well, people have been saying that there is still 100% increase possible when the price was around $320-$340 in 2015. since that time we have seen the price significantly to $437 right now. from what price point are you expecting a 100% increase? from todays price point?

people who are happy when the price is going down have most likely missed a great buying opportunity when the price was still below $400. they are desperately waiting for the price to come down while it is more likely that the price is going up. the closer we are heading towards the block halving, the higher you can expect the price to be. that's why people should buy some coins now and put some fiat aside for when the price does indeed go down. with this method you can benefit from the price going up and down.

i'm not worried at all, but i keep staying realistic because i know things in the bitcoin price can change quite dramatically in a very short time. we have seen this happen plenty of times already where the price was dumped to the ground after reaching high price levels. that's why i never get too excited when i see the price is going up like 20 or 30 bucks in a short time.

i also think it will keep rising till $500 and then stay below that price level as there is too much resistance. i just hope that when we leave the $400's behind, that we keep seeing the price increase steadily. but it will most likely be the same situation as when we were sub $300 and sub $400. it needs time before going above $500 that's why we need to have patience.

i don't think the declining oil price will bring investors to bitcoin as the oil investors are totally different. it's very difficult to get a traditional investor to invest in bitcoin. right now the only thing that can affect the price is the block size issue. the block halving also but it is already affecting the price.

bitcoin can basically be anything. some people use it as currency to receive money and buy stuff or pay people for a certain job. others only like the investment aspect of bitcoin. these people just buy and hold and sell when the price is high enough for them. and other people use bitcoin as store of value. bitcoin has plenty of possibilities. people are free to use bitcoin the way they want.

for newcomers 2015 was indeed a decent year to enter the market. i am quite sure that only a very few of these people have been holding their coins till now. they get way too excited when the price goes up and sell as result. they hope they will be able to buy back in at lower price levels, but the price kept going up. they probably bought back at a premium.

what do you consider to be a decent annual interest rate for bonds? you only get a few percent interest per year which isn't really worth the hassle if you ask me. yes, it may probably be one of the safer investments, but the interest you get from it is basically thin air. you can make your money work harder in the same time and get way more interest if you just look around you.

even for those who missed the great opportunity of buying sub $400 coins will still be good if they buy right now if they are long term minded. the current price is nothing more than peanuts when bitcoin becomes mainstream. those who buy right now have a great chance to do it. they only have to accept that bitcoin is always a volatile market. when you don't panic, nothing bad thing will happen. you'll end up making a great profit.

$600 before the summer doesn't sound that unrealistic to me. i am already happy with a price above $500 for this year. if it goes to $600 and even higher, then it's of course much better. only time will tell. my target is $600-$700 just before the block halving.

stability is always the best thing, but with this much early adopters and very wealthy investors combined with a very small market cap makes it nearly impossible to have serious stability throughout the years. and also, if the prices are too stable, traders will most likely pull back their invested money as there isn't much profit to gain. that's why i prefer a stable growth instead of the price being fully stable. with a stable growth like 10-15% per year bitcoin will be a great store of value.

the price reached $447 today and not long after that the price dropped around $20 which probably was due to a whale securing his profits. the price won't go up all the time. dumps like these are quite common these days.

$2500 after the block halving? after the block halving can literally mean anything. you mean after the halving this year? or after the halving and then $2500 in 2017? you should be more precise.

it will take years and years before we see the market cap of bitcoin being just 1% of the total gold market cap. if we somehow manage to realize this, then it can be considered a great achievement for sure! we only don't know what will happen in the future. we don't know if bitcoin gets replaced by something better after 10 to 20 years. everything is possible.

i don't think we will see the bitcoin price fall back to below $400 this weekend unless a whale trader dumps thousands of bitcoins at once. and then there still is a possibility that after that the price will still remain over $400. the sentiment is too good currently.

it makes sense, but some people are still too scared to buy themself a few coins at these prices. they will buy as soon as the price is going up significantly. they see it as a confirmation to buy. while infact they are buying at a much higher price. and when the price goes down after they buy, they start complaining about bitcoin being volatile and unsafe to invest in bla bla bla. people are very weird.

the majority of the people (me included) think that in the runup to the block halving the price will rise significantly. and after the block halving i think the price will come down as people will take profits. but after a while the prices will go up again. i expect the price to reach $1000 before the end of 2017. so if you have enough patience to hold, then you will greatly benefit from the increased price.

no matter what we advice people to do, they will not listen to our advice as they simply don't know what to do or what they want. most of the people yolo buy hoping the price will go up significantly so they can make a quick profit. people don't have the patience to wait till the block halving.

i am sure that by that time we are definitely over the $500 price level. if we go up with the current pace, then $500 will be broken before April.

nowadays it's very difficult to collect even 10 or 20 bitcoins. the majority of the people here have less than 0.50btc. and the higher the price will go, the lower the amounts are that people hold as they will secure their profits at some point. the best was to keep holding the 2011-2012 coins firmly in your wallets if you were a real bitcoin believer.