BTC

Bogdanoff_dump_it

Yes, every Monday I buy BTC, ETH and SOL. I do have some cash sidelined in case of a further drop.

DrGoozoo

Remember NFT? Someone I know was in the planning phases of BTC, he told me it’s the biggest rug pull in history.

Available_Win5204

Exactly. 100% agree. I actually think anyone still holding BTC should be ashamed of themselves for this reason. Zero fucking respect for someone making up endless excuses for supporting something that is so abysmally power-hungry for no other reason than their own greed.

IReallyHateAsthma

Need to see this again a logarithmic BTC price

no_choice99

5 years ago when BTC was at 55k people claimed BTC 500k to 1 M within 5 years. Those messages were the ones upvoted by reddit. BTC didn't beat inflation, lol. So, well...

darkrood

Not likely, and I am speaking as someone who dislikes BTC, it’s likely around 55k to 60k top for bottom. If Oct 2026 is not a new low or similar low In June, then we’ve entered new meta.

United_Weight3580

Simply put I don't need the money i invested right now and for the foreseeable future. I just parked it on BTC and will only sell when it inevitably goes high again. I don't even look at the price daily. I have an alert at x2 my basis cost and I chill

p1n13d

Couldn’t have said it better myself. BTC on its own had its chance and failed spectacularly! I also think after Trump fucks off there will be investigations into crypto and it will be the cases of flagrant theft and fraud which will spend the end then it’ll be cast back to the dark markets. Everything that orange pedophile touches turns to shit lol

Galen-Erso

It seems you don't remember how much BTC was worth back in 2013. B*llsh*t

TripTryad

We werent thinking that far ahead. 2018 was a bear market year, so we were just focused on a bunch of memes and alts that were going belly up that year. The funniest one for me was Bitconnect going bust, and the Cryptokitties boom from 2017 (which were basically the pioneer of NFTs) going bust in 2018. We were too busy worrying about the short term and praying that BTC hit 50k one day to specifically think about 2026.

DudeManBro21

The fact that this pattern has happened multiple times. Bitcoin has inherent value due to its utility, and I've watched it rocket, then drop, then rocket, then drop quite a few times. And digital currencies are the future, whether we like it or not. I fully expect BTC to be back over $100k within the next year. 

Visible-Raise-3397

I buy 5 dollars BTC each day.. it's small but I'm trying..

WarningCodeBlue

LOL. I got into BTC when it was less than $1000.

Ok-Cell-4541

|Asset|**2022 Low**|**Price Today**|**Total Return From 2022 Low**| |:-|:-|:-|:-| |**Bitcoin (BTC)**|\~$15,760|\~$61,836|\~+292%| |**Nvidia (NVDA)**|\~$11.50|\~$205.10|\~+1,683%|

LetsLearnYouZhongWen

If I were him, I would have used my money from selling gold to DCA into BTC. Going all in swinging between two investments is a huge gamble. I should know. 

Regular-Extension-85

This post needs a fancy chart/graph to show BTC should be $500,000

LetsLearnYouZhongWen

Only time will tell if it was a bad decision.  The certain Street Wall sub bullied a guy who bought Intel shares, which he bought with his grandma's inheritance at $30, when it hit $19. A lot of people think he sold. Let's say he did. Intel shares are up about 400%. In my opinion, I would be selling half of my gold to buy BTC today, if I believed in both. One has dumped hard, one has dumped slightly. If he gets a nice return out of his BTC before gold does something, he can always sell and go back to gold. 

BallisticTherapy

I've been in this space since 2016, buddy. Bought my first 3 BTC sub 1k. I don't have anything to worry about.

Strondt

The Chart title says "daily on-chain flow in BTC" but not "daily netto flow". So maybe the explanation ist that of course there are people buying BTC and the currently much larger outflow part is separated..

nullpunkt

Wait for it to break through the 40K mark, then aim to buy in the 30K range. BTC is going places 😜

last_try_social_m

It’s fascinating that I get downvoted for simply providing math. That shows me that BTC bros are totally illusional. They reject reality as soon as it jeopardizes the dream that BTC is the solution for everything. Common guys, it’s just an (useless) asset class – and neither an ideology nor a religion.

last_try_social_m

Absolutely! Thats why I also calculated the 75 % dividend scenario. One the market doesn’t believe any more in an recovering BTC Price above average purchasing price, the dividend might go up substantially.

Uitklapstoel

Mental illness? Lol. Its a form of entertainment that's pretty normal for a lot of people, also outside the crypto world. It's why most algorithms push content that's conflicting to their user, for engagement. You're looking too deep into it. It's mostly memes anyway. I've been a "hater/buttcoiner" for years and have many friends who are into crypto, we get along fine. It's just on the internet that it seems like it's all people do. If and once BTC pumps again we'll have to hear from your guys "have fun staying poor" "you haven't done enough research" etc. I could make the same point as you. Why can't they help themselves and leave the not believers alone? It goes both ways.. I'm not sitting on a high horse and pretending the opposite side had a mental illness though.

wolfofone

No. If you only want BTC price exposure buy BTC ETFs from a reputable discount brokerage where at least youll have SIPC insurance. If you want BTC to use as BTC self custody is the only acceptable solution. Even if an exchange is on the up and up it is still not wise to keep coins there as a hacker could steal them or the company could go under and not have the assets to repay all creditors fully. The only thing you should use an exchange for is to exchange for BTC and get your coins off ASAP. If you are buying tiny amounts you do need to balance the risk and rewards for keeping coins on exchange long enough to build up enough that doing an on chain withdrawal is worth it for the fees and to manage the sixe of your transactions so that your wallet isnt full of tiny UTXOs that when you go to spend you BTC will be more expensive.

RedSt8

Congratulations. Feels great, doesn’t it? There are 22 millionaires in the USA. If each wanted to buy 1.0 BTC, they couldn’t all do it - not for ANY price.

GooodNiightaringding

Limited token supply isn't the same as good tokenomics. Yes ETH doesn't have a supply cap, but ETH inflation is currently much lower than BTC inflation. BTC promises to stop at some point, but it's completely unclear how they're going to pay miners then. Ethereum has a sustainable system in place to pay for its security with inflation <1%.

cousindupree

Nah Man! You are the Man! I started with crypto when BTC was $7000; later got into the alts.

djmc0211

Yep me too. Back in 2021 I decided to dump 50k into ADA over BTC or ETH. Still bag holding like idiot but now my 50k is only worth a little more than 5k. Massive waste of my money.

cousindupree

You'll be ok. I started in crypto when BTC was $7000; later got into altcoins. I'm way up but feel bad about the recent correction. But I don't invest with my feelings.

Fit_Equal6932

https://preview.redd.it/nsvdtu10es5h1.png?width=1045&format=png&auto=webp&s=53487355834d3d18e5f6573bb11686e1002aa307 The volumes were high last week due to volatility. But they could have snuck in a 2-3 million shares. Raised 300 million let's say which adds 2 months to their USD reserve. Then do a token buy of 40 BTC (more than they sold). This is pure speculation, but these filings have a huge relevance to the crypto price action come Monday. Any one who guesses correctly can make some money betting on this.

LoneFox4444

This is the problem with the crypto space, imo. The only argument that people have for “how good a coin is”, is the price. Not actual real world use cases, not problems that it’s solving, just price. You’re doing the same here. You have no real arguments why BTC would be better, besides the price action being better. I don’t blame you for that, but it’s (imo) a fundamental problem with crypto right now, because it completely delegitimises the whole space.

Eximietate

Well, I sold all my BTC and crypto above 108k because of the cycles so I’m only buying now for the next bull run. Bottom is closer than you think. June-October is the time to DCA.

TreideA

Funny how most BTC Maxi's act surprised when retail mentions Ethereum for tokenization. Like what do you expect? To use a lesser blockchain with downtime like Solana? Lol 😂

Remarkable_Ad5011

Yeah, I feel like I missed the boat to ever have a generational wealth level of BTC.

CobraKai6890

The difference between BTC and any other type of currency is its limited amount available. 21million(technically less because of locked or lost coins) will always be that, and one sat will always be one sat. The issue with its current volatility is that it actually decreases adoption because that one sat may buy a BigMack today or an iPhone in 6months. What would be ideal is steady increase until all coins are mined which would set the actual value. No other fiat or resource has ever demonstrated this, not gold, not silver, not diamonds, and certainly not the dollar.

AutoModerator

Post is by: Fit_Equal6932 and the url/text [ ](https://goo.gl/GP6ppk)is: /r/CryptoMarkets/comments/1tz1f7g/what_do_you_think_mstr_filings_will_show_come/ They need to pad up their USD Reserve fast. The only have 6.3 months worth of dividends payments left before they need to liquidate BTC Per their 10-Q: [https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1050446/000105044626000031/mstr-20260331.htm](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1050446/000105044626000031/mstr-20260331.htm) "Further, for any additional shares of STRC Stock that we issue under the ATM of STRC Stock, our current intention (which is subject to change in our sole and absolute discretion) is to issue **any such shares of STRC Stock at a price per share not less than $99 or more than $101**. **However, we may issue any additional shares of STRC Stock at any price we choose.**" |**Date / Security**|**Shares Sold**|**Notional Value (in millions) (1)**|**Net Proceeds (in millions) (2)**|**Available for Issuance and Sale (in millions)**| |:-|:-|:-|:-|:-| |**April 26** *MSTR Class A Common Stock*|1,451,601|$-|$255.0|$26,474.5| |**May 3** *MSTR Class A Common Stock*|492,210|$-|$82.0|$26,392.4| |**May 10** *MSTR Class A Common Stock*|231,324|$-|$42.9|$26,349.4| |**May 17** *MSTR Class A Common Stock*|430,344|$-|$83.7|$26,265.7| They can always issue more MSTR which they have been. Last month's totals were: And last week: "On May 26, 2026, Strategy Inc ("Strategy") announced that, during the period between May 18, 2026 and May 25, 2026, **Strategy did not sell any shares under its at-the-market offering program and did not purchase any bitcoin. "** What do you think they did? ATM for stock and the USD reserve looks better now? Bought a few bitcoin to project strength? Would this project enough strength to kick the can down the road and everything calms down or is it irretrievable? *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/CryptoMarkets) if you have any questions or concerns.*

Miamiconnectionexo

practical version: if you're buying the drop, decide whether you're betting on crypto broadly or on eth specifically. if it's the former, the cleaner trade is often just more BTC since you eat less downside in the next cascade. if you genuinely think eth is mispriced here, size it knowing the ratio can keep bleeding even while total market cap recovers. DCA in tranches instead of one click so a deeper flush doesn't wreck your average. the homogeneous-lump behavior cuts both ways on the way back up too.

Fresh-Insurance-2919

Love your analysis. Solid book out on Canton that came out recently on Amazon called The Dark Horse of Crypto if you want to do a deep dive on the network. I’m a big fan of Canton. It seems to have little correlation with BTC. Up 6+% this week while BTC and ETH are both down 15-20% over the past week. I think that is because of the burn-mint structure that you described. It’s easy to see how value accrues to CC without requiring narrative, hype or speculation. Frankly I’d rather the price of CC stay down for awhile so the burn can keep eliminating more of the supply 

AlphadeltaVII

Dramatic price? I’d suggest keeping your eyes peeled for multiple scenarios… I’ve been studying both the BTC and ETH chart since 2022 when I started working as a crypto journalist for a Belgian newspaper, managed to call both bottom and top formations on both. I analyse charts, do my research and then get in. It’s called preperation. I’m a BTC and ETH maxi, but I sold everything at the top, getting back in at the bottom, that’s how you maximize your gains. I’ll definitely be hodling for years when I do get in again, I’m a long term believer in both and I think we’ll see higher prices in our lifetimes.

AlphadeltaVII

I think that’s a decent prediction tbh but imo we’re just at the start of this bear market, you gotta look at more metrics than solely BTC or crypto in general. Nobody can predict when exactly we’ll bottom in advance, but it’ll be more clear once we bottom and start forming some accumulations across the board. You don’t want to be catching falling knifes. However, I do think if you’re a true Bitcoin maxi or hodler, anything around or below 40k is already a great long term investment, you’re looking at a 3x, just DCA more once/if we do go lower.

Miamiconnectionexo

one thing worth adding to the "forget about it" advice: write down your thesis for each coin now while it hurts. when the next pump comes and someone on here tells you their dog coin is the future, your sober bear-market notes are the only thing that keeps you from selling your BTC and SOL for garbage at the top. cycles repeat because emotions repeat, not because the charts are magic.

mayone3

Half of your chart priced in BTC is actually up lol what’s your point?

SuessMeetsSats

Bitcoin. But know it requires conviction and holding through certain volatility—it's a sure thing in the long term, NOT to get rich quick. Other crypto is NOT the same...you may or may not win; it's much more like gambling. I'm BTC only. 🧡 And it's been a blessing to me.

Rent_South

This is such an idiotic take. Across the years, bitcoin is the only crypto that has consistently accrued in value. Thats it. When priced in BTC all altcoins are trash. See here: https://i.redd.it/gt17vhn03s5h1.gif This is from about a year ago, but the graphs/cliffs would be even sharper after the recent downturn. Given that bitcoin retained some gains, but alts just lost everything.

I4G0tMyUsername

It was \~$8500 in March 2020. $100K in late 2024. It’s the last man standing in the Covid bubble battle. NFTs, every person in the world becoming a streamer, working from home, masks, etc…. Cryptocurrency has no practical/beneficial purpose in 99.99% currency transactions. It’s solving a problem that doesn’t exist. It’s less useful than loading a prepaid debit card. It was fun, & it made it longer than most other fads of Covid, but the reality is setting in: there is no practical reason for cryptocurrency value to have skyrocketed the way it did, & that’s regardless of the argument of whether it has a practical use or place in society. Not to mention all the lies & misleading information it was pumped up on to begin with (anonymous, untraceable, etc…. Every reason for its purpose & practicality was completely fabricated or extremely misleading. I will personally get the most enjoyment watching Michael Saylor get ruined over this. Guy is a douche. At BTC current value, he’s sitting on \~18% loss.

Ma_2

Same , 60K BTC , hopefully in 50k range

injectionsiteredness

Mining difficulty had a significant low, much lower than now, around July 2025. At that same time BTC was trading around 100kUSD.

usedmattress85

I’ve been where you are a few cycles back. Once I learned of the 4 year cycle I have sold close to the top and bought close to the bottom with excellent success. I’m not shilling but after years of absorbing BS I have whittled down the entirely of my “BTC influences” to 2 things. Ben Cowens YouTube videos and the Larson Line. I sold my entire bag around the $110k mark (ironically when you were buying) and I’ll be buying back sometime around October unless something dramatic happens. Point being, DCA if you want to, there’s nothing wrong with that but maximum gains can be made by playing the cycle…selling near tops and buying near bottoms. EVERYONE on this sub constantly acts like that’s impossible but I’ve done it 2x and about to make my 3rd round trip doing that. Just food for thought.

Ok_Personality7358

Same here. I mean the 0.1 BTC and third world part.

Illustrious-Boss9356

I can understand why you would do it this way but did you consider this: Let's say you have $25k worth of altcoins. If your next paycheck brought an extra $25k of disposable income, would you buy alts or BTC? Sounds like you've come to the conclusion that you should buy BTC. So by not selling your alts, you're basically taking that $25k and putting it into alts, even though you've come to the conclusion that no more money should go into alts. A common psychological phenomenon... just something to think about.

twilight-actual

It's almost as if OP was incapable of printing out a chart of pricing data starting from BTC's origin, and then drawing a line using a ruler that bisects the highs and the lows to determine the trend. That would be wayyyy too difficult.

alterise

That’s not what you said but sure. Most altcoiners eventually become BTC maxis.

Doritos707

Just make sure to have a seperate wallet for your Bitcoin dont mix BTC with other alts in the same wallet

pat_the_catdad

Judging by prior activity, we haven’t even begun to see panic selling yet. BTC $30k incoming…

IShootWide

No one cares. Bitcoin has the same exact same value at $5K that is does at $60K. People like you have been screaming “BUY NOW” all week telling us of their amazing BTC journey as if trying to prove that qualifies them as if they know something. You‘ll be screaming BUY NOW at $40K repeating your qualifications.

AlphadeltaVII

I’m looking to accumulate solely ETH and BTC next cycle but XRP will most definitely survive the bear; chart is looking good and it’s still a top 10 / high mcap crypto, it’s not going anywhere

Appropriate-Talk-735

A man will always be a man regardless of how many BTC he has.

Last-Shelter-5880

The fair value of BTC is $50-80k. I have been saying this since October 2025. It can probably dip below 50k. Buying now is a good idea, in controlled amounts.

fan_of_hakiksexydays

My goal is to raise about $28K, so I can buy 1 BTC later this year.

BallisticTherapy

You can have a 1 million dollar BTC and still be poor.

FKNLE63ND

Just buy some more on the dips and you’ll lower your basis price. Good on you for not selling. What you can do (depending where you live) is sell so you can get some tax deducted (as you sell on a loss) and then buy back straight away. You’d still have 1 BTC but the price would be 60k instead of 110. NFA

wancruz

I bought more BTC today too, this dip is too much to pass up. My strategy is to buy and stake some, the bear market might last longer than expected. I’m staking on Babylon by the way.

7862518362916371936

Yeah but BTC good, and ETH bad.

wancruz

Provided you are holding only BTC, you are safe, you can just hold, and you will be good and maybe stake some percentage too for extra profit. I stake on Babylon but hold most of my BTC in a cold wallet.

Skeewampus

Bernie Madhoff ran his scam for 15+ years before it came crashing down. I admit that BTC was never created as a fraudulent thing, but it has been around for 17 years and it has never become what it was intended to be and other than being something to trade it really has no purpose today.

AlphadeltaVII

I think Bitcoin goes to 25-30k before we head up again for the next bull. If we do, ETH will definitely hit sub 1k. I think once we reach 40k on BTC, ETH will hit 1k

zqipz

Incidentally that’s when I sold all my BTC.

friggleriggle

This is why I think BTC will ultimately be the world reserve asset and most international trade will be settled in BTC. It's probably 30 years out tho. I could be totally wrong tho, haha, I just don't see how yet. Maybe you can help me?

Skeewampus

It is a rock solid protocol for what though? The people that I know that continue to hold BTC never use it to buy and sell anything other than BTC. It’s not a currency. It is simply a thing to trade.

FlipFlopHiker

Same here. I had to liquidate my coinbase account a few months ago because I've been out of my tech job because of AI the last year. I did buy some BTC ETF in my retirement account though. I hear crypto is the first thing people are going to sell when they are strapped for cash.

Intrepid-Interest-29

I dont even REALLY know what BTC actually is. What is it?

Fit_Equal6932

Time to feed the ideological Kool-aid to the cult because everything else has failed. And btw: Bitcoin Fundamentalist Core Belief Bitcoin reaches its full potential by remaining true to its core principles: self-custody, personal nodes, decentralization, immutability, and use as money. **Fundamentalists seek to protect Bitcoin from corruption, capture, or compromise.** Isn't trying to HODL all that BTC capture?? And his shenanigans will compromise it.

Wrong-Contest-9617

It is not the end, but BTC has shit performance for the last 5 years

Optionbulls

Have my own BTC Node fully over Tor LOL

Parking-Bar6032

I don’t have the record of the past .8 BTC

neverenoughammo

Put BTC on the CC thinking I would get infront of it because my friend was going to get me a great paying job at a company I worked at before then they had a hiring freeze and almost a year later the company gets blown up in Kuwait. DCA what you can afford is definitely the way.

cognitiveDiscontents

I don’t see how people look at ETH and BTC over this last cycle and choose ETH. It crashes harder and barely even got its ATH from 2021 this cycle. I sold all mine and replaced it with BTC years ago.

VirtuaFighter6

Rinse, repeat. Been there, done that. BTC life.

Ok_Independence6172

Losses are good for BTC accounting in high tax jurisdictions. Learn your tax law and sell accordingly.

Electronic_Worker245

I just loaded up on more memes. Doubling down. It's bound to return a profit as long as my BTC bag makes profit again in a few years.

Illustrious-Boss9356

How do you store/use your BTC? On an exchange? Via an ETF? On a hardware wallet?

BenCub3d

Replace #2 with "you think you have a place that is more likely than BTC to generate returns". It's not like there aren't plenty of better investments than BTC. Not saying selling is a good or bad idea, but you don't have to be "certain" something will do better just like you can't be "certain" BTC will rebound or tank

indomitus1

BTC needs to spend some time below the 200MAnas always has done in a bear before it bottoms out. You are just gambling

Mix_Right

Who holds the biggest stacks Satoshi Nakamoto: \~1,100,000 BTC Coinbase⁠ (customer custody): \~885,000-980,000 BTC Strategy⁠: \~844,000 BTC BlackRock IBIT ETF⁠: \~765,000-785,000 BTC Binance⁠ (customer custody): \~629,000-660,000 BTC Fidelity FBTC ETF⁠: \~470,000 BTC United States Government: \~328,000 BTC China Government: \~194,000 BTC Tether⁠: \~96,000 BTC MARA Holdings⁠: \~35,000 BTC Pretty sure they know what they are doing. Now, of course Jane Street may enter the picture. Do some high frequency trading pump and dump the prices at 10 AM every morning get things nice and low. Buy it up and ride the tide back up. Rinse and repeat

Ramsey144

Everytime BTC dies it goes crazy again.. as usual

brdoc

You're right to call me out, it was ambiguous. Don't keep your shitcoins, selling them for BTC is almost never a mistake in the short run, and (failing to do so) is always a mistake in the long run.

AlternativeSignal908

The flows have dried up. Futures markets, ETFs, retirement accounts are all tapped. Only the boomers are playing with BTC. Everyone else has moved on to 0DTE, prediction markets, triple levered AI stocks.

_Commando_

> Did you know that ETH has had about half the inflation of BTC I know all about that - https://ultrasound.money/

chriswinkeyless

I DCA through Strike. I tried signing up via River in the past because of the 3.3% yield on BTC, but the moment I went through the identity check, they closed my account. I reached out to support via email, but they never ended up reopening my account. Maybe /u/RiverOfficial could help, but in the meantime, Strike is my go to.

_Commando_

> none have as good tokenomics The issue with ETH tokenomics is that it's an unlimited supply coin. It will always inflate and the so called burn mechanism introduced was only a "mask the problem", never a solution. If anything it stole the wealth from node operators that provided the service for L1. To make matters worse the L2's have stolen even more wealth from L1 but Vitalik saw this too late and now they're trying to back track what they've done with L2's because they realized the big mistake of all the value and profits went to L2 leaving L1 barebone. After seeing all the FUD against Cardano, I have made the decision to split my next investment straight to BTC and ADA moving forward. I've been using, supporting, mining and then staking ETH for a long time now ever since it's been at $5. Haven't decided on the % split how much for BTC vs ADA to invest in but BTC the big daddy king will most definitely get the lion share. ADA to me looks like a great opportunity to get into now as was ETH at $5. Also ADA has a limited supply so their tokenomics is better vs ETH and a proven track record just as much if actually a better track record then ETH if you take into account the prior ETC/ETH debacle and a number of ETH bridge hacks that occurred. o7

AP_lookingahead

For example, how can one claim scarcity when paper BTC exist?

CT4nk3r

2017 ATH ($19.8k, Dec 2017) → Bottom ($3.2k, Dec 2018) 2021 ATH ($68.7k, Nov 2021) → Bottom ($15.8k, Nov 2022) 2025 ATH ($120k+, Oct 2025) → Current low (~$60k, Jun 2026?) Historically BTC has bottomed roughly ~12 months after the cycle peak. Doesn't mean it'll happen again, but that's been the pattern so far.

Sea_Cardiologist_339

1. Why did you buy in the first place? 2. It’s called diversification. 3. I’m not putting my life savings in BTC

_Commando_

> You realize BTC is the same price today as it waa 5 years ago. BTC went from 15k to 126K making a new ATH 2x it's prior cycle, while ETH just kissed it's prior ATH cycle, there is a big difference with the value of ETH we've all seen now...

Romanizer

Last cycle, they sold about 2,000 BTC at the bottom.

Akanan

oh you let me use some cryptobro astrology terms for that: Alt season, CYCLE my favorite, BTC/ETH ratio. lol. This industry is like religion, there is always the herd in search of an answer for everything that happens, and it turns into wack explanations to comfort the believers.

Sagitario_Aestrella

Ya no existe esa soberania, el ejemplo son los Tainted BTC

Competitive-Hat-6726

What'll be the next catalyst for a BTC spike? Crazy times. Something will trigger it.

Drama-Mental

Honestly I built conviction quickly in a short time frame. I've always been a personal finance person and I was wondering why Bitcoin was valued so high back in when it was at ATH and knew that I should be putting some investment towards it to some degree but I didn't have a thesis why. The keynote speech by Jack Mallers at BTCPrague was the eye opener. He explained the problem bitcoin solved not only financially but politically and from the lens of why fiat's flaw cause so many issues societally. Then from there he had another video that explained how BTC worked from a real world technical perspective and those two videos made me see the utility of the technology, the flaws of fiat money, etc and ever since i've been a bitcoiner.

whisperedstate

The amount of Bitcoin mined per block halves every 4 years. If the price doesn't also double every 4 years, then miners will be getting paid less and less. In the 2040s, the block reward will be so low, that BTC will need to be worth millions per coin in order to have any sort of sustainble revenue. And then by the 2050s, each BTC will have to be tens of millions to get the same reward. As a cherry on top, the Bitcoin network only does 7 transactions per second. That is not nearly enough capacity to sustain the network on fees alone. So there is a conundrum. Who will run the mining infrastructure to secure "digital gold" if they have to do it at a loss? Hence why everyone predicts the obvious, that Bitcoin will be forced to abandon the 21m coin hardcap and implement a tail issuance such that there is enough BTC issued per block to be worth it for people to secure the network. So if Bitcoiners are told the 21m cap is not real, as the OP said above, then the religion would collapse.