Name: What Really Happened To Bitcoin
Uploaded: 2020-08-07T19:21:39.000Z
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Bitcoin is such a controversial topic that when I talk about its advantages, I get a

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lot of positive feedback, especially from enthusiasts.

But whenever I talk about its flows, these are the types of comments I get.

You have no idea about cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology, unsubscribed.

However, whether you like it or not, a lot of people lost money by investing in bitcoin.

On the other side, some people made incredible fortunes.

So In this video, let's try to understand what really happened to bitcoin and cryptocurrencies

Why did it dramatically jumped to 20K dollars and then suddenly crushed!

No one gave a damn about except its true fans.

In fact, within the first 5 years, its price didn't even cross 50$.

Most people didn't hear about its existence leave alone the technology behind it.

But as its price started growing to a hundred dollars and above, some investors noticed

it and those who understood its potential gave it a shot and decided to invest.

That demand further increased the price and in the next couple of years, by the summer

At this point, the media started talking about it and it gained some popularity.

More and more investors realized the potential opportunity to make money.

And within the next 6, 7 month by January of 2017, the price has doubled and reached

The media quickly spread the message, people all around the world were talking about it.

It was the new hot thing to invest, it was like the new internet.

In fact, a new cryptocurrency would come out every day.

There were hundreds if not thousands of different cryptocurrencies in the market already and

people were throwing money into them hoping to make a fortune which further skyrocketed

Some investors bought large sums of bitcoin to artificially inflate the price to attract

By summer of the same year (2017), bitcoin hit a new record.

At that moment, celebrities, singers, athletes even people who had absolutely no idea what

on earth is a cryptocurrency decided to jump on the board.

This huge demand inflated the price by thousands of dollars.

and but by 17th of December, it peaked at almost 20 thousand dollars ( $19,783.06).

And the same thing was happening to everything cryptocurrency such as Ethiruim, Litecoin

Remember all of those people who invested in bitcoin when it was still under a thousand

dollar and those who artificially inflated the price.

Their investments now worth millions of dollars, so they cashed out.

That slightly decreased the prices which led other investors to panic and sell before prices

The media quickly spread the news that the price of bitcoin is falling.

That created a bigger panic in the market since all of those people who invested in

cryptocurrencies but didn't really understand how they work were scared to lose all of their

investments, so everyone started selling to minimize losses.

This oversupply drove the prices down and in a matter of a month, bitcoin lost half

And since people were scared to invest again, prices started falling over time and now they

This graph is called the Gartner Hype Cycle.

It's usually only popular among the enthusiast.

But when it gets picked by the media, it blows up because they have to dramatize and exagurate

And in a short period of time, it gets extremely popular.

That's when everyone talks about how this technology is going to change the world.

How cryptocurrencies are going to replace the banks and the entire financial system.

However, at some point, we realize we have been too optimistic and are still far away

The technology seems to have great potentials however, there are many challenges we have

to overcome before it can be truly useful.

So that dramatic rise is followed by a sudden even faster fall.

However, if it's a truly useful technology, it will gradually grow again.

Whether it's going to make it or not, we will have to wait and see, however, its dramatic

rise and sudden fall weren't random but a cycle that every technology goes through.

And if you take a look at the development of the internet, it went through the exact

same cycle, but it's downfall was way more significant than bitcoin and resulted in a

Fast forward to today, after 20 years, the internet has become an essential part of our

And if cryptocurrencies are going to make it, in 10 or 15 years we will see their true

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