I wonder why you guys think because of a crazy bull run, that makes ripple to be a very good coin to hold, and then you should probably go check the history of ripple and how it does not even stand a chance of being called a cryptocurrency.

Do not be fooled guys, ripple is nothing than a centralized coin with pretty huge tendency of being manipulated, so do not be worried you missed the bull run except all you are after is just mere profit.

That is really how I see it. He just decided to come here to open an account and then spread FUD for his own good so as to make some profit. I really want to see where that is going to get him and I imagine the number of forums he must have opened account to spread this false rumor. Anyone who decided to sell what they have for people like this who have been stealing from them, then that is their cup of tea.

Who knows, countries would have already started using bitcoins as their reserve assets (as the financial advisers of many countries are known for foreseeing and smart thinking). I assume if bitcoins was less volatile so far then probably countries might have considered to keep their reserves to grow faster.

I agree and I know many people may argue it as a too early call. By this time last year we were trading bitcoins around $1000 and now it is solid around $15k. Remarkable and obviously unbelievable. Hence, I too agree that one billion dollars also will be possible before 2030.

When I opened the topic I believed it was like if we are expert in gambling knowledge of verification of a dice bet and so on. I think no one is a expert even the gambling website owner because there is a certain element of risk and yes you will feel joy momentarily but that means you will have a bad feeling soon because wins don't happen all the time.

I believe an expert of gambling is the one who actually knows when to pause his betting and when to absolutely stop gambling in his/her life.

Yes that's a good idea but I disagree with the cashout profits part because as soon as you cash your profits you get into safe zone where you would feel like you can burn the remaining money taking higher risks since you already secured some profit and cashed it.

I rather prefer to set a particular amount and if that is reached I would stop gambling and withdraw all the money, the capital and the profit.

Volatility is something we cannot even rule out in any currency but the rate of bitcoin's volatility has really made it even more interesting most especially for traders who have seen it as a very good way to even make more money than they can imagine from crypto.

Every currency fluctuate in price but what makes bitcoin's own huge is the fact that it is new and there is so much of room for it to grow as well as a lot of FUD surrounding the investment for now.

Yeah, and since that does not even look feasible from the angle we are now, it may not really pose to be a huge challenge. Fiat is still going to be very usable and only few of those who willingly want to use bitcoin would end up using it as long as they do not have any restriction doing so.

Nothing comes pretty fast just as you said, adoption happens slowly and to me bitcoin is even pretty fast than we could all have imagined within just few years, but we should expect the fiat system to keep on going for now.

Lol, even without bitcoin, people have been capable to do anything crazy for money and go all the way with a high level of huge risk in doing anything just to get rich. I would not blame anyone, it is an opportunity and while some people do not even have an idea what it is all about, they still got in anyway.

The opportunity is huge and then we know that a lot of people are really eager to tap into it, and only the smart ones will end up being the real believers who will do everything possible to get the best of it.

In the normal sense, crypto is both a currency and an asset and I am sure most of you guys saying this does not have a single idea what the main essence of cryptocurrency is.

The only different thing between most crypto and fiat based system is that it is a decentralized environment and which is one of the reasons why countries are banks are a little bit skeptical about its usage as a currency. However, the decentralized system as well is what makes it both volatile and also serve as an asset due to the demand and supply.

I would not suggest that either. Things may look rosy now, but in the world of investments, you should always leave some space for thorns. With that in mind, there is no need trying to be too greedy trying to get all in and for someone who has been into stocks like the OP, no one should even be telling him that as he should know better. It is risky, anything can happen at any moment and all we have is looking out to see where the peak gets to.

Yeah, I noticed that too. Moreover it looks like a Chinese exchange and there are so many exchanges that are restricted to a certain area which makes it unusable for an outsider from that region anyway. However, for someone who is looking for the best place to trade, there are so many reviews and resources online to be sure one is on the right track so as not to end up dashing out funds to scammers.

All the coins are doing pretty well right now and I have been surprised at the rate at which LTC decided to just keep having some bullish moments for now. It is good though and it is something that has been expected for long and I am surprised that the same set of people who could have had some bad things to say about LTC in the past because of the value not increasing are the ones vouching for it now.

LTC now is running like a baby being pursued, I might just wait for some little corrections before deciding to step in but no one knows if it would keep up like this. Nevertheless, I would not imagine myself switching to LTC from BTC because of some scaling issue. Who knows what would happen with Litecoin when people start switching to it, maybe we may start seeing some issue gradually.

There is what they call diversification and that should be your decision to make anyway. However, I would advise you to make bitcoin your top priority now that the value is even low, and then pick some other alts to diversify into, but never do that without having some knowledge in the area at which you are investing into, otherwise you may end up making some bad decisions by choosing some alt you are going to regret for the rest of your life.

Lol, then I am trying to think, how do they want to even achieve that in Europe ? I have liked multiple addresses and even within a single wallet, I can change my address easily.

Hence I wonder, except they want to have access to your account or get to have your private key, or probably open an exchange and force everyone to be using it so they can trace what they have, there is just no way it would be that easy to get such a database. I may be wrong though.

Of course. Unless someone is no longer sure of his position in an investment is the only time one should be worried but it is normal to understand where you are investing before you even invest which is why long term investment seems more of a better option than short term.

For example, someone who bought 100 dollar worth of bitcoin back in 2010 should be worth a whole lot now. At this stage when you know the worth of even just 1BTC, you can just easily pick some of it and diversify into some other offline investments to at least spread your risk and look forward to more profit.

Oh! I guessed as much. Apparently, you know it is a joke yourself and I guess I would not really have much to say. If you only have $1 worth of BTC, it is a start and you do not know how much that $1 would be worth later on.

The only thing I have for you is to work hard as free money is something you really cannot get, and there are so many ways you can do some stuffs around here to get you there gradually from the little $1 to more than that. You should probably channel your energy on those ones.

In fact, 2017 really showed a big boom for ICOs and I am trying to imagine how 2018 is going to be like. Although, I am curious that a lot may change in the crypto world regarding ICOs in 2018, most especially with regulations. Nothing can be said much yet though, I guess we just have to wait to see how interesting the crypto world gets in this case.

Yes, the hype and trend of new ICOs may continue into 2018 also as it is completely backed by lots of crypto people. Even some utter jokes project also attract people to invest with them and eventually they make profits when the tokens hit exchange. Hence I do not see any stopping for ICO booms in 2018 too.

As simple as that. The OP should ask those who tried the shortcut way and what happened to them at the end of it all.

You cannot do without learning and you have to do it manually all by yourself. There is nothing that you can set to auto to tell you when to buy, you have to use the strategies you learn to know what you can use to make good decisions on the chart and sometimes, you need all the indicators to make the right move.

Even if bitcoin ends up rising a lot in the future, that does not mean you still would not be able to buy but the best thing is to have bitcoin being useful and not just end up being an asset that the only thing driving it is just mere speculations when of course there are huge signs everywhere showing how useless it has been using it for even huge transactions and waiting for a long period of time with high fees to get your transaction confirmed and that is making a lot of people to lose faith because it sucks.

As long as you know the right time to enter a market and also get out, then there is just no way you should lose. Bitcoin is an uptrend market and even with the whole corrections, it would always try to find a base, but at the same time, you have to be very smart on how you trade, have a strategy and gradually you will get good and make a lot of profit once you do not get greedy as well.