As you have already seen, in 2018 there was no pamp. And the year 2019 most likely will not please anyone with a pamp. At least I don't see any prerequisites for this. Most likely, the next pamp will happen no earlier than 2020, but it is likely that it will happen at all in 2021. So instead of waiting for the market to help you earn, act yourself. Trade, so you get a real opportunity to constantly earn despite the state of the market.

I think that in general, altcoins are more unstable than Bitcoin. Of course, if we rip out of context, we can get other results, but this will be a manipulation of results. Yes, and concluding that Bitcoin is less stable than altcoins on the grounds that, according to your calculations, 2 coins out of 10 showed a smaller failure in price for the chosen period of time, at least unfair.
For your output will require more extensive searches. For example, you can take exactly one year (for example, the whole 2018) and analyze all crypto currencies. Then compare how many percent they all lost in value for this year. And on the basis of this, it will be possible to conclude that bitcoin or altcoins are less stable. I think the result of this research will quickly convince you that you are wrong.

People tend to repeat behavior behind others. When, in December 2017, the price of cryptocurrency began to grow rapidly (primarily due to manipulations), most people, prone to fear of missing the opportunity to get rich, began to repeat one after another and buy cryptocurrencies, which led to a huge increase in prices of cryptocurrency.
Do you think all these people bought crypto currencies just because of a competent calculation and faith? I think no.
Of course now we can tell them that everything will be fine. But only those of them who didn't sit idly will be really good. It will be good for those who stopped simply hoping and believing and began to look for ways to make money.
I also like you believe that everything will be fine, but I don't confine myself to faith. My faith is supported by real actions. For the whole year I constantly traded, in order to minimize losses and from a person losing profit every day I turned into a daily earning person.
A coin is too expensive (inflated)  when its price is artificially driven upwards, which doesn't correspond to real market interest.

I think that absolutely no sense in predicting the price of ether in 2020. Such predictions will have no value, since they will not be supported by anything. That is, by itself, this discussion will not carry any semantic load.
We all saw how the predictions of 2017 now turned to dust.
The best option would be to monitor the market situation. And directly in 2020 it will be possible to return to this conversation.

I think that the bull trend will not begin until autumn 2019. In the near future, in my opinion, the market will continue to stabilize, and large investors will continue to buy cryptocurrencies at low prices. After all, for such purchases just need a large amount of time. Otherwise, large purchases will raise the prices of currencies and large investors will lose the further possibility of buying at low prices.
So use this time to turn from a newbie into a great trader.

I think that those who know this coin badly will worry about the ripple. For all others, these excitements don't make sense.
Personally, I understand that ripple is the only coin that is already used by banks. That is, it is a coin that has already been adapted in the real world. Ripple also has a strong and influential development team that demonstrates its professionalism to everyone.
Rising price on ripple just a matter of time. We all understand that the entire market is now in a downtrend, so it is natural that the price of the ripple has also decreased. But in general, with respect to other cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin, the price has not declined as critically as the others.

Our world reigns its own laws. The richer you are, the more you can afford. The same happens with mining. Prices for equipment and electricity are rising, the complexity of mining is increasing and the reward is getting smaller. To date, the cost of equipment and electricity (in my country) exceed the benefit that miners receive.
The situation is different for those who have money and influence. They have the ability to place equipment in countries where the cost of electricity will be minimal. They also have the opportunity to purchase mining equipment at more favorable prices than retail customers. All of this ultimately reduces their mining costs.
Yes, this world is often unfair, but we have no right to give up. We must look for other ways to make money.

Hold strategy is good only for those who can afford it. That is, for people who deliberately invested in crypto currency for the long term. These people don't need money now, they are only interested in a long-term goal.
I think that among small investors we will find such people a minority. That is, the majority of small investors are ordinary people who receive average salaries and cannot afford to live as they would like.
In such circumstances, it is not enough to just hold it is an unaffordable luxury.
If you bought your coins at high prices and now just hold, then every day you just lose your money and do nothing. You must realize that there are no guarantees that your coins will definitely survive and return to the previous marks. Therefore, you must act now. Start trading. Understand that this is your only chance to succeed and earn the amount that will significantly change your life.

If you think that your profit depends only on how lucky you are, then you should not do crypto trading, but for example, betting or playing in a casino.
I will not deny that in the crypto market everything is arranged in such a way that manipulators can easily affect the price of a coin by any means available to them.
But I'm sure that a sufficient amount of knowledge, experience and skills guarantees its owner a stable income.
I advise you to stop thinking that your luck is bad, it is better to direct your energy to get specifications what will bring you profit (listed above).

If you have a lot of altcoins, then hodl them until the end of the bear market is a bad idea. You must really think about the option that the coins that you hold can not survive. In this situation, in my opinion, it is worth trading. It doesn't matter that you bought a coin, for example, for $ 1, but now it costs $ 0.1. What is important is that by constantly trading this coin you have a real chance to earn. And more importantly, to get a very valuable experience and work out your skills. You don't just have to watch your deposit decrease with each new day, and your coins are getting closer to their death, act now.

I think that the reason why thousands of ethers were transferred to the exchanges was the desire of large investors to sell their coins at high prices to everyone who wanted to buy it on the eve of Constantinople. On the threshold of Constantinople, many small investors bought eth.
But, as it became known today, Constantinople was once again postponed. I'm sure this is a planned event. I think soon we will see something interesting ...

As the facts show, we cannot be sure of anything to the end. Already added negative news over the eth. Constantinople once again postponed.
Honestly, it doesn’t even surprise me much and I was ready for such a turn of events. I continue to be guided by my previous forecast: until the end of summer - autumn 2019, we will not see significant positive changes in the market.

In the world of crypto currencies, it is impossible to fully trust any project. There are many options for the possible development of future crypto currencies. Each of us simply gives preference to one of these options.
Personally, I think the ether is a good investment, so I convert part of my profit into it. But with a good case, I still partially sell it at a higher price and buy it back at a lower price. For this reason, I cannot attribute myself to those who are ready to simply invest in this currency and forget about them for 5-10 years.

I like the Ether for a number of great reasons. But let's face it. Ether, just like any other of the existing crypto currencies, will not exceed Bitcoin.
Bitcoin creation is a true innovation. All altcoins are just minor variants of a giant innovation - Bitcoin.
That is why Bitcoin is truly considered the king of all crypto currencies. Perhaps in the future there will be a new innovation that will surpass Bitcoin, but now there is no such.

In reality, everything turned out to be much more complicated. In late 2017 - early 2018, cryptocurrencies were heavily overbought, so a deep market correction followed this state. In the near future, no significant increase in the value of cryptocurrency is foreseen, since there are no fundamental reasons for this. But we all know that this is not a guarantee that everything will be so.
Be attentive and alert. I wish you all a profit!

No, the ETH is not a new generation of Bitcoin. This is completely different.
At a minimum, I consider it wrong to compare centralized and decentralized currency.
In general, Bitcoin is an innovation and all other altcoins are just an attempt to add something to innovation. It is for this reason that none of the existing altcoins can be called a new generation.

I think that basically the problem of strong volatility is present in the cryptocurrency market due to the fact that the market contains the forces that can actually do this (we call them whales). All other market participants simply adapt to the situation created by them.
So even if the majority of small investors stop conducting any operations with their assets, this will not help the cryptocurrency become more stable. Quite the contrary. At the moment of uncertainty, when the volume of trades is very low, it is very easy to push the price up or down with a relatively small amount of coins.
The only thing that can really reduce volatility is the introduction of norms and restrictions, due to which such actions of manipulators will be prosecuted by law.

Gold was discovered 7 thousand years ago. But humanity was understood that gold coins and bullion are not the most convenient way to calculate. Therefore, the first paper money appeared. In fact, it was a receipt for gold. Later, the authorities offered people "state guarantees" and national currencies appeared. Gold, in turn, has become a means of storing capital and has moved into the class of investment assets.

1. gold reserves and the number of bitcoins are limited.
2. Both assets have approximately the same value in different countries of the world.

The same reasons that gold has given way to national currencies will sooner or later lead to the transition of mankind to its digital counterpart because it is much easier and cheaper to store and transfer money through the blockchain

So the Bitcoin market has room to grow.

I think that there is nothing wrong your earn completely dependent on crypto (but I think it's always better to diversify your investments). If a person is a professional in crypto trading, he can earn money both in a bull market and a bear market (although often such people trade not only crypto, but also stocks, securities, fiat currency, etc.).
If you not a professional, it’s not the best option to make your primary choice of how to earn money only in the direction of crypto. So listen to the advice of the author of the post.

I think that countries will gradually legalize cryptocurrency. Which of the above countries will do it first I don’t know. Most likely this will be the United States, since the form of government that is now in China and those people who are on the board of the country are not interested that citizens of the country have access to free trade in crypto currencies. The fact that the countries in the future will create their own cryptocurrency, I have no doubt.