Indeed it is somehow stabilizing at the current price range but it is hard to tell whether its market value will be able to break $20k before this year end or on the early quarter of next year but for sure everyone is hoping for such thing to occur. As everyone knows, Bitcoin halving would happen in 2024 which is why it is more believed that the market price of Bitcoin would be more likely to break ATH once again by that time but ofcourse it the market would recover as early as possible, that would be better 'coz if it would need another year of no uptrend, there is a bigger tendencies that its market price could be easily pulled down by factors affecting its demand.

Any amount of Bitcoin would do; not necessarily 1 BTC in a bang, but ofcourse the bigger the investment, the bigger the profit will also be but that would also enlarge the risk given that the market price is volatile. If it is a way to have 1 BYC, buy it if you can 'coz earning it, as OP have mentioned would take that long. There are ways to earn BTC and those were discussed numerous times already in this forum; you may join campaigns, participate on air drops and also, contests (editting, art related, etc.)
If you'd solely depend on the campaign payments, ofcourse that would be hard. But try reinvesting what you have earned from projects to somehow help the progress of having a bigger capital to invest. Earned rewards from campaigns could be invested to profitable tokens. You may engage to trading if you have the knowledge. Or anything which could help you earn more, that's just the point.

Your fear? Unexpected things to come that will coinsidently push you to liquidate your asset even if the market price is low. We never know when will such thing occur. No matter how we plan things out such as deciding to hold and disregard the idea of pulling it out unless satisfied, there are just instances or circumstances which will test the decision making and patientce of an investor not only in this industry but also to others. But in line with this industry wherein market price of cryptos are too volatile, long term hold would be worrisome; when would you sell? There will be times prices would break ceilings, would you still hold? what if it fall? would you still wait for another ATH? It is all about how you would handle your assets as an investor.

There is indeed a tendency for the market price of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies but the problem is not knowing when will the market recover. Ofcourse it would be easy to say to someone : "Just hold and wait". Indeed one should invest an amount he can afford losing but for sure none of us really though of such thing before we invest. We invest because of expectations of earning profit which is why it affects us whenever thr market is in red marks. Pointing here is to not blame those who re in doubt 'coz we are going under different circumstances. Many peopla has plans to invest to generate profit, no matter what year it is, but actualization is a different thing. If you can endure long market downfall, then that's good but consider those who don't.

The video indeed explained the whole concept of Bitcoin which would be helpful especially for the new ones out there. If they would be looking for discussions, we have plenty of them in this forum but I think video of such would be easier to understand for newbies than to just read technical words which they wouldn't comprehend at first. The thing about the video that I liked the most is the idea of breaking the negative impression of many people towards Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies; just a normal digital currency, its value changes because it is a fraud, and such. Atleast, all of those baseless questions are answered.

Definitely been a long run for Bitcoin and this industry. Bright future ahead as we embrace modernity and technology. If progressive development would be continuous for this industry's end, we might see this industry being acknowledged as a reliable option for daily transactions.

There indeed other altcoins which has higher market cap than ethereum but Ethereum being on a widespread across this industry is something. Ethereum's Chain is all over crypto platforms; gambling, nfts, and even projects as well as with third party wallets which makes it I think, bigger, than any other altcoin. In this industry wherein there are hundreds or a thousand of tokens ofcourse we would see one which has higher value than the 'big names', one with higher market cap or token supply. But determining the largest or biggest could be on the size of its community. That depends on how you would interpret your comparison in the first place.

Not all the time; depends on your vision as an investor. If you are into high risk and high returns then go for Bitcoin. But if you are okay with slow profit but more assured, go for real estate and stocks. Let's be real. This industry made an impression to non-crypto users how easy it is to earn profit from investing to crypto but in reality, it is not. There's no easily earned money in any industry. Market volatility will burn your money if you won't be able to be cautious of your actions. You may earn huge profit if you'd get the right coins to invest but on the other hand, those who've been years in this industry are still having a hard time to determine which is which so think about it again. Indeed, there is a huge potential for cryptos as an investment but consider what and how risks are present with your asset of interest.

Things are really possible regarding its development in the future. But what's crucial is to know at the present if the demand would be still high in the future if this technology would be regulated by governments (which is necessary for adoption to take place; as in line with the goal of cryptocurrencies). Right now, more countries are trying to allow the usage of this blockchain on transactions but also, there are still many countries who are doubting the benefit of using Bitcoin and other cryptos as a mode of payment given that volatility is present with its market value which could endanger the money of non-crypto users if they'd choose to also engage. Another thing is taxation which is a concern by governments.

Every investment has risk especially with this technology wherein cryptocurrencies are having too volatile market value. The prices move from time to time and that includes both upward and downward direction. Long term investments might save an investor from a higher degree of worry because if you are in short term investment, you'd be more attended with every pump and dump unlikely with long term investors which are setting timeframe of when to enter or exit. But as mentioned, risks are still there. Long term investments are also prone to huge losses because you won't be pulling out your asset on a small dump, problem is there are times red marks are becoming long and continuous, so be cautious of it if you are planning to engage with long term investment.

The idea I guess behind investors not buying Bitcoin on their first investment is its price which might be intimidating. If you're a small investor ofcourse you won't be ablr to buy 1BTC in an instant and it would be more welcoming on your eyes to buy coins with low market value and being to have a decent amount of it not knowing that a small amount of Bitcoin is the same with buying a quantity of small tokens ( except for the idea of higher tendency to earn profit; that would depend on the demand of the token). Bitcoin among ither cryptos would put you in a safer place if you've chosen long term investment. But for short term, altcoins would be more profitable (if you would be able to invest on profitable ones).

Possible that it would be bad for a long run but not directly with cryptocurrencies but rather with exchangers and wallets I guess. Cryptos are volatile already which creates risk for investors but negligent owners of exchangers could be another factor why some people would be afraid to invest or engage with this activity. That is why we, as people of this industry who are aware of the do's and dont's, should spread the word and not to emphasize wrong doings in this industry. What happened is already done, best thing to do is to move forward with extra caution to avoid adding another instance which could leave a negative impression in this industry

FUD is just dangerous; it can drag people away or closer to sonething or perhaps in this industry. It can lead to optimism and pessimism but eitherway, too much is bad so we have to set limits on the news we are absorbing about this technology.

It could, and it couldn't. It is hard to see that things from the present would be solved after winter. I think it will take longer than that to both this industry and overall economy of different  countries. Bitcoin is on the edge of falling to a $12k market value as many investors assumes of. And this is possible especially to the situation we are currently seeing; the price of most cryptos are struggling to current price range. Questions of what factors are exactly pulling down the market prices of cryptos including Bitcoin. My answer as a guess, is all of it. The price of Bitcoin is dependent with the demand. Given that many factors are affecting the demand, I think it is just valid to say that all of those factors are the cause of this downtrend.

Bitcoin's reputation in this industry is the main reason why people includes this token on their prioritized investment. Even if there are other cryptocurrencies which are having higher market value, and higher rate of increase which could generate bigger profit, Bitcoin is still having edges such as having the biggest tendency to make a comeback after a deep downfall on the market price during bearish trend. And this I think keeps investors into making it a safe haven on their crypto investments. At this moment,  all crypto currencies are still on red marks including major tokens. We might not know when will the recovery occur but for sure investing on major tokens would be a good idea including Bitcoin of course.

Every coin has a tendency to give such high profit but tendencies won't mean being certain of something. Altcoins are known for high rate of increase in terms of their market value which gives huge returns to i vestors. Problem is, their market value is too volatile which adds risk from investing to such tokens. Usually, tokens which are not yet released, having or creating noise in this industry are the best ones to invest if you are into alts. But as I've said that won't guarantee things.

I'd sugget lowering investor's assumption of profit. Diversification could have a bigger tendency to lessen the risk than to go all in with one token alone given that no clear patterns would be seen in the market.

It would be hard to endure a market price of $12k by the end of this month so I hope it won't fall that low. There are sudden market pumps but as usual, no consistency is along with those small uprise movements. However predictions are simply subjective assumptions by investors based on how they percieve the market behavior. Things won't be determined by those measures at the end of the day so there's still hope for slight green marks before this year end. On my end I want to see it around or above $16k range to ease its recovery for next year.
The issue indeed is not done yet but emphasizing it would prolong red marks. Many investors for some reasons are afraid of investing just because of what happened; not assessing the problem itself which causes FUD and eventually refkects to market demand as well as value of tokens which are now struggling move on upward direction.

There are differents instances concerning risk if an investor would be storing assets on exchanges such as other people being able to easily access yiur device and transferring funds. Another one is if you are trading without stop loss (perhaps you forgot to do so) wherein other money in the bag could be lost with it once liquiation has been reached (I've experienced such thing in Binance Futures, but that's my fault). Well these are only practical scenarios and just pointing out exchangers are not storage of wealth.
I'd agree with not your key not your Bitcoin even if it would be seen on your transaction. Once things are transferred it qould be hard to get it back because no one would regulate it unlike with centralized online wallets. You'd only be able to know which destination your assets came.

Never buy something you cannot buy 10 time 'coz you'd end up broke. I saw this a couple of times, some people will forcefully buy something which is somehow a form of impulsive buying. Anither related thing is being too festive which is evident in the culture of my country. Every birdthdays of someone, they'd arrange a table and invite many people in particular with neighbors. They would spend almost whole month's salary on a single day just to amuse their neighbors and end up nothing much for the next day. Like the idea is good which is to celebrate but if one aims to impress, that makes it nonsense 'coz people will just walk passed you after that like nothing happened.

Not only as being a profitable investment but also, project tokens or altcoins most of the time has utility whether in the sector of entertainment, healthcare and such. Point is that, other than being an asset, there are other usage of it. such as with gambling projects wherein tokens of that certain projects would allow a player to use the token in order to be able toplay different gambling games. Same thing with other games in crypto industry wherein their tokens are being used to buy things in the game which would make the game more enjoying if it has additional "buy in items." But we still cannot blame people who are looking forwrd with alctoins only as for alternative investment .There's really more into this technology.

Well, it is much better to anticipate its rising point than to assume its liwest possible market value simply because it would somehow save you from risk of wasting time waiting. If there's a clear pattern of a bullish movement, all you have to do is to ride with that trend line. It would be hard if your entry basis point is its believed 'lowest' or deepest price 'coz that won't be possible knowing that its market value is too volatile.
It is not as easy as it may sound. They've endured market price down fall on those years and that made them deserving of what they have which is big profit in 2021. Many of are struggled holding because of worries of both selling too early and not selling at a higher market value. So on my end, determining its bottom won',t be a good option 'coz it will just be a factor of confusion.

Decentralization won't mean this chain speaks for freedom. I'd say less monitored than fiat 'coz in order to make use of it in most of the countries, third party wallets would be needed which are centralised in the first place. KYC and such are also factors which indeed, contrary to what OP have mentioned about Bitcoin being 'free'. But that's fine still. But let us all not be confused of what freedom really is, and that is definitely different from being negligent (as he mentioned keeping ir storing his assets in exchangers, and sharing private keys).There are limits to everything not only in this technology. We should take advantage of this chain's decentralization feature but responsibility would be more appreciated by this industry.