TOP 10 PREDICTIONS FOR 2016

[virtualx]

Do you have some predictions for 2016 related to Bitcoin? Something related in the theme of regulation,
price, growth, industrial consolidation, etc?

- More rise and drops.
- More talk about bitcoin used by the gang of four
- Rise beyond 1000
- More investment

[maokoto]

Here are my predictions

Will grow a little in value due to halving and slowly increasing interest on it.

Some revolutionary app comes and makes the user base increase because of it.

Mining disminishes due to the halving, which makes more miners go into alts.

Some governments begin to instruct people about it and more regulations come.

[DimensionZ]

Some country will probably ban the use of bitcoins.

[jt byte]

- Price will be stable $500+ on november 2016. (Because of halvening & mining balance)
- Banks will publish "blockchain tech is a shit" to harm Bitcoin's integrity.
- Price of btc will be more stable in 2016.

This can be a good predictions, I hope so that 500 dollar well be a stable money for Bitcoin.

Yeah banks won't agree about bitcoin and we all know that so yeah.

[calkob]

"Steady as she goes".........

[bitcoin-hunter]

Some country will probably ban the use of bitcoins.

I hope not I just want that a lot of countrie will accept bitcoins.

But I don't think there will be so much country that will ban bitcoins otherwise it was ban before.

[MarketNeutral]

Mining difficulty will reach unimaginable levels. Yet next-generation ASICs will hash at speeds also unimaginable. You heard it here first.

[OgNasty]

1- We will not see below-$200 coins again.
2- Mining hardware will hit below-0.14w/GH efficiency level.
3- Price will reach a new all time high.
4- Mining difficulty will more than triple.
5- Mining rewards will be cut in half.
6- Bitcoin accepted by more Fortune 500 companies.
7- Increased investment by venture capitalists.
8- A large exchange will be hacked and unable to cover deposits.
9- More arrests will be made for in-person sales of Bitcoin and even ATM operators.
10- More talk of the Blockchain being the future and not Bitcoin.

[MarketNeutral]

Also, I predict further breakthroughs on anonymity, sidechains, the lightning network, and similarly innovative ways to build atop the network.

[goinmerry]

Probably growth in price spcially due to the halving which is likely to happen in 2016.

Same as mine.

If this happens growth in users.
More ex- bitcoin users might come back also.
Faucets payment will be low.
Selling of bitcoins. Some will not hold it if they see the increase.
That might make bitcoin fall again.

[gerald-80]

My prediction in 2016 is gonna skyrocket

[NorrisK]

I honestly think that 2016 will be a very interesting year for bitcoin. The end of 2015 has marked a potential market movement that will keep gaining traction.

1. Halving hype will cause some serious fluctuation in price. Even though it has no effect on the value of the coins minted already, people still believe it. This believe will move the market.
2. A new all time high will be reached. We are already building momentum and I think we will breach current ATH twice next year. Once before halving and one several months after that.
3. More major online retailers will accept bitcoin.
4. One big exchange (not cryptsy) will get into serious trouble, causing instability in the price.
5. We will see an explosion of USD millionaires through bitcoin next year.

[Hashminers]

1- We will not see below-$200 coins again.
2- Mining hardware will hit below-0.14w/GH efficiency level.
3- Price will reach a new all time high.
4- Mining difficulty will more than triple.
5- Mining rewards will be cut in half.
6- Bitcoin accepted by more Fortune 500 companies.
7- Increased investment by venture capitalists.
8- A large exchange will be hacked and unable to cover deposits.
9- More arrests will be made for in-person sales of Bitcoin and even ATM operators.
10- More talk of the Blockchain being the future and not Bitcoin.

This are some good predictions interesting top 10.

"We will not see below-$200 coins again." That will be great not to low for some people and not to high if some people want that bitcoin will go low.

That can be a good amount of money to buy some bitcoin.

[newcoins1978]

Just and the most important.

At least 3 major vendors/merchants will accept Bitcoin in their shop.

[BellaBitBit]

here is 5 predictions



3. block halving to increase bitcoins fiat value
yes!

4. atleast 10 people will be reported, questioned or arrested by the SEC for running dodgy bitcoin businesses (scam/HYIP/binary options/investment groups)
probably

5. lots of people screaming that the bitcoin fiat value is spiking. followed by lots of people screaming its going to crash to nothing

this will totally happen!

[angaper]

My main prediction is the full adoption of bitcoin as a regular currency in paypal. Well, at least it is a cherished dream for many bitcoiners. Bitcoin will return to 1000-1200 but I don't think in $2000 yet.

[traderbit]

My prediction for the next year are:
Amazon will implement the bitcoin as the payment method for their users.
Ebay will start negotation to implement bitcoin, another one will be the high pumps and high dumps.

[phibay]

here are my predictions
- bitcoin price will be doubled from now at some time next year (buy now before its too late )
- then one major exchange will scam "collapse" between the 3rd and 4th quarter
- there will be a big bitcoin news that will change the (bitcoin) world

[cjmoles]

My prediction is quite controversial .... but here goes anyway :

1. The Banks will start pushing their own Blockchain  based "Private" ledgers.

2. They will then start influencing the politicians to regulate and ban Bitcoin use in favor of their technology. {Their technology will adhere to all KYC/AML regulations}

3. Bitcoin will see a small spike in the price, just after the Halvening, but it will go back to it's original price before the Halvening soon after that.

4. Much stronger regulation on all encryption based technology will hamper further growth potential in countries targeted by terrorism.

Bitcoin will still survive, but it will grow slower than in 2015.   

Yup, this is the way I see it too.  I don't know about the time frame, but eventually, these things will come true.  Bitcoin will survive, but it will be pushed further out into the fringe user realm and black market transactions.

In 2016, Bitcoin will be severely scrutinized by western governments which have taken an extreme stance in the battle against terrorism.

[CryptoBjorn]

These are some good predictions above me.
I am glad that this post have been made. Is good to read what people are saying.