I really do hate it when we attribute crime to bitcoin so much like bitcoin brought crime with it. Crime has always been existing even with controls. Even the government who has always been in control are the ones majorly contributing to most of the criminal activities going on, so what are we saying ?

Sure, if bitcoin is regulated, it would limit crime, but does that mean people will not still find a way like they always have been finding a way even with fiats? They definitely will. We need to focus more on the good side of it than the bad side which to me is being too exaggerated.

It really takes a lot of hard work and being smart, and regarding the tree planting he mentioned, he is just more like saying you can get in at anytime and still have some growth at the end. If it does not increase in value, at least you will still have a usefulness for it. That is just the way bitcoin would end up working eventually and those who are even joining today are joining at just the right time.

LOL. Well, that is human nature for you. We flock towards the preferable things or a much more better option faster than you can imagine. Who would not? Sure, gold still remains valuable and it has been a huge asset from the onset, but considering the amount of profit you get and the value that bitcoin gives to people, no one would not want to invest in it.

Asides the project idea, the team dedication was what really made me fall in love with this project and if there is a serious team behind a project, it is always hard to not see such a project end up being a success. These guys made so many marketing activities that are unique and then like you said, never really got too much as the cap was 500 ETH.

These guys are working pretty well to make the project and the coin a standard and even more relevant and I am sure, this is a decision I will never regret as an Investor.

That advantage of being the first will always be there. The support will always be there, and the global adoption will always be there. Who really knows electroneum that just started in a few days which has not even started competing yet with the top 100 coins wanting to compete with bitcoin.

If it can stay more relevant than Bitcoin and achieve in few minutes what bitcoin has achieved in years, then I guess we just wait and see.

Some altcoins still have support but how long they will keep having that is what we can't say.

Most of them are not just pretty much affected as they are just experiencing just some few dips unlike some alts that have gone pretty bad to as low as more than 100% decrease from their point before the BTG fork. It has been a crazy moment and the best right now is just to calm down and just keep watching as events unfold.

Straight to the point conclusion, just do it yourself. I have always prefer long term anyway than day trading and it has worked pretty much for me so far. I still make use of the normal strategies I have and I look for the perfect moment to buy in which to me seems like the best.

Still, too much time on trading sometimes can always affect your level of thinking as you get so stressed out at the end, I am relating that to day trading though but just setting orders and just leaving the platform to do its thing at the end seems more to me like a better way.

I guess that is why it is a challenge. I am simply sure OP knows what he is getting into and he must have been prepared. How long this is going to end up being is left to those who would want to follow the thread and see how far he goes and how far he himself would be willing to go to get to that stage if he does not get tired or weary along the line.

I am eagerly watching out to see what ends up happening though.

Obviously it would keep defying those odds in so many years to come, there is just no doubt about that and we will keep counting the number of times so many people have declared bitcoin dead in the long run. I remember in 2010 when people said bitcoin will never amount to anything and would end up dead before 2012.

Even after the huge crah, so many people said bitcoin is finished while they dumped and allowed the big guys to even buy in the more. We will just have to wait and see this particular topic in the next 100 years being replied by our great grandchildren that bitcoin is so much still alive even while we are gone.

Even if they are not experts, they seek experts advise, not just only one advise but so many and then weight their options based on those advice. They are investors and they have always known how to take risk and opportunities since it looks more of a viable option to them. Billionaires are surely into this and even if they are not much, most will surely get in at some point.

Yes. Just like in real life, even if you hold money and then a thief attacks you.

Will you say the money you are holding is a scam ?
If you invest a certain amount of cash in a company that promises to give you something at the end which is not even related to bitcoin, will you then because of that say the money you invested is the scam ?

We just need to be careful, most especially when it has to do with security of our assets. You cannot be careless and expect a thief not to steal from you.

How many people are asking for the new currency ?
If you take a look at the population of those adopting the digital currency today, it is still relatively small and even in future, not everyone would still accept to use it. That is one thing we have to know.

Most countries are still challenged with access to internet, also, where do you want to leave the poor ones in the picture ? To die of hunger ? Fiat will still stay relevant whether we like it or not, about fiat crashing though, only time can tell.

Profit can even only be attributed to investments and gambling is more like a win than a profit. It is an unexpected event and basically on luck. It is when you invest you expect that at least if done well, you can make some profit from your investment, but gambling is totally different cause you need to understand that there are just two equal chances which is either you lose all or you win more.

Earning can be slow and steady too in gambling and you can decide to not play a very high bet. All the above, you cannot compare the risk between the two to be the same.

With trading, you can easily be sure of making some pretty good decisions knowing how to do some analysis or judging from the market. However, with gambling, there is nothing you can do than to keep guessing blindly or just keep relying on your luck every time.

The mindset is always the problem that helps people to make the decision of giving up or not. Most people always have the mindset of having an income and pretty big one from getting lucky in gambling and then they get so addicted to it even while losing expecting to recover what they must have lost.

Addiction is a crazy thing and has destroyed the lives of so many, so like you said, it is better to find those good reasons and stop once and for all, and if it is difficult to stop by oneself, at least, looking for help will not be difficult.

Just make use of their official site https://btcgpu.org though it has been renamed to https://bitcoingold.org but you will be redirected anyway.
That is where you can find the list of all the wallets and exchanges accepting BTG. Anything outside that, then you should be weary and stay clear off it. Since you are creating it for mining, then you can just make use of coinomi or freewallet.

It is too late to start regretting since the dumps are already pretty huge. However, most of the alts would still get pumped back any way, so it is best to hold.

You could have just waited for the other fork to come while leaving your funds in BTC and then buying the alts like waves a day before the fork and if you are fast enough few moments after the fork to get a huge profit on the pumps. Nevertheless, 75% of your portfolio being in waves is like an errorish thing to ever do.

I agree that only far sighted businessmen would see the opportunity in this and usually it would be easy for those who are already in the bitcoin world or have been for a while who understands how it works.
Even some smart businessmen may still be very skeptical if they do not understand, but as awareness keeps spreading, we would keep seeing them adopting.

This is one business I am really thinking of considering once I have been able to raise enough funds.

Exchanges will always be needed most especially for locales. There are so many places in dire need of more exchange and trying to breach that gap or fill that hole would go a long way. Asides that, exchanges will always be profitable as it is a service almost everyone needs.

Massive ban for bitcoin all over the world and the community shivering towards it would definitely cause a lot of chaos and dumps. However, what are the chances that every country in the whole world would come up together to ban bitcoin, I do not see the possibility of that.

The community, acceptance by the people is what makes bitcoin what it is today and banning it will not solve any problem as long as at the end I still find someone who is willing to do an exchange with me at the value I am holding it, makes it useful and worthy to use.