This is a DIY project as an investor. The best I can suggest to you for engaging in ICOs and finding genuine and profitable ones is for you to THOROUGHLY look at the white paper and then Google whoever is on the devs team to ascertain if what achievements claimed by board members are true. Also, make this forum your place of leisure and read up stuffs on investments.

By the way, DIY...Do It Yourself.

The patience and holding you talked about here depends on what coin one is holding. Sometimes it is advisable to sell off even at a loss than hold till infinity hoping the coin will moon to no avail. Ask some of us who bought and are still holding doge and Swisscoin. The scenario is better imagined than experienced.

The way lending coins are becoming rampant this day should become a thing of concern. Yes, concern should come in because I believe along the line some scamming devs will want to sneak in and wreck unsuspecting public of their money. There are Westerncoin, glasscoin and hextracoin (I participated in those at ICO) still waiting to be listed on CMC. Before I get quoted out of contex, I am not saying bitserial is scam. No, I am not insinuating that. I may buy into the ICO once I peruse the white paper and find out its focus aligns with my pursuit. I like lending coins and I am involved in bitconnect and regalcoin. My only concern is devs going bad.

Nah! I am very hopeful the three ICOs will turn out well and profitable too.

If you die it would be too late to do anything or assign a directive to anyone. That will be dying intestate sort of. This isn't really what OP seeks. Sorry to disappoint you though. Anyway, I think many  people will eventually fall to this kind of scenario at their death except death writes a letter for warning us of its coming. There's so much secrecy around the Bitcoin or cryptocurrency in general that everything looks like a secret that should be kept tight. From password to private key to seed to what else have you that should be hidden always.

We are in the same boat, dude. Almost everyone around me is naive to what Bitcoin or cryptocurrency is. In explaining to these people I always use the Cowries analogy or example to enlighten them that like cowries in the past as money, Bitcoin is the modern money from the Internet. That explanation sinks easily for most of them.

No, you aren't late to the party. Even if you think Bitcoin has risen too much at this point, you are still in time because project is that it might get to $20,000 in 2018. In respect to how you should invest your 50k, I will advise you split it into five equal parts. That is $10k apiece.

One for bitcoin
Another part for altcoins
The other for ICOs
The fourth for only coins with lending programme like bitconnect, regalcoin, Westerncoin, hextracoin, glasscoin etc
And the last for the Mining stuff.

August 1
October 25 (though it actually happened before that date)
November

The way this fork happens this day with shameless rapidity is becoming something else. The first time was two months interval while the expected November Sigwit2 will be happening within a month later. Who knows, the next might be two weeks apart. Yet, coins from these forks haven't been able to compete with Bitcoin, the crypto-general.

There is a reason your thread has so many reads but very few comments. You are a Newbie with just a single post but you are already sending a link to something no one else understands. Of course everyone is scared of malwares and virus.

If by digital you mean blockchain technology, I would say no. There's no way that's gonna happen considering the fact that illiteracy can never be totally wiped off the face of the earth. There are still people who will never understand the complexity if the blockchain to be able to use it. But if by digital you mean fiat being exchanged and transacted electronically, I would tell you that is already done. It is called internet banking or online banking/transactions.

In case you skipped what he wrote. Let me help out. He didn't say his hardware was hacked. He merely got a hardware wallet and is over the moon for that as hr believes safety us assured him.

Dude, don't be too sure that your coins are beyond reach and forever safe. Shit happens and nothing in life is total guarantee. Even those who make these wares have a way of also making virus to attack these wares so they can also sell anti-virus wares. These things are just messed up.

Nothing out of place will happen except that the price of Bitcoin will skyrocket. By the way, the 21m is the expected total mined coins but there is no way that 21m will be in supply even after everything has been mined. Of course there are going to be lost coins in transaction or lost private keys to trace some coins.

You can get a simple secured wallet like Electrum or Coinomi from playstore for Android phones. You have control over your funds with these wallets. Again, since you identified that the site wants it the Bitcoin way why complicate it with cash? Just get it sent to your Electrum wallet ASAP.

Your title thread and comment have it as ban on ICOs. So, how come Bitcoin is dragged into it again. If any country chooses to place a ban on ICOs it will be to protect its citizens from scams that lately ICOs have become. But that doesn't necessarily mean there will be a general ban on existing cryptos. By the way, ICO means: Initial Coin Offering. It means those coins are yet to go to the market as devs seek this avenue to raise money for their projects. Most times the devs disappear into thin air after raising the money. It will be a good thing to strictly regulate ICOs.

While you made an undeniably good suggestion, your last sentence is a difficult call. It isn't really easy knowing when price hits a bottom. We only get to know this from hindsight and after the event has passed. Sometimes, what you think should be Support turns Resistance.

Well, OP, emotional trading is the major Devil every trader battles with. It is this that sets a professional apart from an amateur. Get a grip on yourself. Determine your loss and profit before getting into a trade and then relax. Always remember that trading is about profit or loss and that you are bound to get one once you trigger a trade.

The axiom, "A man does not test the depth of a river with both feet" comes to mind here because that's what it looks like you want to do. Investing in cryptocurrency is a good idea as it is the new wealth. However, throwing all your life savings into it is a bad idea. While still trying to maintain the three cryptos you listed, you can find a way of including one or two lending coins so that you can be earning residual income from daily interest. Lending coins like bitconnect or regalcoin. But you must set aside some cash from your savings. Whatever happens, don't ever invest all your cash in cryptocurrency or any business, even if it is real estate.

If you view the struggle for supremacy as an engagement in politics, then OP you may be right. But I don't think so that Bitcoin has become a political tool. The disagreement among devs, miners and specially treated whales is healthy. If you know what goes on among governments and their functionaries you will also discover that a lot of power is involved in fiat too. It is only natural for humans to struggle for power where anything substantial and valuable is concerned.

OP, I guess you got into losses in buying altcoins because you always bought at the tip, not the dip. Buying altcoins is a good business. But you must know how to buy right. By the way, the so much publicized BTG was dumped by many yesterday at exchanges that listed it and made good money from it.

You should know as a relatively old member (a Full Member isn't a noob) here that an accusation like this are better backed up with source links and evidence. Otherwise, it becomes a FuD and an unnecessary run to kick someone business sore. By the way, you said twitter which means it is not even a personal experience of yours.

What do you mean by futures? The coin, Bitcoingold, has already been listed on more exchanges like Yobit and Binance. I guess the fork occurred before the awaited time. It went to above 0.08+ btc yesterday. Check these exchanges: www.yobit.io and www.binance.com

I am yet to understand the futures argument here. Can you please shed more light on that?

This is a great clarification you have made here. A lot of people often get swayed that every fiat means paper money and not in anyway electronic. This is a big deceit because every fiat exists with its electronic transactions. Sadly, no cryptocurrency exists outside electronic transactions. This is a big disadvantage for cryptos as they can't be transacted without the internet.