Topic: Will Bitcoin Fall in the next couple of years? (Read 457 times)

well, bitcoin is still the king of crypto. theres a reason why he called that way. i think its gonna stand still until a decade

Bitcoin being replaced as the King Of Crypto is not going to happen anytime soon. The crypto currency's trademark is Bitcoin and it is the pioneer amongst other coins. It is also the entry point into cryptoverse for some countries that only accepts BTC because it is the most popular one. I may be wrong about what I said, but I believe we are still in the early stages of development of the whole digital currency craze to determine if BTC can be replaced.

I fully understand the logic that you wanted to emphasize to the community, being said that, yes its true that there are lots of issues coming up recently about cryptocurrency, which is the bitcoin has the most affected ones, maybe that is why a fork has been created in order to answer all those issues. Nobody can predict maybe if it fall or rise, but we all wanted it to rise, because we been invested a lot of money, time and effort here.

Have a great day.

I do not think those problems are difficult to solve, since many practical solutions have already been proposed to them and to many other concerns that have arisen in the community regarding the viability of bitcoin in the long term. And in fact many other threats will arise that even now we can not imagine, such as the development of quantum computing that could make our current cryptological protocols a children's game. But there is nothing left to rely on the ability and talent of the entire team of developers behind bitcoin, which has proven again and again their aptitude and experience.

Very difficult to tell, but it is certainly possible.
It is likely that other coins will have far more utility, not just the faster coins but also the platform coins. Smart contracts for example, so ETH. IoT as well. The coins that service these and numerous other markets will become increasingly important.

Bitcoin looks destined to be simply a store of value coin. Whether future developments (Lightning Network etc) will change this is hard to say.

If I had to guess, I would say ETH or XRP might take top spot in the medium term, and then possibly an IoT coin in the longer term.

everything is possible at bitcoin prices, bitcoin prices are very vulnerable to the growing issue, it is not a scary thing if bitcoin is predicted to fall in the middle of the year or later this year, if you act as a bounty hunter like me, but if you hold bitcoin for future investments and always expect bitcoin prices to go up, that's bad news for you

Trust me bitcoin facing a lot of challenge from the exchange sector, the SEC, the government and regulator doesn't mean bitcoin market will fall in the next couple of year. Remember, another bitcoin halving will occur in a couple years?

The move of crypto right now similar to 2014 movement and i think we will see bitcoin falling to $3000 and that is the dip not going down again after touching $3000 after halving which will be comes in 2020 bitcoin will goes up again and make new all time high. Probably will touch $100k - $200k each coin. And at that time new people will comes again to this beautifull crypto world.

Fall out of the top point this year will not be exactly, but if it continues to break down and lower demand, then it will definitely fall out. Notice how much it is already on the market and how much it has undergone changes, and this is from its imperfection. And it shows that he should come to the fact that it is simply eclipsed by others.

I don't think that can go below this actual price unless US government starts a war against cryptocurrencies

Well its just too sad to see the market rises slowly and go down in a day... thought the market would get better after CNY in March but apparently the hack news just pull it down within a day 

I think bitcoin will go down in the next few days, because the market situation is not good at the moment, meaning the price will go down even if not significant.

So many investors are worried about this situation. But do not worry about this. According to altcoin and channel observers who discuss altcoin, in the next few months, bitcoin will rise again.

So just bear your altcoin, for long term investment. thank you

I think bitcoin will be falling and going up untill it will start to be treated like a normal currency in most of the countries cause then it will be stabilized somehow.

Against the background of many other coins, bitcoin do not look so technically good. While BTC can keep its position as the most popular and the first. Cryptocurrency is a market of money and profits. What will bring profit, it will remain. It will not be soon.

No chance.Future is after crypto/non physical money.Just like in movies.Why not to have money currency where you can track every transaction,that you cant loose ,ot no one can robe you at the street.Thr more this stuff will be replacing the real cash,better security fr hacking and etc will be made.Id say next 10 years

the transactions between BTC and ETHEREUM has bid difference because bitcoin for more of us uses as HOLDING MATERIAL,we keep holding it as long as we can,because we believe in its capability to gain big revenue and provide us more profit,while ethereum uses just for daily needs from thousand of ICO just to sustain their scam projects or even the legitimate one

In the crypto market prices of altcoin are up and down is normal. I think the bitcoin will also vibrate up and down as before. Whether in the past or in the future, I think bitcoin prices are also rising and falling. No coin increases forever, and no coin ever decreases. so in this market let's calm hold will win.

What Bitcoin will fall the next couple of years? I dont think so because markets are always going up and down. We are just in a healthy correction after the big hype of 2017! So just hold and relax guys!

That would not definitely happens ,before bitcoin will fall it takes due long process.This is the strongest crypto and stable digital currency like now,bitcoin is known by everybody and it would not easily crash as long as many supporters and deal with it.

There is no certain answer about bitcoin and other assets. They can fall or they can make incredible price booms. This is a random action depending on the market behaviour of the people.

It will take many years to see what will happen,but i doubt that bitcoin will be replaced by some other coin next several years. It took almost 10 years for BTC to take this place. And if happens something bad with BTC, the whole cryptomarket will collapse, im sure. Nobody wants that.

I like to thin that BTC can hit a specific monteary value, or range, say between 50k and 100k, and float between the two,

In terms of MC yes i believe something will overtake!

Its fall already last month and it is felt almost 80% from all time high which was $20k. I dont think there will be another crash if nothing happen like exchanger been hacked or ponzi closed like bitconnect. If we dont want to see another crash we need to keep the crypto as clean as possible and support it.

bitcoin will continue to increase considerably in the next year because of course the longer the amount available the less with a growing number of enthusiasts. don't worry will fall and the loss, lasting only until the price is recovering and getting high.

Maybe that will happen, but maybe not. Do you think people do not like Bitcoin ? I think everyone loves Bitcoin so the people around the world will provide and develop Bitcoin to make it better. Whether it is from the technology term, or other term. I think Bitcoin will survive with the help of people we know. But liking and hoping does not do anything if we talk about technology and we must take some actions to develop Bitcoin and not just talking like I do right now, hahaha. However, whatever happen I will keep my faith to Bitcoin to get profit as much as possible while I still can.

I think all can happen in cryptocurrency, but many predict that bitcoin prices will even rise next year even up to 2 years to come, but that's all just a prediction, the fact will be seen 2 years later

Falling, getting up, falling again, waking up again, That's the real market condition.
The recent crash is the result of a big whale's unhealthy game on the market which is then highlighted by stupid media like Tether. 
However, I remain optimistic bitcoin will catch up even its value will surpass more than $ 20,000 for this year

Many people speculate this year        crypto currency will go to high .Bitcoin specialist predicted this year bitcoin will reach $28000-$40000.So many speculation about crypto currency market of this year.Bitcoin price dump and pump is normal in market situtation.I think next couple of years will Bitcoin grow

We won't know what will happen in the future. but for the moment at the beginning of the year is indeed the price of coins being dropped was a regular thing. There is no need to panic if you want not to lose capital.

not if I think. quite early in the fall last year alone. for the next year if my predictions will hold up even at the price of achievement beyond 2017. This of course as more and more people will start investing in bitcoin.

It turns out that not only Bitcoin is free-falling, almost all Cryptocurrency has decreased significantly. Various parties have analyzed that the Cryptocurrency phenomenon triggered by Bitcoin is just a momentary phenomenon, or the cool word is Bubble phenomenon. Why say Bubble phenomenon? Because like a soap bubble, can at any time broken and destroyed.Even one equate Cryptocurrency phenomenon is like Tulip flower phenomenon in the Netherlands hundreds of years ago. Tulip flower phenomenon horrendous to Europe to raise the price of Tulip flowers until many times the price should be. Until finally the bubble burst and the price Tulip back as before, and left many people who lost money. However, there are other experts who say that the phenomenon of Cryptocurrency is like the phenomenon of Gold or Gold Rush in America in the 1800s. Where people in the race to dig gold until the value of gold increased sharply. But unlike the Tulip, gold is still used as the basis of the exchange rate, so its value is rarely down.

Bitcoin is the mother or father of all cryptocurrency the only way for bitcoin fall is the following:

1. Cut the Internet worldwide.
2. Remove the miners and make it unprofitable mining bitcoin.
3. Increase the electricity to insanely high.
4. Hack the bitcoin blockchain.

If the above scenario is about to happen Ex: miners abandoned mining bitcoin. then bitcoin can make a hardfork to solve the problem "convert to POS?".
on every problem there is a solution so for me Blockchain technology and bitcoin is here to stay.

I do not believe that Bitcoin will fall. It should keep rising to new highs and also keep its
top spot for next years.

OK that s stupid to say that 1/3 of world energy is used to mine Bitcoin. That is totally wrong. I am positive there is more energy used to mine Gold and specially Aluminium.  What are you talking about?   Not to mention why you put this thread in altcoins part of forum when you talk about Bitcoin.

for nowadays its really posible . no need to wait for a couple a year . at end of january it almost touch 6k again .
its only in a week . its really potential to drop or more higher . im preffer to buy at more lower price than right know.

Bitcoin have gained the reputation and a stability with more and more real time projects, so this won't cause a downfall in the value of bitcoin. Possibly the falling years will be making a big change in the growth of bitcoin.

Earlier this year, we have witnessed a massive drop in the value big Bitcoin, it was so drastic that alotbof people thought that was the end of the Cryptocurrency. But over the days, we have as well seen a gradual rse once again. I don't see the value is f Bitcoin ever going down and hitting rockbottom because alot of people are still coming into the CryptoWorld and the application big Bitcoin is being tested in most other spheres of life.

but I generally doubt the prices of Bitcoin. if possible, I will not argue about the heads of the price of Bitcoin, But I could never understand the values ​​of this coin, because it is very large and looks like soap bubbles.

My personal opinion is that bitcoin will continue to rise, and will hit a new ATH this year. We had a bitcoin surge in the second half of last year, followed by the alt surge in December. I think that after this latest bear market in Jan, bitcoin will lead the recovery. It is the biggest coin, and nothing else is strong enough to pull the whole market up. And also I think we need a BTC rise before we see another strong bull market for alts.

this is totally impossible to predict what will be value of bitcoin in next couple of years ?
bur for next 1-2 years btc will be king and price will grow as usual .

but yes i can safely say that blockchain technology will be more n more popular in coming years , there is no end of this innovation .

I am into positive note that bitcoin will not fall in the next couple of years. Although, we can't please anyone who involve in this bitcoin to continues support in bitcoin. Like just now, we are seeing bitcoin in growth again because of the demand is increasing. It is increasing slowly atleast for that it is a good news.

some people like me is interested in cryptocurrency because dump and pump factor, fall and rise its more atractive to investor, just enjoy the waves...

There will always be a posibility that bitcoin will fall again, because no one can control and no can ever predict it.
The only thing i know is that if theres a fall there will always be a rise, so just trust bitcoin and be patient all the time.
For now lets enjoy it, and thanks to it. Earn more bitcoin because our profit is on its way to us.

Maybe Bitcoin is just in a suckers rally right now and maybe it will dip a little bit more before it goes up more again. But I am not sure about that, because a lot of good guys already bought their BTC back!

I talk with alot of people about crypto. Many are investors in other field or generally "more wealthy" people.
Out of these people:

80% have heard about crypto
60% are interested
40% want to invest in the near future

and only

5-10% are invested in crypto

That clearly shows me a huge potential for the future as there will be constant buy pressure as soon as the technology establishes.

The only way bitcoin or crypto in general will fall is when we find a disruptive new technology that makes blockchain and DAG obsolete.
But that my friends is centuries away.

It won't fall but it's dominance over the industry will lesson

Predicting will be possible after the Bitcoin price has returned to $ 20,000. And it is important at what speed it will recover.

I believe there is a high probability that the price of Bitcoin will fall. and in the future, another coin will take it place Bitcoin.
We will see, in the future, which one.

I personally don't think bitcoin will fall in the next couple of years although there are always a set back to the price and might dump a little but I don't think it is dropping back to how much it dropped just recently which was around $6k. But I'm not expecting too much from it as well like it would reach to that percentage it gained last November-Decembe.

The price of bitcoin is not too much. now everyone knows and follows. Millions of people are waiting for the prices to fall.
There will always be small price drops, but these reductions will never be large

Its taken from a media article I cant find the original but here's one to illustrate the point. https://powercompare.co.uk/bitcoin/ https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/ywbbpm/bitcoin-mining-electricity-consumption-ethereum-energy-climate-changeAnd How is that not logical conclusion. When companies become old and outdated they gradually decline. Bitcoin has no reason for its price to be that high aside from the fact that it is the original cryptocurrency. I'm not saying it will crash and burn in one month but I don't think it will hold at 10k for eternity. The world won't adopt a currency at such a cost. For bitcoin to hit 50,000 dollars its energy consumption would increase tenfold. And even if that amount of energy were available cheaply enough that's a five times increase in price and more importantly in market cap which would make it worth just short of a trillion dollars...
https://www.forbes.com/sites/energyinnovation/2018/01/18/bitcoin-minings-energy-use-wont-eat-the-world-if-prices-stay-below-19-annual-growth/#2e2d33744dc7

the possibility of a fall still exists, but I am sure the bitcoin will be stable at a price of 10k - 11k and will slowly rise in Q2, until to its peak later this year.

There are more and more new technology adoptions and even more Venture Capitals as well as Hedge Funds backing Bitcoin, which is pushing the Bitcoin Price higher and higher.

I think that it will continue to rise. It is still under active development, and Lightning Network could be a game-changer. I think that it will continue to rise, although it could at the same time still continue to lose it's percentage of market share.

Honestly, It is normal and highly expected that there will be a fall in the coming years. but the most important question is: Will Bitcoin return strongly after each big fall?

Well, Bitcoin in previous years where there are always surprises and particularly after each fall there is a significant advance in the value of Bitcoin. So the crisis in price is essential to come back this currency with a strong way and many traders are taking advantage of that opportunity to buy and invest a great value of this currency in every big drop.

On the other hand, the capitalists are those who control the price of this currency , some of them sell a large proportion of their budget to buy again when there is a  decline or a  significant drop in the price of bitcoin  and also to buy other currencies because the fall of bitcoin is synchronous with other currencies. So they always have a great profit in a long term.

I agree with some of your points but bitcoin will not fade away in newr future, may be some radical technology change can cause it to fade otherwise i see btc getting stronger in coming years, wallets that have deployed segwit are already providing faster and cheaper transactions, so all good for btc.

While BTC is the most tradeable cryptocurrency - it will never fall or disappear from market during next some years. It is base investment in crypto. For most uskilled people BTC = Cryptocurrency.

Can we see a Bitcoin dump due to his bad old technology? Maybe. But lot of money came in Bitcoin and those people who invested will not let go Bitcoin so easily.
Bitcoins technology could be changed in future and it could be practical, so with lot of maybe it will remain his value.

How do you think it will fall, there is someone bought $400M in the last fall, people saw the opportunity in cryptocurrencies, even it falls, rise of it will not be late.

I think not, I think will be the higher the price. not without reason, many of the factors that cause this such as fewer bitcoin circulating and devotees in the future will be even greater.

Please take at least a single merit first and perhaps I will consider looking into the possibility that Bitcoin will fall in the next couple of years.  Just kidding. But, kidding aside, I don't agree with your speculation. It is not a logical one nor a factual one. That is the truth. If I were you, I would buy now because the year 2018 will close with Bitcoin grabbing at least $50,000 in value and the following year end, it will more than double its price. And where did you get your facts on the claim that a 3rd of the world's energy is utilized by crypto mining? Please go back and know that it is not true. 

My forecast of 9-12k for the whole year will hold. I do not see that spark yet to rise and beat the records further. Therefore, investing in bitcoin is no longer very relevant to me.

A stable coin is all well and good for use as a currency but it still should not be pegged in price to something else. Bitcoin will never be used as an adopted currency in any country. It will be a store of value which is also usable for payments.

nobody definitely can not predict the bitcoin course for several years ahead, I think this year there will be noisy falls and big ascents. I will not give any forecasts and I will just observe how the price will change!

The team behind bitcoin are professionals in handle most of the limitations that has come up so far and I will the problems measure are very resolvable. Bitcoin price is not going to come down and we just need to know that in future the price is going to be going up and we should buy now to take the advantage of future.

I think its unlikely Bitcoin is overtaken for the next few years. It still has a large number of developers working on it attempting to solve the issues that it faces. Cryptocurrency wise its still the best long-term hold.

I also believe that certain things are overblown. It does use a lot of electricity, but much of it comes from places where there is excess electricity and so the cost is cheap. I think I read somewhere it would cost around $25,000 in electricity costs to mine a Bitcoin in South Korea but it only costs about $700 in electricity to mine one in Venezuela. I think as there is more people over time that start using SegWit, and as big exchanges start using it for their own transactions, the transaction fee will lower. As of right now though its pretty low too.

As long as it is still the main gateway to Crypto space, I expect the value to keep growing, out of all these coins and tokens BTC is still the only one so far that people are using to deliver one service or the other, most are just for speculative purpose, I expect the price to keep growing especially with the coming of halving in coming months

I'm thinking that it can drop 9k maybe, but I don't expect 7k or 8k again, 9-10-11k it can rise and drop at this prices for a while, and if this happens, altcoins can rise little little.

I agree bitcoin is expensive because it the original however it is so ridiculously overvalued in  my opinion given its purpose.

I believe the main reason why Bitcoin is the No.1 in among the cryptos by market cap, is that it is the oldest.
You can trade everything into BTC, but I feel the reason behind that it was the all time standard that you compared everything to, the most popular coin. Anything could replace BTC in this matter I believe.
Bitcoin surely is unsustainable, and if they won't change something about it, it might be its downfall. Noone wants to have high fees. However I doubt that the 3rd of the world's energy usage would be used for crypto mining, I say this having 3+ years in energy engineering studies.
But I dont think bitcoin will fall because of this, as bitcoin owners simply dont use their coins for transactions.
Number of ETH transactions as of February 17. 2018: 772079
Number of BTC transactions as of February 17. 2018: 173789
(sources: https://etherscan.io/chart/tx , https://blockchain.info/charts/n-transactions )
I think its clear, that majority of bitcoin owners use BTC as a form of digital gold to hold part of their investments in it, or using it for exchanges. So no, I dont think this would be its downfall, but it can play a role in it. The downfall of BTC would start if a coin would have bigger market cap in my opinion. It would result investments moving from BTC to that coin with the higher market cap. And lets be honest, almost any coin could be it from a technical perspective, as there are loads of coins which are superior to BTC in technical aspects.
I honestly dont like that the crypto market is being judged by bitcoin. I'd welcome another coin at the top, for total market cap. I believe it would change the viewpont of some big investors.

I'm curious, I have seen lots of people arguing over whether bitcoin will Rise to 50k maybe even 100k and then there are the others who argue it will fall.
I'm going to state a few facts :
Bitcoin is seen as the base of all crypto and most are compared to it on markets.
Bitcoin is unsustainable as it is. a 3rd of the world's energy is used to mine cryptocurrencies most notably bitcoin which is one of the most energy consuming.As a result, there are high transaction fees.
Now here is my opinion.
I think given these facts Unless bitcoin does not change in some form it will likely be overtaken due to the issues highlighted. This will happen as a result of the huge price which most cannot access and the unattractive nature to the rest of the world which doesn't want to invest in something so energy consuming and volatile.  I think for mass adoption another coin will have o be the base to trade against like tether(which is experiencing problems) or UNY(which is rebranding) These stable coins will make crypto more attractive to many. IDK this is just my opinion and I'm welcome to counter arguments form everyone else.


EDIT: The question is not whether bitcoin drop in terms of current value-The price will remain the same or rise because the whole market will. The question is Will bitcoin fall from the top spot as the most popular currency given that newer faster forms are being developed and if not what do you think will happen?