Simply because of the network effect. That means bitcoin has value because people want it. If people reject bitcoin and go to the 'next big thing' then not only the price will collapse but and all the market in a short period too. So what miners do with all of these investments in machines and infrastructures? How do they pay their loans?  I found and share with you a well documented article which entitled as The 7 Network Effects of Bitcoin. To my point of view it is worth to take a look.

The way i see it anything which is known worldwide so that many users with different fiat need it and is easier and/or more safe to pay with bitcoin. Such as, to sell subscriptions in host file servers and licenses for software. The reason is pretty simple; I use these services and I really hate to give my credit card personal details because I have no trust to them. Therefore, use paysafe or prepaid cards or something with less risk. Bitcoin is perfect, imo, for this kind of business 

Currently is something different and there is not the same like in the past. The last two weeks all they speak about a hard fork and the split of the blockchain. If this will happen would be the first time and is logical all of the users to feel nervous. Therefore, if some of them have already bought in high price they want to protect their funds and want to sell so as to decrease their loss.

The same way as it is today. Maybe will be a mobile wallet where someone can have many cryptocurrencies and fiat as well. 

There is none could answer 'yes' or 'no'. But, who really cares? The point is to be a currency and if is possible to be accepted in many places in the world. Second or third; only the conversion rate has meaning.

About other cryptos the same as it is today. The more strong ones, with a big user base will achieve to survive, some of them will be used as a medium of payment and the rest will die. As far as it concerns the possible bitcoin HF there are so many threads in the forum where you can be informed.

Eventually I installed two of these; the  bitcoin price ticker and the bitcoin rate & conversion from here The first addon has many choices in font, color, exchange services  and refresh rate. The second I could say is somewhat naive because it could have more options maybe from fiat to btc like as in this. My first impression is that is a handy addon for bitcoin users and maybe I will keep it if is working like its author claims.

I think it’s reasonable to ask why every time as community we face any problem big or small regarding the bitcoin some people they want the appearance of bitcoin creator/s. If we can not manage to find a solution either good or bad then we probably are not worthy to use cryptocurrencies; that is, to be free and could be better turn back to fiat and let the banks to decide for our own future. Freedom means not only rights but responsibilities too. 

To my point of view I do not support anything would harm the bitcoin and that's I think about any hard fork solution. I would like the gentle one that is, the segwit which is a soft fork and as was proposed by the core team. Unfortunately as the reality shows the hard fork is more likely to happen now than ever.  

Many people who hate bitcoin are middle-aged or more, afraid and/or even hostile with the technology and some times they are contrary to due to their religious beliefs. Talking to them and trying to explain the most likely will be to not achieve anything. There are people who are really negative the whole idea. Hence, let them to stick with the fiat and 'enjoy the rest of your day'.

Ιn reality, it is an illusion when we say the worst or the best time someone to invest. Just only to be prepared mentally and psychologically. Therefore, any investor should to consider not only the profit but and the loss too and to have an investment plan. These two, imo, will help us in our future investment movements and to overcome some of the hassles.

I will answer you from another perspective because you asked about encouragement and motivation. Do you want to be financially free? Do you think that you can trust the technology without any required intermediary entities (banks)? Do you want to be among the pioneers worldwide in the most revolutionary and innovative technology of the 21st century till now? If you answer 'yes' to all of them then you are welcome. If you are tenant and patient you will try to face all hassles and you will go to next level as you posted.

To my point of view this will never happen. There are about 1500 operational satellites around the earth according to pixalytics and imo is not an easy task to destroy them. Therefore, this not the case. I believe people will not bother with bitcoin because they will have to give priority in basic needs (food and water) and mining will stop because governments they will not permit vast amounts of electricity to be consumed only for mining processes.

Well I believe that is wrong the way we most of us are thinking when we speak about payment with bitcoin. We have stop think in dollars or euro or anything else like as any fiat money. This is not fair. We have try to think only with transaction size and if we need, really all times do we need the next block confirmation?, fast confirmation time. As you see in my signature yesterday I payed and the campaign manager payed about 5.31sat/byte and first confirmation was in less than 24 hours.

There are some ways and maybe the simplest one is to exchange the bitcoin to fiat (cash) face to face. The best option is with a friend of yours or a colleague. After that if there is a crypto ATM near the place you live which usually have high conversion rates and using an exchange service like this which is in my signature and I participate in its campaign.

I read the thread and many people are optimistic about the price of bitcoin. This is a good feeling but the debate and that each side follow its own policy will not over till a split of the coin. After the Antpool's movement, yesterday, to mine a BU block, today the Guo's X Pool followed and did the same so as to promote the BU too. The future is uncertain and will see how the price will be affected.

No you did not anything wrong and the way I see it is not normal. But this is the policy of Bitmain and in reality you have to pay with fiat money (credit card). I believe that this service is completely useless. Currently, there are some processes like as RBF and CPFP which are offered by some wallets so I cannot understand the reason someone to pay this outrageous amount of money. The Bitmain CEO Jihan WU has already stated in his twitter account that money from this service will be given to support BU.

Given that I prefer small profit than bigger one which also involves a bigger risk, the order of presentation from less to more risk in my opinion is


1.ethereum
2.monero
3.litecoin
4.zcash
5.ripple

I have a different opinion about and if banks consider that bitcoin is a serious rival and possibly a threat to their future existence. A typical case of the well known in Europe bank is the BNP Paribas which admitted that bitcoin could destroy the banks and their work as we know they do it now. Moreover, we could see some movement of the PBOC which has already did its first trial in digital currency trying to attract the interest of Chinese customers. All of these are signs that banks are feel at risk considering the popularity of bitcoin.

If we see the rejection of ETF as lessons learned first I could say that there is no way governments to let bitcoin to grow because could lead fiat currencies to crash. Moreover I could say that best comments had been said by Philip C. Chronakis, Attorney, Adjunct Professor of Law that the denial could not stop the progress of bitcoin but the approval could provide fair, investment opportunities to all Americans and not only the techie savvy ones. 

Everything is supply and demand. In case of a major disaster extended demand has food and water. So the prices from these two goods without any doubt will rise. Regarding the bitcoin price will probably not be affected. Maybe if there is no demand then the price is likely to be decreased unless it is used to in order people to purchase the necessary food and water.

What do you mean when you say slow movement? Last November the price was a bit more over the $700 and two weeks ago about $1275. I don't know any other currency which presents such fluctuations. On the other side when someone has the dream to be rich with bitcoin depends the place he lives. There is big difference who is considered to be rich in Nigeria and who in Switzerland.