I'm as hopeful as the next man, but can't see any real signs that the market will go on a major bull run any time soon. It does seem to have found a reasonably stabilised bottom though, so I guess that's a good sign. I'll be happy if we're moving into 2019 with the market where it's at now, that'll be a good few months of consolidating levels and should help with the long term growth going forward.

Investing in coins that are on the way down is not the wisest approach to either investing or trading, there are a lot more factors involved than simply going for the 'what goes down, must come up' strategy. Best to use TA to calculate your buy and sell zones, and stick to them strictly, don't get caught up in FOMO and overpay. Watching out for coins that have dropped isn't necessarily a bad move, but you need to do the follow up analysis to discern why it's dropping. Good luck.

Giving tokens away rather than cash basically means that there is zero initial cost to the projects. If they paid in cash, they would need to use a portion of raised funds, which would then cut into funds available for other elements. It would suit some bounty hunters to get paid in cash, but I think the majority are satisfied with tokens as they have the potential to be worth more in the long run. I know some that sell them the instant they get them for market price, no matter what that may be, but plenty more hold on to them.

Bitcoin dominance did start to drop as the overall market was rising, but with the current bear market, it has only increased again. I think it will maintain it's position as a clear market leader for some time yet, but would like to see it dropping below 25%, that would be a sure sign of the market maturing. While one coin has such influence, it's difficult for even the best projects to break free from it's grasp. Hopefully over the next year it will make tentative progress towards that anyway.

Haven't quite gone as far as misspelling hold yet, but wouldn't be surprised if I got there. It's a daily routine to check prices, general market news, specific project progress and of course some time browsing the forums, so time has become a big factor. Probably spend a minimum of an hour a day, and often much more. As I start to reduce the amount of coins I own, which I plan to over the next 6 months, hopefully I'll get some time back to myself.

If you're making 60% on a trade, presumably you are not trading professionally? Those sort of returns are retirement money, and unattainable on a long term basis. Earning astronomical returns during the second half of 2017 made people a lot of money, but the problem was that it made too many people think that they'd sussed out the secrets of trading. I very much doubt if many people are making anywhere near those sort of returns now (although of course anything is possible). Making 10% a month is amazing, and you would more than double your money in less than 8 months. Most investors would kill for that level of return.

I suggest you to choose Trezor or Ledger Nano s, even though you have to buy a license so you can use it

Not sure what license you're referring to - as far as I am aware, at least in my jurisdiction anyway, and not sure how they could police hardware wallets. But yes, I agree that Ledger and Trezor are good options for long term holding. There are other hard wallets available, but those two seem to be the most popular, mainly because of longevity and trust for being on the market for a while. Standard advice to not hold any more than you need to on exchanges.

There seems to be a popular opinion that holding Bitcoin is the only way to make money long term. I don't agree with that theory personally, as I think there will be lots of altcoins that should give a higher return, but there is definitely a increased risk involved. There's a reason why Bitcoin still holds over 50% over the crypto marketcap, it's the 'old faithful'. And if you're talking short term trading, altcoins is undoubtedly the way forward, the volatility on a daily basis provides endless opportunities to make killer trades, just don't lose everything by trading wildly with no research.