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Topic: Just about 20 million. Wait and watch it REALLY explode... (Read 2756 times)

legendary
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I'm not expecting to get rich, but I'll take $10,000/BTC 31DEC18. LOL! I like the tech and believe in BTC, and have held since 2015. I'm retired and purchased 100BTC then, so I can live off of 10%ROI. 100%ROI/year would be $weet, though...

Just like this moment, people kinda afraid whenever they still want to hold bitcoin or cut loss !
But IMO based on bitcoin graph over 7 years, bitcoin always show a good movement from time to time so I'm just keep hold it as long as possible
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Chosŏn Minjujuŭi Inmin Konghwaguk
there are 21 million bitcoin not 20 million and with competing crytpos it wont keep going up forever

the alternatives become more attractive as btc becomes more expensive

About 1 million are lost forever.
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there are 21 million bitcoin not 20 million and with competing crytpos it wont keep going up forever

the alternatives become more attractive as btc becomes more expensive
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I'm not expecting to get rich, but I'll take $10,000/BTC 31DEC18. LOL! I like the tech and believe in BTC, and have held since 2015. I'm retired and purchased 100BTC then, so I can live off of 10%ROI. 100%ROI/year would be $weet, though...
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I think we all know about how supply and demand works, since its only about 20 million, prices will surely go up, i'm pretty sure that by the end of 2017 it already broke the 5k target and by next next we can see a new high for bitoin, and by that time, i believe we'll all be looking forward fpe a new goal like 50k by the end of 2018, which i think is plausible.

If some dubious news on a few shady sites are enough to drop the price like 20% I highly doubt we will be able to break even 10k by end of 2018.
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Chosŏn Minjujuŭi Inmin Konghwaguk
I expect whales to dump soon and bring it back to $1000-1200, then rinse and repeat.

Awesome dream man, but let me get you to the reality first - ^THAT'S NEVER GONNA HAPPEN EVER^  Grin
Hey OP, you made fun of Bitcoins by saying that if hundreds of millions of buyers get into it, your prediction for 5+ years would be just 50k USD?
I think you underestimated its limited number and the power it is gaining in digital world by revolutionizing the way people used to conduct finances.
My prediction would go for $500,000 because if the number gets reached (which is going to happen extremely sooner) then none would dump as this guy said, but the competition to buy it at whatever rates it is being sold will lit up like wild fire.

A dream you said, 500k you said, ha! Listen to your elders boy. History repeats itself.
legendary
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I think we all know about how supply and demand works, since its only about 20 million, prices will surely go up, i'm pretty sure that by the end of 2017 it already broke the 5k target and by next next we can see a new high for bitoin, and by that time, i believe we'll all be looking forward fpe a new goal like 50k by the end of 2018, which i think is plausible.


Easy my friend. 50k next year is way too much imo!Maybe after halving 2020.
5k and maybe 10k as a short peak this year I would agree with you.
Anything else will probably end with a long correction as we've seen in the past. So instead of going parabolic to five figures in no time, I hope for continuing the staircase model. Moving up a bit (500-1000), correcting a bit (300-700), rinse and repeat.This what we have the last several months and it works pretty good and doesn't harm anyone.
But I know this is not how we will continue moving always. Probably there will be a point in time where we will just skyrocket insanely and see a massive drop and another bear market of 6-12 months or so.Sure in the long run this bear market(s) will just look like small correction(s) of the crazy rise within the next decade.
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Tens, hundreds of thousands of new bitcoin purchasers, traders, holders... It's a fever, across the world, making the mainstream news -and new highs- every day....

But this is NOTHING. All those 10s, hundreds of thousands of new bitcoin converts, hardly realize yet that there is going to be only 21 million bitcoins. Ever. And about 1 million have already been lost forever, so, basically, about 20 million...

What is going to happen when not hundreds of thousands, but actually hundreds of millions of people want to have bitcoin?

We ain't seen nothing yet.

Here's my prediction, for the books: $50,000+ within 5 years, probably within 3 years.

Or earlier.

Agreed. The most valuable trait of bitcoin in my opinion is the fact that there is a hard limit imposed on the amount of bitcoin that can be ever created. This is directly opposing most world governments which just print money whenever they want to inflating the monetary supply and making your dollars worth less, essentially.

Also even though bitcoin has existed for 8-9 years now, it's still quite new. People still generally have no idea what it's about or why it is necessary. Some of my friends still think that bitcoin is a company.

Your prediction might happen, considering how crazy this pump has gone so far. But imo it's unlikely as usually after a pump like the current one the market essentially goes to sleep for the next 4-5 years, and gradually decreases in price.
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The amount of siglink bait posts in this thread simply repeating everyone else is rather transparent boys.
It is about prove if you are having proven then you can say that because everyone looking for feeds so i would like to say that you should provide proves with the post don't let you post useless it is familiar guideless to you. I hope you will do the thing what i want you to do it is best way to release people mistake so i would be waiting for that day when i see once again post of you.

You want me to prove to you that people are posting useless shit that has been stated 50 times already? Ok just read the thread and see for yourself. Some are pretty much copy/paste. Or you posting the above asking for proof in broken english to promote your roc sig bounty..
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I think we all know about how supply and demand works, since its only about 20 million, prices will surely go up, i'm pretty sure that by the end of 2017 it already broke the 5k target and by next next we can see a new high for bitoin, and by that time, i believe we'll all be looking forward fpe a new goal like 50k by the end of 2018, which i think is plausible.
legendary
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^ At this rate, I won't be surprised if we reach 5K in a week (or even overnight from here) and 10K in a month.

I know it sounds unrealistic, but so does bitcoin going from this years low to 4K so...

It doesn't sound unrealistic at all. The way that this rally has been carrying on, it could easily hit 5k in a matter of hours.
I am sure we will have a pullback after that, but attaining those levels is not unrealistic.
hero member
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i totally agree. Only concern is if someone (read governments) make an attack on the bitcoin network.
Could the chinese government buy so much hashpower, that they could destroy the network, and just call all it an investment to ruin bitcoin?
I do not think so that Chinese government will go this far in order to demolish the network. Moreover, Bitcoins have been legalized only in three countries of Asia which includes China, Philippines and Japan. Think a little positive. May be they turn the tables around and support bitcoins instead of invading it.
hero member
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The amount of siglink bait posts in this thread simply repeating everyone else is rather transparent boys.
It is about prove if you are having proven then you can say that because everyone looking for feeds so i would like to say that you should provide proves with the post don't let you post useless it is familiar guideless to you. I hope you will do the thing what i want you to do it is best way to release people mistake so i would be waiting for that day when i see once again post of you.
legendary
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I expect whales to dump soon and bring it back to $1000-1200, then rinse and repeat.

Awesome dream man, but let me get you to the reality first - ^THAT'S NEVER GONNA HAPPEN EVER^  Grin
Hey OP, you made fun of Bitcoins by saying that if hundreds of millions of buyers get into it, your prediction for 5+ years would be just 50k USD?
I think you underestimated its limited number and the power it is gaining in digital world by revolutionizing the way people used to conduct finances.
My prediction would go for $500,000 because if the number gets reached (which is going to happen extremely sooner) then none would dump as this guy said, but the competition to buy it at whatever rates it is being sold will lit up like wild fire.
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Chosŏn Minjujuŭi Inmin Konghwaguk
I expect whales to dump soon and bring it back to $1000-1200, then rinse and repeat.
hero member
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Tens, hundreds of thousands of new bitcoin purchasers, traders, holders... It's a fever, across the world, making the mainstream news -and new highs- every day....

But this is NOTHING. All those 10s, hundreds of thousands of new bitcoin converts, hardly realize yet that there is going to be only 21 million bitcoins. Ever. And about 1 million have already been lost forever, so, basically, about 20 million...

What is going to happen when not hundreds of thousands, but actually hundreds of millions of people want to have bitcoin?

We ain't seen nothing yet.

Here's my prediction, for the books: $50,000+ within 5 years, probably within 3 years.

Or earlier.
We haven’t seen anything yet, but till then, I believe we can still find a way. That’s why I keep storing Bitcoins. I don’t use up my bitcoins no matter what. I always try to save some. Lol…maybe in future, those that are late or that missed might consider joining other crypto currencies (altcoins)* and start working on them like we did for Bitcoin. When the 21 million is completely mined, I don’t think people will be getting into it much like that…and I also believe the price will become so high, maybe possibly $50,000 each, or maybe more than that. But till then, we shall see.
well for those who believes its really possible that this investment will turned to that value logically say that if ever that most of the people
around the globe consider this as a good investment value will become higher as many wants to hold some bitcoin and hold it till price
will hype more numbers of demands will force the jumped up.
hero member
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Tens, hundreds of thousands of new bitcoin purchasers, traders, holders... It's a fever, across the world, making the mainstream news -and new highs- every day....

But this is NOTHING. All those 10s, hundreds of thousands of new bitcoin converts, hardly realize yet that there is going to be only 21 million bitcoins. Ever. And about 1 million have already been lost forever, so, basically, about 20 million...

What is going to happen when not hundreds of thousands, but actually hundreds of millions of people want to have bitcoin?

We ain't seen nothing yet.

Here's my prediction, for the books: $50,000+ within 5 years, probably within 3 years.

Or earlier.
We haven’t seen anything yet, but till then, I believe we can still find a way. That’s why I keep storing Bitcoins. I don’t use up my bitcoins no matter what. I always try to save some. Lol…maybe in future, those that are late or that missed might consider joining other crypto currencies (altcoins)* and start working on them like we did for Bitcoin. When the 21 million is completely mined, I don’t think people will be getting into it much like that…and I also believe the price will become so high, maybe possibly $50,000 each, or maybe more than that. But till then, we shall see.
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The amount of siglink bait posts in this thread simply repeating everyone else is rather transparent boys.
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limited supply, making bitcoin value actually explode. From what is considered impossible to be real. Because, perhaps most people consider value of bitcoin will not be as grand as it's today. And indeed, it can be imagined if hundreds millions people in the world want bitcoin. Definitely more fantastic bitcoin.
hero member
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I think it is a bit unrealistic for 50k within 5 years, 10-15 years I can definitely see it.

Either way can't go wrong if you buy and can hold long term.

there is nothing unrealistic about it. as the second comment of this topic mentioned and I also agree, the adoption of bitcoin is like an S curve. these curves have the tendency to be slow at first then the rate picks up and becomes nearly vertical and then it slows down as it reaches the final stage.

with bitcoin we are still in the bottom of the curve and in early stages. what we see as a big rise is simply a small rise in the future. bitcoin is a global currency which is also decentralized. that is not a small thing and exactly that is leading to this growing adoption. soon this rate will pick up and enter the vertical stage of S curve in a couple of years and eventually reach the mass adoption. but in the meantime prices like $50K in 5 years are nothing.
At the start of this month, people were saying bitcoin will touch 4000 dollars and I used to laugh at their thoughts but they were right. Bitcoin is now $4000 and this has even happened in lesser time then predicted. Now I believe, it’s not impossible for bitcoins to go as far as 50k. I am just getting more and more curious about the power of bitcoins now.
hero member
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Tens, hundreds of thousands of new bitcoin purchasers, traders, holders... It's a fever, across the world, making the mainstream news -and new highs- every day....

But this is NOTHING. All those 10s, hundreds of thousands of new bitcoin converts, hardly realize yet that there is going to be only 21 million bitcoins. Ever. And about 1 million have already been lost forever, so, basically, about 20 million...

What is going to happen when not hundreds of thousands, but actually hundreds of millions of people want to have bitcoin?

We ain't seen nothing yet.

Here's my prediction, for the books: $50,000+ within 5 years, probably within 3 years.

Or earlier.

Bitcoin limited supply makes bitcoin increasingly rare as time goes on, because bitcoin could reach $5000 in this year and then $50K in 5 years later? Maybe it could happen due to people always looking for an investment and bitcoin is one of the best.
Current rally maybe caused by investors or some whales be involved in this technology due to stocks and bonds market declined after US election.
legendary
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Most realize the crypto mkt cap will hit a trillion usd someday, and it's not going to take a decade to do it. With btc taking a conservative half of that, the current price is about 10% of where it's most likely heading.
I ask again, what if no correction is incoming? the genie is out of the bottle, and this is just the start on the road to $40k/btc? that figure the twins forecast would be happening with btc years ago?

I don't think anything is that easy myself. There are still plenty of things to iron out.

A pretty much unsullied run to those price levels is conceivable, but all it takes in the tens of thousands is for a few people to think 'hang on, what am I paying for here?' and then a few others join them and before we know it we're back to peanuts again.

At this moment in time it needs more than greater fools. There should be more reasons to justify why the sellers are fools.

You could argue it's been seriously undervalued for ages and that might make sense. You can also say the exact opposite and convince just as many people. There's no way knowing and the truth doesn't really matter, only the sentiment.

I suppose the best reason is that fiat is inflationary and bitcoin is deflationary. So unless you need the money for bills or have found a better looking investment, why sell? If the reason is to hopefully buy back on a dump and increase your btc, glwt this isn't working these days, you only end up losing btc when the next leg up starts.
legendary
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Most realize the crypto mkt cap will hit a trillion usd someday, and it's not going to take a decade to do it. With btc taking a conservative half of that, the current price is about 10% of where it's most likely heading.
I ask again, what if no correction is incoming? the genie is out of the bottle, and this is just the start on the road to $40k/btc? that figure the twins forecast would be happening with btc years ago?

I don't think anything is that easy myself. There are still plenty of things to iron out.

A pretty much unsullied run to those price levels is conceivable, but all it takes in the tens of thousands is for a few people to think 'hang on, what am I paying for here?' and then a few others join them and before we know it we're back to peanuts again.

At this moment in time it needs more than greater fools. There should be more reasons to justify why the sellers are fools.

You could argue it's been seriously undervalued for ages and that might make sense. You can also say the exact opposite and convince just as many people. There's no way knowing and the truth doesn't really matter, only the sentiment.
legendary
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I reckon there's far, far more than a million inaccessible coins. And there are quite a few people with tens of thousands of coins and more.

Combine the two and there may only be a few million that will ever come anywhere near a marketplace. I wonder whether that'll actually be regarded as a detriment if it really goes bonkers.

Most realize the crypto mkt cap will hit a trillion usd someday, and it's not going to take a decade to do it. With btc taking a conservative half of that, the current price is about 10% of where it's most likely heading.
I ask again, what if no correction is incoming? the genie is out of the bottle, and this is just the start on the road to $40k/btc? that figure the twins forecast would be happening with btc years ago?
legendary
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I would not be surprised if the price goes to $10,000+ now, but based on my calculations it will reach maybe $7,000 at the highest before crashing again.

I am also agree with your opinion. We need another correction before reaching new high resistance level. 10000$ is psychological level and we all know that emotions already control whole market.
legendary
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I reckon there's far, far more than a million inaccessible coins. And there are quite a few people with tens of thousands of coins and more.

Combine the two and there may only be a few million that will ever come anywhere near a marketplace. I wonder whether that'll actually be regarded as a detriment if it really goes bonkers.
legendary
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This bull market has been going on for almost 2 years now, how many times have shorters had their guts stomped out? too many to count.
What if crypto is finally been seen as having value for it's utility rather than just a tool for gambling? What if people see the next halving is only a couple years away and realize it's a sure bet the price will only go up then from where it's at now? What if there is no major correction coming?
sr. member
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I would not be surprised if the price goes to $10,000+ now, but based on my calculations it will reach maybe $7,000 at the highest before crashing again.
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It looks like $10k is around the corner and I won't be surprised to see bitcoin at $10k+ by end of 2018. Price might easily cross $5k mark by december this year because current bull run is really big and unbelievable that's why more new buyers/investors are putting their fiat into bitcoin that will surely fuel another round of pump.


When I'm reading all this threads it looks like I maybe should prepare for a big drop and buy as much as I can.
Way too much positive thinking here imo.
Yes we will go higher. Maybe extremely high in a short time. But be sure this is not just such an easy gift you will get. We will see massive dumps and extreme volatility.MAybe tomorrow we will be back to 3000 or 3500. In such a sentiment the sharks like to surprise the dumb mass money who thinks we will just go higher and higher without any massive shakeouts. So be prepared!
Of course, I fully agree with you that all these stories and forecasts, to the right Yanino-1, to manipulate his wife on Bitcoin. But all that is not said, all the same Bitcoin sooner or later will rise  and 5 000 dollars, and even 10,000 dollars. That's just a question, When ?.
legendary
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It looks like $10k is around the corner and I won't be surprised to see bitcoin at $10k+ by end of 2018. Price might easily cross $5k mark by december this year because current bull run is really big and unbelievable that's why more new buyers/investors are putting their fiat into bitcoin that will surely fuel another round of pump.


When I'm reading all this threads it looks like I maybe should prepare for a big drop and buy as much as I can.
Way too much positive thinking here imo.
Yes we will go higher. Maybe extremely high in a short time. But be sure this is not just such an easy gift you will get. We will see massive dumps and extreme volatility.MAybe tomorrow we will be back to 3000 or 3500. In such a sentiment the sharks like to surprise the dumb mass money who thinks we will just go higher and higher without any massive shakeouts. So be prepared!
legendary
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Jesus you guys are completely delusional. I've never seen this kind of mass delusion before.
Even if hundreds of millions of people are interested in Bitcoin, which is extremely unlikely all on its own, the price will not go extreme as they will USE Bitcoin for what it was intended instead of mass HODL like the delusional bunch here.

Most buying are not going to spend it. If you owned something you believed could go up in value exponentially would you use it for daily expenses?
Of course not.
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Let's not forget the nature of bitcoin, it is still volatile, i thinl it os safe to say that we still need to be cautious, let's not forget to make a plan, i know we all are going to be millionaires in our own right, thanks to bitcoin, let's all hope that within 5 or 10 years, we are all financially free.
Bitcoin has continue to be strong until today. With its price is being volatile that we have to ride with the train as I believe it will explode but not this year. Yes we can be millionaire in the future so holding is the best for me.
For me, if compare the price this month last year with the current price, really Bitcoin is asset have ratio growth very impressive. I don't know other type investment can have big profit in short time like Bitcoin until today.
legendary
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Jesus you guys are completely delusional. I've never seen this kind of mass delusion before.
Even if hundreds of millions of people are interested in Bitcoin, which is extremely unlikely all on its own, the price will not go extreme as they will USE Bitcoin for what it was intended instead of mass HODL like the delusional bunch here.
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i totally agree. Only concern is if someone (read governments) make an attack on the bitcoin network.
Could the chinese government buy so much hashpower, that they could destroy the network, and just call all it an investment to ruin bitcoin?
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I don't want to be overly optimistic. But we should not forget about the potential roadblocks in the next few months. The biggest challenge is going to be the implementation of SegWit2x. A chance of a split is still there.
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Bitcoin SV is Bitcoin
Hundreds of milions buying Bitcoin will make bitcoins worth millions each
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Let's not forget the nature of bitcoin, it is still volatile, i thinl it os safe to say that we still need to be cautious, let's not forget to make a plan, i know we all are going to be millionaires in our own right, thanks to bitcoin, let's all hope that within 5 or 10 years, we are all financially free.
Bitcoin has continue to be strong until today. With its price is being volatile that we have to ride with the train as I believe it will explode but not this year. Yes we can be millionaire in the future so holding is the best for me.
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       The future is yet starting and it is not impossible that the prices will be that high and end the end those late adapters would just complain and keeping thinking about their regrets, as early as now we can see that bitcoin is already starting to crawl high and it is really targetting something. The predictions may also be correct, but as long as more and more people are into crypto world the more the market becomes higher.
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Let's not forget the nature of bitcoin, it is still volatile, i thinl it os safe to say that we still need to be cautious, let's not forget to make a plan, i know we all are going to be millionaires in our own right, thanks to bitcoin, let's all hope that within 5 or 10 years, we are all financially free.
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Tens, hundreds of thousands of new bitcoin purchasers, traders, holders... It's a fever, across the world, making the mainstream news -and new highs- every day....

But this is NOTHING. All those 10s, hundreds of thousands of new bitcoin converts, hardly realize yet that there is going to be only 21 million bitcoins. Ever. And about 1 million have already been lost forever, so, basically, about 20 million...

What is going to happen when not hundreds of thousands, but actually hundreds of millions of people want to have bitcoin?

We ain't seen nothing yet.

Here's my prediction, for the books: $50,000+ within 5 years, probably within 3 years.

Or earlier.
Yes,no one would have ever thought an year ago that bitcoin price could reach $4000 the very next year.Price was just $650 at that time.Most people all over the world have started realizing that bitcoin would be the future of world economy.They hope that bitcoin would be the game changer of their life.Already we have crossed $4000 in august 2017 itself.It would not be a surprise if bitcoin price crosses $6000 within this year end.So,in 2018 end it may even cross $10,000.Whatever the demand is,bitcoin supply is limited to only 21 million coins.So,if demand increases very high,then bitcoin price would even go in millions making even a person having just 1 bitcoin as a millionaire.
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You are probably right. I was bit skeptical about the fact that we could see a 50 000$ price in the next three years, put after things has been put in perspective, you are probably right. Anyway I hope so !
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Bitcoin seem really strong at the moment, and this years increase in value has really blown my mind. With the amount of media attention bitcoin is getting these days, a lot of new investors are going to come aboard. I wouldn't be surprised if we see at least 8k before christmas. The momument it has got now is incredible.

The situation with North Korea and the tension in Asia is also a factor that is making prices go up, imo.

Where will it stop? Who knows, it is going to be a very exciting second half of 2017, that is for sure.
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My prediction: 1 milion in 3-5 years
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i think $50,000+ within 5 years is not possible at all but i agree if said in 10 - 20 years from now also 10 - 20 $ thousand possible as i predict  .
I think it could have grow $1000 to $3000 every one year as i have estimated, but this is not yet certain because there's a volatility in it.
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i think $50,000+ within 5 years is not possible at all but i agree if said in 10 - 20 years from now also 10 - 20 $ thousand possible as i predict  .
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That prediction can really happen because as you said that the supply of bitcoin is only fixed for a certain amount, bitcoin will never get more supply in the future and as the years come then the demand will continue to grow and the supply will continue to become less and that is when the real effect will happen and the price of bitcoin will really explode in an unexpected price.
The bitcoins popularity now is very high that's why the bitcoin price now continues to make their all time high and can cause the bitcoin price become too high that can help more people to earn more profit in time
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Tell you what, even at that rate, it's still some way behind new numbers of people hooking up to the Internet or even registering for a mobile phone line. So in that respect alone, there's still so much space to grow into and it's still not too late to buy into Bitcoin. It's incredible to think that still less than 0.5% of the population have Bitcoin, by the most optimistic estimates. And of those, I would say the large majority "own" coins but merely on exchanges like Coinbase.

It really is an amazing time to be around. $10k around the corner you say? A few months ago and I would be dismissing it. But after witnessing post 1 Aug? I have to reluctantly agree.
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That prediction can really happen because as you said that the supply of bitcoin is only fixed for a certain amount, bitcoin will never get more supply in the future and as the years come then the demand will continue to grow and the supply will continue to become less and that is when the real effect will happen and the price of bitcoin will really explode in an unexpected price.
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I wonder if you can compare bitcoin price developent to the stock market. When everyone is cheering and hopping on the train, the price is probably already way to high and the bubble will finally burst.

https://youtu.be/FXNziew6C9A

But that's bitcoin and noone knows how high it can climb and cryptocurrencies may have their own rules.
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Well, I would watch it a bit different. We should have 16.5 million BTC currently in the market, about 1 mill s probably lost as you say, so 15.5 million currently in the wild. This gives us $4k price since supply and demand re in the equilibrium. We ll have about 4.5 million more to be mined in the future and more and more coins will be lost.

As the supply shrinks, especially after the next halving, I can see $10k per BTC easy in the next 2-3 years, maybe even $20k.

The same will happen with prominent alts.

The future s really bright!

I will even take it a step further, of the 4.5 million that are left to be mined, only 2 million+ will be mined when these people are still alive. < due to block having > So if everyone starts to hoard now, people will have to fight over the remaining 2 million that will be left to mine.

I agree with OP, people do not realize the significance of Bitcoin scarcity and when they do, this will go crazy. ^smile^
legendary
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I think it is a bit unrealistic for 50k within 5 years, 10-15 years I can definitely see it.

Either way can't go wrong if you buy and can hold long term.

there is nothing unrealistic about it. as the second comment of this topic mentioned and I also agree, the adoption of bitcoin is like an S curve. these curves have the tendency to be slow at first then the rate picks up and becomes nearly vertical and then it slows down as it reaches the final stage.

with bitcoin we are still in the bottom of the curve and in early stages. what we see as a big rise is simply a small rise in the future. bitcoin is a global currency which is also decentralized. that is not a small thing and exactly that is leading to this growing adoption. soon this rate will pick up and enter the vertical stage of S curve in a couple of years and eventually reach the mass adoption. but in the meantime prices like $50K in 5 years are nothing.
legendary
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Well, I would watch it a bit different. We should have 16.5 million BTC currently in the market, about 1 mill s probably lost as you say, so 15.5 million currently in the wild. This gives us $4k price since supply and demand re in the equilibrium. We ll have about 4.5 million more to be mined in the future and more and more coins will be lost.

As the supply shrinks, especially after the next halving, I can see $10k per BTC easy in the next 2-3 years, maybe even $20k.

The same will happen with prominent alts.

The future s really bright!
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Tens, hundreds of thousands of new bitcoin purchasers, traders, holders... It's a fever, across the world, making the mainstream news -and new highs- every day....

But this is NOTHING. All those 10s, hundreds of thousands of new bitcoin converts, hardly realize yet that there is going to be only 21 million bitcoins. Ever. And about 1 million have already been lost forever, so, basically, about 20 million...

What is going to happen when not hundreds of thousands, but actually hundreds of millions of people want to have bitcoin?

We ain't seen nothing yet.

Here's my prediction, for the books: $50,000+ within 5 years, probably within 3 years.

Or earlier.

I think it is a bit unrealistic for 50k within 5 years, 10-15 years I can definitely see it.

Either way can't go wrong if you buy and can hold long term.
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But this is NOTHING. All those 10s, hundreds of thousands of new bitcoin converts, hardly realize yet that there is going to be only 21 million bitcoins. Ever. And about 1 million have already been lost forever, so, basically, about 20 million...
Or earlier.

Where did you get that number though? Sincere question.

I agree with everyone here that looking long term, most probably bitcoin is going to go up and up due to bitcoin being capped to 21 million while bitcoin is having more and more investors and users everyday. But also expect price corrections. It happens usually when prices go up too high and too fast. Just like the drop from $3000 to $1800 a month/months ago.
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Tens, hundreds of thousands of new bitcoin purchasers, traders, holders... It's a fever, across the world, making the mainstream news -and new highs- every day....

But this is NOTHING. All those 10s, hundreds of thousands of new bitcoin converts, hardly realize yet that there is going to be only 21 million bitcoins. Ever. And about 1 million have already been lost forever, so, basically, about 20 million...

What is going to happen when not hundreds of thousands, but actually hundreds of millions of people want to have bitcoin?

We ain't seen nothing yet.

Here's my prediction, for the books: $50,000+ within 5 years, probably within 3 years.

Or earlier.

Yeahhhh most newcomers have enough trouble just buying Bitcoin in the first place, let alone understanding how it works. Smiley
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I think the important thing is not the limited number, but the ability to function, tomorrow when you come to another virtual technology with another technology, you will not predict the forecast.
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^ At this rate, I won't be surprised if we reach 5K in a week (or even overnight from here) and 10K in a month.

I know it sounds unrealistic, but so does bitcoin going from this years low to 4K so...
legendary
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It looks like $10k is around the corner and I won't be surprised to see bitcoin at $10k+ by end of 2018. Price might easily cross $5k mark by december this year because current bull run is really big and unbelievable that's why more new buyers/investors are putting their fiat into bitcoin that will surely fuel another round of pump.
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Thats when we realize that we could of bought it for $4000 and decided not to. Its gonna be so high, I can't even imagine how high.
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All signs do point to rather retarded numbers if the market cap can keep doubling.

From the average Joe, to hedge funds, to banks/corps, yes I agree we are witnessing the low end of the s-curve of the mass adoption cycle. Took previous paradigm shifting inventions 20+ years to get mass adoption, here we are seeing it fast-tracked many fold but we're definitely still under the radar re masses of masses.
legendary
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Tens, hundreds of thousands of new bitcoin purchasers, traders, holders... It's a fever, across the world, making the mainstream news -and new highs- every day....

But this is NOTHING. All those 10s, hundreds of thousands of new bitcoin converts, hardly realize yet that there is going to be only 21 million bitcoins. Ever. And about 1 million have already been lost forever, so, basically, about 20 million...

What is going to happen when not hundreds of thousands, but actually hundreds of millions of people want to have bitcoin?

We ain't seen nothing yet.

Here's my prediction, for the books: $50,000+ within 5 years, probably within 3 years.

Or earlier.
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