I feel that is a good way to stay secured in case one have some doubts. I have never really liked the idea of toying with private keys all the time, which is why I do not even make use of MEW every now and then.

Moreover, so far that I have been using EtherDelta, they do not store private keys and it is just in every one's best interest to be careful themselves in making sure they are actually on EtherDelta's official website or get it bookmarked. However, with your strategy, it is better to be safe than sorry.

It obviously requires a lot of experience and your level of skill in being able to do analysis to expect an outcome for a trade.

For example, in the recent trade of bitcoin, it is normal for any pro trader to know that two outcomes are expected, either from breaking of the resistance which would cause a surge upward or breaking support which could cause a surge downwards, how you want to play fast on this is now dependent on each individual.

I always tell people that patience is always the best thing in this game. Some people have waited for seven years, some sold along the line out of fear and some bought back or just bought early this year and they have made a huge gain.
It totally depends on the amount you can afford to go in on bitcoin but if you have just little, the best thing is to wait and watch till when it grows. You may be surprise at what you would have in the next 7 years to this time.

Just that simple! The reason why so many people are always on the verge of holding or thinking when to sell is because they consider it more of an asset than a means of payment.

As long as you need it and you are selling at the value at that moment in time, deal with it when the price goes up. A pro trader on the other hand already expect shits like this to happen and they already have strategies to stick with in case anything goes wrong with their predictions.

Definitely, the risk is there and so is every other investment. As long as one understands the risk and one also takes proper precaution in minimizing the risk, then it would be hard for one not to enjoy investing in ICOs.

There is a lot to do before investing in any ICO and it should be more like wanting to invest in a company or project and all the research one needs to do before that should not be skipped. This does not guarantee anything as not all of them will succeed but at least you will minimize the issue of running into a scam project.

I am really surprised at a whole lot of people saying this. What else do you expect from a controlled coin? You guys keep saying long term investment for a coin that can get you burnt. XRP is mainly for short term trades for me as far as I am concerned.

Set your sell order for a huge pump, if you like buy back when it is low and keep repeating the same thing with your stop loss on. I would not want to even put so much in trading this coin. Read about XRP and you will know why.

As much as it may have potential for growth in the long run, I so much agree with you on just dumping for bitcoin. Although, this year, we have had some increase too for litecoin but obviously nothing too spectacular. However, I would not just say one should push it aside but looking at your point as being forever in the shadow of bitcoin, that is a point that should not be discarded and I would rather just hold bitcoin instead.

Everyone absolutely do and in a case where electricity is not cheap at all, it is best to consider something else than mining as you may not get your return on investment as quick as possible which does not make sense to me. Even if you want to try solar, you will still need to spend some huge amount of money and I really do not know how feasible it is yet, but i guess those who have tried it can tell us that.

Yeah, so far, that is the only way and which is absolutely normal. As long as you keep making use of fiat and you are making profit on whatever you are doing even if it is by keeping your funds in your wallet, then tax is compulsory. Although, this differs in so many places but with the governments regulating the exchanges now, this is something that cannot be discarded. Anything asides conversion to fiat is not even possible.

A lot of policies will come up in each country but it would just be a policy that would regulate the usage of bitcoin in the long run as they would not have any choice than to accept its usage. A lot will happen with bitcoin development itself over the years and that would really make us know exactly where we are headed. The next few years will really be a big one for bitcoin.

Yes, it is a wise decision, but if we do not have spenders, then it would have been so boring to hold and then the value will not even be as it is today. Everyone have their functions in the ecosystem.

Furthermore, the value of bitcoin can truly be seen in so many places like Zimbabwe where hyperinflation has occurred for a very long time now which is why bitcoin is so much in demand as that is the only means of transaction for people and business men who need to pay merchants abroad after the government banned international transactions.

That makes it more than an investment as there would be some people who will always need it.

When it comes to the income aspect, this is one way cryptocurrency have helped a lot. Back then before the evolution of currency, there is just a huge limitation on how people work online and get to receive what they work for. However, with cryptocurrency, this has been able to change a lot and now; people can gladly work online, get paid in bitcoin and get to do whatever they like with it.

Everyone these days is on social media. I have tried my hands on several means of advert apart from TV adverts anyway, which I feel they are even over rated and too costly. Social media on the other hand has really given my business a huge boom than expected when you do a paid advert with a very reasonable amount.

There are huge numbers of people to target and the more you are ready to spend, the more you get but far better than what a TV/Radio advert would have given.

Bitcoin really do have a lot of potential which is why we cannot even be comparing it to centralized fiats. Fiats or offline currencies like the OP stated it will always remain controlled and that is what makes digital currencies different as you are in full control as long as you are not holding XRP, USDT or the likes, if you know what I mean.

Not all offline currencies are also widely used as some are normally used to do some underground runs like gold. However, bitcoin can still be used as long as the peers involved are both willing to accept it as a form of transaction which for now, is not something we have really seen much of it as it is not widely used yet, but time will definitely tell us at the end. For now, fiats or basically paper currencies are still very much needed.

Even asides YouTube videos which can be very helpful, there are so many articles online or platforms that people can go to learn how to trade. Some are willing to teach for a price while some are willing to give you some little ways to trade safely. However, looking at the level of profit one would start making once one can start making quality decisions when it comes to trading, I would say it is worth it.

2018 will definitely have a lot of increase in store for bitcoin and we may experience even a larger boom than we did this year. A lot of things and development would happen that would make new investors to want to take part in the evolution and with that we won't just be looking at bitcoin as just an asset, but a valuable asset that can be used for day to day activities. That would then give it more chances of increasing even the more in value.

That is just one plain fact! It is easy for us all to keep pointing fingers on which project will hit that value, but one thing we should realize is that with the development coming for bitcoin and the way alts are bearing as a result of that, it would take a project that has a working product to survive as there would be usage for such a product in the market and not just some random shitcoin that would find it hard to thrive.

I guess we just have to wait and see if that was just not another pump and if it would thrive enough to maintain that value in the long run. Looking at the trend since April though, the coin seems pretty interesting as it has been doing well for itself, and it sure sounds like an interesting project. I would not really be too optimistic anyway.

The same way we are having some altcoins not experience huge dips now is the same way we will have some other more later on. Not all altcoins will survive, but most of them with good project backing will surely do since they will end up having real life usage and with that, they may end up being stable with the little up and lows as time goes on.

And then I wondered why Ethereum was dropping so bad few days ago, so this is it. This is pretty bad and looking at all the holders that would be hit by this development, then it would even be crazier than this. Well, Parity really has fumbled this time and that bug freezing so many funds will not go good for them, considering the fact that this would be the second one.

We obviously just have to see where the whole thing is headed, but I have a feeling this would be fixed otherwise it would tell bad on the Ethereum Ecosystem and it would start getting hard for people to trust a system that cannot even take into consideration shits like this and people ending up losing a lot of funds at the end. Whichever way, we will be watching...

Lots of projects are already working on that. There has been some in the past, probably still existing but I do not know.
I know of Xapo and I do not know how that really faired for its users but they said they are stopping it soon. All the above, the likes of crypterium, centra and the rest are already coming up with cards that would be connected to your wallet and not just only make you spend bitcoins offline but other altcoins.