Bitcoin is only a currency, altcoins are solutions to different problems. Like you are now using a lot of services from different companies, in future you will also use different altcoins
Yes, we are like plankton, food for whales but at least everyone has a chance to learn and evolve into something bigger like a small fish without being eaten by whales
Bill Gates forgot to say that people also using Windows to buy drugs etc. Or how much people were killed with knives, why are they still not banned? And how many crimes were paid with fiat money, oh my...
Bitcoin already had in his history dropping his price more than 90% and he recovered from that. So why not, grandfather of cryptocurrencies is still strong
If you mean scam ICO then I can say that with some experience you can easily detect them and stay away. You could make money on ICO if you would find some really strong project preferably with low hardcap.
I am not surprised. At the first presale they were groping optimal price, wanting to receive more money. Now they`ve raised the price a bit for selling all tokens but receiving more profit from sale.
If you want enough quick learning, create test portfolio with low amount of money and trade the best you can. You will lose near 50% but receive the understanding of your main faults and weak places in your personality. People remember very good their faults if they have lost money because of them.
I do not think that it is a good idea. Bitcoin`s price is very volatile. How would you, for example, buy some meat in the shop? Now its 20 satoshi, in a minute 22 satoshi.
Of course that is true. It is the reason why a lot of people recommend do not invest in cryptocurrencies more than you can afford to lose. Cryptos are still very young and unstable, a lot of reasons can drop their values to zero
Bitcoin, of course, else Ethereum, Monero. Litecoin also is a good choice for that. Choose old cryptocurrencies from top-20 of market capitalization that will definitely survive else one year.