The difference is that banks almost guarantees the profits that they are promising, while with Bitcoin no one guarantees anything, you can earn a lot or lose a lot. Also banks serve another vital function - they lend money to people. Because of this, banks will always exist.

If you imagine all people in the world abandoning their saving accounts for Bitcoin, it would create an enormous bubble, and the early buyers would profit from it greatly, while the late buyers would lose everything, as Bitcoin would correct by 95% or more. This is just a thought experiment, because nothing like this is going to happen, but still.

I don't think anyone in the cryptocurrency sphere should care about the negative things some private companies, a government official said about Bitcoin cause in the end Bitcoin is still winning despite their negative statement which was planned to cause fud.
Looking at the link you provide, I believe it a paid advert and I don't think you'll expect Yahoo or the article writer will praise Bitcoin rather than doing what they are paid for.

Buying Bitcoin is like planting trees. The best time to do it is 10 years ago. The second best time is today.

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Planting trees very well for the environment, air conditioning fresh air. Planting trees to pick up economic profits. Investing in Bitcoin is the same as planting trees who want to collect high profits. Want to be worked and invested in good currencies.

How would you define what is to be "rich"? Is it about having enough for living or is there something else that you would be looking to accomplish to be rich?
Is it 1 million USD? Is it 1000 bitcoin? what are your thoughts?

And if not does anyone think that there is a demand for one?

With some coins going up 50% or even l00% in a day or few days or in a week... any reason why bitcoin doesn't do that almost ever?  Look at binance coin and many of those other coins that are literally doubling in a week.  Now the btc dominance is going so low.  And even when btc goes up... you don't ever see it going up that much percent in a week.  I mean... its rare to see bitcoin say go up 50% in a week yet tons of altcoins do it.

Just sold 5% of my Bitcoin that I've been holding for 3 years and I feel satisfied doing so.

I didn't need to sell, and it was mainly for the satisfaction of getting back some of my original investment.

However, I also feel like its broken the "HODL AT ALL COSTS" mindset which I felt was getting a bit unhealthy.

I do feel there are risks with Bitcoin, and I won't drag people down with that here, but I will be diversifying that money into gold and shares, mainly tech shares.

If Bitcoin dips a lot, I will also buy some more Bitcoin though.

Basically, I'm glad I sold some if only to stop feeling like a slave to it (and to test the Coinbase selling functionality which only took seconds for the transaction).

From those countries, more than 10 would be the ideal for them. The more bitcoin's that they hold and accumulate overtime, the better and more secure future that they have. But what if after 10 years bitcoin's price got into half to a million dollars?

Then obtaining 1 bitcoin as always been suggested would be good. But if you can acquire as much as you can for retirement, do yourself a favor.

I don't think bitcoin should be marketed on its own on TV.

It'd be up for something like an etf such as greyscale to invest in.

If you introduced bitcoin in ads its not very forgiving and, even if accepted by the TV channel, would probably be bad for its sentiment too due to it being kinda hard to understand how to use.

You would really be expecting this common thing. Why? because male are adventurous and we know that Bitcoin is somewhat that techy that not all women cant really hook up on whats its all about.

This isn't solely talking about Bitcoin but in all sorts of things where male do still remain dominant.We aren't that underestimating that capability but male are just too highly reactive and do tend to
engage on things directly once it do poke out their interest.

Bitcoin doesn't need more women nor men because no gender is the limit on the ones that will engage or make use of it.Its free for everyone.

Several companies have joined the Bitcoin/Blockchain bandwagon, leading towards new ATHs (All-Time-High) for major crypto assets on the market. Both PayPal and Tesla's announcement of adopting Bitcoin, has brought a certain level of confidence among investors and traders alike. People are pouring money like crazy in crypto, as they don't want to miss out the opportunity of a lifetime to make huge streams of profit.

Now that we have several prominent companies supporting Bitcoin, I'm starting to wonder which company will be next? Will it be Walmart, Amazon, or Apple? What do you think will happen if one (or all) of these major companies invest in Bitcoin? Will it benefit the market immediately? Or will it take some time? Do you think such companies will control a huge portion of Bitcoin's supply, effectively making it centralized? Your input will be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Not only for Africa but also those people who interact with Bitcointalk in some other countries like mine. It's a previlege for us to earn while learning some sort of things here most especially crypto.

Holding of good Coins always return a lot But the condition is that buy at dip then holding is profitable.you are happy for 2x return it is a great.This market has potential to return many xs.

LOOKING AT THE BITCOIN CHART , THERE HAS BEEN LITTLE PRICE MOVEMENT AS IT RANGES FROM 47K TO 51K REGION. THIS MEANS IT HAS REFUSED TO DIP LOWER AS MANY ANALYST HAS SAID. THE WHALES AND INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS ARE REALLY EAGER TO BUY CHEAPER WHICH IS WHY THE MARKET SEEMS TO BE IN THIS PHASE OF CORRECTION. I FEEL IF PRICE REFUSE TO DIP LOWER, THEY MIGHT BE FORCED TO BUY NOW AND THEN WE MOVE TO A NEW ATH.
WHATS YOUR TAKE ON THIS THOUGH GUYS?

I went to market with my wife to buy things for our new born baby, after my wife selected baby things that Worth thousands and I paid with my btc,the transaction was very easy and faster. When  we returned home ,she asked if you die can I achieved your btc or continued with your account? Because it's very easy and faster in trading and transaction.