Since the halving is now over, the supply shock should cause the price to increase but traditionally it is a gradual increase.  I believe that historically, there is a steady increase after the halving for about a year but then a more parabolic increase for several months after that before the blow off top.

But of course this cycle could be different than previous cycles.

How long does an ETH transaction stay pending before it gets dropped?

Yes I had already heard of Rocketpool. I was thinking about maybe just using 1 Ethereum at first with them and see how it goes. Still that’s $200 that I’m risking.

I’m thinking about doing the Ethereum staking but joining a pool. Anyone know if it’s going to be worth it?

I don't think the price will necessarily fall if Satoshi is found.  However, if the Bitcoin addresses that are supposedly attributed to him are used, then the price would drop because there would be the potential that the market would be flooded with new Bitcoins.

Even if Satoshi mentioned that he might tap into those Bitcoins, it could make the price drop.

I tend to save most of my Bitcoin, but I have spent some on a few occasions.  The main reason I hold is that I believe there is plety of room for Bitcoin to increase in price and I am using it as an investment. 

There is another issue however.  That is it's not necessarily easy to find places that accept Bitcoin where I am located. It's still very early in the acceptance stages for Bitcoin and it needs time to grow.

I developed a trading strategy whereby I put in a buy order but put in several equal buy orders under that on so that I don't have to catch the bottom of the price if it drops. In this situation, if the price drops, I may make several buys depending on how low the price goes.

I have to admit that I do tend to gamble more this time of year that any other.  I do realize that there is no difference in the luck but I always want to end the year with a profit so I do go a little crazy.  Either way, a good time is had by all!

I have been in this campaign for a while and today I just changed my signature to the new one.  However, on the Yobit.net site, I see that my UID says "disabled for inactivity" and I don't seem to be able to change back to my UID.  I have been active every day and always kept the signature.

Did I not change to the new one quickly enough?  I didn't even know about the new one until tonight.

I think it only dumps hard right after a huge price bubble which has happed a couple of times just before Christmas. This year we did not see a price bubble so don’t expect a big price drop.

One strategy I used when I was trading was that when I felt like it was a good time to buy, I would only buy with about 25% of my available cash. Then I had leverage if the price dropped. If it dropped, I would used the second 25%, and they still left 2 more opportunities to buy as the price dropped more.

I actually think it’s a very good time to buy. We are just a few months away from the next halving. I think there will be a significant price increase leading up to the halving and the increase will probably continue for a long time after that.

Remember that the current price is one-third of the all time high so there is plenty of room for a move up.

It’s going to eventually happen and probably soon. We are past due for a recession based on history.

The best thing you can do is get your finances in order so it doesn’t have as much affect on you.

Those that don’t buy in or invest are going to get left behind. Those that get in early will rep the greatest reward. Bitcoin isn’t going away.

The problem is that centralized  exchanges are vulnerable to hacks and we face the risk that they just steal our coins.

The answer is probably decentralized exchanges which are apparently in the works now. Supposedly with these, the user hold their own private keys.

I agree that Bitcoin is gradually becoming accepted as a legitimate store of value, like a digital gold. The world is seeing that it is secure and outperforms all other investments. I think it will not only retain its value over time but it will continue to gain in value.

Yes I gave a lot of info to Coinbase to buy Bitcoins. However, even though Bitcoin is not completely anonymous in this way, it does allow me to take those Bitcoins and move them to a private wallet where I can store them without using a bank.

Wouldn’t the theoretical quantum computers also put every other password at risk as well such as bank accounts, emails, credit card accounts? It’s not just Bitcoin that would be at risk.

People just want a quick profit and don’t understand that if it sounds too good to be true then it probably is. Even regular exchanges can scam us as well. I’ve been a victim of an exchange that went out of business.

One problem with trading at work is that you really need time to focus on the charts and your trades. You can’t really devote time to that while you are working. It would be very easy to make a mistake that could cost you money.