What are your thoughts for Bitcoin in 2017?

[Abiky]

Bitcoin in 2017? Probable cases would be the dramatical change of the value of bitcoin, become more developed and more successful. It will also be known in all asian countries. There will also out numbered investors who will invest and sell bitcoins as well, to get more profit. Maybe one of those will hapoen this year,just wait and see.

This may happen if all goes well for Bitcoin during the year. As we don't know what lies ahead for it in the future, we could not say for certainity that it will become much more valuable than what it is right now, but we could rest assured that it will survive for many years to come.

One thing that is killing Bitcoin, is the never-ending scalability debate. There is fear that if BTC splits into two different coins, there would be chaos in the crypto economy and Bitcoin's value would decrease exponentially. If that happens, then we might see two different versions of Bitcoin on the market, with the original one being worth back $300 - $500 making many investors lose their money.

Nevertheless, I hope that the whole Bitcoin community would come up to an agreement to preserve its value proposition in the future. I'm sure that one way or another Bitcoin would scale and it will reach new heights in price that were never before seen. Just my opinion.

[carlisle1]

I hope BTC is easier to come by and hopefully higher prices also more and more projects dibitcoin

yes it will just be prepared and wait for a little while as bitcoin value will rise up in the time that many countries all over world will adopt this system more establishment that will accept bitcoin as one of the mode of payments in their local businesses. bitcoin will be more worthy before this year end, many support coming from newcomers will show up.

[Abiky]

yes it will just be prepared and wait for a little while as bitcoin value will rise up in the time that many countries all over world will adopt this system more establishment that will accept bitcoin as one of the mode of payments in their local businesses. bitcoin will be more worthy before this year end, many support coming from newcomers will show up.

Couldn't agree more with you, mate. Bitcoin will continue to expand in value over the remaining months of the year, making it the most prominent cryptocurrency for years to come. It has shown the world, that despite the facts that an ETF was rejected by the SEC, and many other negative factors have happened, it has emerged greater and stronger than ever as a solid decentralized cryptocurrency.

As its user base, and development increases, we will see Bitcoin as the future cryptocurrency for the masses in the mainstream world. Now that a new scalable solution called SegWit2x has shown major support from the miners, Bitcoin will grow into a bigger cryptocurrency that will eventually rival traditional payment processors like Visa and MasterCard. Just my thoughts.

[ashuawei]

I hope BTC is easier to come by and hopefully higher prices also more and more projects dibitcoin

yeah the more project will means the more people are learning about bitcoin. the more people acknowledge btc, the higher will be the deman, the higher the demand, the higher the price of bitcoin will be. this is what im hoping to for bitcoin this year.

[TomUyamot]

As we enter 2017, Bitcoin begins with a fresh start making it worth nearly $1000 per coin. Users, banks, and even governments are becoming more interested into Bitcoin, and its underlying technology called the Blockchain.

Now, as we progress into making Bitcoin more scalable and efficient than ever, I would like to know what are your thoughts for the pioneer cryptocurrency in 2017?

If all goes well for Bitcoin this year, it might increase its value more than $1000, as well as become closer to being used as a mainstream currency. What do you think? 

For the past several years since bitcoin was founded, everything's pretty upward. I think it will not stop in 2017, not even in the following year and in the few years to follow.

A $1000 increase is a moderate prediction. It will be somewhere on that figure. Hotels, airlines, countries, online shopping sites, and so on and so forth are already raising their green flags for bitcoin. That is just the start.

I believe bitcoin is still far from its peak. It's relatively young.

[Palmerson]

It all depends on how long the major players in the international financial market will not see crypto as a serious competitor. When war with the major currencies of the world, the results can be unpredictable for all participants of this war, but Fiat money benefits more. Behind them are the state.

[jerowacik]

Bitcoin in 2017 has a tremendous increase over the year before. Even bitcoin prices are rising very high this year. Some countries are already starting to adopt bitcoin and they are already applying bitcoin in its Territory. This is certainly a very positive thing for the development of bitcoin in the future.

[Vaculin]

Bitcoin in 2017 has a tremendous increase over the year before. Even bitcoin prices are rising very high this year. Some countries are already starting to adopt bitcoin and they are already applying bitcoin in its Territory. This is certainly a very positive thing for the development of bitcoin in the future.

I agree.Bitcoin is really starting to conquer the world.Some countries have adopted already bitcoin,and maybe before this year ends more and more countries will be interested in bitcoin and soon they'll be adopting it too.IMO some banks also might be interested in bitcoin.And they will make a proposal study for that.

[keeee]

Yes it already secured it's position in the year 2017, many people are now days looking some thing new in their daily life so my though is government should elaborate bitcoin technology through out the world wide and make announcement that bitcoin can use able like gold. Bitcoin is completely digital currency and is limited we cannot able to mine more than that like gold.

Yes bitcoin this year become more popular and slowly spreading all over the world. Number of user of it was now increasing and I think this could be the reason so that government will accept it as a payment. Bitcoin can used like a gold in this year soon.

[Phyton76]

NO doubt this year the bitcoin will  continue increasing its price in the market but obviously it will also go down but also will go up and increase its price a lot and i guess still the bitcoin is very profitable still in this year and i guess it will pass 3000$ or more this year i guess.

[Jalum]

NO doubt this year the bitcoin will  continue increasing its price in the market but obviously it will also go down but also will go up and increase its price a lot and i guess still the bitcoin is very profitable still in this year and i guess it will pass 3000$ or more this year i guess.

I think that Bitcoin will fly past that number once people recognize that Bitcoin has the potential to go up further than its all-time high. If Bitcoin has a large amount of people trying to purchase Bitcoin at that time then the price of Bitcoin will go up in value much faster.

[Gheka]

Bitcoin in 2017 has a tremendous increase over the year before. Even bitcoin prices are rising very high this year. Some countries are already starting to adopt bitcoin and they are already applying bitcoin in its Territory. This is certainly a very positive thing for the development of bitcoin in the future.

I agree.Bitcoin is really starting to conquer the world.Some countries have adopted already bitcoin,and maybe before this year ends more and more countries will be interested in bitcoin and soon they'll be adopting it too.IMO some banks also might be interested in bitcoin.And they will make a proposal study for that.

Yes, Japan is the first country to try using bitcoin to pay for electricity and water costs, I heard that in the near future, they will officially use it in their lives. Other countries in the world are also taking a lot of interest in bitcoin, we can see in the future that bitcoin will be very popular and used as cash but now Bitcoin still need more time to develop and perfect more. I think in 2017, Bitcoin will create a big milestone, marking its maturity and development in the future.

[reflector]

NO doubt this year the bitcoin will  continue increasing its price in the market but obviously it will also go down but also will go up and increase its price a lot and i guess still the bitcoin is very profitable still in this year and i guess it will pass 3000$ or more this year i guess.

It is all depend on the adoption rate what we are getting over blockchain technology and bitcoin related businesses.
If we didn't get the rapport to see the bitcoin adoption again we will see the price fluctuatations in the chart.

[3la9l_kolbaCa]

well as we notice this year 2017 the price of bitcoin is so unpredictable because the price of it gets dump by 50% sometimes and most of the times pumped up to 100% this year,, for me bitcoin chart is so good for me. because in my opinion this is the best sign in increasing the value of it more and more.

[Arindava]

It's now in 2017 and it's starting to look with bitcoin, rising prices, and the possibility of bitcoin to be the world's currency will soon come true,
that's my hope..

[ModGirl]

yes it will just be prepared and wait for a little while as bitcoin value will rise up in the time that many countries all over world will adopt this system more establishment that will accept bitcoin as one of the mode of payments in their local businesses. bitcoin will be more worthy before this year end, many support coming from newcomers will show up.

Couldn't agree more with you, mate. Bitcoin will continue to expand in value over the remaining months of the year, making it the most prominent cryptocurrency for years to come. It has shown the world, that despite the facts that an ETF was rejected by the SEC, and many other negative factors have happened, it has emerged greater and stronger than ever as a solid decentralized cryptocurrency.

As its user base, and development increases, we will see Bitcoin as the future cryptocurrency for the masses in the mainstream world. Now that a new scalable solution called SegWit2x has shown major support from the miners, Bitcoin will grow into a bigger cryptocurrency that will eventually rival traditional payment processors like Visa and MasterCard. Just my thoughts.

Yes its right bitcoin has a bright future and I think 2017 is the better year for bitcoin but it not mean that just 2017. Bitcoin will rise more and more just like countries are legalizing bitcoin for payment in trades and the new revolution will come with segvit2x in the world of bitcoin

[RedditMaster]

Well Google just invested in Bitcoin yesterday (June 22, 2017), so it is definitely going mainstream in the very near future.

[Finestream]

Well Google just invested in Bitcoin yesterday (June 22, 2017), so it is definitely going mainstream in the very near future.

Where that information coming from mate? It would be helpful if you could post some link so we can check it out, I tried searching but I was not able to find, maybe it was not published in https://cointelegraph.com or any related site that we can find updated news on the crypto market, right?
If this will come out to be true, I think there will be another price surge, $4,000 can be the next target, I'll definitely look unto this.

[Bitcollector]

Bitcoin will continue to grow as more and more because every people will think bitcoin is a very good investment. At least it's all our hope

That's what we have seen in last 7 years. The journey of bitcoin has highlighted it's potential and a clear picture of the future. Currently not even 0.5% of world's population is using bitcoin but most of them are using fiat currencies. Just imagine what could happen if we could grab at least 5% share of world's population in bitcoin user base? I don't have any doubt in my mind that the price is going to rise.

People now are getting smarter and embracing the technology of our world and for sure we already surpass at least 10% of our world population and they area already using cryptocurrencies for trading or such a good investment for their portfolio and if this kind of adoption will continue then it will be a good future for the early adopters because the price of their coin will be more expensive in the future.

10% is very optimistic figure. I want someone to prove me wrong but to be honest I don't think that much of people are using crypto currencies at the moment. I am not including the people who have just heard about bitcoin or crypto currencies and not using it. 10% of 7 billion population is a impressive milestone to reach but we are not there yet. However if we continue to grow with the same speed then I don't think that is is far away from us.

I don't think that 10% of the world's population is using Bitcoin. Less than 0.006% of all BTC wallets are holding more than 90% of all mined BTC. And 80% of all ETH is held by the creator of Ethereum, so I don't think very many people are holding much BTC or any other cryptocurrency at all.  Total crypto market cap is estimated at 115 Billion, and BTC is 45 B. and ETH is 31 B. That leaves a lot of room for hedge funds and such, and a lot of people say that hedge funds have bought lots, and since the market cap has increased from 17 Billion 3 months ago until today which is a total of 115 Billion. I don't think the average public would suddenly start to buy cryptocurrencies, so that must mean that massive amount of money came from hedge funds and smart money.

We know that a few Billionaires have openly admitted to buying BTC and a few other currencies. Tim Draper bought 30,000 BTC when the US Marshals sold it on auction market in 2014, plus he also bought all the rest of those BTC that were up for auction by the US Marshals. We also know that Richard Branson been very favorable to Bitcoin and has admitted to buying BTC and BTC businesses. Bill Gates has also admitted to buying Bitcoin, but Warren Buffet has not, because he doesn't understand it. Haha.

So I think mostly smart money owns most of it.

P.S. I was very surprised to see that the market cap had increased by more 300% in 3 months. Maybe something shocking is about to happen in the world. I don't know, but that's a massive amount of money movement. It changed from 17 Billion to 110 Billion in 3 months. That's one heck of a pile of money that moved into cryptocurrencies and I would make a guess that it didn't come from drug dealers, like the media and not-so-smart money people keep talking about.

I think its smart money. That's my guess.

[Dudeperfect]

Bitcoin will continue to grow as more and more because every people will think bitcoin is a very good investment. At least it's all our hope

That's what we have seen in last 7 years. The journey of bitcoin has highlighted it's potential and a clear picture of the future. Currently not even 0.5% of world's population is using bitcoin but most of them are using fiat currencies. Just imagine what could happen if we could grab at least 5% share of world's population in bitcoin user base? I don't have any doubt in my mind that the price is going to rise.

People now are getting smarter and embracing the technology of our world and for sure we already surpass at least 10% of our world population and they area already using cryptocurrencies for trading or such a good investment for their portfolio and if this kind of adoption will continue then it will be a good future for the early adopters because the price of their coin will be more expensive in the future.

10% is very optimistic figure. I want someone to prove me wrong but to be honest I don't think that much of people are using crypto currencies at the moment. I am not including the people who have just heard about bitcoin or crypto currencies and not using it. 10% of 7 billion population is a impressive milestone to reach but we are not there yet. However if we continue to grow with the same speed then I don't think that is is far away from us.

I don't think that 10% of the world's population is using Bitcoin. Less than 0.006% of all BTC wallets are holding more than 90% of all mined BTC. And 80% of all ETH is held by the creator of Ethereum, so I don't think very many people are holding much BTC or any other cryptocurrency at all.  Total crypto market cap is estimated at 115 Billion, and BTC is 45 B. and ETH is 31 B. That leaves a lot of room for hedge funds and such, and a lot of people say that hedge funds have bought lots, and since the market cap has increased from 17 Billion 3 months ago until today which is a total of 115 Billion. I don't think the average public would suddenly start to buy cryptocurrencies, so that must mean that massive amount of money came from hedge funds and smart money.

We know that a few Billionaires have openly admitted to buying BTC and a few other currencies. Tim Draper bought 30,000 BTC when the US Marshals sold it on auction market in 2014, plus he also bought all the rest of those BTC that were up for auction by the US Marshals. We also know that Richard Branson been very favorable to Bitcoin and has admitted to buying BTC and BTC businesses. Bill Gates has also admitted to buying Bitcoin, but Warren Buffet has not, because he doesn't understand it. Haha.

So I think mostly smart money owns most of it.

P.S. I was very surprised to see that the market cap had increased by more 300% in 3 months. Maybe something shocking is about to happen in the world. I don't know, but that's a massive amount of money movement. It changed from 17 Billion to 110 Billion in 3 months. That's one heck of a pile of money that moved into cryptocurrencies and I would make a guess that it didn't come from drug dealers, like the media and not-so-smart money people keep talking about.

I think its smart money. That's my guess.

You hit the bull's eye. Yes, it is very surprising to see such growth but I think the mainstream media attention during after the ransomware attack, more people seriously looked at bitcoin and invested in giving it a try. There is no doubt that drug mafias or criminals are using bitcoin because no one can stop or even identify them in doing so.