BTC

Possible-Magazine23

Don't do this unless you already have a good amount of capital. I'm talking about a healthy portfolio in brokerage account that's well diversified, ideally in index ETFs. From there, you should be able to easily use the brokerage account's margin loan to either buy BTC spot or ETF. The interests are generally reasonable and you're limited to low level of leverage. Never take personal loans or credit card debt to invest in anything. That's financial suicide.

partymsl

He is really just us, trying to shill BTC to everyone. Unsuccessfully so too.

partymsl

The funny thing is, most here don't even have much BTC, but its still much easier to shill BTC than alts and shitcoins.

Beautiful-Current-59

Just remember "it's over" is sitting comfortably above 85K 😂. You guys would have had an aneurysm when Bitcoin dropped from 16K to 4K. Dollar cost average, And just know when the media starts saying Bitcoin is about to double or in this cycle's case go to 250k That's when you stop buying wait for a crash and buy some more. Your first cycle is always the roughest After that it will feel like you have an infinite money glitch. As long as you are working a regular job and stuff happens You could always shave off some profits. Plant yourself a BTC tree, and it will bear fruit for a long time

Fun_Initiative729

Good thing BTC is the answer to combatting central govt manipulation…. F’in clowns.

dubski04021

…I wouldn’t be too upset bc I could inch my way towards 2BTC … but I don’t think you understand what it would take to drive the spot price that low.

Street_Outside_7228

Precisely, XRP/BTC is -99% with room to go lower. https://preview.redd.it/o41h3qu4af9g1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5cd8bebc22a3245d69fe7f2c8fcbde14a363baef

atlantic

There will never be price stability in the long run, and demand will wane once it is understood not to be good enough to be even a store of value. BTC needs to be held by individuals, and individuals need to be able to transact whenever they want. Not being able to transact because of fluctuating fees can mean that you lose 10% or more of your stack; whether it goes back up again at some point is totally irrelevant. Good luck bidding for transactions when the big guys want to get out of it. It's essentially a game of musical chairs, and most bottoms are just not fat enough.

Positive-Double3927

Gotcha, ok. Will be very interesting to see what takes place. I think there is too.much money printing coming personally for BTC to drop overall in 2026

gihkal

But they didn't use the original for trees did they? They adopted an idea and created their own product from it. Very different than what's happening with BTC.

Brewerfan1979

I am assuming you would put your BTC as collateral and get the loan in a stablecoin. Coinbase already does Bitcoin loans.

002_timmy

On Binance, you can trade between USD1 and Bitcoin, both in spot and in futures/perps. USD1 is not a popular trading stablecoin, so when people trade it with Bitcoin, the order book has high volatility even on low volume. Spot price is typically the biggest driver of the future/perp pricing. Now, for the allegations - By selling Bitcoin in the BTC:USD1 pair, the futures price also was impacted, causing liquidations in the future market. Binance makes money when people get liquidated, and well as people who fill the liquidation order (usually Binance, but could be others). The allegation is that Wintermute and Binance colluded to liquidate futures/perp/leveraged positions, and Wintermute made added $100M + to their onchain wallet after the liquidations occurred.

Squeiner

I'm really glad you're curious about this. Bitcoin doesn't scale on the blockchain itself. It scales in layers built on top of the blockchain. Right now we have three different layer 2 networks, Lightning, Ark and ECash, and we have a sidechain called Liquid, and they all talk to eachother and interoperate mainly thru Lightning. Not to mention that a lot of people have their coin on an exchange and simply use that exchange to send BTC to other users of the same exchange for free and instantly creating a sort of layer 2 bank. But as for your comment here, let me try to explain as best I can: Bitcoin transactions are cached in the Mempool until a block is found. A block will be found about every 10 minutes regardless of whether there are enough transactions to fill it or not. If there are too many transactions to fit into the block, only the highest fee-paying transactions will be included, and the rest will be left for the next block. If there are not enough transactions, the block will be that much smaller. The theoretical limit of transactions per second on the blockchain is about 14 transactions per second on average, with a new batch every 10 minutes. The fact that this is not enough to sustain the vision we have was known to Satoshi Nakamoto from day 1, and steps towards scaling have been in the works the entire time. Above are some of the ones that have already been implemented.

TearsOfChildren

Everyone should research a little on what happened before they form an opinion. There was no volume and no, your $24,000 buy order would not have filled because this was only on the BTC/USD1 paring. I know, there's an X screenshot right there that 100% without a doubt has to be the truth but when you learn why things happen it makes you smarter.

Positive-Double3927

Don't know what you are looking at. Stick with the visual that was posted and you will see the break exactly as described. Of course you can pick any single time in a year and compare to the next year consistently and and there will probably be a different pattern 100 times out of 365 but that is NOT the point of the post. Christmas day is a very particular period and important day in the calendar as everyone is off and there are a lot of talks about BTC around the days leading up to it and on Xmas eve, all to drive the price. It all has to do with the liquidation cycle or the break of it at this point in time.

GreenStretch

Use your new rupees to buy BTC.

DarKresnik

BTC/USD1 is not smart but fraud.

chicadepanem

And then they say BTC isn't a store of value

TheGrasshopper92

Cool story. Welcome to the community. I’ve been around since 2011 — I also haven’t used BTC for P2P or standard transactions since sometime in 2017-2019 due to the change from its original mission. Other anon and higher throughput P2P coins exist. I use them now.

cointon

No liquidity in USD1. Was crashed down to 24k with 1 BTC in volume. No insiders necessary.

cointon

It’s not even 22M, the volume on the spike down to 24k is 1 BTC.

Ok_Opportunity2693

Anything other than BTC is pure dog shit

snubdeity

Most people in crypto, outside of long-term BTC holders, know it's a cup game. They are ok with it being a scam, as long as they can convince themselves they will be on the winning side of the scamming. As soon as that illusion is popped they get big mad.

adiabatic_storm

Every year BTC keeps flipping more people like this. There's a long list at this point.

Crytid_Currency

Honestly? I think having it in peoples 401k would help dramatically. A huge part of the manipulation is leverage and panic selling. Something tells me BTC will get the 401k green light right after these insiders load up.

Mission-Stomach-3751

Looks like routine custody management rather than a sell. Interesting to see how institutions handle BTC once positions get larger.

Possible-Magazine23

There're on chain data pointing to Binance compensating Wintermute by giving them a chance to load up BTC at 24k

MalsKippetje

Well, if your limit is say $10k before you consider cold storage. If you have $1k invested now, that will eventually be worth $10k, no? What if the price 100/1000x's from here, what would your security budget be then? So I would say any amount of BTC you dont want to get lost, and dont plan on moving/spending them (often), should go to cold storage. You can keep a small stack on a hot wallet for easier transactions for example.

HyerOneNA

Trading BTC with leverage is smooth brained.

MakCapital

Shift to networks people use the most or BTC. TON is not that network.

Stony_1987

Finally was able to move mine off of Robinhood exchange just recently. Being from NY they had restrictions for the longest on sending and receiving BTC. Got a Trezor Safe 5 right after. Highly recommend.

simulatedconscience

But this one ONLY lets u hold BTC. If u wanna hold other coins u gotta buy another device

No_Gap_5705

I recommend asking experienced miners about Bitcoin. 90% of miners are leaving the business because it's no longer possible to mine BTC profitably. The fees they receive per block validation are also insufficient. And the network's operation depends on these miners. Even if it becomes scarce and collapses, know that it will die precisely because miners are unable to maintain the network. Either we humans discover a form of clean and super cheap energy, or BTC will die.

False_Dragonfly9826

BTC wallet : 15P6cR1SRttH5gdAh6BL49WzvcdQjJGUJH Hey guys really in need of somw help and going through some rough phase rn. Any help would be appreciated.

lebastss

They probably knew the exposure and exactly who else had low buy orders. This kind of manipulation has been happening for a long time in BTC and has been steadily getting more frequent but at a much smaller scale with 10k swings people don't notice as much. This shit was aggressive as fuck. If they get away with it, it won't be the last time.

No_Gap_5705

That's where the problem with BTC lies... experienced miners already jumped ship during the last halving.

CuriousGeorge22_02

I'm sure they have something more meaningful to do on Christmas. They can buy BTC tomorrow or the day after

jwinterm

I wish someone gave me a gift...maybe someone will give me 1 BTC someday...

Deardiarylul

They essentially accumulated BTC at \~25k by dumping on the market and bidding against themselves. Binance, CZ & Trump wishes you merry xmas lol

AmbivalentCvckfvcker

Cash deals are possible and probably the most convenient way to do it without KYC, if you're smart about picking the person who sells (and doing it in a public spot like a cafe, McD's, etc). Save that, you can buy BTC, swap to XMR, and then either hold or sell or swap to whatever coin you want (though XMR by itself is still excellent). That is not entirely anonymous because your CC will still be tied to a transaction like that. But you don't have to provide any ID when buying that way.

ArthurBachEsq

Don’t want the first one.  I want BTC to go further down. 

AD1AD

I'm in it "for the tech", as far as the tech reflects how useful the network can be in making people's lives better. The more potential to make people's lives better a network has, the more upside it has price-wise. BTC may go up another 10x or 100x, but it will not be able to serve the world as its reserve currency because it's decapitated itself on purpose, so I have no hope for it long term. I've been into Bitcoin since 2014, back when many more people were calling it a scam and a failure than are currently calling BCH a scam and a failure. I've stuck with the version of Bitcoin I believe has a chance to still increase 100,000x in price because it's the version of Bitcoin that has continued to prioritize being useful to people, not following whatever brainless trend is driving retail at the moment, or bending over backwards to become an ossified asset that is palatable to traditional financial institutions but can't even do what it was originally designed to do, let alone anything new.

La_Cohiba

The whole point was to stay separate from the mainstream banking system. It now moves with it. Maybe there there are more people but they are mostly using ETF's. They don't own BTC. They just rent it. BTC is now at the mercy of Wall Street

bin-noddin

Ummm are you saying saylor hasn't made BTC his bitch the whole way...this is Bitcoin nobody has nailed the game that has opened there mouth...only satoshi...hodl as much as possible and shut the fuck up about it...we've all been wrong so many times about Bitcoin...shit I'm probably wrong about three times a week alone 😆

mujk89

Would that not increase value as BTC would become more scarce?

WD40Capital

I thought investing in BTC was online gambling.

crypto_ad_97

Yes, you can work in the crypto space, but one important misconception needs to be addressed: There is no single "job" that will solely train you to become rich from trading. This is a common myth fueled by numerous success stories. The reality is as follows: First: How do people actually profit from crypto? 1. Long-term investment: People who bought early (BTC, ETH, etc.) and waited patiently for years, not because they were geniuses. 2. Real jobs within crypto companies: Such as: Customer Support Community Manager (Administering Discord/Telegram communities) Marketing Data/Blockchain/Development (for those with technical skills) 3. Freelance work related to crypto: Content writing, translation, account management, design, etc., sometimes paid in cryptocurrency. Second: What about trading as a profession? Trading is not a guaranteed job. 80–90% of retail traders lose. No reputable company will train you to "print money." Those who succeed in trading: Learn for years. Lose initially. Treat it as a high-risk business, not a lifeline.

RangeBrilliant7526

Don't get me wrong, you definitely need to file a police report, but they don't arrest people or intervine directly in these kind of matters. If you are lucky, they may go and ask your boss about it, but just that. I have seen people here suggesting you use violence against your boss, that would be a catastrophic idea, don't do that. File police a report, and send a communication to your former boss, well structured and informing of outcomes from your side if he does not give it back. He used forced to access your BTC so that is theft already, also breaking into some-one personal files and info is already taken very seriously by most countries in terms of privacy laws, so there you have another thing you can let them know your potential lawsuit will cover. Depending on where you are located, you may be able to send formal/legal communication yourself without a lawyer (in my country it is 20 Euros and very easy to do), so they know you are for real. You can mention as well that you will forever track their BTC address so the moment he spends or cashes anything you'll then have it even easier to take them to court. Again no idea if the cost of lawyers would be worthy cause I don't know how much you lost, but a lawsuit threat is essentially free

RangeBrilliant7526

The police are not going to be able to help you in this case, only the courts can. Is the amount lost a lot? I ask cause lawyers are not cheap these days. But if you are lucky, a credible threat of a lawsuit may be enough to get your BTC back.

TowelNo234

Let me ask GetAgent where BTC could be priced by Christmas 2026.

BakingBreadBB2

BTC pumped from 30k to almost $130k without a single large correction and you are telling me markets are favoring gold and copper more?

ModeInternational178

Just because something gains a huge amount of value doesn’t mean it stops being speculative? No one is ever going to use BTC as a currency so its entire existence is a speculative high risk/reward asset. Case in point during high periods market uncertainty like the past 3-4 months, precious metals have skyrocketed while the general market has ranged. Crypto is falling because it’s a higher risk asset class that rotate money out of when being risk off and rotate money into when risk is on

mercistheman

She's dropping out next year. One less champion for BTC.

Alfador8

The gold standard failed because there were too many claims on the gold, which is a direct result of the paper abstraction I referenced.  >The fact of the matter that people do not use BTC, as it remains dormant the vast majority of the time is not a good indication of success. It *is* a good indication of its use as a store of value. People don't spend it because the opportunity cost is too high, as people expect it to be worth more in the future. As adoption increases and bitcoin is held by a greater portion of its total addressable market that opportunity cost will decrease and people will be more incentivized to spend it.

essence_of_moisture

So when do we see the BTC and silver/gold pump from all these rupees?

Schwesterfritte

I see your point about fiat but the argument that Bitcoin can't do that seems a bit unreasonable. Have you seen how massively volatile Bitcoin is? One day your Bitcoin is worth one thing, the next day is is worth 10-20% less because some big players who hold a ton of coin decided the price needs to drop. The point of Bitcoin was to be decentralized and it has not been for quite some time. If companies and governments can just buy and sell BTC in order to make the price swing as much as it did, how is it any different from Fiat except that it is even more volatile. Sure they cant make more btc but they dont have to. They just have to sell and buy in bulk and decide peice that way. And you can see it every time here on Reddit when BTC tanks and all the BTC fanboys scream manipulation. It is ridiculous to assume that BTC is a good alternative to Fiat. You are getting F-ed either way. The upside of BTC is only that it is volatile and if you time it right you might make a quick buck.

GautamNarainSunnapu

BTC cuz huge volume

2xfun

BTC is a reference that highlights the FIAT scam. But the majority are FIAT slaves without any possible salvation.

Flamboiant_Canadian

The reason why the Gold Standard failed was because it was too valuable to use as a currency, people would prefer to hold onto it. Now we have BTC fitting into the same category. The fact of the matter that people do not use BTC, as it remains dormant the vast majority of the time is not a good indication of success. With roughly 81% of all existing BTC never being used/traded. 

SpontaneousDream

I mean what else do you want to see? Are you "in it for the tech"? LOL let's be honest dude we are all here to make money. Are you just..okay with losing money?? BCH/USD on this day **8 years ago** was over $2,000...it's now not even $600, and against BTC it's literally near all time lows. So yea, thanks for playing...and have fun staying poor?

Captaincdj

You girls selling your BTC because of a calendar (cycle) are gonna regret it... Mark this post. Sorry, not sorry. Might take weeks, might take months, but at some point your gonna end up on the wrong side of this thing without a position.

Expensive_Special120

And they will push it into BTC adding value to BTC Xd

MoistService2607

Spending dollars, saving BTC.

Flamboiant_Canadian

When Trump pardoned Ross Ulbricht, once he saw the light of day, some Silk Road era dormant BTC wallets started moving money around. It's not hard to believe that some people have contingency plans. All you have to do is memorize a few words in a specific order and you can lock in a retirement plan. 

r8bosss

Or should I just rack up rewards with my existing Citi double cash and Citi Costco card and spend the rewards on BTC? I do like the look of the Coinbase card though 😆

PATIENCEDDNOTGREDDY

Senator Lunny more like. BUT BTC is going to 328k at some point.

Veganarchyst

It is and will still be what we wanted, but there is going to be a LONG in-between time where it looks like financial institutions are in control The biggest problem? On and off ramps for using #BTC Since these are capitalist centralized corporations, there is no way for BTC to be it's own thing and separate from the corrupt systems Until we choose to use and are able to use BTC as currency completely disconnected from any Fiat money That is the big change that needs to happen for #Bitcoin to become what it was intended to be, and we can all leave the slavery promoting and corruption certainty of fiat

Muddy-Waterz

I think at this point it is evident that having at least some exposure to BTC is a good idea. Treat it as a volatile asset.

Transportiye

Another issue is that average Joe doesn’t has $100K lying around in his mattress. There’s always some psychological thing that you don’t want to buy fractional shares vs the pride of owning a 1 whole BTC. It needs to be broken up in smaller $10K worth units.

omg_its_david

One BTC can be divided 100 million times. So it's not "infinitely divisible" but in practice it might as well be because 0,000000001 BTC can hold any value you want.

Kurosaki56843

If you have only traded BTC so far, alts will feel very different. They are more emotional, less liquid, and a lot more narrative-driven, which makes them harder to trade consistently, especially intraday. If you still want to try, start with larger, liquid alts and watch how they move relative to BTC and overall market sentiment. Keep position sizes smaller than you would with BTC and be selective with setups. Most people get chopped up in alts because they overtrade or assume everything will behave rationally. It often does not.

Kurosaki56843

Same old story... Liquidity injections are always framed as technical fixes, but the effect is simple and cumulative - dilution. It rarely shows up overnight, but over years it quietly erodes savings and forces people into more risk just to stand still. That dynamic is not unique to India alone, it is the default setting of modern fiat systems. This just makes BTC's value proposition more clearer in that context. Hard supply removes discretion and long-term holders benefit simply by opting out of that dilution game. What matters after that is execution: staying invested without being forced to sell when liquidity is needed. Some people use tools like Nexo as a way to earn yield or access credit against BTC instead of liquidating, which aligns well with the idea of holding hard money while still living in the real economy.

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Kurosaki56843

For a first entry, the amount matters far less than the mindset. You bought exposure to a monetary network that has spent years absorbing volatility and macro stress while quietly compounding adoption underneath the noise. From here, the key is patience. Avoid overtrading, think in multi-year horizons rather than fixating on 2026, and stay capital efficient. Long-term holders often overlook that BTC does not have to sit idle-platforms like Nexo let you earn yield or access liquidity against it without selling, which helps you stay invested while keeping flexibility.

dinobotta

BTC is just screwed... they have planned this in a way that you must be a customer of an exchange and never move the coins out from a centralized entity. The middleman that Bitcoin was designed to get rid of... thank our core devs for this bastardation of Bitcoin.

GachaponPon

Thanks for that. So China and Russia account for almost the same mining as the U.S. Is that a risk? I mean China allows mining but bans its citizens from owning BTC. Could it screw the west by shutting down Chinese miners? The economic impact on itself would be less due to the ban on ownership… What about the trend from off exchange wallets vs on exchange holdings and ETFs? Are more investors owning btc on exchanges and via ETFs these days?

Many_Importance3854

I rather prefer buying the asset, since crypto is the next big thing… ETF’s which were once a rumour in each bull run are now really a thing, so imagine the amount of conviction old crypto investors have which saw crypto become this from being called a scam back in the day.. ETF ‘s is the only reason BTC is even above 2021 ATH, if they were not present we would be at 30k prob…

Dapper_Addition_3837

Anything other than XRP is a waste of time. Why do you think they have a 30+ day streak of net inflows on their ETFs, even during the week of Christmas? Beating BTC and ETH. Why do you think they are the most regulated crypto out there? Do you think Ripple has too much time to waste and went out of their way to secure all these licenses? Why do you think they requested the banking license and got approved? Where do you think the BIG money is going to flow into in the future? Dogecoin?

partyproperwebhook

Interesting. My code tells me that the true value of BTC is 37k USDT. I am still waiting.

Hungry_Hippo_9930

Markets aren’t favoring gold over Bitcoin they’re front running liquidity. Gold moves first BTC historically follows harder.

2xfun

Most people can't cope with volatility. Good luck keeping the average Joe from panicking with BTC.

LonelySpyro420

I’m borrowing against my BTC on Solana. Specifically Jupiter Lend where I’m paying 1.8% APY in EURC a Euro stablecoin.

CryptoWhalbsl

Me : saves 5$/ month in BTC Senator Lummis: “ Save for retirement!” My wallet : 😭”

Hungry_Hippo_9930

Short answer yes it works exactly like you described but it’s riskier than it sounds. Most platforms only let you borrow 30–50% LTV, so with $8k BTC you’re probably capped around $2.5–4k. If BTC drops, you get margin calls and if you don’t add collateral fast enough they liquidate your BTC. Rates are usually higher than banks, plus you’re taking counterparty risk we’ve seen how that ends Personally unless you really need the cash and can handle volatility selling a small portion is often the simpler safer move.

PhazeXer

It wil go down to 71,000 by the end of this month. People are buying gold and silver mate... not BTC

Suspicious-Skill1934

It cant be use at large scale, i think BTC will be used as side stuff, thinking it will replace rhe banking system is a dream

Fit-Poet6736

I have used Nexo for this over the years. here's what you need to know * you can borrow as much as you want, the max LTV (loan to value) for BTC is 50% * if your LTV goes goes up, and let's say it reaches 100%, the collateral is sold, so you need to maintain a healthy LTV, no more than 85% I think * rates vary - between 2.9% and 10% (but that depends on your loyalty tier as well) * for me - it's better than selling, as I am actually planning to hodl long term, and when the price of an asset used as collateral appreciates, LTV gets lower and you end up with excess collateral = profit

Zdendon

I have experience with Nexo so answers for nexo - you should also look it up on the site itself. How much: 50 percent of the BTC value Rate: 10.5 to 18.9 depending on how much Nexo tokens you hold. (10 percent is limit for 10.5) Also when (loan-to-value) collateral is under 20 percent you pay only 2.9 interest rate. Liquidation: partial selling and repayments when collateral is only 80 percent Platform: nexo lived through many crypto crises without even pausing withdrawals and transfers. (Celsius, Ftx, ...) There is risk with borrowing when the asset falls in value. So it's better to have more collateral. Other than that it's stupidly easy to do it. You just open account, send BTC, borrow money and send it back. Everything with mobile phone. You can even get a card and use it to buy stuff against your crypto. Your BTC will move to "credit wallet" so it won't earn interest and you can't move it without paying the loan first or exchange it for other collateral.

PresentLiner

You might use Aave. You lend BTC and get USDT/USDT and do whatever you want with it. Also make sure you copy paste your wallet address into a portfolio tracker like CoinStats to track your health score and make sure you don't get liquidated buddy

phil1rio

I did this with Celsius Network and Alex Mashinsky made sure me and 1000s of others lost their behind on it. What you noted above checks out, but I would recommend Strike if you absolutely have to. Other alternative is using a service like Prosper if it’s only like 3-4K. At these prices, BTC is still in its price infancy. Will be easier to do this when it’s at $1M +, but I would urge you to look at less risky ways to find that money.

OkBojack420

**How much can you actually borrow?** Most platforms will allow you to borrow about 80% of the value you put up as collateral. **What happens if Bitcoin price drops?** If it hits a liquidation level hits they cash you out, no more loan, but also no more Bitcoin. So keep your LTV ratio at a comfortable level to avoid this. **What are the interest rates like?** Usually flexible, changing by the day or even hour. You also don't usually get USD or EUR but you borrow a stable coin. I have seen interest rates for BTC USDT pair go as high as 120% APR. **Which platforms actually do this?** Many, besides the ones you mentioned, Binance, ByBit, probably most other major exchanges. **Is this actually better than just selling?** It can be, but only if Bitcoin decently outpaces it's gains compared to the interest rate you are being charged. Hope that helps, merry Christmas.

ROUCHBEN

I’ve looked into this a few times and it sounds simple, but the risks are usually underestimated. Most platforms will only let you borrow ~20–40% LTV, not 50%, specifically because of volatility. The real danger isn’t the interest rate — it’s liquidation. If BTC drops fast, you can lose part or all of your collateral before you even have time to react. On paper, loans avoid taxes. In practice, you’re adding counterparty risk, liquidation risk, and timing risk on top of normal market volatility. For some people that trade-off is fine, for others it’s a nightmare waiting to happen. Honestly, selling a small portion and sleeping well can sometimes be the “boring but safe” option. Curious to hear from people who’ve actually used these loans through a full market cycle, not just in bull runs.

YogurtOk2289

I was comparing both and honestly it depends on how you use crypto. If you’re already a Coinbase One member and keep a decent balance there, the Coinbase Amex is solid. The flat 2–2.5%+ back in BTC is simple and you don’t have to think about categories. It really starts to make sense once your balance grows. The Gemini card is better for day-to-day spending if you don’t want a subscription. 4% on gas/transit, 3% dining, 2% groceries is hard to beat, but you do have to pay attention to categories. Nice part is rewards are instant and you can choose BTC or other coins. Already deep in Coinbase and want simple BTC = Coinbase card Want higher rewards on normal spending, no monthly fee =Gemini card

xoleji8054

He so smart to own 100% BNB 0% BTC btw.

Tell2ko

Yeah that’s fine mate, PayPal is probably better I could do 0.00065 BTC for €55 including the fee for me to buy and fee to transfer to you so 0.00065 is the amount you will receive

qwerasdfgthy

You do understand that the BTC L1 transaction throughput is nothing compared to what would be needed for 8 billion people even with lightning network given that people would need to be able to open and close lightning channels, and re-fund them?

RawLaws

I want to add 0.001 BTC and even that is hardly possible.

themrgq

There was no need to increase block sizes, transaction demand was still small. If we ever actually need way more transactions (years away imo until BTC hits a stable price where it goes up by just inflation) then it'll be addressed then

themrgq

If we ever get to the point where people actually want to transact with BTC en masse then I fully believe block size will change.

themrgq

That's because lightning sucks. You lose control of BTC it defeats the purpose of self custody lol