We've been here from around the $5k mark when most of the wall street ballers began calling Bitcoin out to be a bubble and today we're at over double that number and did you expect the accusations to stop?
Believers will continue to hold while those who couldn't jump aboard will continue throwing more stones in an attempt to sway the holders. Bubble or not, they're just mad and jealous looking at middle class investors joining the millionaire list and surpass them.

Faucets are already giving out negligible rewards especial for the amount of time one spends on clicking for the rewards. More than us, they would be having a closer watch on the price of Bitcoin which influences the rewards being given out. Thinking from another view, some of the faucet sites running JavaScript miners are actually making profit minus'ing the payouts they provide, as browser mining and ads are their only ways to sustain.

Just another lazy attempt at spreading FUD by the ones behind Bitcoin Cash. It is practically impossible to take all the current mining power out from the Bitcoin miners and redirect them to Bitcoin Cash and even though this happens, the core will remain unaffected. Even if more than 50% of the miners are diverted, the network will still survive and it won't be long before everyone returns to the foundation, that is Bitcoin core.

I would say experience is everything in trading and knowing the right periods to invest and withdraw is very much essential to derive the highest profits. With Bitcoin, it can be said to be a safe long term investment as the growth rate is getting exponentially higher each year. Coming down to altcoins and ICOs, just go for short term, planned investments where it is much easier to sell quickly and end up with how much ever profit it yields.

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The bubble call outs can keep coming but HODLers will continue to HODL. These are the people who are poised to wait for a very long period of time for a massive rate of interest on their investment, so I don't see why they would lose their patience at any given point in time as bubble accusations continue surfacing. $11k is just another foothold and 2018 promises to be a highly progressive year for Bitcoin with speculations that it might reach upto $40k.

0.5 BTC to join a group providing signals? You're wasting both your time and more importantly money. There are lots of trade signal providing groups out there and some of them are even free. Might as well try a free one out by simulating the results of their signals and gain enough experience to make the choice of joining for half a BTC.

Of course receiving incentives of loyalty programs through cryptocurrencies would be a great deal over the redeemable points system for various reasons. First of all, it attracts more customers and those who have no idea about cryptos will get an idea and also some rewards. Next up, the company itself would get more exposure for offering rewards in Bitcoin. Wouldn't be surprised to see companies starting this up very soon.

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It is not entirely possible to control the price of Bitcoin even with sufficient back up behind you. Look at what happened a few months ago when all the FUDs and bubble accusations were making rounds, it did take a toll on Bitcoin's price initially but later on just helped it reach where it is right now, beyond $10k.
About the whole thing of Bitcoin Cash taking over, yes it might scale much better than Bitcoin into the future but with the price controlled by Jihan's bunch, it is harder for themselves to get a move on when its original counterpart is effectively much much ahead.

Begin with the developers, see if they're actually real people as scam ICOs put up fake profiles. Never trust any project with anonymous devs as its kind of like a recipe for disaster. Moving on, look at the outline of the project and judge for yourself if it can make reasonable impact. Going through the white paper will give you a decent idea. Check if there are similar projects that are contending with the one you're looking into.

The basic factor in determining the price of Bitcoin is supply and demand. But I believe there is something more to this than just economic laws, I'm talking about time. When Bitcoin initially began almost eight years ago, it wasn't even worth a full dollar but today, it is worth five figure value. With sepculation that it will hit $40k by the end of next year, the growth possibilities seem endless and who knows it might be even worth a million dollar in a decade or so.

Your best bet would be to back up all of your passwords offline on a piece of paper and keeping it safe. Make sure passwords are alphanumeric and aren't something too obvious to be guessed. (which belong to combo lists of brute forcers)
Other than this, use an antivirus software like MBAM (free) and conduct frequent full scans of your PC to ensure there is no malware that is keystroking the passwords being entered.

Back in late 2013, being relatively new to cryptocurrencies, I got my hands on a few mBTC by selling a small portion of my Runescape gold and sold it a few weeks later for small profit. This was my first ever Bitcoin trade and it was fruitful. Later on, I started selling CSGO skins for Bitcoin and further got into investing in altcoins. It was not that big of an amount but was still worth the experience and introductions to pumps and dumps, wherein I ended up on the wrong side.

Opened the website, saw their motto and I had to close the page down. "Make Bitcoin Great Again" when it is almost at its peak of greatness already. Whoever is behind this 'ingenious' fork cannot be serious. We all witnessed what happened with Segwit2x and all its promises, yeah it never happened. We're already living with two hard forked coins and creating more irrelevant forks makes it look a clumsy mess.

Witnessing Bitcoin flourish to new heights and especially for breaking into the five digit zone has me starstruck. Imagine if Satoshi woke up today and decided to check his Bitcoin balance in USD. He could probably buy out all the companies listed up there and still be left with millions. That is how a visionary's dreams set us all up in this very forum talking about a cryptocurrency going from 0 to $10,000 in a span of just over 8 years.

The meme crossed us a few days ago and we might need to make a new one by the next Dragon Ball Super episode which is the upcoming Sunday when I expect Bitcoin to hit the $10k mark. Vegeta might actually go ultra instinct and officially announce Bitcoin to be over the five figure mark, surrounding the Bitcoin logo with the ultra instinct form 

Memes apart, we're just a couple of days away from witnessing another spectacular miracle that is Bitcoin crossing the 10k mark and officially being declared the priciest single entity in the world. Going to get chills when I see the price being in give digits and I cannot wait for the big day.

Almost every gambler would've experienced both scenarios that you have mentioned. Of course losing a month's paycheck in a few clicks is disastrous and could tilt anyone but at the same time, with some luck and a will to cashout at a particular point, it can be made profitable given that you're riding that luck which never lasts forever.

To keep it simple, Bitcoin was the first ever cryptocurrency that was created and dates its origin back to 2009. Backed by blockchain technology, it is very easy to use compared to other forms of online payment processors like PayPal and Skrill. Even better, just holding onto Bitcoins yields profit in the longer run with its continuous growth. These are just a few reasons for anyone to choose Bitcoin and this is nowhere near to the end of its strengths.

A correction down to $7-8k seems unlikely as we're yet to reach the $10k milestone. None the less, I don't see Bitcoin going so deep in the trench.

Bitcoin Gold should be on a roller-coaster as its devs might dilute the market with the premined coins anytime and it's already been quite a while since it's been rising. Bitcoin Cash on the other hand will collect most of the spoils if there is a correction, pushing itself up to new heights of maybe even $2k or more. With much curiosity, I'm awaiting things to unfold.