Also having an expectation that either you will lose your capital or make more from it, doing calculated risk is also a part of getting your emotions in check while trading. Studing the market and getting to know how to analyze it to see the possible downtrend and uptrend can be the defining factor for you and learning the market movement is a necessity for a trader.

I second to this be diversifying your assets you can prevent you self from being bankrupt when the financial crisis come and turning in cryptocurrency in not a bad idea as it is still a growing market even with its volatility. Also of there are predictions for a financial crisis it is your responsibility to be ready when it comes as to avoid getting devastated if it happens.

I think making merit as a form of reward much like in bounties can improve the activities of members in the forum. For instance putting up a well detailed topic / post that is provided for that week can make the quality of post in the forum grow, whether it is a topic for trading, investing or even off topics that can pertain to an individuals well being can be good. For me this is to have members a sense of achievement as there are members here who deserve a merit but can never have one, with this deserving members can have a merit for their quality work and information in the forum.

Bitcoin will not be a pryamid scam as it is being held by many people as opposed by one company or person which is why many users of it are in favor is decentralization at it provide power to the users and not in one institution the only disadvantage of it is that its prices cannot be controlled as it is dependent on the users unlike fiat where the government and its financial market are in control. And for the altcoin or ICO scams it can be debatable as there are many people who really want to scam investors using cryptocurrency much like in real world financial scammers.

The reason of the prices of ICO going down ca be debatable, however it is true that bounty hunters are not the one who are doing the dump as the allocation is very small in the market. It can be the investors for losing trust in the project or even whales and pump and dump group that would want to manipulate it as it is much easier to control than established cryptocurrencies. Also I think that bonuses does not contribute to the dump as the prices of the ICO is dictated by the community and investors that putted money into the project.

Just a correction Bitcoin the the fist cryptocurrency in the market and what your friend is mentioning is investing in altcoins that can potentially do a 100% to 1000% price jump, however please to mindful as the market is very volatile and every move should be done with caution and expectation that you might lose some. Also in this forum if you do not want to invest money you can do bounties to earn new altcoins that are coming in the market. I would suggest to learn more about cryptocurrency specially the movement of prices in the market as it will lessen your risks.

I agree with you for instance not only exchanges are getting hacked there is also the NiceHash hacking incident in the last quarter if last year when the prices of cryptocurrency is on the roof. Hackers will exploit almost any weakness in the security through persistence whether it is the crypto market to a social media accounts and to only protact your self is to think how they think.

I is not practical to expect in this market as you can often get disappointed, also take price predictions with a grain of salt you can just make a reference from them and make your own predictions. In the end this market is very volatile so making your decisions carefully is a must along with having a good outcome scenario and the worst case scenario every time something happens in the market trend.

Best crypto exchange that I know is bittrex and binance you can trade doge coin. Many are saying that doge coin is good for trading, even if the price of the doge coin is not like the btc it is good for trading you can earn big with doge coin. You just have to study how to do trading so that when you start trading you will earn big and make your profit big if you just have a few knowledge in trading then you will have the hard time to do the trading and you cannot do trading if you do not know how to read the prices. Reading the price in the market is important for you not to lose what you have.

Before I do not believe in airdrop cause when I first join the airdrop I did not earn from it and some I just earn small that is why I do not believe at first. But when I join some group in facebook they said that joining in airdrop can earn you big by doing the task they only join an airdrop with a potential to earn big so now I am already joining the airdrops and I do the task and I can earn from it and some of the earning from airdrops I used for my gas some I just hodl it to make a good value of it and some are not yet in the exchanges so I am waiting for the price of the coins.

For me I am hodling my altcoins I hodl it for long term to make the value of the coin up and I always check the value of the coin so that if the price of the coin is good I sell it but if it is still not good then I still hodl it and wait for the good price of it. I join some airdrop I used some for my gas and some of it I wait for the value in the exchanges so that I will use it for my trading. Some of it I used to buy some good potential coin that I know I will earn from the coin.

For me the coins will not be stable for there are many people who buy, sell and trade their coins when the price changes right away. It will not be stable because it follows the law of the supply and demand that is why when their are many buying then the price pumps but if there are many selling and trading their coins then the price dumps. That is why the price of the coin is volatile and not stable. If the price of the coin is stable then you will not get a high profit and you will just earn same value and if you just hodl it you will not make your profit with just hodling it.

The market become sluggish because many of the investors sell and trade their altcoins for the price of the crypto is becoming all green right now that is why the price in the market is becoming volatile it is because of the investors that are selling and trading their altcoins. The price in the crypto market is becoming good, if the price pump then there are many who will sell and trade their altcoins, but if the price is dump then there are many who will invest because many can buy and they can afford the price if it is pump then no one will buy cause some of the investors cannot afford or there money is not enough to buy some altcoins. That is why some other people wait for the price to dump so that they can afford the price and there money is enough to buy some altcoins.

There are many factors that boil down on why people cannot be reach even if they work very hard for it. It can be because of inflation as the population increases and the resources lessens some people have a hard time keeping up with the prices of goods and along with that jobs are getting lesser and harder that is why many people cannot have a good foot hold financially.

This is true and as we speak there are many hackers who try to get in in exchanges and get into online wallets to as cryptocurrency with its emerging market does have many money circulating in it and having extra security by using hardware wallet is just a needed thing for us, all we just need to do is to make it safe as it can be easily misplaced because these hardware wallets is just the size of a regular USB.

If you have bought on the dip this year and have a good portfolio then hodl it up to 2020 then we might say that you can get a good profits if the predictions of the market is very good in 2020 which I believe too will become a very good year as there are multiple markets that will have a very good year as predicted by experts and not just in the crypto market.

Good thing you have paid you debts with your friend as trust is hard to come by which can be ruined by money. It is also good to heard that instead of losing your trust in the cryptocurrency market you have learned your lesson and strive back to earn what you lost and paid your debt, I am hopeful that many people in this market will be like you as there are many people who are very negative of the market from the past months because of the prices and their losses. As a lesson we cannot change what we have lost we can only learn form it and make a change on the things that we can still do.

As of now it does not affect world trade as it has a completely different ecosystem than the stocks market and only the ones who are interested and invested into it are haveing either its benefits or drawbacks. However once it is integrated in the mainstream market then BTC or cryptocurrency in general will have big impact in the world trade since it will also be a barometer for the prices of stocks.

It can and it is seen throughout countries that have corrupt officials or big time criminals  as they can bride their way to justice which leaves their victims and sometimes their countries in shambles as they roam free continuing their reign of terror which is why it is up to the government and its citizens to stand up to uphold their justice.

Agreed, and that is why there are some bounty managers who are quite wary of bounty hunter who are only in for a quick money as they are just sometimes spamming posts or violating bounty rules but there are also bounty manager who disrespect bounty hunters who provides quality content for them and that is where we should step in and report then to the admins as that is not good for the community of this forum.