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RE: Bitcoin will become a different animal...

I like to think that too. But when you delve deeper into the political infighting and motivations of each faction within the Bitcoin community... well... I am not so sure anymore what to think. There are arguments on both side that make sense to me, but I lack expertise to really be able to prioritize and be able to make a good choice. So far I have relied on the advice of newsoutlets and other experts in supporting Segwit2x, but now I am not so sure. It turns out Segwit by itself already increases blocksize to 2mb, and Segwit2x as proposed is actually more like a 4mb blocksize. And the aggressive marketing and censorship that's going around certainly does not inspire faith. Not to mention that the Bitcoin core developers, the ones who are kind of the most closely related to Satoshi himself, aren't supporting Segwit2x.

I just don't know. So for this reason, I am glad to be mostly in altcoins instead of Bitcoin(s).

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There is still political infighting but I think Bitcoin will split more times in the future and these factions will move away from Bitcoin, just like we did with Bitcoin Cash. Yeah the Bitcoin Core developers do not wish to alter the blocksize limit at all as they believe it will potentially create security risks. Hopefully we will know if this is the case or not by watching Bitcoin Cash over the next few months. I guess spreading your portfolio is king, only keep a portion of your wealth in crypto and only keep a portion of that in each coin. I'm going to follow you @pandorasbox you know your crypto's :D

Thanks @unbeaten! I'll give you a follow back! (nm, I was already following, haha)
And yes, I am sure Bitcoin (or one of them) will survive. In the end, I am in altcoins not because I want altcoins.. but primarily because I want more bitcoin!

Thanks haha. Same here, I think you can make a killing on altcoins if you pick the right ones. I'm ploughing into buying Steem at the moment, it's been under the radar for quite some time now and think it's due a huge rise anytime soon. But don't tell anyone just yet, I need to buy more :D