Wow so much to say here.  I feel the same way OP.  I bought some silver due to the dip but not to actually make money, instead to hedge against losing it all.  I know silver will ALWAYS be worth something where you can't say the same about BTC and other cryptocurrencies.  At the end of the day like others stated it's good to balance your investments so that you have all ends covered, or at least as much as you can.  I definitley think silver/gold is one definite way to do that.