Well i think we can put it better in this way. The reason why i would agree to the statement that bear market is a blessing in disguise because it is through this market season that we can buy the dips and wait for the rise of the crypto market to make some profits. Remember we also need mass adoption so that bitcoin can be used globally for payment.

In addition bearish market is the right time to invest into expensive cryptocurrencies as they might have become quite cheap during the bear market season. Fill your cryptocurrency portfolio with them so that when the crypto market rises you will definitely make some profits upon your investment.
The cryptocurrencies that i would admonish you to purchase is BTC, ETH, XIN AND XRP.

The future of cryptocurrencies is very bright because the blockchain technology is widely being adopted into existing industries and companies. But i would advise not to invest all your savings because in as much as the future of cryptocurrency looks bright it is not certain.

Invest an amount you can afford to lose then wait patiently for the crypto market to rise one more time.

This downward trend of the crypto market has never bothered me at all because we have seen this trend happen over and over again. So i kind of get really surprised when i see many young folks in here lamenting about the bear market. Bear market is actually the time to put a huge bet on solid cryptocurrencies and wait for the market to rise in order to make huge profits.

Well i don't think anybody can predict exactly the trends of the crypto market but let's hope that the crypto market is stabilizing and we can see a gradual increase in the price of bitcoin. Some crypto technical analyst are predicting we might see a bull run at the end of this year but i doubt this strongly and with the latest news from China about the banning of cryptocurrency mining might even bring us way down again. Sorry folks but i am not a wisher of doom but this seems to be the reality facing the crypto market.

There are quite a couple of other altcoins which i think they are good to invest in but with your poll i chose Bitcoin over all the rest because as an investor i look at for cryptocurrencies that give me high returns on my investments. With this in mind Bitcoin is the cryptocurrency that has the highest marketcap in the crpytospace and i know its price would increase once again for me to make profits on my investment.

Locking of tokens is actually the last thing that i look at when it comes to dumping of tokens. I have seen projects that locked up tokens for a long period of time and as soon as the lock up period was over both investors and bounty hunters dumped their tokens on the listed exchanges.

I think what the team of projects should do is to carry out the development of the project in a very honest way and earn the trust of most of its community members. If the team is able to gain maximum support from their own community there would be no panic sales of tokens. In addition, they can also put in mechanisms such as incentives to reward token holders etc. I believe if all these are put in place the tokens would not suffer massive dump as they do when they are listed on exchanges.

The new look and features of Ethereum is quite fascinating with all the nice colour design that have been inculcated in it. Not also forgetting how simple it has become to make transactions from your wallet. The previous interface was very clumsy making navigation through the platform quite difficult. Hopefully they can either maintain this one or make it more nicer than the current one 

That's very true mate...we have all made mistakes that  caused us to lose funds in our cryptocurrency investments. I remember following the hype about a project and investing into it without doing any proper research about it. The team finally abandoned the project leaving the community members to their own fate. Ever since then i do research deeply about a project before investing into it and this has really helped save me from the scam projects that are in the cryptospace now.

So many bad influences have actually drawn the name of Cryptocurrency in mud making it look like some sort of scam investment. I think regulation alone would not solve the problem, we need highly improve security features to be installed unto platforms so that we can prevent all these series of scams that are circulating within the crypto community.

Neither ETH nor XRP would replace BTC and for your information don't forget that the lesser the amount of BTC in circulation the higher the price and i believe everybody in here would love to see BTC way above $20k. No cryptocurrency can ever usurp the dominancy and authority of bitcoin over the crypto market. Bitcoin rules people just accept it!

Either of them is a good investment strategy because DASH  is one of the popular masternodes in the cryptospace and BTC is also the cryptocurrency with the highest marketcap. Investing into any of these cryptocurrencies is good but i prefer running a node with the DASH ecosystem because running a masternode allows you to earn passively from your investment.

It's impressive to hear that some countries are actually adopting the use of bitcoin to make payments for bills etc. I know in the near future we would see bitcoin being used in several countries to make payment for transactions made.

Buying alts now is a huge bet because most altcoins might not rise when the crypto market but if you still want to go ahead and invest then purchase bnb, eth and xrp because these cryptocurrencies have high marketcap.

If i had such amount on me i would surely invest into only BTC, ETH, BNB, XIN because these cryptocurrencies are being used by several crypto enthusiasts hence their value is always maintained and also keep rising from time to time. Currently i am only worth half of this amount, hopefully i can increase my savings and look at this investment plan myself.

It's difficult to say but Let's not forget bitcoin was worthless before it started to gain value due to its adoption and use. Anyway with the huge development of bitcoin and its potential adoption globally i doubt it would ever be worthless

I woke up to see this sudden rise of bitcoin and even though it has put a smile on most crypto enthusiasts i don't think this is enough for we to move into a bull run. If the price of bitcoin moves quickly above $10k then we can think of bull run but now we are just advancing steadily.

No. The rise of bitcoin mostly comes with some developments that are happening in crypto inustry or if there is a news about one of the powerful economic countries making good advances towards the use of cryptocurrencies or its legalization.

@OP i like that fact that you say crypto enthusiasts are the backbone to the survival of cryptocurrencies. One of the ways of promoting cryptocurrencies to ensure that the world out there is for crypto enthusiasts to spend their cryptocurrencies where possible. For instance using it to make payments in their daily transactions.

This year has actually not been much of a good news for new ICOs as the crypto market down and most investors don't want to invest in anything new that has no working product. Hopefully the crypto market has started rising gradually and we can see a turn in the investment of ICOs. Nonetheless i know new ICOs that are doing great so if you are thinking of launching any project i suggest the team takes time and develop the project to some extent before seeking funds from investors. At least that way most of them would be convinced that their monies are going to be put into good use