Ha!  i say "BTC" in the body of my first post...

But you have a point.  I don't mean "whichever bitcoin fork is the main one in 5 years".  My measily investment is in BTC, and that is what I am interested in.  I will be really bummed if some other fork reduces BTC to rubble. (But I am encouraged by what is happening with BCC!)

Obviously this is asking a very biased crowd, but I am wondering where you think BTC will be valued at in 5 years?

This poll is open for the month of August, 2017.  Once you vote, you cannot change your vote.

It will be interesting to revisit in 5 years' time, and see where people stand.   I wish there was a way to show the name with each vote, but I don't see that option?

Thanks!
Kitty

Thank you!

Hello odolvlobo!
Thank yo so much for a reply!  You are a King! I have been trying to get replies from people about Bitcoin and other Crypto, and most people just ignore my pleas.  So first, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR HELP.

So to be perfectly clear, from your response I gleam:

1. The addresses generated for paper wallets, and the addresses used by exchanges ARE the same thing (or at least, use the same mechanism to be created, and are same num of digits, etc.), BUT!  The addresses are sooooo huge, they are highly unlikely to to be used more than once?  Right?

2. There is no "check to make sure an address is unique" when it is generated, again because the addresses are sooooo huge, they are highly unlikely to to be used more than once?  Right?

Sorry for these noob questions, but I really want to wrap my head around it all.

Thanks for throwing a new user a bone!

Kitty

Hello! I bought my first bitcoin, or part of one. I don't want to buy a hardware wallet, so I made a paper wallet using bitaddress.org. I transferred my bitcoin to the wallet I made from my exchange, but I am confused about some things:

• Using bitaddress.*** offline, how can I be sure that the generated public key is unique? There have millions of public keys made now, couldn't they overlap?
• When I transfer bitcoin between exchanges, it uses an address just like my wallet? Is this address the same thing as a wallet? Or is it different in some way?
• I plan on holding my bitcoin, BUT! I do not understand how I can transfer it out of cold storage if I ever want to do so? It certainly does not seem as simple as transferring it INTO cold storage was? Am I missing something, or is it actually complicated to transfer out of your wallet?

That is it for now! Thanks a lot!
Kitty