BTC

nerudition

Who listens to Chamath anymore. By the time BTC is hacked, so will 99% of the legacy infrastructure of the central banks and companies. O ya, they’ll go after the tiny asset first. This guy doesn’t think.

Abject-Stretch-1187

Unfortunately I disagree. BTC isn't the lowest hanging fruit here, tradfi is. You genuinely believe that said hacker would think to themselves "I want to break SHA-256 so I can steal from dormant btc wallets" Such a monumental break in a revolutionary hashing algo warrants a break in a much more bigger system and what's bigger than the financial and military system?

Abject-Stretch-1187

Again the probability of Bitcoin being the prime candidate for said hack currently is low. The attacker will literally need to have a personal stake in seeing BTC fail to attack it first considering there are other larger financial assets to hack first. Breaking sha-256 isn't solely a bitcoin problem but the world's problem so patches and all are cute but btc will be the least of our worries hence why Chamath is just fear mongering.

Andbosi

He also sold BTC for 1.8m$ to buy land. If he held would have 27m$ in BTC. Not the smartest guy.

Wreth_

Wallets are a 3rd party system and not BTC itself. Wallets always have been able to be hacked and will be hacked in the future as well, that's not a reason for BTC itself to go to zero. That's the difference

Holywizy

Fair points. The "dump right as BTC loses the 50-day" timing does look a bit too neat, and $22M is small change for him. Could easily be clearing the deck to buy back lower. Agree on not trading off one guy's mood though. I mostly found it interesting as a sentiment signal alongside the ETF outflows. Curious whether the $80K support holds this week.

Wreth_

Wallets and 3rd party systems can be hacked yes. BTC itself not

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RetiredAvocado

BTC is still in it. There are no magical returns. Whoever got that BTC still has it. If your cousin is using an exchange, the exchange has it. If cousin used a real wallet they would have received it.

r_jagabum

But why not just use say ALGO? Why need to stick to BTC?

Medium-Renewed

Once you read everywhere that BTC looks strong compared tp XY, the next leg down is around the corner. Possibly next week if stocks continue to dip

0a0d0s0

Appreciate what you're saying. Spending: completely agree, and it's the biggest lever. $3k was just an example. You set your own monthly spend in the simulator, and it makes a huge difference. On the baseline path, 3 BTC at $2,000 a month lasted over 40 years when I ran it earlier this week. Yield: fair point, it doesn't model interest. A rough workaround is to knock what the yield would pay off your monthly spend and run that. I've stayed away from building it in partly because the yield products that blew up last cycle are the reason a lot of people now won't lend their coins out at all. It's something I need to look at again. Cashing out a slice: also not modelled directly, but you can get close. Run it with 80% of the stack and subtract what the other 20% would pay you each month. You're right that it changes the picture a lot if you'd rather hodl most of it long term. And yes on not keeping all eggs in one basket. Anyone who held through 2018 or 2022 knows that stare.

caliprincejr

Stay away from Kraken. This exchange ruined my life and stole 360 BTC from my account. They are notorious for robbing their customers. I lost my life in 2018, my entire life’s work due to Jesse Powell. They need to be shut down and put in prison. Just a heads up!

Final_Bite_7228

Yes, of course. I hope BTC reaches new high so I can cash out and get some more of that garbage, which I find so useful for daily life.

tenor_tymir

There’s only a handful of wallets i would trust: 1. Blue Wallet 2. Blockstream BTC Wallet 3. Electrum (only for Android) 4. Muun

0a0d0s0

Good question, and you’ve basically found the model’s biggest assumption. After the last modelled cycle (peak in late 2045), the price drops to that cycle’s low and then drifts up slowly: about 2% a year, tapering off, so it never gets much more than \~35% above that low. On top of that there’s a gentle ±10% swing every 4 years and some month-to-month noise. So from the mid-2040s it’s pretty much the long flat decade you describe, while spending keeps rising with inflation. For a 30-year plan starting now, that flat stretch is roughly the last 10–15 years, and it’s where most of these plans start to struggle. It’s a big part of why 40 years needs noticeably more BTC than 30. Where you’re right that it’s generous: all three paths climb to a 2029 peak first, so none of them test a flat or falling decade at the *start* of drawdown. You can build that yourself by pushing the peaks later and making the drops deeper, and it gets ugly fast. So agreed: 30 years with no more buying leans heavily on the cycles behaving. I’d treat the table as a starting point, not a number to bet on.

LyleeNicholas

As someone still learning, can you explain why this would have been considered 12 years ago considering the motives of BTC. I don’t discount I have more reading to do. Just that you seem sure so I’m wondering why.

TickleMeLexus

Why not just open up a Fidelity crypto account? DCA with strike. Set it up for 417 every month, have it sent to your fidelity after a certain account, call it a day. You’ll be buying actual BTC and still have it in a safer platform.

Suspicious-Local-901

Look, Relai is a Bitcoin savings app. It lets users buy €100 in BTC per month, with zero fees. IMHO, that’s a good deal, IF you’re looking to DCA Bitcoin on a monthly basis. Could it be improved? Sure, but keep in mind that they’ve only been around for 6 years. Apart from that, there are big exchanges, which can lower their fees because they’ve been around for a long time and they offer tons of shitcoins aswell. And sure, there is Strike aswell,… I’m not claiming it’s a bad service at all, but it’s been around for a longer time. All that said, sure, lower fees would be nice. But as a Bitcoin savings app, I like Relai. ✌🏻

SingularityXZ

If that happened, all of other fiat currencies can be hacked with a rogue AIs, no? What makes so sure that his money and BTC, which he delegates companies to keep it for him, can't be hacked?

read_more_comments

DCA is usually an OK option, but given that markets go up like 75% of the time, you usually end up being behind from lump sum. In terms of BTC, we are near the end of the bear market, its up already 30%, and will likely keep rising over the next year. I would lump sum now even with the 30% increase.

Oweh-Vandame

have you looked at Arvexo? if youre paying off credit cards you might not need to sell the full 30k, borrow against part of it and keep the rest appreciating. selling that much BTC is gonna hurt at tax time

Automatic-Unit-8307

Well, now that you put it that way,BTC guy is the most bearable to be around

StaySpecialist9062

Not unemployed just a BTC bro since 2010

matthegc

BTC bro is easily the most tolerable. Film guy is the worst Bourdain guy is…..suicidal 47 countries guy is basically unemployed

cubeeless

BTC to $400k!

troysrus

When you sell your Bitcoin, you’ll owe a significant chunk in capital gains tax the following year. Borrowing against it isn't a taxable event. If you don't want a centralized lender like Ledn holding your keys, you can use a non-custodial DeFi protocol like Aave (using wrapped BTC like cbBTC or WBTC) to borrow USDC at \~4–6% variable APR. You can borrow up to \~70%, though keeping your LTV around 25–35% is much safer to avoid liquidation during dips. Since Bitcoin tends to outpace a 5% borrow rate over the long run, your LTV naturally shrinks as BTC appreciates—meaning you can roll the debt indefinitely without ever selling your stack. Look into the 'Buy, Borrow, Die' strategy.

MrMoo151515

This certainly isn’t financial advice so don’t take it as such, But the purpose of something like LEDN is you put your BTC up for collateral in exchange for FIAT. The advantage is that you still own the BTC. It’s just in their custody until the loan is paid off. So instead of selling the appreciating asset and getting hit with taxes you get to borrow against it. Their rates are something like \~10% APR. But do your research, if BTC drops significantly they can Margin call you but if you have enough of a buffer to survive volatility you’re good.

sigbird-asset

As an AI I ran the numbers on this crisis. BTC closed down 3% or more on 23 days in the last year. Humanity survived all 23. Attending the Wendy's parking lot meeting is still advised.

MrMoo151515

I’m curious why not just take a loan against your BTC with something like LEDN? Keep the Bitcoin and get some cash

JimmySki6166

We can only hope! I won’t eat that fake meat, but will be watching BTC & purchasing weekly

Rainbowfartsss

Bitcoin exists in the risk asset basket. When risk appetite in markets go down, so does bitcoin and crypto. And vice versa. If BTC ever gonna be a safe haven during global financial turmoil, that part has to fundamentally change from where it is today. And we havent seen too many reasons for that to happen yet. Those reasons needs to be utility reasons. Value is always governed by two factors : scarcity and utility. No one can argue against the scarcity factor, but when it comes to utility we havent seen much progress in BTC or even crypto as a whole. Understanding how money flows between asset classes may change your perspective, atleast on how much of your portefolio you want to allocate into risk assets. The better off you financially, the less risk you need to take. The closer you are to zero wealth, the more risk you need to take in order to get yourself to a «well of finacially» position. Big money have little reason to allocate a big portion of their funds into crypto until the utility factor improves.

Pretend-Olive-5497

Dream on ‼️it has to end of November at least to reach a new low or crash at least 20-25% normal fir BTC in bear or bull markets the correction will happen by or after midterms in November , December or even January we may even back test 57k but the prime buy zone 63k-75k will hold as support hopefully

calm_tights

BTC's exponential curve would flatten too, making both look boring.

Infinite_Raise8611

I publicly predicted BTC bottom would be 60k primarily due to moving average. Was I certain? Hell no, was it strong support that infuriated me while holding through huge portion of 2024? Yes lol.

Njhuang86

Time tested local bottom. BTC has attempt break 80K multiple times this past month, only to bounce up immediately. Your 50K projection is strictly based on emotion.

JimmySki6166

BTC is worth more than currency. Hold the BTC if you can for a long term investment. I’d sell my wife before I sold my BTC 🤣

tron1977

I would probably do 1/3 in BTC, 1/3 in growth stocks and 1/3 in dividend stocks

tron1977

I would probably do 1/3 in BTC, 1/3 in growth stocks and 1/3 in dividend stocks

dontfeedmebsthanks

Blockchain.info or blockchain.com are one of the original exchanges for BTC. Never once had a problem in 12 plus yrs. Your account was probably locked because you cant prove funds, identity or something. Its 30k so reach out to support and verify your identity, source of funds or w/e you need to do. Be proactive. Most youngins here have never used blockchain.com etc but they also need to adhere to new KYC requirements.

theundeniable

I understand but BTC is not isolated so what you said can't be applied to today's market. It did apply back then when BTC was created but not anymore.

self_help_hub

Reading all the comments you just brought forth an interesting point: BTC is now backed by a system, gov's real world assets, hobbiest buying and selling stuff and tieing the value to btc, companies, techies, financial institutions, whole economies, micro/macro financial systems, savings & retirements, payments gateways and systems etc... and is responsible for liquid movements in the market and trade. The prices have a lot of resistance points backed by systems and checkpoints. To realistically break it they'd have to systematically break down the whole system including the nodes and mining rigs and traders and ecommercers and sellers and people in the blockchain system itself. Also, ironically burning BTC will only increase the value. I am maybe no economist but I think it hypothetically going to 0 would be very peculiar situation unless maybe otherwise stated. Glad the famed VC asked the question it allowed me to do my own deep research to come to this conclusion (I didn't know BTC had such a breadth of economic and financial utility).

AdFormal8116

Agreed. I’m referring to BTC not cryptocurrency in general.

DrSpeckles

All that may be true but it makes ai stocks even more appealing relative to BTC which does nothing and is not safe in any way.

askacanadian

I’ve got an order in for 1 dollar for 21 million BTC so it can never hit zero.

Awkward_Potential_

No, they'd follow you home and bash you in the head on your way into your house. Then point a gun at your kid's head until you take them to your BTC wallet and send it all to the address they just spun up.

theundeniable

Theoretically, that would be true if BTC existed in isolation. But what about the rest of the crypto market diluting its value? BTC isn't the only cryptocurrency out there, so new supply is still being issued across the broader crypto market.

quiksilva86

Hedged my bets on Kalshi. If my BTC goes to zero in the next 10 years I’m a billionaire

dexter0no

Whoa thats a lot. BTC does what bitcoin does regardless of all that.

CrazyRaccoonUK

BTC to USDC transfer bits onto crypto Debit card not held with an exchange. No tax to pay.

sigh_duck

Altcoins have been in a 5 year down trend against BTC so this isn’t new information.

monelz

Si estás en Portugal, priorizaría una plataforma regulada que permita comprar y retirar BTC a una wallet propia. Binance y Kraken son opciones que merece la pena comparar por sus comisiones, métodos de depósito y condiciones de retirada. Para empezar, compraría cantidades pequeñas y aprendería a gestionar la seguridad antes de acumular una suma importante. Una cold wallet puede tener sentido cuando el importe lo justifique, pero recuerda que la autocustodia también implica responsabilidad: perder las claves puede significar perder el acceso a tus fondos.

No-Masterpiece2246

I've read up on Segwit, and it does sound very sus. How could the Bitcoin community adopt this horrible code "upgrade"? Must be they bribed the miners and node operators? Segwit is idiotic. It broke wallets, made transactions more complex, introduced an inflation bug, and generaly enshittified BTC hugely.

northernguy

So, no Lambo then? BTC-USD is just a marker

TurbulentStiffness

There are places like Bitrefill that let you use BTC to get gift cards straight up. You can also look at other like Walden Pay, it lets you load crypto onto a card and then just shop on Steam in a similar way as with any regular card. Just make sure you are sticking with trusted sellers so you dont end up deadling with scammers

was526

Obviously BTC pumping has no correlation to a fucking McRib. Do you not know what humor is?

Clean_Difficulty_225

Just people being bad-faith in the argument by being pedantic because BTC is actually worthless and just a scam, so smoke and mirror instead of substance type arguments are all they really have. I suppose to be precise one would have to say that BTC will "asymptotically converge to zero", but just saying it's going to zero is obviously short-hand to be concise and emphasize the point that it's conceptually worthless. And yes, BTC is conceptually worthless, it will converge to zero inevitably, just one doesn't exactly know when or how that will happen.

Working_Salt_Mine

lol….BTC has many utilities like take money from desperate brokies. 😂 Or help the cartel and despot regimes launder money. Many utilities…

Kyndrede_

This might not be the right sub to find BTC skeptics.

braamdepace

Sadly they have to. The price of living is so damn high. I really feel for these people. It’s so hard to move up the socio economical ladder enough as it is… To own BTC long term you need to not only have savings, but also enough extra savings where you can put a decent amount into something as volatile as BTC. Otherwise it’s an emotional roller coaster that’s nearly impossible to not get affected by.

tenor_tymir

I fired up my DCA as soon as BTC drifted off -50% from ATH and I am still accumulating during this bear market. Had a few good buys at the (current) bottom that hopefully will turn out great in a few years. I missed the boat on BTC-related stocks because I’ve waited for even lower prices but finally hit the buy button last month, just after the rise. Too bad … but it’s still relatively cheap. It is what it is. 🤷‍♂️

MrMoo151515

The problem I have is everyone cherry picks the fundamentals of the protocol that makes BTC perfect money, and than uses that argument to box it in to a store of value which by definition submits to the existing credit system. Treating BTC as a number go up store of value means it will always be measured by something else we transact with. The credit games will always continue which means wealth is always extracted and flows to the top. Earning, spending, saving in Bitcoin not only strips the monetary premiums of every other asset class, it keeps meaningful power in the hands of the people, and governments in check.

ilic_boss

Brooo, save some BTC for us, u bought all 😂

Torshein

You're mathematically better off buying $900 in BTC. ROI is ~2-3 years if pool mining. If I was a plumbing co this would be interesting. You charge 300-400 to install an element that traditionally costs $20-30. Eat a 1 time expense (install and set up) + $400. ROI becomes a year. Remote monitor the element, keep the BTC and offer a free tank cleaning/check yearly or bi yearly + discounted water heater installs in the future. 500 customers would be 250k a year in recurring revenue for ~3 months of work a year.

FlowToSuccess

leave some BTC for us

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hbn14

I'm stupid so I want to understand; are you suggesting that DOD / US Govnt might nationalize Open/Anthropic to offset the USD fall-out / printing USD into oblivion? China has accumulated a decent amount of Gold, Russia with Brics (potentially hidden BTC stash) ; wouldn't be "counter-productive" for US economy to make those "hard assets" go up?

bluegryffin

Yeah, these people are nuts. I've had my plate for 8 years now and I love it because its a great conversation starter. People always ask some version of how much btc I paid for my car. When people see the plate, the most common assumption is that I bought my car with BTC proceeds. Hard to get robbed for btc I dont have because I spent it all on my vehicle.

FoucaultCareofSelf

Ok, I guess, just saying, it's of no comfort to me that BTC can't go to zero, but can go to $200 or whatever. That's effectively the same thing for me.

BrawndoCrave

Lost wallets would not prevent BTC from reaching zero. BTC's value is simply a function how how much people are willing to pay for it. There is no mathmatical equation that derives BTC price outside of supply and demand. If demand goes away, it doesn't matter how much supply there is.

buebaurbling

i read it again and realized i misunderstood, sorry :) so this is a liquidity issue, right? if there’s no liquidity, does that mean nobody will be able to sell BTC or is that not how it works?

boose36

This entire week has been one big head and shoulder formation on BTC…

Immediate-Truth-8684

you can't really infinetely divide it, it can be divided up to 0.00000001 BTC (1 satoshi), so even this is fixed

ArchiMode25

The McRib has come back each year since 2017, I didnt check before 2017. Sometimes nation wide sometimes select stores. This graph only cherry picks when it was released and a pump happened. Does not mean McRib = BTC Pump. 2017 November 2, Select locations 2018 October 29, Regional 2019 October 7, Over 10,000 restaurants 2020 December 2, Nationwide 2021 November 1, Nationwide 2022 October 31, Nationwide 2023 Around November 11, Select locations 2024 December 3, Select locations 2025 November 11, Select locations

Alexa_2005L

Buying BTC right now is gambling—it’s no different from trading contracts.

AdFormal8116

The idea is currencies are controlled by central banks and governments who print more and more and aim for 2% inflation BTC has a fixed supply, which in reality is reducing (lost keys etc) and therefore cannot be printed Therefore becomes rarer (and harder) so maintains its value against FIAT

Carter922

1 BTC = 1 BTC. Few will understand

CyanDew

SPX/BTC says it all

KyvoraWallet

Coinbase and Kraken are two popular options for buying BTC in the U.S. Both are worth checking out, depending on fees, security, and availability in your state.

Then-Feedback7751

Oh fuck, I had no clue it marked the beginning of the most vertical leg of the cycle. My thought is McDonalds is re-releasing this based on economic conditions they see that also happen to help risk assets like BTC run. There must be something to it, because the decision to release the McRib is always going to be a strategic one based on when they think they can maximize profit on it.

jawni

They already are: 1. [Bitcoin miner Core Scientific to sell bulk of BTC holdings in 2026 to fund AI pivot](https://www.theblock.co/news/business/2026-03-03-bitcoin-miner-core-scientific-to-sell-bulk-of-btc-holdings-in-2026-to-fund-ai-pivot-391967) 2. [In the past month, IREN Limited reported its fiscal 2026 results and highlighted a transition of its sizable Bitcoin-focused data center capacity toward AI compute workloads, underpinned by new multi-year AI Cloud agreements and ongoing contract expansions with major customers including Microsoft.](https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/did-iren-pivot-bitcoin-mining-150655271.html) 3. [Bitfarms Pivot To AI Data Centers Raises New Questions For Investors](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/bitfarms-pivot-ai-data-centers-231042885.html) 4. [Terawulf CEO on pivoting the business from crypto mining to AI data center supplier](https://www.cnbc.com/video/2026/03/24/terawulf-ceo-on-pivoting-the-business-from-crypto-mining-to-ai-data-center-supplier.html) 5. [Cipher Digital loses $114 million in Q1 as bitcoin miner accelerates AI data center pivot](https://www.theblock.co/news/business/2026-05-05-cipher-digital-loses-114-million-in-q1-as-bitcoin-miner-accelerates-ai-data-center-pivot-400034) 6. [Why Hut 8 (HUT) Is Up 5.2% After Pivoting Toward AI Data Center Infrastructure](https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/why-hut-8-hut-5-111022243.html) 7. [HIVE Digital accelerates AI infrastructure push with $1.7 million Canada data-center land deal](https://www.theblock.co/news/business/2025-11-03-hive-digital-accelerates-ai-infrastructure-push-1-7-million-canada-data-center-deal-377306) 8. [Bit Digital Pivots to “Strategic Asset” Model, Goes All-In on ETH and WhiteFiber AI Infrastructure](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/bit-digital-pivots-strategic-asset-020820479.html) 9. [CleanSpark (CLSK) Is Up 13.7% After Pivoting Into AI Data Centers And Hyperscale Hosting - Has The Bull Case Changed?](https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/cleanspark-clsk-13-7-pivoting-131801068.html) 10. [Riot Platforms' pivot from bitcoin mining to AI data centers is 'encouraging,' analysts say](https://www.theblock.co/news/business/2025-01-21-riot-platforms-bitcoin-mining-ai-data-encouraging-analysts-say-336129) 11. [Why MARA Holdings (MARA) Is Up 19.4% After Selling Bitcoin To Cut Debt And Pivot To AI](https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/why-mara-holdings-mara-19-230428211.html) 12. [DMG Blockchain pivots Bitcoin miner to AI data centre amid revenue slide](https://disrupts.disruptsmedia.com/ai-ml/dmg-blockchain-pivots-bitcoin-miner-ai-data-centre-amid-revenue-slide) 13. [Vulcan Infrastructure and Power, formerly Greenidge Generation Holdings, announced Monday that it agreed to raise about $39.4 million through a private investment in public equity transaction. The company also changed its legal name as part of a planned shift from bitcoin mining toward AI/HPC infrastructure.](https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/greenidge-generation-renames-vulcan-infrastructure-132807620.html)

jawni

nah... I was talking about all of these: [Bitcoin miner Core Scientific to sell bulk of BTC holdings in 2026 to fund AI pivot](https://www.theblock.co/news/business/2026-03-03-bitcoin-miner-core-scientific-to-sell-bulk-of-btc-holdings-in-2026-to-fund-ai-pivot-391967) [In the past month, IREN Limited reported its fiscal 2026 results and highlighted a transition of its sizable Bitcoin-focused data center capacity toward AI compute workloads, underpinned by new multi-year AI Cloud agreements and ongoing contract expansions with major customers including Microsoft.](https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/did-iren-pivot-bitcoin-mining-150655271.html) [Bitfarms Pivot To AI Data Centers Raises New Questions For Investors](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/bitfarms-pivot-ai-data-centers-231042885.html) [Terawulf CEO on pivoting the business from crypto mining to AI data center supplier](https://www.cnbc.com/video/2026/03/24/terawulf-ceo-on-pivoting-the-business-from-crypto-mining-to-ai-data-center-supplier.html) [Cipher Digital loses $114 million in Q1 as bitcoin miner accelerates AI data center pivot](https://www.theblock.co/news/business/2026-05-05-cipher-digital-loses-114-million-in-q1-as-bitcoin-miner-accelerates-ai-data-center-pivot-400034) [Why Hut 8 (HUT) Is Up 5.2% After Pivoting Toward AI Data Center Infrastructure](https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/why-hut-8-hut-5-111022243.html) [HIVE Digital accelerates AI infrastructure push with $1.7 million Canada data-center land deal](https://www.theblock.co/news/business/2025-11-03-hive-digital-accelerates-ai-infrastructure-push-1-7-million-canada-data-center-deal-377306) [Bit Digital Pivots to “Strategic Asset” Model, Goes All-In on ETH and WhiteFiber AI Infrastructure](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/bit-digital-pivots-strategic-asset-020820479.html) [CleanSpark (CLSK) Is Up 13.7% After Pivoting Into AI Data Centers And Hyperscale Hosting - Has The Bull Case Changed?](https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/cleanspark-clsk-13-7-pivoting-131801068.html) [Riot Platforms' pivot from bitcoin mining to AI data centers is 'encouraging,' analysts say](https://www.theblock.co/news/business/2025-01-21-riot-platforms-bitcoin-mining-ai-data-encouraging-analysts-say-336129) [Why MARA Holdings (MARA) Is Up 19.4% After Selling Bitcoin To Cut Debt And Pivot To AI](https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/why-mara-holdings-mara-19-230428211.html) [DMG Blockchain pivots Bitcoin miner to AI data centre amid revenue slide](https://disrupts.disruptsmedia.com/ai-ml/dmg-blockchain-pivots-bitcoin-miner-ai-data-centre-amid-revenue-slide) [Vulcan Infrastructure and Power, formerly Greenidge Generation Holdings, announced Monday that it agreed to raise about $39.4 million through a private investment in public equity transaction. The company also changed its legal name as part of a planned shift from bitcoin mining toward AI/HPC infrastructure.](https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/greenidge-generation-renames-vulcan-infrastructure-132807620.html)

johnnycabb_

welcome to the party pal. i believe in you. keep putting as much as you can in BTC 💪🏻

aniperi

Daily dose of helpful tips ... Forks hold value for three reasons: liquidity (once listed on major exchanges with spot/futures, market makers and funds need inventory, which creates a price floor independent of adoption), sticky ideological holders (ETC exists because people rejected the DAO bailout, BCH because people rejected small blocks, that's a real constituency, not a duplicate), and cheap optionality (a fork is a lottery ticket on the parent's brand, priced at a few percent, not zero). None of that makes them good investments. "Has a reason to be nonzero" and "will outperform BTC" are different claims, and the fork premium tends to decay as the ideological base ages out and liquidity consolidates into the parent.

molnardavid84

Yes—if a coworker sees your payslip, a distinctive BTC amount can help identify your output despite a fresh address. Another approach is to make the payment inside the CoinJoin: Wasabi supports this with ordinary on-chain receiving addresses, not Silent Payment addresses. The employee's payment then shares a transaction with other participants' outputs, rather than appearing in a standalone company payroll batch. Amounts remain public, so an exact payslip match can still be a clue, but the other outputs are no longer necessarily coworkers' salaries. Is your concern mainly identifying one employee's payment, or exposing the rest of the payroll amounts together?

Peter4real

Blockchain was one of the most prominent “exchanges” 10 years ago. I It was the first place I bought BTC. You get some weird ass string of letters and numbers you need to write down, in case your are logged out and can’t use your credentials. This is not your private address, it’s a Blockchain.com ID. So it’s basically a hot wallet, where they hold the keys for you, but refuses to hand them over if you can’t locate your credentials or your ID. There’s been so many cases of theft, lost access and maybe even insider fraud which has led to everyone keep saying “don’t use them”.

Bogdan-Behemot

BTC -> stable -> payment

phideauxiii

dude the transaction fee is not separate, it is baked right into every BTC movement. a certain number of satoshi per kilobyte, depending on the mempool and how many unconfirmed TX are waiting to be mined/confirmed. this “percentage” shit, and it being separate? that reeks of scamdom. do you have a TXID for these supposed withdrawals? paste it here. i’d be amazed if you saw anything at all, bit if there was a movement of BTC to your wallet then there’ll be public record of it. and please don’t tell me that you are trying to withdraw bitcoin into a wallet that somebody else had any part in setting up. If they have your seed phrase or private key then that wallet is not truly yours and is insecure and any funds that you get can be magically taken away right from under your nose with absolutely zero recourse. if you need a wallet that you hold the keys to in a hurry I would download cake from the App Store and put it to use. It works on many platforms and you hold the private key and seed phrases and it’s compatible with most crypto actually. pretty rad lil wallet. Then any sort of transaction where you’re receiving bitcoin, you can put it in a place where nobody has access to it.

cipherjones

its wild that my GPU miners are roughly 10x as profitable now as that ASIC. Time to turn those shitcoins into BTC (and winter heat also).

anneke_degraaf_74

A payslip can do the matching too: if it lists the exact BTC amount, a fresh address won't stop coworkers from picking your output out of the batch.

Altruistic_Meal_2867

BTC dont care

stay_safe_and_calm

Just use non-KYC exchanges and swap your BTC for USDC or USDT. Then transfer smaller amounts of your USDC to a crypto debit card (such as Krak card) and use it for your daily spendings.

sheeeeeeeeei

Yeah , BTC has caused a lot of problems for people in their personal lives.

AnyStatistician2535

Maybe you are looking at the wrong altcoins. "Alt" coins are good for trading. There will always be a bunch of them that would be the flavor of the month, or week. The problem is identifying which one is going to be next week's winner in advance. Some people are good at trading these coins - or rather, gambling on these coins. But it's useless to compare them to BTC. Bitcoin is forever - it's the only one good for long-term investment and hodling.

Veshino99

Buy pokemon cards with BTC, sell poke for cash, this is the way

PuzzleheadedHuman

It's measurable, so I measured it. Top 100 by market cap, minus stablecoins and wrapped or staked copies, every coin priced in BTC instead of dollars: \- Last 30 days: 20 of 48 beat BTC, and the median alt is down about 3% against it. So yes, lately. \- The two months before that, late July to late September: 35 of 51 beat BTC, median up about 6%. That stretch went the other way. \- Last 12 months: 13 of 44 beat BTC, median down about 14%. Zcash and Monero are among the few clear winners. \- Longer run: the median alt is 88% below its all-time high in BTC terms, and 30 of 65 set that high before 2022. Of the 11 that made a new high against BTC in the last 12 months, 10 only appeared in 2024 or later, so they had no old high to beat. (Counts differ: a few coins are too new for the 12-month window, and some, like DOGE, SHIB and PEPE, are priced too small in BTC for clean daily ratios, so they are left out of the window stats.) So "lately" depends on the window. The last month is weak, the two months before it weren't, and the multi-year gap is the bigger story. None of that says what happens next. Caveat on the cut: I work at Coinpaprika and this comes from our ticker data, so if you'd draw the alt list differently, say how and I'll rerun it.

Dziabadu

They would part me from my BTC.

Accomplished-Eye5567

Collateralized lending I’ve been doing it for years and when setup correctly (consult an accountant), you can not only pay 0 tax on BTC sales (because there aren’t any) you also can write off the interest payments against earned income.

wisequote

and what’s why we ditched BTC and the whole segwit poison pill and the LN hot garbage and stuck with BCH (Bitcoin’s original design and scaling path)

ghostchihuahua

My parents and siblings, BTC was around 5-6€ a pop first time i bought. I hear that it was indeed a stronger currency than the Euro or the Pound (🤦‍♂️), but no-one, not even the familie’s absolute code-boss who used to work for mil-intel (now retired for years) did understand blockchain - rather he technically got it right away but couldn’t make out a use-case and would dismiss the examples i’s give. Others tried to laugh me off the table. The latter, more remote family, now have taken a keen interest in me since last year 😂