So I am a big bitcoin enthusiast, but I realize it has problems. Also more and more people are trying to perfect their algorithms.
What if they reach their goals and bitcoin becomes irrelevant?
The price drop isn't showing that great either!
I think if you're going to look at the previous bearish market, its a lot worst than what we are seeing and yet people didn't abandon bitcoin but they just HODL on it and I'm sure many of them make tons of money in 2017.
If I'm in your shoes, I wouldn't look at the downside as something negative, but take the opportunity to accumulate at this very moment and let your bitcoin sits on your hardware wallet or in your Bitcoin core or Electrum and wait in 2019-2020 and see how your investment goes.