Bitcoin is to different people different things, and what triggers their choices of the use of bitcoin is the knowledge of bitcoin. How well do they know about bitcoin. OP, you are not alone, when I first heard about bitcoin and did a lil research about it , I had thought that bitcoin is only meant to be bought and resell and make profit. And if we are honest about bitcoin, this is the exact idea of that brought many newbies into bitcoin. It is only a few that embraced Bitcoin because of ;

• Privacy
• Decentralization
• Being their own bank

It is after you must have embraced bitcoin and become lucky to locate a forum like this that you will be exposed to more information about bitcoin. Talking about the ability to share information about bitcoin for free, this forum is second to none

Apart from in Bitcoin analysis, there is no type of analysis that does not put into account the history occurrences. Without past will present not form and on the basics of the present is the future formed. Although, historic trace alone cannot give you a well defined or an independently reliable information. There are other factors which negates the history track record most times.
In a nutshell, I can say that Bitcoin price history is important to every bitcoiner, but should be more important to say traders and short term investors. I think HODLERS are free from the headache of price crises.

This is where fundamental and technical analysis meets and augments each other

When we talk about business we are talking about profits and losses. It is either you are making profit in business or you are always losing and whether you are making profits or you are losing is a product of the decisions you make in your business. The decision to accept Bitcoin in your business is not what the business owner is supposed to take independently. The first question that will arise or that needs an urgent attention is whether or not the people that will patronize your business will actually need Bitcoin. Even if it is proven that bitcoin is actually the feature of finance, you do not actually need to incorporate it as a payment method for your business if your customers are not digital. Again, even if your customers are digital customers and they would actually accept using bitcoin as a means of payment, as a business owner how do you intend handling the volatility of Bitcoin. I mean what happens if the money plenty to you by a customer drops up to 4% in the next day that we were supposed to return to market.
Apart from that we have seen the recent mess in the Bitcoin mempool. If things continue to get messy who will pay the gross transaction fee of Bitcoin. If you also decide to use the normal transaction fee your business money could stock in the memory pool of Bitcoin network for weeks which is very detrimental to the growth of any business. I sincerely advice that you should take a sample opinion of your customers in the form of questionnaire to know if actually you need to implement Bitcoin payment gateway or you will stick to the traditional system of payment..

The ETF approval is not something that will last for one month and all agreements would be reversed. If it was a month or weeks something, the FOMO will have effects in the market. I think this development is permanent, which will make changes in the market to be somewhat slow. We shouldn't also forget that manipulators are in the market who are ready to show people signs of disappointment in order for them to forgo their spots. These institutional traders will like to buy BTC at the cheaper rate, it is therefore expected that they will shake off the weaker hands.

My projection is that before June, bitcoin price will be somewhere at $60k. The effect of ETF approval will be felt more during the bull run. I  see the present market condition as an opportunity to enter the market for those who has not taken nice position in the market. Cheers everyone, better days are ahead.

Apart from in Bitcoin, in order technologies there is always a great tendency of being misinformed. Every new technology does not present an easy opportunity to understand especially when it is totally new, I mean when it is not an old idea presented in a new way. In the case of Bitcoin which is someone technical, I do not actually blame people who misunderstand Bitcoin to an extent because it is not that easy to understand Bitcoin. Where my annoyance lies is that someone who does not understand bitcoin will proceed to teach other people the rubbish he understood thinking that it is the right thing. And because of the contradiction and misinformation about Bitcoin, many people are yet to embrace the industry.

Another thing that should be considered in order to curtail the level of misinformation about bitcoin is the place you learn Bitcoin. If you learn Bitcoin from the articles around the social media, you could be misled and before you realize you have already sinked the wrong information in your memory. But when you learn in an open forum like this, you will likely not be misinformed because any misinformation would be countered by another person and they entire public will actually know the truth. This I have said is one of the important factor that differentiates bitcoin forum from the media. Here, you will likely not go with any wrong information unless you are too lazy to research or engage in conversation.

Since you have gotten solution, you can lock the thread now.

Maybe it will be nice if we actually understand the meaning of the word bull run. In in elements understanding, bull run can be said to be a continuous increase in the price of the cryptocurrency, bonds or any other volatile assets. Applying same definition to the bitcoin reality, we can say that we are experiencing bull run. Even if we are anticipating a bigger bull run in the future, it doesn't eliminate the fact that the market is no longer in the bear phase.

This bull run cannot be cut short whether or not SEC approves ETF. My confidence is that there are two things waiting to drive the market;

• halving
• ETF approval

If one fails, the other will do the job.

Before now, I had given little/no attention to the ETF approval. I had classified it as a normal Bitcoin activities that were projected to move the market which failed finally. But, seeing the pre ETF approval impact in the market is making me believe that the jump will be massive more than anyone could predict. We could possibly see the highest jump in Bitcoin price, such that in the future such jump might not be possible.

What I and many other have thought, but in practice, massive adoption might not lead to less volatility in as much as bitcoin will become more scarce.

That's what I'm saying, I had thought that since it is bitcoin bull run, altcoins will also benefit. Has there been a season where it is only about the altcoins. I mean whether or not there is bull run, will the altcoins still rise. Infact, let me revise the question. Has there ever been a season called altcoins season, where bitcoin will not rise and only altcoins will be rising?

I believe that everything called bull run in the cryptocurrency concerns bitcoin and is greatly attached to bitcoin related activities such as halving, ETF approval etc.

Everything is pointing towards positivity. If it was going to be the other way round, the evidence would have been enormous as well. Even other countries of the world are giving bitcoin a chance by eliminating some barriers on bitcoin before now. This is the long awaited time, and the timing is perfect with the bull run on sight. We should just prepare for the massive regulations that will accompany this development.

There is one thing about investment, be it bitcoin investment or any kind of investment. That very thing is that it is not everyone that has the courage to invest. Investment requires patience and time in order to reap the reward of your investment. So many people believe in the present pleasure and does not care what the future has for them. While some people will only invest in what they are very sure about, this is one of the reasons why Bitcoin does not attract so much investors. Many people do not understand Bitcoin and its nature, and as you can also attest, there is a very great chance of losing your investment when you invest in what you do not understand. This is why bitcoin is always seen as an investment opportunity for the younger people, while the other people might not have the time and the Brain or opportunity to study about bitcoin which appears somehow technical than the everyday transitional system of investment that we know. Most times I do not blame people who refused to invest in Bitcoin, to be honest with us bitcoin investment looks like gambling. At one point you might be favored and in the other way around you could lose especially when you don't have the knowledge of the cryptocurrency market.

It is poverty that propels richness while richness propels investment. When you are poor you will have the eagerness to get a job and earn some money. When you are able to earn good money, you will be eager to invest the money. So, there's no special motivation for investment if not to have a big return of investment and be rich or live comfortably in life.

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Early Bitcoin investors where not actually after the return of investment, rather they were after  building a new decentralized technology to beat the flawed traditional system that is in existence.

It is the post that deserves merit;
It is not person or reputation of the person behind the account;
It doesn't matter how long the post is...I am yet to merit the population "I AM HODLING" post, but I'll still do that;
You can even send merits to a post more than once;
It is better to send 50 merits to a quality post than to sent 50 merits to 50 non quality posts;
Maybe I can bookmark a post I feel that I feel haven't received enough merits and will return after many months to merit same post.

Do sendable merits actually decay?
I haven't heard or seen any thread that anyone complain that their smerits are decayed. Could it be that they don't even check to know if the smerits are actually decayed or not.

In the other words, why do people not spend their smerits? Could it be because of one or more of the reasons below;

• They don't see quality posts to drop the merits. Maybe they have high standards
• They don't have time to browse the forum to send merits
• They don't believe in the merit system 

If bitcointalk posts weren't monitized, you would see many people who are passionate about discussing here. But since the signature campaign has become part of this forum, both people who are interested in the money and the people who are  posting passionately are somehow controlled by the money factor.
About post increase in the gambling section, I can say that the gambling section is the only section that isn't boring, especially if you know sports and gambling.

Many people in the forum can hear your voice as well, but the difference is that some who hear your voice are as helpless as you are. That's how the system was designed to be.

I have to quote this for reference purposes. I do not actually know how you come up with these figures but I believe them to a great extent. I am just waiting for dip back to the 30k region to buy more bitcoin.

Thank you Franky1 for this advice. It is rare to get it for free. I see that you are a rare gem and a successful fellow. You have your principles and you follow them strictly and that is why you distinguished yourself from thousands of people even here in the forum. I admire you and from henceforth I'll keep following your advice and wealth of experience.

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I could remember last year when there was much tension about the price of bitcoin. You maintained that bitcoin is opened within the window of 15k to 75k, that the price won't go below 15k and behold it happened. It was then I knew that you are so much endowed. Remain great Franky.

I am sorry that you totally misunderstood the. concept of tracking your expenses. Tracking your expenses does not mean that you should not spend or you should be stingy, it simply means that you should know where and how you are spending. There are people who earns a huge lot of money but they do not give account how they spent the money, at the end of the day it will look as if the lost money or someone stole from them. That is exactly what happens when you do not track your expenses.

When you are tracking your expenses, it will give you a clear picture of how much you earn and how you should spend. When you have this information at the tip of your fingers, you can now use the power of opportunity cost to be able to live within your means. Being able to track your expenses does not depict greed or stinginess, rather it will give you the clear picture of your financial inflow and outflow and hence enable you to make good use of your money.

Anyone who knows about football will sincerely not be sad with the Manchester United coach. Manchester United problem is not about the coach, although any club that is not performing fine, will have its blame on the coach. Is believed that the coach has everything to prepare the club to greater heights, when the club is not doing as expected it is also normal to blend the coach. However, we wish to be sincere to ourselves we should understand that Manchester United coach has not had a complete squad available for this season. At one point he will be having defensive problem, at the other point you will be having midfield problem and at some points you'll be having both midfield and the defensive problems. He is having attacking problem because even the Manchester United wonder boy called Marcus rashford has refused to score goals this season. Do you also remember that he has had goalkeeper problem and still having it. I believe Erik Ten Hang is not provided with what he needs to restore the glory of Manchester United.

TBH, I don't read those wall of texts, especially when it is not coming from someone I know too well is a very knowledgeable in Bitcoin. I have tried it several times and regretted at last. Some of those lengthy posts are full of repetitions and non connected narrations which could easily be called off topic.

In most cases what the users wish to say ended in the first few lines but the poster will deliberately stretch the write up to look like a gigantic article. There are people that writes such as habit, such as Jay juan, franky1, LUCKYFLY1 and others, and I read their posts. But recently, it's becoming a norm in the forum.