Topic: What’s Next for Bitcoin in 2018? (Read 298 times)

There is going to be a lot of trading in 2018. Traders are not HODLERS and they prefer if the price keeps going up and down so they can take profits on a regular basis. Those who are in for the long term should not be affected though but those who are expecting to see the kind of quick gains we had last year will be in for a surprise.

I start to see it more as some sort of an economical attack against Bitcoin by not taking advantage of what SegWit has to offer. By this time we could at least sit on 50% adoption, but instead, services are holding off. Services are the one needing to spark SegWit adoption, because if they don't, what incentive will people have to adopt SegWit? If Coinbase starts with SegWit, I am sure it will just be a matter of months before other large entities in this market will follow, because that's how it works. LN at this point is just being tested here and there, but that doesn't say anything about an actual estimated date we'll see it roll out.

We need more development to deliver more promise. I hope LN's make more of a splash than Segwit did and that Segwit really starts to kick in with more exchanges and users.

it is not really "crazy". i would call it uncommon because it is understandable why bitcoin price went up like this and will probably continued to rise the same way in the upcoming years. that is what happens with anything that is scarce but has a growing demand. people keep paying more and more for it because they want to have more of that "thing". and that is a general principle which happens to apply to bitcoin too and since bitcoin is limited and scarce the rise happens like this.

That is so crazy right? in just few short period of time the price is going rapidly high and if we are in the right position, we could earn a lot in the process. Thanks to these craziness of coins, lots of people could be wealthy in no time.

That is so crazy right? in just few short period of time the price is going rapidly high and if we are in the right position, we could earn a lot in the process. Thanks to these craziness of coins, lots of people could be wealthy in no time.

The year 2018 is started and the time comes when the dreams will come true the demand of bitcoin in market will increase and increase, that is the reason in every moment thousands of investors are join bitcoin and trading for bitcoin for their better future. The price of bitcoin is rising again and the investors are happy to see this. They are now in the position to sell their altcoins and earn money. The new investor also has a chance to increase their income by trading of bitcoin.

      Actually bitcoin price already reached $20000 in some exchange site before end of 2017 and i think it will increase more this year even slowly.But still price of coins change rapidly even altcoin which is the ripple now increase faster and now second to the bitcoin.

everyone should begin to adopt for the network to be saved. In this way bitcoin will have a higher acceptability and the price will start rising.

Per assumption, bitcoin will continue to rise in 2018 as many investors are coming in and long term possibility in terms of investment is very promising. As for bitcoins trading volume, absolutely this may decrease on the chances of volatility.

The year 2018 is started and the time comes when the dreams will come true the demand of bitcoin in market will increase and increase, that is the reason in every moment thousands of investors are join bitcoin and trading for bitcoin for their better future. The price of bitcoin is rising again and the investors are happy to see this. They are now in the position to sell their altcoins and earn money. The new investor also has a chance to increase their income by trading of bitcoin.

I recently invested in bitcoin, I have learned a lot on the internet about the predictions and analysis. In my opinion, the BTC has reached the $ 20000 level by the end of 2017, and the value will increase in 2018, but the value increase is slower.

2018 will certainly be an exciting year for Bitcoin, at least technology-wise; major advances have been made to the Lightning Network, the second layer which aims to scale bitcoin for the masses. The project is expected to be completed sometime next year, which would enable instant and nearly free transactions. Schnorr Signatures are also on the horizon, which would restructure signatures in bitcoin transactions to reduce transaction size and thus, fees.

This doesn’t mean that the Bitcoin community can relax and underestimate other coins, however. Even though Bitcoin is the top cryptocurrency right now, there’s nothing stopping other coins from taking its place. Other cryptocurrencies are proving themselves to be serious competitors to Bitcoin – Bitcoin Cash offers far cheaper transactions, while Ethereum is proving itself to be a very powerful smart contract platform. Ethereum will also be hard-forking sometime in 2018 to switch to a Proof-of-Stake system.

So… Moon or Not?


The only right answer to this question is “maybe”. Nobody knows what will happen – maybe the price will stabilize, maybe we will see another 14x rise, or maybe it could collapse. Even though we cannot predict the future, some so-called “experts” think they do; here’s a list of predictions for 2018.

Tomas Salles, FXStreet Analyst – $8,073 to $89,750
Nick Colas, DataStreet Research Co-Founder – $6,500 to $22,000
Dennis Gartman, The Gartman Letter Editor – Below $5,000
Dr. Julian Hosp, TenX Co-Founder – $5,000 to $60,000
What do you think about these predictions? Do you think they will be accurate given that in 2017 all predictions were blown out of the water? Let us know your thoughts below!

So… Moon or Not?