Better investement right now, bitcoins or Altcoins.

[que91]

If I planned on buying some coins today. Which would be the better long term investment, and why?

It depends on what you mean by long term, if you mean a decade or two then I think bitcoin is the best option, buy if you mean something like 5 years then I think altcoins could outpace bitcoin in that period of time.

WTF??? A decade is long time and it not rational with the value of cryptocurrency in present. We don't know in 2020 the crypto world still can alive or die by some reason bullshit. So, 1-3 years or 5 years is max time for investing cryptocurrency.

[nakata90]

If I planned on buying some coins today. Which would be the better long term investment, and why?

Answer at all times: Buy Bitcoin for a long term investment and Buy altcoins for a short term investment. If you have read all the replies, you can see that yourself.

In my opinion still have some altcoin can long term as Ethereum, Monero, Zcash, because they are altcoin have real community and many user use it for their job. Monero and Zcash in next time I believe will become to best place for replace Bitcoin about sending money anonymous and privacy.

[Shutup]

If I planned on buying some coins today. Which would be the better long term investment, and why?

I dont meet yet altcoin but I find now bitcoin its like you work in office that you have manager to rank you for a promotion.This is one of bitcoin gives to the people member here in bitcointalk.Then your bitcoin it depends on you when you want to get it or hold it or invest it.It depends upon your way how to make it profitable for a saving or for the future needs of yours.My sister use it in a business for her to have an stable income monthly as substitute of the money going out to her for their financial expenses.

[Ferris419]

When it comes to an long term investment bitcoins is always an best choice in compare to altcoins as we cannot afford to hold altcoin for long term as price can crash or altcoin can disappear at any time so if you have altcoins better to trade them for a short term.

[ShadowBits]

If I planned on buying some coins today. Which would be the better long term investment, and why?

First of all no question that its profitable to hold bitcoin for longterm investment
Bitcoin is the mother of all crypto
Altcoin price is ruled by bitcoin trend

anything you buy now .. if btc goes to 6000 .. you will be soooooo happy with whatever coins you choose

But in particular aside keeping yourself some btc
 i suggest also hold some verge, dgb,burst,xem,golem,doge

[Ayiranorea]

When it comes to an long term investment bitcoins is always an best choice in compare to altcoins as we cannot afford to hold altcoin for long term as price can crash or altcoin can disappear at any time so if you have altcoins better to trade them for a short term.

There is nothing to segregate this is good and that is bad. The entire market is based on prediction, so user needs to learn more about it and invest. As the above mate suggested for long term investment bitcoin is the right choice, whereas for profiting in a small time period altcoins and ICO's are the best.

[ladydark]

If I planned on buying some coins today. Which would be the better long term investment, and why?

Bitcoin is always the best investment.Altcoins are mostly pump and dump coins and they don't exist for longer days.Also,altcoin market is highly volatile than bitcoin market.But bitcoin has given huge returns t its investors.It has tripled in its price within past six months and its price is expected to go high.

[suvo05]

For short term investment I would like to recommend you to invest in Altcoin. Some of the altcoins are cheap now and they will give you profit in short period of time. But for long time investment BTC is better I think. 

[quarkyplum]

For short term investment I would like to recommend you to invest in Altcoin. Some of the altcoins are cheap now and they will give you profit in short period of time. But for long time investment BTC is better I think. 

Short or long I think depend your target + altcoin you choose, if you choose altcoin stable price as Monero, it will become a plan in long term because the price of Monero always increasing or decreasing very slow, not have more volatility as other altcoin on market.

[Hamphser]

If I planned on buying some coins today. Which would be the better long term investment, and why?

It depends if you are type of person who would love to see profits on long term or on short term. If you are a day trader you will surely love to see profits on constant basis which you would really actively trade bitcoin on any single movement of it but if you dont like to bother to do such things then holding it for long term would really be also a good choice though. We do know that bitcoins price do really rise up in the future.

[posternat]

I might be wrong but I believe that most people go through bit going to get to all coins. It seems that the chain would be Fiat to bitcoin and then using Bitcoin on the exchange as a foundation for buying other coins. Most of our light trading is done in that manner , so technically if that's the method then Bitcoin is the first investment. Any exchange that we keep currency on for any length of time it's kept in Bitcoin, and Fiat is the Gateway out

[HasHe]

If I planned on buying some coins today. Which would be the better long term investment, and why?

It would be better for you to buy bitcoins instead of altcoins.Bitcoin investment is made on a long term basis and it would give high returns.But altcoins are mostly pumped and dumped coins and mostly investments in altcoins are made in a short term basis.

[Paid Piper]

When it comes to an long term investment bitcoins is always an best choice in compare to altcoins as we cannot afford to hold altcoin for long term as price can crash or altcoin can disappear at any time so if you have altcoins better to trade them for a short term.

to me i will say that bitcoin investment is the best choice because form bitcoin investment we have better chances to make money that we cannot make of trading altcoin.

[JL421]

Both are good forms of investment investing in altcoins has risks involved but bitcoin has less risk in terms of price. Price of bitcoin grows easily and really fast while altcoins take time and lose their highest point easily. My recommendation would be have 50% altcoin in your portfolio and 50% bitcoin for stable profit and loss control

[deddod]

If I planned on buying some coins today. Which would be the better long term investment, and why?

For long term investment, I suggest you invest ETH.
Remember a year ago the highest ETH price around 0.01 and now the price is 0.06-0.1 BTC. I think ETH investment is very profitable for the next few years.
Good luck!

[arpon11]

If you really want to invest for a long time purpose and have peace of mind I will advise you to invest in bitcoin and bitcoin among the crytocurrency have build trust over times. But if you are thinking of short time invest altcoins may be good for you as most altcoins are doing very well now. Coins like Ethereum, ripple, strats and lisk are doing wonderfully and investing in them now may be the best option.

[yvesp110]

for short term investing altcoins better i think.for long term BTC and ether

Yes for short term investing altcoin is very better because in altcoin has more chances to earn more money in short time.and bitcoin is very good for long term investment. But to me I think in altcoin if those people are invest money in altcoin before investing they should to study about it because sometimes some altcoins are become shity. And bitcoin investments are not more risky, because bitcoin community is very large.

[sandrun]

I think both are very profitable if you have both. Bitcoin and altcoin are matching pairs. When bitcoin decreases in price, altcoin becomes an alternative to rise .. you will not lose if you save both. You can use both in trading. It's just that you have to choose a good coin and the right time to trade.

[machinek20]

I think bitcoin is the best investment, if you want a safe and long term investment then bitcoin is the answer for me invest in bitcoin is better because it is less risky and the profit is also big

[Shady]

Getting into Bitcoin during the BCH hype may lead to other gains from publicity about fall. This really seems like a growing opportunity either way.

Sometimes the gains are passive though, so be wary of risk.