We should admit that bitcoin isn't a convenient payment method, too much hassle to use it without a third party like Bitpay which automatically converts crypto into fiat currency.
Because it's not just the price volatility, high fees and confirmation time are two things to consider before using it as a direct payment method without a third party.
Some altcoins are better due to instant confirmation and low fees.

and bitcoin not yet surpass $14K, imagine if the rally could reach over $15K, how much fees do we have to pay then?
Currently, total mempool transactions are 62,993 (continue to increase every second) and the fastest fee is 344 satoshis/byte.
It reminds me of unconfirmed transactions over 155,000 in May 2017 with fees over BTC85 waiting to be confirmed, are we heading to the same path again?
Makes me wonder about segwit and LN.

That is one of the biggest downsides of bitcoin, too many queues on mempool makes transaction confirmed longer even could take days or pay a higher fee to get it confirmed faster. Currently, the fastest transaction fee is 350 satoshis/byte to get confirmed in less than 20 minutes and you can pay fees of 172 sat/byte to get confirmed within 1 hour.
Nevertheless, bitcoin price manages to reach $14K although it jus a blink of an eye moment, now bitcoin easily maintains the support level at $13,600. Wait for 24 hours, whether bitcoin can hold its position or take a brief dip to $13,200 resistance level.

When bitcoin prices arise and many transactions waiting on the mempool, higher fees are unavoidable.
What kind of wallet do you use? Obviously, you need to change your wallet which allows you to customize the fee and using segwit address will be better because you can lower the suggested fee by 40%. Currently, the fastest estimated fee is 322 satoshis/byte but if you manage to adjust the fee to 155 sat/vB, it will be confirmed within 6 hours, if you're willing to wait.

We can argue what is the definition of money or currency. But we agreed that bitcoin can be used as a medium of exchange,  then it's a money. Whatever that can be used and agreed by both parties as a medium of exchange, just like bitcoin being used as a means of payment across the world or at least by people in this forum or citizens in Japan to buy goods or pay the bills. One thing that bitcoin need is more countries stated  bitcoin accepted as means of payment,  bitcoin is one step further after PayPal enable users to spend bitcoin on 26Million merchants.

That might be true, people who treat bitcoin as an investment may just want to make a profit in the end, they buy bitcoin at a cheaper price and hoping to sell it at higher price.
Whoever bought bitcoin in the early adoption will be rich if they are holding it for years, you can call it the privilege for early adopters, we can't argue or excoriate about that, as they believe in bitcoin from the beginning. However, whatever your purpose involved in bitcoin, what matters is the main purpose of bitcoin as peer-to-peer electronic cash system.

Bitcoin resilient to holds the support above $13,200 for 24 hours makes it back to uptrend, testing $13,500 support and trying to break the resistance at $13,900.
Let's see what will happen in 24 hours if bitcoin manages to surpass $13,900 then the odds of hitting $ 15K-16K by the end of this year are more likely.

But at current bitcoin rate, it's more profitable to choose btc pair as its price trend to increase compared to altcoins which result in you being able to buy more coins.
if bitcoin price decline, then altcoins prices tend to decrease as well, in this case, you'll get more coins with USDT pairs
So which pair that I favor depending on the market condition and the current price of bitcoin and USDT, but mostly prefer bitcoin.

This is not a good year for us due to the global pandemic, many people lost their job, but we have to make efforts to get through this problem.
Nevertheless, we should aware of the current conditions and the state of our country which is prone to crises if the government doesn't manage the financial affairs and monetary policy to strengthen economies and emerging markets. Take care of ourselves and keep striving for life.

After bitcoin rally to $13,850, a correction is a normal thing in this market, bitcoin persist in a healthy bull market
Bitcoin price needs to hold the support at 13,200 for 24 h to continue the uptrend. The market sentiment still in the buy position.
Meanwhile, altcoins seems to take a deeper dip although it wasn't following the recent bitcoin rally, probably traders cash out to buy the dip of bitcoin.
However, it's a good opportunity to buy more altcoins in case of the next uptrend.



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Warren Buffet has never been a fan of gold, he doesn't like gold as an investment, preferred to buy shares of a profitable company.
Because he thought that gold is lack of utility, requires storage space and security fees which isn't a productive asset.
Note it; Warren's company Berkshire bought roughly 20.92-million-share purchase of gold-mining stock Barrick Gold, he bought the share of a company, not the gold.

For a company, it should be about earnings, if the world transition moving toward cryptocurrency, they have to adopt it as well to ensure continuity of profit in the future, just like auto companies transition from internal combustion to the electric vehicle. At least PayPal will enable 300+ million users to spend cryptocurrency at its network of more than 26 million merchants, adoption enhances the utility of bitcoin as a medium of exchange.

Holding BTC1 for ten years, definitely will multiply more than 100x, bitcoin 10 years ago was only $0.125 and now $13,100 multiply more than 100,000x. How about in 2030? Some predictions said it probably worth more than $500,000.
Not every coins worthy to hold for a long time, some are object for trading and manipulation, preferably to buy and trade some major coins like btc, eth, ltc.

Considering the current moving average of the bitcoin market, recent news from PayPal and many institutional investors purchasing bitcoin, lead the current price to over $13,000. Calculating the trend direction, possibly to reach $15K by the end of the year, probably within $14,800 - $15,000. a lot of things can happen in 2 months as we know bitcoin price 2 months ago was $11,500, an increase of 12%, the price of bitcoin in 100 days increase 40.54%, and 200 days increase 56.6%


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it contradicts with learning by yourself and riskier to lose capital because there are a few hidden pitfalls
- you don't know whether the person being followed is really capable and there is no guarantee to gain profit.
- you have to pay the fees, a percentage from the winnings (E.g. 25%), a monthly subscription fee, or a high withdrawal fee. check it out before deposit.
- minimum first-time deposit determined by the platform, considering 'the fees' mentioned above, your capital already reduced.
- there is a limit for copy traders how much you can bet and the permissible percentage of the amount that can be invested in one trading activity, as specified in the platform's policies.
That's why learning the concept of trading makes you understand the theory behind the strategy which makes money, there are no fees to pay and you can decide how much you want to place a trade. Just learn the strategy, concept, risk management, and money management.

There are reasons why he doesn't like bitcoin and called it 'rat poison squared', he stated will never own bitcoin.
Even long before bitcoin, Warren doesn't like to buy Gold although it's a valuable asset, he repeatedly said would rather buy shares from good companies than invest in gold.
just as he doesn't like investing in gold, so does invest in bitcoin, because he considers it as unproductive assets nor produces anything which is an object for speculation and manipulation, 'a gambling device' he said.

Because too many scam projects in the name of airdrops, like Op said; luring people to contribute fulfilling their terms and condition to get free tokens but in the end, it is a scam or worthless compared to time and effort from participants. indeed, there are some valuable projects but the main problem is to distinguish between a good project and a scam one. Here a way to learn more about a scam or fake project > 🌍 Guidelines, how to spot a scam ICO & report effectively. ✔ and 🌍[Guide] Prevent scam!!! Some useful tools for find scam / fake ICO team 🌍
However, after doing research and finding that a project is not a scam does not guarantee that a project will be successful in the future.

So, your aim is collecting at least BTC1, sell it at the peak, waiting for the correction, then hopefully afford to buy BTC2?
What is your plan to get BTC1? by swing trading BTC0.25? I don't have BTC0.25, but I'm doing this with a small amount of capital (as much I can afford to lose) and could increase just a little bit of my bitcoins.
You can earn more bitcoin in this forum, fraction by fraction, just keep reading and learning more about bitcoin and the forum, get merit, improve your rank, as time goes on you will be able to register for a sig-camp with decent payment like $20-$60 a week. Don't be too rush, enjoy the process within 6 months - 1 year and you can accumulate BTC1 as the time goes on.

Let me tell you, there ever a contest, whoever wins it got BTC1, BTC0.2, and BTC0.1, just check this (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5187691.0)
I'm not saying this is the best way to earn bitcoin, but an opportunity like this ever happened. Cheers up.

Bitcoin forum and developer community are more than enough to answer some technical questions about bitcoin, actually it might have been answered.


No need to counter all the criticism as it will always be there, endless. Many questions are better to remain unanswered, Satoshi had shared his vision about bitcoin as a new electronic cash system, peer-to-peer with no trusted third party.

Tether's credibility has been in doubt for years and has been encountered lawsuit, it is an unwise decision if the exchange's liquidity backed by USDT, they just list it for traders but hopefully don't hold it as a reserve.

"Kiana Shek, Digifinex’s co-founder, told CoinDesk she’d been “looking for ways to get rid of USDT” for months, adding, “I simply don’t believe in tether but I had no choice” but to list it.^[1]

If Tether will be takedown, then every trader who holds it will suffer losses but won't affect the whole crypto market significantly to cause a new bear market.