It depends on the availability of your time and resources.

Mining consumes more, both time and resources. But with proper management, you can gain bigger returns.

Whereas buying coins and trading requires minimal supervision,

especially if you are into holding coins that you think have a huge potential.

or

You can do both if you have resources and time.

A huge factor comes from your dedication and persistency to achieve your goals.

I dont think so, if we look back at BTC charts a few years ago, it's noticeable that it usually fluctuates at the beginning of the year.

Probably this is the effect of holiday seasons all over the world, people tend to convert their BTC into their respective fiat money to buy valuables or services in establishments that doesn't accept BTC yet.

But in the past year, BTC gained so much popularity that it caught the eyes of the government and banks all over the world.

BTC will continue to be popularize and maybe in the near future banks and establishments will start to accept BTC as mode of payment to most commodities. If that happens, such fluctuations will be minimized or eliminated.

2018 has the most oppurtunities for BTC, so we cant say that its the downfall of BTC, its just getting started. 

Even the best of best crypto specialist can't completely help you my friend. It's up to you, your success depends on your patience and consistency.
You may start and ask questions to this thing called "google".
You will gain knowledge about trading by participating in alt coin discussions or just read articles on this forum.
Reading a lot and asking questions and advice to my colleagues help me understand the trading system.

Banks today are still in agony weather to accept BTC because of its volatile value. But some banks offer the services of converting your fiat into BTC, but not BTC into your fiat money.

In my opinion, its better not to involve banks in managing your COINS, they will just chip a piece of your funds and make the transactions difficult and time consuming (based on my experiences where banks were involved).

Bitcoin and Gold have their own respective perks. If your looking for a short term investment that appreciates fast, I recommemd to go for BTC, just be very vigilant in reading news and infos on whats happenning in the system. If your into long term investment with a relative return of funds, I suggest stick to gold or other sort of physical investments.

Its a huge risk. Youre not directly involved in controlling your money.  Its just like shootng an apple while riding a saddle while being blindfolded.
Investing itself is risky, evenso letting other people manage your investments without further knowledge on how they will manage your funds is on a whole new level of risk.

It's possible that ETH can reach BTC's value. A few months ago ETH was valued at $293, now it's worth $1k. Now that BTC seems to be dumping hard, more and more are seeking ALTCOINS for refuge, and ETH is taking the spot light.

This was the effect of Christmas rush. People converted their BTC to Fiat money to buy gifts and prepare for upcoming celebrations. Be patient, the great surge is yet to come.

Yes, people do buy cryptos with real life money. What else do you think was used to buy crypto currency?
Many people get exited when they observed that BTC price was going sky high and want to go with it. With those with millions of dollars in their pockets its no big deal.
Now that BTC its dumping hard its even more better to start buying it.

Cashless society, its a bit scary to some people but this will open to bigger opportunities. It will make our life easier. We can save Decades of time just be standing by on line waiting to pay our bills.

Imagine placing your order on your favorite diner and paying it by a click while sitting comfortably on the diner seat.
No lines, Noits counting of bills, No counting of change, just sitting there waiting for the food to be served.

Its going down because of:

1. Investors are rebelling because the high transaction fee on platforms.

2. Invenstsstor are trading BTC to altcoins

3. Panic Selling

4. Investors are digging to Bitcoin Cash

But hey! Its the perfect time to buy BTC!
Its predicted to reach 50k USD next year.
Have a wonderful year ahead.

Sure thing. Bitcoin caught the interest of the world, still, a lot of people dont have any idea about Bitcoin. We need more advertising and campaign to promote Bitcoin and enlighten those people that are not aware of its potential.

Where are we on the 21M BTC that was initially created?
What will happen to BTC as we approach that value?

Dead AGAIN?
When does Bitcoin died?
Bitcoin will always find its way around. Though the price is dumping a lot today there's nothing to be worried about, its the perfect time to buy BTC. Earn some BTC for yourself today and enjoy the returns in a few days!

Being Optimistic is the key to success!
Of course there's always a risk in investing. So what should we do?
Instead of worrying too much weather our investment will succeed, we must stay optimistic. Its the best that we can do.
After all worrying too much will only make the situation worst! Happy New Year!

I dont think that Bitcoin will disappear if China decided to block Bitcoin in their country. The rest of the world is very interested to Bitcoin. It became even more popular today, now that it reached 19k USD. There is no stopping it.

That would be good, Bitconnect promises you to earn 200% within a year, but in reality you will only get your initial investment after a year of waiting and you have to wait for another year to actually gain something. Your initial deposit will be out in the air, you will never get a hold unto again.

Remember when BTC was 200 USD?

Over the past months its value drastically increased.

Month after month, it surpasses its all time high value.

Let's hear what are your thoughts about the future of BTC.

How high will the price of BTC reach in years to come?

Yes, that would be very risky, any investment is. Invest only what you are prepared to loose. Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
Read more on the upcoming events that might affect the price of Bitcoin, that will be your guide to predict where your investment is going.

It's never too late to buy BTCitcoin. The price should go up as long as we didn't acquire yet all 21MBTC, the demand for BTCitcoin will surely become higher as we approach the 21MBTC mark.
By the way we are at 16.7MBTC as of October 2017.