BTC

MaleficentPapaya4768

I was day trading bitcoin when it was in the $80-120 (dollars, not $k) range per coin, pushing trades of 5-10 BTC a dozen times a week or more. Finally got out of the trading game, set up a mining rig on an old PC, and eventually got all my bitcoin stolen in the Mt Gox hack. Life moves on. 🙃

DSMRob

Sir calm down and realize 2 BTC isnt life changing money right now, not having it isnt going to stop you from anything.

Due_Entrepreneur1088

If 2.1 BTC is life changing money, you are falling so much behind and should be glad you "didn't make it".

macetheface

>life changing if you live in a high cost of living area like California, New England, Switzerland, Singapore etc, 2.1 BTC at current prices won't change your life much at all. Even at ATH, it'd be 'meh' for many people. Still need to go back to work on Monday.

Extreme_Exam7914

More than you 😂 I’ve got about 6.45 BTC now. Up until October, I only had 3 BTC—I sold everything at 118k, then bought back in 100% at 64k this year. I highly doubt you’ve got more than me dummy

datascienceinvestor

Interesting concept, but I’d be careful equating “trustless” with “low risk.” In my opinion, risk is merely shifted from custodians to smart contracts, oracles, and liquidation mechanics. Those can fail in less obvious ways, especially in volatile markets. If vaults can truly handle stress (volatility, liquidity crunch, cascades), it’s a big unlock for BTC productivity. But for now, I’d still treat it as higher risk than simple HODL + traditional borrowing. I might not know enough of it and will be happy to hear other viewpoints.

Shiftlock0

Spent what would now be millions of dollars worth of BTC on a personal recreation amount of darknet market weed in 2012-2013. I don't dwell on it or let it bother me. You can't live in the past and you can't know the future.

Interesting_Loss_907

So you claim to own $7M worth of BTC but you’re somehow unaware of Coinbase? And why are you trying to get people here to DM you? That’s highly suspect.

Unable_Mess_2581

No need to DM anyone. Just sell your non existent BTC elsewhere for 'cheap'.

SooDamLucky

Anyone with large amounts of BTC knows how to sell them and wouldn’t be asking strangers on Reddit. Stop trying to scam people.

oak1337

It's not a meme so I'm not treating it like one. I see this as a blue chip that's going to be a large part of all digital infrastructure in the future. When that happens? Idk no one got a crystal ball. That's to say, I bought and I'm in for a long term investment on it. I may sell 10-25% of my bag if it jumped super high, but most I'm keeping as long as possible. BTC digital gold, HBAR digital oil. Regulations are on the horizon. Governments, institutions, and enterprises like HBAR. TLDR idk how high. What's the backbone of the next gen Internet worth? What's it worth in the near and distant futures?

owls_exist

yea but early BTC adopters made it so that there was one/few less of us, the poor

Illustrious-Boss9356

You're not wrong. 100% in anything is crazy. I think 0% is not ideal. 1-2% is conservative. 3-5% is pretty solid 6-10% is aggressive. 11-20% conviction. 21-50% is a gambler. 51-100% is insane. For relative comparisons, our largest single stock position is about a 0.35% allocation. And it's not a small position... I also consider myself a BTC Maxi.i'm

Illustrious-Boss9356

You're not wrong. 100% in anything is crazy. I think 0% is not ideal. 1-2% is conservative. 3-5% is pretty solid 6-10% is aggressive. 11-20% conviction. 21-50% is a gambler. 51-100% is insane. For relative comparisons, our largest single stock position is about a 0.35% allocation. And it's not a small position... I also consider myself a BTC Maxi.

Suspicious-Cut3237

Weekly DCA into a fixed target is honestly one of the cleaner approaches out there. The psychology of actually wanting dips rather than dreading them is underrated - most people say they want cheap BTC until it's cheap and then they panic. One thing worth considering at your pace is making sure the BTC you've already accumulated is doing something while you stack. Even a modest yield on what you're holding compounds meaningfully over a 10 year timeline. I keep mine on Nexo for that reason - nothing dramatic, just daily compounding on what's already there while I continue adding.The other tweak some people make is slightly increasing buy size during significant dips rather than sticking rigidly to the fixed amount. Keeps the schedule intact but lets you lean in when the opportunity is obvious. Depends on your cash flow flexibility though. 2036 target with that kind of discipline - you'll probably get there ahead of schedule.

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csfrayer

A couple things worth noting: 1 the CFTC doesn't oversee commodities, it oversees commodities derivatives (hence Commodity *Futures* Trading Commission). 2 the CFTC and SEC have been in agreement that Bitcoin has not been offered or sold as a security since the first BTC futures began trading on CBOE in December of 2017. Otherwise, those futures would have been securities-based swaps subject to SEC's jurisdiction. 3 all securities are commodities, securities are an 'excepted' class of commodity under the CEA. Even if the legislation explicitly declares BTC a commodity, that doesn't mean it cannot be offered or sold as part of an investment contract under Howey. This has always been the case with crypto tokens the SEC had argued were part of an arrangement that - under the totality of the facts and circumstances - was an investment contract. While the CLARITY Bill could change the landscape quite a bit for many alt coins, it won't have much impact on BTC or eth whose regulatory status has been pretty clear for about a decade now. Same goes for the SEC guidance which is pretty inconsequential with regard to Bitcoin.

mjamonks

Wtf are you talking about? In aggregate it's higher but in a per transaction basis is much lower than BTC.

Sirius104x

Here we are 4 months later after this post, BTC dominance is still around 58%, and alts are still completely dead, even more dead than 4 months ago. I don't think the "we are gonna moon" scenario is working out this time.

Murder_1337

BTC to the MOON! 300k price incoming!!!!!!

Ok_Golf_6467

Siphon a little away every 2 weeks into BTC. An amount you won't care/notice, like 50 bucks.

Any_Context1

Yeah, this aint it chief. If walletholders need to constantly stay one step ahead of hackers, this will seriously dent most people’s desire to hold BTC.

Rare_Rich6713

Babylon, it recently integrated ledger. It lock BTC in timelocked UTXOs and use signatures to secure PoS chains.

Rare_Rich6713

The long-term miner incentive question is still pretty unresolved. If fees don’t meaningfully pick up as subsidies drop, then yeah, the BTC as ultimate security layer narrative gets a lot weaker. And like you said, if fees do spike enough to compensate, you run into usability issues so it’s a bit of a catch. On the BTCFi traction side, I also agree it’s early. Most of these designs are still early, while wrapped BTC already has product-market fit because it’s simple and works today, even if it introduces trust assumptions. I guess where I differ slightly is that I don’t think adoption has to be immediate for this to matter. If anything, BTC-native approaches probably take longer because they’re trying to minimize trust, which usually comes at the cost of UX and speed of iteration.

Rare_Rich6713

Yeah, that’s exactly the direction I was getting at. The idea that you can actually *use* BTC as security without giving up custody is what makes this feel different from the older yield on BTC narratives. The Trustless Vault angle is interesting too, but I’m still curious how it plays out in practice especially around things like slashing and cross-chain coordination. That’s usually where the real trade-offs show up. If they can pull that off without reintroducing trust somewhere under the hood, then yeah, it could be a pretty big shift for BTCFi overall.

Revolutionary-Cup78

I know many people that don't invest in any POW token by principle, but besides that I don't know a single person that holds a different crypto without having BTC

theBullwhale

First rule of the sub: You cannot 'stake' native Bitcoin. It's a Proof of Work network. If you are earning yield on your BTC, you have given custody to a third party who is lending it out. Get it off the exchange and into cold storage immediately. The yield is not worth the risk of losing it all. That being said, you mean stacking! At $325 a week (roughly $17k/year), with BTC currently hovering in the $60k-$70k range after this recent macro crash, a whole coin is mathematically very achievable in about 3.5 to 4.5 years if you stay perfectly disciplined. Keep stacking.

JerseyJimmyAsheville

You may not agree with people like me that use the Bitcoin cycle to trade and make money, so while I believe in the structure of Bitcoin, and love the limited availability of the crypto itself, I’d challenge you not to close your eyes to opportunities that exist. Things to think about and that I ponder daily: Is the 4 year cycle still valid? How have ETF’s changed the game? How have puts and calls impacted BTC? Why was 2025 the first down year? And did the bear cycle start early? 2026 is the first cycle that Bitcoin broke through its previous halving Price for the first time in history. Does it matter who is really buying and selling the asset? Strategy has been buying since 2020-2021, and I’d argue that it has not impacted the volatility, the price action, or the Bitcoin Cycle. I try to balance all of these factors when investing in this particular asset…why, because I will not watch an asset that I own drop from $126K to $40K, know it’s coming, and not take advantage of it. You can hold it all you want, and wait every 4 years to pound your chest, but I will not stand idly by watching $100 bills go down the drain.

Larry_l3ird

And when it’s really down then you realize that you’re the sucker caught with the bag. Bitcoin is a failed currency and is essentially worthless. It’s totally unclear to me why people haven’t figured that out yet. There are actual coins that function as bitcoin was intended to, and others that have other real world uses that haven’t even been fully explored yet. Those are the actual future of crypto. Bitcoin as “digital gold” or a “digital store of value” is just a desperate pivot on a failed project with way too much money and hype tied up in it to give up and admit failure now. But it’s coming. The people who think BTC has seen its ups and downs and survived the test of time have a really shortsighted version of time.

DSMRob

Bust out of the dode if you can, buy BTC and enjoy college.

BlazingPalm

I hope op meant stacking. Staking BTC with a 3rd party is very very risky, imo.

Cryptizard

This doesn't do anything to specifically address quantum resistance. It just fixes a problem that was introduced with Taproot that made those transactions *especially* vulnerable to quantum attacks. Taproot addresses (P2TR) reveal your public key on-chain, similar to the original wallet addresses (P2PK). This new BIP just fixes Taproot with a new kind of address (P2MR) that gives it the same level of security that all other BTC wallets already have with the current address type (P2WPKH). Taproot addresses are now only vulnerable to real-time quantum attacks that can break the public key within one block window (a few minutes) because the public key is only revealed when wallets spend money. Previously you could take your time and break the public key whenever you want because it was permanently on the chain. It is still necessary to upgrade the signature scheme to something truly post-quantum secure. That will happen eventually, but it's not this easy.

supermanal

Bitcoin could go lower and will hopefully rise around October if previous cycles are to go by. Alt coins(anything not BTC) have been doing badly for a few years now.

RandomPlayerCSGO

Kind of both. Monero seems to me like a very solid long term investment becasue it actually embodies the principles BTC was build on. Monero does not care about regulation because it straight up opposes it, delistings and regulatory pressure going after it has only made it stronger by eliminating sell pressure from futures and CEX's fractional reserve, it is actually used for real world cases in international black markets. It As an economist Monero seems to me like the asset that most closely reflects how free market money should be, it allows you to actually go against the people that want to eliminate the free market. Think about it imagine your country gets into a war, your currency gets hyperinflation and your government forbids you from taking money out of the country, Monero is there and you can just make all your net worth dissapear without being found by anyone who wants to take it from you. Monero doesn't care about the system, it doesn't care about politics, it doesn't care about anything, it is just there, it works, and it will be at your disposal when you eventually need to escape government outreach, and by how the world is going we will all most likely need to escape it. As long as a completely untraceable currency like Monero exists where you can actually save your money without anyone even being able to know you have it the real free market will always have a chance to keep existing. I do not like that crypto nowadays moves depending on political bullshit and changes in regulation, I like Monero because it doesn't give a shit about that, it decouples from the market when it feels like it, it has long term organic growth and consistently establishes higher floors, and a very big part of its holders are people that actually understant the asset and use it as actual unit of savings with no intention of selling unlike BTC which has a very strong demand of people who do not understand the asset and have no intention of holding it long term and just want to make a quick profit. I am from a country where government control and overreach has been growing very significantly over the past 10 years, and Monero just makes me feel safe, it makes me feel that I don't care that the modern financial system is rigged because my unit of savings is an asset that doesn't need modern financial system, doesn't need permission from politicians, doesn't even need to be legal, being "the black market currency" doesn't sound to me like something bad at all, it sounds to me like a solid proof that the asset actually works and can be trusted, anyone can trust a legal asset backed by institutions but if an asset is illegal an still steadily growing and being used it means it is actually trustworthy enough to not need that shit.

rankinrez

Not really. The idea that Bitcoin is permanent will forever be gone, the precedent for software changes taking peoples BTC will have been set.

PsychologicalBit803

Buy BTC.

malacosa

If you didn’t have any market activity at all, and USD fell in value, but the Euro stayed static, both BTC and the Euro would rise in value when measured against USD

infernal_celery

Yes and no.  Tradfi is presently looking to cherry pick bits of crypto it likes. It is doing this because it likes fast settlement with low overheads, and the ability to create algorithmically rebalanced portfolios for risk management. However, it really doesn’t know how to deal with permissionless bearer instruments without pissing off regulators. It doesn’t explain KYC very well, not to a universal standard. Sanctions risks cause particular issues. And then you have contracts with “persons unknown” who aren’t vetted to a common standard that appeases regulators either. And it really doesn’t like Bitcoin because at the moment banks are basically guaranteed debt for big finance now. Well, as much as can be. And the state is generally the guarantor. Tradfi is full of people who benefit from fiat, so jumping to Bitcoin scares the bejesus out of them. I work in this field for a small compliance consulting business. Institutional adoption is not unified by any means. FWIW I try to get paid in Bitcoin. Clients don’t like to do that. They love USDC on Ethereum, but me and my business colleagues are effectively BTC maxis at this point, at least for digital asset investments. It’s hard to work so close to institutional crypto and *not* be…

terp_studios

Other than the price of bitcoin is shitty US Dollars, what about Bitcoin is unpredictable? Block is produced every 10 minutes with a block reward of 3.125BTC that will be cut in half every 210,000 blocks until all 21,000,000 bitcoin are mined. Anyone can use the network without permission. How’s that unpredictable? Governments and central banks are super predictable even though everything seems super chaotic now. We all know they are going to continue to spend irresponsibly until they inflate their currency out of existence. Some take longer than others but it’s a guarantee at this point. There are exceptions for a few very responsible nations, but they have no interest in leading the world financial system so they just do their own thing.

KitchenPosition4807

The end goal is your example. Hope BTC l lans where you need it to so you can reach your goal man. You got this!!!

canadianragweed

BTC is never going to outweigh VT in my personal net worth. If it goes to 10 million I will DCA out to buy more VT. BTC could potentially go to zero, or at least close to it, and most people wouldn't care. If VT goes to zero the world ended and BTC also ended.

Mr--Clean--Ass-Naked

how is 1 TAO post a week a shill when ETH/BTC get plastered daily like medicine

LatinumGirlOnRisa

good points!🤸🏾‍♀️🤸🏼‍♂️ although near to no inflation currently but @ zero inflation [at least in theory] by the time the last of Bitcoin is mined.👍#21 #Million #BTC🪙

piggleii

BTC pumps to 70k but retraces to 64k. Bears: "Ahahaha, I told you that pump wouldn't last. 50k next!" BTC pumps to 72k but retraces to 66k. Bears: "Ahahaha, I told you that pump wouldn't last. 50k next!" BTC pumps to 76k but retraces to 69k. Bears: "Ahahaha, I told you that pump wouldn't last. 50k next!"

AggravatingGuest1956

just wait until they confiscate Saylor’s BTC

CXavier4545

just use coinbase and buy it in tranches, maybe $15k-$20k at a time, then once you’re able to withdraw your BTC to your cold wallet, do the same thing with the next amount, that way if there’s an issue, security or bank holds all your capital isn’t frozen, same thing with selling, plus coinbase has limits on deposits and withdrawals specific to each account holder you may wanna check that first

Ge_Yo

HODL then borrow is a solid plan. What’s your take on Trustless Bitcoin Vaults, which will unlock ways for BTC to be productive in lending, borrowing, and other on-chain use cases while keeping full custody?

Ge_Yo

HODL then borrow is a solid plan. What’s your take on Trustless Bitcoin Vaults, which will unlock ways for BTC to be productive in lending, staking, and more while keeping full custody?

Suitable-Profit231

Yeah sure you genius... that is pretty much what I said, just misunderstood in the opposite direction 🤣🤣🤣 In case of your example I will either just send the money via BTC Blockchain to whoever is supposed to receive it... Or, if it's for myself, I will simply have it in BTC and then I will be able to spend as much BTC as I have in the country I go to 🤣🤣🤣🤣 In case of 1 BTC I could easily move ~70k across borders, without getting questioned or confiscated...I move it to a paper wallet, I encrypt the recovery phrase in a regular looking note or I memorize the 24 words for the trip... and even if they control me there will be no hardware wallet etc. for them to even know I have any 🤣🤣🤣 So thanks alot for giving a good example how this is better and shows that you have more control over it... there is not bank, you are the bank...

BeginningMost6014

Do the math - if you did $400 a week at an avg cost of $100k per BTC, you would have one in 250 weeks... sure as hell hope BTC does not avg $100k over the next 5 years lol

puttingupnumbers

Hype is my number coin besides BTC. Seems like it’s just endlessly growing as an exchange.

Ge_Yo

Yup! Holding BTC is already a utility, and BTCFi could expand that further. When Trustless Bitcoin Vaults launch, they could allow users to put BTC to work while keeping full self-custody, unlocking liquidity for lending, borrowing, or earning yield. Wdyt?

Ge_Yo

Yeah! Some protocols let you stake BTC without giving up control of your keys. BTCFi is still early, so you are not late.

VelixaNtra

Yeah, isolation hurts way more than the drops tbh. Kept it simple: BTC/ETH core conviction hold, cut obvious dead alts early 2025, then just diamond hands. No mid-bleed rotations - too much slippage and tax pain. Saved myself with the “would I buy this now?” check every few months. Almost got trapped on one alt late 2025 but forced the sell - dodged a bullet.

wancruz

Spot on. BTC staking is evolving from just holding to actually securing and earning. Babylon lets you stake BTC while staying in full self-custody, and their Trustless Bitcoin Vaults will take this even further.

uamdarasulka

no it does make sense. BTC derivatives are showing exactly that — heavy shorts from big money while price stays in a range. the part that's different is SOL and XRP, those aren't getting the same treatment. straight accumulation, no range games

uamdarasulka

no it does make sense. BTC derivatives are showing exactly that — heavy shorts from big money while price stays in a range. the part that's different is SOL and XRP, those aren't getting the same treatment. straight accumulation, no range games

ordevandenacht

100% in any asset is plain stupid. Probably getting downvoted for saying this on the BTC sub but I don’t care. Diversification is key. Even if you have unwavering conviction in bitcoin, the smart play is having a portion of NW in other assets too.

Any_Context1

100% correct. And thank you for saying it. So many people here think this is a joke or there is a simple fix. The moment BTC is cracked, the price will go to basically zero. 

FousHikes

BTC is a lot of my portfolio, but it can still drop tremendously and stop being relevant. There's no real reason we should assume it will just stay around and keep going up.  Anyone that says otherwise is just lying to themselves. That said, I'm holding until 2028-29 to take a little profits and then letting the rest sit at least until 2035.  If everything goes well.  If I sense BTC is done? It all goes.  It's an investment, not a magical belief system like some even in this thread act like.

NotAnotherRebate

BTC needs to star moving faster on this. If they can implement a quantum proof algorithm that everyone agrees on, BTC will move up fast. I'm a BTC bull and I'm hesitant on piling in while i know there's a possibility that were are one quantum breakthrough away from BTC being cracked. If it's ever cracked, before an anti-quantum implementation is in place, BTC will dump like no one has ever seen.

fan_of_hakiksexydays

It's about BTC price. What substance were you expecting here.

platypus_worldwide

I wonder if institutions are just keeping BTC in a range, intentionally searching for liquidity and triggering oscillations within said range and profiting that way as opposed to true holding, and the retail whales are just following suit. This might not make sense as I’m still learning though.

Icy_Annual_9954

You could sell BTC to buy more BTC later, this is not wrong, but hard to achieve. There are a lot of traders who reduced their Initial Stack, in the intent to have it increased.

AutisticGayBear69

That’s an interesting take. I would argue that BTC price has a higher correlation with the halving vs interest rates. The next halving is targeted for April 2028 so would guess the top of the cycle would occur later that year and be much higher than $100k.

fan_of_hakiksexydays

It's a tough place for futures right now. I'm not feeling too good about going long now, but not looking that ripe for shorts either. On the one hand, within its own market, crypto has hit a consolidation phase, and even started a rally. And yes, we are in a bear cycle, but just like you can have bear phases for many weeks within a bull cycle, you can have temporary relief rallies in a bear cycle. Especially if things got a little too oversold for too long. This one was probably not gonna get past $90K since the last relief rally hit $96K. But I would imagine it would still test at least $80K. The problem now is that stocks are getting battered, there's a lot of fear from oil prices hitting all markets. Even gold and silver are going down a bit. And now that BTC dropped from $76K to $69K, does it even have the legs to do that rally all over again? It has the volatility and shown it can quickly de-couple and do its own thing. But at the same time, the long term trend is still a bear cycle.

CarelessShoe1334

Its all out there in the public domain....After five weeks of outflows, U.S. Spot BTC ETFs just saw over **$2.1 billion in net inflows** in the last 14 days alone. While retail was panic-selling the 'Oil Spike' news, BlackRock and Fidelity were literally absorbing that supply. Also...Look at **Strategy (MSTR)**. They just disclosed buying another **22,337 BTC** this week at an average price of \~$70,194. They aren't waiting for a 'dip' to $50k; they are buying the current $70k floor as fast as they can raise capital...

BingoWT

Yes, you’ve made bad investments. TAO, I can’t really say. But of all the alt coins, TAO is not my top 3; and I would only do the main coin (BTC) and the top 3 alt coins. PEPE … it’s a memecoin with no real value. IT’s somebody’s pump-and-dump pet project.

Blooberino

Nothing is tanking. Everything has been ranging for over a month, and BTC is within 1% of where it was a month ago.

Logical_driver_42

They can just redeem the BTC

InFormal_WarningDown

It is always at 10. When I think it's starting to fall I just check the news and remind myself that the world is going to sh*t, and then I remember that only BTC can save us

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Aggravating_Dish_824

BTC in Bitcoin Core

Majestic_Can_6363

Do NOT redeem the BTC before selling, a loaded 2012 Casascius is worth multiples of spot price purely as a collectible. Specialized auction houses and serious collector communities on Reddit are your best bet. Get it authenticated and insured before shipping it anywhere.

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Majestic_Can_6363

bro you bought PEPE and are surprised it went down 💀 that's basically the PEPE experience. hold or fold is entirely a vibe at this point lol. $50 loss hurts but it's honestly cheap tuition. next time maybe start with BTC, throw it somewhere like Neхo to earn yield, THEN play with memecoins with money you genuinely don't care about

TheresNoSecondBest

...so you finally reached the 6.15 BTC everyone's talking about?

whataboutbenson

OP when buying things you need to know what you expect to get out of it, in how much time, and at what point you accept you were wrong. You also need to know your own risk tolerance. Is that remaining $200 completely disposable to you? Or are you going to need it in the next six months? If so, sell now and call it a $50 lesson. None of us know what these tokens are going to do, not in the next day or month or five years. They might halve from here but then 10x in 2028. They might double from here and then go to zero. We just don't know. The only tokens you can have some confidence won't go to zero are BTC and ETH, and even then it could still one day happen.

iamclarenz

Haha I get that. Some of my stack stays in BTC, but I’ve also been experimenting with Altura Trade for stablecoins. The on-chain tracking and multi strategy approach make it feel more productive without chasing hype, which is nice when the market gets wild.

Logical_driver_42

Is it that auction house is going to take a 30% cut of your money then you’ll still have to pay taxes on it. I feel like the infinity better solution is to just redeem it to a wallet then sell it on whatever platform you link your government information on and only sell what you need for right now unless you need all the money because BTC is low right now it’ll be worth more in the next few years

Ourcrypto_news

I guess even BTC isn’t a safe haven when macro stuff hits this hard.

SDW137

BTC to hit 200k confirmed.

FriendsMade_MeDoIt

In my group it’s basically split into two camps. The “just hold BTC and don’t overthink it” people, and the “ETH has more upside long term” crowd. Nobody I know really treats stablecoins as a store of value, more like a parking spot when they’re unsure what to do next. For wallets, most of the convos end up being less about the coin and more about how you store it. Like the same person who’s paranoid about security will go hardware wallet no matter what they’re holding, while others just stick to apps and hope for the best. Tbh the biggest pattern I’ve noticed is people getting more conservative over time. Early on everyone chases stuff, then after a few scares or stories, they simplify and focus more on not losing what they already have.

Suitable-Profit231

Mister, you are hilarious 😅 Because despite saying that yet you believe in "money" that is literally created out of nothing by people that are seemingly into satanistic pedo rituals 🤣🤣🤣 The only reason money has any value is because people believe it and the number of people believing in the value of BTC is not decreasing, but increasing thanks to institutional interest.

Low-Razzmatazz3932

Yeah I’ve been guilty of that too tbh 😅 I think it’s mostly the “what if” factor. Bitcoin feels slow and already “made,” but some random coin feels like it could still 10x. Even if deep down you know it’s way riskier. Also BTC is kinda boring in comparison. No hype, no crazy narratives, just steady. And people usually don’t get excited about steady when there’s a chance of quick gains. It’s less about trust and more about chasing upside imo.

CranberryFun3740

cloudbet has had a poker room running in BTC for years. player pool is smaller than the fiat giants but games run consistently and the rake is fair. for people who want to stay in crypto, no bank transfers, no fiat conversion, it's one of the cleaner setups. tournaments run regularly too if ring games aren't your thing

ElectricalTennis2820

cloudbet has had a poker room running in BTC for years. player pool is smaller than the fiat giants but games run consistently and the rake is fair. for people who want to stay in crypto, no bank transfers, no fiat conversion, it's one of the cleaner setups. tournaments run regularly too if ring games aren't your thing

Specialist_World2985

cloudbet has had a poker room running in BTC for years. player pool is smaller than the fiat giants but games run consistently and the rake is fair. for people who want to stay in crypto, no bank transfers, no fiat conversion, it's one of the cleaner setups. tournaments run regularly too if ring games aren't your thing

Nemozoli

Could have been... but I kept buying at 70k, so of course I wouldn't sell then... and refrained from buying above 100k. So not really, if you sell at any ATH and have the patience to wait for BTC afterwards to do its thing, being volatile. This will become increasingly more difficult as volatility decreases in time. I could have paid for the glasses in fiat, but I found this optician who accepts BTC, and thought to use the opportunity.

Unlucky-Raise-7214

cloudbet has had a poker room running in BTC for years. player pool is smaller than the fiat giants but games run consistently and the rake is fair. for people who want to stay in crypto, no bank transfers, no fiat conversion, it's one of the cleaner setups. tournaments run regularly too if ring games aren't your thing

ReadingTheSign23

Those are collectible now, so you’re really selling to numismatics/Bitcoin collectors more than just “selling 1 BTC.” Biggest decision first is whether you keep it loaded or peel it, since peeling usually kills a lot of the collectible premium. For selling, I’d look at places where collectors actually hang out like BitcoinTalk forums, reputable auction houses, or well known escrow based marketplaces. Some people also use eBay, but you have to be extra careful with scams and chargebacks there. If it’s still loaded, I’d only deal with experienced buyers and probably use escrow. And definitely verify current market comps first because those coins can go for way above face value depending on condition and year.

ReadingTheSign23

Probably a mix of macro nerves more than anything Bitcoin-specific. When people start worrying about rates staying higher or inflation sticking around, risk assets usually take a hit and BTC gets lumped in with that. Oil moving up doesn’t help either since it feeds the whole inflation narrative again. Feels like one of those days where sentiment shifts fast and everyone de-risks at once, then it stabilizes once the panic cools off.

Stats_DontCare0

If you’re talking pure “store of value,” most people lean BTC just because it’s the simplest and most battle tested. ETH has a strong case too, but it’s still evolving more, so some people see it as slightly higher risk long term. Stablecoins feel safe short term, but you’re trusting the issuer, so it’s a different kind of risk. They’re more like parking cash than actually preserving value over years. Wallet security is mostly on you, not the coin. Hardware wallets and good habits matter way more than whether it’s BTC or ETH. Most losses I’ve seen were user mistakes, not the chain itself.

Hairy_Purple9672

upside potential maybe? like BTC will not 5x this year, some shit coin will tho!

alphabee_9

Ngmi with BTC the gains are already gone % wise

meandjarvis

Never all in. Back in my 20s I used to think I was "investing": put X amount into a stock, exit if there's a 30% gain, cut losses at 30% down. Looking back, that was speculating, maybe even gambling. I just didn't see it at the time. Now I keep it stupid simple. I focus on growing my businesses, they generate the income. I set aside a portion as dry powder and DCA it on a steady pace into top-tier asset classes: Bitcoin, gold, S&P 500. Nothing fancy, nothing exciting, no hot picks. It's boring. And boring works for me. My portfolio is still well above water even with BTC dropping from 120k to 70k, because DCA over time smooths out the noise. But honestly the biggest win isn't even the returns. It's that this strategy lets me stay focused on my businesses during the day and sleep well at night. When your investment approach doesn't require attention, you can put that energy into the things that actually grow your wealth, your work, your skills, your income. The portfolio just compounds quietly in the background.

Theredeemer08

Thanks for this:) Yes the strats performance in a standard bear market is the thing which has me on the edge of my seat. Backtest says it should be able to but the live test will actually verify if this is true XD Especially now that BTC is correcting and may return to $60k lows and below this is the perfect time to watch my strategy's performance And no I don't have a setup to detect attention/sentiment spikes, I am using a sentiment/narrative API for my setup. There are a few of them out there, I've been using Ruma Fun API so far.

value_hash

BTC tends to dip when uncertainty increases

Dangerous_Tap_5045

A lot of people in crypto follow hype instead of experience. They’ll ignore something established like BTC but trust a random coin trending on Twitter. Listening to experienced voices in the space can really change how you look at risk.