I think there are so many threads asking for btc investment advice because people are simply too greedy.
They already have a good investment, the bitcoin. But that does not seem to be enough, it has to be more. A free advice to generate more profit without having to lift a finger.
The world does not work this way.
And the answer to the question why there are few real investment options is the fact that bitcoin already is a good investment.
Every business you put your coins in would have to earn first the amount that comes from the bitcoin price increase during the time of the investment.
And then put some interets on the top of that.
A hard to reach goal for most companies.

I think the public opinion plays a big role in the number of people joining bitcoin.
When the media always connect bitcoin to criminals who make use of it, the image of bitcoin gets bad and the number of new bitcoin users decreases.
But I hope those times are over. I have noticed that news about bitcoin turn out to be more and more fair.
Maybe that is one of the reasons why 2016 was so successful for bitcoin: impartial, sometimes positive reports in the media.

I must agree to that as well.
A sudden increase of transactions in the extent as we have seen it during the past days indicates something else than a natural growth.
Most likely it was some spam effort, and I can not see much good in that. In fact it was the first time one of my transactions got delayed.
I do not see any good in that.

Same here.
Made a small purchase and used bitpay, that was 5 hours ago.
I already contacted the shop where I placed the order and they are aware of the problem, so I do not expect any trouble once the transaction goes through.
But I really hope that will not happen too often in the future.
From now on I will always controle the mempool size before I make a transaction.

Nothing is 100% safe.
With bitcoin, the biggest danger to its safety is the person who uses it.
But if you mean just the code that determines bitcoin mining, nobody has dicovered any flaws till now.
Of course that is no guaranty it won't happen in the future.

Unfortunatelly nobody knows that (I think).
If there were methods to predict the price, a lot of people would use them to get rich.
And if somebody would really have found a way to tell when bitcoin is chap, he will not tell it to anybody else. That would make his method useless.

I once tested a debit card that accepted bitcoins as a loading option.
Some online shops acepted it, other did not. Then the money was put on hold and I had to wait a few weeks until it was cleared as a refund.
Personally I do not use it anymore because most shops I intended to use that card now accept bitcoin directly.

I think China (or any other industry nation) could take a massive influence to bitcoin price if they wanted to.
When you look at the current market capitalization of abot 16 billions, that is not very much compared to the money nations deal with.
They could buy and sell as much as they please and dictate by this the price behaviour of bitcoin.

It somehow depends on how much money is paid for an average job in the region you live.
In a poorer country for example, a good campaign can beat a regular day time job with much less effort.
In an industry nation that is going to be hard to acheive. There a real job is better, and with the earned money bitcoins can be bought.

To me trading is exchanging one coin against another. That happens instantly and you can exchange it back every second.
Investing means to me that you give a part of your money to another person, with the intention to get one day more money back than you gave the person.
But getting your money back is not possible on such a short notice than it is with trading.
It is usually determined to a certain date, or it takes some time (in which a lot can happen).

Trump is somebody from whome you do not know his next step.
That incertainty might bring some people to put a part of their investments into now forms of investments, and one of them could be bitcoin.
On the other hand he wants to put America first and has made out China to be a big competitor for the US.
Most of the mining farms are in China, so I can imagine that if bitcoin becomes more popular, he might try to develope moves we all will not like.

I think that crypto is an investment option and a way to make payments, but for a small minority of people.
For most people it will always bee to complicated or not safe enough.
Those people want a certain amount of scurity, and that is something a currency which is completely under the rules of the market can not provide.

Like many others here have already said, cloudmining is a scam.
In my eyes all investment options with bitcoins are (not trading, I do not consider that to be an investment).
If an offer sounds too good to be true, it always is.
Cloud mining services get their profit out of the greed of the people... don't feed them.

I think that money laundering is possible with nearly everything.
Cash, bitcoins, or any other good.
But sooner or later that money has to go back into a bank account.
I think that is the spot where governments should put their eye on.

I think that 2k are possible maybe next year.
And I do not think that there really is that much money necessary to reach 2K. Most of the bitcoin holders keep their coins.
The number of new mined bitcoins will be relatively constant for the next years, but it is only half as high as it was before the halving.
An increasing price attracts more new users, and a lot of them will turn out to be long term holders as well.
With a bigger demand and a more limited supply in the past, I see the 2K barrier fall within two years.

Bitcoin price is totally determined by the laws of the market. Supply and demand rule over bitcoin.
While governments try to give their fiat a certain stability that can not be done with bitcoin.
Every wealthy investor can influence bitcoin price by changing the demand side.

To me I do not ask the question if bitcoin can replace fiat, because I do not think it should.
I think it's fine when both can coexist. The way it is now is perfect for me.
If I want to pay with fiat, I pay with fiat. If I want to use bitcoin, I convert fiat into bitcoin. That's the best solution I can imagine.

I think the main reason why most people do not use bitcoin is because to most of them it simply is too complicated.
To use bitcoin you must first understand how it all works, create a wallet and then get coins from somewhere.
That's really a big amount of time you have to put in it.
For many people that does not seem to be necessary when they can use something like cash or paypal.

I don't think I would ever burn bitcoins on purpose.
After all, they are money. And I do not throw money away, no matter what.
With bitcoins, I am sure that there will always be an option to convert them into something that would be of use for me.
So no, I would never burn my coins.

If bitcoins are mentioned in classrooms from teachers side, then they should be integrated when the fiat systems are mentioned.
And it should not turn out to be an advertisement event for crypto currencies. Just an impartial information that something like bitcoin exists. Maybe including some benefits and disadvantages.
In maths, it's hard enough to keep up with the numbers. It would be too much if kids had to calculate in units they do not know what it is.