Technology is evolving at a tremendous rate and just as bitcoin suddenly appeared and caught our attention, so is the possibility that another coin might come up and replace bitcoin, but that can only be if such coin is able to beat everything that bitcoin stands for. At any rate, the way to see that won't be that bitcoin was replaced, but rather it was improved upon and given a new name.

It is unfortunate if this is the explanation you would render to people coming to you about who controls bitcoin! The meaning of bitcoin being decentralized simply means that no one person can fully call the shots for what happens with bitcoin, if anything, the impact of anyone person or group of persons with huge amounts of bitcoin can get to jolt the market only momentarily and before long, the market normalizes.

Bitcoin already made a great impact in global finance and like an over stretched spring that won't obey Hooke's law any longer, whatever money turns out to be tomorrow, starts from this jolt it has gotten from bitcoin. If a better coin shows up tomorrow, then bitcoin would take a bow to the dark web, dying is out of the question.

This is really a call to order for anyone transacting in cryptocurrencies here and everywhere! Op, it has been a long while you posted here, so how has it all turned out?

The buyer of your bitcoin is a rogue and knew what he was doing from the unset, so you really need a criminal lawyer, knowledgeable in cryptocurrency to fight this case and it would cost you some money too, but you can claim damages in the tail end.
As smart as the buyer thinks he is, your lawyer can demand for the identity of the owner of phone number used in sending the text message and also that used on the bank teller, when deposit was made. Your advert at localbitcoin, his text message, their dates, amount involved, exchange rate then, blockchain transaction, which I presume should correlate, are useful tools to establish your case.

What to determine whether your exchange is money laundry or not, is the source of the $1000 used for buying the BTC, where did it come from or how was it earned? It could have come from anything - your sweat or crime, so if you got some proof like that of making it from freelancing, then you don't have any case. However, if you do not have proof of how the $1000 ended in your hand, that's where your case with the authorities starts.

By the way, since you employed localbitcoins for the exchange, you should have settled for cash, not bank and no dust would be raised!

Trump is planning on pumping more of those out of thin air, money into the economy and the bottomline would be for inflation getting out of hand.  At that, our dear bitcoin would once again, take the center stage the play the rule of safe haven, it knows best to play. When the U.S. economy sneezes, the rest of the world catches cold, so the $2500 per bitcoin might  not really be long in coming,

Having all those technologies and his anonymity figured out ahead of time, is another pointer that Satoshi Nakamoto is indeed a mastermind! His invention is talked about in every continent and soon it would be on most households and businesses. I however think he really doesn't need the award even though he deserves it. One thing we seem to be over looking is the fact that the governments are desperate and can throw the Noble Prize as a carrot to see if it ropes him in.

At that even posting of bull shit eats time and effort and so does not qualify as passive too. Mining on the other hand, comes closer to what a passive income is all about, because after the initial huge cost and set up, a miner doesn't put so much into the system again to get it mining.

If you find any way of making money - cryptocurrency or fiat, that does not put forward some risk, you are totally at risk, run for your life. Risk is what adds value to things and all the success stories we have out there tells of people who dared to think and step out of the box.

A good lesson in life is that nothing is really impossible and there is always a starting point. In the light of that, taking time out and the patience to learn to trade effectively is the first step anyone interested in trading ought to take, unfortunate many people venturing into trading, already have their mind fixed on the money to make that they see nothing else.

That generalization may not hold water, because participation in campaigns may not be out of belief in bitcoin, but could be just to follow any process for making extra income online.

Bitcoin was designed to be scarce by its nature and we are most unlikely to face the kind of inflation occasioned by the unbridled printing of fiat currencies by the governments and that is one of the attributes of bitcoin that gives it, its shine and value. Trump is warming up to spend heavily, by the time he sits as president of America and that would invariably stir up the inflation in the U.S. and as usual the exodus to bitcoin will continue, which is another reason to remain upbeat that the price of bitcoin in 2017 looks good to scale the $1000 mark.

The hardest thing is for the world to have one voice on anything, so a consensus to collectively ban bitcoin is most unlikely. And the community does not need to protest, we simply have to promote bitcoin more and more, it will find its way and level like water. Bitcoin is not good news for any retrogressive government, but there isn't much they can do about it. If nothing, its market capitalization and daily volume of trades, already speaks for its acceptability among people across the globe.

Good work Yahoo and nice to know the campaign is a going concern! Interestingly Christmas day is the day this project goes live, I hope guys are following it up, because it's another revolution. Many of us did not see Bitcoin coming, but this one is right in front of us!

So how can one know, what price that can be said to be early as today the price of bitcoin is fast approaching $800 and could be up to $1000 tomorrow, but also there a possibility that it could be less. I think the best approach would be to enjoy the ride while it last, because bitcoin is still evolving, unless one is determine to wait it out till whenever their investment is profitable, but that won't be a very good business practice.

You may want to be sure you have got some significant balance before considering the Martingale strategy as it is a confirmed destroyer. You can be smiling 99% of the time but just one or a few streak of loses is all that is needed to swallow weeks or months efforts. However it can be a smart move for traders to lay in wait for market reaction at the major support and resistance levels as it is a known fact, that these level almost always repel the market before eventually yielding to pressure.

Both forex and cryptocurrency markets are speculative in nature, so they are both risky, forex however is well on ground.

That is not true, there are some forex brokers that also welcome minimum deposit of $1, example Age, FSB,etc

With bitcoin, verification is not mandatory as against forex trade, where almost brokers insist on knowing their customers. That can be understood from the fact that forex trade revolves around fiat currencies and they always wants to be in control.

We are humans and fear is one of those attributes that makes us humane. No matter how hard we try, we can never eradicate it all and best a trader can do is to bring their emotions in check. The other side of the coin is that fear is often the reason we did not take a step that went on to become a disaster. Fear often puts us on alert to be cautious,to evaluate and re-evaluate one's stand before taking a side.

I think OP was not asking to know if bitcoin was some macho, that cannot be beaten (hacked) but to know if bitcoin is essentially and fundamentally strong to withstand pressures from competitors! To that I say a big yes! Over the past 7 years, despite the obnoxious stand of the authorities, bitcoin have continued to break barriers and attract new users.

The price of bitcoin have been mostly on the increase and countless numbers of investors including banks have found it too significant to ignore. Presently, the market capitalization for bitcoin is $12,504,444,957 https://coinmarketcap.com/

Quite strong and bold, ahead of all others.

Looks like you are forgetting that the fiats currencies, which is what they are referring to as real money here have also been existing as digital currencies even till this moment. Or what shall we call our money with exchanges like Perfect Money, Paypal, creit/debit card, etc? If you look closely, you won't miss to see that the real difference lies on the fact the authorities do not have their way in manipulating and enslaving people with bitcoin as they do with the fiat currencies.

Bitcoin is a pioneer coin, it has made the revelation of exactly what money ought to be, whatever that was not figured out initially is an invitation for other good heads to contribute their quote. You might like to know that no one discovery or invention out there reached it's optimal level from the unset. I remember so well that once, we all thought the earth was flat, until Columbus had another thought coming.

If you must go however, the bitcoin community is sure to not miss you or notice your absence

I was thinking you guys were going to highlight the reasons the price of bitcoin have been on the increase and especially in recent times as that should be what can make it the best future currency?

There are lot of reasons why bitcoin is the best future currency, but I think the main one lies on the fact that bitcoin is decentralized and not regulated by any government, so they can't manipulate it as they do fiat currencies.