That is assuming that there is no lost bitcoins and satoshi sold the 1 million bitcoin that satoshi has. And the problem with that is how much will .003 bitcoin be worth when it is equally distributed and the bitcoin is circulated quickly into the economy. We can't imagine a world with only bitcoin but we can live in a world where it coexist with fiat and other financial instruments. From what I can understand my guess is that OP got greedy into thinking that s/he can get past his/her limits in mining which discouraged OP to not mine because of how small the mined coins s/he got.

It is a good addition to your business, integrating cryptocurrency is the best way. But OP has to watch out for the volatility of the market and it could spell the downfall of a company, the only way is to integrate the transaction that updates per second as that is the minimum change in the prices. Another problem that I can see is that OP's online store integration of cryptocurrency will be a problem.

I hate to disagree but there are people who makes money without selling their coins, some of them have threads that are documenting the profit that they get, I can't remember the users but I think it was posted around the gambling board or the gambling discussion, I can't be certain. I wanted to look for their post but my fever seems to make me a lazy bastard and just sleep. Any sensible person will have to sell their bitcoin someday, there will be those that are loyal because they believe that bitcoin will someday replace the banking institutions as the prophecy says, you wouldn't know what price you are going to sell it but your gut will tell you what needs to done.

For people who wants to profit big, the current prices is not the golden opportunity. But for everyone that aims for a long term profit, this moment is definitely a golden opportunity to buy, we do not know whether this current price will be the last time that bitcoin will ever touch it, for better or for worse. We also should consider buying other coins besides bitcoin, besides being more affordable, they have the potential to go up in prices.

I knew that they were up to something but this is a hindsight, nobody believed that OneCoin was a Ponzi scheme until Ruzha disappeared. And whatever they are planning, this banks are going to survive another lawsuit. This banks are untouchables, they are politically influential considering they are the oldest bank in USA.

Hope that you are right about the financial system changing soon, these banks are looking for long term and I don't see a good future with them in the game. One thing I know about people that work on finances is that when the money is right, they will eat each out and sell their souls.

Rumors are flying in and out everyday, we just have to bet that most gossip in the finance world sometimes materializes. It is right that we are to be cautious because of what they are, but we can take advantage of that, if they can manipulate the market to go up and down then we just have to know when to strike, buy when they sell and sell when they buy. This is inevitable and the only way is for us small investors to survive is to adapt to the changes, this is a dream and a nightmare for bitcoin and we can't have the other without embracing both of them.

Not going to lie, it excites me but I know for a fact that this old bank supporting the bitcoin is up to something. I don't know what it is but I know that they want to get in because they are planning something in the market. They are a welcome but we have to be cautious because this bankers operate not on the interest of the people but their interest and the people that protect them. This is still the same as hodling your bitcoin on an exchange and attacks can happen.

If you and your date are like minded, I think that gifting bitcoin will work but it is not a good first impression if that is your first date especially if you do not have the same interest with bitcoin, you will look like you are paying that person for their affection, in short it's like buying a whore. Too bad that OP lost a lot in gambling, we all have our reasons but we have to find a way to resolve our problem or should I say, find a reason to quit your gambling. @ImHash is right, there is no point in gambling, but there is also no point in not having fun, my advice is to play but know when to quit.

I did have faith that bitcoin will go up during the 2018 price drop that sent many users into selling their bitcoin, does that count too? I mean, if faith is what we are talking about then they should know that everything in this world that has value is also 100% faith. One good example is the fiat currency, it's just a piece of paper in essence but how can it buy your food or get you into movie theaters? It's because the people on the other end of transaction has faith that it has a value in it, bitcoin did not introduce this kind of thing, it was happening ever since the dawn of civilizations, people putting value into something, gold, silver, copper, and gems are just minerals and ores in essence but because they are shiny, we have to put some value into it. The only difference is that bitcoin makes it obvious and right now, bitcoin is in the spotlight.

That would be the worst thing that could happen to bitcoin, plateau meant that the prices will not go up anymore and investing in it will be useless because your investment will not return. That was never been the pattern of any market, plateauing after reaching an all time high.

You made a bad move of buying back bitcoin with the money that you got from selling bitcoin. You already had the bitcoin back and although you spend some more buying back, remember that you can get back that loss and get more profit if you are going to hodl the one that you currently have. You don't need to worry about it, regretting something is not a good thing because it makes you do bad decisions because you are scared that you might make the same mistake, you are only making yourself terrible for nothing.

It is already different than the 2017 bullrun, it is already February and the pump is still going strong. You are right that nobody expected that institutions from financial world gathered to adopt cryptocurrency which makes the 2020-2021 bull run different. When bitcoin hits the 50k USD price, more investors will be pouring money in the market to stimulate it more into becoming more pricier, the 100k range speculation is not far from impossible if financial institutions keeps coming in to invest, they know that going late to the party will make them late for the dance too, so they have a limited time to decide.

You didn't answer the question that the thread asks, I know that it is not possible but we have to assume that this thing will happen to bitcoin in the spirit of being on topic in this thread. I think that purchasing power is a narrow mindset if you want to use bitcoin, there are other ways to get a purchasing power but what makes bitcoin different is that you are responsible for the loss and gain of your money, if you lost it then you have no one to blame. I guess that you are right about the money making potential of bitcoin that makes people interested. If the prices were to plateau and never to go up or down again, then I will take the chance to buy myself a good portion of it and hodl it and sell it OTC where I can sell it at a higher price although it will be difficult at first because there are a lot in supply.

@Lorence.xD is onto something here but I disagree that when that thing happens it will still be a good investment.

We are just enjoying the shadow of the real freedom. Have you heard of the Allegory of the Cave by Plato? It tells the story of the people that are distracted by the shadows of the things and they are content with it, not exploring outside the cave, like them we do not know what true freedom is, all the things we experience are just the baptized definition for it and nothing that, true freedom is something that is subjective to each person but to say that we are not enjoying freedom is a far fetch idea, we are enjoying it, it's just that we have our own definition of it as I have said earlier about it being a subjective.

Real difficult to find crypto jobs on search engines, most that are on the top are either scams or nothing but useless schemes to make the owner more money. In my opinion, the best way to find cryptocurrency related jobs is in this forum, the Services board is a good place to find one, although it will be difficult because there is not a lot of jobs and the applicants are high making a employer favored competition so you will have to be careful in sifting through. Another thing to avoid as @KennyR said is the scam promotion, projects that does not promise anything but will cause the person that promoted and managed it take the fall.

You are right, why dwell on the things that wouldn't benefit bitcoin in the long run. I don't really mind if there is a bad or good news for bitcoin, if there is a balance or a favor on the good news, I am happy, any publicity is a good publicity, if bad news is what gets people talking about it then let them have it, the people that matters knows what is the truth when a bad news happens so I don't worry much about it. The moment that bitcoin is on par with precious metals is a good news already.

Taking loans to invest as an individual investor is a suicide in my opinion, there no good loans, the more you think that it is a good loan then the more predatory it is than you think. Plus as @AndySt mentioned, at the current price of bitcoin, entering will not yield you good profits that will be enough to pay the loans plus the interest. Volatility is a factor too so you have to watch out for that or your loans will eat you up and drown you. In the end, the lender will be the only one that profits from this predatory scheme so you don't have to think about getting one.

I hope that it will not be the case for you @CryptopreneurBrainboss, you have a lot of transactions in cryptospace but I would bet on the fact you won't be affected because AFAIK about this issue, the only ones that gets a crackdown from are the businesses but not the individuals. The only problem with this is that you might be affected because government doesn't seem to discriminate businesses from individual when it comes to this kind of things, I hope that you can find an alternative to stay in cryptospace. In my opinion, this will hurt the economy because Nigeria is the leader when it comes to user growth followed by Australia and Spain. I will drop the link of the user growth for proof.

That really depends because not all trading bots are not a scam, there are bots out there that are open source and you can tweak them to make them behave how you are trading. I wouldn't say that to altogether reject the idea of trading bots but being open but cautious in my opinion is the best thing to do so as not to let opportunity slip right past, I do agree that some shilled bots are suspicious but if you look hard enough, you can see that there are a lot. For me, if bots were doing trades that profit me, then I will welcome them because it provides convenience.

How come there are multiple endings when the bitcoin dominance increases? I don't get how the dominance increases but the bitcoin is going down or the part where the dominance decreases but bitcoin increases and the altcoin parts are a little confusing, some part it decreases because bitcoin is increasing and sometimes it stabilizes.