Anything is really possible. It can go as high as $15K or it can go as low as $10K, we would never know. I'm still not familiar with the new fork though, I will have to read about it, but based on the previous fork, this kind of event put bitcoin price to new levels because of the anticipation of getting "free money". With that said, I think it get to $13K or even more if the bullish sentiment keeps on growing as well.

Again, I'm not familiar with another one, but isn't it we have enough already? Just my .2BTC. Getting tired of seeing lots of fork and the intention is to really make money out of it.

Common sense will tell you that by looking at the domain name alone, this site is not legit. And you said that they are fairly new. For me this is another sign of a scam site and just recycled one. One scam site closes, another one open in matter of days. And if there is a chance that they are not a scam site, I still wouldn't buy from them. Would rather go to the manufacturer directly, to relieved me of such stress about my order.

My friendly advise dude, Just go to bitmain and order what you need. Don't risk your money. And as other suggested, maybe you can find something in the computer section. Here's the link:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=75.0

Bitcoin in Venezuela is very popular because of hyperinflation. Many of them are turning to bitcoin just to buy the basic needs in there, like food. I even read that their banks are turning to bitcoin mining. LOL. And the funny thing is that bitcoin is banned in Venezuela. I don't know though if one of them will used bitcoin as currency, I highly doubt it.

As far as bitcoin touching $50K? Of course, it's just a matter of time. With all the positive news coming around. Maybe in just 2-5 years we can get to that price. Mass adoption will come, we don't need countries to make bitcoin their currency just to hit $50K.

By now the effect of this news has been very positive indeed.  Bitcoin price rose to $11K marked once more. So its safe to say that this kind of positive news really bring bitcoin price to the next level. Dec. 18 is the date they said that they will official accept bitcoin as future contracts so I assume that there will be still a significant push to $12K.

And there's this news as well the CME's rival is somewhat joining the boat and would also offered the same futures if I'm not mistaken. And with all this institutions coming after bitcoin market now, I wouldn't be surprised seeing the price skyrocketed to all-time-high once more.

I still think that ETH will be having a difficult time to hit $1000 soon because investors are not really persuaded to invest in this coin. Although ETH is being fueled by ICO's, I don't think this is enough to push the price to the 4 digit barrier. I would love to see ETH get to it, however, I have doubts about it.

Specially that ETH has a bumpy road after it reaches its all-time-high last June. After that people lost their enthusiasm after getting there. And now with the renewed interest once more, I assumed that it will go to the same motion again. It will take like a year for ETH to double its current price in my opinion.

Bitcoin can really be a store of value if you have patience to hold on it for many years. That is the problem with us right now. Since the price is going up, we are tempted to sell because if you are early investors or just casual who put just $700 to get 1 bitcoin beginning of the year, you can't help it but to think of selling it.

So if you can overcome your emotions not to take the profit today, then don't sell, its that simple. But for most of us, this is the right opportunity to get the profits too. Nothing is wrong with that.

Good point about the demonetization they did about a year ago. They reason out that to curb dirty money then have to demonetization Rupees which put a lot of pressure to their economics and their citizens as well. So bitcoin will go the same route in my opinion.

It's going to be a long uphill climb for bitcoin to be regulated in India. Too much officials there are very critical of bitcoin, although there is a fairly large Indian community here, but the government doesn't see bitcoin as more of incentive for their citizens but rather a liability. So for my Indian friends just prepare for the worst if things didn't went as planned.

Blockchain is a revolutionary technology. And the ironic part is that "banks" are the first recipient of blockchain. They are the one who truly appreciate blockchain because it will truly help them in their daily/monthly/yearly processing. The funny part is that "bankers" are the one trying to put down bitcoin - which uses this technology.

Yes, it has a bright future because not only banks, but a lot of industries and sectors are going to implement and replace their legacy system with it. Even pharmaceuticals sector are looking at it. So this technology if properly used and put into effect, will again another game changer like bitcoin.

Really sad to see those ***hole spreading FUD and for what? so that they can bought bitcoin at lower price? That's why I still believed that there are groups that really exist to be paid just to create panic in the community. That's why I never join any of them.

I hope that anyone who has read their FUD should used their common sense not to believed in such fake news. And for those newbies, this is how they play the game and don't listen to them. Make your own decision and check the price in coinmarketcap just to be sure before jumping on the sell button.

Here is a recent thread similar to what you are asking here:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2186990.0

Just go and read. It has mostly the advise of a more senior member but I don't a campaign manager will chime in and get his/her input. Its not easy as it seems. And please be aware that there was one bounty in which the campaign was suddenly became a scam because the addresses of the campaign was changed for unknown reason, and the assistant was one of the suspect and he/she got red tagged. So its a very highly demanding job and you also need to be very very careful otherwise your career will be over in an instant.

That is not what their body languages is saying. That's why I always takes a grain of salt anything coming from them. They are like 2 different countries. One would say that they "all love" crypto and bitcoin is close to Vitalik. Then on the next day, its the complete opposite, that's why I have a good laugh at them. LOL.

I seriously doubt what you are saying here without any sources. Its already out there that they will not legalized bitcoin and crypto because they can't control it. And the way to please their citizens is to have their own crypto's. But how can a ordinary citizens bought it when it is heavily taxed at around 13-15%?

What kind of update do you need? Atriz has already stated that he has been scammed as well and he is willing to pay those out of his own pocket. As for finding the scammer, I think he has done he's share of giving the information about the scammer and its up to those who are going to investigate the matter.

As you all know scammers not only have a entry strategy, they have also a very good exit strategy. Finding them will be very hard but don't blame everything on the campaign/bounty manager. It looks like Atriz has learn his lessons here to escrows or at least have access to the escrow funds before accepting a manager's job for a project.

Correction did happened, but it was quickly recovered and a lot of investors get into the picture immediately. Altcoins is suffering, so I think some cash out their altcoins and shift again to bitcoin during the price correction. So the mental barrier is broken and it looks like it can maintained at $10K level.

A lot of good news coming along the way, Nasdaq doesn't want to miss the boat as they have plans to introduce bitcoin futures as well.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-11-29/nasdaq-is-said-to-plan-bitcoin-futures-joining-biggest-rivals

So investment and financial institutions are at on board as well. What could go wrong now?

Few questions though:

>> Do you have the funds to buy bitcoin at this price?
>> What are you plans, long or short term hold?
>> Are you willing to invest what you can afford to lose?

In my opinion, Bitcoin price will have a short term correction. It could happen anytime soon. But can quickly recovered again and go even higher as proven in the past. Bitcoin could reach $20K or more in 2018. If you are a long term holder then I say don't wait for the price to make a correction to enter the market. Just buy today and hold it for at least a year.

I agree. Hitting $10K is a big boost for bitcoin and crypto in general. This is just the beginning. Those who are watching from behind and observing or even bashing bitcoin can't really ignore the fact that it reaches a new milestone in history and should be taken seriously by big financial institutions like banks.

CME getting on board will set the precedence for investment firms. If this push through as scheduled next month, bitcoin price will skyrocketed that you are either to dumb to invest on it or you still think that bitcoin is a bubble that will crash anytime. It's your choice.

Those newbies will learn it the hard way. Bitcoin is not a quick rich scheme. They could educated themselves as they go along and learn from their mistakes.

It could be worth if you invest in media in the beginning of the year because bitcoin hasn't reach that far during that time. And bitcoin will only be covered by media (not the mainstream media that we are seeing right now), and its all about the negative impact of bitcoins. (ponzi, HYIP, dark market).

But in the last couple of months, specially this month alone, bitcoin has captured mainstream media now that investment on it will not be a good idea anymore. Bitcoin have already a foot hold on people now and we don't need exposure. Just check google trends on how much people are searching for "bitcoin". And you will see that it can already gained wider audience.

Not again. Scam as well. For those who want's to investigate further about certain website. Here's a tip:
Go to https://www.whois.net/ and enter the name of the website, In this case, whois returns the following data:

Domain Name: BITMAIN-AFFILIATION.COM
Registry Domain ID: 2189112345_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN
Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.namecheap.com
Registrar URL: http://www.namecheap.com
Updated Date: 2017-11-25T23:23:24Z
Creation Date: 2017-11-19T01:38:06Z
Registry Expiry Date: 2018-11-19T01:38:06Z
Registrar: NameCheap Inc.
Registrar IANA ID: 1068
Registrar Abuse Contact Email:
Registrar Abuse Contact Phone:

The site is newly registered with no contact email nor contact phone. You guys should stay away from this kind of sites popping like mushrooms. Its easy to register, just copy pictures from bitmain website and walla, they have already a scam website waiting for unsuspecting victim. Just buy from the source itself, bitmain so that you don't have any doubts about who you are dealing with.

I haven't experience anything with minergate but based on what I read here, its not a scam. I will get you some threads that you will help you decide it for yourself.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1975859.0
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1893108.0
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1775752.0
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1484115.0

Just a simple Google search will give you that results. I read in one thread though that the withdrawals took 20 days to be received so maybe that's 1 problem that you can face in the future if you decided to invest. He was able to invest so it doesn't look like a scam at all. Although you can look for alternatives if you still have doubts.

This is just the beginning folks. The $10K is just the tip of the iceberg. I'm sure with all the media attention bitcoin and crypto are getting, 2018 will be another breaking year for us. Mainstream media covering it and analyst doing their best prediction has really captured the heart of ordinary and casual people to buy bitcoin that's why for me this is just the beginning of a new era now that the 5 figures has been breach.

For all we know, those who attacks or continue to bash bitcoin has secretly buying it in the side. Because they can't really stop this train from going further. Now at the end of the year its $10K, next year it could go 5-10 folds.

I doubt that they can crash bitcoin to its knees when there are a lot of investors coming across the globe. And the crash due to China was not as result of manipulation, they really have to dump bitcoin because their government is putting a hard stance on it.

As for manipulation, very difficult, it should be a coordinated attack. And for the institutional investors coming in, they are much very welcome to enter, they have a lot of cash to pour into the system which is good news but manipulations? I doubt that they can pull it that stunt.