I've not participated in many ICO's, but the ones i did participate in I made sure to do my research. Despite this, most of the ICO's I got involved in dropped below ICO prices in the months following the crowdsale (mainly due to the bear market). I've learnt now that any ICO i'm interested in that i'm beeter off just waiting until token gets listed & buy sometime thereafter when the price dumps.

Altcoins are critically important to having a diverse & healthy crypto economy IMO. All good altcoins will have their specific use case/purpose & competition is important to drive innovation. Having said that, a lot of the Altcoins are poorly run or straight up scams & need to die off, which will happen. But the good Altcoin projects that survive will become critically important.

Imagine when the internet first started up, people asking why we need multiple websites when we could just have one website that does everything? Sounds silly in hindsight doesn't it?

Patience can be the hardest yet most important lesson to learn when investing in crypto. I have no doubt that those of us who have been patient up to this point will be rewarded for it in the future

Bounties aren't dead at all! It's just a case of doing your research & being selective in which bounties you want to participate in. If you do that, then it will continue to be well worth your time.

Market corrections are an important & healthy part of a market cycle for sure. It's good for the long-term success of crypto to occasionally shake out the speculative investors that are only in it for a quick buck as well as to crush those scam or rubbish projects. I do feel however that we could really do with a sustained bullrun soon to help bring some more enthusiasm back into the market.

Yes I have a strong belief in crypto long-term. Having said that, 99% of the projects will most likely fail but if you'd been smart in your investments & manage to invest in those projects that do succeed & achieve global adoption then it could turn out to be a very lucrative investment indeed.

I'm still feeling bullish about the long-term prospects of the crypto market, but this sustained bear market in first half of 2018 has been a real kick in the teeth. I've basically gone into hodl mode, stopped trading & stopped watching the markets so closely while I wait for everything to heat up again.

It would be nice to have a sustained bull run wouldn't it? I really do hope the 2nd half of this year will be a lot more positive than the first half was, but at this point it's hard to know.

If you're trading then keeping those coins on the exchange makes sense, but overall it is so much safer to keep your crypto on a hardware wallet like a ledger or trezor.

Let's hope we can see an end to this bear market soon! I really hope we can see a slow but sustained positive growth for the second half of 2018 & end the year on a real high.

I'm really jelous of all of you who are able to take advantage of the current market & pick up NEO at these $30 price levels! I hold a decent amount of NEO but really wish I had some spare fiat to buy more now!

I plan on hodling & investing more when i can, for the next few years atleast. At that point, i'll look at how my investment is doing & make a decision then. I do have an overall amount in mind that i'd be willing to sell my crypto portfolio for though.

Honestly, anything can happen. I'm quietly confident that won't happen though as I feel too many investors would jump in & take advantage of the bear market to buy 'cheap' coins before we ever got that low.

Each situation is different & there are a lot of factors to consider: What price-point did you buy at? Despite the sudden increase, would you make profit if you sold? What is the reason for the price increase? What was the trade volume & market cap of the coin in question?

Overall though, an increase of 200% in a day would be a strong signal for me to sell & to look at buying back at a lower price point. It's very rare a coin will jump 200% in a day & hold that value without some form of long or short-term pullback.

I won't buy any coins AFTER the bear market, i'm buying DURING the bear market. When the bear market is over, that is the time to stop buying & instead hold or sell for profit

I'm certainly noticing a lot less enthusiasm in the space currently, due to the continued bear market. As for me, i'm just going to be patient & hold. It's best to step looking at the market every 5 seconds, switch off & go do something else for a bit & come back when the bulls return.

Personally I think you should be looking at it as a WIN not a loss. You made profit!!

If you're gonna worry about every trade you did not selling at the ultimate high then maybe trading isn't for you. In this space there's loads of opportunities a day to make or lose money, so just be happy you made profit & move on to looking for the next opportunity.

I bought my first Bitcoin in August 2017 at around $3600. Like many, I wish I locked in profit and sold at $20k but i've always taken a more long-term investment approach than a day trading approach so overall i'm still happy. I guess I don't have too much to complain about considering i'm still in profit when so many people out there bought around the ATH!

Could take 2 years, could recover next week! This volatility is what provides so much opportunity for us investors, but the extended bear market is quite frustrating as a hodler. No matter the timeframe though, we can be fairly confident of a another big bullrun at sometime in the future as theres just too much potential in crypto space. The key here is patience.

Yeah falling by 20 times seems a little ridiculous. Which coins did you invest in? Overall my portfolio value is down about x3 from ATH, although I feel lucky enough to have go into crypto before that big boom of late 2017 so i'm actually still sitting on a little profit when compared to my initial buy prices.