all attempts by certain groups/entities now and in the future to disrupt bitcoin will fail. bitcoin will stay the number 1 crypto currency as long as there is demand for it and we as community support bitcoin core. and the demand is here as bitcoin has been growing year on year, and will continue to grow. haters keep hating.

anything higher than $1000 will definitely not happen this year. but don't get tricked into thinking the price won't go up just because the price has been quite stable lately. people here never seem to be satisfied. one day they say that they are tired of the volatility and look forward to a more stable price. and once the price became stable people start to complain about the market being boring and such. people simply don't know what they want anymore.

short term thinking i say the price isn't low at all. if you just look at the long term picture, then the current price can indeed be seen as low. that's why long term minded people should start with buying today before the price start to go up to higher levels. btw... why is it "bad" that the price at the moment isn't "high"?

at the moment the price might look like it is sitting at its highs because some people think the block halving is priced in already, but it's the complete opposite. my target for this year is somewhere around the $700 price level. i don't think it will go much higher than that as there will be a lot traders securing profits. that will put a lot pressure on the price and that will prevent the price from going much higher than $700 this year.

what's the point of blaming the lack of daily volume? you can't expect the price to show high volumes every day while there is no news/happenings that might get some action back in the market. i consider this period to be 'calmth before the storm'. don't get tricked into thinking nothing will happen. we just need the chinese pumpers to ignite the fireworks to get massive amounts of volume and large price swings.

best times to buy bitcoin were when the price was below $300 in 2015. at that time you could make some decent short term profits. buying yourself some bitcoins right now is good for the very long term.

best option is to buy at todays prices as you will be able to benefit from the price that will go up. i think we will hit $500 some weeks before the block halving takes place. and if there is enough speculation around the halving time, then the price will surely go higher than $500. it only requires you to have a few months patience, and that's it. few months are nothing when it comes to investments. with stocks people wait a year to only get 5-10% as return.

there is a certain demand for bitcoin as people get sick and tired of the governments and banks that are forcing themselves into the lives of people and gamble with people's money on the financial market. bitcoin gives them the chance to take full ownership over their own money. once the average joe start realizing this and stop believing all the nonsense coming from the media, then bitcoin will be huge. that's why i am long term minded when it comes to bitcoin.

only 2 million? from where you get the impression that there are 2 million bitcoin users at the moment? i am not even sure whether we have 500-700k bitcoin users at the moment. there is literally no way to know how many users there really are.

it might be the same in some aspects, but a lot people also buy bitcoin to spend it directly after receiving. in that aspect buying bitcoin is completely different than buying it to hold as an investment.

the difference is that classic is nothing more than an altcoin. and if classic for whatever reason takes over core (which will not happen) then it's a punch in the face of every one that loves the freedom aspect of bitcoin. it means that a certain group can force us to use something we don't want. it's basically like a dictatorship. that's why we have to protect the core client.

it's wise to never go all in when you are buying bitcoins or any other kind of investment. what i do is i buy with 50% of the money now, and the other part of the money will be used to buy once the price goes lower. if it does go lower, then i can buy even more coins at better price levels, and if the price goes up, then i benefit as well as my coins will increase in value. it's a win win for me.

what news could you possibly think of that may push the price to $450 these days. good news doesn't have much impact on the price anymore. bad news however can still make people instantly panic sell. that's the weird thing. i think it's due to the fact that some people in their mind still think that the price may crash to very low levels.

we will only figure out whether the $400 price level is the bottom or not once there is a dump pushing the price very close to the $400 level. then we can say that the bottom for now is $400. otherwise the previous low of below $400 is still the real bottom.

and what if some people have no other option other than to hold a certain amount of coins? there are people that can't do trading to get profits in return. they don't have any skills that they can offer in the service section to the public. these people must keep holding their coins. also, what is being considered a low amount today, might be seen as a high amount after 5 or 10 years.

the community can't return back to how it was before all this nonsense started. it has just started. prepare yourself for more splitting up of the community. i am quite sure that once every 3 to 6 months there will be a new alternative popping up claiming to be the change we all have been waiting for. the only way we can support core is by continuing to run the core client, and nothing else.

the majority of the people here have way too high/unrealistic expectations of the price. how can we dream about $1000 while we still haven't managed to break through the $500 price level. i think it's fair to talk about the price reaching $1000 when we have touched the $800 price level, and not before that.

bitcoin has been seeing its userbase grow year on year. it will grow this year as well, but i can't really see it having much impact on the price. we need more wealthy investors to join bitcoin. that's when you can really expect the price to grow significantly. some people also think that the more merchants accept bitcoin, the higher the price will be. this is not the case. merchants don't have any positive impact on the price. fresh money flowing into bitcoin is the only real thing that can make bitcoin grow further.

for me the last months are just holding months. especially with the block halving coming closer and closer. you can choose to sell for small profits right now, or you can choose to wait and see the price go up more in the month juli. that's what i am waiting for.

people that indeed have been stopped with bitcoin due to the all time high peak got dumped down real hard, simply don't know how markets work. it was manipulation from the highest level. people at that time were driven by greed and bought at +$1000 levels hoping to double their money in a short time. it doesn't work like that. when a hot air peak has reached its high, then it will come down again. it's not that hard to understand this, am i right? you just need to think before acting. if you buy at a peak, you have to accept the consequences of seeing the value drop significantly. a price can't only keep going up.