Can Bitcoin be a full time career for investors?

[PrivacyG]

It is not really a 'career'.  In my opinion.

Most people just purchase Bitcoin and wait.  Trading is a career.  Building a business is a career.  Not sure about simply purchasing Bitcoin.

The volatility definitely makes it hard for a lot of people to earn a good living through Bitcoin if they rely SOLELY on it.  This is because you can have great profits as it rises like a rocket, but when Bitcoin drops it does drop like a boulder often too.  I rather see Bitcoin like a pension fund instead.  You purchase Bitcoin to live off it later, after a long term waiting.

[Mpamaegbu]

So i wish to ask if Bitcoin has the potential that investors can rely on as full time career considering the inevitable uncertainty that are involve in Bitcoin investment...

Yes, it's possible; only that the person won't leave it for too long or they become traders. They've to make it on a short term and be monitoring it and taking profit from time to time. Long term investors who leave it for years, won't do well if they solely depend on it for bread. I don't think there's anyone who would want to invest heavily in Bitcoin and depend on it financially without doing a bit of profit-taking and restocking (buying back). Investing in Bitcoin and leaving it to roll into profit on its own can only work in a bull market, not bear market, to even state the obvious.

You and I know that the bear season lasts longer than the bull season. So, it will be difficult for anyone who just buys Bitcoin and hodles (that's the major thing investors do) it without any side hustle to live well during such a time, no matter how much profit they make during the bull rally. Again, nothing renders the brain/mind redundant faster than not engaging it in activities that will task its usefulness. That's what hodling without extra hustle to engage the mind does.

[Asuspawer09]

As we all know there are many investors that doesn't work for anybody rather than relying on their businesses and investment as their full time career and as well as depend on the return on their investment for the sustainabilities. So i wish to ask if Bitcoin has the potential that investors can rely on as full time career considering the inevitable uncertainty that are involve in Bitcoin investment such as difficult in price prediction and the volatile nature of the system which may pose some kind of difficulty to have adequate
Knowledge and better understanding of the system.

I mean it is surely possible, to make a living out of it and there are for sure people that are doing full-time trading or investors, It surely not going to be that easy if you are expecting it to be something like a job where you could collect your salary or payout every month. For a full-time trader, it's surely going to be difficult especially if you are just a newbie in the cryptocurrency space and don't know how things work, but with knowledge and the right funds for sure you could sustain profitable investments and trades where you can make a living out of it. Especially if you're a long-term investor I could easily see people retiring just to go on being cryptocurrency investors, if you already have enough money that could sustain you, that could easily be used in order to start an investment journey for long-term plans as long as you know what you are doing, trading and investing only on sure profits trades it is surely going to be a good career in the long run. Maybe if you have a lot of passive income already you could go to something like full-time investors, because there will always be a backup plan on your end.

But if you are still not in your retirement, and just starting on cryptocurrency it surely not going to be ideal to go full-time as an investor/trader because you are surely going to lose a huge amount of money, even though you are an experienced trader it is still impossible to predict the market accurately, there are times that you are going to lose some of your investment, if analysis research is accurate probably all of the experienced trader are already trillionaires.

[Franctoshi]

As we all know there are many investors that doesn't work for anybody rather than relying on their businesses and investment as their full time career and as well as depend on the return on their investment for the sustainabilities. So i wish to ask if Bitcoin has the potential that investors can rely on as full time career considering the inevitable uncertainty that are involve in Bitcoin investment such as difficult in price prediction and the volatile nature of the system which may pose some kind of difficulty to have adequate
Knowledge and better understanding of the system.

Regardless of the good potential that Bitcoin has to offer ,relying on only one source of income is dangerous let alone relying on a volatile Asset like Bitcoin, However, if you would do this ,you need big capital and patient too to be able to see the result you want,  basically buying the lows and selling the highs, but there is no guarantee that the market will consistently give you the desired result you look for, Futhermore, you can have services you render under the Bitcoin ecosystem that will pay you, this way you can assure yourself income stability.

[Cryptomultiplier]

As we all know there are many investors that doesn't work for anybody rather than relying on their businesses and investment as their full time career and as well as depend on the return on their investment for the sustainabilities. So i wish to ask if Bitcoin has the potential that investors can rely on as full time career considering the inevitable uncertainty that are involve in Bitcoin investment such as difficult in price prediction and the volatile nature of the system which may pose some kind of difficulty to have adequate
Knowledge and better understanding of the system.

It depends on what you define as a career as a person firstly, before learning what it means from the lips of someone who has their own idea.

According to the definition from the Oxford languages,

'an occupation undertaken for a significant period of a person's life and with opportunities for progress, is defined as a career'.

That being said, an investor may chose to be one, if they do what investors do, and that's to put their funds where their mouth and intelligence say to, that after having looked for the best venture with good returns and with other potential opportunity of profiting.

[Mate2237]

Ah! How can you use Bitcoin as a lifetime career? It won't work oh. When the investor is investing foe short or long term investment, he can't take it as a career. Short term investment doesn't mean that you will have your profile in every week or month. There are times you can wait till 2 to 3 months before it can climbed up and when it climbed up and the transaction fee is high too is an another issue. And if you are investing for a long term investment then that one is the worse so I'm any part Bitcoin investment can't be used as a career.

When you are investing in Bitcoin, you have to do another thing to support yourself.so that you won't depends on the investment only. If not your investment plan will just collapsed one day.

[hatshepsut93]

Investing in Bitcoin can't be a career, it's just buying and waiting for opportunity to sell. Trading Bitcoin can be a career - the difference is that trading is taking advantage of as many price movements as you can. But trading is not recommended, it's a very high risk activity, and research shows that most traders are in fact losing money in the long run.

[PX-Z]

Yes, it depends on what resources you have, it's like business man's mindset, set your plan long term, learn basic things on how to secure your device, you and and your funds by using hardware and the practice to save/backup your seed and private keys, then patience. While you can say you're fulltime in crypto still don't forget to leverage and diversify your funds by having investments to others, it's a unwise just to put your funds in a single basket.

[Taskford]

As we all know there are many investors that doesn't work for anybody rather than relying on their businesses and investment as their full time career and as well as depend on the return on their investment for the sustainabilities. So i wish to ask if Bitcoin has the potential that investors can rely on as full time career considering the inevitable uncertainty that are involve in Bitcoin investment such as difficult in price prediction and the volatile nature of the system which may pose some kind of difficulty to have adequate
Knowledge and better understanding of the system.

Hard to achieve this knowing how volatile the market is but you could possibly do so something to try if this could be possible to happen don't rely on bitcoin investment only since the result is so long to show up and our profit is fluctuating the same as the volatility of the market plus there's a risk to lose. So generate something more extra income by seeing what service you can offer to other bitcoin user especially right now that there's also lots.of client willing to pay bitcoin if you can do good service to them. So mixed up try to find some good opportunity to work to earn bitcoin then invest it to grow your money since maybe this could able to work for you. We just need to be patient on everything we do and for sure in future we can all see the result of the efforts we do.

[tabas]

Let's not confuse ourselves and the newbies about Bitcoin, Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency and it's sort "bitcoining" of what people are doing for making profit out of it. Being a Bitcoin investor, trader, miner and any other related trades, hassles and activities done to it can be made as full time careers if you want to. So, if you want to focus and become full time on investing on it, I'd advise you that you can still do something else while you're full time investor of it. Because you don't have to commit that much time if you're passive and planned to do long term holding.

[Poker Player]

Full time career and investors are two different things.

Full time career means you're need to work, you sell your time for money.

While investors, you didn't need to work because you can earn capital gains from your investment.

Yes, but here I would qualify that it depends on the capital you have. If you have 100 Bitcoins you can live on them as an investment, just spending what you need to live without working, but if you only have 0.1 bitcoin you can't.

It is not really a 'career'.  In my opinion.

In mine, it is not either.

Regardless of the good potential that Bitcoin has to offer ,relying on only one source of income is dangerous let alone relying on a volatile Asset like Bitcoin, However, if you would do this ,you need big capital and patient too to be able to see the result you want, 

Well, in the example I gave of having 100 Bitcoins, if I had them I would also have stocks or mutual funds, RE and some gold, for example. As you say it is better to diversify.

[Z390]

As we all know there are many investors that doesn't work for anybody rather than relying on their businesses and investment as their full time career and as well as depend on the return on their investment for the sustainabilities. So i wish to ask if Bitcoin has the potential that investors can rely on as full time career considering the inevitable uncertainty that are involve in Bitcoin investment such as difficult in price prediction and the volatile nature of the system which may pose some kind of difficulty to have adequate
Knowledge and better understanding of the system.

It is possible.

I know guys that build their whole lives on Bitcoin, they are into Bitcoin investment, and also Bitcoin trading, if you are good at what you do, what will stop you? These guys have families and responsibilities to handle.

Bitcoin investment is always a long term thing, not suited for daily income, and thats why some people who are from countries with cheap electricity tariff decide to start mining Bitcoin, this brings them daily passive income.
You can only rely on something as your full time career if its fetching you daily income, especially a man with responsibilities, I suggest that trading and mining are best for a family man.

Here are ways that you can fully be into Bitcoin as a man with responsibilities and bills to pay.

* Day Trading.
* Bitcoin Mining.
* Online Jobs that pay monthly in Bitcoin.

[lovesmayfamilis]

OP, two posts about the same thing. Bitcoin is not a business. If you want to receive any guarantees, then you will not receive them because each person is independent for his investments and further actions with them. You will be calm only when you find the amount of money that you will not need for a certain and long enough time. But if you are a newbie who is also not wealthy, If you want to risk some amounts that are important to you, then take your time. Learn all the steps to investing so that you understand how to feel when the market goes down and don’t panic and dump your assets at a loss. You are thinking in the right direction; study first, results second.

[qwertyup23]

So i wish to ask if Bitcoin has the potential that investors can rely on as full time career considering the inevitable uncertainty that are involve in Bitcoin investment such as difficult in price prediction and the volatile nature of the system which may pose some kind of difficulty to have adequate  Knowledge and better understanding of the system.

I think it may be relatively difficult if you rely solely on BTC as your full-time career, unless you are trading with several cryptocurrencies + stocks.

Treat BTC as a form of investment- you should not rely on it solely as your main income because it is risky. Even if its price history may give you an understanding on its potential, relying solely on investments that can go into different directions can be potentially dangerous if you do not have any backup.

If you truly want to use BTC as your full time career, then you should diversify your investments. As the saying goes, do not put all of your eggs in one basket- diversify your portfolio and explore all the different kinds of investment platforms available (e.g. stocks, bank interests, crypto, etc.).

[Spaceman1000$]

As we all know there are many investors that doesn't work for anybody rather than relying on their businesses and investment as their full time career and as well as depend on the return on their investment for the sustainabilities. So i wish to ask if Bitcoin has the potential that investors can rely on as full time career considering the inevitable uncertainty that are involve in Bitcoin investment such as difficult in price prediction and the volatile nature of the system which may pose some kind of difficulty to have adequate
Knowledge and better understanding of the system.

Bitcoin investment can be your full time career depending on what you know, you can successfully be a trader if you understand the market dynamics in Bitcoin trading, you can as well be a long time investor, by buying bitcoin and holding it for long time, which will give you your return in investment over time because of the increase in value that it will attain.
However for you to successfully build this career you need good purchasing power for you to successfully establish a career part on bitcoin and to also build your knowledge around it.

[Awaklara]

As we all know there are many investors that doesn't work for anybody rather than relying on their businesses and investment as their full time career and as well as depend on the return on their investment for the sustainabilities. So i wish to ask if Bitcoin has the potential that investors can rely on as full time career considering the inevitable uncertainty that are involve in Bitcoin investment such as difficult in price prediction and the volatile nature of the system which may pose some kind of difficulty to have adequate
Knowledge and better understanding of the system.

If you see it as potential, of course there will be people who do that if they feel the benefits of investing in Bitcoin. but to make investing a career, I don't think it's the right choice.
People who plan investments are like people who plan their future. The profits obtained are intended for the future or within a certain period of time.
Maybe there are people who say that day trading has made their career. but I'm still not sure they will ensure profits in trading or investment.

[m2017]

As we all know there are many investors that doesn't work for anybody rather than relying on their businesses and investment as their full time career and as well as depend on the return on their investment for the sustainabilities. So i wish to ask if Bitcoin has the potential that investors can rely on as full time career considering the inevitable uncertainty that are involve in Bitcoin investment such as difficult in price prediction and the volatile nature of the system which may pose some kind of difficulty to have adequate
Knowledge and better understanding of the system.

From time to time, crises occur in the global economy. Bitcoin is also part of the world economy, although it is, as it were, an alternative system (invested money still originates from the traditional financial system). It has been a long time since there have been serious collapses in the global economy, which, if they happen, will also affect  the BTC- system (the consequences will undoubtedly be felt).

Now let's do a little flashback.
Remember the great American depression, when all the stock markets crashed and took a decade to recover. There were many investors back then who lost everything they had. They, too, relied on their investments as a full-time career.

Now let's try to connect these two paragraphs. If you rely on investing in bitcoin as your only source of income, in an unfavorable and negative scenario, you would not then have to go sell apples like Fred Bell.

Don't bet on just one horse.

[Obim34]

As we all know there are many investors that doesn't work for anybody rather than relying on their businesses and investment as their full time career and as well as depend on the return on their investment for the sustainabilities. So i wish to ask if Bitcoin has the potential that investors can rely on as full time career considering the inevitable uncertainty that are involve in Bitcoin investment such as difficult in price prediction and the volatile nature of the system which may pose some kind of difficulty to have adequate
Knowledge and better understanding of the system.

Bitcoin investment can be your full time career depending on what you know, you can successfully be a trader if you understand the market dynamics in Bitcoin trading, you can as well be a long time investor, by buying bitcoin and holding it for long time, which will give you your return in investment over time because of the increase in value that it will attain.
However for you to successfully build this career you need good purchasing power for you to successfully establish a career part on bitcoin and to also build your knowledge around it.

First, OP has to understand it is an unwise decision to make even if it's something personal to decide on, we are now deviating Bitcoin from what it used to be, as a matter of fact we are likely to have high numbers of Bitcoin Day traders(those who sees it as a career opportunity because they make quiet a good amount of daily profits)  than true investors who makes this investment with the actual concept. The young people are those who takes it as a carrier and nothing to justify their actions if not laziness to go out and get certified job using their skills and fitness but we see them claim the world is getting digital and our source of income should as well be. I hope sooner they understand stuffs life this could just be attached as a side hustle and not a career job. At some point the market will not favor them, what are they to rely on for survival, a question they need to ask themselves.

[Gladitorcomeback]

As we all know there are many investors that doesn't work for anybody rather than relying on their businesses and investment as their full time career and as well as depend on the return on their investment for the sustainabilities. So i wish to ask if Bitcoin has the potential that investors can rely on as full time career considering the inevitable uncertainty that are involve in Bitcoin investment such as difficult in price prediction and the volatile nature of the system which may pose some kind of difficulty to have adequate
Knowledge and better understanding of the system.

As an investor? I don't think so. As a trader? It's possible.

An investor has to wait for a long time before they get their profit from an investment they have made in Bitcoin, it could take a complete cycle and each cycle consists of roughly 4 years and that is a long time. You can't invest, and then wait for 4 years to get some profit that you can use for sustainabilities. What would you do in the years when you are waiting for the market to go up so that you can get profitable?

However, if you are a trader, you can keep earning money throughout the time you are active in the market considering you are having more successful trades than failed ones which means your net outcome will be positive and you can live your live off of it if it's enough money.

[Razmirraz]

One of the advantages of investing in Bitcoin is that the time is very flexible, you can make it a full-time career or just use your free time when you are not busy with other matters. One of the reasons why many investors choose to save their funds in Bitcoin is because it can be done at any time without holidays, now investors are competing to buy Bitcoin because its adoption is increasingly widespread and it is considered the most profitable asset in the future.
Market sentiment towards Bitcoin is still positive, even though it has experienced a correction which has caused its price to decline, at the same time many investors are taking advantage of this moment to buy and hold it for the long term, the convenience and profits offered by Bitcoin are proof that Bitcoin is increasingly attractive in the eyes of the public.