Maybe.  But there is so much money to be made between now and then.    Just today even... $300-$400 fluctuations.   It's a trader's dream playing field.

It's one of those things like, why are most gypsies and fortune tellers p*ss poor?    Because no one knows the future.   

Unless you live in a transparent glass house and stand around naked all day, I think the original poster already understands privacy.   

Same concept, only it's with your money, not with your body.

Well, the Chinese government doesn't exactly 'have no jurisdiction' in Hong Kong.   They have complete jurisdiction, after all, it is indeed a part of China.   They just generally allow their own citizens and foreigners a little more temporary 'slack' in Hong Kong (and also Macau, the other SAR, for that matter).    But there is a time limit, and anyone who does business in those areas know that the Chinese are slowing molding and squeezing those zones into exactly what they want them to be.   It's like Arthur C. Clarke's "Childhood's End.'   They are giving the regions 50 years (counting from 1999 for Macau and 1997 for Hong Kong) for play time, because look, in the blink of an eye, 20 years have passed, and soon 50 will as well, and after 50 years, everyone who used to know freedom or however it was like before will either be old or dead.  

That said, as for the Chinese people themselves, they view the entire world as China, since China is something that is inside a person, not just on a flag or passport, and they have long mastered going all over the planet and thriving wherever, so moving digital currencies around the globe is child's play.

A good start would be to fight the laziness that makes people think that holding 2 bitcoins will make them worth 2 million dollars in 2020.  

ETH clearly.

Hold and keep adding to it until you have a more significant amount.   

 

There is a small run up going on now and it'll be time to sell again.    And it'll dip.... and then it'll be time to buy again.    It's not predictable, but in my opinion so much easier to 'sense' than stocks.

Not at all difficult to write down the relevant information and keep it in your safe or safety deposit box.

Yes suitable and I use it for this purpose every single day.   

Bitcoin is like a new girlfriend.  I have to give her attention every single day.    Fiat is like my wife, who needs some attention, but not so much.   Gold is like (well, this is just an example, because I actually bought a house near where my mother lives so I can visit her often) a mother who you can basically just call once a year to say Merry Christmas, because you know that the value isn't changing much and will be pretty much the same.

As with a lot of these threads, it doesn't have to be an either or situation, although what else would we talk about?

I've converted plenty of fiat to bitcoin and bitcoin to fiat and bitcoin to gold, etc. etc.    They are all friends as far as I'm concerned and I care very deeply for all three.  

 

I have two degrees and would say it's the college experience that has been valuable over the years.   ...The relationships and social dynamics learned during that time.

I don't know if you call it happiness or not, but when I show up at a party in my Japanese hybrid vs. My German 'luxury' car, I definitely get much more attention from women when I am in the more expensive car. 

The best revenge is living well.   

Maybe it will.   Maybe it won't.   That is the name of the game.    I think it'll be a slow rise.   Still holding BTC, but as of this week, I had a personal flippening and now hold more ETH than BTC.

Bitcoin is discrete portable wealth, for anyone.   

As they say, past performance is not a guaranty of future results.

And don't forget, like any kind of investing, there is option D, E, and F, which are varying ways to lose all of your investment or going into the negative because you couldn't afford to invest in the first place.

 

Around 7~8% at present for me.