BTC

cashflashmil

If you’re planning to hold long term, selling now just to buy back at $65k is usually the classic mistake of trying to be right twice You’d need to nail both the exit and the re-entry, and most people end up selling, waiting for a lower number, then watching BTC run away without them With a position this size, the simpler move is usually to keep DCAing and stop anchoring too hard to one price target If your long-term thesis on Bitcoin hasn’t changed, trying to outsmart every swing usually does more damage than just staying consistent

GasFeesAteMe

Same. Maybe day traders can see earnings, but there's nothing more stable than BTC. Once I saw the light, I have not invested in anything else.

Bodhisluttva

I’ve got about 1.5 ETH and 2,500 ADA from when I first got into this space. Haven’t bothered exchanging them and I’ll probably just let it ride. All BTC for years now.

Abject-Stretch-1187

“He/she has been in BTC for 10yrs” so therefore they must know what they’re talking about lol You know what I realize, these folks who try to act like they’re so rational and everyone else is delusional stems from the fact that they truly do not know what the hell they’re buying hence why they’re mad that others who do are super optimistic about it.  Humans are by and large not stupid, they might’ve slow moments but stupid they’re not. We won’t advance as specie if most humans opted and/or settled for inferior solutions when clearly better ones exist. As a matter of fact, that’s what separates us from other species. So whenever you see these people call bitcoiners delusional, just know that they’re inadvertently calling most human beings stupid and that these folks will choose fiat over BTC long term and that in my estimation doesn’t track with how humans behave. Innovation adoption is usually a battle btw secret pessimists disguised as optimists vs actual optimists. 

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AwareGanache6190

On top of him being a fake professor, he’s actually a mouthpiece for Beijing. He’s promoting China interests and China’s interest is not for BTC to succeed.

Jamesss111222333

Some day in the future, when BTC is over $1 million, the r/personalfinance will be banning people for not suggesting BTC.

nassauboy9

I'm in the same boat. In BTC from 2009 then during Covid had some fun playing 1 percent of portfolio. Just exhausting and also dealing with places closing and regulations. Out for a while. Can't say would not play a bit but have own corp and do t have the time like during covid.

2xfun

I swear to God that normies can’t tell the difference between clown coin and BTC. wtf 

InvestaHepps

Honestly feels like the market’s kind of forcing that approach right now. Liquidity is there in pockets, but it’s not broad at all. BTC holds up fine, but alts don’t really get the same follow-through unless they’ve got a very specific narrative behind them. So you end up either being selective or just getting chopped trying to spread across too much. Feels less like a “pick more winners” environment and more like a “avoid the weak ones” environment tbh.

Bellar101

Got banned for suggesting the implementation of BTC

yefuck

ZEC, Dash, ZEN, BTC, LTC, ETH. but to be super clear I’m like 80% btc

Silasurf

Yes. BTC lightning

Abject-Stretch-1187

This same "hopium" is what got BTC to over a trillion in market but yah let's laugh in public and cry in private lol

cbillj0nes

As you should have lol. BTC is not an investment, it's gambling.

DarrinEagle

I had a fixed rate 2.75 mortgage and a floating rate second. The floating rate went over 9% so I had to pay it off. I had a lot of equity in the house and the value of the house had doubled. It got to where it wasn't going to go up much more, and there were costs to keep it. I also had the opportunity to sell it with my employer paying the commission because they wanted me to relocate. Also, for me there was a partial sheltering of my capital gain under US tax law. The time was right to sell, and the ETFs had just come out so I knew BTC had room to run. Since then, I'm even more bullish because of things like Trump/Bessent, the SEC changing their accounting guidance, MS/Schwab/Fidelity/GSax buying tickets to the party . . .

2Ben3510

24/7/365 non-stop trading with HUGE liquidity. Strategy can buy 2 Billion BTC in a week without moving the needle. I think a lot of people underestimate the meaning of that. It is what allows governments (Iran today, others in the future) to settle trade outside of the USD. They couldn't do it of moving millions of USD per day was dramatically impacting the price action.

OthalaFehu

I used to be one of the bloggers listed to the left on the 'financial independence' reddit (min 500k Alexa rank). I stopped doing all that, but am a big believer in BTC/MSTR. All we can do is try, but when they won't listen, it is on them. Enjoy your future!

Garbhunt3r

In 2023 I had enough liquidity to have a full bitcoin in my portfolio (this was when bitcoin fell to 15k). I thought speculatively to keep $ in other cryptocurrencies (stubborn) in the chance that they moon. I have big regrets, could’ve been a full coiner sitting on 75k but instead i have about a 3rd of that in bitcoin and have significantly less money than I would have if I just went all in on BTC

blaziken8x

Fear and greed index was under 20 for a pretty decent amount of time and we didn't drop to low 50s, so I honestly think people holding out for lower prices should spend at least 40-50% of the money allocated for BTC now.

KateR_H0l1day

I’ve a three tier portfolio based on price, and risk, ~30 coins all told. Some will be sold I expect, if the price goes up someway. But I’m generally happy enough with what I hold. Some I still have some hope of good growth over what I think my BTC will achieve this decade, but who knows 🤷‍♀️ Having said all that, BTC is the best, least riskiest thing to hold in the game we’re all playing in the Crypto World 🙄

BlackDog990

It wasn't what you expected....? BTC was under 1k in 2015....Depending on what the specific buy in was you would have 70x to like 150x your investment. Obviously BTC was gonna win... Now do the last 5 years...

Feshaak

I am big fan of BTC. 50% portfolio allocation IS hyping and pushing speculative investment.

el_rico_pavo_real

Anybody see the Congressional hearing where the General discussed BTC being a super important national security priority? Bullish.

ByronicZer0

> Would you rather have it go to $2 million right now and stay there, or stay at $75k and have it jump up to $2 million right at the end of 15 years? Cause and effect are a thing. If BTC stays at $75k for 10y, is sure as sh\*t isn't attracting enough buyers to make it moon to $2m. It'll probably go to $2k instead. BTC not magic. Me know this: Buy make price go up. More people buy, more price go up. Price go up, many fomo. Many buy. Then me Lambo

hardolaf

The subreddit being talked about recommends the standard allotment of index funds, bonds, etc. If OP had suggested putting 10% in BTC and other higher volatility assets as a way to help boost overall portfolio performance without adding too much risk, there probably would have been no issue. But given that it's a subreddit for financially illiterate individuals, recommending 50% BTC is antithetical to their goals of helping people make good financial decisions often with very few assets.

TheRadishBros

Your channel is very refreshing; no FOMO or overly hyped, just grounded analysis of what BTC is and where it’s going. The popular YouTube channel “How Money Works” released a video a few weeks ago explaining how BTC is a “scam”- it’d be great to see you take that one down!

alt-co

To avoid capital gains tax and or selling at -40% from all time high. Imagine you bought BTC at $1 and you sell at $100’000. You would owe the capital gains rate of your jurisdiction on 99.999% of the sale! In cases like these, it makes more sense to borrow against your BTC. Banks are conservative by nature. They are especially risk averse when it comes to cryptocurrency. The origin and transaction history of the client has to be explained in a way that a compliance officer would understand and be able to verify. Mining is an easier example but not all banks will accept it, due to internal policy outright rejecting all crypto origin funds or a lack of understanding/ability to verify.

PrepperDisk

BTC can go to zero, real estate (outside of some cataclysmic event) cannot. That is worth considering. BTC has no utility.

mss413

stick with coins - $BTC, $DOGE, $PEP $PEP worth looking at - team doing allot of work compare to any other. Can see 100x plus 6-12 months.

DaddyDontTakeNoMess

In that case, 80% in BTC, 10% in ETH, 10% in whatever you want to feed the alt itch. The alt itch is real, but sooner or later we all stop doing it, and BTC and chill. It's too hard to time the alts

pirisca

I mean, 50% S&P500 and 50% BTC is kind of crazy...having a bit of btc for some exposure it's OK, but having hslf5of your investments in btc.. Yikes. 

mustafa_khalifa

Legit. BTC is a solid choice. All other coins are super speculative.

noodlesystem

I’d be careful getting too anchored to previous cycle patterns this time. The structure has definitely changed with ETFs, institutional flows, and how quickly liquidity moves in and out. You still get drawdowns, but they don’t always line up cleanly with the old “predictable” cycle bottoms anymore. Mid 50s for BTC and 1400 for ETH isn’t crazy, but the market doesn’t need to go that low just to reset.

Colekaine

I don't know about ETH but thinking mid 40s for BTC as absolute bottom and this would be generous from the previous cycles losing 75-80% value.

GodBlessPigs

Wow, it might be different? I like BTC and own some, but it isn’t going to last more than 100 years IMO.

Romanizer

That's true. If they somehow run out of liquidity, their cash reserves only last for about two years. In that time, they would have to find a way to monetize their holdings. From their 800,000 BTC, I think the worst case would be to sell about 10,000 every year or two. But I don't really think that will be the case. I think it's just wild to see how so many here think that Strategy might somehow collapse throughout the next weeks/months, without any significant risk.

GodBlessPigs

BTC will also be dead someday. So how is it different?

supermattonz

First of all, congratulations! You’ve just taken a bigger step than most people twice your age. Even if it’s "only" $10, you’ve officially moved from being a spectator to a participant in the hardest money ever created. Since you're a student and new to this, here is a breakdown of what you should (and shouldn’t) do next: 1 BTC = 100,000,000 Sats. Don't worry about owning a full coin right now. Just focus on stacking those Sats whenever you have a spare few dollars. Over 4-5 years, those small amounts can compound into something significant. The Golden Rule: Not Your Keys, Not Your Coins Since you bought on Coinbase, they currently hold the Bitcoin for you. For $10, it's perfectly fine to leave it there while you learn. However, as your balance grows (e.g., over $100-$200), you should look into: • Self-Custody: Moving your BTC to a private wallet (like Blockstream Green or BlueWallet) where you hold the private keys. • Hardware Wallets: For larger savings, look into devices like a Trezor or BitBox02. Avoid the "Crypto" Trap You'll soon be flooded with ads and influencers telling you to buy "the next Bitcoin" or some random altcoin. Be careful. Most of these are "affinity scams" or highly centralized projects. Bitcoin is unique because it has no CEO, no marketing budget, and a fixed supply. Most people who try to "trade" to get more money end up losing it. Stick to BTC while you’re learning. Education is your best ROI Since you're an university student, your best asset is your brain. You don't need to be a finance pro, but understanding why Bitcoin exists is the best way to avoid panic-selling when the price drops. • Watch: "The Trust Machine" on YouTube. • Read: The Bitcoin Standard by Saifedean Ammous (it’s the "orange-pill" bible). Strategy: Set it and Forget it (DCA) The most successful people here use DCA (Dollar Cost Averaging). Instead of trying to "time" the market, they just buy $5 or $10 every week or month regardless of the price. It removes the stress and builds a massive position over time. One final warning: Your DMs are about to explode with "helpful" people offering to help you invest or double your money. They are all scammers. Never give your password or "seed phrase" to anyone.

God_Hand_9764

Right? Wasn't this a record breaking ETF, and then a single player has more BTC than it. Insane.

2xfun

The problem with bitcoin was the shitcoin storm of 2018 and ignorance on economics and the fiat standard in general. The 2018 event destroyed the reputation of crypto in general and the majority of people can’t tell the difference of clown coin and BTC. People are getting dumber and dumber and they don’t understand that the main source of their issues is the fiat standard.  How many people do you know that thinks the CPI is a good metric of inflation and don’t know money is debt? Unfortunately I don’t see things improving anytime soon. Idiocracy is winning by a mile.

CapitalIncome845

> it is destined to end in a monumental crash. How so? Just a feeling or actual data? Last month's trope of "oh noes, they'z underwater on their BTC holdings!" has now basically evaporated- bitcoin is basically at their cost basis +/- depending on the minute. And it was just FUD - they've been underwater before (much farther on a % basis), and had no problems at all. The other FUD is "they own too much" yet it's still under 5%. Meaning 95% of the bitcoin is owned by others.

Think-Sector-6329

yea, this is pretty common. A lot of people start off treaing BTC like a quick flip, then get burned and realize it's more about mindset than strategy. Once you stop chasing gains and start understanding why it exists, everything feels stressful. Also helps to rely less on hype and more on actual data. Even tools like Blueblocx can give better context on what's really happening under the hood. You're not overthinking it, you're just moving past the beginner phase

Obtusk22

G'day mate, Kraken reckons it's a solid shout for Europe, been using em since 2020 and never had drama with SEPA deposits or withdrawals. FCA and BaFin registered, fees are fair, and the UI aint gonna overwhelm ya as a beginner. For €200 every 3 months honestly any reputable platform works, the spread difference on that size is negligible. Bitstamp is the other quiet one worth a look, European-based since forever (2011 or something), more boring but that's the point at this stage. Bitpanda if you're in Austria/Germany specifically, they got local banking tight. I'd skip the fancy ones with "low fees 0% trading" marketing, always caught you somewhere else in the spread. Word of advice from someone who's been holding BTC out here in the bush for years, don't overthink which platform, just pick one, set up auto-buy, and walk away. The people obsessing over exchange choice are usually the same ones who end up with nothing to show for 5 years cause they kept switching. If you ever wanna mess with leveraged stuff down the track Bitmex has been around since 2014 and SEPA works fine with em too, but that's a problem for 5 years from now, not today. Boring wins this game mate.

SoSeaOhPath

If the value of BTC (priced in USD) hypothetically stays at $100k while the entire world adopts it … your purchasing power has probably also stayed the exact same. Because this would imply that the strength of the dollar relative to BTC has not changed. So if you had $100k USD or $100k USD worth of BTC the end result would be the same. People hate to admit it, but they buy BTC in the hopes of making money. Money priced in USD.

Always_working_hardd

Ah to 'any' BTC site, I must've misread it....I guess it's time to find another bank.

bravedog74

A proper retirement portfolio with some BTC and rules will always exceed the performance of a 60/40 portfolio, even if BTC goes to zero. Financial advisors are limited in their recommendations. They have the burden of ensuring safety to their clients. They either don't want to make the effort or many of them are restricted by their companies to exceed 5 percent allocation in their recommendations.

HoldOnforDearLove

Hyperinflation is 50% per month or so. Bitcoin, gold an real estate should go much higher in such a scenario because everybody would panic. One million per BTC is nothing.

__redruM

Lol, I sold it at 400 in 2017, and it’s still somehow at 400. Meanwhile BTC has been over 6 figures. What a useless coin.

Capital-Ad8143

Bots on this subreddit are crazy, you obviously don't understand the technology behind BTC to think that, it's revolutionising the way we pay.

BigX070

Eventually store your BTC on a cold wallet (Trezor for example)

PeakAccomplished2431

Start small with BTC on Coinbase until you're comfortable with the swings. I used the 50k demo on bydfi to practice first, and they've got some 6th anniversary rewards going on right now too.

jummy006

Let us know how much you’ve made by DCA’ing into BTC. I’ll hold my breath with anticipation.

Shaykh_Hadi

How can anyone talk about investments while omitting BTC???

Viaandrew

What was the reason you acquired 1 BTC?

EdgeQuiet2199

If BTC can stay steady while equities react to every macro shock, that’s a shift. Less about “BTC is stable” and more about it not being the most reactive asset in the room anymore.

SmmaAllstar

Slave to money. Slave to BTC. Same difference. Later we die. Bittersweet indeed.

Odd_Bar9513

Actually, the deeper I dove to BTC, the better I felt I was starting to know myself in the process.

cyger

Only $100k? I'm thinking more like $200k, and faster than anyone thinks. Since October retail has been dumping like crazy. Institutions have been buying like crazy. Now MSTR has owning 1M BTC in sights. IMO the trad 4 year cycle is dead, and BTC is going to pump like crazy soon. I can't wait. Note I was some of that retail, selling over 100k and shifting to AI stocks. I think both will do great.

xarips

have fun with your ponzi remember to just rollover the debt if BTC tanks

TheresNoSecondBest

>If I take my emergency fund (that I cant just dump into BTC directly due to the volatility) and put that into STRC. Why not? Why not 20% of the sum every month? Buying strc is IMHO riskier than stacking sats. >Yes there are assumptions here but if I take a conservative bitcoin CAGR of 21% my $6.30 daily buy will end up being worth somewhere around $20,347 in 5 years. That's a 77% return. What the return will be if you do the suggested 20% per month? >And I am not touching my emergency savings You're. You're buying strc with that money, remember?

InvestaHepps

Feels like part of the move was more positioning getting cleaned up than a clean “squeeze and continuation” tbh. You had price pushing up while OI was coming down, which usually points more to shorts getting closed out and leverage being reduced rather than fresh demand aggressively stepping in. Doesn’t mean it can’t keep going though, but it’s not the same as a move being driven by new positioning building or real demand. That’s usually where follow through comes from. Right now it still kinda feels like BTC is doing most of the work overall as well, not really broad participation.

Sudden_Brilliant_195

The 1-of-1 verifier thing is absolute insanity for that much TVL. I’m just moving back to Kraken or bydfi since they’ve been around for 6 years and have an 800 BTC protection fund for some actual peace of mind.

LePandaMasque

BTC layer 1 is not a currency for day to day payment. Lightning costs around 0.003% of tx values. This is cheaper than visa or mastercard

Virtual-Metal9290

I have to pay a fee to exchange USD to euro. I have to pay a fee to use USD to buy groceries if I use a credit card or any other digital version of USD. The only difference is the BTC fees are lower than the USD fees when exchanging it.

Excellent-Abies-259

I'm your brother. You need 0.0001btc for food this week. How much am I charged to send you that 0.0001 BTC at the minute? Will you still be able to get enough food for the week? Or is there some weird 20% fee going to someone somewhere?

bhondu_softie

I'm the same, mostly just holding BTC on Kraken to stay safe. I only use bydfi for the few alts I actually trust because they've been around for 6 years and have a $1M anniversary event happening right now anyway.

ikari_warriors

I am about to acquire 1BTC. Calm my nerves?

Additional-Ad-7599

Couldn't agree more. A point some people are overlooking is ETFs effect on supply... In 2025, US spot Bitcoin ETFs absorbed approximately 1.2x the total amount of newly mined Bitcoin. They were buying faster than the network could produce new supply. BlackRock's IBIT alone holds 782,000 BTC. When it sees inflows, it has to buy real Bitcoin on the open market. Bitcoin has ~980,000 coins left to ever be mined. A meaningful chunk of existing supply is estimated permanently lost or dormant (Satoshi). The actual liquid supply is well below that number. ETFs are concentrating ownership of an asset that is, by design, running out. And they're doing it faster than new supply can arrive. When the next run comes, it's going to get desperate.

anotherrredditor

Not everyone wants it to stay low. There are some OGs here , 40yrs + in age, that would be happy for BTC to skyrocket so we can retire early

Hotdabsmademedoit

Interesting BTC price action around the April 8 ceasefire announcement \- April 5 +2.5%, \-April 7 +4.5%, \-April 8 announcement day -1%. Someone knew before the public did. On-chain analysts should look at wallet clustering around those dates.

Hotdabsmademedoit

Interesting BTC price action around the April 8 ceasefire announcement \- April 5 +2.5%, \-April 7 +4.5%, \-April 8 announcement day -1%. Someone knew before the public did. On-chain analysts should look at wallet clustering around those dates.

DarrinEagle

I sold my home, rent something smaller, and plowed the profits into BTC at $35K. I sleep well at night and Im not looking back.

Powerful-Mortgage128

LoL at the 1 to 5 years you won't be rich.. but wow, wait till years 5 to 10. Lambo and waterfront Mansion incoming 😂 Even if BTC went 10x , you are having a nice weekend away at best.

imbrahma

Since all assets are relative in price, $10 worth of BTC can be $20 worth of BTC as the global economy can expand to $200 Trillion. But I still dont feel I can see more than 1 btc = 1million in my lifetime. Especially after American fucked it unfortunately. Too much bias will push other countries to run away from btc.

One-Formal-824

sold my car to buy BTC. <3

Sea-Development-8046

I also recently reached a little over 1 BTC after a couple years of DCAing. The difference between us is that I know what I'm holding, and why I'm holding it. Read "The Bitcoin Standard" as a primer.

Nomadictionnn

Bro honestly I was that guy in 2019 chasing no-KYC everywhere. Used some random exchange I won't name (it's dead now anyway) cause they had no verification as a selling point, deposited 0.8 BTC which was like $7k at the time and one day logged in to find the site just gone. **No emails, no support, nothing. Reported it and got laughed at cause I had zero recourse, no KYC meant no paper trail for me either lol.** IMO. I'd rather do verif on all top tier exchanges(binance/bybit/bitmex) and sleep at night. If privacy really matters, buy on a legit exchange and self-custody, that's where real privacy lives. Skipping KYC on a custodial platform just means you're trusting strangers with your money and no way to find them if they disappear. Learned that one the expensive way.

suckyuhhmada

The only thing that really matters is BTC. That's really the only advice.

Fit-Poet6736

currently holding stables, BTC & ETH and NEXO (strong utility and actual usage, check it)

tornavec

Dude, what year is it in your head? BTC has been at a different price forever. And what's the deal with alts? TRX just printed a new ATH for the fifth time in two weeks, lol. You just need good analytics. I follow CryptoQuant and lurk the Cryptomus forum. That's where all the obscure indicators and insider plays are at

comanche-99

Exactly, the same Bitcoin haters will create FOMO once BTC reaches new ATH

djspy

I love how everybody went against Satoshi. Nobody cares at all anymore about Satoshi's dream, why BTC was created. Now people celebrate the thing that goes against Satoshi's dream. How greed will always win. People have to stop behing dishonest, we want centralized systems, we want institutions to control our money. We could actually do some serious harm to those instituions but nobody will, we want to make sure they don't get poor.

vaporcube7

Most free stuff shows up day-of on the BTC Vegas Telegram and X hashtag, especially satellite events. For networking, I’ve used Articuler to figure out who to meet beforehand so I’m not just wandering.

R4ID

>Also that type of computing power will cost a lot of money. Not anywhere near the amount it would produce. They are also almost 100x cheaper to operate than a regular super computer. Think of it, you can Crack Any BTC wallet you want, so you start at the top, work ur way down and simply keep the private key that youve cracked there. you dont use it, you stack them all up. Then when you've collected "enough" You open up a 100x leverage short position and begin the dump. You now Ultra profit and probably make more money in a few minutes than anyone on the planet has ever made. You most likely profit into the Trillions if done correctly. >How does upgrading to quantum go against Satoshi's ideals? (not that I care about Satoshi's ideals btw) Freezing wallets/funds is against satoshi's ideals. >I don't know what you are talking about nor who you are referring to. https://x.com/stacyherbert/status/1400999685062529025 he and others do this all the time, on stage etc. talk about it like a religion. Satoshi is their god and he can do no wrong. All others are false profits, who are trying to steal ur money etc etc etc. >You are missing key talking points here, but I'm not going into this on this sub. This is off topic not bitcoin related. ??? saying BTC doesnt have on chain governance to solve this VERY PROBLEM is specifically BTC related and VERY much related to this Specific topic. >So you think quantum will go from impossible to crack a single public key to being able to crack one in 9 minutes instantly? Like one day researchers will say "Yesterday we couldn't crack a public key, but today we can in 9 minutes" >You think the technology will develop in this type of time frame? I dont think you understand how quantum computers function, nor differ from the current system functions. You might have a rough idea of quantum states being 1 and 0 at the same time, but you very much dont understand how that translates to computer capability, and how that breaks almost all modern encryption methods we use globally.

Suspicious_Act4982

Treating every dip as a decision point. The urge to do something when price moves is what bleeds most accounts slowly. The wins feel like skill, the losses feel like bad luck and neither conclusion is accurate. What fixed it was removing the optionality. Core BTC sits in nexo earning me interest, trading account is a separate pool with its own rules. Once the core stack isn't sitting there tempting you every time volatility spikes, the overtrading impulse mostly disappears.

Cute_Style3598

At this rate it's going to take at least another 10+ years before BTC is used widely for goods and services. That means we're stuck with fiat for a long time. Not to mention the powerful banking industry is trying to slow down adoption.

repomies69

Not the same, it is more like someone saying that they will send you BTC and then doesn't.

Wizzard_2025

Please. How is BTC valued?

Drumroll-PH

Both assets behave more like long term cycles than entry point decisions. People who try to optimize for perfect timing usually end up sitting on the sidelines, while those who use a consistent approach (like small, regular buying over time) tend to avoid that pressure. Between BTC and ETH, they serve different roles: BTC is more macro/store-of-value driven, while ETH is more ecosystem and usage driven. Instead of trying to pick one perfect entry, it usually makes more sense to decide your time horizon and risk level first, then build exposure gradually rather than all at once.

Ok_Confusion_1777

BTC to 100 was a thang, just the timing and all. We might say there's still value in a prediction like that given it was not assured by any means.

PrincipeJulioX

With one million bitcoins left to mine, the rate of purchases from Strategy, the rising BTC price averages overtime, and the continuously shrinking supply on exchanges , I think we’ll be OK.

OkUnderstanding6087

You sold something that takes your time to buy something that gives it back. Wishing you the best in your BTC adventure!

CleanUpstairs7593

I’ve already bought all the dips I can.. I’ll take 2 mill BTC right now

No_Toe710

The safest way to accumulate BTC is to buy IBIT (or Morgan Stanley’s new cheaper option) with cash, in a margin approved account that also holds a mix of other stocks and ETFs. Then make cash withdraws against the portfolio and use proceeds to buy spot BTC. This way your other securities help mitigate against BTC’s volatility. And allows you to increase DCA dollars dedicated to BTC when the price of is down. So long as those ‘other’ securities are not correlated with BTC.

SaltyYou1035

Nice choice for a first hardware wallet. I chose this one too and it arrived last week. When you set it up, the most important step is writing down your seed phrase on paper (or metal if you want durability). Do this offline, never type it into a computer or phone, never take a photo of it. The Trezor will walk you through this during setup. For the watch-only wallet question, yes you can safely use the Blockstream Green app (or any watch-only wallet) to view your balance without exposing your keys. A watch-only wallet only has your public key, which lets you see transactions and generate receive addresses, but can't spend anything. Your private keys never leave the Trezor. One thing that catches people off guard early on: when you send BTC from Strike to your Trezor, the transaction might take 10-30 minutes to confirm depending on network fees. Don't panic if it doesn't show up instantly. You can check the transaction on a block explorer using the transaction ID Strike gives you. And a tip nobody tells beginners: once you've set everything up and transferred a small test amount, write down not just your seed phrase but also which wallet software you used, what derivation path it's on, and basic instructions for how someone else would recover it. If something happens to you and someone needs to access this, "24 words written on a card" isn't enough context for a non-technical person to figure out what to do. Lastly, and probably don't rely too heavily on this is try to memorize your seed phrase. My wife and I did it in less than 10 minutes. Here's the tip, you take the 20+ words, you create a story with the words, make it wacky and memorable. If you get something like "achieve, height, taxi, fiber" you think of a story about King Kong climbing a tower in New York because he's trying to get cell signal, he climbs down, asks a taxi driver if they have fiber. (yea I get it, its stupid and wacky) but seriously, it's not that hard to remember this way. And the final final tip to this is if you're asking each other if you remember the phrase, don't sound it out to each other unless you are very VERY sure you're not being listened to or recorded lol. We have a rule we never say the first and last word ever when reciting. Hey enjoy your new Trezor when it arrives!

KarateKid84Fan

Do you? How long did it take you to acquire 1 BTC? What was your ultimate goal? Were you expecting to make a profit and if so when? Did you have a timeline? (ie acquire 1 BTC, hold until X, then sell)?

Commercial-Ad90

Biggest thing is consistency, even if a little bit at time. Learning good saving an investment habits young will make you millions over the course of you life. Pretend it’s not there and don’t look at it. Your future self will thank you. Eventually you want to have some diversification with stocks and other assets as you build you wealth. But I think BTC is a good starting point. Understand it’s very volatile though, so looking at it does not good in the short term.

Any_Understanding589

Been trading since late 2016 early 2017. Before bot was a thing (for me at least). Held on to a good chunk (11btc + alts). Never used bots, never needed to, and likely never will tbh.. a real trader will never complain about which days are good which days are bad. It's impossible to predict a set day 🤦🏼‍♂️. Improve your trading, and you will start realising Mondays ain't so bad. You can make money whichever way the markets turn, if you're confident in your trades. The only regret I have is I never valued it when silk road was a thing around 2012-13.. I had around £70-90 worth of BTC at that time as used to order for a paranoid friend. Lost the wallet. Would my several millions today.

ryana8

The people commenting on this thread are salty because they either A) Had the capital and didn't buy pre 2017 when the market was low or B) Didn't have the capital at the time The reality is: It's still early. Despite the headlines, despite what people are saying. Did blockchain really take off in the sense that "we're going to replace the banks with a truly anonymous and decentralized currency"? Absolutely not. Was it a pipedream at one point? Yes - around the time that you were watching cartoons. The crypto goldrush is akin to the actual goldrush. There *were* people who didn't move out west and set up mining operations.. But - look at gold now. It's still a commodity (a $13 Trillion commodity), and it's just a rock from the ground. People have turned it into jewelry, but - it's just a resource. BTC, ETH, BNB, AAVE, potentially HYPE (we will see about this one) - have real use cases that financial instructions can leverage. If you bought and held any of these since the early days, you'd have done well for yourself. But again - the equities market isn't run by retail - it's run by institutions. A lot of people entered late and bought meme tokens to make up for it because they were trying to get rich quick. Just like in the real market - 99% of startups don't make it. The same works for tokens. What you SHOULD be optimizing for if you're interested in this economy is finding tokens with real world use cases that banks will inevitably be attracted to. There are tons of them, and they're worth holding for their long term value. You should NOT be optimizing for becoming a millionaire in a month because 67coin went from 1/1,000,000 of a penny to 20 cents. The thing about blockchain is it's just basic accounting software. At the very core. It's boring. Your investment strategy should be fairly boring too. People saying it's dead, yet it has a $2.6 trillion market cap and investment banks only recently got ETF approvals in 2024. 2 years ago. If you think the investment banks are done with crypto - despite just getting started with crypto, I don't know what else to tell you. To address your question. It's PART of an investment thesis. If you had $1m would you put it all in one stock? Or - would you diversify? A little in AMD, a little in energy stock, a little in SaaS? If you had $10m, you might put some of it in real estate, some of it in equities, some of it in crypto, etc.. Long story long. Add it to your portfolio. Keyword portfolio.