BTC

nz_djlo

You ever lost 1.5BTC because you were an idiot and just too fucking embarrassed to post about it? And no, I’m not using the same wallet to receive btc. That’s ridiculous to even suggest. The only reason I’m not more upset is because this BTC probably cost me NZ$20k from 2012/2013. So technically, it’s not a huge loss. But yeah, I’m upset, but still healthy. Have a great family and both my parents are still around.

Efficient_Range1156

Life changing amount of BTC right there.

Drizznarte

Bitcoin not crypto . There has never been a store of value before ! Fiat money will inflate. Most of what people think is crypto, like teather or other stable coins aren't. No blockchain , not crypto , no concencus mechanism , not crypto . Just look at BTC market cap over time

Digital_Brainfuck

Intention: Decentralized money system Outcome: MoneeeeeeyZ So all the same since BTC had its first spike

heisthemaincharacter

I already own a full BTC. MSTR was the leveraged trade. I bought it in the low 80s because when BTC rips, MSTR tends to rip harder. You really thought you had a gotcha here.

spacehodler

I have BTC as a pillar of my portfolio and invest in select memecoins that fulfil strict criteria for distribution, holder metrics etc. The btc component was sitting at 80% but has dropped to 50 ish after the last move up which I believe is the first move out of the bear market.

SpartanKing76

At the very beginning there was a plausible case for decentralising currency and having a system that wasn’t at the whim of central banks and fiscal policies. Unfortunately, that has not and will not ever work. Using crypto to pay for things is a mess, it’s all unsafe and the value of it is at the whim of whales - rather than fiscal policy. Therefore it’s much more dangerous and unstable. Generally speaking crypto became a speculative asset for people wanting to get rich quick or for scammers to pump and dump. The meteoric rise of BTC in the early days really did create generational wealth for some people but those were the lucky few who were in early and held on when BTC flew. Everyone else wants a piece of that action but that’s gone now and will never happen again. Sure your BTC might got from 60k to 100k but that’s not generational wealth territory - that’s just a gain. Now lots of people are cultish invested in the dream and refuse to believe the reality, or they’re bag holding, have sunken cost phobia or just have some crypto as a small part of their portfolio. At some point most of crypto will go the way of NFT.

SanHoloist

Honestly no but seeing the latest developments I do think BTC is gonna be pretty volatile. You can never really predict where it’s gonna end up so why not focus on the volatility and ride the wave instead, amiright? I’m not touching spot right now but still trading the volatility through a spot BTC CFD on Libertex. Just my personal suggestion but there are no overnight swap fees on the BTC CFD so holding through the chop doesn’t keep bleeding you on fees lol

PeaceSalt8172

All-in Solana oder sogar nen Memecoin. Wenn ichs wirklich sicher bräuchte dann BTC, aber dann würd ichs wsl sogar nicht in Krypto sondern in nen ETF stecken.

magicseadog

9000 in BTC 100 zec 100 link 100 sol 100 jul 100 pump 100 hype 100 lit 100 near 100 eth 100 fartcoin

Samsara_is_pain84k

Scam people that believe they're investing early in the next great thing. I would bet the vast majority of people have lost some and probably a lot of money in crypto. Especially in the last six years. The bs influencers have been claiming BTC will end the year at $100K since 2020. ETH at $5K.

ubermensch1001

BTC just needs to do a little over a 50% upwards movement from here to set a new all time high.

ubermensch1001

I'm more of a BTC maxi, man, don't need to be overcomplicating things by messing around with defi protocols.

dLoneRanger

Bitcoin hitting 1Million usd is a generational wealth for me someone living in Asia. Will sell BTC monthly according to my retirement needs

Maverick341985

Wo denkst du ist das nächste Hoch im BTC?

hodler1992

Why don't you credit against your BTC to use that liquidity to invest in other things?

tourbladez

Mostly BTC....and maybe a little in ETH and HYPE

PoolPr0blem

All in BTC 🧡

trashtv

0.01 BTC won't change my life, but it might just change yours. Keep it up!

Illustrious-Egg7514

I have invested recently into crypto and can tell you how I did invest, no hypotheticals. Assets purchased, IBIT MSTR ASST BTCI BITA, the first BTC exposure, the next 2 high octane BTC, the last 2 BTC income. Allocations roughly 40% IBIT 20% each MSTR BTCI BITA and a small ASST %. Not interested in alts at all…getting both BTC growth and income.

fberbert

My plan is never to sell. When I need money, I use the asset as collateral and take out a loan. I also have no intention of ever paying off the debt. Let it grow there, around 5% a year. Over time, the collateral tends to drift further and further away from the debt. When my heirs inherit my BTC, they'll settle the debt then, and with the remaining collateral, they can split it among themselves.

Tastyjams8

Man, this is scary to see. I just started accumulating BTC to my cashapp, and im counting on that money for side income.  To see that Cashapp can just ban your account is worrisome. 

Euphoric_Coat_1956

The only correct and is BTC

Dangerous_Heart_7777

The exact timeline and issue on the [Blockstream Explorer](https://blockstream.info/) reveal what happened: 1. The Address Started with a Balance Before the transaction you shared, this address received exactly **0.00489635 BTC** from a previous transaction. At that short moment, it had a positive balance. \[[1](https://mempool.space/tx/1ff8742b770f75fd16310f63033c74867278c4e6ba1b5891df7b42222e4aebc7?mode=details)\] 2. The Shared Transaction Completely Emptied It The transaction you linked (`1ff8742b770f75fd16310f63033c74867278c4e6ba1b5891df7b42222e4aebc7`) shows that **this address was used as the Input**. It took that entire 0.00489635 BTC balance and spent it. \[[1](https://mempool.space/tx/1ff8742b770f75fd16310f63033c74867278c4e6ba1b5891df7b42222e4aebc7?mode=details)\] 3. Where Did the Money Go? Instead of sending standard Bitcoin to a new address, the transaction had only **one output: an** `OP_RETURN`**script** containing a data payload (`OP_RETURN v3b`). \[[1](https://mempool.space/tx/1ff8742b770f75fd16310f63033c74867278c4e6ba1b5891df7b42222e4aebc7?mode=details)\] * Because `OP_RETURN` destroys the spendable value of the Bitcoin used to create it, **the entire 0.00489635 BTC was permanently burned and paid out to the network miners as a massive transaction fee.** * No standard Bitcoin address received any funds from this transaction. \[[1](https://mempool.space/tx/1ff8742b770f75fd16310f63033c74867278c4e6ba1b5891df7b42222e4aebc7?mode=details)\] Summary of the Issue The sender **drained the address to zero** by creating a data transaction that effectively threw the Bitcoin away into mining fees. This is either a critical user error on their end (using a broken wallet or an experimental protocol incorrectly) or an intentional scam to show you a "valid transaction ID" that holds no actual money.\[[1](https://mempool.space/tx/1ff8742b770f75fd16310f63033c74867278c4e6ba1b5891df7b42222e4aebc7?mode=details)\] 1. The Core Mistake: Total Fee Destruction In a standard Bitcoin transaction, the formula is: \\(\\text{Inputs}-\\text{Outputs}=\\text{Miner\\ Fee}\\) * **What the sender put in (Input):** `0.00489635 BTC` (from address `bc1qn3...`) * **What the sender designated to go to a recipient (Output):** `0 BTC` (assigned to the `OP_RETURN` script) * **The Result:** Because the sender did not specify a normal Bitcoin address or a "change address" to return the remaining funds to themselves, the entire remainder was automatically swallowed by the network. **The entire 0.00489635 BTC was paid out as a single massive transaction fee** to the miner who validated block 955498

MF_Price

34% BTC, 33% BTC 3 weeks from now, 33% BTC 6 weeks from now.

feng_sg

TFSA room carries forward every year so you're not losing it by buying BTC now instead. You can always fill that space later.

Distdistdist

https://preview.redd.it/wurh53ssfmnh1.png?width=656&format=png&auto=webp&s=d8d3ba6218ae6e68f20ffc6661ff79214c53ed04 Depends when you bought it and when you sold it. But BTC been doing pretty well all things considered...

cjarguello

I'd gladly sell 2 solana shitcoins to you, but unfortunately then I'd end up with 9,900% more shitcoins. How about you send me 0.002558 BTC and I'll send you 2 SOL? Then we both get what we want and it's the current fair market price for each.

LionRivr

All non-BTC projects are all start-ups or outright scams. Most of those startups have already failed. And many are already failing. None of them to my knowledge have an active, legitimate, real world mainstream use-case that isn’t a small niche. Someone change my mind.

NMoney007

Not financial advice, but let me share my data. I built a 30-factor scoring system (on-chain activity, tokenomics, liquidity, whale flows, etc.) that grades 1,000 coins — here's how your list reads on it right now: Your current holds all score in the top tier: BTC 76, ETH 78, SOL 81, LINK 77. Solid and defensible — which is a compliment. On your two candidates: ZCash grades 78 — same tier as your majors — and it's been one of the strongest upward movers in my data for weeks (score climbed from \~61 while the price ran; privacy sector's been quietly leading). Hyperliquid grades 68 — good, not elite; strong on liquidity and usage, weaker on tokenomics-type factors.

Big80sweens

The median human on earth today is worth about $8,600 USD, which would put BTC around $3.3M if you took this relative to 21M bitcoin and a global population of 8B people… interesting

BoshansStudios

BTC is my long term store of value.

Electronic_Quote399

If i HAD to put it all into crypto? Right now I would go with defensive plays and go about 40% BTC, 20% BNB. And i would split the other 40% between eth and sol. BNB and BTC are pretty stable and should survive a crash, sol and eth to catch that explosive upside if things keep going this direction. What I would really do right now, if I had no bags, I would be keeping about 60% of that in cash or gold, and skip the BNB, and just grab btc, eth, sol.

5khan1

How's the buyers feedback?  If the BTC is still in escrow and your evidence clearly shows the package arriving, you opening it, and the bills being fake, I’d think you have a pretty strong dispute.

PotentTurnip

I look at BTC (almost) the same way I do my other investments. I don't want to have to work all the way through to my grave. I want to leave enough for my sole child. While I've gotten older, I have come to love watching everything grow, I also don't want to have broken my back to save just to die never having enjoyed the spoils.

ClerkPrestigious7395

I used to think crypto was an investable asset (bought $2k of ETH @ $40). For the past 6 years I've moved to trading. Other then BTC or ETH, I don't think that any crypto is worth a long term investment. Step back and take a 10,000 foot view. If there was a legit use case for it, would it not already be in place by now? Aside from "some obscure bank is doing a test run"? Crypto's been around long enough to go through a few bull/bear cycles. It still isn't being used as an everyday asset or tool outside of the crypto industry. It's like financial navel gazing. That's why I've switched to leveraged trading. As long as it's volatile I can make money long or short. I don't care about any narrative or the technology. Other than BTC or ETH, I don't have any idea what any of the crypto that I trade in does.

ShittingOutPosts

100% BTC.

versace_dinner

Pay for my meal with BTC

Xennenial

I didn't understand it either, lol. My coworker who used to work for a hedge fund explained it to me. They buy back the shares when they are undervalued and cheap (MNAV below 1) and issue the shares to raise cash when they are overvalued (MNAV above 1). If they need cash when MNAV is below 1, they sell BTC instead of issuing more shares. It has worked through 2 bull runs and 2 bear markets so far. I question whether this is the most genius financial strategy ever, or if this is a bubble destined to burst. Time will tell I guess.

ElephantEarTag

85% BTC 15% ETH Ditch everything else.

jacd03

100% BTC. Buy 25% on September, 25% October, 25% November and 25% December.

jacd03

Mostly hold BTC long term, then small bags of ETH and SOL. Then 5% on coins like HYPER, SUI, TAO, etc. that i hold for 1 cycle at the time.

Ok_Rent_2937

I accumulated 3.5 BTC from 2021 to 2025 at cost basis of $55k per BTC. Sold 0.5 BTC in late 2025. Then being editing patiently for the bear market to get over. Plan to resume selling $40k worth of bitcoin every year, as long as price is higher than $100k.

particlecore

Nowhere, wait till fear and greed drops to below 20 then buy BTC.

TattooedCFO

HODL until we talk about the value of BTC by the Sat

PeteyPab305

Was I saying something different? If you did actually buy and sell BTC by speculating bottoms and tops, your very lucky, because even if you had began buying using DCA on a weekly or bi-weekly basis you would still be in profit rn from 120k top all you have to do to prove that is see the calculator - [https://charts.bitbo.io/dca/](https://charts.bitbo.io/dca/) DCA proves that incrementally buying a high-beta asset through drawdowns yields a positive ROI. While a lump sum timed at major support yields a higher multiple, systematic accumulation removes timing risk and consistently works. I have accumulated BTC since 2019 strictly via scheduled buys rather than lump sums, which built a deep-profit position. Trimming was unnecessary in hindsight given ongoing currency debasement and persistent inflation.

supertutti

The news is that there's no news and the price of BTC is literally not tied anything at all

NFTY_GIFTY

Eventually pay off all debt with the exception of our 2.25% mortgage balance with a rolling series of very low leverage BTC loans that allow us to live as we wish until my wife and I are gone. With no children and as some of the youngest members of our extended family we will likely have no heirs and our BTC will be removed from circulation permanently as our way of contributing back to the community.

DePraelen

There's been one major use case that's been happening this year - Iran has been accepting their tolls for the Strait of Hormuz in Bitcoin. Which is why we've seen price spikes happen during the war as corporations buy large amounts of BTC to pay it. Regardless of what you think of the US or Iran, in a Machiavellian sense this is pretty true to the original vision of crypto. Allowing them to operate and defend themselves outside the financial hegemony of the greenback.

Deez1putz

70% BTC, 15% ETH, 5% Hype, 5% zcash, 5% the new meta for the cycle (hint: it doesn’t exist yet).

KateR_H0l1day

I was up a lot last year, but just sold some rewards weekly for about 9 months, about $300/wee. But, it dropped below my pivot point, so I started accumulating again, and selling/trading TradFi, buying Crypto related coins and ETF Crypto related dividends, as I need income too. 2025 I paid taxes, both Capital Gains and Income on approximately $250K. But, my total holdings right now are down substantially, however I hold substantially more assets now than I did a year ago. So, I’m just waiting for BTC to go back up, it obviously fluctuates wildly!

Escapement_Watch

BTC eth sol link hype

nbnicholas

Goal for me has always been to have 1 BTC. I have friends who cashed out everything and sunk everything (including careers) into BTC. I’m at around 55% of my goal. $20/day DCA and will just see what happens. Not putting enough in to hurt the family if it’s all gone one day, but hedging on if it does increase. I spend $20-30 USD in BTC a month.

renba7

When I can buy a house with my BTC I’m out. Also, if I run out of fiat.

ruck_my_life

In the not too distant future, there will be two types of people: Those with BTC and those who work for them.

connotatius

Not touching spot right now but still trade the volatility on libertex with a spot BTC CFD, no overnight swap so holding through the chop doesnt bleed me on fees

NorthvilleGolf

Probably 2x and then sell my original investment and let the remainder for at least a 10+ years, or $500k BTC, whichever comes first.

Serenaded

People are TRIPPING if they think elites and market makers aren't pricing this in. Just understand this. It is not an IF it is a WHEN. This is probably partly the reason behind the major pivot to Ethereum in the past year. I wouldn't touch BTC as an investment anymore. They have no way to quantum-proof without completely fking satoshi's vision, so you know this chain is going to be a 2010s thing and leave it at that.

azblazer007

BTC maybe a little ETH if feeling adventurous

AstroBoyWunder

BTC, CRV and a little ZEC. IYKYK.

CoinRabbitFinance

Hey! I would separate the asset from what you do with it. Holding ETH, putting ETH into an LP, and looping ETH as collateral may start with the same coin, but they create completely different workloads and failure points. CoinRabbit is a straightforward example of that distinction: someone can simply hold BTC, or use the same BTC as collateral for liquidity. The second choice adds LTV and loan terms to manage even though the underlying asset has not changed. So yes, taxes and tracking matter, but I would also count how many contracts, bridges, reward tokens, and liquidation conditions each strategy adds.

Dizzy-Ad-6352

BTC ETH and Zcash

JMAN1249

I see a drop for BTC coming back to make $65k and then a MASSIVE rebound. I think this most recent move is a psych out of the bull run and the rebound will be the true bull market

NoFapLawyer

This is horrifying BUT as the price of BTC rises, this will probably increase with even more sophisticated phishing thanks to AI generation.

Grunblau

What I didn’t quite grasp is why BTC would plummet. I would have thought that it would see large inflows especially from anyone sitting on stable coins in DeFi.

slavikthedancer

\> nobody wants to spend an asset that is aggressively surging toward six figures on a cup of coffee or a meal when it could be worth 20% more next month Doesn't make sense. If someone so sure Bitcoin will grow so fast, he will exchange all his other "assets" to Bitcoin, especially the liquid fiat. But then, when he will want to take a coffee, he will have to spend BTC because it's the only ~~liquid asset~~ money he has at the moment. Or course, he may skip a coffee today, so to have two coffees tomorrow But that again is good for coffee sellers.

caploves1019

Welp, for starters.... Dump the shtcoins. Stick with the one and only Bitcoin BTC. The rest are scams.

xmrcache

XMR is definitely a lot more stable though.. Same with BTC.. ZEC is just pure gambling… was $50 a year ago you would have to be a straight degen/idiot to start putting money in now.

Crypto-Bets

In my opinion, XMR will probably continue to outperform ZEC longterm. XMR has had steady gains for its investors over the years, and I see that trend continuing. ZEC feels like more of a speculation bubble than hard currency like XMR/BTC. Crypto users don’t like spending ZEC either, I would be skeptical that ZEC can keep mooning.

-TrustyDwarf-

Well ANYcoin/BTC seems to go towards zero in the long run no matter if ZEC or XMR...

Lefties_TheWorst7331

BTC > all

poundsdpound

The news is one big BTC conspiracy

KrebsD88

Buy a house and enjoy the lottery If any BTC remains keep it for later Do not sell btc for travels and stupid shit like cars and nonsense spendings

Puzzleheaded_Shower4

You are absolutely correct… Did a bit more research - and at least in Russia’s case - the preferred method is a homegrown stable coin: A7A5. But the volumes are pretty monstrous - $98B last year. This doesn’t mean that BTC doesn’t figure somewhere along the chain of transactions - but if it does - its role is transitory.

BaldBear_13

Drop after removal of sanctions is a valid logic in general, but we do not know when (or if) any given war will end, and that even will likely be preceded by months of negotiations with ample news coverage, so price will start moving long before the sanctions drop. This also assumes that you know which of many cryptos they are using, and how. Stablecoins are a thing, and might be better for long-term storage. Even if you know it is BTC, then you need to know if they actually hold it, or just buy right before the transaction, and sell right after it, which will lead to some brief but unsustainable moves.

rgnet1

So some white hats ran the same scripts as the black hats and now have 50 BTC in a trust. Imagine being the real owner who hadn't yet moved those funds from a Coldcard generated address -- presumably because they haven't really been following news on it -- and now the btc is gone. I guess it's better news that the "good guys" have it, but you have to know to go ask them. Be curious to see how much money ever leaves the trust... and how long does it sit dormant before the trust claims abandonment.

Hfksnfgitndskfjridnf

lol sure dude. My original point was that BPS has decreased and that senior claims have increased since the STRC IPO. You’re the one who brought up something entirely irrelevant to what I was talking about originally so don’t give me that bs about not addressing your point. And you then start on about long time frame after asking about what’s happened in the last 24 days? Jeez, talk about being inconsistent. And no, STRC will never come near 1T. They could barely handle the Bitcoin volatility at 10 Billion, they certainly won’t be able to handle it on a significantly higher amount. Do the math, either STRC doesn’t grow much and they don’t increase BTC per share hardly at all, or they issue a ton of it and then the next BTC 50% crash they’re screwed. It’s a lot easier to raise a few Billion in a couple months compared to 10s of Billions. And even the few Billion they raised this time has led to significant shareholder value decay. You already have less BTC per share than before they started issuing STRC. That trend will continue, MSTR might end up with 1-2 million BTC but BTC per share will still be lower than it is now.

Fit-Corner-3987

BTC basically became a FedWatch chart for 15 minutes im more interested in whether 79k keeps getting absorbed once everyone stops reacting to the headline. thats a much nicer Moon trade than chasing the first dump

Hfksnfgitndskfjridnf

And how much BTC per share did they lose compared to 24 days ago? I thought it was you guys who wanted MSTR because they were increasing BTC per share overtime. It’s down 16.7% the last 3 months. Congrats, they sold a ton of BTC exposure to raise cash. STRC has been a disaster for MSTR.

Sawier

All BTC

Slay_Nation

I'm like 60% in BTC, 40% Index funds.

MusicalBonsai

Good luck getting your assets back in BTC or whatever coin it was after it has gone up in value.

pablo_in_blood

The actual breached entity appears to be ShipMonk, so I imagine if you later purchased something else that was shipped with them the data could be connected. But I don’t see any reason your address would be auto-updated otherwise, I don’t think ShipMonk would be pulling account info from driver’s license databases or something. Also, assuming the main outcome of this breach will be phishing attempts (the risk/reward ratio of physically breaking into a home that bought a trezor several years ago on the off chance you can find the trezor along with the login on a piece of paper or whatever, or doing a wrench attack on someone who may or may not even have BTC any more, is just not there) if you practice general safety / best practices I would think you’d be OK.

Necessary_Pudding454

People don't know how difficu6is 0.01 BTC for third worlders

gamer1606

I don’t own any BTC directly but have 505 shares of $MSTR at 135 avg

G0D5M0N3Y

I dont see why anyone is even worried. Keep an eye if we make a higher high above 83k. If we dont its either going to double bottom or go lower. If it does make a higher high, just accumulate BTC on the pullbacks. Win win win either way.

flyflyflyfly66

You posting a weak post that BTC has moved a few %

goodnews_badnews_

So if clarity act doesn’t pass on Sept 15th do we see a dip in both BTC and $COIN immediately? Or already priced in and won’t move? Thinking $COIN might give back 10% of the 20% its run in the last month from August whitehouse meeting

ubermensch1001

For someone just getting into this space, I would say 100% BTC and lock in just over .1 in BTC in self custody. If you believe in the bullish narrative behind this, such an allocation could be substantial in the not too distant future. You could speculate on alts and make large shorter term gains, but for someone first entering locking in the sats would be the first priority.

Arsenal75

You know Iran has closed that strait. Perhaps they have received payment i BTC

Tall_Run_2814

BTC. Everything else can be replaced

Electronic-Rate5497

How many BTC do you need to make it on the board?

cozmicraven

Strangely, BTC shows high volatility.

capricon9

If Amazon cloud services fail, ICP would still be running. The BTC and ETH already on its chain would be safe. So ICP is a no brainer for me.

SafeMoonJeff

After almost 7 years in crypto, i learn the hard way that anything more than ETH & BTC is gambling.. That being said, I hold a little bit of Solana, Cardano, and Algorand, only successful alt buy was Solana at 8$ Cheers

KateR_H0l1day

12 different wallets, all of these are for different coin staking, one Ledger, which I wish I'd never bought,one CEX, which has several low $Value coins, and all my coins in a favourite list. For the most part, I just check the favourite list, and make decisions from there. And, of course I track all my Crypto ETF's in two portfolios, one tax free so far, and the other where I utilise for daily living. Essentially, I can look at BTC price and know where everything generally is, occasionally I get surprised though 😉 So, the easy answer to your question is, no,i have zero issues managing my various portfolios. But, I do this as a full time.e business!!

MichiganEngineExpo

Super weird story, please finish reading, it is too absurd and specific to be a scam: I saw a post where you suspected funds in an old Blockchain.info wallet, but there were none when logging in. I had a similar issue with an account I knew contained BTC, that didn't show them anymore. After 9 months of messaging with their support I actually recovered the funds myself, because their web interface is simply broken. That original thread is locked, though, so I can’t reply. I also can't DM you. So I searched for one of your most recent posts, which is this one. Main thing is: If there are funds that can be recovered, *there’s a quick and safe way to check using Blockchain.com itself (I’m not involved, don’t send me anything, no script to be run!)*, as described in a subparagraph here: https://github.com/serendipitouslyprosperous/blockchain-legacy-wallet-recovery Reply or DM if you have any questions - I will NEVER ask for any keys, files, seeds, scripts to be run, or anything else. I’m currently just trying to find people with a similar issue to help them solving this themselves, as well.

gad_E

Constructive input, Edge Lord. People get scammed all the time through their traditional bank accounts. When the majority of headlines claim that accounts were "hacked", it's just a more dramatic & fear mongering way of saying that some noob got tricked into handing over their passphrase or private address. It's almost impossible to penetrate a wallet through brute force alone, and unlike traditional bank accounts, they don't require thousands of employees or overhead for brick and mortar locations in order to operate. It's exponentially more difficult to crack a crypto wallet. Trying to crack a BTC wallet would require spending more money on the electricity powering the hacking device than you'd ever gain from succeeding. It would actually require more energy than we have in our entire solar system. As long as humanity exists, social engineering will always be problem. Blockchain won't eliminate it, but to act like it's not vastly superior is just a low information/intelligence point of view. If you're a total moron or don't care to learn about it, then stick to your traditional bank with their earlier withdrawal penalties & ridiculous overdraft fees. If you don't mind sacrificing FDIC protection just to get central banks and governments out of your transactions, then make the switch. There are plenty of centralized crypto exchanges that function similar to traditional banks, but they also have DeFi platforms that puts governance in the hands of the people - like it damn well should be. Want easier, more seamless access? Keep your money in a custodial wallet on centralized exchange. Want to go rogue & keep your money in an air-gapped, non-custodial cold wallet? You can do that too. Blockchain is for sure the future. Fewer employees, less overhead, user governance, higher security...amongst other things. It's definitely not perfect by any means, but it's still better than anything else before it. Have more of an open mind about it. You sound like the fox who'd rather claim that the hard-to-reach grapes are probably gross rather than admit he can't jump high enough to taste them.

KateR_H0l1day

I've lots of Alt's and a couple of memes coins, very small amount of ETH just for fees! Plenty of BTC & it's derivatives, MSTR/ASST/STRC/SATA/MSTY/BTCI/XXI/MTPLF/GNS. But that's just me. 🙄

JakobBowser

I agree eth and sol are probably the only two projects in crypto that have potential, but they are dependent on BTC continuing to go up over time. Im comfortable with my level of research but thanks, just trying to help OP not get scammed with the 99% of garbage that is crypto