How many times have you seen a dead cat bounce, then get back up again? The cat has to be dead to get a dead cat bounce. Stock die, sometimes bonds die. But bitcoin does not need your money and does not die. 

The best way is to not convert it back to Euros. Why pay to do that when you can spend the money directly? There are tens of thousands of outlets that take BTC. It is the only money I use online.

Here is why I am so brave. It is simply not logical to launch a 51% attack. If a group of evil miners got together and launched a 51% attack they would hurt themselves more than anyone else. Speculator would greatly devalue the price. And rightly so. All the tens of thousands of dollars in hardware would be wasted if the price were low. All their own holdings in bitcoin would take a hit. And for what? They would not gain in any way. It makes zero sense.   

But if someone wants to call my bluff then go ahead. 

"brick and mortar" stores that take bitcoin are rare right now. The only way this will change is if they hear it from customers. Try asking at the places you shop. You may be surprised at how open small business is to accepting bitcoin. Especially when it is such a cheap thing to offer. If they are afraid of bitcoin because it is complex, show them payment processors like bitpay.com .

I don't where you heard that, but it's completely incorrect. China can not "freeze" your bitcoin. No entity on Earth can do that. Tell you what. I'll pay $100 in BTC to anyone who can freeze my coins or keep me from sending them. Not that you would have a clue about my coins. Any takers? 

It's going to take a change in the law to see more of them here in the U.S. It requires a money transmitter license for each state you operate in. 

I think you are totally correct. I would guess that they will also offer financial instruments that allow zero confirmation transactions and insured deposit.

Trolling ONLY works if you go along with it. Otherwise it can be your edge. 

I think it's a good idea. You are offering a service with no up front cost to you. If I ever need this service I will consider your offer.
And Google translate is certainly not 100% accurate. I travel quite a bit to the middle east and have the most success just learning Arabic and forgetting google.

Americans tend to think that their news is important around the world and forget that bitcoin is global. It is used by people who don't know what a Trump is. Of course the instability that trump represents could cause more panic in the markets and push money into bitcoin. But I doubt many Chinese buyers think about it much.

It will be much harder than a question on an Internet board. First read the white paper. Then learn the math behind cryptography. Then learn about ASIC computer chips. Once you have the knowledge base you are ready to spend a whole bunch of money on equipment, electricity and possibly lawyers. 

Correct. I, for example, would charge a billion dollars a piece for my coins.  And after having to spend...   a trillion dollars buying all the coins on Earth he has nothing of value. This idea that someone will buy all the coins has been here since the beginning but has never made any logical sense. Bitcoin MUST be a collaborative project. It is a payment network and without a crowd it has no utility and mining collapses.

Sorry, I was being silly. But in all seriousness it would be hard to make any profit at this time with a normal computer. You could join a mining pool and combine your computing power with others, but you may just burn out your laptop for a few bucks. Literally a few bucks.

Having said that, it may be a good way to learn about bitcoin and that may be worth something. Check this calculator to get a sense of profits/costs.

http://www.coinwarz.com/calculators/bitcoin-mining-calculator

But what if that someone was Hitler! Just kidding. I think you are right. 

It is so interesting to see how many people believe someone is "controlling" things. I guess it is the way humans tend to think. It reminds me of all our history. In the past no one could fathom that the weather was largely random and invented Gods to make sense of things. I suppose they wanted to feel like they had a sense of control. "Maybe if I pray hard to the god who controls the weather he will help?" In reality no one controls the weather.

Look at the tags on your clothing right now. Where were they made? Yeah, You are the reason the Chinese will dominate the next century. Not "them", you.

I would say it depends. Does your laptop look like this? 



Sorry man, you are years too late to mine with a laptop.

And I think it can vary a lot around the world. Here in the U.S. you owe capitol gains when you convert to fiat or when you spend bitcoin. And the fee is not a tax at all but rather a fee for service. Only nation states (and maybe warlords) can issue a tax. 

U.S. dollars have little to do with bitcoin anymore.

Nope. Almost every country in the world requires some kind of tax on bitcoin.