BTC

Professional-Sell136

I disagree, with the adaption of NIGHT and integration with BTC, Cardano is absolutely one of the more positive coins out there. Alt coins are only getting started, especially ones tokenizing RWA's.

carsonthecarsinogen

The issue is that people in these situations make so little that they generally don’t have disposable income to hold onto in the form of bitcoin. With that said, you could start a business there that pays employees in BTC and if there isn’t already get local vendors set up with lightning so citizens can use their sats. Although most won’t be able to benefit much from future gains they can at least worry less about currency collapse.

OsChMoScH

1 BTC = 1 BTC /s

Djaancrypto

Have you considered a structured profit strategy? Even if you’re a long-term holder. Not selling at all sounds clean, but in practice, cycles exist. You don’t need to time the top, just scale out portions during extreme strength and keep a core position. That way you actually realize gains without abandoning your thesis. Start using it selectively...tools like the Lightning Network and services like Bitrefill let you spend BTC without fully exiting, it builds real world utility while keeping most of your position intact. Shalom

kingcakeaholic

I used ledger for years. Their customer data got hacked, I get tons of spam and calls as a result. Also, the display went nearly dark. Fed up with Ledger, I moved to a Canadian made ColdCard a few years ago and love it. My backup seed is etched into a piece of stainless steel bought on Amazon, and I keep it secure elsewhere. This setup with ColdCard is great and there are a ton of great how to videos they paid BTC Sessions to make.

EncrustedBarboach

I had to haha, for my masters. Trust me I felt like a grandpa when no one knew what it was like when BTC forked 💀

Patient-Ordinary-359

It does. But it doesn't flow to holders, which is what we are talking about. This whole thread is about this exact point - that that the price of a share is anchored to real value flowing from underlying cashflow, but that the price of most crypto incl BTC isn't.

therevdrron

If you’re new to cold storage, the main thing is choosing something simple, secure, and compatible with the coins you actually plan to hold. For Bitcoin, almost every cold wallet works. For altcoins and memecoins, make sure the wallet supports the specific chains you need — that’s where most people get tripped up. My personal preference for long‑term BTC stacking is **Tangem** because it’s straightforward and easy to use, but the best choice for you depends on the coins you want to store and how hands‑on you want to be. Whatever you pick, just make sure you control your own seed phrase — that’s the real key to cold storage.

JakRenden2

BTC is simply a different asset class, and we should leave it at that. Comparing it makes no sense imo

MarioWilson122

Would be nice, but I’m certain most don’t expect any real breakouts this year. I suppose you never know, since BTC has been doing some new historic things, so maybe this will be another one.

higher-steaks

why do you believe in LTC..? what is the thesis for it outperforming BTC going forward?

Djaancrypto

I am from Canada. What you’re describing is essentially a full bitcoin lifestyle, which is still rare but slowly emerging. In 10–20 years, a Bitcoin-powered economy is plausible in pockets of society, especially where inflation or banking distrust is high. Full-scale Bitcoin-only life is unlikely globally without widespread adoption, regulation, and merchant integration. Most “Bitcoin lifestyles” today are hybrid, mixing BTC for savings and digital payments with fiat for larger or unavoidable expenses. Bottom line is....You can live mostly on Bitcoin today, but it requires discipline, a crypto-friendly network, and creative use of tools like Lightning, Bitrefill, and crypto payroll platforms. Full Bitcoin-only cashflow is still niche, but early adopters are making it work, and adoption is gradually increasing. PS: If you need you BTC to work for you, there ways.

LordIommi68

Irish police (specifically the Criminal Assets Bureau, or CAB, part of the Gardaí) recently recovered 500 Bitcoin (worth roughly €30 million or $35 million at the time) from one of 12 wallets linked to convicted drug dealer Clifton Collins. This marked the first successful access to any of the wallets, which together hold about 6,000 BTC (now valued at over €300–400 million). Collins, involved in a large-scale cannabis cultivation operation in Ireland, bought the Bitcoin in 2011–2012 using drug proceeds. In 2017, authorities arrested him and later seized the wallets (via court orders under proceeds-of-crime laws) after investigating his assets. He had split his holdings across 12 separate wallets for security. He wrote the seed phrases (mnemonic recovery codes) on a piece of paper and hid it inside the aluminum cap of a fishing rod case at a rented property in Connemara, County Galway. After his arrest and imprisonment (he received a five-year sentence), the property was cleared out—possibly during a break-in or by the landlord—and the case was lost (reportedly discarded and potentially incinerated abroad). Without the seed phrases or private keys, the wallets were inaccessible for years, even though authorities legally controlled the assets. The Bitcoin sat dormant from around 2017 until March 24, 2026, when on-chain activity showed the full 500 BTC from one wallet being transferred in a single transaction to a new address (later moved to Coinbase under state control). How They Recovered It The breakthrough came through a coordinated operation by Ireland’s Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB), supported by Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre (EC3). Key details: Europol hosted operational meetings (including at its headquarters in The Hague) and provided "highly complex technical expertise and decryption resources" that were "vital to the success of the operation." CAB investigators and analysts used this support to gain access to the wallet and seize the funds as proceeds of crime. The exact decryption method or technique has not been publicly disclosed (likely for operational security reasons, as authorities are optimistic it could unlock the remaining 11 wallets). It was not through recovering the physical paper codes or a lucky find—the recovery relied on advanced cryptographic and technical capabilities from law enforcement cyber experts. The funds were then transferred under official control.

Patient-Ordinary-359

Some blockchains reward holders, but Bitcoin doesn’t, and that's what we're talking about. BTC holders don’t receive fees, so the value you’re describing doesn’t accrue to the asset. And unlike buybacks, there are no profits being returned, just fixed supply. So returns still depend on someone else paying more.

SecureWriting8589

Buy BTC hold and ignore the charts

No_Investigator3369

So are you more discussing if grids become stressed and miners are required to support the grid vs BTC per some of their agreements like ERCOT in Texas?

Suitable-Cucumber523

The number that doesn't change is your amount of sats. Just keep adding to that number, focus on that number, and don't worry about the price in terms of "dollars". BTC is a get rich slow tool with minium timelines being 5 years but preferably you're able to hold for at least 10-15 years

77sleeper

I have a specific amount I am trying to obtain, spending would make getting there harder, but if I had to send BTC it woul most likely be from my strike account over lightning.

tenkunin

ETH hit 4.2K when BTC went to 120K. Wth are you talking about?

keeeven

What do I know. If it bleeds consistently against BTC why bother holding it?

PsychologicalBit803

I get what you are saying and not trying to argue here but the fact is if we go buy a banana now that price is based on fiat. Use BTC and that cost is still based on the fiat price. I’d love to see it but it’s going to be a long time before we’d see prices strictly in BTC without any thought to fiat.

TattooedCFO

I recommend Ledger. And only BTC as others have said.

FJ1989finance

it´s a bit more complex when you also look into the actual geopolitical and macroeconomic situation. But for BTC alone in it´s function... I absolutely agree.

nachtraum

It is a difficult situation with everything that is going on in the world, I would stay away from anything that is not BTC, ETH, and SOL. By definition we are currently in a bear market, cause markets are now down for several months. But traditionally buying in bear markets gave the best returns. Every newb asks this question if now is a good time to buy, the first thing to learn is that really no one here has any clue. I personally believe that Bitcoin adoption will increase in the future, so I am optimistically betting on that. I could be completely wrong. Short term we could be at the bottom or it could well go lower. No one knows. You have to make up your own mind. But you should certainly not invest if there is a chance that you will panic sell if it will go lower, and only if you think long term.

ptrnyc

Finite supply. So less. Unless BTC goes to 0, but I personally believe that the ETF's made that extremely unlikely.

PsychologicalBit803

So do you think at the same time it will take more or less BTC to buy that same banana? Not ever getting away from the fact everything is given a fiat value.

No_Investigator3369

Basically some miners go out of business. Some sell BTC and equipment and do upgrades. The protocol recognizes the longer time to mine a block and will always attempt to adjust back to 10 mins. Difficulty adjusts downward until more miners jump back in the game. This gets discussed every cycle. This is why you can brush off the doom and gloom. Everyone with a bitaxe miner on their desk is about to get rich if the miners stop.

DR_Fabiano

what is enough for you? 10 BTC?

Dan_r_dan

yo tuve que vender mi 100% porque se me presento la oportunidad de comprar casa, ahora un año después tengo la oportunidad de volver a comprar mas barato BTC

harl_vann

Holding BTC has never been a bad idea. My crypto portfolio has always been at least 70% BTC.

MissingInAnarchy

People seem to forget that the current administration wants BTC in peoples 401k’s. When that starts happening, and the auto -funds from peoples paychecks stat going to BTC and not the SPY, then i don’t know how it doesn’t go up. 

u_spawnTrapd

I get the mindset. There’s something simple about just sticking to one thing and not overthinking every red day. At the same time, I always wonder if that confidence comes more from the volatility being familiar than actually being safer. Feels like once you’ve watched BTC swing enough, it just stops bothering you as much as stocks doing the same thing.

bitcoinmood

This really didn't hit me until after a few years. Some get it right away. What really registered for me is that if I have any extra money laying around after all the bills are paid, it's going into BTC. Sometimes there is money and sometimes there's not, but either way I will always think to stack more regardless of what the price is doing. That to me is what I believe is the essence of what you're saying.

Vivid_Category_5131

Really interesting take – I’ve definitely noticed that shift over the last couple years too. It used to be all about BTC being a hedge against traditional markets, but now you can practically watch it move in real-time whenever there’s major global news breaking. Speaking of tracking crypto stuff, I’ve been using BYDFi for a while now and their market alert system actually makes it pretty easy to keep tabs on how geopolitical events are impacting prices. They’re also gearing up for Next Block Expo 2026 which I’m pretty excited about – they’re doing a mystery merch drop at the event that’s got a lot of people in their community talking. On top of that, they’re unlocking exclusive goodies including limited Ledger giveaways, which is a great touch for anyone who takes asset security seriously. It’s cool to see platforms not just focusing on trading features but also getting involved with events that bring the community together.

Good_Extension_9642

Because it always does, that's what BTC is good at, going up when you least expect it

Plane_Baby

The majority of my funds are saved in Bitcoin so in order to spend, there are two ways: 1) using a credit card and settling by selling Bitcoin at the end of the month. 2) sending Bitcoin to cash app or strike and converting it to dollars as needed. 3) keep a small amount in fold, and use the fold debit card by transferring Bitcoin into cash as needed. 4) using the lightning network to transact between known bitcoiners, which can be found on BTC map. These are some of the ways that I transacted in bitcoin while living 90% on a Bitcoin standard. There are many other methods for transacting in Bitcoin. But I've discovered using my credit card and paying off once a month has been the best way.

Fudge-Still

I regret not going heavy into TAO. But that's hindsight. I'm in BTC, SOL, ICP and a small allocation in FIL. These last 2 I'm not sure about anymore, especially FIL.

bimbobandit2016

Bulls have to be feeling confident here, given how BTC is holding up despite Saylor not buying much

Stupyyy

10 years in the future we'll have the same post like this from a different guy when BTC will hit a milli then pull back... I bought most of my bitcoin at $900000

VividBackground3386

That’s nice and irrelevant. What means nothing is some idiotic statement that BTC will be 1m in 10 years. Pure comedy. People are also ignorant to the fact that BTC as a retail ‘investment’ (very loose definition, I grant you), has existed entirely during a timeframe within ZIRP and a securities bull run which has lasted most of a generation. The economic outlook has just had a shit. Given the calibre of the typical BTC retail buyer, it is about to get a fisting like never before. It wasn’t anything but greater fool theory in 2011, and it isn’t now. You can’t even buy a chocolate bar with it.

Ok-Can-1275

i may be biased, but do you not stand for decentralized a.i. ? we're not here to replace BTC, and if anything TAO investors are going to load up a lot of BTC. we support BTC and will never back down from supporting it

Ok-Can-1275

no, satoshi was not (or maybe is not) evil, satoshi created a system (crypto, or at least BTC and the BTC blockchain) that can't be controlled by evil people (who typically arise to power by abusing authority), and BitCoin is the ultimate result of an untouchable system that hedges against authority and for-all-people humanitarian system we need BitCoin, it is here to stay forever and if it dips in price i'll be buying up the BTC's as much as I possibly can, and don't worry satoshi is not greedy, he wants to keep freedom protected at all cost and that includes never touching their own wallet(s) whether he/she has control over them I do not know confidently, but he/she would never touch it out of the goodness of the person's heart, you don't have to take my word for it but there are genuinely good people in this crazy world

anselarhq

I am looking at Solana, Hyperliquid, and maybe SUI for the next bulk cycle. However, I will first watch their valuation against BTC. Once they put a double bottom there, I will start accumulating.

XapoBank

Completely agree with the macro take. Leaving BTC completely idle definitely feels like a missed opportunity these days, which is why infrastructure matters so much. Just be super careful with the unregulated platforms out there. We've all seen how fast things can go south when people trade security for yield. It's all about finding that sweet spot between flexibility and actual safety.

Cryptocaller

I also bought in 2017 but at an average of $2500/per BTC. In 9 years I’ve never been down. It’s all about timing and your entry point but eventually everyone will be in the green. You just have to be patient.

Phantasizer

Do you think his points are valid? If so, which one (or ones) are the strongest, eg the most concerning (from the perspective of a BTC investor)? 

JohnRCC

I first learned about Bitcoin from a friend who used 50BTC to buy drugs from the dark web in 2011 and still doesn't shut the fuck up about it

SrqRobV

I’ve been trickle buying BTC and XRP at $5 a day each, since it tanked.

pop-1988

This is a superficial analysis. It parrots one quantum claim about physical qubits, and then asserts that capacity is years away, not decades. One quote isn't a valid basis for this prediction. The quote itself doesn't even make a time prediction. The article writer made it up > By contrast, modern, more commonly used address types, including Pay-to-Public-Key-Hash (P2PKH) and SegWit, store only a hash of the public key onchain, concealing the key itself until the coins are spent . > However, this protection is conditional, as spending BTC from these address types reveals the public key onchain, making them viable targets indefinitely. This means that address reuse—which is frowned upon, but nevertheless widespread among Bitcoiners—significantly expands the attack surface Frowned upon, for sure. But this discussion is missing the point about the supposed solution. The most likely post-quantum digital signature scheme will be one of the hash-based schemes. But these schemes are even more exposed by address reuse. If you use a key-pair more than once, the private key can be derived from the signature, using conventional computing Nobody is going to change Bitcoin's design to enforce single-use keys. Nobody is going to change Bitcoin users' view of address reuse, "we get that single-use addresses are important, but optional". The years go past. Post-quantum signatures are introduced. Users don't change their attitude, "it's my address, I don't want to generate a new one for every payment". Coins will be lost > roughly 1.1 million of these are Satoshi’s coins Rubbish. There are approximately 24,000 unspent P2PK 50-BTC coins. **Each coin has a different address.** During that period, hundreds of people mined BTC. The myth that they were all mined by one person is ludicrous > the protocol must minimize the exposure of public keys onchain The protocol is not relevant to this. The owners of those coins are responsible for moving each exposed coin to a unique P2WPKH address > the signature size remains an issue Not a serious issue. Block size does not need to increase. For SegWit and TR, the signature is part of the Witness, so its byte-size has a 75% discount in the calculation of transaction size for block size purposes. Larger post-quantum signatures can have a proportionally larger discount. They will occupy more disk space. Disk space has never been a scaling issue > verification speeds This is a deal-breaker. If block verification time increases by as much as the animation indicates, the Bitcoin block interval may need to be increased from 10 minutes to 100 minutes to avoid the node network suffering a permanent stall condition This is the main reason not to hurry. Fortunately (contrary to the assertion at the top of the linked article) there is no hurry. If ever a quantum computer becomes powerful and reliable enough to run Shor's algorithm against ECC key pairs, it is still many decades into the future > A sufficiently capable quantum adversary, most plausibly a state actor, begins selectively compromising high-value targets such as exchange cold wallets or institutional custodians The community has been warning exchanges to stop indulging in address reuse, since at least 2017, probably earlier. Some exchanges got the message. If there are still exchanges (and casinos, cold custodians, etc) indulging in address reuse even in 2 years from now, they deserve to have those coins raided Several large-scale reallocations of coins out of address reuse have been reported here since the discussion around the QRAMP confiscation proposal. They all know to stop reusing addresses. They have no excuse [Proposal for Quantum-Resistant Address Migration Protocol](https://groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev/c/8PM6iZCeDMc) Note: I don't support this. It's not appropriate for the node software to interact with the price markets. More importantly, coin confiscation is a step too far, the kind of action supported by the discredited lawsuit scammer Faketoshi [Tulip Trading Case](https://bitcoindefense.org/craig-wright-discontinues-tulip-trading-case-in-major-win-for-bitcoin-developers)

TheresNoSecondBest

I prefer spending bitcoin directly but if needed, use P2P places like BISQ, Robosats, HodlHodl, PeachBitcoin or Vexl to get fiat instead. Here's how spending bitcoin IRL looks like: https://youtu.be/Tlhvnpi2ukA I'm using Bitcoin almost on a daily basis. Buying groceries, paying for meals, taxis, domains/hosting, VPN... Spend and replace is usually the name of the game so no, I'm not spending bitcoin while saving in cash. If you're thinking about spending some, here are my favorite directories: http://lightningnetworkstores.com/ https://btcmap.org - awesome map, you can even add your local vendors in, once you orangepill them. https://acceptlightning.com/list.html https://spend-sats.com/ https://spendabit.co/ https://directory.btcpayserver.org/ There's also an option of buying gift cards https://thebitcoincompany.com/ https://bitrefill.com https://www.egifter.com/buy-gift-cards-with-bitcoin - this one's least fave because they use a shitty custodian for payments but are handy for a few cards. Spend and earn some sats back: https://foldapp.com - save up to 20% Starbucks, Uber, Target , whole foods , Dunkin https://www.lolli.com – save up to 30% by spending BTC anywhere but primarily USA stores https://satsback.com/stores-list - save up to 20% by spending BTC anywhere but primarily Europe stores.

RepresentativeBug287

Buddy BTC is king wake up before it’s too late

One-Elk-3475

The $90k range was a tough entry point with the current volatility, but if you’re looking at a 5-10 year horizon, it’s usually just noise. Are you sticking to BTC only, or have you started looking into yield-generating assets to offset the wait?

Oddsee

I guess she is another influencer( ? probably not the best word) who has been wildly incorrect with price predictions. It's great to talk about the utility, fundamentals, and necessity of BTC, but saying "Oh yeah BTC will be 1 million US dollars by Feb 2027" opens you up to a lot of criticism, especially when you're always wrong.

Trilamb22

Dude he replied to was trying say the actual halving is 2/12/29, which is incorrect. It’s April 2028, mining reward cuts in half again from 3.125 to 1.5625 $BTC per block.

Fickle_Actuator_5145

The honest answer is that most self-custody people don't spend their BTC directly. Here's how it actually works in practice: **Option 1: The "spending wallet" approach** Keep the bulk of your stack in cold storage (hardware wallet, multisig, whatever). Move small amounts to a hot wallet or Lightning wallet when you know you'll need to spend. Think of it like keeping most of your savings in a vault and carrying a regular wallet for daily stuff. **Option 2: Crypto debit cards** Some cards let you load BTC and auto-convert to fiat at the point of sale. You're still technically selling to fiat, but the UX feels like spending crypto. Fold, BitPay, and a few others do this. The tradeoff is you're trusting a third party with at least some funds. **Option 3: Lightning Network** This is probably the closest to "actually spending Bitcoin" in real life. More merchants accept Lightning than you'd think, especially outside the US. Transaction fees are basically zero and settlement is instant. Strike, Wallet of Satoshi, or Phoenix Wallet make this pretty painless. **What most Bitcoiners actually do:** They hold BTC and spend fiat. Seriously. The strategy is to accumulate BTC as savings, let it appreciate, and spend the weaker currency (fiat) for daily expenses. It's like Gresham's law: you spend bad money and hoard good money. The extra steps are real, but they're the cost of being your own bank. No one said being your own bank would be as convenient as using someone else's.

ashareah

If waiting for 5 years to go up is what is necessary for BTC, what is the value of owning it? Why not use the money elsewhere to get much better returns or start something of your own?

Level-Inspector-7250

DCA is the way. My cost base was over 100k in euros! Now I’ve averaged down to 77.5k~ (price BTC atm in euros is 61.4K)

Tenacious_Defi

BYOB = Be your own bank. Take control of your financial future. Invest in *hard assets, and become an early adopter.. You can save in Bitcoin & then take (sometimes) tax free, loans against your BTC, Then spend however you desire 😉

the_rodent_incident

Monero is always clean, because you can't do chain analytics on it. You have clean fiat or clean BTC -> Deposit on KYC exchange -> Withdraw XMR -> Spend it any way you like. You have dirty fiat or dirty BTC -> Make offer on RetoSwap -> Exchange for XMR -> Withdraw XMR -> Spend it any way you like.

Fro3en_Cornchip

Use the cold storage itself to send a payment. Or I use my strike app as I always have BTC on it from DCAing. It’s incredibly easy.

giregam

What's fascinating is how perception shifts over time. In traditional markets' a 45% drawdown would trigger systematic panic. In BTC, many long term participants see it as a normal phase in the adoption cycle.

cherche1bunker

> It'd be worse than doing this stuff with your bank. Literally anyone can look up what was trans In a way yes, but there’s no KYC to open a BTC account. But you’re right that the transactions are public, so it’s not too hard for the authorities to find you when you find someone that has transactions linking to a wallet.  Monero is superior for privacy.

EliteTechUniversity

Purchase BITI and you can hedge in case BTC goes back to 50k as expected before 100k

Competitive_Use320

I’m currently not working in the club anymore! I’ve been dancing the past 10 years and decided to hang it up last may. Although I’d definitely consider going back to it if I knew that I was guaranteed some security in it where I’m from. It’s becoming a lost art and I figure it’s just best to DCA in at this point by converting earnings into BTC. I still think it would be neat though to shill a photography portfolio NFT collection via the blockchain at the club if I did ever go back. More like a bucket list type thing. It’s difficult to get the girls to get on the crypto bandwagon though. They don’t “get it” as I’m discovering through the forums.

Realistic_Pizza4178

Thats what I thought.. But why burn the BTC..

ReliantToker

If volatility is your only metric, you’re missing the fact that BTC has outperformed gold by over 300\% on every meaningful 4-year rolling window since inception. Over the last 10 years, BTC has outperformed Gold by roughly 65x

Low_IQ_Autist

Hey OP! I bought in most of my BTC at 98,000! However I was able to dollar cost average down to 73k. When the price dumps, it’s time to buy bulk. Rinse and repeat. I’m dropping 3k every month while it’s bearish.

cepheids

Is it wash sale if you sell BTC but buy IBIT or FBTC?

Ok-Meaning-7061

Yes the most explosive moves happen after the halving event. The next halving event will be in 2028. But it varies as 2025 tho we got to see ath but also we got a lot of volatility, dropping all away to 74k compared to 2024 of where BTC went from 38k to 108k

sheeeeeeeeei

Yeap. We can only see price action of the past, not the future. I’ve known about bit since 2011/12, and my main nostalgia for bitcoin is just the world we lived in before bitcoin got big. Maybe I’m riding on my own ego about the fact that I knew about it back then, because some dude made fun of me for seeing it as an investment rather than a currency. Like I said you wouldn’t be able to buy McDonald’s with bitcoin, but you could use bitcoin to buy furniture off your friend or something. It’s also an investment in my eyes, and I’m huge on BTC Cash too….. so not sure how that’s seen in the eyes of hodl‘ers. But if you’re hodling, are you really using it as currency? I also do research into the hash process and ASIC machines.

ExtentOld2417

Remember that for the time being you can sell and buy it right back and realize a loss. You will now have the same amount of BTC (minus some trading fees) and a tax write-off

Creepy-Mastodon-4676

shut the Trust Wallet up and get a 100% open source hardware wallet (Trezor/Jade are good example to go, avoid closed source like Ledger). I also see you're misunderstanding the wallet concept. the core thing is seedphrase (12 or 24 words), if you lose your hardware wallet, you can always buy another and import the seedphrase in, and fully control your BTC by the new hardware wallet. remember: never use the seedphrase from else where, always let the Trezor/Jade create it for you.

Realistic_Pizza4178

Current price would be around $1.9 Million for 26.9 BTC

bzzking

I love the low fees on BTC for real world transactions. There are a few cards that let you use cryptocurrency from the card which I enjoy

Big_Relief2469

Yeah, I'm the same, I believe in BTC for the future. I know it hasn't ranged much adoption, but I have a friend whose wife is from El Salvador and they send money back and forth through Bitcoin, it's pretty cool. You seem to be pretty educated on crypto. I got into it maybe about 8 or 9 year years ago and then really heavily maybe the last few years. It's the future! Have you tried any payments by using crypto? Not sure how table dances would work, but I'm sure private room dances might be a lot easier. Yeah yeah, I've been to my share of strip joints in the past. But everything is just cash, ATMs out front and just cash everywhere else. Is the place you're working open to a new technology? That seems like it might be a struggle if they are not.

DangerHighVoltage111

Here is the thing. I give you DHG dollar and I tell you they are all backed. Every sane person would ask: "show me". Yet here we are, where a multibillion dollar company has been caught lying multiple times\*, and proven by court to lie and be unbacked at least party. And yet there are still gullible plebs that defend them. - Tether is 100% backed by USD - Tether does not buy BTC - Tether and Bitfinex have nothing to do with each other - etc. - etc.

Savings_Refuse_5922

XMR and ZCash are the only two coins that people consider actual privacy coins and I'm sure they are still looked at heavily and may even tracked. Pretty sure the IRS had a bounty for XMR that ChainAnalysis claimed? ZCash is no better afaik but they are both much more privacy focused. In regards to this article I'm assuming they swapped to XMR because it offers much more privacy than BTC which is not private at all, it's "Pseudoanonymous" meaning they don't know who knows what wallet until you try to offramp it into $. Big difference between using BTC and using monero where you just move it around a couple times and you're much safer privacy wise is my guess.

Constant_Counter_595

BTC looking pretty solid after that dip yesterday, might be time to add to my DCA stack 💀 Anyone else feeling bullish on ETH for the rest of the month? 🔥

tenkunin

Ethereum rise and fall has always followed BTC.

MrWonderfulPoop

Yep. Been in BTC since 2012 and swap to XMR quite regularly (like some DCA thing) I think BTC will keep its course given corpo influence and public mindshare. Monero? it will go up. With FCMP++ coming, things like Retoswap for P2P transactions, and general awareness & concerns about privacy, I'm pretty bullish.

EconomicsOk9593

When someone has over 10k BTC.... They don't care.

eXch-Affiliates

I don't fully understand? I've never actually used the "dark web" myself. People got arrested because of using BTC? I am searching around but most of the articles I can find about dark web arrest list other reasons they got caught. I understand the XMR is far better at hiding the users identity.

0Bubs0

It’s not Beck it’s Len Sassaman. If Satoshi was alive they would have used the fortune for something by now or certainly been involved in conversations and evolution of BTC. Satoshi is dead.

eXch-Affiliates

Ok so as the article suggests many are doing, you use XMR for actual transactions, and BTC for investing/saving? Do you have an opinion of what that means for the price of either coin? Will BTC always have a place as a store of value?

MrWonderfulPoop

When I accumulate enough BTC, I swap it for XMR with Retoswap.

eXch-Affiliates

I'm wondering if this community thinks there is any path left for BTC to be used in digital transactions of any kind, or if the entire plan is to use it as a store of value? I can't find much detail about the "lightning network" being used for real-world transactions and when I tried it myself I found it cumbersome and impractical.

Top-Care-8946

Exactly that's my point too. When BTC is dipping down then it's good opportunity to buy because in future fiat will lose their buying power but then it's not possible to buy it anymore and BTC may be unreachable with fiat payment. BTC has still very high value in compared to fiats despite it's tendency to dip at current times.

riscten

It's actually a nice gesture. Auntie probably didn't feel confident enough to buy BTC herself, so she did the next best thing. Even went for the full color print! Take that money and go get yourself some sats, and don't forget to give her a hug and tell her you love her.

Rich_Direction_8045

I mean if you're burning that much BTC on purpose it's either a lost private key, a weird flex, or someone's getting liquidated and making it everyone's problem.

cdrypto

suddenly? LOL BTC has outperformed Gold since like 2012 or 2013

riscten

If anything, this proves that having done something for a long time doesn't necessarily make you an expert or even competent. There's probably something in your Trust Wallet setup that causes it to only add up the balance from some addresses and not others, yet the sending UI lets you send from all addresses. We need more details to provide any meaningful help. Are you using a hardware wallet? How many HD wallets are set up in there? Can you see the 0.05BTC transaction in some form of history somewhere, what address did it originate from and where did it go? It's possible that there is a bug in Trust wallet, or that it does some background shenanigans with your balances without affecting the real total.

Active-Rope9301

I think BTC/ETH/SOL are getting adoption from TradFi in many different way, ranging from technological to financial. They will be cornerstones and staples of the world, regardless of the current price action. I also think Hyperliquid and TAO/Bittensor will matter, they just need to prove that for a bit longer for me to be fully convinced. Other than that, most coins are just vehicles for speculation. I’ve definitely lost money speculating on bullshit, so I know it hurts, but that’s part of the game.

Rare_Rich6713

Yeah I’ve come across Stacks a few times actually. Still trying to wrap my head around how different setups approach the whole BTC stays BTC idea. I think for me the main thing is minimizing extra trust assumptions, so I’ve been a bit picky. But I agree, this whole BTCFi space is getting interesting fast.

WolflingNL

That’s 32 ppl. The rest of us died in the liquiblizzards or in the trenches. Bears are for building. And when you don’t want to but you probably should dca in. Anyway, TAO did some cool stuff last week, finance is changing its nature altogether and BTC will reach 300k within a few years. Don’t get shaken out fren. We here.

ikiyen

Sometimes if people win in gambling they give a tip to the dealer. Maybe he made $120m on BTC.

Legitimate-Key-3044

Kinda just in time for the bear cycle. Start with BTC and just DCA in… £100 p/w and let it build.

Parcel-Pete

Diversify. Do not buy shit coins at all, you'll just lose. DCA into BTC and ETH and don't shit yourself when it drops.

excelance

LOL, dude... open TradingView and look at BTC's chart back in early 2016 and 2017. We frequently had daily candle swings of 20-30%. You're stressed about +/- 5%? Zoom out and relax.

derbyfan1

A lot of people are advising you to diversify. And I agree. Go 50% in Bitcoin and the remaining 50% in BTC too. Hold through the turbulence, wait a decade or so.. And then thank me.

cryptotero87

Si la gente está preocupado con BTC imagínate los que tenemos la gran mayoría en altcoins🤣