Every investment comes with a risk and the higher the risk so does the return... and the degree of loses. Trading if you know what you are doing can actually generate good returns

Well they may or may not know of every transactions and I'm sure if they want to track they will have a way to do it. Bitcoin is not completely anonymous. But as a user, we still have a way to cover the tracks.

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No they are not related. You would expect investors to quickly secure their funds in save haven but at this point they do not look at it that way. Maybe many would say putting fund into bitcoin is still considered a risk itself. Even gold price was not affected by that.

I think that's a little bit over. I have my stash right now transferred to a completely random generated brain wallet which is left offline. I even have the privates out into another encrypted drive just in case. For me that level of security is good enough.

Sounds interesting. Instead of spending and spending a boring mundane afternoon looking at the screen and watching the price movement, life is much better spent doing useful and healthy workout.

If nobody invested in bitcoin in the past two years, price would have collapsed to zero by now. And since it hasn't obviously there has been investment. Investment doesn't have to come from big players or corporation. Anyone down the street who has fund to buy up bitcoin and store it is already an investor!

I'll go for early retirement. Get myself a property away from the city with a nice garden and landscaping. Oh yeah with a gigantic pool. Also will travel around the world

Waiting for it to go up again approaching the 300 level so that i can sell and buy back at lower price. The way this trend repeats itself a lot of people is going to end up rich.

Definitely no. The margin on buying and selling gold is too wide and you will need a lot of movement to even make some decent return. At this current pace it is moving for the past 2 years, i highly doubt. But for long term, it's yes.

While yuan will emerge as the new reserve currency i doubt it will replace dollar anytime soon. Though it will impact to reduce some demand to dollar but i don't think it will also be anything significant.

Since it is deflationary it meant for the price to up provided the interest in the coin and security of the network is still there. The only question is when and how long the whole pricess will take. I doubt I'll be able to see it one day

I still can't see the rationale of denying the larger block size. We know system has weaknesses yet we chose to accept and live with it. I guess you have to really see how broken it is before starts pressing the panic button.

Usually uncertainty will lead to price drop. So does revealing weaknesses in the system and how easily it gets manipulated. However i may be wrong as seen in the last stress test. Price was up most of the time

I hope people don't put blame into btc or any sort. This involves only the company and I'm sure funds can be returned if gone through proper channel since they are registered business operation.

If people are hanging on to the coins it will definitely push up the price due to reduced supply. Unfortunately this is not what it is happening. Trust and reputation is also related to it and I'm sure you share the same sentiment right now about the coin.

Our problem right now lies in the system. Not that we can do anything about it. It all stems from greed and the system is easily manipulated.

I guess as a user, we are left with little choice but to live with it. Can imagine what it would like if one day bitcoin usage does pick up. Time to use the higher fee to speed up the transaction.

Just wondering how long these can last. Everytime they want to carry test they will need funding. Where does the free money comes from and for what purpose for all these remains a question.

Nothing that i can see will benefit bitcoin. They are probably another blockchain based crypto that might eventually compete with bitcoin one day so i don't regard this as something positive.