Present prices and the bear market may say otherwise but we may be in for the big surprises as development to the technology has never been on its all time high during that season. The real investors are on this for the long haul and if you based progress on the real work behind the technology not just on the market prices, as one prominent investor promptly say "2018 is the best year of Bitcoin development".
I believe he makes a lot of sense in saying that. Some of the developments worth mentioning are the increased usage of Segwit usage which rose from 10% to 40%. This resulted in decreasing fees. Blockstream also made strides by making offline users access the blockchain through satellites, now with a very low-cost dish, everyone can use Bitcoin without using the internet.
The true value of the technology is real-life use cases, not just prices indicated by speculators. I believe Bitcoin and mainly other major cryptocurrencies as well have made giant development steps in these areas. While there is a crypto winter in the exchanges prices, there are red hot activities done in the backstage and making this technology more viable to benefit the masses.
How about you? What do you think about the futures of cryptocurrencies?
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