[2014-01-02] CoinDesk : 56% of Bitcoiners Believe Bitcoin Will Reach $10000 - page 2.

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Quote from: laowai80 on January 02, 2014, 05:21:04 PM

From a contrarian point of view, majority seldom or never gets it right.

This is so true ... so we have two options, bitcoin is going to end up about where it is or lower ... or it will go much higher than majority is thinking, so $20-50k seems like a good outside contrarian bet?

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From a contrarian point of view, majority seldom or never gets it right.

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....I would've thought this poll would have been a lot higher consider you are asking people who are currently invested in Bitcoins.
I didn't respond to this surey, but I agree with the majority lol.

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Quote from: BitChick on January 02, 2014, 01:12:31 PM

Quote from: TraderTimm on January 02, 2014, 12:22:32 PM

Not really surprising, I mean - they are asking people who are personally vested in Bitcoin if it will do well. I think it will be just fine of course, but I had to comment on the sillyness of this poll. Sure they're going to say higher, hardly anyone ever says "This is the year of the slide back to $100".

If last year even less people voted that BTC would get to $1000 then I would say that most people would not be so bullish unless there was great reasons for BTC to get to that price.

I think this year there is even more reasons to believe in growth then even a year ago.

This is so true! Last year my prediction was in the range of a few $100 at years end. At some point I even thought coins would stabilize around $40-100. This is going to be bitcoin's greatest year thus far without a doubt.

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$770 -->$10,000 (12.98x)
looks small compared to
$18 --> $770 (42.77x)

But, I'd be surprised/shocked if it goes past $3,000 this year.

(770 x 42.77 = $32,932) Shocked

Let's hope for a 2013 replay!

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Quote from: TraderTimm on January 02, 2014, 12:22:32 PM

Not really surprising, I mean - they are asking people who are personally vested in Bitcoin if it will do well. I think it will be just fine of course, but I had to comment on the sillyness of this poll. Sure they're going to say higher, hardly anyone ever says "This is the year of the slide back to $100".

If last year even less people voted that BTC would get to $1000 then I would say that most people would not be so bullish unless there was great reasons for BTC to get to that price.

I think this year there is even more reasons to believe in growth then even a year ago.

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Quote from: TraderTimm on January 02, 2014, 12:22:32 PM

Not really surprising, I mean - they are asking people who are personally vested in Bitcoin if it will do well. I think it will be just fine of course, but I had to comment on the sillyness of this poll. Sure they're going to say higher, hardly anyone ever says "This is the year of the slide back to $100".

Yes...it would be more interesting (insightful) to see a poll of either the population at large or random retail investors.

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Not really surprising, I mean - they are asking people who are personally vested in Bitcoin if it will do well. I think it will be just fine of course, but I had to comment on the sillyness of this poll. Sure they're going to say higher, hardly anyone ever says "This is the year of the slide back to $100".

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Quote from: BitChick on January 02, 2014, 11:49:04 AM

I would guess that only 50% or so thought BTC would even get to $1000 a year ago.

I think 56% is pretty good.

I voted YES! I think a 10x increase in BTC is very likely next year.

I even think it might reach $100,000 but I am not trying to think about that right now. It just seems too hard to believe, but I guess $1000 was too.

There was a pool in Jan 2013 or Dec 2012 that asked that and it was a low percent - I couldn't find the thread off the top of my head. :-)

This one in July 2013 (https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/poll-btcusd-rate-at-the-end-of-december-2013-264170) even only had 21% saying it would be above $310!

This one from Jan 2012 (https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/poll-when-will-bitcoin-reach-1-billion-total-value-56562) had about 48% saying the price would be $47 before the end of 2013 (24% saying before the end of 2012, 24% before the end of 2013)!

So this poll is actually quite high! BitChick - I hope you are correct. If Fortress, and even a tenth of all the other projects and investors getting involved do so, 2014 will be a banner year!

:-)

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I would guess that only 50% or so thought BTC would even get to $1000 a year ago.

I think 56% is pretty good.

I voted YES! I think a 10x increase in BTC is very likely next year.

I even think it might reach $100,000 but I am not trying to think about that right now. It just seems too hard to believe, but I guess $1000 was too.

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Finally..... we have the results!

I am a bit disappointed though. I was expecting somewhere in the vicinity of 80%. Angry

http://www.coindesk.com/56-of-bitcoiners-believe-bitcoin-will-reach-10000-in-2014/

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More than half of bitcoiners believe the price of their favourite digital currency will reach $10,000 this year, a CoinDesk poll has revealed. 2013 was a turbulent year for bitcoin, with the price of the digital currency fluctuating between $13 and $1,147, but the bitcoin community largely thinks it will soar way higher than this over the next 12 months.

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