Exactly,the possibility of seeing the price on that scale is already very remote,that there was a backward movement so marked it would not be very logical,instead, it is much more likely to continue giving a slight and gradual increase as it continues to popularize its use in different areas or activities that people have or do as investments or things like that through BTC, in the other hand, is very possible that the new floor is already established and a new evolutionary process will emerge from this.

Very interesting question, I guess that they do not want to risk damaging the image of BTC, to begin could be very difficult for them to agree on any change between them and much less have the approval of the majority of the community that finally is the one that supports in some way or another to the network in the form of transactions or whatever you want to call it, then instead of making some radical change they wait a long time trying or testing other things before carrying them out so  yourself can see that it has worked for them that they have done.

A steady rise is extremely possible in the following days weeks or months, this year will be marked in any way because the barrier of the 4 digits was finally reduced, and it's not something that was easy to achieve, if a recount were made about the factors that influenced during this year in such an increase  would be very interesting because at the beginning of 2017 almost nobody imagined that the price would be reached such as this is now, now with a new year approaching we will see how the price moves and in what direction it does.

At this point of the game it seems quite difficult that could suddenly lose its value, I do not think so either, currently the interest and demand for it has skyrocketed considerably so for example if someone decides to sell someone else immediately quickly take the position of the other so just at this time the falls in prices are relatively of short duration, Maybe in the distant future it would be possible for that to happen but I do not think that in a couple of years this will happen at least.

Price is recovering fast, But we must remember that it wasn´t only the news that came from China those that recently affected the market but also statements  by CEO from a well-known firm which caused the double panic in some peoples and further impacted the market, On the other hand, The measures taken by China is an event to reflect on and although I do not know if those will be effective yet, Perhaps the most worrying for most peoples is to identify where sources come from and whether they are reliable or not, And  the purpose of these.

The news about the Asian market such as those occurred in recent days and in which these delayed the price of BTC, Re-tested the strength of it  in one way or another, And it leads one to think that indeed such value 5k can be attained and even maintained, However such news or issues cann´t be avoided in the future. This was undoubtedly so far one of the most  pronounced price falls in history of BTC, But perhaps also the one of more rapid recovery until now.

Not necessarily this last, If you take as an example GBYTE, Although it is true that the supply is much less the price has remained high  even though many have sold theirs coins, There is a slight possibility that the price will not go down more than 0.1 BTC which is not bad at all finally.

Wait a minute!, I do not understand why you say that BTC is slowly losing power, Being currently the best listed on the market, Not even the top 2 coin has been able to approach at half of its value, It is currently much more accepted than any other.

That also depends on the acceptance and use that is given, Having said that I really do not think that BCC can exceed to BTC because it overcomes and outstrips the other, Also  is still too early to anticipate anything else since it is barely found in two markets, As time goes things will be clearer.

Maybe yes att the end of the year, But it should also be kept in mind that in this year the price jumped from $1k to what is today, For that reason can not completely rule out a decrease in price,IMO if it is maintained close to the levels of $3k is a sign of solidity and stability.

The value is always determined by the market, Also remember that not all BCC are claimed or will never be claimed for many reasons, It can be said that the price is backed by buying walls in the exchanges, So the price is determined based on the law of supply and demand, An imbalance moves the price in some direction.

There is a possibility that the price will continue to increase a little faster than before and maybe it is what has been happening during this year, Leaving that issue of scalability that is currently taking place, It should be noted that this topic is already penetrating inside of social networks much more frequently than before, In some way or another, More and more users using this type of network so we can assume that the demand is increasing, So some people at the slightest signal of panic sell his coins and others are waiting to buy, This last seems very obvious, But if there was no demand the price would fall considerably and for a long time and we see that this has not happened recently.

I'm still yet quite surprised that the price has recovered almost to the same levels in that it was before of the recent drop in prices a couple of days ago, If the price are maintained  this could be considered positive because we need remembered that just the first half of the year + 1 month has passed so while still there are months more to pass until the end of the year it would not be all bad that the price would sit a little on those levels.

I respect your opinion the miners are on their route(segwit2x), But the decision of the nodes(segwit) the deadline has not yet been closed, So anything can happen yet, So it has been said that the nodes must update to support segwit on here: https://bitcoinuasf.org/  so will be necessary to observe with attention the outcome of things in the days to come because  will be days of great expectations on the part of the members of the community.

You are right under no circumstances it would be advisable to do, Anyone doing  that  would be really crazy, Extremely risky, No matter what certainty somebody think to have to win, Regardless of whether you win or lose, That is something that should not be done, Simply because it puts at risk the place where you sleep, rest, live, etc., And maybe the people who live with you, That's why there are peoples  who repeat until exhaustion: Always invest what you can afford to lose.

Easy!  Would have had to be used a lot more storage space from the beginning, It would mean for example twice the size of what is now the BTC´s blockchain just talking about would have been 2MB block size from of start, which would be a waste. A greater capacity like 20MB in what to you  mention would lead to a rapid centralization probably,  Without to mention other technical problems.

I didn´t  know he meant about that altcoin, Maybe it was a joke then, And can´t be taken seriously that statement, In the other hand, He has declared that he is a miner so I do not rule out that He can be in favor of the group that seeks to take over BTC (Better understand yourself, J.....,B.S....) to mention only two, Neither I do not want to say that all the miners support that group. Anyway it is not good to make projections too high as in this case since it creates false expectations by calling it somehow.

They aren´t the owners of BTC even though they have the majority of the hashrate, so it is still necessary to wait to UASF supporters to active BIP148 on 1st. Aug, remember  only the users, They have the control of BTC, and the  users are not only the miners, that is happening is that the software client that resulted from the NY Agreement is a fork of the Bitcoin Core codebase, called BTC1 and is the one that must be running the miners to signal BIP 91 or with Bitcoin software that includes a BIP 91 patch and after 269 block at least of 336(happening right now) signaling this, it eventually will be activated forcing the rest of the miners to update to BIP91 or to risk mining invalid blocks, After activation of BIP 91 another 336 blocks should be already signaling to BIP 141(Segwit)  some block that does not meet this criterion will be rejected, Then  BIP91 deadline is on 29th Jul, If it isn´t activated by July 29th on 1th Aug will be two chains different  BIP148 chain or the original chain (aka "Legacy").  Then on 1st August the  BIP148 nodes(not miners) will start rejecting any blocks that do not signal to BIP 141 (Segwit), If miners with BIP91 and not miners with BIP 141 are activated in time there will be no division. If nothing happens the miners should switch to BIP 148 and activate SegWit through BIP141 to ensure that there is no a split.
 About the price will remain as long as there is no split  but the risk hasn´t yet passed.

BTC is much riskier than gold probably in long time, John McAfee has just predicted that the price in three years will be really very high, Instead of that, the projections that have for the gold I do not think that these are so high, But peoples must be very careful when making any kind of investment, Because only they are responsible for the decision that they take, Perhaps the dispute between which is better if BTC or Gold should be defined at the end of this decade when the numbers speak for themselves.

Because although they have the majority of hashrate segwit2x, the economic majority(nodes) segwit will be rejecting the blocks that will be different and larger than what was originally proposed by segwit, not having the same rules of consensus will only result in different chains unless one or the other change of opinion which I do not think is going to happen.