BTC

Educational_Cable405

We just got a clean test of this. June 2025, Israel and Iran in an actual shooting war, and BTC fell around 4 to 5% then was back near its highs within about a week. Soleimani in early 2020 had the same shape, a sharp move then nothing a few weeks later. If a live war only buys a one week wobble, a 60 day negotiation window isn't going to be the slow burn catalyst people are hoping for.

jeremiahcp

That is not enough mentions, we need more... BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC, BTC,

ubermensch1001

Yeah, it's kind of apparent given the interactions I've had on this particular sub forum. I've encountered far more people who just outright dismiss or deny BTC and this asset class than people who actually seem to understand the crypto market and are interested in it. Very strange to go OUT of your way to argue with someone who knows a lot about this stuff when you have no interest in it and aren't involved at all.

ubermensch1001

Right, and we'll just disregard the fact that there are over a dozen other states at this very moment working on legislation towards creating BTC reserves. We'll also disregard that the U.S government is looking to pass ARMA with the intention of purchasing 200k BTC per year for 5 years, a total of one million, with the intention of holding it for at least 20 years. We also aren't even talking about Michael Saylor or Strategy, we are looking at the big picture. You'll see all of this play out within the next 2-6 years. It's actually insane to me that you really don't understand this, I'm going to assume you are a troll because there's no way someone would argue like this given the facts I presented.

ubermensch1001

Bro, you don't sound very smart. This is how this all starts, they don't go from 0 to 100 right out of the block. They started with ETFs and very recently are starting to lay the ground work for holding BTC in an actual strategic reserve. This is in addition to over a dozen other states that are actively working on legislation to do this very same thing. You will continue to deny this, but the reality is that we are in the VERY early stages of now governments actively getting involved with this, and we are just talking about the governments of the U.S and many states. What do you think is going to happen when local governments, talking things like cities, etc. and then other nations getting involved on both higher and lower levels. The fact that you both deny this AND don't understand this is actually amazing.

ZannyNanny23

Tao bittensorTAO is the next eth!! It's the ai layer then ICP long term at this price then jus BTC eth and chainlink

jgarcya

On Jan 3rd... If I had 200k and I want a 4x in the new cycle I'm going Bch.... Target 140 or less ... Ideal $100 or less. Then if I want a 3x I'm going BTC. If I want a 2x-4x I'm going doge .... Target below .08... Ideally.06 If I want a 3x Ltc at $40 or lower... Please remember me and kindly pass down my 10% finders fee... When you sell in 2029. Thank you.

Emerlad0110

it's been trending down for years. BTC is over

SirGrosh

There are some correlations, but it's always tough. You can try to look for the coins that held up well when BTC flash dumped. They are the ones that usually do some kind of bounce once the BTC trend reverses. You can track this exactly on [CoinTrends](https://cointrends.xyz/trends) Similar philosophy can work in reverse (for shorting)

Waclaw_Kurek

You've won the hard part, ten years at 68% BTC, that last 9% can't hurt you either way

Icy-Way3920

The same bla bla pants pissing for 15 god damn years, like its not going to happen, BTC has pretty much infiltrated the entirety of the financial system by now,

vassadar

Why hold MSTR, though? Wouldn't it be better to just hold BTC and STRC

Educational_Cable405

Years back I did some contract work for a small studio in Buenos Aires and they paid me in BTC, not for any ideological reason, their wire transfers kept getting flagged and sat in limbo for weeks. I'd convert it to local money the same afternoon it landed because I needed rent, not a bet. It worked great as a way to move value across a border that didn't want to cooperate and I'd never have parked savings in it at the time. Whether you call that 'money' kind of depends which of those two jobs you're handing it.

BizDev1

1.4 BTC bruh. It was big by any standards

Educational_Cable405

The meme part isn't really the issue, the liquidity is. An ETF has to buy or sell the underlying every time shares are created or redeemed. With BTC that's a deep market so it barely moves the needle. Push SHIB sized orders through a thinner book and the fund price starts drifting off the actual token. The wrapper doesn't fix illiquidity, it just puts a ticker on it.

BizDev1

Hey OP heres another site for tracking BTC that I prefer to use. https://www.blockchain.com/explorer Nno need to login or create an account. Simply insert your wallet address and this site spits out all the details. If you decide to pursue this legally, then you may want to first contact a good law firm with attorneys that have the knowledge or exposure to cryptocurrencies in general and BTC in particular. I seem to agree with you about the trust you have in your friends. Does not seem likely. Good luck.

burusai

Congrats to you and the lucky person that is now 0.5 BTC richer!

WrongElephant4891

i feel posts come in waves just before, BTC climbs to all time highs, but yes, only time will tell

yfrontunderpants

Did you not read his whole post? He’s not saying it’s not gonna go lower… it might go a bit lower, but in the long run it’s the best performing asset we have ever seen. I remember when I bought BTC for $500 and fools laughed at me.

BizDev1

What? Thats the worst thing to do OP. I feel you and am sorry for your loss. However, although you can see where it went, by looking up the wallet address on Blockchain, etc., there’s nothing anyone can do to retrieve the BTC. In future, please remember NOT to take even a screenshot of the seed phrase, store it digitally, or send it digitally via any internet based communication systems. Hope this helps.

ljungbergsghost

If it is so certain why are hundreds of accounts shilling for BTCi day and night on social media. NVDA and BRK don’t need people pumping them endlessly every single day. What is the difference between those and BTC?

bagelsaget

I won’t buy it. it’s just weird to say you don’t buy it for the underlying share price as if that doesn’t matter. It shows you that others feel the same and are also not buyingSTRC. Aka he will need to raise dividend again if he wants to attract buyers to continue selling strc shares for BTC. It’s not sustainable unless Bitcoin begins to moon soon

DazzlingNet1516

This is probably the cleanest way to look at it. One green pop doesn’t mean much. If the same names hold higher lows through a couple BTC pullbacks, then I’d start taking the rotation idea more seriously.

DazzlingNet1516

I probably should’ve worded it as “mini rotation” rather than full alt season. I was mainly talking about a few mid-caps popping while BTC stayed flat, not the whole market moving together.

Original-Read-6475

I faintly remember some redditor buying a used Corolla after selling 10 BTC. Now people sell their Corolla to buy BTC. Guess we've come full circle.

Bluejumprabbit

I’d trust it more when the same alts keep holding up through two or three BTC pullbacks. One green pop means nothing, but when breadth widens and leaders stop giving back the whole move then thats confidence

Beginning_Ask_9930

Stablecoins are the liquidity that keeps this Ponzi going. You can't use BTC dominance anymore. Three other ways to asses the market. It also hard to have dominance either the ETF and the size of the derivative market. Since you missed these things. Not sure about the analysis.

UseMoreHops

Its a matter of opinion. In my opinion, now is an excellent time to start buying. You can buy bitcoin just about any time. If I had a job and some money, I would be buying right now. Unfortunately for me, I am having to sell BTC to cover living expenses right now. Its pretty rough, but I am quite glad I decided to put some money in about 5 years ago.

Street_Charge5258

u/mrb000 I checked the address and it looks like the full 16.500181 BTC was moved on June 16. Has the wallet been recovered already, or is there another explanation?

CoconutCold3742

Was satoshi really altruistic or was he selfish and greedy? Altruistic i believe. he will not announce to the world his identity when bitcoin hits a huge number. what i believe he will do is when bitcoin is some what in circulation and has a very large value he will start distributing his stash of bitcoin to small active wallets randomly like small amounts of a tenth or quarter BTC . at a million a coin a tenth will be life changing for a small active wallet. as these get distributed all will be able to see what he is doing and not panic but will marvel at his act of altruism. this distribution will expidite the circulation of this most excellent world currency forcing all fiat currencies to no longer be desired. there is more to this theory that you or AI could figure out. you tell me what i was planning on doing with a million plus bitcoin anyway. either this was what he was thinking or he was planning on ruling the world as the most richest prick in the world. he knows very well what he will do with "Satoshis Million" .

anymonero

You're forgetting the parallel that Terra also had the LFG (Luna Foundation Guard) which held 80k BTC to defend the peg. Once you consider that information it becomes more similar than you thought.

ftball21

UST was backed by LUNA STRC is backed by MSTR/BTC Not even close to the same

nora_falcon_1992

solid breakdown. The shrinking drawdown percentages each cycle is something that dont get talked about enough, and the ETF flow data backs up why the floor might genuinely be higher this time around. Ive been dcaing too but lately been using aΙphasquared to adjust how much I put in based on their risk score. When risk is low I go heavier, when it's elevated I scale back. Takes a lot of the emotional guesswork out of it especially during weeks like this where everything feels like the sky is falling. the Peter Brandt $60k retest scenario is interesting to me. Even if that happens, a 53% drawdown from ATH would still be the shallowest correction in BTC history by a wide margin. That alone tells you something about structural demand changes. Whether the bottom is in or we grind lower through the summer, the playbook hasn't rly changed for people with a multi-year horizon.

MaleficentSkirt8383

Saylor made 2 mistakes: spent $1,5B cash reserves in a wrong moment and sold BTC in a bear market at his average cost, while preaching “Never sell your Bitcoin”. But he still has 5M worth of cash to pay dividends before he needs to start selling BTC (recently added another $100M to cash reserves). He needs \~ $160M per month for dividends which is not a huge amount to be sold via OTC. And unlike Luna he has a 4% of BTC supply to keep his ponzi running.

iris_real_1998

Really solid approach. The dynamic dca idea is something I've been doing too and it just makes so much more sense than throwing the same amount in every week regardless of where we are in the cycle. i actually started using alphasquared for this because it gives you a risk score that tells you when to size up your buys vs when to pull back, which takes a lot of the guesswork out of it. Your 20-40% correction thesis on the AI hype unwinding is interesting. Even if it plays out differently than expected, having a plan for how youd respond to that kind of drawdown matters way more than nailing the prediction. That's kinda where the rebalancing you mentioned comes in clutch. How are you splitting between BTC and alts right now?

HSuke

Unlike UST, STRC doesn't have a true peg. The "peg" prevents the price from going above $100, but doesn't do anything to prop up the price below $100. Limited upside. Unlimited downside (until $0). If it goes above $100, Strategy sells it and makes a profit (which they usually use to buy BTC) If it goes below $100, it's up to the market to decide its value. If it goes far below $100 because the market doesn't want to price it higher, well its holders are shit out of luck. Better be praying for a dividend increase.

fan_of_hakiksexydays

STRC and MSTR could be much larger than Luna and FTX combined. MSTR owns 4% of the total supply of BTC (over 840K BTC). Luna owned one tenth of that (about 80K). FTX owned 0. Customers had a total of around 100K BTC entangled during the downfall. Plus, an MSTR fall would have a ripple effect into other funds, custodial markets, and ETFs.

Arsenal75

Yes if you look at the charts they will go to 1.mUSD in 2028. Its the law of 'uo and down' that applies to BTC

LibertyWithLiquidity

Year 2036: BTC falls from $1.1M to $700k. r/Bitcoin-user for the 3,726,451st time: "Is now a good time to buy Bitcoin?" What do you even expect the answer to be in a Bitcoin sub? "Yeah no, buy the S&P instead." Like what??? Are these even real people?

MeanderingMantis

Sorry my friend but thats that. Its why BTC is solely the users ownership.. Next time plug any leaks you may have, and look at putting your NTC in old storage

CatButtHoleYo

Yes, you can exchange 1 BTC for 1 BTC.

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CL1FF0

Is this an exchange rate for which I can purchase BTC? Thanks for all the help

parcelwing

prompt Chat GPT pro or Claude something like \`\`\`give me your theoretical but realistic max bitcoin valuation in today's dollars assuming it totally conquered gold as the store of value and also zapped out all "store of value" part of real estate beyond its intrinsic value based on rents and construction costs as well as any other realistic use cases\`\`\` and see for yourself for a detailed breakdown of the numbers. At $6M per coin, bitcoin would represent about 1/4 of the world's total wealth. This is an insanely bullish but theoretically possible maximum. A more realistic goal by 2050 or so would be $2M in today's dollars. Anyone who thinks they are going to be rich by holding a single coin is delusional. BTC is a great long term investment, but it's no longer the 100x wealth compounder every 4 years it used to be, and those days will never return.

Dziabadu

BTC solved Russian asset takeover in Cyprus in 2013 - this is why it pumped to $1000. BTC rose when FED printed stimmie cheques. It's anti currency debasement. BTC solved Canada trucker crisis. And so on...

poundsdpound

Rule 1 is if you involve your real currency (such as dollars) with a BTC, then don't involve your friends or your relatives you believe you can trust with your BTC as well. Leave them out of it. Just you investing in your Bitcoin and nobody else involved

gr3nee

Shit man, I am also in that lost 0.1 BTC to scammers gang, very not proud of that moment, but what can you do..

GiraffeKnuckle

How much BTC was it in curious?

moviemaker2

You are correct that Ledger is the worst wallet on the market, but this didn't happen *because* OP used a Ledger. 5 minutes of competent research reveals why no one should use a Ledger, therefore Ledger users are a self-selected group of people who can't do competent research. There's large overlap between people who are dumb enough to email their seed phrase to multiple people and people who are dumb enough to buy a Ledger. Using Ledgers and loosing your BTC are highly correlated, but one doesn't cause the other.

Rocko210

Who said this was the bottom? The BTC chart says that will come in September and October

Arphinator

It isn’t. BTC solved double spend. The financial crisis was caused by complex products (basically wrapping bad debt in other stuff until it looks good >> CDOs).

Different_Umpire9003

They emailed the seed phrase to friends. 1.4 BTC

Whole_Historian_7185

If Strategy fails the fall in BTC will be temporary. Time to buy-buy-buy. Long term ( years and decdes) it will only a minor blip. Bitcoin is much bigger a Saylor and Strategy

IShootWide

Even the most supportive BTC treasury CEO admits that Bitcoin will never be used for transactions. ‘One executive put it as ”no one wants to wake up and find out that the value of their sale from yesterday is 10% less valuable today.” This is why Tesla stopped accepting bitcoin after just 5 weeks.

HSuke

Microstrategy's supposedly "less-volatile" STRC dividend stock has been falling 1% daily even when BTC is barely moving or even going up. For an investment advertised as a "money market alternative" to replace savings accounts, this shit is so volatile. Absolute shit stock.

whimsyn

I asked if she made a call on BTC, and she said no I “traded” 🤷‍♀️

RandomPlayerCSGO

For a short? I would close it, use half the profit to increase BTC holdings, and keep the other half in stablecoin to buy more in case it goes under 60k in the near future

Lord_Gudda

57k for shorting BTC in 1 day sounds like sick leverage or just a huge order. Shorting so close to the end of the bear cycle is pretty risky. Take those profits.

MulderXfil

Nada de que se vio comprometido... Fueron tus amigos.. Uno de los dos te lo robo... O los 2.. Depende de cuanto tenias , y si alguno de tus dos amigos ha llevado un tren de Vida alto... Y se ha comprado muchas cosas... Ese es... Ahora si tenias 1000$ en BTC ni te merece la pena llevarte mal rato... Dalos por perdidos y ya está... Y cambia de amigos... Cual de ellos te ha dejado de llamar habitualmente, puede que sea ese... Deberías recoger pruebas y denunciar... Podría haber sido comprometido el correo , SI... Pero es poco probable.... - 99.9% tus amigos. - 0.1 % hackeo de correo

prayerrwow

That's bait post..... There is no way you are stupid enough to send it to few people and expect this to work. Just educate your wife about BTC and what to do if you die ffs

Grassyhome

Quantum will very likely break BTCs security. BTC and most other crypto would become way less desirable. Had to sell. Hate watching it go to near zero.

IInsulince

I don’t understand what you mean by “helping anybody get to 21 million”? What do you mean by that? Yes, the toal supply cap of Bitcoin will eventually be 21 million, the number isn’t my confusion, it’s why you think any of MARA’s actions are supposed to be in pursuit of that? MARA doesn’t care about 21 million, they care about what’s best for MARA, and for them, right now, they think that’s buying BTC.

Even-Refuse-1877

BTC is not for you. Go but QQQ

GetRichorGetHighTryn

No idea what this garbage is but that 1BTC can get you half the house it would have got last year

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Henrik-Powers

Step 1: start over, imo get a BTC only wallet. Step 2: DCA back in

Ge_Yo

BTC and ETH make sense. Any thoughts on QANX for the remaining 10%? I think the focus on post-quantum security gives it a strong fundamental case.

hoop254

With BTC, things are not usually as they seem. In my opinion (NFA), yes, it is a fine time to open a long position in BTC, but be prepared for a potential 20-30% drop before the next bull market begins.

Staggeredmk4

What happened is in your title. Your seed was compromised and they stole your BTC. You can follow the trail from addresses, but good luck actually tracking it down. Did you have your seed stored digitally? A digital photo of it?

ChangeHeroOfficial

Classic Saylor 😄 he's been consistent on this, BTC is a store of value, not a yield product

ChangeHeroOfficial

Even if it doesn't lead to immediate action, the fact that central banks are discussing Bitcoin as a reserve asset shows how much the conversation around BTC has evolved over the years

That1voider

Per all the analysis/opinions I’ve listened to as well as my own knowledge as I’ve been following closely since 2020, my prediction is a bottom of 47k in early November. I’ve increased my DCA amount by 5x and looking to lump sum a good chunk of change before the holidays. I’m being decidedly reckless this year. I’m nearing 30 years old and despite a good job in the top percentile of my age, I cannot afford a home in my area. Of all the risky plays I could make to increase my wealth, I understand BTC the most & believe it has the best chance of changing my situation. Gl to all

quebeckkk

Well, you either follow up with them, or alternatively, without any access for the HD, you abondon the idea to recover your BTC from the HD.

Pistarino17

# Confronto neutrale: Fiat vs Bitcoin # Moneta Fiat (€, $) **Cosa la sostiene davvero** * **Obbligo fiscale**: lo Stato impone tasse → devi procurarti quella valuta o vai in prigione * **Corso legale**: per legge nessuno può rifiutarla per pagare debiti * **Monopolio della violenza statale**: tribunali, polizia, esecuzioni forzate * **Sistema bancario a riserva frazionaria**: il credito crea domanda continua di valuta **Punti deboli** * **Inflazione**: le banche centrali possono stampare a volontà (M2 USD +40% nel 2020-2022) * **Censurabile**: conti congelabili (es. camionisti canadesi 2022, sanzioni) * **Svalutazione storica**: lira → 2000:1 vs marco tedesco in 50 anni * **Richiede fiducia nello Stato emittente** (vedi Argentina, Venezuela, Libano, Turchia) # Bitcoin **Cosa lo sostiene davvero** * **Scarsità matematica**: massimo 21 milioni, non modificabile * **Decentralizzazione**: nessuna autorità può stamparne di più o congelarlo * **Effetto rete**: \~15 anni di storia, \~$1-2 trilioni di capitalizzazione, milioni di utenti * **Costo di produzione reale**: il mining consuma energia elettrica misurabile (≈150 TWh/anno) * **Adozione istituzionale**: ETF spot approvati (USA gennaio 2024), riserve aziendali (MicroStrategy, Tesla) **Punti deboli** * **Volatilità estrema**: -80% nel 2022, pessimo come unità di conto a breve termine * **Velocità transazioni**: \~7 TPS on-chain (Visa ne fa migliaia) → richiede Lightning Network * **Consumo energetico**: dibattito aperto su sostenibilità * **Concentrazione**: \~2% degli indirizzi detiene \~95% dei BTC * **Rischio regolatorio**: gli Stati possono limitarne l'uso (Cina l'ha bannato)

SheKnows9797

Honestly your current approach already sounds closer to “responsible long-term allocation” than most people in crypto. The main thing I’d be careful about is changing it just for “tidying it up” rather than because your thesis on any of those assets has changed. A few thoughts: * BTC heavy + ETH + some privacy exposure (XMR/ZEC) already gives you diversification across different narratives * SOL/BNB are more ecosystem / platform bets, so swapping into them is less about simplification and more about shifting conviction * “Set and forget” only works if you’re actually comfortable holding through full cycles without reacting to short-term sentiment If anything, the bigger question is not “should I condense” but “do I still believe each of these has a reason to exist in my portfolio 5–10 years from now?” If yes, there’s not a strong need to optimize it further.

maxime_kaiser13

Probably the situation in the Strait of Ormuz is a part of the reason why BTC rebounds. However it is probably a temporary pump, let’s stay vigilant

Jrockareed

Lesson learned. I scratched my BTC info onto the inside of my dresser.

Andrewshwap

I’ve given up on alts. I’ve held onto alts since the 2021 drop. I sold some for profit but kept AVAX & others hoping to gain some more profit. Only alts I would consider are ETH, SOL, LINK, HBAR. I think I’ll just stick with BTC from now on

Alfador8

Yeah I don't think a ban is in the cards. I think they'll just incentivize and encourage the use of CBDCs (probably via UBI) and that will be enough. If it's not enough they may put onerous taxes on BTC to discourage its use among the masses while they (and people who understand what's happening) hoard it. In the long run it won't matter. Bitcoin is engineered to optimize the properties of good money and the consequences of that are inevitable.

TheresNoSecondBest

>On February 24th of that year I asked #bitcoin-otc to trade 2500 BTC for $25 and no one wanted I How many blocks did you mine overall before this date?

New_Answer7917

Why not get back in when BTC is low as fuck?

tadeup

BTC and ETH only, anything else to the dumpster

alfonsomg

BTC has been falling again for a few months, which, in spite of sounding weird, goes according to the plan

seaningtime

I think he's going to cause a massive crash in BTC one day

BuyIndependent2319

On February 24th of that year I asked #bitcoin-otc to trade 2500 BTC for $25 and no one wanted I

1moreApe

HYPE BTC ETH. Forget the rest

Soft-Contract1024

Spacex owns about 18,000 BTC on their balance sheets so it will only increase their value as well along with other revenues including starlink

Patient_Craft2195

This is actually an underrated point. The standard BTC dominance chart on TradingView includes stablecoins which artificially suppresses BTC's real market share. When you strip out USDT, USDC and other stablecoins the picture looks very different. People calling altseason based on dominance dropping should check which version of the chart they're looking at — they might just be watching stablecoin market share grow, not alts winning.

neuportal_ai

good catch actually checking the denominator, most people quoting BTC.D never do. stablecoins ballooning during chop mechanically drags dominance down even when nothing's changed for bitcoin itself — so "dominance falling" often just means people parked in USDT, not that alts are catching a bid. strip the stables out and look at BTC vs the real alt market cap and the picture flips more than half the time. it's one of the more misread charts out there honestly.

p0tsa

Everytime my dad says BTC is a scam, im going straight to market to buy some more. Im taking my dad insults as buy signals.

GeoSystemsDeveloper

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Phantasizer

Even if that were possible, if you didn’t manage to import it with the key on a piece of paper, why would it work now, with maybe a part of the key from your memory? I get that it’s tempting, but I would just accept that these 50 BTC are lost forever and you have to find another way to become a millionaire. 

Patient_Craft2195

Hate to say it but a private key is an extremely complex alphanumeric string. Even if hypnosis works for general memories, the human brain doesn't store random characters with that kind of precision — it's not like remembering a face or a feeling. The key is effectively gone. That said, at today's price that 50 BTC is worth \~$5M, so a session with a memory specialist costs a few hundred dollars — still worth the lottery ticket honestly.

BuyIndependent2319

I don’t even know what I would do if I had access to 50 BTC. Buy a Tesla maybe? I can do that anyway

GreenBullOne87

Dude I did the same thing. Over traded and lost a lot of money. Realized I would have made more if I wasn’t chasing green candles so I just held the coins I had. That didn’t work either lol. I turned $5k into $600 now. I got in at a bad time though also. I’ve been slowly starting to DCA into some of my better coins but for the most part I’ve just been buying a ton of BTC and ETH.

SpontaneousDream

hype once again the only coin making new ATHs against USD and BTC

Gr8WallofChinatown

I’ve been in the space since 2013. You are disingenuous. There is not much good in crypto. 1. A stupid statement. Traditional finance makes up the entire world of course there will be MLing. However, the entire preface of the existence of the origin crypto is to be a p2p alternative to banking system. It was originally designed to be a ML system. Especially (at the time) it was touted to be “privacy” (due to not knowing who owns the wallet address”. Now today it’s a bastardized world just designed to extract as much money as possible from the next person. 2. I personally think they shouldn’t own any stocks or crypto outside of a 401k. Bitcoin is a COI. You have grifting (mostly maga) politicians all pushing for bitcoin and for the government to buy bitcoin (and allow 401ks to buy bitcoin). You have BTC mining companies lobbying Ted Cruz and Co to siphon tax dollars and cheap land and energy to mining companies which strain energy grids at the cost of tax payers. You then have Trump launching scam coins to money laundering and scam which is against the emoluments clause. 3. It was clear. You’re stating a stupid Coinbase talking point. I never said bitcoin is a security as it doesn’t fit the howey test. The howey test is simple and most crypto falls under that. 4. Good luck with that? How stupid of a statement is that. Oh it’s corrupt and Thiel and pedo elite owns it so let’s do nothing. 5. Also a stupid statement. The existence of bitcoin ETFs are fine as they are regulated. The 401k and pensions being used as liquidity for it is not fine. Also the Pelosi is not the best trader and that’s just another internet bullshit talking point. You have 4 republicans worth more than her. 3 of them more than 2x her net worth. MTG when from 700k net worth to 25 million dollar net worth in her short time.

PreferenceOk2716

The speaker lineup says a lot about how much attention BTC Prague is getting this year. Having people like Michael Saylor, Jack Dorsey, Jack Mallers, Adam Back, Jeff Booth, and Natalie Brunell in one event shows how broad the Bitcoin conversation has become.

BuiltToSpinback

The 1000 BTC was valued at $66 million