Realistically, how do you think bitcoin will perform this year?

[KennyR]

Beginning of the year seems to be little worse than what's been expected to happen. The ongoing price fluctuation has given users the fear, because one who invested expecting good increase when the price was around $15000 has been experiencing the downfall. Possibly by the mid year can expect good price increase.

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[rizkyhiw]

So, as many are well aware, Bitcoin saw a huge rise in 2017, peaking over $20,000 in some regions;

Of course, it would be tremendous to see those kinds of gains again in 2018, but with regulatory pressure coming down hard, bitcoin has in more difficult waters than ever before.

With segwit acceptance increasing, and the advent of the lightning network likely by year end, how does bitcointalk think BTC will perform this year, and why?

My personal thinking seems we will not see bitcoin become big as last year 2017, until 5 months ahead.
I do not know why, but I only see the condition of bitcoin which is currently tended to be stable.
Move a little, then down again and repeat like this. Maybe we'll see the best position to be at $13000, hopefully.

[virasisog]

So, as many are well aware, Bitcoin saw a huge rise in 2017, peaking over $20,000 in some regions;

Of course, it would be tremendous to see those kinds of gains again in 2018, but with regulatory pressure coming down hard, bitcoin has in more difficult waters than ever before.

With segwit acceptance increasing, and the advent of the lightning network likely by year end, how does bitcointalk think BTC will perform this year, and why?

It has proven that bitcoins double its current price before the year end and now it has drop again like before however this time bitcoins are about in low level furthermore even almost all altcoins are with its dip and its because of manipulation of the price in accordance of BTC futures which have cause a same big rise and down in the whole market.
In the long run this year i am believing that we can see a massive adoption of the market and a good rise in the ber months this year because of a continuing adoption of digital currency.

[yohaneshs]

So, as many are well aware, Bitcoin saw a huge rise in 2017, peaking over $20,000 in some regions;

Of course, it would be tremendous to see those kinds of gains again in 2018, but with regulatory pressure coming down hard, bitcoin has in more difficult waters than ever before.

With segwit acceptance increasing, and the advent of the lightning network likely by year end, how does bitcointalk think BTC will perform this year, and why?

Hear about negative news in several country, i think this year more difficult than the last year 2017. For some reason, i hope bitcoin still strong as a primary crypto coins because we know crypto currency more restricted in several big country.
but we must has a positive thinking because who believes that bitcoin can raising up very fast at the end of 2017.

[BartS]

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Ordinarily, yes. But last year, even Bitcoin's most outspoken adversary Ver, had said that everything core had failed to do (in his eyes) was the sole reason Bitcoin never reached its $10k mark. Last year was actually stacked against Bitcoin on so many fronts: the ETF, followed by the big block fork threats, regulatory pressure, dark market take downs... and yet, inexplicably, Bitcoin strengthened in the face of adversity.
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Don't get fooled by that. Ever wondered why is that?

Doesn't it bother you that the price is propped by new wave of wanna-be-rich-quick "normies" who don't know and don't care how Bitcoin works?
Doesn't it bother you that the price is propped by printing USDT likely out of air? Do you really believe they hold over $1.6 billion in their bank deposits?

Judging Bitcoins strength by it's price is a two-edged sword and, quite frankly, it's pretty stupid. Is Bitcoin 10.77% weaker than it was 24 hours ago? Its price is.

Many confuse price with value, when bitcoin was just created its price was 0 but its value was enormous, right now the price of bitcoin is decreasing but the value of bitcoin has not moved an inch that is something long term holders realize, which is why many are not selling, the true value of bitcoin is way higher than the all time high it reached some weeks ago. 

[sjefdeklerk]

I think bitcoin is doing great this year