People often say whatever they feel like saying when things are not going the way they expect. The fact that we have been in a downtrend for a while now does not mean it implies death for any altcoin and generally, bear trends are always normal in every market. As long as you are patient, you take advantage of the dips and the market is still serving a great value to the space, then there will always be a need for it and then demand will always bring about the increase in value. People often fail to take advantage of the dips and then regret it later on when the market recovers.

At this stage, I would say most markets are really beginning to look bullish. It is still very hard to tell, but bitcoin has been able to imprint a pattern that actually is favorable for a lot of the altcoins to grow in a short amount of time. We all know how volatile the market can be and how rapid movement can be either upward or downward, but in this case, I feel there is a great improvement in the markets, and we might be seeing some green days soon.

Not using all the available security is the reason why hackers have successfully been able to scoop a lot of people off their funds. If go for an analysis with every situation then you may find this very easily. Yes, being lazy with protecting ourselves is the reason here at most of the times.

It is a digital world, and you always have to find a way to stay secured. It is just like having a bank, and then you decide not to put all the necessary security measure to secure the bank or rather talking about building a house and not doing the same. Being secured is purely within our hands and we must follow all the prescribed measurements very keenly all the times.

Security is always paramount if you want to keep yourself secured from invaders and in this space, hackers are looking for those they can invade and if you stay vulnerable, you easily become a victim.

The OP indeed actually made it sound like there is a looming disaster as a result of early marriage.
Childbirth is just one piece of the equation, economic development certainly balls down to the government and how those who are getting married at that early age are also able to do certain things to cater for themselves.

Early marriage is not the problem, since most people will get married at some point anyway, but the idea of becoming a nuisance in which you give birth to so many than you can cater for, but it is not like all these things themselves will be a disaster on their own.

I think central banks do kind of have their own "crypto" currency. Maybe not as digital as you might think but comparatively speaking the "banknote" money the "cash" you hold in your hand is just a small portion of the "money" that exists.

Dollar for example has certain amount printed but god knows how many times over they have that in digital books that changes hands here and there with stocks and derivatives and so forth that in the end they say trillions of dollars over the cash limit and still call it a legit money.

Crypto at least has a limit and its miles better in technology compared to old cash. So if its "digital currency" than dollar is already more digital than cash.

There is a lot that will always be bad with developing countries and that is the fact that the system is rotten, there is really no database for anything, no transparency, everything doing whatever they like, no visionary leaders, and for what it is, this has always been the major problem for developing countries which all based down on high level of corruption.

If some of these things are not out, it will be hard to even create infrastructures, hard for industries to grow and more to pop up and hard to see employment and with that criminal rate increases. Some of the things you will not find in developed countries.

Government will never want to allow banks to become irrelevant and banks as well will not want to become irrelevant in the long run. As it is, there are a lot of things going on with the banking sector that shows they are trying to bring up a lot of distinctive attributes to make them be in par with the idea of using cryptocurrency and that is certainly what we need anyway. At least, the fact that it is becoming a competitive space for them makes it a whole lot enticing for all of us.

At this moment, I am sure they are already trying to check out ways they can adapt to the market and see how they can keep being closely connected or appropriate to what is being done in the crypto space so as not to get left behind. I know bitcoin will definitely not eradicate the usage of banks, and they will still be functional, but now that they know they have a lot to do to keep the interest of the users at heart when it comes to using banks, makes it even more interesting.

Well, that depends on how the person wants to perceive it, either in the short term or in the long term. Practically, I believe no one will be able to have all the coins when considering the currently available coins numbers, yes even we filtering out reliable and promising, I doubt no one will able to bet on all.

I personally have never believed at some point though that altcoins are meant for long term investments, considering the rate at which they always come back to their historical bottom over time, and I see them always as a pump and dump market, but for some solid projects, and the rate at which the alts have gone down hugely, I would say it is better to still take advantage of those solid ones, while still making bitcoin a priority in the long run.

This is a market for crying out loud and certainly, a market will not remain in one position forever as long as it is not a dead market. However, as long as none of us can see the future and what it holds, we can only speculate based on what we feel we want to see or based on past occurrences, which last time I checked, they are never indicative of the future occurrences. Sure, bitcoin could increase in value before the end of the year, but nothing is certain yet.

We all surely hope we will get to experience some bullishness in the market as it is, but the fact remains that nothing is guaranteed yet until we see the market switching trends. These are just mere speculations at the moment and that does not change anything as no one can apparently see what the future holds as the case may be.

What we can do now is to take some chill pill and see where the market leads. For what it is worth, it could be a hidden bull market or a further bear market, what is advantage is to always see the opportunity each of the trends brings.

I do not see where you saw the price declining. So far, since yesterday, after the bears were rejected, and then we saw a huge bounce, the market has really been holding up, so I would say probably the short term bullish sentiment in the market right now is looking pretty good at the moment. Definitely, this does not mean we would still be able to get above the resistances most especially at $7k yet, but I guess we still have some number of days to watch how that event would unfold.

We do not need any new ATH, just prices above $10k will confirm the return of bulls. For long term holders, just upward movements will give excitements whereas traders who bought at over-bought zones must need to wait like you have mentioned. No other go.

As long as we are even still inside the wedge for bitcoin I would say there is nothing to be bullish about at the moment. I hope this would not be like a repetition of 2014 where bitcoin would move sideways for a while before going back lower, and within this period, the altcoins will be making some ATH statement on their charts. I guess at this stage, only time can tell how things would pan out. I would be more bullish on bitcoin if we are able to break $7k at this point and stay above it for a while.

The thing with a market is that things are not bullish until you have a clear signal of bullishness which in this case of bitcoin, the fact that we are still inside a falling wedge, which is usually considered bullish anyway when you break out from, but still inside, the market is still as bearish as ever. Sure, we have seen some pretty good bounce lately in the $6k region, but how far we go is only going to be known with time, and let's even close above $7000 before we start considering anything.

I love coming here once in a while, its amazing. People who bought at $20k of course must be feeling like shit and most people I know who bought at highs actually sold it already and realized their losses but anyone with a proper mind could have collected more from bottom.

Without bitcoin crashing to zero (which will NEVER happen if you ask me) there is no way to lose money from this, I will hold bitcoin even if hits 1000 dollars and buy more from the dip. When I see this "OMG ITS CRASHING" people, I feel like they are either trolls or they have no sense of what economy is.

I certainly would not say the data is bullshit but greed is just one thing that obviously has dominated the minds of so many gamblers.
Also, it is not everyone who has the information you have as some people tend to go into gambling without even understanding the effects gambling could have on them, if they do not tend to take some precautions. No one can solve this except the gamblers themselves.

If you want to gamble, understand that it is a game of luck and never put your entire mind towards trying to achieve something you obviously cannot achieve from gambling which is trying to make money. There are better ways to make money than gambling.

It is always really difficult to trade a player who wants out. Other teams know that you are trying to trade that player and they do not offer a great players in return, remember when celtics wanted kyrie ?

They gave an injured defensive liability player with a player whose only upside is its defense on the system they were playing. Look at kawhi, derozan is an amazing player but spurs lost its best player who was a top three player at his prime with the best wing defender at green and only got one derozan with some sidekick with him. When a player wants out, its really close to impossible to get a fair trade deal.

Yeah, the bright future is certainly there and it would take a bright government to realize that quickly which is why Japan took a bold step of regulation among others. There is a huge risk because certainly everyone is busy doing whatever they feel like and for that reason we tend to see a lot of people getting scammed, losing their money, and so on.

With all these in place, it would be hard for growth to take place, and with regulation, no matter how crazy it may sound; it will bring about the growth and mainstream adoption as the case may be. It is a great priority at the moment because all that we have seen so far from the onset shows that people are susceptible to destroying things if they are not controlled.

Well, we also have to understand that not everyone is cut out to be self-employed as that requires certain attribute which is the ability to take risk, persevere, be persistent and try hard to achieve your goals. Moreover, if everyone is creating jobs, who will be doing the work?

With respect to what the OP said, I really do not fancy the idea of giving people money nor food to eat. Like you said, you can create employment by building up their skills, and with that, over time, they can get to even start doing well for themselves without having to depend on anyone and that certainly makes the economy get better.

We all work to make ourselves get to where we are and those who are rich does not certainly have two heads than those who are not. Now, I am not in the area of trying to get to feed people every time, let them add to the economy by empowering them like someone rightly said. You'd be surprised at the number of values you will be creating to the world just with that alone. There are something’s that really would not make much impact to the society, and one of them is just giving people food to eat because they are poor.

Stop deceiving yourself mate! No one knows exactly where Satoshi Nakamoto originated from and there is so much, revolving around the speculation of the real identity of Satoshi Nakamoto with some believing it is even a group even though it has an Asian meaning.

Nonetheless, let's even assume the creator of bitcoin is from Asia, what certainty do you have that Asians are the majority when it comes to bitcoin holding ? Well, if we are to look at it from the trading volume perspective daily, we might give it to Asia, but in reality, this does not necessarily mean they are the most holders. Blockchain technology nor bitcoin does not provide/keep any geographical information from both bitcoin holders and miners. Hence, no one could estimate who holds how much geographically.

That is apparently the thing that would happen to anyone who is as particular about a collapsed market as they usually end up missing out on the point where the bulls start bringing up appearances in the market. I would not call what has been going on a collapse or the way some people usually term it as a dead market, the market is still very strong and for those who understand the rate at which the market can still go in the future, they will understand why they should be taking advantage of it.

Danger chapter indeed ! Bro, it is just a downtrend and there is certainly nothing dangerous about it. What you are seeing as dangerous or a problem is what some smart people are seeing as an opportunity. Yeah, you heard me right. This is a downtrend market and what any smart person is seeing is an opportunity to buy the bottom and for those who simply cannot see that, then it is surely their own cup of regret in the long run.

It can be shitty and depressing to actually see your wallet go down hugely in value and it is understandable because people will always tend to want to find a reason why they should be worried rather than finding a way to make amendment. No one is above mistake, shit happens, what is important is to learn from those mistakes and make better decisions later on. It is crazy to see how much money has moved out from alts, but I guess it is what it is and there is nothing anyone can easily do about it.

Right now, few altcoins are trading in green but that is not the scenario to assume that you will enter into profit zones as long persisting crash market must need at least month long green days to enable us to see ourselves in profits.

If you are selling now at loss, then you are obviously making a terrible mistake. As long as you have been holding and you have not sold, then it is better to just simply hold on to what you have now and be looking for ways to be buying the bottom if you have extra cash. The market will always recover at some point as long as it is not dead and by buying the bottom, you compensate yourself with the profit when the market picks up and for waiting for such a long time while learning from the mistakes you made in the past that brought you into such shitty situation in the first place.

Greed should not be a thing when you are not ignorant of what you are doing. The craziest aspect of trading in general is to trade without knowledge, strategy and plan. The OP apparently had his first three days in trading well for him because he was able to follow a plan which we know a lot of people cannot have because they simply are so reluctant to learning.

Nevertheless, I would have loved to see how the OP was able to manage the bear trend, since when he posted this was the period of the bulls in the market, so it was easy to trade and make something substantial during that period.

Confirming another prompt payment. Thanks a lot BQT !