Am I pessimistic or is bitcoin still over hyped?

[Marbelli]

I agree with you the author. we did grow up very much last year though we didn’t deserve it

[kryptqnick]

some people have always been FUDing and some other people have always been Hyping bitcoin. these days that price is making a move the both groups are actively at work! although it is surprising to me that you have only seen the hype since with a quick look at this board or on some news sites you can see that the majority of the posts are negatively FUDing bitcoin.

as for being "over hyped", the answer is no. the hype w as over about 9 months ago when the bubble burst and the price corrected itself by dropping more than 60% and the majority of hyped up newbies with weak hands who wanted to become rich overnight left the market.

now bitcoin is under-valued.

I agree with you a lot more than with the op. The way I have seen it over the last 8 months, the majority of news is negative. China banning cryptos (fake), Google banning ads, Facebook banning ads, China banning ICOs... And then come the news about some famous people predicting that cryptos will crush. Another kind of news is just appearing regularly when there's nothing left to say. I'm talking about news like 'the market lost ... billion dollars today', 'trading volume dropped ..%' and stuff. Even people on this forum used to be particularly pessimistic last spring and summer. Bitcoin used to be overhyped last autumn and I thought it was crazy and not safe. I didn't think the prices would go all this way down, though. I really don't understand why people are not buying cryptos actively now. The prices are unbeliavably good.

[o_e_l_e_o]

I really don't understand why people are not buying cryptos actively now. The prices are unbeliavably good.

Maybe people think the price will go lower still. I've seen the number $3000 be used by quite a few people as where they think the support currently lies. I wouldn't put a number on it myself, but I don't think we've seen the bottom yet.

Many people are just fickle, however. During the bullrun the board was filled with topics of people lamenting they hadn't bought more when the price was cheap, or even hoping for another dip so they could load up. Now that dip is here, and instead we are flooded with topics about this being the end of bitcoin. These are the largely the same people we were just discussing who jump on any bandwagon they can find and shill their trash all over the place.

[mk4]

I agree with you a lot more than with the op. The way I have seen it over the last 8 months, the majority of news is negative. China banning cryptos (fake), Google banning ads, Facebook banning ads, China banning ICOs...

There are definitely a decent number of "bad news" this year, but if I remember correctly, I think we had worse last year. I personally think the crash was still more of due to cryptocurrencies in general being too overhyped.

I really don't understand why people are not buying cryptos actively now. The prices are unbeliavably good.

Probably not in a while. The weak hands or the "crypto is finished" people are shaken out, or at least most of them. We're going to need to have new money to get to new highs in my opinion.

And yeah, people are also expecting lower. $3000 is a well known target like o_e_l_e_o said, as I think $3000 is also the target of Tone Vays(a quite famous trader). Time will tell.

[Dudeperfect]

Bitcoin has nothing to do with the financial freedom or anything like that. In fact, Bitcoin is just a payment system that has more benefits as compared to that of traditional payment system which is based on fiat currency. I believe that Bitcoin is undervalued at this stage not because the price is low but the adoption of it is very less as compared to that of the global population of humans using the money. The scope of growth is tremendous for it considering the current level.

[Conasse]

Bitcoin was overhyped for over 1-2 years maybe. We are going to a more realistic price. It doesn't mean we won't see the $20.000 again but it will come in a more natural way, gradually and organically. Because it deserves it, not because of a buzz.

[mk4]

Bitcoin has nothing to do with the financial freedom or anything like that.

I disagree. Bitcoin DOES has something to do with financial freedom. Bitcoin IS financial freedom. I'm definitely not saying that you should hold like majority of your funds on bitcoin right in this decade(because you know, volatility and stuff), but if you hold bitcoin, there's no way for the government to confiscate your bitcoin; of course, unless you let everyone know that you do have bitcoin and the government puts a gun up your head.

This tweet should convince you.

[Huskarls]

If Bitcoin has no value, what else has value? Bitcoin is overvalued? Maybe, but who can say it? the price is what you have after buyers and sellers, and manipulation..
Bitcoin could be overvalued, but what about fiat currencies? if you see the value, the real value is 0, like a piece of paper.. they are just about trust, trust from idiot people.. so in comparison, bitcoin has a lot of value.

but fiat currencies has more reliability, namely physical evidence and of course many accept it, from beggars to hypermarkets, while crypto?
there are only two choices, a particular market or you use in the platform that adopts it, which of course is now less than 1% of places that adopt crypto as additional payment.

[mk4]

If Bitcoin has no value, what else has value? Bitcoin is overvalued? Maybe, but who can say it? the price is what you have after buyers and sellers, and manipulation..
Bitcoin could be overvalued, but what about fiat currencies? if you see the value, the real value is 0, like a piece of paper.. they are just about trust, trust from idiot people.. so in comparison, bitcoin has a lot of value.

but fiat currencies has more reliability, namely physical evidence and of course many accept it, from beggars to hypermarkets, while crypto?
there are only two choices, a particular market or you use in the platform that adopts it, which of course is now less than 1% of places that adopt crypto as additional payment.

Bitcoin is only 10 years old. It takes time for something to be developed and globally adopted. It's slowly and surely getting there. Let's not focus too much on the present, but think about the future also. Lightning is just right around the corner if one of your complaints is the slow transactions.

As with the physical property of fiat, it definitely can be a significant advantage in 3rd world countries where physical fiat money is still widely used. But also know that the world as a whole is slowly moving towards digital payments.

[willwin66]

Bitcoin was definitely over hyped in it's peak last December-January. Right now though? It's quite debatable. I still see bitcoin as a new technology that can definitely helped the unbanked billions of people worldwide. But do you know what's surely overhyped? The cryptocurrency markets. We still see a lot of coins and tokens that doesn't do much that are worth millions of dollars in marketcap(yes, I know marketcap as a statistic is quite inaccurate, but you get my point). While it's quite debatable that some of them could definitely work and be useful in the future, they're still worth too much. I mean, take a look at Tron and EOS! I don't even know why they're in the #6 and #11 spot. That's to be expected in a quite unregulated market I guess? A lot of clueless people just throwing their money in and shilling their coins/tokens as if their lives depend on it.

Bitcoin or the cryptocurrency markets in general does definitely look like a ponzi scheme sometimes especially if you're new, and I can't blame them for that. We always see a lot of people on social media shilling their coins and tokens like there's no tomorrow as if the coin/token their holding is like sort of the solution to poverty or something; so in a way, the greater fool theory could actually apply I think. But if you look at bitcoin as a technology, and what it's trying to achieve while ignoring the prices, you'd be amazed. The first time I realized what bitcoin is actually for, I barely slept because I was so overwhelmed and amazed. No exaggeration.

I still find it hard to suggest to friends and family to buy in right now. I also didnt encourage them to buy during the hype either. I don't see a value entry point until the $2k mark, and wouldn't reccomend anyone enter until it hits closer to that level.

At this time, you should buy but do not suggest anyone to buy because you never know what will happen in the future, should not recommend if you don't want to be blamed for

[pooya87]

some people have always been FUDing and some other people have always been Hyping bitcoin. these days that price is making a move the both groups are actively at work! although it is surprising to me that you have only seen the hype since with a quick look at this board or on some news sites you can see that the majority of the posts are negatively FUDing bitcoin.

as for being "over hyped", the answer is no. the hype w as over about 9 months ago when the bubble burst and the price corrected itself by dropping more than 60% and the majority of hyped up newbies with weak hands who wanted to become rich overnight left the market.

now bitcoin is under-valued.

Maybe I'm looking in the wrong places, but I'm confident that I am still seeing a vast majority of hype towards crypto, that really hasn't ever subsided. Perhaps, the problem might also be that crypto news sources are from specifically crypto based sites and subreddits and not financial or real world sources.

well "real hype" is not about what news sites say or what random users on the internet say. it is about their actions otherwise words are wind. for instance last year when blockchain in general was super hyped you could see prices shooting up because of it, you could also see that everyone was trying so hard to implement blockchain technology in literary anything no matter how irrelevant and stupid it looked like.

[sudeshkumar]

 It is the terminology that someone is  pessimistic or optimistic as regards BTC in the age of digitalization ,pepole are becoming more and more lazy and wants easy way to their lives whether it is currency or otherwise so the BTC is the solution with future modifications.

[Lexurdania]

Many people over optimistic on cryptocurrency because they believe on the technology. I dont think bitcoin is over hyped investment, the price rising last year because market mechanism and i think its very normal fluctuating and the price drop like what happen right now.
But bitcoin is not a way  to rich instantly, its need patient and i am believe its long term investment. Better keep optimistic on bitcoin rather than pesimistic on our own investment

[Pursuer]

Disclaimer: I don't own any crypto currently, and haven't done so for a few months now. I left the market in profit, and haven't been able to appropriately value bitcoin since, so haven;t made a new entry yet.

I would separate discussion about being hyped and price prediction from each other because in my experience something can be hyped up while its price doesn't rise whilst something else can not have any hype while it is rising in value then gets some hype.

right now I don't believe bitcoin is at all hyped. if anything it may even be under hyped. but I am still not making any decisions for entrance because the market seems to me to be extremely manipulated and that makes it unpredictable and at times like this I would wait until the manipulation is over before making an entrance.

[walemil]

I don't know where exactly you are drawing your inference of bitcoin over hyping from and how in anyway bitcoin has similarities with ponzi scheme. It is normal for people to express various kinds of opinions (both positive and negative) concerning anything that is thriving and capable of changing people's lives. I have even heard more negative news about bitcoin than what you call the hype.

[Treasurer]

Any technical revolution occurred with ups and downs, and not for 1 year. And even in our progressive time, the financial revolution has the same problems. And it makes no sense to wait soon for any cardinal news, especially if you have weak nerves. I think it makes sense to give crypto time for becoming, approval and adaptation. And you don’t need to worry about crypto either. It’ll make her way.

[sirminesalot]

It is the terminology that someone is  pessimistic or optimistic as regards BTC in the age of digitalization ,pepole are becoming more and more lazy and wants easy way to their lives whether it is currency or otherwise so the BTC is the solution with future modifications.

yes you are right, but there are a lot of people who are pessimistic when they try to work here, or you can say they don't feel at home. they don't believe that everything will return to normal and experience an increase so they are pessimistic and just leave it. of course everyone wants to get money and work quickly or well, but expectations are not in accordance with reality.

[greeklogos]

Last days I think just the same. Everybody who wanted cashed out at 20k point and from that moment it started a new story "do not worry! Bitcoin will recover it soon and the price will go to 50k$" and people were investing, so I was at 10k and I was waiting and waiting and now I am more than twice in minus with all this waiting and positive expectations.

[BitHodler]

right now I don't believe bitcoin is at all hyped. if anything it may even be under hyped. but I am still not making any decisions for entrance because the market seems to me to be extremely manipulated and that makes it unpredictable and at times like this I would wait until the manipulation is over before making an entrance.

I would even like to say that the sentiment is stacking up against Bitcoin with how people start to blame it for altcoins losing value in the process. I remember the same anti Bitcoin sentiment back in 2015 when it was bottoming.

It's pretty interesting how people continue to say that historical events don't mean the same will happen in the future, which is partly right, but with how similar the cycles are in crypto, events do rhyme to a greater extent.

People got so comfortable with the $6000 mark this year, that they really believed it was an unbreakable base support level, especially with how the media kept hyping up how $6000 is what miners pay to generate a whole Bitcoin.

Even if that was true, that still doesn't mean traders, old hands and bag holders won't be dumping the market down at a later point.

[Halmater]

 When you think about bitcoin, I mean its original aim, technology, and potential effects to financial system, it seems like something to be sent from the future. Doing tranactions and payments without banks or financial institutions.  But it is overhyped and it is made a investment tool  by people (by us). There are a lot of coins and tokens that doesn't do much so much and nobody knows why they are worth millions of dollars.