyone has different tastes, so we shouldn't show hostility or discrimination towards people who invest in altcoins just because we don't invest in them.

Does criticizing and attacking altcoin investors benefit us in any way, or does it make Bitcoin look better?

I think i get your point sha, i have also heard people who claim their lives changed from one altcoin play... But at the same time, I do not think everybody is coated for that kind of risk TBH.. Same way you claim those shitcoins or altcoins made some people crazy money, they have also messed a lot of people life badly, like wiped out, mentally and financially...

So for me, it is really 100% a personal choice and preference.. if you say you want to take that risk and you are comfortable with losing that money, then that is on you..  But I will strongly advise anyone, especially beginners, to just stay away from shitcoins or altcoins totally.. It is very easy to hear success stories and forget the thousands of silent losses... Bitcoin is already stressful enough for newbies, no need to add more fire to it..

There's no how everybody would invest in the same thing, that is the simple truth about it because humans are not the same what might work for me, might not work for you so is quite a normal thing because we have different target in our investment so nobody is perfect.

 As long as you are not relying on anybody, you are free to invest anything you want there's nothing to worry yourself too much, the only important thing is that always invest the amount you can afford to lose because everything about investment is all about taking risk. So don't be carried away by someone's success without confirming how come about it because this has lead many people into regret.

If you are really interested in investing and how long you will keep it is the main goal. As you said I take risk measures yes it is right but first of all you have to decide how much risk you can take. Because there is risk in every job. Even investing in Bitcoin carries risks. But if we use less money, our risk will be much less. And using more money will greatly increase the risk. Therefore, there are many altcoins, which are in the top ranking in the market. Investing in them does not incur much loss and if managed properly can earn more profit. But if we want to be successful, we have to take risks and sometimes if the decision is wrong,At the same time try to manage properly.

Some people really do change their lives through early altcoin plays and that part cannot be denied. High risk sometimes comes with high reward and those who understand that tradeoff accept the outcome either way. Allowing space for different risk appetites matters because not everyone approaches money the same way. After building a solid base in Bitcoin using a small portion of discretionary income for experiments can make sense for certain people. The key is moderation and intention not constant chasing. Bitcoin remains the safer anchor for anyone who values stability.

At the same time not everyone is built for that level of uncertainty. For every success story there are countless silent losses that never get talked about. Many people lose not just money but peace of mind confidence and focus. Beginners especially underestimate how mentally demanding even Bitcoin can be. Adding volatile altcoins on top of that often leads to burnout and regret. In the end it really comes down to personal choice and self awareness. Comfort with loss matters more than the dream of fast gains.

you are correct.There are people that are lucky with altcoin but if we should compared the few person that are lucky and those that lost there money then we will get to see the reason why we are to choose bitcoin over altcoin. Is just like gambling, if we compare the numbers of gamblers that are winning and those that are losing the odd is very clear.

Investments are inherently risky; some cryptocurrencies are performing better than others, but that doesn't mean they're safe and that you can just buy and be happy. Buy the ones that have been on the market the longest, hold them, but don't become too attached to them. Look for new projects, but don't dive headfirst into them; be prudent with your money. Investing in cryptocurrencies certainly offers more risk than investing in the stock market; it's not better or worse, just different.

Look at Bitcoin: those who bought when it hit $125,000, are they happy now? I say this because many say Bitcoin is the best, only buy Bitcoin. I ask, can everyone handle a loss of $40,000 or $50,000? Oh, but it will recover, okay, but what if it doesn't?

Don't be afraid to take risks; it's part of the investment game. Just don't be greedy and reckless with your financial resources. Don't put all your eggs in one basket, and don't buy every project that comes along. Maintain a balanced portfolio!

There were more investors that have lost money with altcoins. Because when we say altcoins, it is classified with so many types.
The memecoins, the RWA, the other narratives that have been so popular in the market and that's why we have to look at that.
Many believers have thought that it's a good one for them to invest on those and despite being risky, they chose to do it.

Every investment carries risk, especially altcoins, which experience sharp rises and falls. Investors must be discerning in choosing the right altcoins to recover their investment and avoid losses. They should look for coins that increase in price rapidly when the market improves. These altcoins have long-term value compared to Bitcoin, which remains a prime investment that can be profitable for investors because they can wait for the price to rise, thus securing significant profits. The longer Bitcoin is held as an investment, the more likely its price will increase, making it a highly valuable asset over the years.

Although altcoins promise quick riches, I discourage new investors from buying large amounts of altcoins, as they will be disappointed when the price doesn't meet expectations. This market is very risky, but any high risk is outweighed by the potential rewards. Many people have lost money by placing too much hope in altcoins. I recommend buying several potential, fundamentally sound coins with large communities, rather than investing all your money in a single altcoin. Investing in altcoins during a downtrend is too risky.

Every investment carries risk and altcoins amplify that reality more than most assets. Sharp rises often come with violent drops and many people underestimate how fast things can turn. Choosing altcoins requires patience research and restraint. Bitcoin remains different because time works in its favor. Holding it longer historically increases the probability of growth. That stability gives investors room to breathe and think.

Altcoins attract people with the promise of fast gains but they punish impatience just as quickly. New investors often overcommit and end up disappointed when expectations fail. Risk can bring reward but it also magnifies mistakes. Diversifying into a few strong projects with real communities reduces damage. Entering altcoins during a downtrend increases danger rather than opportunity. Knowing when not to act is as important as knowing when to buy.

Some tradars give me advice on popular memecoins in the market but I know that they are most just hype and hype. Most investors have lost money in altcoins. Investors will not enter the tunnel anymore but they keep their losses secret from others. They should make others aware so that they do not fall into the same confusing investment situation as them.

When I started investing, I thought altcoins were colorful and high-profit products. In the desire to make profits decisions are made without considering the risky situation and losses are inevitable. It is necessary to remember that taking risks in the wrong place is another mistake and risk.

You talking about someone that invested in altcoin, and made huge amount of money, haven’t you seen someone that invested huge amount of money in altcoin, and lose everything? You should have seen someone that lose everything after investing in altcoins, which is suppose to serve as a lesson to you also.

If you are taking a risk, then you should make sure you take a minimal risk, you should take a risk which is not going to affect you if things go side way.

If you decide to invest in bitcoin, that doesn’t mean you won’t be making profit also, but you will just have to hold for some time, and the risk in bitcoin investment is kind of low compare with altcoin investment. Am not always in support of altcoin investment, but if you are planning to invest in altcoin, then invest little amount of money.

I hope you will be able to withstand the huddles when the losses will hit you because saving in alt is very dangerous, that person was just lucky and should not trust alt coin at all.

I am pleased with bitcoin the risky is enough for me, I don't see reasons why I should bother myself about therefore I refused to be such risk takers for these coins are not reliable. Bitcoin gives more potential than any other coin.i8

Altcoins are not bad by default, bad timing and bad discipline are, most people don’t lose because they took a risk but because they chased hype and held too long, bitcoin is safer but slower, alts are faster but brutal.

However, in the case of altcoins, the results are definitely more likely to be negative, there is no guarantee that these altcoins can bring us effective results, although we never get guarantees in the case of Bitcoin investment, However, holding Bitcoin for the long term gives us much better prospects, but I think there is no even possibility in the case with altcoins either. The chances of altcoin investment are also on the negative side almost 70%, so if you want to have a good chance of long-term success, then it is better to invest in Bitcoin.

I think investing in Altcoins is relatively risky, there is no doubt that an investor can easily lose his required money buy Altcoins. I have seen very few people who have achieved success buy Altcoins, the number of them is very small. I think buy Bitcoin is reasonable, there is no doubt that success can be achieved buy Bitcoin with prudent money by following the right rules and holding it for the long term. So, you have to put Altcoins out of your mind and buy more Bitcoins, wait patiently for the right time, as a result, big profits can be expected.

They are risky specially for newbies who doesn't know how to play the game, even for those experienced traders. I've seen someone tweeted that he lost millions in some altcoins and even if he has prior experience, still though the risk that it can literally go to zero is there. That's why I believed that most of us here who have been in the market for some years already specially those who have been in the ICO years knows that after that, altcoins is very hard to invest because there's so many rugpulls, scams and other things that makes someone stay away from it. That's why it's not advisable and we should stick to Bitcoin that no matter what's going to be happen, it will still be there as the number 1 crypto and nothing bad will happen like a full collapse, it's too big to fall now.

If you want to have a good chance and potential for success in the long term, you must stay away from investing in Altcoins, in this case Bitcoin is the most logical, the future prospects of Bitcoin are very good, but we cannot say anything about Altcoins. All coins follow Bitcoin, so we should invest in the one that has good confidence and the most potential, and this is why investing in Bitcoin is definitely the right decision and reasonable compared to investing in Altcoins, and by holding Bitcoin in the long term, we can achieve a lot of good things that we may not get from Altcoins.

Investing in altcoins is very risky, not just relatively risky. But it would be a mistake to say that very few people succeed when investing in altcoins, as in reality, many altcoins have been successful in the market over the years. For example, ETH, BNB, and SOL have increased in value millions of times over the years. I rarely see anyone lose money investing in these cryptocurrencies. Many people have even become millionaires if they invested early in these coins.

But I agree with you if you're talking about the altcoins that have recently emerged. They are quite risky and less reliable than the top altcoins I've listed. Therefore, staying away from new altcoins is the right thing to do, and sticking with Bitcoin would be wiser.

Many people like to act quickly. They don't want to wait long and think that's how the market should work to benefit users. If the token is good, it's a bad one, and then strange assumptions arise.

Everyone wants to make money in this industry, and what I see is that the biggest problem is when impatience takes over, and rational thinking is lost. Although ambition is necessary, I don't think it should be excessive.

Absolutely right, investing in Altcoins is very risky, investing in Bitcoin is comparatively much better than investing in Altcoins. Most investors have faced losses compared to making money by investing in Altcoins. It is possible to make money quickly by investing in Altcoins but there is also a high possibility of losing money quickly. So investing in Bitcoin is comparatively better, although by purchasing Bitcoin with a long-term plan, big profit can be expected in the future. It is reasonable for me to make money slowly rather than losing money quickly.

The end result always depends on how a person's monthly or annual investment recap determines whether they've made a profit or a loss. Of course, everyone's approach is different, and their management methods and strategies vary. But, I like the slow and steady principle you outlined above, and that principle applies to BTC. It's undeniable that quick gains are temporary and provide a sense of excitement, but sometimes they can also lead to arrogance, leading one to take unplanned actions.

You've read the news about the Doge coin which made people suddenly rich, there was no speculation, prediction, analysis or anything that made them think Doge would skyrocket, only those who took the risk survived and succeeded.
I agree with you, investing in the crypto world does not only have to involve speculation and analysis, courage in taking risks sometimes also applies to the crypto market, yes maybe the same opportunity will happen again, maybe not on other Doge coins, maybe it makes sense.

Bitcoin is of course the king of coins, if we choose Bitcoin as an investment of course we don't need to worry, there are millions of speculations circulating outside, basically as the OP said.

There are risks in Bitcoin investment also but we can say that Bitcoin carries less risk as compared to risk associated with alts. We can further reduce risks in Bitcoin investment by investing for long duration. I don't think any alt has the capability to give you good return in short duration, as they are dependent on Bitcoin for price moment. That's why it's better to chose Bitcoin over alts that can't move on their own. Just look at return given by Bitcoin in last 5 years, their is not even a single alt that has given such return.

Being a risk taker isn't anything special and one need to think from his mind and still take a better decision. Instead of taking a risk and investing significant or majority of the portfolio in any altcoins isn't the right thing. I would prefer to invest in bitcoin and feel more safer and i am sure that the returns from bitcoin investment will be very good ones and in most cases better than the altcoins return.

We have seen this in 2025 that those people whom portfolio consists of majority of the altcoins, they are at unrealized loss if they haven't sold yet or they may have incurred losses by selling their altcoins in loss.

Some investors have gotten much more than they expected from altcoins, but when others followed them and invested, they realized how wrong they were. In terms of investment, if you do not find the right investment platform, you will lose your assets. There are some altcoins where the profit is high but the probability of investment is very low, so you should avoid such investments. You should not just take risks, you should take risks with proper observation. Otherwise, you will lose by taking those risks. There is a large part of investors who took risks in the hope of making huge profits in altcoins, but they later lost their investment. In terms of altcoins, I have doubt choosing altcoins. There are very few altcoins where you can profit from the investment. If you do not get a return after taking the risk, there is no point in taking that risk.

Investing in altcoins should have a real reason but it is also understandable that there are people that had learnt from their past mistakes to be very careful about investment on altcoins. There is nothing too especially about the altcoins market if not to make quick profits when there are also hidden risks that can be tracked to people that are have caught on investing in altcoins and losing their money to bad profits.

The most hilarious thing about altcoins is that no matter how it can be pumped, if the price of Bitcoin is not responsible for the increase in the worth of the altcoins, it is surely going to reduce in price and people are going to lose their money. Investing in altcoins is like gambling, it is certain that you may lose your money.

Those who invested in shitcoins won't tell you how much they have lost but only their successful story that they can relate to you. When making your investment in altcoins just have it in mind that your investment can also turn to zero and you loss everything not that people don't make profit in altcoins but the risk and stress involved is too much. Some persons are lucky when they invest in altcoins they make profit and pull out, if we should invest in altcoins let it be with just 10% of your discretionary income and then put the rest into Bitcoin long term investment.

The amount of risk involved in investing in shitcoins or altcoins can often lead to losses. Roughly speaking, it is equivalent to a kind of gambling, because its chances of success are not predictable but depend on luck. The probability of getting the expected results from it is very low, so investing in Bitcoin is the most reasonable, I am never in favor of investing in altcoins, here you should invest only with the mentality of losing. Although not all coins are bad, most are bad, and that is why you should only invest in altcoins or shitcoins with what you can lose according to your risk-taking mentality and ability. And do not invest here with the expectation of profit, because its results are unpredictable and negative possibility.

Shitcoin or memecoin is the coin I avoid the most, I'm not never buying but the amount of money I allocate is really money that I'm ready to lose. For altcoins like Eth, bnb and solana, it's different, there are still risks, but with what they have shown it also shows a great potential for the future.

People who are interested and buy shitcoin and memecoin in large quantities are people who have been affected by FOMO because they see other people can get huge profits. That is the wrong action, because as you said they only show the profits, while they do not show the amount of losses.

Not many altcoins are able to survive in the long term, how can people not experience losses in investing? Every risk we take definitely has a risk in it. Yes, indeed, the timing of the purchase is very crucial and determines whether we get the best price for the coin and get the profit we want when the price increases. Most people fail because they hold the asset for too long, they are too euphoric or see the price of the coin we invested in increase and we forget to sell it. There is no problem if we invest in altcoins in our portfolio as long as we are ready to accept the consequences and don't invest all of your money, keep your investments spread out so you don't suffer a complete loss.

Provably they are not going to tell you their losses especially if they have other agenda like inviting us then think about targeting us on his scams. So if they heard about someone always flexes their gains better doubt with it, since I believe that no one can gain on risky activities consistently. Those people are just using their winning trades as part of strategy so they can lure people to try those things what they are promoting.

But if are the type cannot handle the huge risk of trading crypto or Bitcoin, maybe they should start thinking about doing other things like to HODL Bitcoin since they provably find consistency and peace if they choose long term invest over short term profit taking.

The principle of investing is to always focus on a more regular basis over a certain period of time because even investors who have profited from their previous investments will immediately reinvest as usual without waiting for the time to change. This means that investments like Bitcoin must remain focused, as investors develop specific strategies and methods to continue supporting their own work so that it continues to run smoothly. And now is still a good time for those who want to continue investing because Bitcoin is still at a fairly low price.

I strongly believe that most traders cannot afford the risk and pressure that altcoins present. If those investors have discretionary income, they should allocate 100% of their money to Bitcoin. It would be wise not to invest in the risk and pressure of investing money. Shitcoin will give you high expectations but very limited results. Those investors will only tell you success stories but they will not tell you about the losses from shitcoin. The lucky few who have made a profit are very few.

Most shitcoin traders are very unstable with their profits because their attitude is only to get profits like the attitude of gamblers. They have a greedy attitude and therefore cannot reach the expected position. Since those traders have high risk and very low profit expectations, the funds are more likely to be locked up for a long time during the price decline.

In long term Bitcoin accumulation, the investment risk will be much lower as you can buy regardless of the price and you can maintain the Bitcoin buy as long as the income stream continues.

Yeah, consistency is really the solid ground for investing. Most successful investors do not even try to time the market, they just keep showing up buying and executing their plan.
 Bitcoin is not different, you just having a clear strategy and sticking to it is better more than short term price moves. Whether the price looks low or not, what I think counts is discipline and investing only what you can sustain long term.

Admittedly, other people earned money through investing in altcoins and transformed their lives radically, especially those who being able to enter the market early enough, were not scared to invest enormous sums of money. However, it must be remembered that for every success story, there exist other stories that go unheard of and there will be losses or even zero returns.

Investing at will in exploring altcoins after the amount of Bitcoin is already large and doing so in a calculated and equal measure is also not a bad idea. It is irrelevant regarding Bitcoin and even altcoins, but the strategy should suit your intentions and possibilities. I understand why so many of those inform me that investing in the altcoins is a decision which in my opinion will not be bad, but risky. There is no secret that the majority of the altcoin projects do not last long, fail or are nothing more than hype. Owing to the higher risks, it is probable that numerous people (especially beginner) would provide to be more cautious, since these risks are more dangerous in case it is not considered.

I don't think is a great idea to stick to only one strategy since I don't see anything wrong if an investor decides to combine all the strategies in other to get a smooth running investment.
Being consistent is really important especially when we are still in an early phase of our bitcoin accumulation. Therefore, been focus will really help in ensuring we have good portfolio in bitcoin.

Honestly, I also made good money in Altcoin, but that was during the ICO days. I gave up doing it after so many rug pulls that happened, and so many scam attempts also came out with a good whitepaper, and yet they didn't continue at all, while some are good at plagiarizing them.
It is true that there are still risk takers when it comes to investing in Altcoin, but I believe most of those investors just selected DCA'ing, which they believe is much safer than taking a very high risk in investing money in an altcoin that is just starting. The same as most, I'd rather go DCA.

Now the new altcoins are very numerous and very easy to create on any network and cost less, whitepapers can use paraphrased copies or tell AI to make them, nowadays it's very easy, anyway it's better in bitcoin for now altcoins cannot be trusted in talking about the resilience of value and the formation of their new ATH, don't think like that anymore buddy, and adjust the conversation in this thread, we are not fully discussing altcoins in this thread Bitcoin remains the top choice and only bitcoin is worthy of DCA.

For someone who’s still in early phase of bitcoin accumulation it’s better to focus more with the DCA method of buying bitcoin either weekly or monthly basis, sometimes too when an extra or additional money comes in they can decide to lump sum with it. Buying the dip might not look too good for this set of investors since it have the tendency of making them to wait before they can buy bitcoin there by slowing them down In their bitcoin journey as they are trying to accumulate a decent large amount of bitcoin to gradually build up their portfolio.

Combining all accumulation strategy may be good and fast way of acquiring Bitcoin, but it might reduce your concentration over time, and perhaps,if readiness and preparation does not meet with such combination of strategy, you might screw up your investment since you might begin to buy the Dip or lump sum with the wrong financial. So just like you said @Silikiem, I would prefer one sticks with the DCA strategy especially for someone who is still in the early stages of accumulating Bitcoin. If there is any need to attempt any other strategy, you must have an extra cash saved for such issues

From a long-term perspective, Bitcoin is the most reasonable choice, no one can disagree with this. Especially in the long term, altcoins are unstable, risky, and have no prospects, we do not see any possibility that it can grow in the future, so considering the security aspect and prospects, altcoins can never be equal to Bitcoin, Bitcoin is the right decision. You have to use your hard-earned money in the right place, if you invest in altcoins, you will not get any chances of this, from which you can get a lot of good benefits. So if you think correctly, you have to give the most importance to Bitcoin, otherwise the wrong investment will only lead to losses.

I agree with you that, in terms of both security and prospects, no altcoin can compare to Bitcoin. But I disagree with the assertion that no altcoin has the potential for future growth.

We need to accept the reality that Bitcoin is not the only project that has developed and survived over the past 16 years. Many altcoins can do that, such as ETH, BNB, SOL, or Doge. They have brought profits to many people before, and they still have the potential to do so in the future.

Except for ETH, look at the growth of BNB and SOL throughout the cycle, they're not bad at all. I don't encourage people to invest in altcoins, but I also don't want to be dishonest by denying the potential of some altcoins.

This difference between Bitcoin and altcoins has given rise to two distinct approaches to capitalizing on them. Some people who have held Bitcoin for the long term still take advantage of riskier short-term opportunities by buying several altcoins in the hope of a small profit. And I think that is not a problem as long as they are fully prepared when experiencing unexpected losses because altcoins are not really worth holding in the long term so using them for short term for profit is also a personal option although that option is not recommended for beginners and other people who do not really understand altcoins and Bitcoin.

There is no harm in taking risk base on my perception the harm come when the individual refuse to make any attempt on risk, it's better to fail while trying than not trying at all. While we focus on Bitcoin investment , one trying altcoin is never a crime if the risk is engaged with what he can bear when losses occur. Though risk could be set to be risk but some risk is more prefer, looking at Bitcoin today and altcoin no one will assume there risk to be same the difference is always clear. Scenario of some taking certain risk towards altcoin fly around this happen because those people give it a trial that's while I believe that no have in trying but not trying come the harm.

Those that were successful investing in shitcoins are lucky people, last year people that invested in shitcoins almost committed suicide when there was a massive dip in the cryptocurrency space most of them has been losing huge amount that they can't disclose to anybody so that they wouldn't be blamed for investing in memecoin.

It is better we stick to Bitcoin investment the risk involve is less when hodl for long, if Bitcoin dip it will go up again but shitcoins don't normally increase when the dump.

If you have the stomach to contain high risks then you can go ahead to buy altcoins but you should know that almost all of them don't have any utilities just hype and if it suddenly dies there also goes your funds. Another reason why it seems like many of us are biased about altcoins is that majority of them are scams, if you don't sell and take profit or atleast recover your funds at some precise time the owners exit scam will affect you and you'd lose everything when the project dies. Aside from a very few altcoins that have proven to have potentials I see the rest as gambles where it is easier to lose your money than to make profit. But Bitcoin is different it doesn't promise you of get rich quick, if you can patiently hold and wait for a long time you'll get profit.

Very important point you made @op that "But if you know you usually don't like playing around with your funds then stick to Bitcoin because is more safe."
No body wants to lose their hard earned cash painfully through one promising coin. The level of insecurities in investing in alt coins has made most people not to even think of buying any alt coins, instead they focus on Bitcoin that has proven itself worthy all this years.
And some move is not really investment but unnecessary mistake. However, if one do his personal research on any coin and see reason to invest then fine but I think that should when there is enough discretionary funds not when you are just managing to invest in self proven Bitcoin.

If someone wants to invest in altcoins in the short term, accepting the potential loss and not expecting a guaranteed profit, then he can certainly do so, there is nothing wrong with that. Altcoins do not bring us a guaranteed profit, but when we accept the potential loss and invest in altcoins in the short term just to test our luck, it is okay. The main problem starts when people start thinking about investing in altcoins to make a guaranteed profit. In this investment, we have a high chance of losing, so we should not expect anything for sure, it basically works like gambling, because you will hold different coins and any one of them may bring you something good or you will not get anything from all of them.

There is no cryptocurrency that you will invest in that will give us a guarantee profit. There is risk involved in investing in crypto currency be it bitcoin. Therefore, when you begin to talk about guarantee profits then it means you are saying that there is no risk involved in investing in crypto currency. Investing in altcoin is very risky when compared with investing in bitcoin, there are altcoin that can turn to dust with a blink of an eye.

This life is all about risk taking, if you want to be successful and live a comfortable life you have take a lot of risks, but you have to be smart when taking risks
Investmenting in alt/shitcoins is a good risk to take it has paid off for many people, and at the same time destroyed a lot of people too, so you have to be very smart and strategic as to know when sell and if you have to hodl, keeping close tabs on the coin in question is key.

What I think is that those who are really smart will not trade in altcoins. I personally see altcoins as a few fraudulent coins. While some people have made a lot of profit by trading here, many have lost a lot. I would say that altcoin trading is never an investment. Even if it is discretionary income, investing in Bitcoin is the best way. There is also risk in investing in Bitcoin, but you can reduce it through your mentality and fund management. But when trading in altcoins, there is complete control through a third party, so I never like trading in altcoins.

Investing in an altcoin wasn't never wrong. In fact, investing in new project isn't a mistake.

What might others are saying is that, it's not recommendable especially if you aren't ready to lose your money. I understand what are you saying OP, but the problem is that, there are many investors that are investing into an altcoin whether it's a new project or old one who are going all in on it hoping that they would get the maximum amount of profits that they can get only to lose it all, and that's where the problem lies. They can't accept their losses because their mindset is, "I'll make profit, and I want to maximize it."

Risk takers can continue to invest, and they can invest into whatever altcoin they want to invest as well, but consider also the amount of risk, and the consequences that they could face once things go south. Yes, risk takers could make huge amount of money as well no doubt, but also look at the negative and after-effects of it if you lose your money.

Just for context, some investors love to gamble. Some investors love to risk their money so to those who are saying that investing into any altcoin is wrong then DON'T TELL IT ANYMORE, or rephase it into IT'S POSSIBLE, BUT NOT RECOMMENDABLE. ;)

Altcoin investment or trading is really a high-risk thing, it is better to avoid them, because the amount of loss there is, we can lose money here in most cases. So if we can stick with Bitcoin for the long term by avoiding these, then we can have better chances as well as success. Altcoin is basically a short-term speculation game, if we buy and hold a thousand coins, one of them may give us something good, but if we calculate it all, we will have a loss at the end of the day. So compared to this, Bitcoin is a much better and high-potential investment, so Bitcoin investment is the right decision.

The truth is that many don’t know what they are going into . Yes whatever you decided to invest on is on you though , Altcoins especially new ones are like gambling , they don’t have strong fundamentals. The truth is that a lot of folk will still invest in altcoins no matter the stay away from altcoins gist .

The only advice I have for those that are into altcoins, is that they should be careful and same time make their main focus to be bitcoin . And if they have money to spare for altcoins then they can go for it but make sure you have built something good in bitcoin , before letting the urge to invest in altcoins get the best of you .

Bitcoin is the only project that can be trusted in the market and not all those random projects that are only looking for investors that will invest in their projects so that they can make money from investors. It is the number safest investment in the crypto market and no person can argue that. Majority of the devs that have their own crypto projects will always tell you to invest in Bitcoin and not their self created altcoin projects because they know that investing in any thing different from Bitcoin is not safe at all and we all need to be careful.

Those were the good old ICO days when investors were always happy to see good projects with good use cases well detailed in their roadmaps and white papers. Many investors really made good money from that era, and some came in when there were more scam projects than good ones, which is what totally destroyed that pattern of fundraising for new projects. Now investors are more focused on an already existing and working product than just investing in sell-out promises.

I know, and who is comparing it to bitcoin? I'm just talking about writing a comparison that becomes a fact, and you also rewrite the comparison again about what I mean with different language about altcoins, let this altcoin be subjective and not discussed here, just like when I “say top choice” and you say “top priority”.

When people begin to make that comparison, you tend to wonder if they ever look at the charts to see what Bitcoin and altcoins are doing or ever takes a look at the historical data for Bitcoin

Putting Bitcoin and altcoins in comparison is a huge error and their isn’t any security about altcoin as we have in Bitcoin.

The point is that if you have the ability to take this high risk then you can, it depends on everyone's financial capacity, you have the ability to lose as well as you are willing to take this risk, you may think that maybe you will get something big or you will get nothing, in this way many may decide to invest in altcoins to test their luck. But in the end altcoin investment mostly depends on luck, where we get much better prospects in Bitcoin investment in the long term.

A lot of people in the crypto market have come to realize that many projects are scams, that is why they prefer Bitcoin for peace of mind, when you are holding Bitcoin you have assurance that it will not die like shitcoins. I know a lot of friends who have lost their hard earned money in crypto projects that were hyped with unrealistic promises to give them quick returns but the projects are all dead today. If you're looking for quick profits then go for new projects but be ready to lose your funds if you don't exit at the perfect time, most of the altcoins are nothing short of gambling, if you're lucky you'll recover your capital with profit but if you're not you will end up losing everything.

If we take risk, we can consider losing at any moment just after doing it. And those who wants to assure profit, they are not going to invest but if they do, they'll make a mistake that shall determine themselves if they want to still continue and keep on investing with Bitcoin.

You said it right, it's about luck and many of the alts these days won't pump anymore especially the newer ones.

I don't dispute your statement because what you said is true, but even though the average altcoin project seems like gambling, some of the older altcoins can still be considered as high-risk investments. Anyone who can manage the risk and can afford to lose might consider it as an asset diversification, but I am not trying to advise anyone especially if they are 100% in bitcoin.

All investors basically know that anything they hold as an investment asset carries risks, but it doesn't make sense to invest 100% in an altcoin that is built without the ability to compete well in the long term in the market. I have bitcoin as my main investment asset, also have altcoins as diversification although not many.

A lot of people don already learn the hard way. After hyped projects with big promises don chop their money, many don settle for Bitcoin for peace of mind.. When you are holding BTC, at least you know it would not just disappear in one night like most shitcoins.

I have seen it too, friends put hard earned money into next big thing projects, everybody shouting moon, fast returns, only for the whole thing to die.. If you pursue quick profits, fine, new projects fit that lane, but you must accept the risk. One mess up and everything do go..

You are right, taking risk comes down to someone's personal limits and their mindset too. Some people likes to take big risk while some don't have the nerve to do that, what they prefer is slow and steady moves. The attraction in which Altcoins gets is as a result of people thinking is a fast to get money but it just depends on luck. So some people love to gamble with that luck. That's why bitcoin is different, it work with time, not by luck and rewards people who are patience have the mindset of long term. In the end every investment we make depends on how our level of tolerance.

 Every investor is a risk take and in investing it comes with risk and so you need to be prepared and careful with the kind of investment you go into because any slight mistake you will end up losing all you have laboured for, the risk in bitcoin investment is not much and that is why most investors prefer investing in bitcoin compared to any other coin .
Bitcoins investment still remains the best and safe for any investors to go into stress.

When it comes to investing, all investors incur a certain level of risk, and subsequently preparation is necessary for making wise investment choices. Investors face unpredictable outcomes, particularly when investing in cryptocurrency; a bad decision may result in loss of funds, therefore understanding what you invest in is essential. Bitcoin has a lengthy track-record a very robust, supportive community and high market penetration compared to other cryptocurrencies. As such, investors have increased levels of comfort and confidence when investing in Bitcoin, as opposed to investing in other cryptocurrencies: thus, a preferred option for long-term capital appreciation.

A risk taker who is willing to loose his money may continue but I see no reason to keep doing what I know it may never benefit me at last when I have a sure option to go for which is bitcoin,in a world filled with scam in crypto market it is not advisable to venture in to gambling when there is a guaranteed market to invest in.
I suggest to a pple investment in newly promoted coins to stop and invest in bitcoin because it's more than guaranteed therefore risk takers should stop.

aRisk and stress exist in all types of investments, but we must always warn ourselves and prepare ourselves for them first. Even if there is risk, we must find opportunities from this risk. Even if there is risk, when we manage the investment with proper research and management, especially in investments where we find good potential, we will invest reasonably, then we will be able to benefit here with more possibilities. Unnecessary risks and stress cannot be taken, rather we must always decide to invest in reasonable places.

It’s high time we just stop investing in all this new coins entering the market now, people are just wasting money investing in all those coins, because they are created by scammers, they just want to make money, and some people are going to help them get  rich. If you investing in all this new coins then you taking a high risk, you can easily lose your money. If we are investing, it’s better we invest in bitcoin, if bitcoin price drops with time it’s going to bounce back unlike some altcoins that will never bounce back when they dump.

In any investment instrument, especially crypto, there are bound to be risks whether large or small. This is a natural part of price fluctuations and there will always be people who experience losses as well as gains. What we need to understand is how to minimise these risks, of course with knowledge both technical and fundamental, and most importantly the coin we choose. Bitcoin holds a unique position; its price consistently rises with each cycle, making this coin relatively low risk in the long term. If you are an investor, you should include Bitcoin in the majority of your portfolio.

There is risk in any investment, especially in a volatile market like crypto, but when we take that risk without understanding anything, the results are almost certain to be negative. So risk is something that will always exist, but we need to control that risk through management, so that despite the risk, we can get the most chance of success. In all cases, we need to have a clear idea, when we can determine the right investment in the right place through technical knowledge, fundamental analysis and execute the investment, then we will be able to succeed with a high probability.

Thats what you should be putting up into your mind is on the time or moment that you do make out some investment then make it sure that you would be thinking about the risks factor. There's no such thing about sure money or profits on which dealing up with investment does involved risk and this is why people would be having their own risks management and having that decision making on whatever that they are dealing on with. Success isnt something guaranteed on which we know that in investment then there are those who do succeed and there are those who do fail. Somehow if you wouldnt be trying out to have such step for you to be able to make some investment and just deciding that you do let your fiat sit on your bank then it would be leading to nowhere.

If you are that wanting to have that progress then of course you would be needing to have at least that one step forward on starting up. You would eventually learn along the way since there would be those inevitable errors on which you would be able to encounter along the way.

In my opinion, if someone is not afraid of risk and wants to gamble for a bigger reward, they could try new altcoins. However, if they are truly serious and have a long term vision.They should stay away from altcoin entirely and stick with bitcoin. Because altcoin are largely cyclical and suitable for short term speculation. Meanwhile, Bitcoin is the only asset that has proven it ability to survive through multiple market cycles and stand the test of time
I know that everyone has different investment preferences, so I will not force anyone, but remember that Bitcoin is the only long term option.

yes you are correct about bitcoin being the only crypto currency that is suitable for long term investment. Although some investors do still make the mistake of investing in altcoin and plan holding for long without them minding the risk involved in such investment Bitcoin has proven to be a potential coin if been hold with long term mindset.
I would advise anyone that is so much tempted to invest in altcoin not to put more than 10% of there discretionary income into bitcoin investment.

There is nothing wrong if anyone decides to put more 10 percent of their discretionary income in to Bitcoin investment, what the fuck are you talking about if Bitcoin has proven to be a good and potential coin how come you are advocating that putting more than 10 percent discretionary income in to Bitcoin investment to be bad? For altcoins, it is wise for anyone not to put more than the 10 percent but for Bitcoin investment anyone can do more than 10 percent because Bitcoin is the best coin.

Any one who is hodling shitcoin for long is taking the highest risk shitcoins are not worth investing on talk more of hodling them for long you will just wake up one day and see everything dumping, BTC is the only potential coin to invest on and also hodl for long since it doesn't operates as other cryptocurrency but just as you have said allocating 10 percentage of your discretionary income into shitcoin wouldn't also be bad for those they will like to invest in shitcoin.

I think he just made a typing error, and what he meant was that one should not spend more than 10% of discretionary income on altcoin investments
We all know that altcoins are very risky and it is no different than gambling. Only newbies, lacking knowledge and experience, invest a large portion of their income in altcoins in the hope of getting rich quickly. No one would be foolish enough to invest the majority of their assets in altcoins.

Investing in altcoin is a choice anyone can decide to make and jump right into it. Just like gambling, you can get involved in it and become profitable at it while you can also be unprofitable at it in some times. The risk is just there and more like a constant same as the profit that comes with it. We can't because it's quite risky and deny the fact that some times you can be profitable at it but that being said, before you invest in an altcoin, let it be 💯 clear that whatever money you're putting into it is working you're willing to lose.

The reason why altcoin are so attractive is because they offer a lot of holdings at a low price, but as gamblers rush in with funds hoping to make a profit on their bets. Investors who are cautious about safe investments are long term investors in Bitcoin. The warning you gave before investing in altcoin is only given to inexperienced gamblers. This warning about the possibility of losing funds is present in every investment, but the possibility of losing money by buying altcoin is much higher and be prepared for the possibility of losing most of it.

More precisely, everything has a risk, even when you are silent, there is a risk as well, such as regretting for not doing it, and this must be understood as an investor, courage is seen from the steps you take in investing, and bitcoin has always been a priority choice in the crypto world, someone who starts with bitcoin always ends beautifully and we know how people here who have retired early because of bitcoin are because they invested in bitcoin not altcoin, even if you want to allocate a small portion of the portfolio you want to build.

I don’t think taking risk is bad, risk is worth taking, but not every risk that is worth taking, which is why if you are taking any risk you have to be very careful with the risk that you are taking, well you have mentioned someone buying altcoin and making a huge amount of money, I could say that he was lucky to have made some profits with altcoin, because why I’m saying this is because there are also individuals who will tell you there own different story of how they invested in altcoin and lost their money.

However I’m also a victim of people who have lost their money through buying altcoins, because a friend once introduced me to altcoin, then there was a new coin, I don’t want to mention that coin and I bought and invested in that altcoin, but unfortunately for me I discovered that coin was all but a scam, and they made away with my money, so what are my saying, if you’re lucky with buying altcoin doesn’t mean someone else will be lucky with buying altcoin.

Which is why whenever you’re taking any risk, it should be a well calculated risk and you have to be very careful about whatever you’re venturing into.

If you do want to have such changes then you should take up risks to move forward, but if you are just that contented on what you do have now and doesnt want to get involved with anything else then you can just that sit down and do nothing. It all matters or depends on someones preference in the end of the day on which we know that success isnt something that you can be able to obtain without risksing something. You would be needing to take up the risks for you to be able to achieve something but of course it not something guaranteed because we do know that in an investment on which there would be no assurance that you would be able to achieve on what you do have in mind. There's always a tendency that instead of making money you would be rather blowing up your funds instead and its part of the risks.

Is there any subject without risk? I do not see any such thing where there is no risk at all, with every subject there is a possibility but with it there will definitely be a risk, but we always have to accept this risk but it must not be blindly, rather we have to accept the risk correctly through proper research, so that even though there is a risk, we have a good chance here. In the case of Bitcoin investment, if we hold on to it with long-term consistency, then despite the inclination, its chances will be in our favor, that is, if we accept the subject correctly, this risk will reduce and our chances of success will increase, similarly, these exist with every subject, if accepted correctly, the risk will be comparatively much less.

Altcoins are simply speculative assets, the most vulnerable of which are not recommended for long-term holding. They are merely trading assets and are also a narrative game in the crypto market. They aren't necessarily bad, but they are bad for long-term holding.

Bitcoin will always be the primary solution, no matter what, because with Bitcoin we can see a brighter future. I agree with what others have said about Bitcoin, because Bitcoin has never disappointed its holders. Bitcoin was truly created for those who are brave and understand its potential.

yes it is truth, there is no investment that is without risk. However bitcoin investment is very risky owing to the nature of bitcoin which is volatility. Whom ever that is coming into bitcoin with the idea that long term investment due reduce risk is a lie but long term investment isn't as risky as short term. Infact short term investment can be regarded as trading instead of investment.

True talk. Is not only action that have risk, even doing nothing still get risk join. If you stay mute and don’t move, tomorrow you might still regret not trying. As investor, it is the steps you take that show courage, not just mouth.

Bitcoin is not just any coin, it has proven itself. Most people that embrace BTC, end well. In this space,
BTC has help plenty people retire early, they did not do it by chasing every shiny altcoin, they did it by believing in Bitcoin early and Hodl for long term..

Yes you are not far from truth, bitcoin investment is risky and more profitable over the long term. Anyone who has the mentality that bitcoin investment is without risk is lying to himself because they is no investments without risks.
However, the risk could be reduced if we accumulate bitcoin using discretionary income but it don't eliminate the risk of investing.
It's prudent that we use discretionary income incase something bad happens to bitcoin,so that we can cope.

Without taking risks, one cannot expect anything big or good in life, those who have the courage to take risks can achieve success in the future. However, taking risks is not the right decision in all cases. First, we need to gain the right knowledge and invest thinking about the future, as a result of which we can expect something big in the future, even whose use will increase in the future. Taking risks in investing in Bitcoin is reasonable, Bitcoin is the future asset, by consistently purchasing Bitcoin and holding it for the long term by following the right rules, success in the future can be expected. It is wise to buy Bitcoin with discretionary money and hold it for the long term with confidence.

Nothing is risk-free, similarly Bitcoin investment is never risk-free, everything has different types of risk according to their own perception, similarly according to the type of Bitcoin it is high risk in the short term and low risk in the long term, but it is never risk-free.

Risk will always be there but we have to accept this risk with management, if we accept it without any management even today, we will lose everything in that risk, but when we effectively accept any risk with management, adopt the right strategy and the we invest or do any work, but our chances of success will be higher than this risk.

The risk associated in bitcoin investment can be mitigated and managed with the use of the DCA method of buying bitcoin and that have really made bitcoin investment even more unique than any other investment. People keep talking about the risk in bitcoin investment but for me I feel it’s even more manageable if only we can apply the right strategy in bitcoin investment simply by treating bitcoin as a long term investment and not a get rich quick scheme where you are expecting to make instant profit. Consistent buying with the DCA method using a discretionary income and hold for long term goal stands higher chance of achieving a significant level of success in bitcoin investment regardless of the risk involved.

The DCA strategy is a good strategy that act as a hedge against bitcoin volatility. However it will be wrong to say that it mitigate against risk . So it will be wrong for anyone to think that the fact that they are making use of the DCA strategy that there investment is risk free and guarantee.of success. The DCA strategy will only help an investor to achieve there investment goals by making there investment to go smoothly but talking about mitigating against risk then it is wrong.

Yes you are right. DCA does not help reduce risk but it helps in controlling risk. Through this strategy investors make repeated investments in small amounts. So if the market is in their favor then they are encouraged to make good investments. And if the market is not in their favor then they get a chance to think about whether to take the risk or not.

DCA strategy is not a risk reduction strategy, but by investing in this strategy we can easily control the risk. So in a word DCA strategy can be called a risk reduction strategy.

What is risk management? Isn't the ultimate goal also to reduce risk because you can control it? You're thinking wrong here. Your argument is unclear. You reject DCA as a way to reduce risk, but you claim it's a risk management tool. I don't understand what you're saying!

In fact, I believe DCA reduces many risks, from the mental stress of market volatility, to getting a better average price, and the calmness of having the opportunity to buy at a lower price, which can help us reduce the risk of losses. People who use this strategy won't panic easily when prices decline, which actually increases their motivation to continue accumulating.

It's not a wrong idea till you end up with a bag of worthless tokens. The fact about not investing on altcoins is that you should be careful with which one you choose. There are countless number of altcoins out there today and most of them are not worth your time.

Bitcoin is much preferable to other coins even if it's still much volatile because it's a system that can't crash or be rugged. We talk about volatility, but for bitcoin it's just a feature designed along it. Unlike other coins, their volatile nature is something you don't want to mess with.

No one is stopping anyone from Investing in altcoins. It's up to anyone as an investor to do proper research and understand the market which he's putting his money into to avoid story that would be painful..

Overall, DCA is a strategy that ensures the highest probability of success in the long run compared to other strategies. This is the main advantage of DCA, where through proper management we get a very good chance of success, which is why it is always recommended to maintain it for the long term. The market will always be volatile, but what DCA does is that it gives the investor the opportunity to deal with that risk in a rational and controlled manner. Which can bring him success in the long term to a greater extent. By investing little by little regularly, an investor can build a good portfolio in the long run, and he can benefit from keeping it for the long term.

It is the risk takers that makes it in life, without taking risk you will be stagnant and unable to move forward in life because you are scared of the unknown that might happen along the line of your investment, most successful rich person took that risk and today people look up to them as their role model, therefore you must learn to be a risk taker and that is what bitcoin investment is all about, people who took the risk in the early days of bitcoin are now enjoying it and those that failed are blaming themselves .

Where there is no risk, there is no possibility, where there is no risk-taking, there is no chance of success. Without taking risks, it is never possible to acquire any wealth, in every case we have to take risks, there is no risk-free investment. And the same applies to Bitcoin, like everything else, Bitcoin investment is not risk-free, it has a risk, and those who take this risk through proper management, in the long run, their risk decreases and the chances of success increase a lot. Taking risks does not mean taking risks in a place where we do not understand anything and there is no possibility of success. Rather, we have to take risks where we see the possibility of success, understand the matter better and are financially and mentally capable of managing it properly. Because in the end, it is not emotions, but the right decisions made through proper research that bring us opportunities.

As much as it is good to take risk , there are risk that are worth taken and there risk that aren't worth it. Before we invest our hard money into any assets we should know the kind risk that is involved if it is worth taking or not. There some risk that some people do take that seen not to be right at all, it is always good to take Calculated risk to avoid had I know.

Before taking risks, you need to be aware of the risks. You should have the ability to take risks. There are times when it is risky not to take risks. There are risks in investment but you can Bitcoin accumulate by being aware of the risks and allocate only a part of discretionary income to reduce the risks.

The strategy for reducing risk in investment is based on the investor's own perspective. Having an effective financial system with mental preparation and knowledge about risk management can take your investment to a useful position. Those who say they do not want to take risks in investing can invest in Bitcoin with funds that are worth losing if they want and this strategy can turn it into great profits in the future.

I agree with you. In fact, before taking any risk, we should always think long-term. Especially, we should invest in anything depending on how much risk we can tolerate. And if the investment is in Bitcoin, then it is better to invest with as little risk as possible. And before investing, we should not only think about whether there will be a profit, but also think about whether there may be a loss. We should focus on how to manage it after a loss.

If one invests for long term, then the risk will be reduced a lot. Moreover, those who can invest must be risk tolerant. And for those interested in investing in Bitcoin, they are never at risk. I think not doing so will cause harm if the objective is long-term. Investing in Bitcoins requires only mental fortitude. DCA should be used if there is ever a loss effect on the money due to a fall in the price of Bitcoin. This will reduce 90% risk.

Yes, investing in BTC requires strong mental resilience because it's a highly volatile asset where prices can rise or fall by several percent in a short period of time. When you have mental resilience you won't invest with your daily needs or emergency funds. Therefore, when you use a DCA strategy regardless of price, you can reduce the stress of trying to predict price peaks and bottoms.

With mental resilience you'll invest in Bitcoin for the long term especially since Bitcoin is currently a store of value especially against inflation. Having long term goals will help you ignore short-term fluctuations. In essence, I want to say that mental resilience is one of the key factors that differentiates successful investors from speculators who get caught up in emotions.

It is good to take risks in Bitcoin. If you think that you have the available funds and that buying Bitcoin regularly will not be beyond your means or will not have a negative impact on your finances, then it would be right to start investing without waiting. Taking some risks is risky in Bitcoin as well, but if you realize that Bitcoin is an asset of the future, then it may not seem risky to you. As I think, I still think that you should be risk-tolerant because it is almost impossible to predict future prices. The way to invest in Bitcoin with low risk is recommended by the DCA method because the amount of risk is relatively and gradually low if you accumulation Bitcoin through discretionary income.

Of course, in the case of investment, our plan should be long-term so that it becomes valuable for our future. Along with long-term planning, our emotions and risk and our own control are also very dependent on it, so be sensitive to them before investing. In every case, we know that there is risk, so if we invest in Bitcoin, it will definitely be better if we leave it for the future. If we take risks, we can reach a position of success. We should not just hope to make a profit by investing, but we should have a long-term goal so that we can earn high profits from it in the future. We have already seen that those who invested in Bitcoin in the past have now benefited a lot, accordingly we have to invest in Bitcoin for a long time. If we invest in Bitcoin for a long time, we will definitely get the results at some point, which will reward us a lot.

There is certainly risk, there is also risk in Bitcoin investment, but when we employ long-term investment, the amount of this risk is much less, but we should never think that our profit is guaranteed if we invest for a long time. The DCA method can certainly be effective for most investors, because it balances the average purchase price between price fluctuations. But even then there is certainly risk, and that is the risk of uncertainty, no matter how likely it is. And we need to understand these things, Bitcoin can never bring us profit with certainty, and if you can decide to invest by accepting this fact, then only then should you take the next step.

Risk tolerance is one thing every investors must be ready to face because the crypto market is not funny at all and anyone that want to be a holder must be ready to take the risk that is involved or leave the market for those that can persevere even when the price of Bitcoin is falling.

If you are not a long term holder, at this point you might be at a big risk because we don't even know when the price of Bitcoin is going to recover to continue the bull movement. We are already in the bear market and this might take up to 3 to 4 years before the bull is going to come back.

I don’t think people aren’t allowed to not take their decisions on either having to invest in altcoins or not. The most people can do is discourage the idea but, that’s you being given a perspective that is true at least to the point of the person giving you that advice. Most times, you find that these advices are not far fetched from what has being the reality of many. That few individuals archived success from altcoin investments doesn’t necessarily mean that the multitude of others that have lost from this should be ignored, fair warning is a necessity.

Everyone will decide to invest according to their ability and risk tolerance, there is no compulsion here. How and where you use your money should be completely based on your own decision. You should not make any financial plans based on the words of others, because if there is a profit, it is yours, and if there is a loss, it is entirely yours, that is why you should first do your own research and consideration, then you should invest where you feel comfortable investing or find good prospects.

Once an investor is mentally prepared to face whatever the market offers to them, they have won part of their journey to long-term holding; the other part is being able to overcome what FUD will send to them. The next thing is having enough discretionary income, which will prevent you from considering selling to solve a problem, not like the amateurs who are affected by every market change.

Long-term holding is not possible without the mental preparation to accept market uncertainty as normal, if one gives more importance to volatility, one will definitely panic, this panic will be terrible, due to which one will eventually make the wrong decision, which will definitely cause negative effects. Those who have such wrong thoughts about Bitcoin are ultimately proven wrong, because Bitcoin is moving forward by proving all the negative comments wrong, and those who hold on with faith can benefit from it and survive. That is why a mental state like being stable with long-term goals is important, when we can stay strong on our decisions and goals, only then can we expect something good from it.

You know Bitcoin to be a safe investment, and yet you still want people to risk their investment in altcoins whose future is not guaranteed in the long or short term, as they can be hit by scammers, get rugpulled at any time without anyone noticing, or recover the amount lost.

It can be seen that the risk that is involved in crypto is not what someone would jump into investing in altcoins without researching thoroughly on the altcoin they have in mind to invest in. Because any wrong investment made that got scammed, no way to get it trace by catching or crucifying you

Thats we humans have free will, anyone can do whatever they like or whatever suits them. I know a lot of people who involve themselves in trading memecoins,  at times they make money and sometimes losses. Some people are risk takers while some don't like it. It's not all Altcoins that are risk e.g Ethereum, So, bnb etc investing in these top coins carries minimal risk than that of other Altcoins who don't have real value and depends on hype. Last year a lot of people who took the risk to invest in Altcoins lost a lot of money, whilst Bitcoin investors gained a lot. I agree with you that if someone wants to take risk, it should be from their spare money,  not from important funds.

All Bitcoin investors are risks takers and risks tolerant and every category of investing they're into determines if it's a smart risk choice.Personality varies widely while some are analytical thinkers,some are uncomfortable with uncertainty,some distrust the financial systems and some are long term oriented.If you got the grit for Bitcoin,then you don't need extra validation.

I am never afraid to invest in Bitcoin because my investment style is different. There is no risk but I am aware of the risk. I usually invest the remaining part of my income which I do not need. For example, if I earn $1000, I spend $999 and with the $1 that I am not throwing away or using, I invest in Bitcoin. That is, my risk is greatly reduced here. However, taking risks is 50% of success and 50% of failure. Many times taking risks brings success

I agree with you, if we only think about success and completely ignore the risks, then we may develop a tendency to take unnecessary risks, where we may risk money beyond our means. That is why we need to be careful in these matters, it is very important to think about our own capabilities, patience, possibilities and long-term plans before taking risks. Taking risks does not mean that we will get success, we can also face losses, and this is exactly what we need to keep in mind that if we face it, then we need to be careful in advance about how we will handle that loss and keep ourselves stable. So not only about profits but also about what the next steps will be in case of loss and where the situation will go, these things need to be understood in advance and prepared for, since success is not guaranteed.

Very easy to say that you will take the risk to invest in Bitcoin but to gather the capital to invest in BTC is the challenge some people are going through now. if you have the money right now you can take the risk to invest in Bitcoin because the price is still okay for new and old investors to invest for future.

I am not a professional in Bitcoin. But I can say that it is not possible to achieve anything without taking risks. Although many things are rich without taking risks, the risk of profit is low and if someone performs a task with understanding and taking risks, then his chances of profit are high. For example, a person who has a lot of money invests a certain small amount of Bitcoin every day without taking risks, but if that person had invested a lot of money in Bitcoin long ago, he would have gone to a much better level today. So we have to take risks and take them wisely.

You have whatever will for the money you will invest, whether you want to gamble by investing in new altcoins or looking for a safe path in bitcoin, all control is in your hands, but it is also necessary to remember that investing in altcoins, especially newly released ones, is not easy because even though it is tempting with high multiplications, how many succeed? only a few succeed, the rest are scams, the rest are altcoins that will make you bankrupt and then regret it, and it is not easy to know whether the altcoin will succeed in the future, unless you have a crystal ball, I always say why choose the complicated path when there is an easier path, namely bitcoin, which has been proven with the possibility of you experiencing high success as long as you are patient and hold on as long as possible.

Everyone's mentality is different, so Bitcoin or any investment is not the same for everyone, it completely depends on the person's mentality, patience and ability to take risk. Not everyone has the same mentality and belief, I believe in Bitcoin but you may not believe it, that's normal. Also, it is very difficult to survive in Bitcoin investment, because not everyone has the mentality to accept volatility, there are very few people who can tolerate volatility, be firm in their decisions, and do not panic even after seeing losses. So here, along with having faith, you must also have the mentality to tolerate volatility, it is not very easy.

While very well said , but I have a question which coin people value most ? I think is Bitcoin investment because it's safe though is risky somehow but it's more safer that shitcoins that's why many are into Bitcoin investment, if you friend make money in altcoin actually it will not favour him or another person all the time ,so investment in altcoin is more risky so if you are advised to continue into it it's better but let's only concentrate on Bitcoin investment which is the future and it's reliable, though is a long time investment before you start earning but I rather have the patience than to rush into investing in any shitcoins.

There should be no disagreement that Bitcoin can provide satisfactory returns to an investor in the long term, even if the mentality is different. It has been proven time and again in the past that Bitcoin holding was a place of trust for investors. The invisible monster called inflation is destroying the centralized financial system.

Not everyone has the courage to take risks to reshape the future financial system. Those investors who do have the courage can build a satisfactory holding of Bitcoin without taking risks. Through discretionary income and a strong mindset and financial discipline, you can maintain regular and consistent Bitcoin investments.

I agree with you that it is not easy to survive in Bitcoin investments in the long term. For investors who have the ability to tolerate risk and have a regular flow of money, it should not be too difficult to remain consistent in Bitcoin savings considering the future financial prospects.

To invest in Bitcoin you don't have to gather plenty of capital before you can invest in Bitcoin, is a thing of investing with the little that you have with dollar cost averaging and only when you have, you minimize the risk by investing a spare money available, people are going through a lot as you said what to do is to settle your financial crisis first and invest only when you have a spare money, people buying now with the price now will have reason be grateful in the future when the price would have skyrocket, we are still enjoying the early days of bitcoin I can still say that when talking buying at the price now.

Those who can't tolerate the volatility of bitcoin don't they know that bitcoin is a volatile asset that you also need to invest with your discretionary income before they started investing in BTC? It's important some have basic knowledge of bitcoin before thinking of investing to avoid selling at lost when the market start to dip, bitcoin is fluctuating coin that can dip and also increase and those who are investing for long will not be afraid of the votality of bitcoin and will not also panic if the price of BTC starts to dip because it might still increase in time coming while they continue buying bitcoin and hodl.

That is true but we get to learn and absorb that tolerance as we have already invested on it.

I think that's one of the power of Bitcoin as we invest in it. Our risk tolerance increases because as a community, we hear and read the same things when it's so highly volatile that others give up and disappointed with how it moves.

But once we've already adopted it and learned how to remain calm when these sudden plummets come, you'll stay for so long and it will be easier for us to watch the market when it gets so bloody.

When you know bitcoin is more safe than any coins then why wanting to engage in another coin with part of your discretionary income, why not hold on to Bitcoin which you are very sure of with all your discretionary income by discipline yourself towards Bitcoin alone than investing on what you are not sure of and risking your funds in the bit of diversifying .

As an investor, staying invested for the long term will generally mean that you're ready to listen to a lot of discouraging statement from people that are not resolved enough to remain invested in bitcoin hence are looking for those they will drag along with them. If you pay too much attention to them, thier agenda will be fulfilled and they will succeed to drag you down into following after altcoins with them.

There are a lot of ways one can gamble with his money which are some point can still produce result. One of which is investing in altcoins or rather trading altcoins.as enticing as the short term benefit can be, it has an high tendency of yielding a level of loss that can potentially destroy an investor if he's not careful enough. Bitcoin is different because with it, you're guaranteed of not just immediate gain but a real long term profitability.

With my little research and staying in this forum with the little time spent, all investor has all opportunity to search and analysis the best that suits them as crypto market is concerned, there is no best assured token or coin in the crypto market which stand better chance than Bitcoin both in the risk management level, crypto generally are volatile but Bitcoin has shown some level of stability despite it's volatile nature, it's not everyone that can take risk those that know what risk is ND it's management engaged wisely without pondering word or fear , no body or investor who truly show good understanding of Bitcoin and invested for long that will not make good return, it takes courage to endure ND encounters some challenges associated in Bitcoin investment and crypto entirely as it's not easy going market pays those with patients more than those who lack such understanding, that is while it's not quick to get rich scheme.

Yes as you said it is only for people who are willing to take the risk of investing in something other than Bitcoin, and also, the altcoin investment should not be larger than the investment that you think is superior or the best. Usually, people who take risks are prepared for the consequences if things don't go according to their expectations. Before buying, make sure you truly understand the concept of the altcoin well, based on your insight and knowledge. You shouldn't just watch influencers talk about the coin, or you could get caught in the trap of FOMO in that situation.

Whenever we talk about resilience, it is more important to focus on the financial aspect. Many people earn a lot but not everyone can save a lot for the future. They cannot keep their income in balance with their expenses or they cannot be financially resilient. It is not the case that just because you earn a lot of money, you will be financially secure for the future. When you have flow of income, you need to be disciplined in managing your funds and avoid wastage.

When advising new investors, experienced investors often talk about saving Bitcoin through discretionary income. This is like an acid test for new investors because they will gradually learn the discipline of investing through Bitcoin accumulation and their experience will increase over the long term. The strategy of accumulating Bitcoin regularly teaches you tolerance in the face of fluctuations in the price of Bitcoin in the market and you can get a decent Bitcoin holding in the future.

I reckon that.

Those who earns a lot of money and yet, they can't secure themselves some investments to put up like having bitcoin, that's financial irresponsibility on their side.

They know how to take risks but sometimes, they're not into it because they think that they'll earn good money forever.

No, we can't just have that if we're not doing something like planting right now with the money that we have and so, taking risks is easier if you have a stable source.

Despite us knowing about bitcoin being one of the safest digital assets , as humans we are emotional being so some folks will definitely want a quicker due to greed and many believe buying shitcoins will be the quick path after a particular shitcoin has run some couple of Xs (like x1000) , neglecting the fact that higher the return higher the risk and seeing such life changing project is quite hard .

The coin people value most is bitcoin, but experienced investors like values new altcoins that have potential, because new coins will give more than bitcoin...That's why many love investing in altcoins that have a good potential values...

The reason why many are into Bitcoin investment is because of they're afraid to lose, and they believe that the risky in bitcoin investment is lesser than the risky in memecoins...

It's obvious that risky in bitcoin is lesser than the risky in altcoins, but in the terms of profit, bitcoin investment is lesser in profit compare to newly launched altcoins, why investors are afraid of investing in altcoins is due to, altcoins have the chances of dieing after investing in it, and they're so many scam altcoins that doesn't have volatility or potentials.

Life is all about risks, especially if u want to be successful and wealthy. And investing is one of the best ways to get wealthy and also one of the riskiest way too, as investors we have keep all this in mind. I think it can help with our emotions, because investing in Bitcoin when your emotions are all over the place is wrong.

You are right, Bitcoin is way bigger and more trusted than these Altcoins. One of the reasons why people prefer to put their money into Bitcoin is because it has been tested multiple times, it has experience lots of dip and always recovers back from it, most Altcoins can't survive it. They crash easily, especially when hype dies off. Although investing in Bitcoin doesn't mean you are safe but the risk is lesser than that of Altcoins. People don't use Altcoins for long term investments, they only look for short term gains in it. That's why they lose money faster. Focusing on Bitcoin for long term and staying patient is a safer and more realistic approach overall.

Yeah, it makes sense to stick with Bitcoin to a large extent..

Bitcoin has proven itself so many times, no doubt.. it has even gone through so many dips and still bounced back, that is why people trust it more…

But even with that, it does not automatically make it safe though, risk is still in Bitcoin, just not as compared to most Altcoins... I don’t even advise anyone to be fully into Altcoins, because if were to be honest, they are not sustainable at all..

That is why everyone says about success that it is not easy to be successful and everyone should understand how to earn and how to invest and make it profitable for themselves. Especially when they are trading because many people lose their money in trading, they should enter it with an experience and knowledge within themselves, only then will they be successful in this life and make it much easier for themselves. For this, we have to understand how much money we have and in addition to that, how much money we have that we can invest in case of loss in difficult times. In this way, it will be much easier to invest and we will be less concerned with fear and if we earn a profit, then some of this money should also be kept for investment so that we have extra money with which we can use our finger in big investments in life. Because of this, we will have to have the same emotions in case of loss because a loss in Bitcoin can keep us in shock for a long time.

Unlike altcoins/shitcoins there's no late time in buying bitcoin and investing continuously in it as it's said about getting late into buying  altcoins due to their pump and dump shits. The few people that would always talk about making huge profit with an altcoin is usually that they were lucky to buy at the very early stage of the coin before it even got it's first ever pump and they sold quickly too. After that stage the rest period of lifespan of that coin would be for dumps on the Kate comers.

OP, I hope you have also seen those who invested in altcoin, which made them poor, from being rich to a poor fella.

Altcoin investment is a gamble. One who is involved in it should be careful because there are a whole lot of scam projects defrauding people of their hard earned money to date.

Anyone who wants to leave Bitcoin to invest in altcoins should be ready to dance when their altcoin investment turns out badly, resulting in a loss of money that they can't recover in short or long term

Honestly, Bitcoin already has its name on the stone of time, Bitcoin has helped fulfill many dreams, I didn't say it's guaranteed. As much as some alts are trying to stand up, that's not in anyway trying to compare with Bitcoin (it's not comparable), that's enough reason not to think of them much more when there is limited resources.

I agree with your opinion. Bitcoin risk management must be well understood, but success without taking bold steps is just a pipe dream. I think the most important thing is making the right decisions, supported by knowledge and experience. This will minimize losses when making investment choices or trading Bitcoin futures. We must understand everything we decide in this business as a fundamental basis, or we will lose everything.

Investing in Altcoins is risky because the risk that is associated with Altcoins is actually something that one has to look into before ever embarking on investing. In as much as there are people who who has benefited from investing in Altcoins the risk involved is just too much, and is more about a gamble. And anything that involves gambling is under probability so there is high chance that you may not receive your profit when you invest.


Even though all crypto currencies are volatile it should be noted that Bitcoin has been tested and proven to show a high level of stability over Altcoins. You can  count on Bitcoin when it comes to been a trustworthy investment asset.

You can only be poor from investing in altcoins when you fail to make a research before venturing into altcoins investment....They're some altcoins that's promising when you invest in them, and they're also coins that's valueless when you invest in them....So during investment of any coins, you need to make a proper research so that you will not invest in wrong coin that doesn't have potential

Their's no investment that doesn't seems like gambling...that's why an investor is a risky taker, whosoever that's into bitcoin investment neither altcoins investment is taking a risky because none of them profits is guaranteed when invest on them...

Not all altcoins investment that turn out been negative or wrong investment, some people who choose a good altcoins that's promising also benefits from the investment, despite that bitcoin have more chances of making an investor to make a profit...

Wealth is generated through someone making the best investment decision for themselves, and investing in Bitcoin can be one of them, but at this time and stage Bitcoin can't give someone as much profit as to the level where they can say Bitcoin has elevated them from poverty level down to being rich. People should expect little profit rather than a massive one in order to reduce the possible disappointment in the future.

Sometimes taking risks is necessary, even if it carries a significant risk of failure. However, it's a bold step toward progress, not just in investing or trading, but in all things involving profit. Many people often think twice about taking risks, but that's not a bad thing. Before taking a risk, careful consideration is needed, and we must be prepared for the risk of failure. Fortunately, the results are satisfying, meeting our expectations, or perhaps even exceeding them.

I agree with your sentiment about Bitcoin being safer to invest in. If you can achieve the amount of holdings that can be expected in the future by continuing to save Bitcoin, you will be able to reach a financially satisfactory position. The example you gave of changing fortunes through altcoins does not happen to everyone.

Trading is a gambling game where gamblers who are lucky can win big. It is not easy to make a profit from an uncertain position like trading. There is a possibility of getting high profits with risk but you have to reach a risk tolerance level and have funds that are worth losing.

In the case of Bitcoin investment, Bitcoin will definitely not make anyone rich in a short time, so if someone has hopes of success in the short term, then Bitcoin is not suitable for him. In the case of every investment, you need to understand these things according to the concept of that investment, why if you go into an investment in a bad way, and if you expect success in the wrong way, it will definitely not give you any successful results. According to the type of investment, you must first acquire the ability to manage it. For example, if we want a good chance of success in Bitcoin investment, then we must plan for the long term.

It is now incredibly difficult to find an altcoin that would bring profitability. I have invested in different ones, including TON and even ETH, and each time I realized that it would be better if I invested in Bitcoin. Every time I realized that Bitcoin has the property of updating its ATH compared to any altcoin, but they do not have this property. Therefore, if someone has invested in Bitcoin, then they can relax, because the undervaluation of Bitcoin is incredible, and its capitalization is very small compared to the giants of the stock world. The best is yet to come.

Sometimes it do baffles me how most of you sound so sure like Bitcoin is a guaranteed ticket to making it big.  I get it, we have all seen crazy stories and the possibilities are there no doubt.  but that doesn’t mean it’s automatic.

Reality is, Bitcoin does not owe anybody anything. You can hold for years and still not hit that life changing level you’re imagining. That is why I always say reduce the expectations a bit. not in a negative way, but just to stay grounded. Bitcoin can change lives, yes.  but expecting it to magically take you from zero to rich overnight? Hmm.

When trading you're trying your luck with your experience...it's not like gambling that gamblers doesn't not try their luck with experience..in trading they're key things you have to learn and know, so if you don't understand it's concepts, you will continue to risk your finances in trading

But if you comprehend the primary things of trading, especially knowing the risky measures, I dont think that we can compare a gambler with a trader or and says trading is gambling..

Understanding the skills of TRADING can make a trader to excel or exploit, and also not to record a lot of losses, but a situation whereby you don't understand the procedures of trading, you will end up in losing...

Sometimes I get confused when I get quoted like this, because your reply is supposed to be directed to me and not someone else, but the statement is contrary to what I have stated above, but if you are referring to the first user, I might have understood since I did not in any way state that Bitcoin is a secured means of making life-changing profit; people who expect such should be ready for disappointment. Little profit can come if you hold for long, but nothing is guaranteed.