Have you figured out what you are Investing in?

[arpon11]

The hyped in 2017 cause bitcoin and others cryptocurrencies to surged toward the end of the year and complete crashed back to the bottom in December 2018. Did people really know what they are investing in?  Is a question that keeps ringing in my mind and actually the answer to that question is that people follow the hype and forgot to  checked for reality before investing and this come from the testimony of those that has claim of making big profits or gain from the past surge that came into the cryptocurrencies market.
I think the red flag there is that people think of what they are going to get from their investments into cryptocurrencies more than the capital they have invested and as results when the reality done on them,  they began to sell out of panic and in turn the market clash like it happens through 2018.
Now that we have another opportunity to invest because of the down turned,  I do believe that it is good you look at the reality behind any coin you want to invest in and not the FUD,  manipulations,  FOMO and hype behind those coins.

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[Ailmand]

The hyped in 2017 cause bitcoin and others cryptocurrencies to surged toward the end of the year and complete crashed back to the bottom in December 2018. Did people really know what they are investing in?  Is a question that keeps ringing in my mind and actually the answer to that question is that people follow the hype and forgot to  checked for reality before investing and this come from the testimony of those that has claim of making big profits or gain from the past surge that came into the cryptocurrencies market.
I think the red flag there is that people think of what they are going to get from their investments into cryptocurrencies more than the capital they have invested and as results when the reality done on them,  they began to sell out of panic and in turn the market clash like it happens through 2018.
Now that we have another opportunity to invest because of the down turned,  I do believe that it is good you look at the reality behind any coin you want to invest in and not the FUD,  manipulations,  FOMO and hype behind those coins.

The problem with people who are investing out of hype is that, they are not really aware what caused the hype. This is one of the main reason why a lot of people, usually or most of them are new people in cryptocurrency, had lost a lot of money and now blaming cryptocurrency for it. As an investor, it is our responsibility to be updated or at least aware of what we are getting involved to.

[peter0425]

If we are looking at how the hype in December 2017, there are a lot of irrational buyers, meaning they just throw in money in the market without really understanding what they are doing in the first place. And when the market plummets they started to panic and realised that they have done something which they didn't understand.

[traderethereum]

I don't think that people really know the right coin to invest. But people only know about bitcoin as the best investment coin so far. But right now, I think people are aware of investing in the altcoin too because they see the chance for an altcoin to increase higher and they are investing in many altcoins.
It is not recommended to follow the hype because that news is not always right and we need to search by ourselves to find the profitable coins.
As long as we can research the right coins that could be one of the profitable coins, we will make a big profit especially when the market is at the bullish market. Yes, right now we still have a chance to buy more than 10 profitable coins but of course, to buy those coins, we need to research and analyze every coin in the market.

[Haunebu]

The problem with people who are investing out of hype is that, they are not really aware what caused the hype. This is one of the main reason why a lot of people, usually or most of them are new people in cryptocurrency, had lost a lot of money and now blaming cryptocurrency for it. As an investor, it is our responsibility to be updated or at least aware of what we are getting involved to.

Actually, many were aware of the hype surrounding the entire bull run, but still chose to blame the market for their losses which is a human thing basically. Majority of the investors basically invest in the hype itself.

We need better material(Simple and easy to understand) to help educate investors and help them understand what they are getting into.

[Kakmakr]

People will invest in dog shit, if there are some reason why dog shit's price would skyrocket in the future. The sudden spike in the Bitcoin price in 2017 has drawn a lot of speculators into this technology and most of them do not even know how to use bitcoins. A lot of them have never even opened a wallet or spend any of their coins at a merchant. <Lots of them are invested in Bitcoin via some third party service>

So greed will drive any speculator to invest in anything, even if they do not have a clue what it is.    <They just follow the FUD and HYPE> 

[gentlemand]

People will invest in dog shit, if there are some reason why dog shit's price would skyrocket in the future.

And there's nothing wrong with that.

I'm confident most people who piled in only had one thing on their mind and it was dollars, not decentralisation. Since the creators of almost all coins were only doing it for dollars too then there's a certain collective honesty there, albeit an unspoken one.

[carter34]

I do not blame losers in cryptocurrency especially in 2017 because we also had winners. The winners are those that "woke up" quick to hit the road. They invested before it was time for crash.

I can say that 2017 was a rush time and we had so many activities in crypto, icos with shit projects saw it as a business time.

[Lucius]

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All those who invested in bitcoin at the end of 2017 were the victims of their own ignorance, but also very poorly informed media who pump story about magical internet money which has increased its value almost 20 times in one year. Who can resist a quick and easy money? Most people by their nature can not do that, so they take money from banks, from socks and under the pillows just to buy bitcoin.

Although it ended badly for some of them, and somehow threw the ugly picture on bitcoin, I think it had a positive side as well. People learn best from their mistakes, which can have a positive effect in some of the next bull runs. What is important to understand that knowledge is the most important thing, you need to know in what you investing, but also very important when is time for investing.

[1Referee]

If we are looking at how the hype in December 2017, there are a lot of irrational buyers, meaning they just throw in money in the market without really understanding what they are doing in the first place. And when the market plummets they started to panic and realised that they have done something which they didn't understand.

Dumb money at its finest. I found it quite hilarious to see how people who joined in 2017 legit believed that crypto could only go up. I still browse through last year's social media posts where people said that $17,000, $16,000, $15,000 etc, were great dips to buy and that $50,000 before the end of 2018 is a realistic target.

The correction that we have seen happen last year made these get rich quick noobs finally respect this market more, because you are NOT an expect just because everything in a bull run is going up. Seriously, you could have bought a random shitcoin and still make insane profits.

Fundamentals didn't play a single role back then. More precisely said, the coins with the worst fundamentals actually outperformed the coins with the best fundamentals, percentage-wise. Sure, there is not all that much liquidity in most shitcoins for deep pocket investors, but for a newbie investing a few thousand it's more than enough to do the job.

[rizkyhiw]

All the hype that happens must be analyzed very well because it determines a good investment in the future, so knowing what is invested is a must because most people don't realize it's just tempted by prices without wanting to know what's happening, it's all about what prices they want not for everyone, I say that this is a very good opportunity to invest, I hope everyone understands that from all parties to better understand whatever is happening in the market.

[Zadicar]

The hyped in 2017 cause bitcoin and others cryptocurrencies to surged toward the end of the year and complete crashed back to the bottom in December 2018. Did people really know what they are investing in?  Is a question that keeps ringing in my mind and actually the answer to that question is that people follow the hype and forgot to  checked for reality before investing and this come from the testimony of those that has claim of making big profits or gain from the past surge that came into the cryptocurrencies market.
I think the red flag there is that people think of what they are going to get from their investments into cryptocurrencies more than the capital they have invested and as results when the reality done on them,  they began to sell out of panic and in turn the market clash like it happens through 2018.
Now that we have another opportunity to invest because of the down turned,  I do believe that it is good you look at the reality behind any coin you want to invest in and not the FUD,  manipulations,  FOMO and hype behind those coins.

You cant actually blame those people who are just being dragged in because of the Hype which happened on 2017 those times is the time were lesson learned things is very expensive specially to those people who havent sold out their coins yet which they had purchase on ATH price. They do realize that they do rush things up to invest without even thinking the possibility of dump.I cant really say its not a bubble but with that kind of correction its most likely the same.

[Cacingkemi]

People want to get rich quick by investing in crypto HYPE but yes don't know anything that happens in the market, just buy and if it goes down cause people talk about FUD they panic continue to sell it. Such losses can occur at any time cause there is no knowledge base for cryptocurrencies, you're right dude there must be a knowledge base in investing.

[ryzaadit]

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Some of the shit people sometimes offering to non crypto user to buy a crypto example like Ponzi Coin and other crypto assets. but they not explain the risk went investing/trading at cryptocurrency. I already see a few people like my cousin/friend noncrypto user they got capital lose because dont know the risk of trading they said just know trading from someone else.

[dothebeats]

Nowadays, people only want investments with high returns for a short amount of time, and they find it on cryptocurrencies even without conducting proper research and background checks. Ultimately they end up with losses they can't bear because they have invested on the wrong time, and could only sell to a loss in order to lose more money. Those who came in before them who actually knows what they're doing end up taking the fresh money from unknowing users, resulting for the latter to not come into crypto ever again no matter what happens.

[el kaka22]

I think those are the new people you are talking about. I personally have been investing into bitcoin since 2012, there were times when I lost all of it because real life urgency stuff happened and I had to cash out everything I had and there was a dark time in my life where I didn't really know if I will be eating anything that night or if I had to make due with what little I had in the fridge and those are really bad days but I also had the times when I was capable of spending x10 the minimum salary to live a luxurious time as well.

Now, I am smarter about it and save some aside but after all none of the ups and downs was caused by bitcoin going up or down, it was mostly because I didn't know how to handle money very well. That is why I can clearly say I have known what I am investing into for a long long time.

[Slow death]

The hyped in 2017 cause bitcoin and others cryptocurrencies to surged toward the end of the year and complete crashed back to the bottom in December 2018. Did people really know what they are investing in?

if someone came to you and asked you:

In your opinion, the price of  $5000 is too high or too low? What would you answer? that the price of  $5000 is very low? so I would ask, how do you know that the price of bitcoin is very low and how do you know that the price of bitcoin is very high? There is no way people are sure that the price is low or the price is high. what happened in late 2017 was an accident that until today does not have a concrete explanation of what really happened, there are only assumptions

[matchi2011]

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Some of the shit people sometimes offering to non crypto user to buy a crypto example like Ponzi Coin and other crypto assets. but they not explain the risk went investing/trading at cryptocurrency. I already see a few people like my cousin/friend noncrypto user they got capital lose because dont know the risk of trading they said just know trading from someone else.

Problem with that people was easily been convince, they think that trading is just a simple task and it can be done even without proper knowledge, it's needed to be figured out limiting yourself by investing huge money, best to make sure that you are using only spare that you can afford to let go just in case you failed your attempt and learn from it.

[smyslov]

If you did your assignment then you are on your way to profit, the best time to implement the DYOR or do your own research, is when the market is dipping, find the coin that is likely to make you profit for long term or short term so when the big shift happens you can just sit tight and enjoy your profit.

[Beerwizzard]

This is not only about investor's personal research. Pretty often you may see an ICO with a good idea, decent team and vision about realization of their project but they are hardly hitting their soft cap and don't have enough volume and remain unknown on some shitty exchange. While at the same time ICOs with an obviously shitty idea but they are promoted by some well-known retards so this project is successfully passing the ICO, hitting an exchange, getting a high price, lose this price, get under pre-ico level and then gets delisted because the project is actually shit.
ICO details does not really matter while you are choosing where to invest your money.