1) As far as Bitcoin is concerned I really doubt that there is any right time. Because it could happen that current price may be the lowest price or it could also happen that it may be the highest price.
2) I would say keep purchasing small qty at regular times. Afterall, if your from India still there is no clarity about Bitcoin currently.
3) Unocoin and BTCXINDIA are the most reliable at present. Service and quickness wise BTCXINDIA stands out among the rest.
4) If you would be purchasing smaller quantity you can store it among the blockchain itself. But once you have few BTC it is advisable to store it offline.
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https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=837811.20As long as more than 2 people agree on the Bitcoin protocol, Bitcoins price cannot go to 0. There are several other reasons as well as to why 0 may never happen with Bitcoin.
- This is impossible to answer as an investment, The Global market of Bitcoin promises that there will always be periods of highs and lows.
- It is always advisable to spread your buying rate around a long term average and follow that number.
- Reliability and Transparency wise, Coinsecure is a lot better than the rest. On Trade Order Book volumes seem low, but trades that come up at market price get completed very quickly.
- Depends on the volume of purchase, You could use an online wallet as a hot wallet, a Trezor as a warm wallet and a paper wallet that has your larger amounts.
With the first question, I was asking for your sentiment on the current Bitcoin market and its future, nevertheless I understand the futility in trying to predict the price in the short-term. I intend to follow your advice on buying to maintain a long term average. The process of using a digital wallet software and securely backing it up in case of hardware failure seemed daunting to me, but an offline paper wallet appears to be the solution I was looking for. A cursory glance reveals that Unocoin has rather competitive pricing and my last transaction with them went as well as I could have expected, I'll stick with that for a while. Thanks for the answers, guys.