Nearly instant recovery... market didn't even blink

I'd guess the more crazy the rise in China the more suspicious people get that the 0% comission market is being seriously played.  A nice little flash crash on Bitstamp may help pour some cold water on this.  Something needs to!

China exchange has a coin shortage.

What exactly happened? Couldn't even reconstruct the screenshot with my own Bitcoinity view.

edit: ah I found it.

i missed a few hours of fun.

I almost got divorced tonight almost! my life is really crazy these days.
unbelievable shit.
bitcoin prices moving like this has is not helping! can't sleep, super thrilled one min, then life reminds you that money really doesn't buy happiness.

ahhh its 3;30am

lol

keep it real.

Even though I'm 100% bullish, I think for the rest of tonight I'm a bear. The growth over the last 24 hours has been insane.

I'm holding on anyway. Paper wallets in a locked safe ftw ^_^

Typical wannabe smart traders sold in February, held in March, bought in early April, held during May and June, even during July drop, and sold in September. Bought back in October, are now holding or perhaps already sold. Losing in every stage. No plan whatsoever.

If we take the population who had any bitcoins in the beginning of 2013, do you honestly think many of them have more bitcoins now? The oldtimers can remember what was their greatest number of bitcoins, and how many they have now. Not many can increase their stash, except by buying and refusing to sell. That way it is slow, but actually very easy

Just remember no matter how badly you trade, at least you're not this guy (remember him?): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3xhyj-e0Kk

Not if you're a beginner(!!!)

Not even if you're an expert, unless you're exceptional. These boards are littered with the bodies of day traders who thought they could out-think the market. Some of them were very, very smart with decades of investment experience, fluents in many kinds of technical analysis. I notice the buy-and-holders are still here, whereas each monthly generation of traders has come and gone.

Luckily for you, buy and hold is also the easiest strategy for the beginner, in addition to being the most profitable. We may well crash fairly soon so now is not the best time to buy, but as rpietila said if you're still accumulating it doesn't matter much. Don't be a pig, just get in.

Here's a handy strategy guide for how to invest in Bitcoin, if you ever get stuck.

Currently, BTC transaction takes much longer (it shows 2 hours in blockchain.info) than fiat transferring. Ironic.

EDIT: seems the prediction of blockchain.info is far from accurate.