Welcome back, man!
I guess that there's not that much changes from when you've stopped and as you came back now, you're pretty much familiar with things around the forum and with all of those stuffs that includes campaigns and etc. I wish that your uncle a speedy recovery and you're a good guy that helps out a relative that doesn't have someone on their back but you. Also, belated happy birthday to your sister. 
Wish all of you the best.

I'm glad it all ended well. What I would recommend to the OP is that apart from being more active in the forum by contributing constructively if he wants to participate in signature campaigns, he should learn once and for all not to reuse the same bitcoin address, let alone hundreds of times. Although I imagine that would be the subject of another thread.

Welcome back mate.
1. You need a lot more than 5 merits. The competition is fierce as there are users with 200+ merits who would easily be accepted into a campaign.
2. Post quality is determined by the Campaign manager...just don't spam or make one liner meaningless posts. Avoid mega threads or threads that has past the 5th page recently one of the managers- icopress pointed that out.

3. One of the managers introduced what is called green zone. According to him, it is for prominent members of the forum, whatever that means. The perk of being a greenzone member is that you are paid higher for doing than other members in the campaign.

First of all welcome back to the forum. Since you have been away from the forum for a long time, it will be challenging for you to work on a signature campaign in the beginning. Working on a signature campaign requires a certain number of merits in the first four months which you don't currently have. Bro right now you should collect merit first. You must post good quality to collect merit. Since your account has been inactive for a long time, you should post regularly in the forum. If you give good regular time to this forum for a month then I think after a month you will get a chance to work on one of the signature campaigns.

Post good and have merits first

Put service board on notification and check it from time to time.

Campaign managers required at least accounts that wants to apply for a campaign should have at least 5 mertis in the last 120 days. But there are many people competing for campaigns these time. Campaign managers may open slot or come up with a new campaign but choose people with the highest merits.

I Feel like sharing my opinion and I would like it if anyone can convince me enough

So, let me say I've been trading or started trading for a while now but I still count my self as an Armature Trader so far. Why?
Because I've never made a good profit so far and whenever I make one, I end up at loss later.
But with all these, I still believe in trading than holding my crypto assets because I know with time, when I get to understand how it works and go very well, I can keep making my profit and will never loss more than expectation.

Reason why I said all these is because I hold some crypto assets a while ago because I believe in them and thinking they are going to be like top 100 in the market within years. But I was wrong.
I wish I have been trading since then and probably, I would have gain more or earn more because I hardly loss even as armature as I am.
Many people hodl but I think trading is more preferable.

So Maybe I am right which I think I am but still looking forward to others opinion or advice.

Now some people on the Internet predict that bitcoin will hit a new low since 2018. Is this someone harvesting leeks and alarmist? Historically, there seems to be a similar voice every time prices fall. Our retail investors are reduced to leeks every time.

I always find people who think that Bitcoin or cryptocurrency assets are busting money and sometimes there are people who always assume that investing in bitcoin is fraught with hacker risk.
on the other hand I cannot assume that their opinions are wrong, but on the other hand I cannot justify their statements.
I always think that people who have opinions like that are people who don't really know about blockchain technology, or they just read from one of the articles that happens to provide news about a "dark" case in bitcoin, so they often assume that bitcoin is a range against hackers and scam.

what do you think about finding people like that and how will you react to them?

In my almost four years of getting involved (just an ordinary holder and part-time trader, nothing so great actually), I am so sure that Bitcoin can be a major source of stress especially if you bought them at a higher price and then the price made some slide. Now, I am not saying that it is Bitcoin's fault because stress in the first place depends a lot on our perception and how we are managing it. But definitely, we can categorize as a stressor at some degree.

On the other hand, Bitcoin can also be the source of "happiness" especially when the coin is having a great time jumping upwards. Certainly, there can be euphoria if in 2020 Bitcoin can go higher that its 2017 ATH. Bitcoin is known for extreme volatility and it can go from one side to the other in matter of hours and days.

No wonder that Steve Wozniak the Apple co-founder sold his bitcoin because riding the roller coaster stressed him out.

How do you manage any possible stress coming from Bitcoin's volatility?

Buying bitcoin using loaned money is risky, Investment should be done by your extra penny and not by using loan. You are only giving yourself a big problem in the future. 20,000$ is a huge amount, if you have invested it in bitcoin, you have no assurance when it will increase. Think of the possible things to happen before taking the risk.

The traditional norms made us believe that savings are a safe option to store your wealth.
But is it true now?
With inflation, we all know that the prices of the wealth we have kept in our savings account will decrease. What is the use of saving when ultimately we are not even able to enjoy what we have been saving for years?
The smarter option?
Investment! Investment is not gambling if done rightly. Very often we see people not putting too much effort into learning and jumping into FOMO. They don’t have enough guidance that will help them to invest better.

Hello,

I've been shocked by the drop of ETH price today. So,I checked CMC and found that all coins dropped. I don't know what happened or why.

So, what happened today? Is this related to some news? where can I follow this kind of stuff?

Thnx

I got the 2BTC from a business deal around January this year. I knew that Bitcoin was going to bump anytime soon but still went ahead to sell at $3,000+ each. Why did I sell at such a ridiculously low rate when I could have gotten x3 of the value if I waited for few more months?

I was away in Dubai for work while my family were staying back home in my country. They were 100% dependent on me for food and sustenance. Allowing the BTC to sit in my wallet while my family suffers was not an option. So, I decided to sell and solve my immediate problems, to feed and cater for them. Did I make the wrong or right decision?

Well, no doubt I would have gotten $20,000+ if I retained the coin till now, but what if my family died of hunger? Money is as good as the problem it's able to solve. That's the lesson I want everyone to learn this. Very too often, I see people advising not to sell your Bitcoin, that you will gain more if you hold on and sell at later times. While that may be true, you still need to understand that Bitcoin is supposed to be money, not investment asset. It is meant to be spent on daily basis, to solve problems, and to be in constant circulation.

The idea of hoarding Bitcoin and other Cryptocurrencies, waiting to sell at later times for higher returns is the reason Crypto is slow to adoption in mainstream transactions. Anyone who gets it try to hold on to it, as long as possible, thereby depriving the market the needed circulation to keep the currency viable and acceptable.

I once heard of a man who had Bitcoin and was sick. People advised him to sell and get the needed cure but he decided to endure the sickness and wait until the price goes up. He died of the illness and the Bitcoin was rendered useless, with no one having access to it.  

Have you ever sold your BTC at low rate and it later bumped and you were regretting...?

Just understand that there is hardly a better time to sell your Bitcoin. Anytime you sell (at any amount) is a better time, provided you use the money wisely.

I read a story like this and simply don't know what to say or think.

How about you guys?