BTC

Virtualization_Freak

Far from rich. I was buying 5770s and 5850s with BTC at $80-200 per card. I cashed our a single BTC at $3500 to buy a motorcycle. Paid 3 BTC for a $70k shit box condo. Now I barely touch crypto and make my money selling toys.

JordanV336

Stop fucking begging nobody sending yall BTC go get it out the job. Take yo ass to work. Nobody cares about what hand life dealt you

Affectionate_Pen6882

the power of BTC of course

sheeeeeeeeei

Can I prod for a second? Do you view buying bitcoin as “destroying your cash to acquire bitcoin”, do you believe fiat is worthless? And do you believe it is embarrassing to buy bitcoin with said Fiat? Is it sketchy and untrustworthy and a stain on your career to buy BTC with fiat? To me, kinda is. It means you are paying the electric bill of the miner. And now you must HODL. But really, to be honest, buying BTC always seemed like a losing game, when there is a new block every 10 minutes. You’re just not doing the full work, you’re buying BTC that someone else did the work to create. BTC has always been cheap AF until recently. Sorry, I just have a weird perspective on buying bitcoin, and trading it at all for FIAT, or vice versa. Everyone should own some bitcoin , right? So in a way you’re taking a handout by buying BTC, and the person selling it has no true understanding of the value of said BTC. Embarrassing deal overall. But I still sure do wish I bought some BTC back in 2012, instead of being a stuck up pri- I mean person, in the way that this comment illustrates about me.

SpontaneousDream

Aww cute cherry picking. Now go look at the all time chart. XMR/BTC is on a long term downtrend just like any other shitcoin. Thanks for playing!

ciurana

If there’s one thing for which Russians are good, it’s grey economy.  Trade in crypto only will emerge for thuinvs that won’t touch the rouble. As far as the actual trading, if you understand crypto, you use XMR as the store of value, convert to BTC or ETH for transactions.  XMRs role is anonymity, value preservation, and plausible deniability.  Trade disconnected from you happens under a pseudonymous asset. Cheers!

Og-Morrow

Your money you invested in BTC is not relevant. 1 BTC = 1 BTC.

Odd-Fun-1482

BTC if you are Canadian. Non crypto etfs if you are not

One_Distribution353

I've been in since 2017. Maybe you will take my opinion seriously or you won't give a f. I'll give you my 2 cents. Yes, I guess people will call me "lucky" or "you got it for low, of course you are up," etc... I get it. However, there were times of doubt just like you. Times I really wanted to sell it and take my money out. Yes, I got emotional on massive drops and sometimes my stomach felt like it got punched. During that process, it further cemented my belief in BTC though. As the rise of energy costs, milk, bread, eggs, cars, houses, etc, has risen, which has caused more and more money to come out of our pockets. We can't even afford to live now. I get it, it's tough to stomach years of sideways or downside. I've been through it. BTC at the end of the day is one of the best hedges against INFLATION and our rising costs for simple life neccessaties. Stay the course. Continue to DCA. Give it about 5-6 yrs. BTC is the hardest and most finite asset in the world. You will be fine

tyirtfrocolate

Yeah the meme hits different when you've been in for a while. Government spending is mostly a black hole anyway, so I'm not holding my breath for them to start stacking BTC. Personally I've just been DCAing and putting some of the idle bags into platforms that actually pay you to wait. At least the yield is better than watching the chart go down another 5%. Not financial advice, just what I'm doing while this keeps happening.

TrixoftheTrade

1 BTC ≠ 1 BTC. Its fluctuating value measured in meaningless fiat is irrelevant.

HSuke

Sure it is. That's why BTC increased to $85k over the past month. What's your explanation?

Several_Razzmatazz71

yeah except we already had a country try that, El Salvador, and even when the government said that, empirical research has shown what only 20 percent of the firms in el salvador accepted BTC. Also in principle, economists have written about private money for a long time, cryptocurrency is nothing but that. Any jack can create a cryptocurrency

Lopsided_Cap_6606

You would still have to send crypto to your bank account, most Russian shops don't accept BTC, let alone XMR

King-esckay

I borrow against it So far I have bought an atv a big solar system Fixed the tractor and purchased a few other items Pay off credit cards that was used for stuff I couldn't avoid I have borrowed when BTC was low I buy BTC each month equal to the amount of interest being charged on the loan when btc rises I pay off the loan

noddingacquaintance

CAD is part of the same leaky system of debasement and control as USD. Regardless of what happens in Alberta, BTC is still a life raft for those who want to save in hard money.

Ragged-but-Right

Silk road, when BTC was 50cents. Might have also bought an OZ of cannabis for 600BTC

free-spirit0521

From another perspective, they are also people who witnessed BTC reach its all-time high.🤣

free-spirit0521

For those who truly understand it, BTC can be rationally allocated and treated as a form of savings; however, for the vast majority, holding BTC is merely a way to profit from its price appreciation. Yet, this is not something everyone can successfully achieve—in today’s society and market, those who genuinely know how to use BTC as a savings vehicle are few and far between. For many, BTC has instilled the idea that it is a tool for making money, rather than a medium for utility or savings.

your-cersei

Thankyou for your theory! But he was not doing any transaction because the BTC just for an investment thing.. the app also official ones.. but for your third theory it might happen, also for the fourth, but i still kinda confused if his family was the culprit, how can it be done so organized and pro like that.

your-cersei

Thats why.. do you have any idea IF his own family is the culprit, can it be done professionally like that? Like the BTC was transferred to some addresses little by little and very organic? He was checking it the day before it was still there, after that tomorrow evening they were already gone.

Iron0ne

If this person actually used crypto directly instead of the exchange it actually would have worked to get money to “grandma”. They certainly could find a BTC buyer.

waltotheter

This is silly.. BTC is a liquid asset.. spend it when it makes since for you personally. I Spend some almost every month, I also buy more everymonth in the dips.. as for this next purchase I turned $112 into enough to take my son to Disneyland. So were going to Disneyland for $112 USD. Thank you BTC.

Njhuang86

Global markets are in full meltdown (QQQ down over 2%, S&P also down over 1%) and yet BTC holding extremely steady. 80K floor.

Gangat00th

Honestly? Can you ask her what hes going to do with his wallets with all the BTC in? I'm sure that a few other people would be interested in knowing as well

Bundeswera

Michael Saylor have a lot of BTC

poop-dolla

I’m a fan of BTC, but I don’t buy the argument that BTC can’t go to 0. I think it’s highly unlikely, just like I think it’s highly unlikely USD goes to 0, but it could happen.

MittenSplits

It's the only physically-constrained part of BTC. And as far as I can tell, the only physically-constrained, digital security architecture ever created.

JumpProfessional3372

I invested some money into some online broker called Myinvestor in Spain that has a BTC ETP from iShares (I think it's a bank from Andorra behind it). And I totally know that place will find some way to don't allow me from withdrawing in the future "just for your own safety" kind of excuse. Because every year they do a new KYC and their KYC has a lot of failures, it gets stuck, try again etc. Of course the part in that broker is not critical for me, so I accept the risk. But self custody is the only way to mitigate the risks of a bank seizing your assets. Anything you have in a bank or pseudo bank it's at risk in my opinion.

Accomplished-Eye5567

Inflation and tradfi in general are super slow at moving the needle In my opinion, you always see something negative for inflation in a headline; then the actual impacts in the years that follow For BTC, bad news for markets is bad news for BTC in the short term In the long term, it’s positive for BTC. My rule of thumb is that BTC is correlated short term and non-correlated long term

rubberduckybro

No but a rising tide raises all boats, if BTC goes up…

PsychoticDisorder

Litecoin might be old news in 2026 but it used to be THE chain for token swapping and quick and cheap transactions. BTC fees were expensive back in the days and the next best thing was LTC. All coins had pairs with LTC. Was no2 in charts and in our hearts!

nassauboy9

LOL, BIGGER PROBLEMS mate. BTC is so small a % of that catastrophe that no-one will care including the BTC owner.

nassauboy9

remember YOUR institution may not hold the actual BTC either. Just saying. I do have fidelity in my TFSA because of the obvious tax free part, but I have my self-custody.

sehcaorppanoitulover

Crypto is just beginning the bull market. We’re well before the price discovery phase, so it’s a good time to get positioned. I’ve mostly built positions in BTC, ETH, SOL, and XLINK since the bottom of the bear and now. Don’t put everything you have in crypto, but I definitely recommend building some positions now.

OfficialSimpleMining

This is "sequence of returns" risk, same thing retirement planners stress test with stocks. The usual fix is a cash buffer covering a year or two of spending, so you're not forced to sell BTC in the first drawdown. Would be cool to see a cash reserve option in the sim.

jasonslpt

One fund carrying the whole outflow is more of a rebalancing signal than a panic one, honestly. Still, it lines up with what derivatives are doing right now. BTC's near 81.6K and longs have eaten about 94% of the past hour's liquidations, with roughly $116M of long stops parked around 81.35K. I'd expect that pocket to get tagged first, and 79.9K after if selling keeps up. If BTC climbs back over 81.8K and stays there, that read is dead. Leverage longs keep buying the top and calling it conviction. Not advice.

jasonslpt

Funny how fast the goodbye letters turned into victory laps. A 39% quarter is great, but short term the leverage has crept back in with the mood. On BTC near 81.6K, longs made up about 91% of liquidations over the last 4 hours, and there's around $497M of long liquidations stacked near 79.9K. My lean is a flush lower before anything clean, and I'm wrong on a firm reclaim of 81.9K. Nothing humbles a recovered portfolio like a leveraged long that forgot what summer felt like. Not advice.

jasonslpt

BTC's sitting around 81.6K and the tape this morning is lopsided. Roughly 94% of the last hour's liquidations were longs, and funding is still mildly positive, so plenty of people are leaning the wrong way. I'm leaning down, first toward the ~$116M long pool near 81.35K, then the big ~$497M pile near 79.9K. This breaks if price reclaims 81.8K to 81.9K and actually holds it. Somebody opened 25x on a green candle and is now learning what a margin call sounds like. Not advice.

HSuke

Shouldn't it be the other way around. When there is inflation and fiat looks weak, people flock to Bitcoin. The fact that BTC prices aren't rising is a bad sign.

DanaMistEdwards

Honestly most of my BTC spending ends up going through gift cards. Easiest way to use it for normal stuff without the store needing to accept crypto. Groceries, Amazon, gas, that kind of thing. Full disclosure, I'm involved with a small marketplace called Flip Gift that does something similar: you pay in crypto and someone with store credit at that retailer places the order for you, usually a bit under retail, with the payment held in escrow until it arrives. But even outside of that, gift cards are probably the most practical "spend it in real life" option right now. Gifting BTC as a birthday present though? Tried it once, my nephew sold it the same week lol.

colemusic1

No, that’s not how crypto works whatsoever. What actually has outperformed inflation based on over a century of data, is S&P 500. If you’re looking to invest in something that, over a stretch of years or decades, has always proven to outperform and beat inflation, you’re best off putting your funds into something like IVV or VOO where an average of 8-9% in gains per year over time is to outpace inflation. BTC doesn’t protect you from anything to do with inflation. it’s a completely different asset when we’re talking about that sort of thing. BTC is best as an asset to invest in as a growth asset (aka a volatile/higher risk asset)

Sundance37

Someone needs to make a tutorial video showing the process. I asked a local pizza shop using square if I could pay in BTC and they had no idea how to do it. Is it automated? Do they need to make a specific QR code for the purchase? Nobody really knows.

buebaurbling

bitcoin on your smartphone :) although you won't be able to pay for much with BTC itself

Lavayo

It can, but that's not what this is about. Every law / ban / manipulation would hit the layer after BTC. What humans do with it. BTC itself does not care. There will be the next block, unless everyone stops running it.

Neo2029

Maybe we did but did we document ourselves in such a perfect and innocent way. We may be able to call this gent The GOAT. Not of BTC but of documenting with a break over a decade.

MittenSplits

Everything in BTC is abstract, except for the POW (which you could even say SHA-256 is abstract). Versus the dollar monetary system, where everything is abstract and does not even attempt to connect to reality since 1971.

fittes7

When u buy ETF you buy IOU, if u do not know what is it google it rather than act smart on the comments You buy a paper that says that somewhere over there someone has BTC 1:1 to this paper, and no one owes you anything incase something happens So you dont buy a bitcoin, you buy a paper that follows BTC price, so this is what I call rented. I own ETFs too

VettaQ

Worth separating market risk from structure risk here. With a low-volatility collateral like tokenized gold, the LTV math actually favors the borrower: you can run a higher LTV for the same liquidation distance than with BTC. The risk does not disappear, it moves layers. First, oracle risk: whether the lender marks your collateral to XAU spot or to the token's own order books matters, because PAXG/XAUT can drift a percent or two from spot under stress. Second, the weekend gap: gold spot closes Friday to Sunday while the token trades 24/7, so a thin weekend book plus a stale feed is exactly when bad liquidations happen. Third, stacked counterparties: the token is already a claim on vaulted metal, and the loan adds the platform on top of the issuer. If the all-in rate beats the spread plus tax friction of selling, it can still be rational - just make sure you are pricing the right risks.

colemusic1

oh boy… you treated it like a casino dude. sorry to say but you can’t / shouldn’t be investing at all, considering you weren’t actually doing that. you should be putting a portion of your total net worth into btc and setting it at a fixed amount (e.g. 30% BTC, 70% savings). i’m sorry you lost all your money, but it comes and goes and you’ll make it back through hard work. just don’t treat it like a gamble because it’s an extremely volatile asset, and i don’t know how you did lose it all but it sounds like you were longing or shorting and got liquidated a bunch of times

clookie1232

As someone wanting to buy BTC, but seeing the stuff about hardware wallets, where should I store it safely?

retro_grave

Nobody is mining BTC with hardware that can be used for AI.

saltytrader_

Don’t trade BTC/crypto. This isn’t something that behaves like a stock. It’s swings are violent and targeted. Sorry it happened but you clearly seemed to have gambled

Nomadic8893

also this dude is a mega grifter and tried to convince ppl to buy his "BTC treasury" company, it failed, and now back on "BTC only." we don't rock with you man.

DeadPhish-710

Not sure there is anything to be excited about. The price of litecoin did not increase after the last three halvings. In fact, it dropped every time. Also if you look at a chart of the LTC/BTC ratio you will see it has spent the last 15 years trending towards zero. I would not be the least bit surprised to see litecoin continue that trend and underperform the rest of the market like it always has.

Nomadic8893

I think this whole AI agents buy BTC or crypto thing is such a psy-op, just a intellectual bro-theory for these podcasters

acid012

Let's be real, is the fact that we had two very negative reports on inflation and BTC didn't accept the crash not a huge sign of hope? This is looking really good

MrTibbs2022

BTC sol Eth. That's it

privacymatterznow

I agree with full conviction. My life plan since I was in high school was to become financially independent as young as possible and not be like teachers and other peers looking to work until 68-70 years old. Before BTC I was an index fund maxi to get me there but after studying bitcoin, I saw I could reach my goal and save 7-10 years while at it. I wish I did more of this back in 2014 when I was paying off my loans while paying for my post grad out of pocket. I did mostly loan payments and the rest in BTC. I wish I did the reverse and also took advantage of my low 2% loan. 

MinimalGravitas

> Lil bro Oh dear, not a good start. I'm assuming you learned that at an 'alpha male boot camp'...? FYI it doesn't make you come across as dominant, it makes you seem like a muppet. > I’ve been with BTC since MtGox and Ethereum when it forked from ETC. No, you very obviously haven't, unless *with* just means 'on the same planet as'? > Outside of making meme worthy money, neither has done much since conception. I gave you examples of literally the biggest financial institutions in the world building tokenization platforms to move RWAs onto Ethereum. But sure, not much has changed since the start...?

OnlyOne_4ks

I'd go with LTC/SOL and DOGE I don't know why, but I'm sure these coins will yield more returns than ETH and BTC combined

lefthandedbucket

The question is, what would invest in instead? I would consider any fiat-backed investments and instruments higher risk than BTC. For me, it is not a case of how much BTC is worth against Fiat, but how much BTC do I have..

TheresNoSecondBest

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

Icy_Dragonfruit__

Higher inflation can mean interest rates stay high, which puts pressure on risky assets like BTC. Its scarcity may matter long term, but price doesn’t always follow inflation.

Icy_Dragonfruit__

Honestly, ETFs are more convenient, but self-custody gives you full control over your BTC. It depends on what matters more to you.

Optimistic-Pie123

I do have the time to make mistakes, but if everything goes South, I could be financially ruined for many years. But I think the odds are in my favor. The worst part is the psychological aspect of it, but I'd get more sleeo knowing that my borrowed money is in BTC than I'd get if it was in any other individual stock or even in a house. I think BTC has the most asymmetrical upside. The other thing is the timing. I know that BTC will trade at 700k-1M one day but during the time I DCA and plan to pay off my debt, BTC could be consolidating or trading downwards. We could have years of consolidation before it skyrockets. That's what worries me the most, not if BTC will hit those targets. I'm just worried about my timing.

tenor_tymir

Unfortunately that’s not how BTC works. Only the address can give you access to your funds. You need a seed phrase that represents ownership over the blockchain address you have found. Without the key, you cannot access the coins.

sylsau

**74% of Americans no longer trust the U.S. dollar to hold its value. 61% want to learn more about owning Bitcoin.** The battle for awareness is over. The silent mutiny against fiat is already here. There’s one problem: A landmark national study shows the way we’ve explained Bitcoin for the last decade is actively repelling the very people ready to listen. * **"Digital Gold" is dead:** It ranked near the bottom in voter focus groups. * **The 55% blind spot:** More than half of voters still don't know they can buy BTC through major brokerages. * **Celebrity fatigue:** Everyday people don't trust billionaire CEOs or politicians—they trust friends, family, and their local advisor. **It’s time to step out of the echo chamber and speak to the 61%.**

Quirky-Reveal-1669

How much BTC was generated per month?

Interesting_Loss_907

He literally said “in the last 5-6 years BTC has performed incredibly poorly against other assets”. I was responding to *his* comment, & I simply stated facts. FFS people. You can literally go back for every possible timeframe going back 1 year, 2 years, 3 years, 4, 5, 6, 7….all the way up to the full 16 year history that BTC has been traded. You will find that in 13 out of those 16 scenarios BTC outperformed all major stock indexes. For all longer terms 6+ years it absolutely *crushed* any stock index anywhere in the world, or any other investment assets over the same period of time. That’s not “cherry picking”, That’s stating facts.

bananacrazypants

Cool. So, you didn’t 20x your BTC investment and you agree BTC isn’t a secure place to invest. What was your point again?

Ok_Knowledge_4977

All looks the same! The whole market is f\*\*\*\*\*. So you are right. Just BTC and hodl.

IlbColdOnes

I sold all my BTC this year. It’s not really holding up its plot anymore. Not useful as currency or a store of value at this point, unfortunately.

sheldonmeetshomer

So Musk offered to double any BTC or Crypto sent to them during the Roadster launch event. How does this pay off for him?

bananacrazypants

So, your BTC investment is up 20x? Cool story bro! My cash isn’t an investment. It’s for spending. I have investments that have done well and are secure against thieves and loss of passwords.

Azula_In_The_AMX

The prices of USD and BTC heads in different directions. So someone who purchases in BTC actually accumulates more value than someone who works for or trade in BTC.

jasonslpt

Insurance covers theft far more than price moves, and the price side right now leans down. BTC is near 82.2K with about $178M of long liquidations right under price at 82.1K, and the biggest pool, about $315M, sits near 80.6K. Roughly 72% of the last day's liquidations were longs, so I lean toward a sweep of 80.6K before anything bigger. It is wrong if BTC holds above 82.3K and takes out the shorts there. Not advice.

GloryIV

The fees are, I think, pretty reasonable. You pay 1% on buy/sell and that's it. If you transfer crypto in or out, Fidelity doesn't charge any fees - but they do pass through any blockchain fees that are incurred. If you are buying very much BTC, the smart move would be to buy it on an exchange with lower fees and then transfer it to Fidelity. Beyond that I really have no concerns. I consider Fidelity much safer than the exchanges. You have access to account features that will lock down any ability to transfer crypto out of the account if you don't transact much and just want it to be as secure as possible. I have zero concern about Fidelity not having the BTC they say they do - something I'm not so sure I totally trust the exchanges on.

BrawndoCrave

Yes. Was just posting essentially this same pov in another sub. I’ve been investing crypto over ten years. I don’t feel strongly about its future anymore. Big institutions have gotten too involved. I think they use it to rug pull retail. Interest in crypto is fading, hacks are on the rise, BTC is reaching diminishing returns, and I’d rather look elsewhere for investment opportunities.

Siawosh_R

The last thing he said is Buy BTC . I hope he sells at one point.

bananacrazypants

Right, because there are no fees to transfer BTC, right?

getapuss

They're come out of the same mold. They wear out over time like anything else. Yes, I know that has nothing to do with BTC.

Yodel_And_Hodl_Mode

> If you need to read 3 books to kind to figure out how to safely use bitcoin. You don't. I just offered them for a deep dive. Not interested? Don't read 'em. > Then bitcoin will never be a mainstream cash alternative. Does it need to be? 16 years ago, 1 BTC was worth 25 cents. Today, it's worth $82,000. Are you buying Bitcoin because of what other people think, or how other people use it? Or, are you buying it because it's an investment you believe in. And, by the way, if you don't believe it's a wise investment, then definitely **do not buy it.** Only you can decide how to spend your money. > I don’t remember people scamming left and right and rug pulls and such with the early days of the internet The internet wasn't a form of currency, nor was it a store of value. No amount of complaining about how hard it is to do self custody right will change the fact that, in order to do self custody right, you need to learn. Don't want to learn? Don't do self custody. Want an easy, lazy way? Don't do self custody. Self custody means self responsibility. Everybody's looking for a company to do it for them. That's crazy. Companies will always screw over the customer if it's in the company's interest to do so.

Mean-Fondant-8732

Came here to say this. I’d read it just recently that the current regime had put the nations BTC reserve on Coinbase or something to that effect.

No-Lettuce3564

Lil bro I’ve been with BTC since MtGox and Ethereum when it forked from ETC. Outside of making meme worthy money, neither has done much since conception.

HSuke

Actually, the current security budget is already too low. Any organization or nation state with $100B could easily prepare an attack on Bitcoin with 100% chance of success. They would need about 5 years to prepare the equipment and data centers for $5B worth of BTC mining equipment.

HSuke

I'm talking about the ratio. If BTC doubles in price, then the amount being protected also doubles in price even if the security budget stays the same. It's dangerous if $2T of BTC is being protected by $5B of mining equipment. It's even more dangerous if $30T of BTC is protected by $5B of mining equipment 20 years from now.

No-Masterpiece2246

Litecoin was only hyped because the BTC maxies couldn't admit BCH was right about blocksize, scaling, fees, and decentralization.

rficher

You are young. You have plenty of time to make (and correct) mistakes. My take here: I'm 47 and if I had access to 2% loans I would take risk without thinking twice.  When BTC touched 65, I took a loan paying 1.9% per MONTH to have the funds to buy more BTC. I easliy repaid the loan with mu saley and got to keep BTC acquired @65

OverUnderstanding965

I understand the fundamental relationship between Cramer's comments and BTC action. Case in point, 16th October 2am. Large green candle. Cramer is the inverse crystal ball for BTC.

BrawndoCrave

Using BTC for transactions is just extra steps now. Merchants just convert it directly to USD. I might as well just use my credit card to get cash back rewards. It’s not like BTC is any faster than my credit card. Let’s be real, the utility of BTC for transactions just isn’t really there unless you’re doing p2p transactions off the books. What I really bought BTC for was to see it appreciate in value and make me money.

shleebs

The merchant can opt in to hold BTC, USD conversion is simply the default behavior, as it should be. You don't want to force merchants into holding BTC and they have the option to hold it, which I'm sure some of them will. The real trick here is that it lowers transaction fees for the merchant even if they don't opt into holding BTC. The credit card networks are cut out of the picture if I understand correctly. Either both participants are using Bitcoin, or Bitcoin Lightning Network is simply acting as the 2nd layer payment rail (just like Visa or Mastercard) and the transaction is settled in USD.

ButterflyOk5723

Remember and use the rules if you are playing a dangerous Game! If u are Trading with leverage u Must and always must use STOPLOSS!!!! another way of doing this without Stoploss is using small amount that u are prepared to loose play with it at 💯. But in your case a big money like that should and must have Stoploss in place! Expérience is key! I have lost a lot in the past when I started trading but I have learned and still learning everyday! Today I BTC liquidated my 200$ at 79800 but I quickly bought it back and now in big profit. Never give up!

Coleyx123

Yeah, but OnlyFans isn't a fair comparison. I'd be making mad stacks as a hot chick on there than ever with crypto, unless I'd have bought when I first learned about BTC in '09. And cycles wouldn't be a thing, just a steady progression, or regression, in funds as I got old and yucky.

Dragnskull

Unfortunately over the last 20 years I've come to realize we are shifting away from logic and reasoning being the driving force for how things operate, towards what's trendy or cool. This has always been a thing to do e degree but it's typically been relegated to unimportant stuff like personal interests, toys, video games, fashion, etc... but more and more it seems to be bleeding into every facet of life including schooling, government and economics. That being said, a memecoin rallying past BTC wouldn't shock me in the slightest

Stereo-Gito

The fact that you wrote this out because someone else claimed a fucking meme coin would flip BTC.... Omg dude get a brain MRI sta

Olivia_878

I hold BTC, but I’ve always felt completely at ease about my wallet.

jondaje

The golden rule, don't invest money you can't afford to lose. Stop trading meme coins Trade BTC. Risk loss management. USE A STOP LOSS!

tomic888

the only reason you like BTC and crypto is because you want to profit from it. If there was no money in it nobody would care. It is no different than playing Poker.

Fun-Analysis-182

Worth knowing those are custodial Lightning rails under the hood. Strike and Cash App move a balance over their own node, so the smooth QR scan comes from them holding the keys, not from an on-chain BTC payment. A self-custodial Lightning wallet like Phoenix or Breez does the same scan at the register, you just manage your own channels and backups.