Yes, one of the elements of manipulation in the market are stupid people. Whales create trends, and people support them without realizing their mistakes. Unfortunately, this is so, and let's not say how bad it is, etc. Without them, we would not have seen such volatility in the crypto currencies.

I live in Russia. I so distrust the ruble and my government that I am ready to keep all the savings in bitcoins. I often buy up a crypto currency, but I would do it much more often if there was a convenient and fast exchange

I welcome any innovation positively. Crypto-currencies like any other innovation face a huge problem - confession. After all, any innovation interferes with existing foundations, business, politics, etc. For me, crypto currencies are a sign of freedom and independence. But so far, unfortunately, they are hard to use.

What you describe is exceptional cases. Globally, the movement of altcoins depends entirely on the mood of bitcoin, which is logical, because bitcoin dominates at 52%.

I stopped investing in ICO in March. Now I do not see prospects in this market. And earlier I liked the Chinese and Korean ICO.

Now the process of exchanging Bitcoin for real money has become easier due to the popularization of localbitcoins, but still it takes considerable time, in some countries it carries the risks of blocking cards and has high commissions of 5-8%.

I don't have a goal to achieve a certain profit. I just buy and sell in different cycles of growth and fall, sometimes doing a rebalancing. Sometimes for me + 20% is joy, and sometimes I'm worried because of + 100% when I close the position early.

A good example for those who don't understand what is, there is a seller who has precious metals worth $ 20 million. Gold itself is very difficult to ship to the buyer, if there is one. It is necessary to carry out a number of procedures that will protect the legal and physical side of the transfer process. The most optimal option is to sell part of the rights to own another person.
On the other hand, there is a buyer who has a certain condition, and he wants to invest it in precious metal. But for physical purchase it is necessary to prepare a special place for storing precious metal, and also to take a number of measures for the safe receipt of goods. For such a buyer, the best way to invest is to acquire rights to a certain part of the total number of precious metals from a particular seller. He buys only the part that he can afford, while the goods remain with the seller, and the buyer receives only a share.

White paper is a presentation document with promises. This is not a technical document, where we can see the calculations and implementation of the project. How can one believe in promises? I think there have been a lot of examples over the past year.

No, of course not. That's when it will cost $ 100,000-300 000, when every student and every maid will had it, then we can return to this question, but for now, no.

I also like altcoins because they bring good profits, but there are high risks of losing their investments. For example, if you bought altсoin in January, then you now have only 5-10% of your money. In the case of bitcoin, this is 30%, which is much higher.

Good advice from a normal government. Many countries advise their citizens to keep money in national currency, which is a huge fraud.

I believe that the most conservative people need their savings to be transferred to several assets: the dollar, euro, gold, bitcoin, shares. Keep the accumulation in the national currency - it's scary. To keep everything in bitcoin for these people is also scary, but if 10% of the savings are keep in bitcoins and they can do x5-x10 for a few and will be very happy about it. And if bitcoin isn't destined to survive, then 10% is not that much to worry about.

I would like to take advantage of the possibility of decentralized payment systems. But while there are no such systems, I can't take advantage of all the amenities. Therefore, as soon as the convenient use of crypto currency in the payment of goods and services and the rapid transfer of money from one multicurrency wallet to another will be realized, I can truly admire this technology. In the meantime, this is only a speculative market.

I choose investment in education. Bitcoin is good, we can assume that tomorrow bitcoin will disappear and what to do without education? Financial literacy is necessary for every person.

Everyone who creates an IСO is aimed at making money. The creators do not think about product development, they spend several months preparing for IСO. I have not seen a single project that would say that we have a product, now we want to get some money for many years of work.

I do not believe that the market can grow 5 times. If this happens, I will rejoice. But we do not need to hope for such rapid growth rates.

I believe that these who make deposits are especially lazy. There are many ways to put money into circulation and earn more than 6.5 and 9% per annum. Let's be honest, we still need to take into account the annual inflation in the region of 3-5%.

I like the way Bittrex works. They delete the tokens if the team does not develop their product, or there is no MWP. It is necessary for other exchanges to take an example.

I had a bad experience with Poloniex, I waited for verification for several months, and did not start trading on this exchange. And there was a bad experience with OKex, on this exchange it was incorrect  window for verification, and the technical support window was not translated into English, I never started to work whis this exchange.