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EcstaticCell1511

DCA works because you are saving capital in case BTC drops further than your avg price. If it does drop below my avg I lump sum to get a better avg. Not rocket science.

altFINS_official

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cryptobauce

The Trump insider whale wallet has opened a $190,000,000 crypto long on BTC and ETH he obviously knows something and trump has a speech today 🤔

Skysor99

Bull or bear market I don't care, I just keep building. I launched my first free crypto app on Android, to Visualize the live BTC/Crypto market or even in 1h-replay (trade bubbles, orders depth, exchanges/pairs aggregation, etc.), in a fun way. You can try it here: [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=dev.cryptostream](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=dev.cryptostream) an iOS version is also coming soon! (pending for Apple approval, they are very slow currently). Please if you like it don't forget to add a review on the Play Store, or give me your feedback here, I'd love to add new features.

leonm0161

The reason you wanna hold your BTC and NEVER SELL is because Bitcoin will always be the only free, digital money as it's a truly decentralised network. If too many people sell at the same time & if the prices drop too hard, miners will earn less money or become unprofitable, resulting in them turning off their miners, which reduces hash rate & makes it easier for an attacker to succeed at an 51%-attack, which could possibly be the end of the network. There will never be a second bitcoin as entities could easily accumulate enough calculation power to easily win a 51% attack while a currency is still small. Bitcoin only survived its first years, because no big entities considered it a real threat back then. Now the big banks know & they will try everything to make it fail

ThePugz

Maybe a few. But the majority of whales have their BTC in cold wallets & it can remain dormant for years even a decade. It’s big news when they move some because it’s so rare. Most are BTC purists & only want BTC to grow, develop & expand. Pumping n dumping would be the antithesis of that goal.

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infernal_celery

That already exists doesn’t it? There’s a company in the Isle of Man who made NFC transfer cards for Lightning payments, and I think Musquet integrated BTC to pay on their POS devices designed for hospitality industry.

longonbtc

Which exchange is best for you depends on what country you are a resident of. I recommend buying bitcoin on [Strike](https://strike.me/), [River](https://river.com/), [Swan Bitcoin](https://www.swanbitcoin.com/), or [Cash App](https://cash.app/bitcoin) if these platforms serve residents of your country. [River](https://river.com/) and [Strike](https://strike.me/) are the best platforms to set up an automatic hourly, daily, weekly, or monthly recurring purchase schedule (automatic dollar cost averaging schedule). If you set up an automatic hourly, daily, weekly, or monthly recurring purchase schedule on River, then River stops charging you fees after the first week. https://river.com/zero-fee If you set up an automatic hourly or daily recurring purchase schedule on Strike, then Strike stops charging you fees after the first week. And if you set up an automatic weekly or monthly recurring purchase schedule on Strike, then Strike stops charging you fees after the first automatic purchase. https://strike.me/faq/how-do-i-set-up-a-recurring-purchase/ You should also be aware that exchanges get to choose how much they want to charge their customers for withdrawing bitcoin from their platform. This fee is referred to as a bitcoin withdrawal fee. Some exchanges choose not to charge a bitcoin withdrawal fee at all (meaning it's free to withdraw bitcoin). [Swan Bitcoin](https://www.swanbitcoin.com/) chooses not to charge a bitcoin withdrawal fee. [Strike](https://strike.me/) chooses not to charge a bitcoin withdrawal fee if you choose the slowest option. [Cash App](https://cash.app/bitcoin) chooses not to charge a bitcoin withdrawal fee if you withdraw 0.001 BTC or more and you choose the standard speed option. [River](https://river.com/) chooses to give their customers one free bitcoin withdrawal per month. There are also multiple good open source software bitcoin wallet options available but if you do not have very good computer security habits, then I highly recommend you to use a hardware wallet to store your bitcoin instead of a software wallet. And most people don't have very good computer security habits, so I'm not going to bother listing any of the good open source software wallets unless you specifically ask me to. Some good hardware bitcoin wallet options are the [Coldcard Q](https://coldcard.com/q), [BitBox02 Bitcoin-only edition](https://bitbox.swiss/bitbox02/bitcoin-only/), [Blockstream Jade Plus](https://store.blockstream.com/products/jade-plus?variant=49701334188320), [Trezor Safe 5 Bitcoin-only](https://trezor.io/trezor-safe-5-bitcoin-only), [Trezor Safe 7 Bitcoin-only](https://trezor.io/trezor-safe-7-bitcoin-only), and [Foundation Passport Core](https://foundation.xyz/passport-core/). These six hardware wallets are all good hardware wallets that have publicly available source code that can be reviewed. There are also older & cheaper versions of three of these hardware wallets but they are still open source and reliable. They are just less user friendly than the newer & costlier versions. Those older & cheaper versions are the [Coldcard Mk4](https://coldcard.com/mk4), [Trezor Safe 3](https://trezor.io/trezor-safe-3), and [Blockstream Jade Classic](https://store.blockstream.com/products/blockstream-jade-hardware-wallet). [SeedSigner](https://seedsigner.com/) is another good option. You can easily use readily available parts to build yourself a SeedSigner hardware wallet which is fully open source and can be used in an air-gapped fashion. But SeedSigner is not as user friendly as Trezor, BitBox02, or Blockstream Jade Plus.

BuildWithJohnny

Losing 40% is a tough lesson but your pivot to DCA (Dollar Cost Averaging) and focus on BTC/ETH is the most sustainable way to survive a drawdown. Many people make the mistake of 'revenge trading' in micro-caps to win it all back but that usually leads to zero. ​As someone building in this space I've seen that 'dry powder' (USDC) is your biggest asset during high fear (Index at 18). It allows you to buy when others are frozen. Also keeping an eye on institutional moves like JPMorgan and Harvard is smart they play the long game, and so should we. ​Stay disciplined with your bi weekly buys. The market rewards those who can automate their logic and remove their emotions.

Financial_Ad5029

Man, it's tough to say if any one coin will be the *next* BTC or ETH. Honestly, I've stopped looking for that exact thing. Instead, I focus on identifying smaller projects that have real tech or a strong community behind them, especially in the meme coin and micro-cap space. It's a totally different game than trying to catch the next blue chip. I've found that keeping tabs on a few select wallets that consistently find these gems has been super helpful for me. It's less about finding the 'next big thing' and more about finding the *current* thing that's about to blow up.

Realistic_Fee_00001

BTC was accepted by steam and microsoft. It was about to break into mainstream payments, right at the time it was hijacked and crippled. This was the start of the pivot to "digital gold" a harmless gambling token that could not challenge the FIAT system.

Realistic_Fee_00001

That's because BTC got crippled, because p2p cash was to difficult. If you want to see it used you have convince people that Bitcoin Cash is the working, scaling Bitcoin.

TheresNoSecondBest

>Right now i use Kraken and would like to hear your opinions on this. I think Strike is better than any shitcoin casino like Kraken. This being said, doing another KYC to sign with Strike migh be contra productive so if you decide to stay at Kraken, try to use the Pro version (lower fees). >I also just store my BTC on a wallet there. Is there a better way to store bitcoin? **Not your keys, not your cheese.** The bitcoin in their wallet isn't your, you just got a promise they will give it back to you in the future. **It usually works until it doesn't.** Install (or buy - in case you're getting Bitcoin in Thousands of $) one or more of these wallets. **A few good wallet choices:** [https://blockstream.com/app/](https://blockstream.com/app/) \- Top Security Features, Open Source and Non-Custodial [https://bluewallet.io](https://bluewallet.io/) \- excellent, easy to use wallet, Open Source and Non-Custodial [https://www.sparrowwallet.com](https://www.sparrowwallet.com) - top desktop wallet [https://electrum.org](https://electrum.org/) \- Solid choice, Open Source and Non-Custodial, one of the oldest and most trusted Bitcoin Wallets. I prefer the desktop version but it works on mobile too. **Lightning wallets** to consider (cheaper and faster transactions, great for small amounts): [https://phoenix.acinq.co/](https://phoenix.acinq.co/) \- Phoenix - very good wallet, uses Tor for extra privacy, easy for anyone new [https://blixtwallet.github.io/](https://blixtwallet.github.io/) \- Blixt - great UI, fast and clean. The app runs a full LND node on your phone and you have the ability to easily open channels to whatever nodes you like. [https://zeusln.com/](https://zeusln.com/) Zeus - impressive wallet with many features, can even generate Nostr keys [https://breez.technology](https://breez.technology/) \- Breez - excellent POS for small business owners as well as integrated Bitrefill Note: Breez does also a hybrid liquid/LN wallet called Misty Breez - the sats being on liquid means no need for channels although the payments take a few extra seconds. You'll also can get a free customable LN address. While talking about hybrid wallets, there's also Aqua Wallet although not IMHO as good as Misty Breez. There are also custodial LN wallet but I would honestly avoid using them because you have to trust the wallet operator not to steal your money. Their only advantage is that they are incredibly easy to use, although it might cost you big one day. To keep up to date with spending wallets, visit r/TheLightningNetwork at least once a while and perhaps r/RGB in the future. **Hardware Wallets** (to store larger amounts): [Trezor](https://trezor.io/) \- Easy to use, no matter how new in Bitcoin you're. Use the Bitcoin only firmware as it's safer than a multi coin software. [ColdCard](https://coldcardwallet.com/) - air gapped, Bitcoin only, has advanced features but a new user will do fine with one of the great tutorials available. [BitBox02](https://bitbox.swiss/bitbox02/bitcoin-only/) - another great little device, opt for the more secure Bitcoin ONLY version (less coins = less code = less chance for a hidden bug or a backdoor) [Jade](https://blockstream.com/jade) - air gapped, fully open source, Bitcoin only, great features. There's a newer version called Jade Plus, it has much better camera and overall is a better, although a bit more expensive, option. You can even [build it on your own](https://github.com/Blockstream/jade/), if you feel adventurous. [Seedsigner](https://github.com/SeedSigner/seedsigner) - another DIY, fully open source, air gapped, Bitcoin only hardware wallet, not for you if you're just starting up but something to consider later. [Krux wallet](https://selfcustody.github.io/krux/) - one more DIY hardware device, I love this one for many reasons. Similar to Seedsigner, it's fully open source, air gapped, Bitcoin only hardware wallet, that is not for you right now if you're just starting up, but something to consider at a later stage and/or to up the security of your bitcoin. There's also Ledger, but I wouldn't recommend it as it's not fully open source, keep and already leaked customers' details, recently said they're capable of sending customers' keys out just with a firmware update, etc. **Stay away**, save yourself a headache in the future. Whatever wallet you'll decide to buy, purchase DIRECTLY from the manufacturer, no eBay, no Amazon. Make sure the device is NOT preset, and you will generate your own seed words. Write them down on any piece of paper as well as the receiving address. Now wipe the wallet and generate a new wallet. If the seed words are different from the first set, you're safe to use it. Find an option to set a passphrase and use it. This will boost the security to another level. Never store the seed words and passphrase together. Use a different medium if possible. If somebody finds both, they'll be able to steal your coin. This little device will hold the keys to your money, that's the reason why you have to be a bit more careful. Also, no worries, if it breaks, you can replace it - as long as you keep your seed words and passphrase(s) safe. Welcome to the rabbit hole and don't hesitate to ask if you have any questions anytime during your Bitcoin journey. Also, [check the sidebar](https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/about) that's filled with lots of great info and if you have any questions, visit r/BitcoinBeginners or r/Bitcoin and look for the answers.

iamjide91

I'm putting all I have on Solana. Ethereum was the next BTC at one point, but I think Solana is the next BTC at this point.

Realistic_Fee_00001

Yes, because many of these people are not blind to the fact hat BTC has no use case other than gambling for more FIAT.

watch-nerd

Sold 80% Nov 24 thru Jan 25. Kept 10% of those profits in USDC as dry powder to buy in bear. Currently staking remaining ETH, BTC in vault. Delta 60% spot long, 40% short via monthly 27 MAR futures.

Great_Flatworm1297

I am 23 years old. I have started Dcaing 300$ a week into BTC. I plan on doing this till the foreseeable future. How much Bitcoin do YOU believe will be needed for me to retire at 40 years old?

QueasyNight8415

There are no reliable institutions lending against BTC. Period

wosoda

Since earning interest on Bitcoin is in high demand, users want to generate yield without giving up their BTC holdings.

Tim-Rocket

What million BTC? What risk? Wtf?

evandollardon

ETH and BTC are both always a good buy idea

Despaciito

Dont worry guys, i can end the war in 10 minutes. Just let me sell my BTC and buy some oil related stocks

Rallino_

Per guadagnare sempre più BTC

Hour-Oil-1666

https://github.com/wilqq-the/BTC-Tracker - app which I'm developing, fully local, open source - no keys, addresses needed - just built to track transactions, p&l, some metrics etc Take a look!

Hour-Oil-1666

Check out app which we are developing for BTC community - https://github.com/wilqq-the/BTC-Tracker It's local, open source and have some nice built in any sis of p&l, DCA, strategy and more :D

Hour-Oil-1666

Hey! Funny thing... I'm building tool exactly for that for already 2 years - https://github.com/wilqq-the/BTC-Tracker It's commonly known in umbrel community - please, reach me if you have any questions.

PDX-ROB

I believe in the long term proce appreciation, but it so has sharp sell offs like we have been in the past few months. I don't understand how someone can in good conscience recommend taking a loan against their BTC when we are currently going throught a period of declining value. If you took out a loan in Sept, you would have been liquidated by now, unless your loan was 2x over collateralized.

MalsKippetje

Yes you do, thats why you shouldnt borrow against your full stack anyway, some advise max 10%. Then you should also keep the loan to value ratio low so you can handle big drawdowns in price, for example 5-15% (give $100k worth of BTC and only take out a loan of $5-15k). So to get any meaningful loan with the least amount of risk, you need quite a big stack of BTC

throwaway_trader12

agree 10000%. It'll be almost impossible to out run BTC in the long term

throwaway_trader12

if you don't know much always start by dca BTC. Then if you found decent coint invest a little by little. But always main Btc. That's best way.

PDX-ROB

And what happens when your loan is undercollateralized because BTC value has declined? Liquidation of position. There is always a trade off. The safe thig to do is to sell when you need money amd replace when you can.

Ok_Winter8503

I ran into the same issue once I started buying on multiple exchanges and moving BTC to cold storage. Cost basis gets messy fast once transfers and fees are involved. What helped me was separating the actual transaction log from the portfolio view. I just track buys, transfers and fees in one place and let the sheet calculate cost basis and current value automatically. The main advantage is that transfers between wallets don’t mess up the profit calculation like some portfolio apps do. It’s honestly been way easier to keep consistent numbers across exchanges and cold wallets that way.

No_Following2682

DO NOT DO THIS. BTC is too volatile to do this, putting yourself at high risk of a margin call. If you were asking to borrow against your stocks for example against VOO or something similarly stable then I would consider it.

Murky-Ambition3898

I wish I had held BTC in a wallet before my divorce.

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MakCapital

Time doesn't matter if 1 of those properties exists. Solve them and you have a solution. Not one anyone needs. Not one that helps the value of BTC. Not one that actually scales Bitcoin. State matters. Why care? Bitcoin has much larger issues than trying to cater to garbage L2s that won't share rev with the Bitcoin network. Pointless unless you're the L2 operator. Doesn't help Bitcoin. See L2s on Ethereum. Could focus on broken long term security model, aligning asset ownership with network authority, moving from POW, quantum resistance, and L1 scaling. So much could to be done over enriching some company that wants to sell a separate state as "transacting on Bitcoin". A lie, and another garbage product.

el_ratonido

I've been told here on Reddit a lot of times that I shouldn't buy BTC and it was going to go to zero. I can say I got this at least 3 times last year.

Pathbauer1987

Gold is also overpriced, but it has real life use. BTC doesn't.

Pathbauer1987

Well, yes. Even if BTC is priced at a trillion, if it doesn't achieve real life use, the same stuff will be said.

wancruz

Exactly, base layer BTC is optimized for security and decentralization, which makes it great as long-term collateral. The real growth might come from second layers and protocols building productive use cases on top.

Clean-Wallaby3164

BTC is the profit. 

RonPaulWasR1ght

Let me ask you something, as you're the top commenter on this, and telling OP to take out a loan rather than sell BTC. Let me turn it around - if OP was instead asking "Should I borrow $ to buy Bitcoin?", what would you tell him? Would you say yes to that? Can you not see that it's pretty much the same thing.

Dramatic_Studio5541

It needs to be caveated with “but make sure expected gain in BTC price is enough to cover interest on your loans”. High net worth people can do this a lot easier because they can get very low interest rates. The average person is lucky to get interest rates low enough that they can be covered by BTC’s price increase

g7008

There's no tax on debt. Just don't over leverage yourself. E.g if you're holding 1 BTC ($66, 500 USD at the time of this post) don't take out more than 20% against it, $13,308 USD. Same concept as buying yielding dividend or RoC stocks with a brokerage margin loan. Also, as others have said use Coinbase since they offer a 5% loan.

BuildWithJohnny

That is a very solid portfolio with impressive entry points. You’ve clearly identified the top performers in the AI (FET, Render) DePIN (Akash) and Modular (TIA) narratives early on. ​A few suggestions for the next phase. ​Profit Taking. Since you are significantly up on FET and Akash consider taking out your initial seed investment to make it a 'risk-free' trade. ​Staking. If you haven't already staking your TIA and ONDO can qualify you for potential ecosystem airdrops which adds extra value to your long term holds. ​Diversification. You have a strong focus on high-growth tech. It might be wise to slowly rotate some profits into a large cap like BTC or even a stablecoin yield strategy to hedge against market volatility. ​Great picks overall especially that Monad entry.

tarekzayani007

Interesting! Large buys like this usually signal long term positioning or treasury management, but sometimes it’s just liquidity shuffling. Either way, it definitely adds confidence that major exchanges see value in accumulating BTC

99999999999999999989

Fuck that. It needs to be zero capital gains tax on BTC. Period.

Top_Opposite_5412

Someone selling small amounts of BTC is having literally zero impact on price my guy 

Ambitious-Gene-6557

Organic growth is still possible, but it’s much harder now. The space is extremely noisy compared to the early BTC/DOGE days. Projects that grow today usually have one of three things: strong community culture, real utility, or viral social momentum. If people genuinely enjoy participating, they’ll spread it naturally.

Ambitious-Gene-6557

BTC and ETH for the long term. But I think ecosystems like Solana still have huge growth potential because of the speed and developer activity.

TheDearlyt

For long term holders the main idea is to keep exposure to BTC. If you sell, you lose that position and have to buy back later at whatever the price is. With a loan, you still own the BTC while getting cash to use for something else. So if BTC doubles while you’re paying the loan, you still benefit from that upside.

Efficient_Culture569

Quick example to illustrate why you shouldn't. Imagine you had 10 Bitcoin, and in 2012 you sold 1 for 50$.  Then in 2013 you sold another for 300$.  Then in 2014 sold another for 1000$. Then 2015 you sold another for 5,000$. Then 2016 another for 10k. You now would have 5 BTC and sold 5 for  bit over 16k. Now imagine you had borrowed against it. And spend 20k on the loans with interest, but you'd have the 10 Bitcoin. You would be much better off. That's why. 

Ok-Meaning-7061

Because you should only be stacking BTC ………. It’s a way to freedom…….. buy one then sell it later then you would understand…. Comin from someone who bought one at under 12k……

thekidhitman

Are bitcoin.tax, Koinsly or others easy to enter from anywhere? I prefer to keep up with my transaction entries so I'm not falling behind (even something as small as a credit card reward in BTC). In the tool I made, I can create transactions easily with a copy/paste on my phone, or if I happen to be at a PC. I also like viewing analytics and charts.

HashCrafter45

"reports circulating online" without a source is doing a lot of heavy lifting here. large BTC movements on binance could be a dozen things, user deposits, cold storage rebalancing, OTC desk activity. attributing it to binance accumulating is a stretch without on-chain proof. that said, if it is real treasury accumulation during a dip it's just smart treasury management, same thing microstrategy does.

gradstudentmit

The CeFi risk is real after Celsius/BlockFi/Voyager all imploded. That said, some platforms survived the 2022 crash and are still around. I've been using Nexo for about a year now. They made it through the crash without stopping withdrawals which gave me some confidence. Rates on BTC are around 5-7% depending on your loyalty tier. Not amazing but decent for just holding. Main thing is don't treat any CeFi platform like a bank. Only lend what you're comfortable potentially losing.

JE2530

I like the privacy coins. BTC XMR ZEC LTC but I’m holding off until this bear bottoms.

Byro1218

BTC is your best bet. More guaranteed to keep going up. Honestly just pick one with a good team, community and it’s as open source as possible. DCA now and sell in 4 years

TapThatYak

The only way BTC goes to zero is if you EMP the whole world and every computer that's using hash power to mine/validate transaction goes into the dumps. This won't happen. If you're skeptical, buy a small amount and forget about it. Read the bitcoin standard, its an eye opener if you know very little about BTC. I also recommend you to look into how all central banks work (US, EU, Canada, etc.) work... In the US, your friendly Chase and other lackies don't have to hold ANY of your dollars in reserves, they are always used/lent out. Meanwhile, crypto exchanges like Coinbase need to have 100% reserves for all their crypto assets.this has to be validated, but you get the point. If you asked me do you want gold or US dollars. I would say gold. Gold or BTC? I would say BTC because the risk and hassle lugging around physical gold is insane. Don't believe me? Try going abroad with several ounces of gold, they will get confiscated. Do this with BTC and no one even knows.

Mendo10_

It is one of the biggest and most successful money laundry operations in human history. BTC will be used by the US Gov to erase their unpayable debt

Famous-Ebb3041

Been there, done that... started in 2021 and now have 10% of 1 BTC (0.10BTC). But I never sold in 2025, because the profit wasn't enough... a few thousand dollars won't do much these days and the entry point only gets more expensive and harder to get into, each cycle. I'm still over $1,300 in profit. Gather in red, HODL in green. It can't go low enough. It can't go high enough. That's a nice position to be in. :-D

fan_of_hakiksexydays

Oil has shot past $100 a barrel. I think it's safe to say markets are gonna be pretty fucked this coming week. BTC was building a nice consolidation. But that might get rekt now.

Remarkable-Grape-218

Currently holding BTC and ETH, they remain the blue chips. For potential alts, I like Solana for its ecosystem growth and Celestia for data availability. But nothing will replace BTC as the reserve asset. The network effect is too strong.

Maktrades68

Hedera is aBFT, no front running unlike Ethereum where you hear horror stories with people losing thousands on swaps, FedEx is building things on the network so I’m not talking out of my assthis subreddit dislikes anything that isn’t BTC or ETH

Logical_driver_42

I’m not sure back in the day there were some websites you could use your credit card on and they would send you BTC to your wallet but they have like 15% fee

Even-Ad4914

Doubt anything takes over BTC since its basically the foundation of the whole space.

West-Persimmon-1816

100% in BTC

Sad-Equivalent9293

There will be no next BTC, only BTC

AprilsMostAmazing

it's my fault guys I bought BTC an hour ago

Capable_Swordfish_30

But how would the cap work? You go to a shop, want to buy something with BTC then you must identify yourself, so a global record is updated saying you already paid say $200 in BTC?

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Post is by: Ok-Tumbleweed-2416 and the url/text [ ](https://goo.gl/GP6ppk)is: /r/CryptoMarkets/comments/1rohygq/crypto/ Everyone is talking about price action while institutions quietly moved $592 million into spot ETFs this week. Bitcoin spot ETFs pulled in $568.5 million in net inflows. Ethereum spot ETFs added $23.5 million. Combined that is $592 million in a single week. $BTC captured over 96% of the total. Ethereum ETF flows are positive but still a fraction of Bitcoin demand. What stands out is the consistency. Weekly inflows have held above $500 million for multiple weeks now. That is not speculative money chasing a pump. That is systematic allocation from funds with mandates and rebalancing schedules. Retail sentiment is bearish while institutional flows say the opposite. At what point do you start paying more attention to where the money actually goes versus what people say on social media? *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/CryptoMarkets) if you have any questions or concerns.*

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tldr; Bitcoin developers have merged BIP-360, introducing Pay-to-Merkle-Root (P2MR) to enhance quantum resistance and protect vulnerable coins, including Satoshi Nakamoto's estimated 1 million BTC stored in early Pay-to-Public-Key (P2PK) addresses. This upgrade addresses risks from future quantum decryption threats. A debated proposal suggests freezing coins in legacy addresses that fail to migrate to quantum-safe formats, raising concerns about Bitcoin's immutability. Implementation will require years and community consensus. *This summary is auto generated by a bot and not meant to replace reading the original article. As always, DYOR.

nuconteaza531

If I went almost all-in on BTC, I feel like I’d be less willing to touch it for a very long time because I’d always want to maximize the upside. But if I had a larger portion in safer stocks / dividend stocks, I think I’d feel more at ease knowing that the dividends could help cover some expenses, while letting my BTC position grow untouched long term.

Aapkaapna7

Mine was BTC actually. Still holding some of it

Pitiful-Reserve-8075

This is great, bro. Kudos. I suspect you're still in time to start getting one BTC for yourself too. I wish you the best of luck. You weren't wrong to have followed your maximalist instincts.

Even-Ad4914

Technically, BTC can be upgraded via a "soft fork" to use post-quantum math, but we face three massive hurdles: Quantum-secure signatures are much larger than current ones. If we move them to the main chain, Bitcoin’s already limited capacity gets even tighter. It would force almost everyone to use Layer 2 because on-chain fees would skyrocket. Every user has to manually move their BTC to a new "quantum-safe" address. The millions of Bitcoins lost over the years (including Satoshi’s BTC) can't be moved. A quantum computer could eventually "loot" those coins, potentially crashing the market. Getting the entire Bitcoin community to agree on such a massive technical shift is notoriously slow. TL;DR: Bitcoin can become a quantum proof but it would likely become an even slower, more expensive "settlement layer". Many players are way ahead and easier to scale.

Unbalanced_Acctnt

Check out BTC Sessions on YouTube. Ben has put together tons of tutorials on a variety of cold wallets and how to send & receive Bitcoin and recover wallets. Just search what wallets you’re considering and he likely has a tutorial for it.

defeater33

Only invest ETH and or BTC. Use spot trading only Do Not Use Derivatives( futures, perpetuals and alike) Use candle stick charts especially long term ones( monthly, weekly, daily). Patienly by at low area of the chart and sell near ATH or high area. Remember it's not race to see makes the most.

AcanthaceaeOk809

Let her go. Be obsessed with BTC. No balance needed. You will have plenty of 😺 knocking down your door. You don't want to be tied to anyone even trying to take you to vou to court to get 1/2. Travel and become a Passport Bro. Have one or two on every continent and never bring them the U.S. Start with Colombia, Brazil, and Thailand. Be happy and free and never get married!

BritishBully

Everyone here keeps talking about lower spread on CDC Exchange vs their app, but that doesn't account for the CDC's terribly elevated withdrawal fees. eg. they charge 0.005 ETH for withdrawal, about 9.50, whereas Coinbase just charges whatever the network fee is, eg. 1-5.00 for ETH depending on the gas fees at the time. CDC withdrawal fee for BTC is 0.0004 BTC, so 26.80 right now, which is outrageous.

Decentralization-God

That is probably only Doge coin relevant and it required Elon tweeting back then. The other two are 100% jokes. To your question: Yeah, I think a new project can arise at any time and attract its community even without VC backing or big spendings on marketing. It has been always like that … whether a religion or tech project. The problem of today is that most of today projects are not real projects. It is a repeat of DOTCOM bubble. Similar is AI stuff today. Some projects exist just to exist (and consume investor money or get retail money). Strong communities require conviction. I think Cardano is the best community example in Web3. It is being trashed from all sides, but the people simply resist and work hard, deliver hard nonetheless. Is that already some cult? A bit yes, but a good one, not like BTC maxies calling all shitcoin. Hoskinson is great personality and this is the second ingredient - you need a leader who describes the mission. Satoshi myth, Vitalik, others. Once you have above, all is needed is Reddit post/community or X/Discord and things can start happening, organically! 🤔

Gotglo

Trust bro some things has changed. Understand that 2 things can be true, “4 year cycle” and liquidity cycles. Liquidity/business cycles are also 4-5 years. Liquidity= people buying and money flow into crypto. Bitcoin would never move without liquidity shifts and bitcoin has its cycle from within the liquidity shifts which means bitcoin cycles are an indirect causation of liquidity shifts. Think cause and effect. From the last bear market bottom, there was a liquidity shift from the first BTC ETFs. This was not spot buying that moved BTC this cycle! Alot of people dont understand that the 21M bitcoin theory doesn’t matter anymore. Yes its still scarce and has alot of demand but once financial layers were added, including futures, perpetuals, derivatives, options, ETFs, lending products, wrapped BTC and swaps, Bitcoin effectively lost some scarcity at the point of price discovery. Supply can now be synthetically created, making BTC trade more like gold or oil in derivatives-heavy markets. Price can now be moved up or down without spot buying. Spot buying moved it in its early days when it was way way cheaper, even it this price point right now, regular people cant just take 67k and buy a whole bitcoin or let alone even half a bitcoin. Institutions are the only way spot buying through the 21M supply can contribute to price appreciation but they rather focus on the other ways to make more through paper trading it. While your idea is correct, you are also misinformed.

financeguruIB

Although everything you’re saying is correct. Cycle is real though. Banks and big institutions understand this. We are all fighting for 21 million BTC

Big-Experience-807

Each of us should have at least 0.1 BTC and hold it for at least 5 years. It doesn't matter at what price you bought it. Just buy it and wait 5 years. That's the recipe for success and maybe even incredible wealth.

apathy420

BTC back in 2010 and again multiple times for… reasons

AntiqueDiscipline831

I bought 3 BTC in 2014. I have 1.4 left as I sold 1.6 in October of last year

Successful_Pea3371

Buy BTC on CashApp or a similar payment platform that has BTC as an available asset (and that is whitelisted by your bank/government). Then transfer the BTC to a paper wallet or hardware wallet. Encode your 24-word pass phrase (using your own cypher- or keep all the actual words but put them in the wrong order- so only you know how to put them in order, or memorize them but more risky). Congrats! Your bitcoin is now permissionless and non-confiscatable! Also, right now, I think the odds are very high that your BTC will be worth more when you need to spend it than it is currently. Of course that is hard to predict, but the main features of BTC make it the ONLY asset you can walk across borders with and no one is the wiser.

CardioTranquility

BTC 7 years ago and still holding in a cold wallet. I’ve bought and sold plenty of various coins since then.

cryptomaghou

That's why blackchain is here. Buy BTC to transfer your money or if you're afraid of fluctuations Buy USDT or LTC and move your money out of any country.

Good_Paramedic126

Tu continua a pensare che andrà a 0 mentre noi continuiamo a accumulare e quando vorrai anche solo comprare un solo 0,1 BTC sarà tardi

TheresNoSecondBest

>For now it would operate purely on trust that the bitcoin remains untouched. You're introducing trust where it is not necessary. You can use [1CounterpartyXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXUWLpVr](https://mempool.space/address/1CounterpartyXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXUWLpVr) and "burn" the sats. You can find more wallets like that here: https://github.com/jconorgrogan/BTC-Burn-Addresses Unless it's some kind of Bitcoin related product, nobody will IMHO care.

defeater33

Futures is second only to options in Redditors blowing accounts. Start easier. Stock index, very solid companies, ETH and or BTC buying.

Akihisaaaa

No problem about volatility, just buy a stable coin like USDT, it’s a 1:1 dollar value and not that volatile compared to BTC. Now your only problem is how to allow the transaction to push through from your bank.

RamseyTheGoat

Buying two BTC as a dad is a solid move. The job market volatility you mentioned actually reinforces the need for an asset outside the fiat system. I'm in a similar spot with my own kids and inflation eating away at savings. Just make sure your storage setup is offline and secure.

Aapkaapna7

BTC + HBAR combo is interesting. What makes you bullish on HBAR?

Aapkaapna7

Just BTC or any alts too?

schmuhmuhu

BTC and still hold a bit... But HBAR is the future... 

404PoptartNotFound

Do you have to sell today? Do you believe BTC will never have a new ATH? Then what the fuck are you crying about?