I don't believe in chats but it is a fact that bitcoin prices are already higher than it was in the past, we still going strong and I expect us to go even further than what we have with just a little perseverance

Yes definitely. As much as we would all like to think that bank deposits are the safest because of it being our core in the financial world, it's not. In a worst case scenario, if anything happens to our cash currencies in future, our gold and silver investments will never disintegrate and it will always be there. Gold, silver and property will always be the most stable investments for a while

Don't let your fear affect your decisions or you might make some you regret! It's normal to feel down when values are so low but do not panic and just stand firm in your faith that values will go back to normal in time, or else you would be missing out on a lot

Yeah I believe they can. Stories about whales aside (could be both, who knows), they could have a bunch of people privately messing around with the tides for them. What people more capable of doing this than the banks themselves who is the center of cash flow in the world?

It's going to recover for sure  ignore all the posts of people who have fallen for the bad press, we would have all been jumping off if this was the end. We will hold as long we need to and it will definitely pay off 

Apple is one up as always. I like that they spoke in favour of us  most are just following the trend and bashing on crypto  I saw a post the other day saying that Samsung is now on board too. Things are looking good

I've always thought about this and it confuses me to no end  because on the one hand I really don't like our centralised currencies and bank run economies but at the same time I really don't like the idea of a worldwide currency that could make it potentially easier to manipulate humans

No it won't die, it'll actually be used for its intended purpose. Everyone forgets that it's first use is as a currency before an investment.

The good thing about bartering is that services don't really depreciate with the exception of technology replacing certain tasks but it's not something that's viable in today's day and age, it's just not versatile enough.

This is exactly what we need.

" Information is kept in silos where other researchers cannot use it, funding is competitive and filled with bias: as the problems get harder and more complex this system ceases to be effective."

^This makes no sense in regards to the advancement of humanity as whole and instead research has become a platform for money making rather than the main focus being solely for our advancement. I see this appealing to many in the same way that cryptocurrency does in regards to being a decentralised currency.

Yes, I expect this to happen. I just read another post about some countries paying their employees in bitcoin. If this is already happening it seems like a good indicator that it will spread worldwide.

I think even market control will be decentralized. Bitcoin is too big to be controlled by a central financial unit. Sooner or later even States will add some BTC to their reserve and manipulation will not be as easy.