I must say all the points you highlighted are strong points Bitcoin can put forward any day as a favorite contender of the future of money, however I do not buy the idea of your 5th point. Bitcoin cannot be said to be a less volatile currency. Only recently, we were trading at about $1150 per Bitcoin, it came down to $752 and now trading at over $900, how else can volatility be described?

That aside, strong volatility is not a disadvantage, it in essence is showing high liquidity and which is what creates the enabling environment for demand and supply to compete effectively leaving us with a reasonable for Bitcoin.

Passive income doesn't necessarily have to come like heavy drops of rain, what matters the most is that the tap keeps dripping after the initial hard work. I am seeing this prospect at Poloniex as much more reliable than the conventional lending of money, because at Poloniex, it is entirely passive income and much more secured. one can make a business out of it, by raising some huge amount and investing here at moderate rates and that is sure to be better than the ridiculous interest banks offer on deposits.

All that and more are the things that are giving Bitcoin its value and momentum. All too soon people come to identify these unique attributes of Bitcoin, they hardly would want to go back to the way it used to be, because people have helplessly been yearning for this revolution even with admitting it. In many ways than one, Bitcoin stands for freedom, value, trust, security, instantaneous and above all, one world. What more can any sane person really ask for?

Nice job BlackMambaPH and more power to your elbow in steering the campaign!

What if the price of your Bitcoin never rose beyond $200 or even took a dive to less than $100, would you perhaps say, "I have made a negative passive income"  The scenario you cited above is nothing but mere trading and miles away from being a passive income. Do you notice you must have to perform another task - placing another trade for another profit making opportunity to ever be possible?  Passive income actually works like machine, set like once and forget.

Bitcoin is a pioneer and revolution for the future of money, whether it makes it to the promised land or not matters less, by and large, one of its descendants would eventually! And why not Bitcoin? At present, its capitalization and global adoption is second to none. Discussion is on-going on how to make it much better. Agreed there are technical, political and unknown threats confronting it at present, but history remains the best teacher and always eager to remind us that, any road without any obstacle, obviously lead to nowhere.

It is a wonder that there are people reasoning like this and yet they are in this forum and even participating in signature campaigns, does not the campaign managers go through all that?

Bitcoin is decentralized by nature, making it free from the control of anyone or group of persons, but that is on the premise that the community plays its role effectively and not go to sleep thinking all would be well. For anyone that is truly abreast with developments in this industry, the Chinese are fast cornering Bitcoin!

That at best is simply playing the Ostrich! No matter how far you go in a wrong direction, you will never get it right until you go right back and correct the source of the error. Trading is an act and takes time and right training to perfect. A great portion of the training is  learning how to manage our ever changing emotions in changing market conditions. A trader does not go there to play macho man, because it is a guarantee, such a trader would have to leave empty pocket again and again.

This is to confirm my second payment from Qtum
https://blockchain.info/tx/cb9e6a513a865f9015df6985dec2ccbcdfedcf9cc19ac0a0e4ac2af94f528efe

Thanks Qtum and BlackMambaPH and here's wishing the Qtum Project a resounding and all round success!

Is this service on-going or you are just starting off? The reason is to if there is already laid down structure to follow and if the resource materials are already in place. Other than that, for advertising in this forum, Bitcoin is one of the payment systems you support, isn't it?

It was not an assertion that price is sure to rise this coming Chines new year, but given China's vast interest in Bitcoin, following their new year economic policies would be a good place to see the outlook for Bitcoin and then act accordingly. Fundamental analysis is the key to what drives every financial market.

Every business has its secrets, not getting to know them before venturing into the business is an express invitation to chaos and confusion.The psychology of a trader, which is where emotions falls in, is pivotal to what a trader ends up accomplishing. As for a way to manage emotions, many a trader are now quite comfortable with delegating authority to robots, since these are devoid of emotions as does humans.

It is a wonder most people are still living in fantasy islands, singing stereotyped choruses, while China daily inches closer to being the one to call the shots in matters pertaining to Bitcoin. These days, there are rumors of Chinese miners unwilling to confirm transactions from the U.S.. Rumor or fact, can anyone read what is in between the line? 

This wrong notion needs to be corrected - Bitcoin is not or going to be the future of money all because its price has been on the increase. So what exactly are we going to be left with should the price come crumbling tomorrow? The concept of Bitcoin becoming the future of money sprang out of the fact that Bitcoin came as a revolution and pointed us in the direction of what money should really be like, contrary to what we have been used to. For instance it took meddlesome banks and card companies out of the equation for monetary transactions, local or international.

Passive income is far from the first thought, because much work, especially at the beginning is inevitable to be able to keep the wheels turning in the future and bringing in the income. The second thought is closer, but becoming self reliant and putting in little or no supervision comes only after the hard work aspect for foundation laying is successful, other than that, no passive income can be in the offing.

While signature campaign may not give you all the Bitcoin you may desire, but it has proven to be an almost riskfree way of earning some Bitcoin. When you get to find a well organized one and your level is up to full member, you only need to discipline yourself and stay off  the temptation of wanting to double your coins overnight by gambling or trading (without the right knowledge and skills) and before long your coins would add up to something significant.

When the knowledge and trading skills are in place, signature campaigns, can be a good source for raising the trading capital and eventually both activities can get along concurrently, bringing in more coins and better life.

Emotions comes in devise ways and even over excitement after a profitable trade can get in between and mare our subsequent trade decisions. At any rate, emotions are the things that makes us human and there is no way to totally get rid of them. Best a trader can do is to have a laid down trading plan before taking up any position in the make and to follow up the plan to the later. Anger, anxiety, bitterness, hatred, joy, etc are all examples of emotions.

As at when Bitcoin made its debut, very few people gave it half a chance and from pennies its value have grown to over $1000 more than twice, in its eight years of existence. Imagine the peanuts it would have cost to get a 1000 BTC, there was even a case of 2 pizzas that sold for 10000 BTC back then, how much those two, are worth this day? Someone would say, that was back in the days, but life as we know it, is cyclic in nature and opportunities still comes around. Something they said about fortune always smiling on the prepared!

Keeping an eyes on the Chinese new year is well worth it, because China is one of the countries to reckon with as far as Bitcoin is concerned. Also following developments in the globe especially as a new year have just began and most countries are coming up with their economic policies for the year. It is from such fundamental news that clues about the direction of Bitcoin as well as other currencies can quickly be gotten and taken advantage of. For instance the looming interest rate increase in the United States, is something to keep tabs on.

I guess banking as is in the list, is not about the conventional ways we have been, but the now way, bitcoin can turn every holder to his/her own bank. The entire list and even much more, are various endeavors in life that Bitcoin or the technology behind it - blockchain, are currently been worked upon for adoption, because of the unprecedented level of trust and security made possible by this technology.

The list actually should be endless as more and more people are becoming aware of Bitcoin and its technology, far more points of attraction are sure to emerge. The case of voting and selection systems, is something that is needed badly in most of our societies and that alone can settle most of the ills in our societies.