i hold 7 different ones at the moment, and am up like 4000% in 1 month...
It's fairly clear to me you came here to brag. If you really think altcoins make 4000% per month... did you grow $1000 into $1,600,000 in two months?
You keep telling people they don't understand. I could probably name corners of the Bitcoin world I understand better than you, mostly with the purpose to say you don't always know the most because you start a thread. If you really knew more, you could point out why people are wrong, rather than just don't understand. I mean, are you creating discussion here or just shutting it down?
Almost all people who buy bitcoin as an "investment" want someone else to buy their Bitcoin for more money. That's speculation - there's no inherent reason Bitcoin should increase in value. Stocks own a slice of real companies with real assets, like Apple making iPhones. Bonds get paid according to a schedule. But bitcoin offers none of that, and is speculation on the price increase of bitcoin.
Here's what I see as the worst case for Bitcoin: flaky China connectivity. China holds over 51% of blockchain computing power, which means in a war over trust, China's computers will always win. If they get disconnected, the blockchain splits in two: "inside China" and "outside China". If you invest in Bitcoin during this split, you get a nasty surprise when China regains connectivity: your Bitcoin is gone. When China comes back online, it's "inside China" version of events is true and "outside China" (with under 50% of computing power) is discarded. Your purchase of Bitcoin gets discarded with it. That scenario hasn't played out that I know of, but it means that China's policy or connectivity is very significant to Bitcoin.
This thread is on the investment forum. Can you explain why Bitcoin is an investment rather than speculation?