Price Volatility

As with any early-stage technology, Bitcoin's price is volatile. Investors are wise to allocate only a small percentage of their portfolio, dollar-cost average, commit to a long time horizon (at least four years), and understand the technology.

Andreas Antonopoulos, author of "Mastering Bitcoin" and "The Internet of Money", discusses Bitcoin's price volatility in the following video. Antonopoulos makes the case that as Bitcoin's market capitalization grows and Bitcoin finds more use in day-to-day payments, Bitcoin's price will become less volatile.

Antonopoulos on Price Volatility