Well I've ridden many waves with BTC (yes check my bitcointalk account joining date) but have recently sold down (not completely out).
Here's my reasoning.
1. The Roger Ver vs Core discussions - I think he's right and would rather move to BCH than stay in BTC (this was nice watching https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3R8ckM-TDHI). I get some of Cores arguments but it took way too long for me to move coins recently (and I paid a 'high priority' fee)... and that's just a crap user experience that i wouldn't get with other coins. I've been in application development for approx 20 years and have seen many discussions between tech geeks and business users... this just seems like another variant. Personality wise the core team seem very geeky (just look at the photos) and I'm guessing they all share very similar personality traits so they fail to see or identify with a diverse range of opinions (disclaimer - i don't know them personally so i may be wrong) .
2. The uncertainty in November with another fork. I'm guessing it won't go smoothly but difficult to know what will happen.
3. The china issues... there's enough threads on it but difficult to tell which way it will go in the long run.
4. I wanted some money, always comes in handy
5. My gut feel - Since inception BTC has always followed a trend of a really high jump in price, followed by a few dead cats bouncing, followed by carnage... which i believe is still to come in the next month or so.
If BTC drops to less that 2K, i might buy back in... but I'll probably only buy BCH or see what other BTC fork comes out of November.
good/bad decision?
Goodluck,
The Fajman
Here's my reasoning.
1. The Roger Ver vs Core discussions - I think he's right and would rather move to BCH than stay in BTC (this was nice watching https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3R8ckM-TDHI). I get some of Cores arguments but it took way too long for me to move coins recently (and I paid a 'high priority' fee)... and that's just a crap user experience that i wouldn't get with other coins. I've been in application development for approx 20 years and have seen many discussions between tech geeks and business users... this just seems like another variant. Personality wise the core team seem very geeky (just look at the photos) and I'm guessing they all share very similar personality traits so they fail to see or identify with a diverse range of opinions (disclaimer - i don't know them personally so i may be wrong) .
2. The uncertainty in November with another fork. I'm guessing it won't go smoothly but difficult to know what will happen.
3. The china issues... there's enough threads on it but difficult to tell which way it will go in the long run.
4. I wanted some money, always comes in handy
5. My gut feel - Since inception BTC has always followed a trend of a really high jump in price, followed by a few dead cats bouncing, followed by carnage... which i believe is still to come in the next month or so.
If BTC drops to less that 2K, i might buy back in... but I'll probably only buy BCH or see what other BTC fork comes out of November.
good/bad decision?
Goodluck,
The Fajman
I get what you're saying and there is nothing wrong with getting out if it's best for you, but I'm going to stick it out for the long haul. I think Bitcoin still has a lot of potential to make big gains in the future and I'm willing to make a long term investment. The road could be bumpy at times but overall the price of Bitcoin has made huge gains over the last year. I just think we are still at the early stages of Bitcoin's development as a mainstream currency and investment.
Back in 2011 when you ran your computer (with a half decent GPU) for a couple of days and got a 50 BTC hit and you can sell it for $30... your laughing. When it goes to $20 per BTC, it was already considered 'to da moon', it's hard to hold on and not take profit over the years... that's another reason i like btc because it's been diluted over the years as many people get in/out. 
