2016 Bitcoin Predictions

[Janation]

i think price is going to be stable at $400<BTC<$500 for a couple of more months and then something is going to happen with a lot of hype the price is going to be pushed to >$800 over 1-2 months then start to come back to $500 and then continue normal growth

I have a similar, maybe a bit more conservative view on the price action this year. I see $500-600 as the top of the range, if there is no new fundamental developments (direction mass adoption).

But I guess you will change your view once the price increase of bitcoin is started along with halving. Because the higher prices will trigger all the development needed for bitcoin ecosystem. I believe we can not predict the top of price range now itself.

No, my prediction actually included halving 'pump'.
It should be also the other way round, first the innovation then a higher valuation.

I agree that there should be some decent action first and as result to that a higher price afterwards, but what innovation are you realistically expecting this year? I can't think of any.

The innovation of bitcoin depends on the developers if they see fit in bitcoin,but if the developers doesnt agree on one thing then bitcoin wont evolve.

This is what is happening now. The 2MB block size increase will be delayed to the around June next year.

[ajareselde]

It is really hard to know for what is going to happen in 2016 with Bitcoin, but I think that Bitcoin will be have a good year this year.
Bitcoin is a currency and that is really hard to predict because it is every time changing and that is not good.
But you can see that the value is stable and the halving is also coming so we should have to wait for what will happen with it.

it always hard and always is the same predictions speculations and assumptions
all the same

It may look the same, but it isn't. Back a few years, noone really knew if bitcoin is here to stay or not, and now the only sure thing is that it will be alive for
many years/decades to come. That only leaves us with the question of price, and the momentum is achieved for it to go above and beyond, to the point that
countries are starting to build up rules around it. The fact that noone really can destroy bitcoin network puts those laws more or less just as an itch, nothing more.
>1000$ by the year's end, is what i'm counting on, and even if that doesn't happen , i have enough time and patience to wait a lot more.

[shinkicker]

Bitcoin will go up to about $500 when more loopholes are used, then dip to $200 and everyone will cry and stabilize about $420~


oh wait that happened.

[gtglener]

i think 4, it willl go slowly up with the passage of time and will reach to some $700 in a few mmonths and i think in halving it will touch the moon , so the price will definitely increased too high.

[angaper]

It is really hard to know for what is going to happen in 2016 with Bitcoin, but I think that Bitcoin will be have a good year this year.
Bitcoin is a currency and that is really hard to predict because it is every time changing and that is not good.
But you can see that the value is stable and the halving is also coming so we should have to wait for what will happen with it.

it always hard and always is the same predictions speculations and assumptions
all the same

It may look the same, but it isn't. Back a few years, noone really knew if bitcoin is here to stay or not, and now the only sure thing is that it will be alive for
many years/decades to come. That only leaves us with the question of price, and the momentum is achieved for it to go above and beyond, to the point that
countries are starting to build up rules around it. The fact that noone really can destroy bitcoin network puts those laws more or less just as an itch, nothing more.
>1000$ by the year's end, is what i'm counting on, and even if that doesn't happen , i have enough time and patience to wait a lot more.

Of course, bitcoin will be alive for long, but it will be interesting to watch how it will face the strong competition of the new altcurrencies to come, especially taking into account the increasing interest of commercial and central banks in taking advantage of the blockchain to improve the current economic system.

[1Referee]

i think price is going to be stable at $400<BTC<$500 for a couple of more months and then something is going to happen with a lot of hype the price is going to be pushed to >$800 over 1-2 months then start to come back to $500 and then continue normal growth

I have a similar, maybe a bit more conservative view on the price action this year. I see $500-600 as the top of the range, if there is no new fundamental developments (direction mass adoption).

But I guess you will change your view once the price increase of bitcoin is started along with halving. Because the higher prices will trigger all the development needed for bitcoin ecosystem. I believe we can not predict the top of price range now itself.

No, my prediction actually included halving 'pump'.
It should be also the other way round, first the innovation then a higher valuation.

I agree that there should be some decent action first and as result to that a higher price afterwards, but what innovation are you realistically expecting this year? I can't think of any.

The innovation of bitcoin depends on the developers if they see fit in bitcoin,but if the developers doesnt agree on one thing then bitcoin wont evolve.

I do agree that to get Bitcoin further, the devs must work and listen to each other, and not directly let their ego take over and ruin the entire sentiment. Bitcoin is meant to bring the change we so much want, and not to see the main devs have very different views on what might help Bitcoin move forward.

[gkv9]

I see BTC to be playing around $400 - $700 after seeing a pump of up to $2.5k due to halving effect...
That's just speculation, but I am sure about the prices indicated above except this pump thing...

[Westingcote]

I see BTC to be playing around $400 - $700 after seeing a pump of up to $2.5k due to halving effect...
That's just speculation, but I am sure about the prices indicated above except this pump thing...

The big pump after halving and the block size increase will be around $1500. $2.5k is too optimisitic.

[Dux2K]

Halving year what else do we want except for price to jump seem reasonable to go on 600

[Kollor]

Halving year what else do we want except for price to jump seem reasonable to go on 600

That's right, since this is the year when halving will happen,  it will be normal that the price would increase...though it is not just what's going to happen this year but seriously it will affect the price the most..

[Skaven]

Bitcoin will gain more popularity with in 2016, more people will be tuning in with Bitcoin. If the halving happens this would attract even more people. I hope the halving happens so I can buy some more bitcoins.

[OrangeII]

Bitcoin will gain more popularity with in 2016, more people will be tuning in with Bitcoin. If the halving happens this would attract even more people. I hope the halving happens so I can buy some more bitcoins.

you're right, the longer-growing number of people who know and menuggunakan bitcoin. and I also think if this year there halving, maybe people will race to invest their money in bitcoin for bitcoin price will be very expensive

[Rotator]

But what if we are wrong, what if bitcoin is already at his highest price, we are actually beneath 1k$ which was previous high, we are closer to 300$ than to 1k$. or we can see good pump again, but who knows what price will stay after halving.
All we can see on exchanges are manipulations and they are conducted with few thousands of bitcoins..

[Mr. Big]

But what if we are wrong, what if bitcoin is already at his highest price, we are actually beneath 1k$ which was previous high, we are closer to 300$ than to 1k$. or we can see good pump again, but who knows what price will stay after halving.
All we can see on exchanges are manipulations and they are conducted with few thousands of bitcoins..

No we are not wrong, the price is still young.. just think about the users who are entering into bitcoin world and the price is being decreased.. Definitely by that the price will have nowhere to go but to increase...the $300 thing is not yet impossible...It is still a threat, but why think of it if we can think about positive things about bitcoin... 

[azguard]

But what if we are wrong, what if bitcoin is already at his highest price, we are actually beneath 1k$ which was previous high, we are closer to 300$ than to 1k$. or we can see good pump again, but who knows what price will stay after halving.
All we can see on exchanges are manipulations and they are conducted with few thousands of bitcoins..

btc wont go bellow 300 anymore barrier was on 350 when this was passed next is on 450 cuz its struggling to maintain when hit 450 drop is eminent at 400 then

[0day]

Bitcoin will go up to about $500 when more loopholes are used, then dip to $200 and everyone will cry and stabilize about $420~


oh wait that happened.

No, now it will not come back in this year, in this year if its price did not increase at halving then it will at least reach to $500 or $600 and will remain around $450 to $550.

[Dux2K]

Bitcoin will go up to about $500 when more loopholes are used, then dip to $200 and everyone will cry and stabilize about $420~


oh wait that happened.

No, now it will not come back in this year, in this year if its price did not increase at halving then it will at least reach to $500 or $600 and will remain around $450 to $550.

Yea 600 seems to be good price and think it will be and it will be stable one

[JessicaSe]

Bitcoin will go up to about $500 when more loopholes are used, then dip to $200 and everyone will cry and stabilize about $420~


oh wait that happened.

No, now it will not come back in this year, in this year if its price did not increase at halving then it will at least reach to $500 or $600 and will remain around $450 to $550.

Yea 600 seems to be good price and think it will be and it will be stable one

I think bitcoin will reach to $600 at the time of halving and by the end of the year 2016 we will be seeing much higher and better price may be it will be around $800 by year end.

[Rotator]

Everyone has forgotten how bitcoin is fragile on bad news, and every little shade can scare investors. This is also what scares me now, good organized FUD attack can deliver us to 100$, but not for long price will be very soon, recovered i'm sure.

[busybee7]

Here are my Bitcoin price predictions:
1. BTC stable at around $400-$500 for the next few months.
2. 40-50% spike for block halving hype.
3. Retracement back down to $400-$500 level.
4. Slow rise to $700 per BTC once weak hands are out.

well i don't think that it will be stable till halving because if you would keep eye on price you would see that it's rising, but i think it is pretty real to see 50% spike because of halving, going back to low price because of sellers might be real too, but i think that at end of 2016 we wil see 800$ price atleast