Yes, you're right, gold is being artificially depressed by the issuance of paper-gold.

Yet, cryptocurrencies have qualities that gold does not have : they are easier to carry,  more fractionable, they are the modern money of the internet.

It is very difficult to predict a price of Bitcoin in 2018. So many things can happen.

A realistic scenario is the continuation of the 2017 trends : economic crisis, money printing, fiat money inflation, geopolitical tensions, over-regulations ...  Many of these trends are beneficial to the price of Bitcoin, others are not.

I don't think it's too late. Cryptocurrencies are less than 10 years old.

This is just the beginning and it will grow due to the rise of internet, the global economic crisis, ...

I agree, I think they will rise.

Cryptocurrencies become more and more popular, with many new internet users trurning to cryptocurrencies.

So the price of quality cryptocurrencies will rise.

It's very volatile because it's an emerging market with a lot of potential. There is a lot of tension, activity, and new players in crypto markets.

I think this is just the beginning. All the trends which pushed the cryptocurrencies will just grow in the coming years : economic crisis, inflation, fiat money printing, problems of assets protection, ...

Mining makes China a big player in the Bitcoin environment. It would not be wise to ban Bitcoin mining while you are a major player.

It's going up and down, no need to worry; on the long term, the tendency is very bullish, due to the economic crisis, inflation, and the big qualities of Bitcoin.

Bitcoin can certainly improve the economy of a country, because it's a high value asset, a huge opportunity for people to invest and create economic growth.

It creates savings, investment and a new business environment.

It's important to make efforts to save money, because the more you save, the less you are dependent from your current job.

And once you've saved enough money, you can think about investing.

Bitcoin is not scalable enough to replace fiat.

But it can be an additional asset, a secondary currency.

Interest rates are very low, so saving does not increase one's capital any more.

Investing may be a better idea if opportunities show up.

Bit it's also important to keep some liquidities.

Bitcoin can help communities by providing a long term storage of value, resilient to fiat money inflation and economic turmoil.

That's an interesting project.

People need more information and reviews about ICOs and tokens.

Etherdelta is a very interesting concept of decentralized exchange.

It will improve with Ethereum scalability, making transactions quicker.

A method could be to choose wisely the altcoins to invest in, after having studied their technology, and then to be patient.

Usually, tokens are built on a smart contract platform like Ethereum.

Coins, at the opposite, are independent currencies.

ETH is not sick.

You can't expect the value of an asset to progress indefinitely.

There are normal corrections.

On the long term, the bullish trend remains.

Many Masternodes coins are listed on https://masternodes.pro/

More and more coins are turning to masternodes these days.

Some altcoins are very risky to buy, and can result in huge gains or losses.

The biggest altcoins seem to be less risky.