I have 12 Bitcoins. I am not a whale. I started about 6 months ago with 0.01 Bitcoins and $1000. I turned it into 12 Bitcoins so far and am pretty proud to say the least.
My question is, what do I do now?
As far as I can see, I have 4 options;1) Hold the Bitcoin
2) Invest in altcoins and leave a little in Bitcoin
3) Fund a project and start my own cryptocurrency that solves a problem that current currencies face (scalability, Tx fees etc.). With the funds, I would be able to assemble a team, start a marketing campaign, get listed on exchanges etc. I am also a programmer which helps.
4) Convert it to fiat (probably the dumbest idea)Edit: I should also add, I dropped out of school and have all the time in the world so can fully commit to any idea. I will earn my living of cryptocurrencies.A few people have asked how I made my money so, if you are interested, here is a short summary:
Initially, I put it all into Bitcoin during the massive FUD of the fork around June when Bitcoin dipped to $1,900. Then I put half my money into NEO before all of the hype at around $12 and cashed out at $40. Then I invested in a couple ICO's and turned a pretty good profit of off the hype. After that, I got back in on NEO as soon as China announced the regulations regarding ICO's and rode the wave back from around $20 to $40 (I can't quite remember). Then, I rode the hype of Ethereum Dark, eBitcoin and a few other airdrop scams. Finally, I got in on Wincoin before it got to coinmarketcap and turned a 20x profit.
Fill out this form and win 1 Ether - https://goo.gl/forms/win91V0u6mljlxHu2 Surely here you did every work in the bitcoin to make money that why you turned 0.01btc+1000$ into 12 btc otherwise it will not possible .
Now if I will be at your place then surely I will use this money in two fields separately , half of the bitcoin I will sell for the fiat and will have bank money and will use that amount for the practical life business like having big shop or big services like having a petrol pump .
And half of to will use for the online services in the cryptocurrency or will use for the trading and investment again with this amount because if you can turn 0.01 btc +1000$ into 12 btc then why not you can change again that amount of bitcoin into another big amount .
Here will say best of luck for with you 12 btc , and I hope you will use it for the perfect work and progress .