If Amazon ever allows Bitcoin to be used as a mode of payment at their site, this will open doors for Bitcoin to be accepted at some more reputed shopping websites too like Walmart, FlipKart, etc. which would definitely add up too much value to the prestige of bitcoins, and possibly an unbelievable and incredible rise in the price of Bitcoins will be seen.

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That's what makes me feel I should say something here: One thing, you can't say that Bitcoin is "dependent" on anything because to evaluate something, you need another valuation tool against it. USD and other fiat currencies being used to evaluate the market value of Bitcoins are just the same. Do you remember those days when Gold was used in barter trading? Anyone had fiat during that time? No, then how did they evaluate the value of Gold? Through different goods they used to sell, right? Even if fiat won't be used and Bitcoin ever becomes a global currency, you could use it directly based on "assumptive values" that everyone will decide at that point of time.

Both Latreetim and you are correct in your concerns. According to Latreetim, we need to gets things resolved and yours is true too that speculators may take it to even higher levels. But this is currently a more stable market than volatile, and to see such volatility back, we need those problems solved completely, so that even investors, with speculators will come ahead to take prices to a whole new level. But still, 1500 is a long way to go yet as even "pumping" $250 takes a few millions to make it happen.

As per your concerns, there are a few things which I would like to make you clear.
Bitcoin, tbh, should really not be considered as money, but something that has been given a monetary value in terms of usage for anything from goods to services and as there is too much speculation in this, it can be termed as an "investment instrument" or "asset" or "stock" that gets traded for the purpose of making profits. Trust me, most people are in Bitcoins just to grow their capital, having more Bitcoins means having more "money" in your pockets due to its value, but still it cannot be termed as money.

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It really doesn't matter that on what odds you play and make bets, as I have made bets and won on 8x odds too when I used to play on Soccer matches once. I have stopped gambling since few months due to some personal reasons, and believe me, loss was not one of them as I always managed to recover and be in profit. You don't need to act smart, but be smart when gambling because one mistake and you will get back to your previous level from where you started off.

There are plays where someone gets too lucky to get the most out of their bet which is a different scenario than the one where you bet and either get your winnings with less odds or nothing (means lost). If I would be in the first scenario, I would either take my winnings aside and play with my initial capital only, or fall them apart into two, one will be my capital to gamble and other will be what I will use in my real life. In second scenario, ,if I win something with less odds, I would gamble (or not based on the demand of situation) with my profits only and keep my capital back in my pockets.

The best time to leave a game is when you know that you have won what you wanted, and should stop and get out of the game or anything you are in. Say you are watching a soccer game, made a bet on number of goals and that's reached and you won the bet, you should stop watching the game and get aside with your profits. Most gamblers don't do like this and they try to "make the most out of their capital and profits" by becoming oversmart and betting over again, and the result turns out to be loss and then they regret. You should leave any place after a profit because regretting on your decisions later would not help, but keeping yourself safe before that loss happens is a sign of a better gambler.

Nobody can even verify the total market cap of any cryptocoin, they are just "speculating" their values based on total available supply and its current value in BTC, but a small dump could get these coins doomed and the market cap would slip like insane. It is not possible for anyone to verify such information with an insider in each exchange who would leak such details of numbers that you are looking for. What we see are estimations and not the real numbers, and I don't think anyone would ever reveal them.

Bubbles? They don't seem bubble to me, because as the usage and number of users is getting increased day-by-day, so should the price to maintain the equilibrium.


And why so? Price is already priced in, and has been stabilizing itself since we see no reasons for a fallacy or a jump upstairs. Distribution would get an increase in price, so why think that stabilization could attract more people? Don't you like free market which gives you an opportunity to sell an "asset" you hold, at your price?


No need, because fiat is the only thing which gives Bitcoins a value currently, if it disappears, what will you exchange Bitcoins for?
Wait, are you thinking that Bitcoins will take Gold's place and will work just like Gold did when once there was a time we had Kings and Queens?

Me too, the guy announced on his twitter that "he made Bitcoins for us, and asks everyone to enjoy".
The FUD he is making over there will probably get Bitcoins into everyone's focus and I think he's already doing too much publicity for Bitcoins, and his craziness seems to be proliferating the word to people who were once unaware of this renaissance, but are now knowingly putting their money into this with the purpose of "turning their tiny spurs into giants".

Why are you being so pessimistic over bitcoins with such statements like "bitcoin is banned"? Even if it does, governments can't stop that average person who is trying to avoid taxes, to not use VPNs which would give access to his coins without any interference of anything, and do you really think that bitcoins would get banned "all over the world"? Is it that easy for anyone to ban it knowing that their citizens' money is involved in it? The market cap is an example itself that how much money is involved currently in bitcoins, do you think these big companies will let governments shut down their circus that easy?

The most common problem in everyone is, they try to recover over their losses and that's why they can't stop themselves from doing it. They should always remember that luck is with those who trade it with smartness and not foolishness, because gambling with a mindset of trying to recover something will never get you anywhere, but trying to make something over what you have even after a loss is a different way of gambling and will get you something which is better than going broke.

"Thinking" you are addicted or not to gambling would really not help in this case, because being addicted can be described in different ways. Say you have been gambling for fun without putting in your own money, then doing so cannot be considered addiction because you will probably not do it all the time, but it isn't similar when you get in with your capital because the more you lose, the more you will dive in unless you go broke, that's what should be called an addiction.

Mark my words - Bitcoin is nothing without altcoins as these alts tend to make Bitcoins too rise as well as circulate among users.
Just think - what will you do with your money if you have nothing available to be bought through it? Your statement seems legitimate and you are correct in your words, but to run such a network, this bullshit is actually needed because without these wealthy monsters, no one would come up to feed those weak hands who sell their Bitcoins for lower prices. Wealthy guys play it through minds, stupid guys play it through hearts.

Why no chance? Your statements are crossing each other.
One way you say that they have been existing since long time, and if they have no chance, then for what reason are these alts existing?
I know Bitcoin is number one and wish it remains the same all the time, but as we can't predict future, so is the same in case of Bitcoin vs alts.

If you see $40 against such huge price a "big dump", then I think you need to check back again. It should not be called dump, but correction of the currency back to where it should be. It is again back to $1191 and already went to $1200 once again today so no need to worry about that correction as the price is growing, we just need to take care that nobody sells off below $1100 as $1200 is already being maintained as the most-liked resistance.

I have been seeing Bitcoins' price rising with a stability in its growth, but due to the higher mining fee that is being levied on transactions these days, big businesses are now moving their funds towards alts and taking advantage with their least fees as well as shaping a completely new economy in the trends of altcoin markets. Do you think this may harm Bitcoin's dignity and open up a chance in real for alts to rise?

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