You should definitely split your coins, and always make sure to have a good percentage in bitcoin. It is not too late to buy BTC. There were people who thought it was too late when it hit $1,000. If you buy now, then you'll be happy when it hits $10,000. Definitely don't buy more Waves if you already have a lot. Even if I really like a coin I never have more than about 30% in it at most.

PErsonally I think bitcoin will survive and prosper and the value will continue to increase over the years.
However it does make sense to never go 'all in' on one thing, so even if bitcoin rises steadily it is prudent to not bet everything on this one coin or on cryptocoins generally. We make educated guesses about cryptocoins but it is still effectively gambling.

That's exactly my guess as well, so I'll back you up! I' don't follow it so much now, but I remember that bitcoin cash had some big difficulty adjustments (reductions) after people stopped mining, and then they all flooded back... and left again when it got more difficult, etc.

I'd also say definitely avoid these groups. Maybe it starts off well, but at some point they will start giving you signals after they've made their own move. The point of the groups is to make money for the people who run them, and the easiest way to do this is to give out signals that benefit their own holdings.

I would go for bitcoin in the short-term, it's showing big growth pre-segwit2x. But after the fork who knows?
I think ETH is good too, just not at the moment. So for longer-term I'd say split between btc and eth.

Just don't take the results of this poll as a reason to invest! Always make sure you have thoroughly researched it. Sometimes when people recommend a coin it is because they have a bag that they want to offload. With ICOs if people are involved in a bounty campaign for that coin then they will want to promote it to increase the amount sold at ICO and so increase the bounty pool. So just be careful and do your own research!

You shouldn't take bitcoin gold fork as being the same as Segwit2x. The two events are really not comparable, bitcoin gold was basically just another alt whereas segwit2x is a proper chain split.
With the btc gold split, basically no-one lost any faith in btc, everyone just viewed btc gold as a free airdropped alt. Segwit2x is different and could be really chaotic. We might see an alt dump like before bitcoin cash, or alternatively people might want to stay out of crypto altogether until everything settles down again after the fork. Really difficult to say. I think there will be a lot of different strategies in play.

Always research before investing in an ICO. Don't let FOMO rule, don't get swept up in the hype.
I don't know the details of that specific ICO, but in general if you are going in it is best to get in as early as possible to take advantage of any bonuses.

I think the problem is likely to be that the tokens haven't been distributed yet. Bounties and airdrops often take a while to come through. Another explanation might be that you need to add them as custom tokens in your wallet - plenty of stuff on Google about how to do that.

I've had problems logging in at times, and it certainly isn't the most user-friendly trading site... but sometimes it is necessary to use it to trade in the more obscure coins that aren't listed elsewhere. I don't think it's too bad, just not as easy to use as bittrex etc.

We do also have to bear in mind that Ethereum has very strong developers and we are halfway to PoS now. ETH is certainly not standing still, and for the moment I think is a stronger bet than NEO.

Mine varies quite a lot, the only real constants are bitcoin and Ethereum. I think if you are not going to trade very much, then bitcoin is best and only those altcoins that you are convinced have a strong future.

I suppose I am in mostly for money, but with ethical restraints. If I think something is unethical I won't get involved even if it would make profit. But then I don't evaluate every project from an ethical perspective, it's just those that clearly stand out as wrong for me.

I think there will be a whole market drop. The question is how much will it drop? There is a lot of uncertainty around Segwit2x, and it is often uncertainty that causes prices to start falling. I don't have an answer to how much it will fall, but I'm watching carefully.

It's good to start the thread to remind everyone to be aware of these. It is one thing to apply for an airdrop, but another to invest in one of these coins without doing research. They are only able to pump the price because people are willing to buy. So always do your research before buying in to any coin, don't let FOMO rule over cold hard logic.

It's not an airdrop, it's a chain split. It happens automatically - whatever you have in your BTC wallet, you get the same amount of bitcoin gold. The snapshot happened yesterday, so the "airdrop" is already done.

Yes, people who didn't want bitcoin gold took advantage of the bitcoin price rise, then moved back to alts before the fork. Those who did want bitcoin gold are now moving back to alts after the fork. This is as expected. The next question is what happens when we hit the 2x date... presumably this will have a greater effect on the market because it's more of a big deal than bitcoin gold is/was.

Should we be anticipating something similar to the big drops pre-bitcoin cash that we had this summer?

I'm sure you would lose money doing that. If you restricted it to top 50 you might make money, top 20 you almost certainly would. Basically the higher the ranking in cap you restrict it to, the more profit you are likely to make (excluding where you only select a few coins, as the value of individual coins comes more into play).

A lot of people make money from ICOs by taking advantage of bonuses. If an ICO offers 50% bonus coins during first x days, then people will take up this offer and then dump the coin as soon as it hits exchanges for an almost guaranteed profit. This is why I think coins shouldn't offer early buy bonuses.

I wonder the same thing. It could well happen, as 2x is much more of a big deal than bitcoin gold is/was. 2x could end up being like it was this summer with the first part of segwit.