Can you stop calling Bitcoin an investment?

[KIKI.loi]

that's right, bitcoin is like a lottery. chances are you get a huge profit from purchasing bitcoin just like your chance to win money from the lottery. its success rate is difficult to gauge. If your money is limited, playing bitcoin is a very risky thing.

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[imteaz]

It is kind of investment but very high risk involve because those early investors bought BTC with $500 to $700 range, now Bitcoin hovering around $8000. So it is a very nice investment and those people made a good amount of money, hence it is an investment.

[yvuj101]

We cant ,for me bitcoin is absolutely a gambling and its only for a risk taker ,because if you already put your money here, you didnt know if it could gain or maybe lose.

Bitcion is not an investment property but rather a stressful game that last long it could be a successful or losing some of your stuff but an achievement of being  wiser economist.

[Silenox]

It does not matter if it was not created for this purpose, it is decentralized and it is the users who decide what to do with it. Its characteristics of scarcity and distribution are the main reasons for this speculation that exists in Bitcoin. As much as the original idea was not this, it is now a reality, for me this happened with the development of ASICS, it became unfeasible to get Bitcoins mining, so you have to use fiat to get it.

[Dudeperfect]

Well, it is still unclear to call it a currency, the investment or just a computer software from a legal point of view. I agree that Satoshi had the vision to inculcate the habit of using Bitcoin as a payment system but since this thing gained monetary value over the period of time, a large user base is looking at it as an investment option and there is absolutely nothing we can do about it. I believe that we should give first preference to use Bitcoin as a payment system instead of looking for the speculation from it if we really care about it.

[Wonderced]

maybe, because many people invest and give chance for alternative payment for people using that at the same time maybe use for investment etc.

[stompix]

Can you stop calling Bitcoin an investment?

Everybody is free to call it what he wants and use it how it wants.

This damages the cryptocurrency. Bitcoin was not created to become an investment.

A lot of things were not created to do some things.
Just like cars weren't build to run pedestrians, bitcoin will be used how the owner of those coins wants.
At this point, you should start to remember that by telling people what to do with those coins you're actually opposing the spirit of BTC

Bitcoin could be a lot more accepted and used by now. Why should a merchant agree to be paid in Bitcoin? He wants money, not a piece of your investment.

And he gets money. What is he doesn't want to exchange the BTC for $? Will this make him an investor?

Trying to impose people how to use their coins makes you no different from the government you seem to hate that much.

Ps, I think these two are trolling you 

Its an very high risk investment

Bitcoin is an investment.

[Mazda17]

I think everyone here is for profit. how else can this be called except as an investment

A good opinion and I like your opinion.
That's where you really do not understand very well about people who follow bitcoin not everyone wants to search for because At first, it was about taking control of the government and personal interests. Bitcoin was created to enable the parties to the creation of a central bank to recycle bitcoin in order to roll in the world. It's not meant to be a rich way.

[meandmrjones]

Bitcoin is an investment.

[zalizoll]

there are some people who are able to think critically to take advantage of the weakness of bitcoin to make a profit of. Such a price fluctuates. The true purpose of bitcoin is to be an alternative payment of every transaction used by humans.

[SAYDAKHMETOV]

Bitcoin is more than an investment. Bitcoin can become a world-class currency. Buying bitcoins you do not make a contribution to investment, you get much more. Having bitcoins, you become part of the world crypto currency system. So you need to buy crypto currency, especially bitcoins.

[cutecute]

Can you stop calling Bitcoin an investment?

This damages the cryptocurrency. Bitcoin was not created to become an investment. Before Bitcoin, there were some digital currencies years back, the goal was always to be able to create a (digital) currency free from central banks and governments.
Cypherpunks and other anarcho-capitalists are at the origin of this idea, perhaps 20 or 30 years ago. None were intended to make an investment to be rich quickly.
You won't find in the white paper "investing" mentioned, you won't find any post from Satoshi mentioning it

Considering Bitcoin as an investment, this is the reason why we have more and more regulations, G20 summits and others craps, KYC, etc...
The word "Crypto-assets" didn't exist before, why did they create it? Because you even consider it an investment, then why shouldn't they?
Bitcoin could be a lot more accepted and used by now. Why should a merchant agree to be paid in Bitcoin? He wants money, not a piece of your investment.

You're not even investing, you are just gambling with money.
Go to the altcoins board, you will surely find plenty of ICOs where you can say you invested in. I have something for you, ICOs used to raise money are no different than "Crowdfunding". If you want to invest then there are a lot of Crowdfunding websites where you can invest in real startups with fewer risks, (you won't find any project using photos from Pixabay...)

Why don't we see cryptographers anymore? Guess the reasons

I think no one can stop calling bitcoin an investment. Just like what other said bitcoin is an investment because everyone here for profit. If you don't called in investment what can you called it?

[ppifvtpu]

Yes, the current market has made most people think bitcoin is a speculative commodity. I think we should pay more attention to the technology of blockchain.

[tungaqhd]

Can you stop calling Bitcoin an investment?

This damages the cryptocurrency. Bitcoin was not created to become an investment. Before Bitcoin, there were some digital currencies years back, the goal was always to be able to create a (digital) currency free from central banks and governments.
Cypherpunks and other anarcho-capitalists are at the origin of this idea, perhaps 20 or 30 years ago. None were intended to make an investment to be rich quickly.
You won't find in the white paper "investing" mentioned, you won't find any post from Satoshi mentioning it

Considering Bitcoin as an investment, this is the reason why we have more and more regulations, G20 summits and others craps, KYC, etc...
The word "Crypto-assets" didn't exist before, why did they create it? Because you even consider it an investment, then why shouldn't they?
Bitcoin could be a lot more accepted and used by now. Why should a merchant agree to be paid in Bitcoin? He wants money, not a piece of your investment.

You're not even investing, you are just gambling with money.
Go to the altcoins board, you will surely find plenty of ICOs where you can say you invested in. I have something for you, ICOs used to raise money are no different than "Crowdfunding". If you want to invest then there are a lot of Crowdfunding websites where you can invest in real startups with fewer risks, (you won't find any project using photos from Pixabay...)

Why don't we see cryptographers anymore? Guess the reasons

I think nobody will stop calling it an investment because most people who use bitcoin want to earn profits from it. It's also a purpose of bitcoin, like people buy and sell usd.

[doodle07]

Bitcoin is a digital gold and gives everyone who does it right a massive value of profit so you can not stop some people nor all of us from here to call it as an investment. Bitcoin was made to be an investment, a future asset.

[janjan03]

Bitcoin is a powerful and number one in crypto world. We can have a big profit here.

[Farma]

In fact, the lay people out there already know bitcoin as an investment tool in comparison to the means of payment. well, even some countries forbid the use of bitcoin as a means of payment, or as a currency, because it can make the use of fiat become threatened. so they use the reason for bitcoin as their investment tool to use bitcoin. well, of course there are many pros and cons on this. we can not blame them for thinking like that, because pumps, and dumps of bitcoin are very quick to invite people to make it a tool of investment. well, everyone has different thoughts.

[SIHIN]

I think it can not because many people already feel the benefits of bitcoin so they make bitcoin as an investment. Other than that the fluctuating bitcoin price makes it known as an investment.

[shelemiah31]

I believe you cannot stop it because it is a cryptocurrency.It is digital money.It cannot be destroyed.So as early as now, people should already invest bitcoin if they want to have a happy life.

[Larva14]

Its an very high risk investment

Yes. Investing in bitcoin is not easy it is full of risk cause you didn't know if you gain profit or not cause it is very unpredictable you need to pass all the risk before you earn.