Now that our severely restricted Xmas is coming to a close with a complete lock down, I was reading a bit on crypto

I do not understand one thing about crypto so maybe some body has some thoughts to offer

The article that caught my attention was various people trying to estimate the future value of crypto

It got a bit funny as the 1st interview estimated a value of 100,000 by yr end

Then they found another who proclaimed 200,000 then a 3rd and so on until finally they found some body willing to say crypto would be worth 500,000 by yr end

Of coarse everybody had sound reasons for their target value

Do you think we should be getting in on this amazing increase in value, at today's low price

It almost sounds a bit like a barter system with the excess of the transaction in digital form, for future use

Beyond that which may not even be close to what crypto really is, is a complete mystery to me

Can anybody help why people think crypto will increase in value

Also what the heck does a miner mean re: Crypto