What do you think of people that treat Bitcoin solely as an investment?

[LittleBitFunny]

I've seen a lot of people arguing that Bitcoin can be profitable because of its volatility and convenience, but sometimes I feel that people using Bitcoin as an investment have little enthusiasm for its main use as a means of trading without an intermediary.

Under what circumstances should Bitcoin be treated as investment and to what extent should people think about its use as a global currency?

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[Qartersa]

I think they are smart! Especially if they bought their bitcoins from the time it was really low like around $200 per coin and held till now. That is 500 percent profits from just holding your coins. $200 price levels was around 2014-2015 which would mean that they only held for three years and they have earned more than 100% per year.

[OmegaStarScream]

I treat it as both personally and I don't see what's the issue If you treat it as an investement , the price is based on supply and demand and for the moment , we are missing millions of people , chances that the price will increase over the years due to more people joining the community is high so why not make that profitable for you as well ?  This however could stop after a certain time where we will reach some kind of stability of course but It could take a few years.

[terrate]

I've seen a lot of people arguing that Bitcoin can be profitable because of its volatility and convenience, but sometimes I feel that people using Bitcoin as an investment have little enthusiasm for its main use as a means of trading without an intermediary.

Under what circumstances should Bitcoin be treated as investment and to what extent should people think about its use as a global currency?

when they want to gambling or buy some special product in certain platform they will think it as currency.

but investment is direct income. u just buy n sell v use the volatility. that's the money ppl can see directly.

if want to use as currency, fees sure is higher.

 

[clickerz]

They are optimistic, investor who see the future trends.They are risk taker and brave enough to gamble and believe that bitcoin will gonna make it big in the future and it did and continue to amaze us.Congrats to early adopters who believe in this technology,it grows very far from the beginning.So much improvement happens.

[Zadicar]

I think they are smart! Especially if they bought their bitcoins from the time it was really low like around $200 per coin and held till now. That is 500 percent profits from just holding your coins. $200 price levels was around 2014-2015 which would mean that they only held for three years and they have earned more than 100% per year.

Basing on your calculations it is really right that on just holding bitcoin would really gives good returns on longer years but basing on the high price i dont think it would give the same profits too since $1k price is already high and it cant go to 5000% in just a couple of years.

[terrate]

I think they are smart! Especially if they bought their bitcoins from the time it was really low like around $200 per coin and held till now. That is 500 percent profits from just holding your coins. $200 price levels was around 2014-2015 which would mean that they only held for three years and they have earned more than 100% per year.

Basing on your calculations it is really right that on just holding bitcoin would really gives good returns on longer years but basing on the high price i dont think it would give the same profits too since $1k price is already high and it cant go to 5000% in just a couple of years.

sure it cant be, except big increase of mining, and the balance of bitcoin big drop. then it may.

[ololajulo]

Let everyone treat it as investment/ a form of wealth, then hoarding will start. There wont be supply only demands, which will cut short the daily trade and volume exchange that increases the price and get a lot of people involve in the daily trade. Investment is good but not the best way to hold a currency.

[Aamir1]

I've seen a lot of people arguing that Bitcoin can be profitable because of its volatility and convenience, but sometimes I feel that people using Bitcoin as an investment have little enthusiasm for its main use as a means of trading without an intermediary.

Under what circumstances should Bitcoin be treated as investment and to what extent should people think about its use as a global currency?

As long as it doesn't come into the mainstream and gets in the hands of public to be used anywhere they want, people would surely treat it as an investment because it has no other major uses right now except that. People buy bitcoins and trade them to get profit out of it, why? Because they know they cannot spend their bitcoins in physical world, and in place of using them online they just trade them for profit which is much wiser i guess.

[Zadicar]

I think they are smart! Especially if they bought their bitcoins from the time it was really low like around $200 per coin and held till now. That is 500 percent profits from just holding your coins. $200 price levels was around 2014-2015 which would mean that they only held for three years and they have earned more than 100% per year.

Basing on your calculations it is really right that on just holding bitcoin would really gives good returns on longer years but basing on the high price i dont think it would give the same profits too since $1k price is already high and it cant go to 5000% in just a couple of years.

sure it cant be, except big increase of mining, and the balance of bitcoin big drop. then it may.

Big drop?It wont happen now on these years.Bitcoins price might decrease but wont go back to its lowest compared to those previous years when it was just starting thats why who do bought bitcoin on the possible cheapest prices do really have the advantage on making the most profits.

[terrate]

I think they are smart! Especially if they bought their bitcoins from the time it was really low like around $200 per coin and held till now. That is 500 percent profits from just holding your coins. $200 price levels was around 2014-2015 which would mean that they only held for three years and they have earned more than 100% per year.

yes they smart n they just put money on it!!. in that time, i no put on it then i miss the best timing to buy bitcoin.

dont have the chance ald..

so when u see the new things might be increase value just do it!!. dont miss it!
 

[iram3130]

The volatility makes newbies feel like it's an investment to get quick money. Well, it is that for some time but it is not just an investment when you understand what Bitcoin is. Using Bitcoins and doing transactions with it is comparatively simple and easy. There are many other features of Bitcoin which make it distinctively better than any other currency or payment gateway.

[Dudeperfect]

I think it’s because the price of bitcoin is constantly rising (and expected to keep rising like this) and hence traders or investors look at it as a money-making opportunity (no offence) but at the same time there are some feature (the number is large in fact), who look at is as a medium of exchange or a revolution in funds transfer industry. Being honest, I look at it in both ways so I trade in altcoins, I trade in forex using bitcoin to make money, on the other hand, I try to inform more and more people about bitcoin using local language.

[bamboylee]

Under what circumstances should Bitcoin be treated as investment and to what extent should people think about its use as a global currency?

We cannot put a line when we should treat bitcoin as an investment or a currency because it can serve them both. Bitcoin is better than fiat that way. You cannot get fiat and store it as an investment. Just by hodling bitcoin, you already possess an investment. And you can still use it as a currency or mode of payment anytime you want.

[alyssa85]

Most people treat "foreign currencies" as investments. You use your nation's currency for day-to-day stuff, and you hold foreign currencies for either investment or to facilitate trade with foreign nations. Bitcoin falls into the "foreign" category.

[Maskedman]

They are clever and needed. Bitcoin is universal, so we must accept everyone that comes. That might sound sectarian, but anyone that comes and can buy at least a few mBTC is greatly welcome !

[CROYA86]

why now is not exhaustive bitcoin users are still at the level of people who have long been bitcoin users, other than that they are new so that its main function was rarely used because of the scarcity of stores that accept bitcoin as a payment currency.

[PhilPrime]

why now is not exhaustive bitcoin users are still at the level of people who have long been bitcoin users, other than that they are new so that its main function was rarely used because of the scarcity of stores that accept bitcoin as a payment currency.

Bitcoin have lots of services that were good to use. It is for the advantage of having bitcoin for the easy payment transactions though now there's only few stores but when   having it use by btc to btc user it is really worth it.

[Junko]

I treat bitcoin mostly as an investment, but I use it as a currency at times as well. As far as what I think of people using bitcoin solely as an investment, I think people are and should be free to use and treat bitcoin however they want. Everyone is different and each person has different financial situations and goals.

I think it is kind of absurd to think or believe that other people should use and treat bitcoin, especially their own bitcoin, a certain way that you want them to.

[artows21]

Because If you have lots of bitcoins, it could give you lots of money if your money's country has a value lower than bitcoins.

[David Rabahy]

I treat Bitcoin as an investment.  My wife spends our US dollars.  I personally buy almost nothing.

[gentlemand]

Bitcoin would be nowhere near its current position without them. It has of course horrifically distorted Bitcoin's original purpose but you can't code out greed. I'd guess that only a small percentage of people here are using it purely as a means of transaction. Everyone else is speculating their arses off.

[lionheart78]

I think they are smart! Especially if they bought their bitcoins from the time it was really low like around $200 per coin and held till now. That is 500 percent profits from just holding your coins. $200 price levels was around 2014-2015 which would mean that they only held for three years and they have earned more than 100% per year.

I agree those who treat bitcoin solely as an investment are smart and intelligent person.  The reason is that they can see the value of holding bitcoin that other who use it merely for transaction or payment method cannot see.  They have this insight that the limited supply of Bitcoin and the future deflation of it will bring Bitcoin much more value than what it is right now.

[Xenophoto]

It would be quite ironic if I think bad of those people that look at bitcoin as an investment and nothing more. The reason why we all have bitcoins in our wallet instead of used it already is because we're all waiting for the price of bitcoin to increase. Because if we aren't, we should not be using bitcoins as all, not even as a payment method, because bitcoin isn't accepted at most places anyway.

We all are investors of bitcoin, regardless if you earned your bitcoins for free or not. We're not that different to the people that treat bitcoin as nothing but an investment.

[Kprawn]

The Magic about Bitcoin is the fact that you could do both. I have a personal strategy, where I hoard 80% of all bitcoins I earn and spending 20%

to stimulate the economy and to support the merchants that accepted it as a payment option. The hoard is also used to trade, as the price goes

up & down. Bitcoin is so much more versatile than other currencies.  

[dmamigo]

I personally consider it both, but at the moment I like it as Investment. More than transaction, I like to invest. And somebody who solely treats BTC as investment is not totally wrong, because might be they are not able to spend with Bitcoin, but the volatility is letting them make profit upon their investments.

[Senor.Bla]

I asked a question that was not to different. I asked if people would still use Bitcoin if the price would not change and it they could not treat it as an investment anymore. %80 would still use Bitcoin and only 5% would stop using it. Here i read an large number of user who think it is ok or even smart to use Bitcoin only as investment. So i guess the users here will tell you what ever seems to be the good and accepted response.
If they own the private key, then they can do whatever they want, but i would like to see them use it as payment method as this would help the development of Bitcoin.

[nara1892]

it depends. when people buy bitcoin in low prive then sell it in high price, or they want to invest their money, then it is investment. but when people buy online things or things from the other country, then bitcoin is better to be used as currency.

[cellard]

I've seen a lot of people arguing that Bitcoin can be profitable because of its volatility and convenience, but sometimes I feel that people using Bitcoin as an investment have little enthusiasm for its main use as a means of trading without an intermediary.

Under what circumstances should Bitcoin be treated as investment and to what extent should people think about its use as a global currency?

They have a right to treat bitcoin however they want. They buy the bitcoin and they can do anything they want with it, they can hold it, and they can spend it, speculate, they can do anything they want with it. They can even burn it by sending it into a lost address.

[The Sceptical Chymist]

I totally see it as only an investment.  It's just so much easier to buy things with cash, and with bitcoin's volatility you could be spending huge gains away only minutes after a transaction.  If I was into dark market stuff--which I'm not--then it would make sense to spend btc.  But I just don't see that it has any advantage over using my debit card or cash.

[zidanw]

actually fine to bitcoin is already become a global currency used as an investment, in fact many other benefits of bitcoin. I guess why bitcoin used as an investment because we do not have to do much because bitcoin showed remarkable progress

[Vorth]

Those who invested bitcoin in early time and holding it until now is totally smart man even they risk it to 100% yet it comes back with double money.
Because investing money in bitcoin makes great profit just in perfect time.

[RoommateAgreement]

I've seen a lot of people arguing that Bitcoin can be profitable because of its volatility and convenience, but sometimes I feel that people using Bitcoin as an investment have little enthusiasm for its main use as a means of trading without an intermediary.

Under what circumstances should Bitcoin be treated as investment and to what extent should people think about its use as a global currency?

it is the situation that is pushing people into treating bitcoin only as an investment.
the price is so volatile so you can not really think about spending something that can be worht 20% more in a month and 100% more in a year.
also the transactions are starting to cost a lot more and also take a lot longer to confirm, which again makes bitcoin a bad currency.

[hardtime]

They are smart people, I feel it's a very risky investment but if you're going to be watching it all day like any other stock and attempt to day trade on it it's still highly possible due to the fluctuating price on the daily basis.

Those who invested bitcoin in early time and holding it until now is totally smart man even they risk it to 100% yet it comes back with double money.
Because investing money in bitcoin makes great profit just in perfect time.

May not always stand true, what about the people that bought bitcoin at $1200? They're praying for a price new all time high

It would be quite ironic if I think bad of those people that look at bitcoin as an investment and nothing more. The reason why we all have bitcoins in our wallet instead of used it already is because we're all waiting for the price of bitcoin to increase. Because if we aren't, we should not be using bitcoins as all, not even as a payment method, because bitcoin isn't accepted at most places anyway.

We all are investors of bitcoin, regardless if you earned your bitcoins for free or not. We're not that different to the people that treat bitcoin as nothing but an investment.

I think OP is referring more to day traders and not real users of bitcoin at all except for profit purposes.

[pooya87]

I've seen a lot of people arguing that Bitcoin can be profitable because of its volatility and convenience, but sometimes I feel that people using Bitcoin as an investment have little enthusiasm for its main use as a means of trading without an intermediary.

Under what circumstances should Bitcoin be treated as investment and to what extent should people think about its use as a global currency?

well you can't force people into doing something they don't want to or can't do. so there is no "should" here.
also it is the current situation of bitcoin that is forcing people into only using bitcoin as an investment not a currency.
think about it this way: if you want to buy a cup of coffee every day with bitcoin you buy 0.05 bitcoin with $50 and expect to be able to buy 10 cups of coffee (assuming it is worth $5)
the first day you pay 0.005BTC
the next day pay 0.00499BTC
and the next day pay 0.0055BTC and so on.
in the end you can only buy less cups of coffee because of the fees and the volatility. so what do you do? you continue using fiat and use bitcoin as an investment.

[shinratensei_]

There are no specific circumstances, mostly people just try to arguing bitcoin through his advantages. The people just use bitcoin as the fiat can do not make them interested.

[Igor Beijing]

 There is nothing wrong to treat Bitcoin solely as an investment. The investors also contribute to the price rise.

[MNDan]

Every new tech needs angel investors...

[Jewell]

it depends. when people buy bitcoin in low prive then sell it in high price, or they want to invest their money, then it is investment. but when people buy online things or things from the other country, then bitcoin is better to be used as currency.

in fact most of the people are still using it for such purpose. and the reason can be that bitcoin is not yet popular so much and therefore it is not using as currency in most of the area. 

[TelolettOm]

I think the investment that use bitcoin currency as it is can be deceptive. because now a lot of sites using bitcoin to invest the average deposit site but did not last long and eventually cheat

[Amph]

not for me i treat bitcoin both as a store of value for the future and as a currency, i made plenty of purchase on purse.io with bitcoin directly and great discount

i'm still trying to make some purchase there but the discount trick and no ship cost is not working anymore it seems, people learned

i wish i could buy everythign with bitcoin and get rid of my card, but until big merchnats will enter in play it will not be feasible, still waiting for amazon...

[laracna]

I don't care why people chose to use bitcoin, any reason or even no reason at all is good, as long they keep buying and increasing the price

[megynacuna]

I think they are smart and supportive of the Bitcoin project. They enhance Bitcoin network expansivity and make good profits from the trading making Bitcoin attractive and lively.

[ASHLIUSZ]

Considering it as an investment alone is not a big issue, because based upon one's requirement they use it. I've been using it for all sort of needs, as a investment, as a global currency and for shopping needs to some 25%. The most part I use bitcoin is for the gambling. It evolved as a store of value which in turn got several good capability and continuing to serve with its potential growth.

[philiveyjr]

I dont mind if people think of it just as investment at first. In fact, I am making people get into bitcoin this way. I tell them about how the growth of bitcoins has been as of now and how has the ups and downs have happened and explained why they happened, if I know the reason. This way more people will adopt to bitcoin and BTC will grow. I know there are chances of BTC being panic sold but that happens even now.

[fuathan3]

although the price of btc pumping  and bumping a lot for a short time,but it is rising for a long time.so i think it is a good ideal to treat BTC as an investment!

[warwar]

It is still upon the user in how he will treat bitcoin as,As his investment or just pure enthusiasm.Me myself treats bitcoins fair both investment and enthusiasm.Im earning my money through this and helps me to grow what i invested in also.And yes bitcoin investing is profitable all of the times almost but still depends on how you handle over your bitcoins and ways to manage it and how bitcoin price flows in the market stage

[lienfaye]

Whatever people think of btc or how they treat it i guess we should not mind it. we have different ways to earn through it and that is more important. if you enjoy using it as investment or currency that is all matter.

[noictib]

I've seen a lot of people arguing that Bitcoin can be profitable because of its volatility and convenience, but sometimes I feel that people using Bitcoin as an investment have little enthusiasm for its main use as a means of trading without an intermediary.

Under what circumstances should Bitcoin be treated as investment and to what extent should people think about its use as a global currency?

No doubt that bitcoin is giving profit more than the another assets like investment in gold , silver or any other .
Because the price of bitcoin is much sensitive  and also the price of bitcoin is going to increasing daily , So people are getting into bitcoin investment .
Here the newbie mostly entering in the investment only because they don't know bitcoin in perfect way . They need to understand another factors of the bitcoin which are making bitcoin user as a profitable job .
So here lack of understanding only and I also thing I was also unknown about the bitcoin advantage about other than investment plans , So here we can say every newbie facing the similar problem of understanding only .

[ciobanuionut]

if want to use as currency, fees sure is higher.

[bravehearth0319]

I've seen a lot of people arguing that Bitcoin can be profitable because of its volatility and convenience, but sometimes I feel that people using Bitcoin as an investment have little enthusiasm for its main use as a means of trading without an intermediary.

Under what circumstances should Bitcoin be treated as investment and to what extent should people think about its use as a global currency?

All I can say to those people treat bitcoin solely as an investment is they made the best and right decision in their entire life. While to those people who didn't treat it solely in bitcoin it may be regrettable for them in the last once they fin out how bitcoin is very significant to know in our generation now.

[Slow death]

This is already expected, there are people who met bitcoin and were fascinated by the technology and do everything to know more about bitcoin and there are people who saw bitcoin a business opportunity, an investment.

Each person has his own vision and purpose.

[Xester]

I dont mind if people think of it just as investment at first. In fact, I am making people get into bitcoin this way. I tell them about how the growth of bitcoins has been as of now and how has the ups and downs have happened and explained why they happened, if I know the reason. This way more people will adopt to bitcoin and BTC will grow. I know there are chances of BTC being panic sold but that happens even now.

Treating bitcoin is no big deal. And actually when you buy bitcoins you are investing on it except if you bought bitcoin then you buy something. Investing in bitcoin comes in many forms and even just storing it in your wallet without doing nothing it is still considered investment. Its because whether we like it or not when bitcoins price inflates and grow in value you cannot but gain profit from such increase in price.

[ethereumhunter]

I've seen a lot of people arguing that Bitcoin can be profitable because of its volatility and convenience, but sometimes I feel that people using Bitcoin as an investment have little enthusiasm for its main use as a means of trading without an intermediary.

Under what circumstances should Bitcoin be treated as investment and to what extent should people think about its use as a global currency?

i think this is what should people do with bitcoin, they can make bitcoin as an investment and they can use or treat bitcoin for many purpose that they want. i think when we know bitcoin for first time, we need to thinking and know what is bitcoin benefit and what is bitcoin function for our daily life and its a good way to treat bitcoin as our investment. for me, i will treat bitcoin as an investment and something that i can use for doing trading.

[mastica]

In the general people will use bitcoin as investment purpose, why would you waste your money if you dont wanna to get more money? Bitcoin is proving for the most a safe and trust return, even knowing some had loose in the begining, nowadays anybody can make money just by the fact to have bitcoin saved. Sure bitcoin is changing people mind, and the low transactions fees is really a difference for those which shopping online, but the most merchants doesnt accept bitcoin till the moment, soo a big wall and issue for bitcoin and crypto world. Bitcoin since the begining is helping several people, they are earning extra money and using to improve their lifes, atleast it should be the way, i dont know how many lifes bitcoin has helped and keeps helping but be sure that nowadays bitcoin is the best source of income to a big part of the online earners.

[googlebtc]

I think it is a good thing do bitcoin as an investment for large employers certainly in this case also I am sure each investor is smart enough before making an investment, if they consider bitcoin as a good investment course, we will think the same with them because it would be great in time in the future

[BitcoinGirl.Club]

We all have different uses of bitcoin from gambling, to shopping online/in store,cheap remittance and for others its simply investment, and we can't stop them against their will because maybe investing is what brought them into the crypto world and their taking advantage of the opportunity that presented itself to them.

[splitups]

Bitcoin should be mainly regarded as a currency, as that is the purpose of it being used. The volatility as well as altcoins against BTC are all bonuses but the major part should always be bitcoin as a currency. there isn't much that can be done except attempting to encourage those users to use BTC as a currency, after that they would probably use it for it's convenience.

[error08]

I've seen a lot of people arguing that Bitcoin can be profitable because of its volatility and convenience, but sometimes I feel that people using Bitcoin as an investment have little enthusiasm for its main use as a means of trading without an intermediary.

Under what circumstances should Bitcoin be treated as investment and to what extent should people think about its use as a global currency?

There's no problem for now, whether people threat it as global currency to spend it or just holding bitcoin and consider bitcoin as an investment due to the value of bitcoin will increase in the future obviously. It depends on where the users live, if there is no any merchant that accept bitcoin payment, then how they should spend their bitcoin? Yes, there are some online shops to spend bitcoin but not all those people like to do that, simply because they don't want, when they can get it directly by using fiat money.

[calkob]

People are free to use bitcoin as they see fit,  it is not up to anyone to tell them what to with their bitcoin, its sorta the whole point.  I have purchased bitcoin to hold long term so that in the future i can buy more with it.

[virasog]

I think they are smart! Especially if they bought their bitcoins from the time it was really low like around $200 per coin and held till now. That is 500 percent profits from just holding your coins. $200 price levels was around 2014-2015 which would mean that they only held for three years and they have earned more than 100% per year.

Yes they are totally smart, investing to bitcoin in early time totally gives you more profit now. Clever thinking of making money with all risk, yet in the end money comes so easy on sitting it on bitcoin worth. Its not easy to invest early in anything as you do not know where it will go in future. Those who take risk of investment mostly succeed.

[hatshepsut93]

I've seen a lot of people arguing that Bitcoin can be profitable because of its volatility and convenience, but sometimes I feel that people using Bitcoin as an investment have little enthusiasm for its main use as a means of trading without an intermediary.

Under what circumstances should Bitcoin be treated as investment and to what extent should people think about its use as a global currency?

Those things are not necessarily mutually exclusive, it's just that there's not enough merchants who accept bitcoin. I don't think there's much places in the world where you can make your typical everyday purchases with bitcoin, also it's not good for big purchases like housing, because you won't be able to make it officially. So overall bitcoin is far from perfect payment method, simply because it's not popular yet, and also not supported by government.

[digaran]

Bitcoin is the first currency that you could invest with buying the currency itself alone, it's not like you say I'm going to buy $10m dollar as investment.
There is nothing like bitcoin in the entire world.

[Denker]

I think it is ok.It's their decision as others decide to use it as currency/money and further others as object for speculation or to build their business ideas on top of it. Bitcoin is completely open without any permission to anybody and therefore we have to respect how others see and define Bitcoin for their own personal use.

[staceyoh]

For me they are wise people
because they have a great strategy
to get an income.

[cramcram21]

I've seen a lot of people arguing that Bitcoin can be profitable because of its volatility and convenience, but sometimes I feel that people using Bitcoin as an investment have little enthusiasm for its main use as a means of trading without an intermediary.

Under what circumstances should Bitcoin be treated as investment and to what extent should people think about its use as a global currency?

Well for me I really think that bitcoin is an investment,
Specially if they would bought it in a low price and wait for it to rise up then sell.

[requester]

they might not have proper idea about bitcoin, yes i do had encountered with people who use bitcoin and other cyrptocurrency just to make profit. i think they dont know what revolution bitcoin is bringing to the world of digital money. they should support it and let the development of digital money be a another revolution on this earth.

[Red-Apple]

you can't really tell someone not to treat bitcoin solely as an investment while there aren't many places that accept bitcoin as a payment option (currency) for example when you go to Amazon you have to pay with fiat so even if you want there is no "direct" method to purchase things with bitcoin.

on the other hand is the price and its volatility. that always drives people away from spending their bitcoin.

[poplolnman]

Bitcoin is the first currency that you could invest with buying the currency itself alone, it's not like you say I'm going to buy $10m dollar as investment.
There is nothing like bitcoin in the entire world.

true bitcoin come with a fresh concept, but unfortunately nowadays people get more interested in bitcoin as investment not as payment processor/currency to pay anything online/offline , i personally now used bitcoin quite often , to do business around my place and accept bitcoin as the payment processor.

[paul gatt]

Your question really nice, Bitcoin is a virtual currency and now it was much water he receives, so it is investing very positive, we can profit from it, market Bitcoin is very similar to the real estate market, therefore, the level of investment can equal the real estate business, and moreover, this investment even more convenient with the speed of Bitcoin transactions.

[cr1776]

I think they are smart! Especially if they bought their bitcoins from the time it was really low like around $200 per coin and held till now. That is 500 percent profits from just holding your coins. $200 price levels was around 2014-2015 which would mean that they only held for three years and they have earned more than 100% per year.

Basing on your calculations it is really right that on just holding bitcoin would really gives good returns on longer years but basing on the high price i dont think it would give the same profits too since $1k price is already high and it cant go to 5000% in just a couple of years.

It already has gone up 5000% (much more) in a couple of years, whether it can again, no one knows for sure, but I wouldn't bet against it.  I will say that at dollar parity, $10, $30, $100, $200 etc each time many people said "<X> price is already high and it can't go higher". 

And everyone knows what happened then.

[Juggy777]

Well I call such people smart and that's how it works in the world. You buy at low price and sell at high price nothing wrong in it. But you are wrong that people don't understand Bitcoins, they very well do and that's how they make money and even you should learn to make it. As far as global Currency is concerned, it's a crypto currency and most of the countries are not ready to accept it, but some cities and recently one country has adopted Bitcoins. So I feel it's getting global recognition. Treat Bitcoin as a long term or a short term investment your call, buy at 1000$ sell at 1040 $. Your call you can even treat it like shares.

[Creepings]

Based on the past of bitcoins up until to now, i regret that i did not tried to invest some of money through it. In my opinion, as the sayings say, bitcoin is freedom. So it does not matter as long as they are not fooling other people. They earn bitcoin: I earn bitcoin, well thats fair.

[YuginKadoya]

I've seen a lot of people arguing that Bitcoin can be profitable because of its volatility and convenience, but sometimes I feel that people using Bitcoin as an investment have little enthusiasm for its main use as a means of trading without an intermediary.

Under what circumstances should Bitcoin be treated as investment and to what extent should people think about its use as a global currency?

I don't really think that way I always think bitcoin as part of my work as prior with my real work, I can always do both at the same time, and I think people thinking that bitcoin is an investment the possibility of bitcoin to be that way is high you can really trade with bitcoin and take the bacon when your choice are right, and some are betting on gambling that is high on risk they think of enjoying bitcoin with gambling, there are many people and all of us have different ways of thinking, and as for me I think Bitcoin can be all of it you can probably do it all and try to think bitcoin in a positive way.

[Mometaskers]

I'd say they're savvy. I personally still think of bitcoin as some sort of investment considering how the price increases in comparison to my currency (which is at an all time low compared to USD). That doesn't rule out using it for currency though. I think that's the beauty of it. You can get it now as a store for your money but you still get to use it to buy stuff. Can't do that with stuff banks offer like time deposits. When the price stabilizes that bitcoins use become widespread, the people who bought coins years ago would already have a head start.

[mrkevio]

They can do whatever they want. Investors won't hurt us, so will traders or anybody else. Investments actually help: the demand goes higher for a smaller amount of Bitcoin in circulation. The price will only keep going up until most of the investors will start selling their BTC. This will be a bubble that will burst one day.

[FlightyPouch]

People are free to use bitcoin as they see fit,  it is not up to anyone to tell them what to with their bitcoin, its sorta the whole point.  I have purchased bitcoin to hold long term so that in the future i can buy more with it.

That is right, as they say bitcoin is free, you can do anything with it. And i think there are lots of bitcoin users that treat bitcoin as a investment, saving it for trading or exchanging it for a profit.
Though I didn't really purchased bitcoin, but I did earn them through a lot of faucets and PTPs. Luckily after withdrawing in that faucets the bitcoin's price increases, and I did exchange it to real money so I can use it.

[ImHash]

In my village we call them farmers yes they invest buying a land building cooling systems bringing in hundreds of mining machines and start mining bitcoin. that means investing in bitcoins not just buying and accumulating. and any time you do invest in this virtual gold it's never too late.

[stomachgrowls]

In my village we call them farmers yes they invest buying a land building cooling systems bringing in hundreds of mining machines and start mining bitcoin. that means investing in bitcoins not just buying and accumulating. and any time you do invest in this virtual gold it's never too late.

Yes its never been too late to engage to bitcoin even its current price is a little bit steep for some and already considered on high price already and on mining it you will still need huge money to invest on and we all know mining equipment arent cheap at all. If i do have the money i will surely made the same thing too.

[Doms]

Chances are half of the people (or maybe more) that you’d come across here would choose bitcoin more as an investment than a currency. You know why? Because that is the wise thing to do. If you are presented with something that outperforms any other known currency and legitimate investment at the moment, you would be a fool not to take advantage of it.

[nyanhtet]

It meant bitcoin to the end. As a currency, it need to regulate and use and also need infaltion. But ppl hold as investment and not use. Some good alt-coins will replace BTC as currency.

[btcdiggingmaster]

Right now most of the people are treating bitcoin as one of the investment only, they are not treating it as currency because bitcoin is not still under regulated through governments. Once governments accept bitcoin as currency than many people will start using bitcoin as currency.

[Zadicar]

Right now most of the people are treating bitcoin as one of the investment only, they are not treating it as currency because bitcoin is not still under regulated through governments. Once governments accept bitcoin as currency than many people will start using bitcoin as currency.

Actually its a currency but only as digital currency and the beaty of bitcoin is at the same time you could able to make it as an investment. Does depend on people on how they gonna treat bitcoin as long we do earn and use it on a positive way then it would be fine.

[kumax]

Chances are half of the people (or maybe more) that you’d come across here would choose bitcoin more as an investment than a currency. You know why? Because that is the wise thing to do. If you are presented with something that outperforms any other known currency and legitimate investment at the moment, you would be a fool not to take advantage of it.

The thing is also that there are already some better altcoins for a money transfers (or just lets say payments) on the market, than bitcoin is. With the high fees and long times for bitcoin transaction processing, it may not be considered as a best option anymore. On the other hand, bitcoin proved itself to be a very good kind of investment, so it is no surprise, that majority of members uses it mostly as an investment.

[jacafbiz]

Bitcoin for me is solely as an investment because in my country here it is hard to find anyone accepting it and since the price has been on increase it makes perfect sense to categorise it as an investment.

Bitcoin is going to end up a digital Gold remember Gold use to be a trading tool use for everyday transaction but it is no more serving that role.

[hajimasan]

well bitcoin is a currency and we have use it as currency but majority of the people use it as a source of making profit and finally people think that bitcoin is just to make profit. Some stupid ask me that how  much profit I make with bitcoin, well I reply that how profit do you make with real money . yea its a form of money we can make profit only when we do some task with it not just money will come automatically.

[rivoke]

I think it's reasonable since bitcoin have high value and ever reach as high as gold so whenever who invest into bitcoin , they already made a great choice for their future investment.
By seeing bitcoin value based on graph , bitcoin become the great investment I've ever see compare gold

[yellow1]

I think those people who treat bitcoin as an investment saw the price of bitcoin in the future  Or maybe they have a lot of investment in other instrument that they look for others where to invest their fiat money. Or maybe they felt that bitcoin price will rise and that they can have a lot of returns in the future.

[BillyBobZorton]

Bitcoin will remain a better gold, the price will never be stable enough for it to be a currency in the classic sense of a currency that is always table. You can't have a free, decentralized market and a fixed price, if you want a fixed price, you need governments and regulations.

Bitcoin will only go up long term, which makes it the ultimate investment.

[vnvizow]

Bitcoin will remain a better gold, the price will never be stable enough for it to be a currency in the classic sense of a currency that is always table. You can't have a free, decentralized market and a fixed price, if you want a fixed price, you need governments and regulations.

Bitcoin will only go up long term, which makes it the ultimate investment.

It's all speculation but perhaps by the time the last coin is mined the price will remain relatively stable, by then it'll all depend on demand so if people keep losing coins and wallets (or worst case scenario: another country's currency destabilizes) it'll be a great thing for the economy (even though it sounds horrible)

[Ravion]

The volatility makes newbies feel like it's an investment to get quick money. Well, it is that for some time but it is not just an investment when you understand what Bitcoin is. Using Bitcoins and doing transactions with it is comparatively simple and easy. There are many other features of Bitcoin which make it distinctively better than any other currency or payment gateway.

Some people are perhaps investing their money in Bitcoin thinking of it as an alternative to gold, but Bitcoin is different than gold. For some people, the entire purpose of Bitcoin is this type of investing.
Sure, they're entitled to do whatever they want with their money, but in terms of how it benefits Bitcoin, it would be better if they use their money for purchasing things. That's what's going to make Bitcoin more widespread.

[nyanhtet]

Bitcoin is created to use instead of fiat, not as gold.

[Idrisu]

I've seen a lot of people arguing that Bitcoin can be profitable because of its volatility and convenience, but sometimes I feel that people using Bitcoin as an investment have little enthusiasm for its main use as a means of trading without an intermediary.

Under whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat circumstances should Bitcoin be treated as investment and to what extent should people think about its use as a global currency?

Treating bitcoin as an investment will undermined it values as a currency. I read online how Israel tax authority wanted to treat bitcoin as a property but bitcoin is not a property the same way dollar is not a property. Sec what to regulate bitcoin and allow it to be trade like stock, gold and silver, doing this will also undermined crypto currencies as a currencies.

[artows21]

I'm agree with them, why not? The price of bitcoin goes up so it's really interesting to treat it as an investment. We don't know what is going to happen, maybe the value of BTC is going to explode. So I think it's a great investment maybe more interesting than the gold!

[machinek20]

Bitcoin supposed to be used as a currency, because the price is based on the demand and supply, if too many people used it for investment without doing transaction it can caused the pirce to stagnant, but bitcoin is a very good investment tool, so the situation of making bitcoin into investment can't be avoided

[el kaka22]

I think it's reasonable since bitcoin have high value and ever reach as high as gold so whenever who invest into bitcoin , they already made a great choice for their future investment.
By seeing bitcoin value based on graph , bitcoin become the great investment I've ever see compare gold

When the bitcoin started we were all talking about a new currency that is going to change the whole idea of using the money on the internet, but after a couple of years the price was really high that it has become more of an investment and people saving and buying it, and the ones who believed in it a long time ago are really lucky. I am not finding any wrong with them.

We cannot argue that we should not save bitcoins as an investment. It must be a basic human right to do what ever they want to with their wealth.

But time will enforce them to start using their savings. How long one will sit and watch their saving's value goes skyrocketing. Either their basic needs nor emergency needs nor emotions will make them to come out of their investment mode.

[olushakes]

I've seen a lot of people arguing that Bitcoin can be profitable because of its volatility and convenience, but sometimes I feel that people using Bitcoin as an investment have little enthusiasm for its main use as a means of trading without an intermediary.

Under what circumstances should Bitcoin be treated as investment and to what extent should people think about its use as a global currency?

For those who treat bitcoin as an investment then they know what they were getting into and where ready for whatever outcome of such decision whether it will be favorable or otherwise. From what we are seeing now everyone will agree that its a good decision to take but I am sure more than half of those praising them today would have castigate and even called them a fool for taking such decision a long time ago depending on how long the hold have taken.

[bitbollo]

I've seen a lot of people arguing that Bitcoin can be profitable because of its volatility and convenience, but sometimes I feel that people using Bitcoin as an investment have little enthusiasm for its main use as a means of trading without an intermediary.

Under what circumstances should Bitcoin be treated as investment and to what extent should people think about its use as a global currency?

A lot of people see btc as an investment because they are ready to earn with their coins.
but behind there is a technology, a new one, just partially explored. I say partially because it's not a mainstream technology and if you try to pay in real life most of places will never heard of it .
So bitcoin is not just an investment, and probably one day we will know this difference.

[richardsNY]

Bitcoin is freedom -- everyone is free to use Bitcoin how they want as Bitcoin is a multifunctional solution that offers enough features to people. One person only needs Bitcoin to function as currency, while the other only sees Bitcoin as an investment opportunity. Why should we care about what others do with Bitcoin? Doesn't make any sense. It's annoying to see people judge on how others use Bitcoin. Mind your own business....

[poplolnman]

I think it's reasonable since bitcoin have high value and ever reach as high as gold so whenever who invest into bitcoin , they already made a great choice for their future investment.
By seeing bitcoin value based on graph , bitcoin become the great investment I've ever see compare gold

When the bitcoin started we were all talking about a new currency that is going to change the whole idea of using the money on the internet, but after a couple of years the price was really high that it has become more of an investment and people saving and buying it, and the ones who believed in it a long time ago are really lucky.

it's really about how a new era of currency work , the high price won't make it stopped considered as a real currency. it could be a new trend, just the matter of time whether people can accept bitcoin condition with its volatility? or bitcoin will gone as a virtual stock forever? the decision are always in our hand so just make your own choice and let's see.

[8Habits]

I've seen a lot of people arguing that Bitcoin can be profitable because of its volatility and convenience, but sometimes I feel that people using Bitcoin as an investment have little enthusiasm for its main use as a means of trading without an intermediary.

Under what circumstances should Bitcoin be treated as investment and to what extent should people think about its use as a global currency?

They have the full right in doing whatever they wanted with their bitcoins. There are many kinds of people and there are no two individuals are alike - even if they are twins, that is the fact. So, when an individual is trying to use bitcoin solely for investment, it is really fine.

[mornabo]

I've seen a lot of people arguing that Bitcoin can be profitable because of its volatility and convenience, but sometimes I feel that people using Bitcoin as an investment have little enthusiasm for its main use as a means of trading without an intermediary.

Under what circumstances should Bitcoin be treated as investment and to what extent should people think about its use as a global currency?

They have the full right in doing whatever they wanted with their bitcoins. There are many kinds of people and there are no two individuals are alike - even if they are twins, that is the fact. So, when an individual is trying to use bitcoin solely for investment, it is really fine.

True, I think every user has freedom about what they need or what they want to do using bitcoin, be it for investment, trade, currencies, eeven ilegal activity, I think it's up to the user itself

[BitMaxz]

I think it's reasonable since bitcoin have high value and ever reach as high as gold so whenever who invest into bitcoin , they already made a great choice for their future investment.
By seeing bitcoin value based on graph , bitcoin become the great investment I've ever see compare gold

When the bitcoin started we were all talking about a new currency that is going to change the whole idea of using the money on the internet, but after a couple of years the price was really high that it has become more of an investment and people saving and buying it, and the ones who believed in it a long time ago are really lucky.

it's really about how a new era of currency work , the high price won't make it stopped considered as a real currency. it could be a new trend, just the matter of time whether people can accept bitcoin condition with its volatility? or bitcoin will gone as a virtual stock forever? the decision are always in our hand so just make your own choice and let's see.

There are not only one person who handle bitcoin we are all who handle with bitcoin like you said the decision is in our hand if bitcoin will be still alive or not.. but for now its impossible that bitcoin will be gone in industry.. since many website and company right now are accepting bitcoin as payment and there are some country that actually accepting bitcoin as local currency.. the price increase is not a problem since the price is slowly increase yearly.

[sotoshihero]

These people has insights and very optimistic. They see the future of bitcoin at it is very profitable to them. Since bitcoin is considered as a digital financial instrument, these people who invest knows what really going online and they are taking a chance. I think it is well paying off as the bitcoin price continue to increased.

[bohr]

I've seen a lot of people arguing that Bitcoin can be profitable because of its volatility and convenience, but sometimes I feel that people using Bitcoin as an investment have little enthusiasm for its main use as a means of trading without an intermediary.

Under what circumstances should Bitcoin be treated as investment and to what extent should people think about its use as a global currency?

Bitcoin it is both, a currency and an investment, but at this moment since not many businesses accept bitcoin as a currency the main use of bitcoin at the moment is of an investment, I think this is going to change in the next 20 years but that is jut my opinion.

[fullypak]

I've seen a lot of people arguing that Bitcoin can be profitable because of its volatility and convenience, but sometimes I feel that people using Bitcoin as an investment have little enthusiasm for its main use as a means of trading without an intermediary.

Under what circumstances should Bitcoin be treated as investment and to what extent should people think about its use as a global currency?

Bitcoin it is both, a currency and an investment, but at this moment since not many businesses accept bitcoin as a currency the main use of bitcoin at the moment is of an investment, I think this is going to change in the next 20 years but that is jut my opinion.

I'm not sure about whether in future anyone will accept bitcoins as a primary currency but confident that it will survive for a long time any an alternative currency to buy thing online. As of now in my country, I can't purchase anything from bitcoins, so I usually use ATM cards to convert my bitcoins to cash by paying some fee to these companies. But still I consider bitcoins are good for investment perspective as of now because I made a decent profit from it.

[ethereumhunter]

I've seen a lot of people arguing that Bitcoin can be profitable because of its volatility and convenience, but sometimes I feel that people using Bitcoin as an investment have little enthusiasm for its main use as a means of trading without an intermediary.

Under what circumstances should Bitcoin be treated as investment and to what extent should people think about its use as a global currency?

Bitcoin it is both, a currency and an investment, but at this moment since not many businesses accept bitcoin as a currency the main use of bitcoin at the moment is of an investment, I think this is going to change in the next 20 years but that is jut my opinion.

i am choosing bitcoin as the best investment for now and i want to collect more bitcoin in my wallet. i am sure that in future, when there are many store online and offline is accepted bitcoin for the payment, bitcoin will be used as currency like fiat and people can used bitcoin to buy something like they used fiat because we know that the technology is growing too fast and this is a good chance for bitcoin in future.

[asdalani]

Bitcoin as an investment may sound a little bit out there if someone said that to a person who knew nothing about the coin. If you look at the price right now it's at $1,168.33 if we look at the USD version and the people that invested when it was $1,157.4 in 2013 made their money back with interest.

[DoublerHunter]

I think those people who treat bitcoin as an investment are those kind of person that will succeed in the long term because if you think bitcoin is an investment and not a piece of trading tool then you will not worry about the price and you will just go with the flow and somehow you will earn a lot of money since you are not doing short term investment because a real investors always do long terms and most of the times they just do buy and after a few months or year they will just sell and buy back again.

[kumax]

I'm not sure about whether in future anyone will accept bitcoins as a primary currency but confident that it will survive for a long time any an alternative currency to buy thing online. As of now in my country, I can't purchase anything from bitcoins, so I usually use ATM cards to convert my bitcoins to cash by paying some fee to these companies. But still I consider bitcoins are good for investment perspective as of now because I made a decent profit from it.

And that is exactly the reason why many people use bitcoin rather as an investment, because as an instrument for payments, it is still not very handy. I can't either buy almost anything here in my country with bitcoin and converting bitcoins to fiat is quite slow and with high fees.
Also, what we saw during last few days, when there was over 100k of unconfirmed transactions and confirmation took long hours and even days, it also didn't help a lot.

[ReLieD]

It is the worst decision . Depending on bitcoin solely will land that person into trouble.
The prices of bitcoin keep fluctuating a lot. He might earn very less.
Like if he is buying bitcoins at cheaper rates then selling them when the prices rise,
He might not make much profit. He might not have enough money for his basic needs .
And a day will come when he will have nothing left. So it's better to have a regular job.
Than just depending on bitcoin. Using bitcoin as a secondary wage is much preferable than making it a primary wage.

[BrewMaster]

i would have laughed at the subject of bitcoin being only an investment it a while back, but ever since the size of mempool reached its all time highs and i paid $0.96 for my latest transaction i no longer laugh but cry for the future of bitcoin if it is only going to be an investment.

[Betwrong]

I've seen a lot of people arguing that Bitcoin can be profitable because of its volatility and convenience, but sometimes I feel that people using Bitcoin as an investment have little enthusiasm for its main use as a means of trading without an intermediary.

Under what circumstances should Bitcoin be treated as investment and to what extent should people think about its use as a global currency?

I think people who use Bitcoin solely as an investment have no obligation to use it otherwise. Since they've bought it with their money it's their right to use it in whatever way they want. For example some people use rare artworks as an investment and I don't blame them for that.

[avikz]

You may think that bitcoin investors may be little less enthusiastic about its progress, but I must point out that these investors are basically the people with a long term goal. I consider myself as an investor of bitcoin instead of a spender. because I know bitcoin can fetch me a much higher return in future if I can keep them safe with me.

However, I am also an active bitcoin earner and I earn from various sources. But I don't spend my bitcoin for silly reasons. If I have any emergency, then I cash out a percentage of my bitcoin holdings to support my finance. But definitely not for mobile recharge or grocery spending.   

[MoneyIsDebt]

I've seen a lot of people arguing that  can be profitable because of its volatility and convenience, but sometimes I feel that people using  as an investment have little enthusiasm for its main use as a means of trading without an intermediary.

Under what circumstances should  be treated as investment and to what extent should people think about its use as a global currency?

They have the full right in doing whatever they wanted with their s. There are many kinds of people and there are no two individuals are alike - even if they are twins, that is the fact. So, when an individual is trying to use  solely for investment, it is really fine.

True, I think every user has freedom about what they need or what they want to do using , be it for investment, trade, currencies, eeven ilegal activity, I think it's up to the user itself

yeah i am quite agree with you every user has right to do what ever he wants or how he wants to use bitcoin. bitcoin is a free currency and everyone use it how he wants to use many people arround the world use it only for the investment purpose and i think it is a right decision because the way it is increasing its price day by day it is the best source of investment and people will get profit by doing so

[poplolnman]

I think it's reasonable since bitcoin have high value and ever reach as high as gold so whenever who invest into bitcoin , they already made a great choice for their future investment.
By seeing bitcoin value based on graph , bitcoin become the great investment I've ever see compare gold

When the bitcoin started we were all talking about a new currency that is going to change the whole idea of using the money on the internet, but after a couple of years the price was really high that it has become more of an investment and people saving and buying it, and the ones who believed in it a long time ago are really lucky.

it's really about how a new era of currency work , the high price won't make it stopped considered as a real currency. it could be a new trend, just the matter of time whether people can accept bitcoin condition with its volatility? or bitcoin will gone as a virtual stock forever? the decision are always in our hand so just make your own choice and let's see.

There are not only one person who handle bitcoin we are all who handle with bitcoin like you said the decision is in our hand if bitcoin will be still alive or not.. but for now its impossible that bitcoin will be gone in industry.. since many website and company right now are accepting bitcoin as payment and there are some country that actually accepting bitcoin as local currency.. the price increase is not a problem since the price is slowly increase yearly.

my concern always on how a currency like bitcoin have a huge value compared to any other currency, common people would feel so worry with that condition. merchant could make a rejection anytime once they feel bitcoin aren't fit anymore to the world financial and how most currency works. i hope that scenario would never ever happened , with the volatility and high price it's make bitcoin used as investment rather than a currency.

[chixka000]

Yup right maybe it may lead them to less being an enthusiast. However they did use it in the firdt place and continue using it. Just like the other type of user who only uses it for trading or for transaction purpose

[izanagi narukami]

As I can see bitcoin value increase every year so I can consider bitcoin as investation but risky one compare if I'm invest on gold.
Bitcoin also amaze me since I can made greater profit rather than I'm invest on gold so just keep holding bitcoin and see bitcoin grow exponentially on next few year ahead

[pinkpanther03]

I've seen a lot of people arguing that Bitcoin can be profitable because of its volatility and convenience, but sometimes I feel that people using Bitcoin as an investment have little enthusiasm for its main use as a means of trading without an intermediary.

Under what circumstances should Bitcoin be treated as investment and to what extent should people think about its use as a global currency?

well in my assessment, they did the right things. Look what happen now in the result of the price value of bitcoin, it almost 1216$, I remebered last year bitcoin was only 800$ something, and now less than 50% increase the value,.wow!

[StevensonCarl]

Well everyone has it's way of using things. If they only use it for that there's nothing that we can do about it.
I am happy that more people are using the Bitcoin, even if it is only solely for investing.

[DomainMagnate]

I've seen a lot of people arguing that Bitcoin can be profitable because of its volatility and convenience, but sometimes I feel that people using Bitcoin as an investment have little enthusiasm for its main use as a means of trading without an intermediary.

Under what circumstances should Bitcoin be treated as investment and to what extent should people think about its use as a global currency?

To be honest, bitcoin role has changed a lot.Now 90% of people using bitcoin consider it be an investment and not just a currency.
Bitcoin is bought and hold and sold frequently by every bitcoin owner these days.

[Zadicar]

I've seen a lot of people arguing that Bitcoin can be profitable because of its volatility and convenience, but sometimes I feel that people using Bitcoin as an investment have little enthusiasm for its main use as a means of trading without an intermediary.

Under what circumstances should Bitcoin be treated as investment and to what extent should people think about its use as a global currency?

To be honest, bitcoin role has changed a lot.Now 90% of people using bitcoin consider it be an investment and not just a currency.
Bitcoin is bought and hold and sold frequently by every bitcoin owner these days.

This is true and people do really make it as an investment since the potential profits have no limits as long you do know when to sell and when to buy. Bitcoin has lots of purposes thats why people do really love it. You can make it as an investment at the same time you can use it as a currency online.

[ufaiz50]

cryptocurrency that has more value can be utilized as anything, I'm not too concerned about the people who treat bitcoin as an investment, only they ignore more value bitcoin as a global currency

Under what circumstances should Bitcoin be treated as investment and to what extent should people think about its use as a global currency?

investment concept is get profit in the future, you can make bitcoin as an investment if you predict bitcoin will have good prospects in the next 3-5 years or more that will add price bitcoin

[LeGaulois]

It's a kind of error to consider to use bitcoin as an investment. You generally don't invest by buying dollars or others currencies unless you are a kind of daily traders. But most people are not. Ad you need a considerable investment to make a decent profit unless you are hoping to see the price of bitcoin doubled in a short period of time

[Gembul]

It's a kind of error to consider to use bitcoin as an investment. You generally don't invest by buying dollars or others currencies unless you are a kind of daily traders. But most people are not. Ad you need a considerable investment to make a decent profit unless you are hoping to see the price of bitcoin doubled in a short period of time

Yes, typically people do not buy the money to invest. However bitcoin has the advantage that does not possess other currencies. Because bitcoin prices is fluctuate and tend to increase so people take advantage of this to invest. On the other hand some people make buying and selling money, for example the dollar with the euro. So I think it's fine if using bitcoin for investment for the benefit and not harm others. thank you

[8Habits]

It's a kind of error to consider to use bitcoin as an investment. You generally don't invest by buying dollars or others currencies unless you are a kind of daily traders. But most people are not. Ad you need a considerable investment to make a decent profit unless you are hoping to see the price of bitcoin doubled in a short period of time

Yes, typically people do not buy the money to invest. However bitcoin has the advantage that does not possess other currencies. Because bitcoin prices is fluctuate and tend to increase so people take advantage of this to invest. On the other hand some people make buying and selling money, for example the dollar with the euro. So I think it's fine if using bitcoin for investment for the benefit and not harm others. thank you

For me, when it comes to trading bitcoins with other altcoins, it is the same of trading fiat forex - because it is just a numbers game and when we trade, we should not think of the amount and just those decimal points that we are concern of. You only think of the amount when after you successful winning trades and withdrawing the profits.

[mantra]

There is nothing wrong if somebody makes bitcoin as an investment instrument, looking at the soaring bitcoin price and lots of rich people because it's alright, and it's okay to me, it's better that more people use and love bitcoin Rather than seeing a lot of people hate bitcoin

[zulkarnaen]

I think it's a good idea if bitcoin is used as an asset as an investment for future.Because bitcoin has a good investment potential.
Even today many investors who have large capital invest in bitcoin, and they have belief that bitcoin will grow rapidly.

[nethead]

Let everyone treat it as investment/ a form of wealth, then hoarding will start. There wont be supply only demands, which will cut short the daily trade and volume exchange that increases the price and get a lot of people involve in the daily trade. Investment is good but not the best way to hold a currency.

[akija]

I think Its more than an Investment Opportunity .

As Btc is becoming popular in all over world , I think In future it Might be one of the currency which people will be using normally like purchasing goods for daily needs or paying it for some service provided .

and if this happens also its value is going to be increase .

[NJB18]

That spells brilliance. These are the people who do not even ride on something convenient to use but also earn a decent--and I mean really decent-- amount of income by buying and selling.

Although some are hording, others are simply trading. Hording may actually have an adverse effect on bitcoin as it increases the demand exponentially causing the volume to shrink too low. But while we discourage hording, can we blame them when the value is multiplying really fast? I mean, carpe diem!  

[SingAlong]

I believe that this is a wise move that they have earned a lot through investing. Also those peole who do it contributes to the growth of Bitcoin as it is now. There are also some people who are trading that also contributes a lot. It is the way that let them profit and I don't see any wrongs doing it. They have shaped up the market as what it really is now.

[freedomno1]

I've seen a lot of people arguing that Bitcoin can be profitable because of its volatility and convenience, but sometimes I feel that people using Bitcoin as an investment have little enthusiasm for its main use as a means of trading without an intermediary.

Under what circumstances should Bitcoin be treated as investment and to what extent should people think about its use as a global currency?

Treating it as an investment isn't a bad idea it does pay out in the long run with some bad years so far depending on the entry price as it is now people are doing well if they got in even fairly recently. As a global currency it really depends on the ease of sending coins around to convert them into cash and coins.

[KuromaYoichi]

I don't have any problem with people who treat bitcoin as an investment as it's profitable in the long run. There's still limited amount of merchant who accept bitcoin in some country that the currency function is not so great. We also have to deal with fee and the transaction time, so people prefer using other option that's easier, cheaper and faster.

[jmigdlc1199]

I don't agree to that at all, BTC is a currency more of an investment and even though I keep some as an investment I actively use BTC in this forum and in any website accepting it, The meaning of a currency is being used, keeping it as a cold investment isn't close to it's true nature at all.

[BlueShadeMedia]

Who's really to say? The fact is that bitcoin is BOTH a currency and an investment. It's role as an accepted and understood currency will only grow from here... at what seems to be an exponential rate 

[itsallpc]

I've seen a lot of people arguing that Bitcoin can be profitable because of its volatility and convenience, but sometimes I feel that people using Bitcoin as an investment have little enthusiasm for its main use as a means of trading without an intermediary.

Under what circumstances should Bitcoin be treated as investment and to what extent should people think about its use as a global currency?

Satoshi created bitcoin to free people from banking sector.Probably,it means he created it as a currency rather than as an investment.People too used it as a currency in its early stage when its price was very less.At that time,they didn't know about its true value.But now,on seeing the growing demand and its heavy rise in price,people have started to decide that bitcoin is not to be spent and it should be treated as a digital gold and so it should be saved.Here after,people would mostly save it and spending bitcoin as a currency would be very less.

[javalemcgee]

I think they are smart! Especially if they bought their bitcoins from the time it was really low like around $200 per coin and held till now. That is 500 percent profits from just holding your coins. $200 price levels was around 2014-2015 which would mean that they only held for three years and they have earned more than 100% per year.

By lookin at the final result, you can state that they're smart but don't forget they were also lucky. Being smart is not enough to make profit.

[Boseda]

I'm strongly against these kind of behaviours! I expressed all my concerns in this thread: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1954882.0

[adzino]

I consider bitcoin, both as a form of investment and a global currency for doing daily transactions. The price of bitcoin is volatile, so taking advantages of this volatility isn't a bad thing. A time might come where the price of the coins might be stable or lets say less volatile, hence people will start using it as a form of storing assets or as a day to day trade currency.

[Vikingr]

Well everyone has it's way of using things. If they only use it for that there's nothing that we can do about it.
I am happy that more people are using the Bitcoin, even if it is only solely for investing.

And it can also be said that if a person start to use Bitcoin for a particular purpose then he will also use it for his needs like to use Bitcoin to buy different things from online shop and to use Bitcoin for transacting the money to any other person. As if he will start using Bitcoin then he will know about a number of other features of bitcoin and so he will adopted it as a full-fledged currency for himself.

[Wesimon]

I've seen a lot of people arguing that Bitcoin can be profitable because of its volatility and convenience, but sometimes I feel that people using Bitcoin as an investment have little enthusiasm for its main use as a means of trading without an intermediary.

Under what circumstances should Bitcoin be treated as investment and to what extent should people think about its use as a global currency?

Personally, i treat bitcoin as an investment too. And I think treating it as an investment should never become an issue to us. We have different perspective and views on how we see such thing specifically bitcoin. Today, bitcoin's value is changing from time to time. That maybe is a big factor why people chooses to hold their bitcoin and wait for it to profit.

[8Habits]

I've seen a lot of people arguing that Bitcoin can be profitable because of its volatility and convenience, but sometimes I feel that people using Bitcoin as an investment have little enthusiasm for its main use as a means of trading without an intermediary.

Under what circumstances should Bitcoin be treated as investment and to what extent should people think about its use as a global currency?

Personally, i treat bitcoin as an investment too. And I think treating it as an investment should never become an issue to us. We have different perspective and views on how we see such thing specifically bitcoin. Today, bitcoin's value is changing from time to time. That maybe is a big factor why people chooses to hold their bitcoin and wait for it to profit.

Since the rise of bitcoin prices, I never cash them out and just hold on - I will definitely accumulate more bitcoin as days go by but I will only cash it out when it reaches $3000 in price I guess but to be honest, I really don't have any plan of cashing out now I am just holding:)

[Prodigan786]

I've seen a lot of people arguing that Bitcoin can be profitable because of its volatility and convenience, but sometimes I feel that people using Bitcoin as an investment have little enthusiasm for its main use as a means of trading without an intermediary.

Under what circumstances should Bitcoin be treated as investment and to what extent should people think about its use as a global currency?

Yes as you mentioned bitcoin is highly volatile so people thinking it as a investment like gold or other commodities . I can see both thing in bitcoin having currency value as well as trading asset.

[Prodigan786]

I consider bitcoin, both as a form of investment and a global currency for doing daily transactions. The price of bitcoin is volatile, so taking advantages of this volatility isn't a bad thing. A time might come where the price of the coins might be stable or lets say less volatile, hence people will start using it as a form of storing assets or as a day to day trade currency.

Exactly i do agree with your point once it tcomes to stability and small fluctuation like other currencies we compare using USD dollar to country currencies. then people start to use as global currency.

[DoublerHunter]

I've seen a lot of people arguing that Bitcoin can be profitable because of its volatility and convenience, but sometimes I feel that people using Bitcoin as an investment have little enthusiasm for its main use as a means of trading without an intermediary.

Under what circumstances should Bitcoin be treated as investment and to what extent should people think about its use as a global currency?

Personally, i treat bitcoin as an investment too. And I think treating it as an investment should never become an issue to us. We have different perspective and views on how we see such thing specifically bitcoin. Today, bitcoin's value is changing from time to time. That maybe is a big factor why people chooses to hold their bitcoin and wait for it to profit.

Since the rise of bitcoin prices, I never cash them out and just hold on - I will definitely accumulate more bitcoin as days go by but I will only cash it out when it reaches $3000 in price I guess but to be honest, I really don't have any plan of cashing out now I am just holding:)

Just stick to your plans because someday it will payoff and for me, don't settle for less and don't focus for short term profits because you can still earn a lot more money than that because the price of bitcoin up to 3,000 USD is still undervalued and it can still go up even more in the next few years so it is worth it to just hold and have a lot of patience because in the end, it will pay off.

[unusualfacts30]

Bitcoin price is volatile. I think most people realize it and use their money accordingly. For me, I think it's a great long term investment than short term. It would be great if everyone can start using bitcoin more instead of fiat but I don't see that happening.

[8Habits]

Bitcoin price is volatile. I think most people realize it and use their money accordingly. For me, I think it's a great long term investment than short term. It would be great if everyone can start using bitcoin more instead of fiat but I don't see that happening.

The volatility of price is what day trader love because that is the way they will go to earn during the day of trading. If there is no volatility of price, then it will take some time to gain profit out of our trades. volatility is a good sign that bitcoin is really doing a great job.

[Gens09]

I've seen a lot of people arguing that Bitcoin can be profitable because of its volatility and convenience, but sometimes I feel that people using Bitcoin as an investment have little enthusiasm for its main use as a means of trading without an intermediary.

Under what circumstances should Bitcoin be treated as investment and to what extent should people think about its use as a global currency?

Until today i guess bitcoin will still continue to increase its price in thw market so no doubt that bitcoin is still profitable in the market no doubt about that but still investment is also risky so do not put all your wealth in bitcoin i guess the bitcoin price could go down in just a split seconds.

[pecson134]

I think those people who use bitcoins as an investment was clever and doing a good strategical move. Though investing on bitcoins and in any other forms yields no absolute(fixed) outcome especially bitcoins which is continuously changing, there still people who are engaging in this kind of business knowing the risk of every investment they made and I considered them as wise people sine they were confident enough to manage their plans through.

[iqlimasyadiqa]

I think it is a natural thing. Many people use bitcoin as an investment compared to using it for currency and payments in various places.
Directly that the investment in bitcoin is so profitable that people are interested in investing and trading.

[Xester]

I think it is a natural thing. Many people use bitcoin as an investment compared to using it for currency and payments in various places.
Directly that the investment in bitcoin is so profitable that people are interested in investing and trading.

Yes that is true.  Bitcoin has so much potential like gold, copper, gas, and other currencies that people are into it mostly for investing.  While many of us here are for earning it because we need an income.  Unlike some others who were already have money they use it for investment.

[Beparanf]

I think it is a natural thing. Many people use bitcoin as an investment compared to using it for currency and payments in various places.
Directly that the investment in bitcoin is so profitable that people are interested in investing and trading.

They're smart and responsible,they knew that to be able to be successful and earn more than in their regular is theres a need to invest and they are being responsible on thinking how they future might be knowing investing can or will make them successful.

[zeze18]

I think it is a natural thing. Many people use bitcoin as an investment compared to using it for currency and payments in various places.
Directly that the investment in bitcoin is so profitable that people are interested in investing and trading.

Yes that is true.  Bitcoin has so much potential like gold, copper, gas, and other currencies that people are into it mostly for investing.  While many of us here are for earning it because we need an income.  Unlike some others who were already have money they use it for investment.

Obviously using bitcoin for investment is a big step in controlling and managing finances.
Because bitcoin is the best investment today when compared to other types of investments. And it seems still worth investing in bitcoin at this time because given the price of bitcoin is relatively unstable.

[Novun]

Even if you are only thinking of bitcoin as a currency you should still encourage investors because they are te ones who keep increasing the price of bitcoin. Which is good for everyone. increasing price just increased awareness and interest in Bitcoin which is the most important factor.

[KennyR]

I think it is a natural thing. Many people use bitcoin as an investment compared to using it for currency and payments in various places.
Directly that the investment in bitcoin is so profitable that people are interested in investing and trading.

Yes that is true.  Bitcoin has so much potential like gold, copper, gas, and other currencies that people are into it mostly for investing.  While many of us here are for earning it because we need an income.  Unlike some others who were already have money they use it for investment.

Obviously using bitcoin for investment is a big step in controlling and managing finances.
Because bitcoin is the best investment today when compared to other types of investments. And it seems still worth investing in bitcoin at this time because given the price of bitcoin is relatively unstable.

Investing too is a form of making use of bitcoin. Though it doesn't make a circulation of moving through different transactions in the network, it too gets calculated to the supply part. These days majority of the people give importance as an investment and very few consider it for transaction and earning purpose.