And how you can profit from no matter what happens August 1st.
The prices are falling, for the same reason prices always fall in a marketplace of currency. Confidence, or rather the lack of confidence. When the confidence in the dollar dropped before the great depression, the value of the dollar fell, and would not buy as much. In the same manner, a bitcoin today will not buy you the same amounts as it would have afforded you last month.
Bitcoin is undergoing a serious crisis in confidence with the impending upgrades. If no one told you we are in virgin territory here folks. This sort of stuff has never happened before, at least to Bitcoin. There is a very real chance that things won't go well August 1st. Although this writer strongly suspects things will be fine, despite his former post, Bitcoin, Don't Fork It Up
This is because I win either way, and you can too.
The worst case scenario is not that Bitcoins and blockchains end forever August 1st, 2017. That is just not going to happen. We have a lot of intelligent IT guys working on this, but not all the investors in the crypto space are so educated. For them, IT is the dark closet where the boogie man hides and will reach out and steal your bitcoins. This is the same monster that threatened to end the computer age in the year 2000.
As I see it there are only two plausible possibilities. Either, things work out, or they don’t. I know it's simplistic, but that's how I see it. Either Bitcoin forks, or it doesn’t. Most people think the best thing is that Bitcoin doesn’t fork, the market recovers quickly, and the price zooms off to $5000 by the end of the year 2017. That’s a fine scenario for me. I am continuing to buy as cowards ( okay, the responsibly fearful) sell, which lowers the price for me, and I should be able to pick up a few more bits before these issues resolve themselves.
So what if the worse should happen. Well, suddenly I have double the amount of bitcoin that I had prior to the split, and best of all the world doesn’t end. Eventually, the free market embraces both brands of this Cryptocurrency, and the world slowly recognizes the robust nature of this currency over fiat. Fiat money just dies, crypto evolves and comes back with an ax to grind. Meanwhile, bitcoin will be on sale, and those of us that missed the first couple years will get another swing at bat while those prices are low.
So here's the secret, buy crypto while it is on sale. Oh yeah, guys, it’s ALL on sale, not just bitcoin, but the entire store. The second age of the crypto millionaire is upon us, and you were there.
Thanks for reading.
Upvoted and resteemed, like the way you worded it all so that everyone an keep up..... especially people like myself who are unversed in the terms
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Most people I think are worried about the uncertainty regarding the upcoming BTC fork.
Some people just follow the panic and pull out of BTC.
Glad to see that the markets are going up but if anything I think it will drop again in the coming days.
Thanks for your analysis @neopatriarch
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After readed it i want to buy! Upvoted and resteemd
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Excellent, its all about confidence in the market. Something that the cryptobusiness needs to mature on, when it comes to dealing with this aspect. Technically all seems to go the right way, but because of the way crypto companies are dealing with the trust aspect, the value is going down. Chaos causes that people take their money out, because people are very emotional when it comes to money.
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Damn, we think alike! I totally support everything you have said here, and I thank you for sharing your "crazy" ideas with the steemit community. :) Couldn't have said it better myself! This is what I'm trying to explain to my friend for almost two weeks now...
Upvoted and followed!
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spoken so convincingly and with such confidants
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Thanks for sharing this @neopatriach... I tell people, Bitcoin is an ideology and for those of us who believe in the Bitcoin ideology, whether Bitcoin forks or not we will be standing with Bitcoin
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It is indeed a belief my friend
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Information is reall..upvoted
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Thanks for sharing this mate. Market psychology is KEY!
Check out my thoughts on market psychology around SegWit here.
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Yeah, this is definitely d best time to buy bitcoins
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Nice one
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Agree with you. The problem is perfect timing. Either you buy too early or too late.
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This was an awesome post earned a upvote and a follow! I totally agree! they will soon all go back up for tons of profits!!
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The thing is it doesn't really matter what happens to bitcoin. Sure, the price of bitcoin will be affected in the short term or even in the longterm, but there will still be plenty of altcoins to take it's place.
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The time to buy
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I think it will be all fine in September
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Only time will tell, but if you are really worried about the fork cash out and buy LITECOIN. It has fixed all the issues that Bitcoin is now facing, and it is 4 times faster.
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you nicely explained the whole scenario
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it is a good time to invest
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With the bitcoin fork approaching, do you think other cryptos will benefit? That is, will people use their bitcoin to buy other cryptos?
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I think we have already seen some of that. That behavior shows a lack of understanding between the general influence that the price of bitcoin has on the altcoins. So in general, the lack of confidence in Bitcoin will result in declining prices for crypto in general. Which is why you should acquire them now while they are as cheap as they might ever be again.
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Great article the fact that most people don't realize what's in front of them is crazy. But most people still believe in fiat currency so oh well
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