If you are new to the cryptocurrency market or have been investing for a while, I think we all like to agree that investing in BitCoin is the least riskiest option of them all. For we all trust that Bitcoin will skyrocket to outerspace and reach new all time highs. Or is it...........

rocket technology
Bitcoin's launch was in 2008 and when Satoshi Nakamoto launched it, he did it on his own, with the technology that was available to him in his shed.
Mesmerized how high the rocket went, he quickly decided to go undercover as he new the technology probably wasn't good enough to overcome earths gravity. The damage it would cause on it's return would probably shame him and his family into the afterlife.

Risky Shift
Perhaps you have heard of a phenomenon called risky shift, it might be a little farfetched to use it on Bitcoin, but could it be that as a group we are deciding that Bitcoin is safest (as everyone seems to think Bitcoin is the top coin) whilst really the overwhelming evidence suggest, it could now well be one of the more riskier coins to invest into.

"everybody is jumping so I guess it must be safe!"

Why do I have a feeling that those who invest now at 4000$ are trying to put energy in a rocket that is about to make a 180 degree turn to vaporize in the earths atmosphere?

Endgoal of our investment
People who join now are either hoping for BTC to become worth 100K$ or even a million$. Which could happen but how likely is it really to get these returns?
Read on and safe yourself a fortune.

Bitcoin has major issues
Right now Bitcoin is valued on the basis that people know that it has value and becomes more valuable due to scarcity.
There really isn't much more to it.
People love the idea of a currency and everyone loves the idea of becoming wealthier by investing in this cunning technology.
But how cunning is it still, nine years after it's birth?

Unfortunately unless Bitcoin solves it's biggest issues, that of scalibility-transaction fees and transaction speed it has no chance to become a digital reserve currency as it will simply be too slow and too expensive. Read the benchmark of BitShares versus Bitcoin to see how outdated Bitcoin really is.

Let alone the fact that the whole idea behind Bitcoin that of a decentralised coin is not feasible anymore, due to the simple fact that there are now 3 major companies ruling over the mining network of Bitcoin and they pretty much have control over Bitcoin's future.......

Now if that isn't bad enough, right now Bitcoinmining uses up the amount of energy equal to what Croatia uses, indeed a whole country.... Is this really something we want to sustain?

Upgrading your favourite oldtimer Lada
If you owned a Lada, would you put in hundreds of thousands of dollars to rebuild it, so it resembles a Ferrari or just buy the ferrari itself?
This is the problem with Bitcoin, we are now trying to build different layers around Bitcoin to make it go just a little faster.
Clones are being made because already there is a divide between the very few that have control over Bitcoin.

Yes you might fit an engine of a ferrari on the roof of a Lada but it will create other issues, probably imbalancing it's weak structure. So you might rebuild the chassis, slowly finding out that you are starting to forget the reason why you loved the lada in the first place. Eventually ending up with a product that is less than desirable, eventually coming to the conclusion that it was a silly idea to begin with.

simple investment advise
Perhaps just leave the lada as it is and investing into a proper ferrari might be the better thing to do here.
Truth be told I love talking nonsense, but how is Bitcoin different to the Lada?

I think we should leave Bitcoin for what it is, it hasn't failed, it has given us a great basis to work with, but we have to accept that it's concept is already outdated for what we want to use it for.

Remember all the drama we had from Segwit, all the stress of where to put your money? Do the research and figure out how much faster/ cheaper Bitcoin has become after Segwith.
Do we really want to keep upgrading Bitcoin like that? Or shall we just call it a day?

What are we waiting for?
I really don't know, I sincerly hope people recognise the issues before it is too late, especially when you are just joining.

solution
Well oudekaas you sure know how to burst my bubble.
I am not all terror and it would be unfair to not offer a solution, which is pretty simple.

It is time to focus on a car you can proudly drive around with in the year 2017/2018 and is ready for the next couple of decades.

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I very much suggest to do your own research and don't take my word for it.
If you believe that cryptocurrencies will replace the banking system or will function as a second or primary reserve currency, the best one could do is to try and find which crypto is geared up to function as a bank, as a reserve currency and as an investment device within which you can choose what risks you like your investment to be exposed to.
Only that type of crypto should be worth your investment right now, for it will have the biggest potential to give returns unlike nothing seen before in crypto.

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That investment [vehicle] you are looking for is BitShares. A fully finished design of ferrari, build on a graphene engine. It hasn't got slicks but it is slick as ****!

Paradigm Shift

Be your own bank
Bitshares is decentralised and allows any person to be their own bank without a third person telling them what can or should be done.
You decide what risks you take, no banks that play roulette with your money anymore.

This is the paradigm shift we all want to be part of, an investment you can proudly put your money behind, for it offers a solution to our crooked economic system.
It is time to invest your hard earned money into a fair system, with clear rules and unique opportunities.

Companies can create their own cryptocoins/ shares/ insurances on this all encompassing system without dealing with a middleman, again they can be their own bank, their own stock exchange, their own insurance,

Yesterday I wrote a benchmark about BitShares vs BTC.

Please do your own research, but if you can find me another crypto ecosystem that is better than BitShares I would love to hear it as I don't think there is.

So why wouldn't we all shift to BitShares and educate everyone around us about this incredible ecosystem?

I have not even mentioned the marketing campaign that is being started up around BitShares if you like to know more check:

billionherocampaign and follow @stan.

interview with @Stan explaining what Bitshares is.