If bitcoin doesn't reach $500K in 3 years....

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^ I'd forgotten about this self-imposed challenge  

We know that he backtracked but I just want to remind everyone that even crypto personalities can't predict the market and they get it wrong most of the time. Do not fall for their "expert" opinions. Some of them are paid reviews/opinions anyway.

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If you're wondering what he did in the past, check this:

For those noobs who don't know who John McAfee is:

1. John McAfee is the person who promoted scam projects such as SimmitriToken and Zombie Coin
2. He charged ~20% of the total supply of the ICO, in exchange for the promotion
3. In other cases, he charged $105,000 for each tweet he made to promote the scam ICOs
4. He is suspected of involvement of the murder of Gregory Faull in Belize
5. McAfee fled to Guatemala, in order to avoid arrest by Belizean authorities

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[Twinkledoe]

By now, I hope users already see that McAfee is not a reputable personality in crypto, at all angles. I think I even promoted one of the projects here endorsed by McAfee. I had high regards on him but came to learn that he had so many stunts in crypto just to get attention from the community. We have had enough of these self proclaimed experts.

[boyptc]

A historical meme that was made.

I think he admitted that it won't happen and it's all for the hype.

[FlightyPouch]

That is funny. I agree with the OP that this should a lesson that we should not always follow and believe the expert's prediction or opinion. Any reactions of this from him these days?

[Maus0728]

Source: https://me.me/i/me-waiting-on-john-mcafees-bet-to-eat-his-own-19994670

Hoping that it is not a hoax.

[thesmallgod]

MCAfee was drove away by the rose in the price of bitcoin during that period and if a poll was held at that moment asking the same question, I believe a lot of people will say yes. Nobody could have thought a coin that worth less than $50 in 2011 could have jumped so high within a few months and reach almost 20k in 2017. Part of the reason we all keep saying it is really hard to predict the price at any point

[20kevin20]

He was the Hypeman and the Shitcoin Pump of The Year. We all know he isn't going to do what he promised and it was all done for the hype and money he was getting at the time. I'll never forget how much he helped with the pump & dump of the markets at the time - or, in other words, with making the poor even poorer.

If this is how well he delivers his promises, then I'd imagine how well he would if he became the President.

[DeathAngel]

And he already backs down from his own bet (source). But for those who curious about the bet, check http://www.dickening.com/

Yeah, he won’t be eating his dick, he is a dick though. Isn’t he part of some shitcoin or token drop happening imminently? He’s a bit of a druggie loser now, rich yes but a bit of a moron.

[KrisAlex18]

That is so funny, John McAfee is so confident with his prediction, it means that even those big people or very familiar people cannot predict the accurate price of the bitcoin in the next few years, days or even in a minute, bitcoins volatility makes it so good and so thrilling for me, it makes the cryptocurrency good for trading and investing. So there wiuld be no person who can predict the price of the bitcoij because if ther would be a person that can guess or predict the price of the bitcoin, he will be so rich and earn more money.

That is funny. I agree with the OP that this should a lesson that we should not always follow and believe the expert's prediction or opinion. Any reactions to this from him these days?

That's true, even those experts cannot say the accurate price of the bitcoin for the next days. So if you see some posts on twitter about predictions, do not believe them easily.

[Jating]

He was the Hypeman and the Shitcoin Pump of The Year. We all know he isn't going to do what he promised and it was all done for the hype and money he was getting at the time. I'll never forget how much he helped with the pump & dump of the markets at the time - or, in other words, with making the poor even poorer.

If I'm not mistaken, he was voted as crypto influencer of the year, forgot what year it is, either 2018 or 2019, (if my memory serves me right). But he then changes his tune, by it's too late, people really know what kind of personality John is and his career his over as far as being this so called influencer.

If this is how well he delivers his promises, then I'd imagine how well he would if he became the President.

I'm sure he won't win if he ever decides to run again for the US Presidency.

[amishmanish]

McAfee was the guy who commercialized Antivirus with the brand names after himself. He must have been a successful businessman at one time to have achieved that success in technical implementation as well as in clinching enterprise deals. At one point, most laptops used to come pre-installed with McAfee. Though everyone felt that it made your system "slow". People used to uninstall and use all kind of freeware like Avast, Avira and what not. I remember that there used to be almost a competition between college kids that whose antivirus can identify more malware.

He lost a lot of his investments in the 2008 crash and seems like he never recovered from the shock. At 70+, he has been one of the more polarizing and outrageous figures in crypto and later started shilling shamelessly for all kind of things if the price was right. Pretty sure that the guy has lost all his credibility. He banks on making outrageous claims about "not paying taxes" and getting into litigation. Its doubtful he actually does any of these so called acts of defiance.

[Leviathan.007]

Well, we all know John McAfee is of the investors who truly believe is bitcoin, since he is expecting high price prices all the time. However, according to what we learned from the market, everything is possible when you are talking about bitcoin price. Reaching 500K is maybe not even the final target. I remember years ago people were saying bitcoin real price is 1 usd when people like McAfee were expecting to see much higher prices.

[Bttzed03]

Well, we all know John McAfee is of the investors who truly believe is bitcoin, since he is expecting high price prices all the time. 

Yet he called biitcoin a "true shitcoin" (Old, clunky, no security, no smart contracts, no DAPs) when he realized that his prediction won't materialize and he's about to lose his bet (eat his d*ck). Now that's a true "believer".

He's a paid shitcoin shill.

[glowing10]

By now, I hope users already see that McAfee is not a reputable personality in crypto, at all angles. I think I even promoted one of the projects here endorsed by McAfee. I had high regards on him but came to learn that he had so many stunts in crypto just to get attention from the community. We have had enough of these self proclaimed experts.

Initially I also had seen him one of the experts and believed him. But over the period of time realized that one needs to be logical as well and not to say anything because as you become known celebrity or personality the onus increases because people starts to look up to you. He failed in those terms.

[jerrison]

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^ I'd forgotten about this self-imposed challenge 

We know that he backtracked but I just want to remind everyone that even crypto personalities can't predict the market and they get it wrong most of the time. Do not fall for their "expert" opinions. Some of them are paid reviews/opinions anyway.

That statement by John Mcafee was made out if confidence in the fact that bitcoin was moving fast like wildfire withut the interference of government and other financial regulatory agencies globally. I understand that it may be an extreme self inflicted challenge but it only goes to show his confidence in the technology and all it brings. But it ain't all that easy as it sounds, normal market forces will playout in the long run that will alter it.

[Reid]

That is funny. I agree with the OP that this should a lesson that we should not always follow and believe the expert's prediction or opinion. Any reactions of this from him these days?

He is not an expert for me. 
He's just a guy who is pretending to know it all but in fact he just want to make a hype to profit from it.
There may be a fact that he really bought bitcoin and he want fast earnings just like others.

So, he preferred using his own personality which is known to make it happen.
But it did not.
Time to stretch that back and reach for his dick.
I bet he cannot even touch the tip of it even with his tongue stretched out. 

[RapTarX]

Mcafee ia a pure shill in crypto space. He has been affiliated with some projects as well and if I can remember correctly, last year he probably had some sorts of shilling for some privacy coins as well. This proves how much good his predictions are. Either way, I don't think he will be remembered his promise after this year.

[sarmrakib]

We know crypto market always unpredictable .He just made a challenge and its almost gone to fail to hit .However if it would happen it could be a great historical post .We always hope a new level of crypto .

[carter34]

Well as for me , he is just someone who speculate about price of bitcoin just as any other thread or person. I don't hold to any person's prediction whether it be accurate or if it is not. The price isn't certain to happen as predicted and all people know, so it could just be for attention .

[adzino]

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^ I'd forgotten about this self-imposed challenge 

We know that he backtracked but I just want to remind everyone that even crypto personalities can't predict the market and they get it wrong most of the time. Do not fall for their "expert" opinions. Some of them are paid reviews/opinions anyway.

I thought he backed off from his claim few months ago and started to say something like  that bitcoin is the shit coin. Was comparing it with MSN email, once popular a popular email and now no one uses it and slowly changed to outlook. He says bitcoin is the MSN which will no longer be used by people and instead the future of the crypto currencies are the altcoin. He was probably launching his own altcoin (not sure about this).