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AutomaticGrape9263

Ooof... That just made BTC noticeably less attractive.

shaunj72143

I did this with ZEC but that was completely a (very) happy accident. BTC (possibly eth) is the only fire and forget crypto...even then, I'd personally wait til the next catastrophic crash (like the FTX collapse) to buy in. Just collect USDC/USDT til the bottom is in. Buy BTC, write down your seed phrase, stick it in your gun safe/safe deposit box, check back in a decade. Otherwise you're just playing in the casino (not trying to be a dick, just relating my own mistakes/successes

UrbanGrower187

Pretty sure their in the profit atm but I guess that doesn’t matter. All I know for myself is buying BTC everyday for the last 4 years has been the best financial pivot I have made in life. Let’s see what my account shows in the next 10-15 years. Pretty sure it will be up more than today. But again I don’t have a Chrystal ball just 16 years of price action to base my judgment off of.

Dependent-Ocelot908

Maybe. My reversal short trades worked but then after sometime they did not. But my BTC spot longs always worked

suuperfli

how would mstr go bankrupt? here are the numbers currently: 845,050 BTC (\~$66.6B) vs $6.75B debt and \~$14.9B preferred stock. \-Debt only: \~10% of BTC value \-Debt + preferred: \~33% \-Net debt after $6.71B in cash/reserves: \~zero

polymath_uk_

Does it mean total amount owned by country of the total BTC supply, or the percentage of the population that has any BTC holding whatsoever? 

True-Lychee

Source is here: https://x.com/willywoo/status/2094622849722163385 Bitcoin Total Users In this study of Bitcoin's adoption-S curve I've put together all the known studies of Bitcoin and Crypto Asset adoption here on this single chart. References and comments are below Glassnode The earliest studies can be found forensically in the Bitcoin blockchain. Glassnode clusters BTC addresses into individual entities based on transactional interactions. This is a reliable and high resolution view into the unique users until 2016 onwards. From 2016 onwards we started to see users adopting custodial wallets offered by exchanges without an on-chain footprint. Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance The Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance between 2016-2020 conducted three benchmark studies surveying the entire industry. Part of this study had lower bound numbers for unique KYC-ed users on crypto exchanges Reports: CCAF Benchmark Study 2, p33 CCAF Benchmark Study 3, p44 Crypto.com Reports on Market Sizing Well known exchange Crypto.com has conducted annual studies of market sizing. Their data is in strong congruence with prior studies from Cambridge and Glassnode. Reports: 2021 Report 2022 Report 2023 Report Triple-A Digital payments provider Triple-A conducted a study from 16 prior studies from various sources, they applied their own weightings to derive their figure of 420 million users in May of 2023. GWI Between 2020 - 2022 GWI conducted a global survey of web users aged between 16 to 64 for those that owned cryptocurrency. Their results seem optimistic when compared to the industry surveys conducted by Cambridge and Crypto.com. The results, if accurate, may imply a significant number of users do not have exchange accounts. Woocharts To build a continuous curve I have run an interpolation line through the following datapoints: 2008-2016 - Glassnode on-chain entities 2016-2020 - Cambridge numbers for unique users on exchanges, with a 13.6% uplift to account for Bitcoin users who do not have exchange accounts 2021-2023 - Crypto.com numbers for unique crypto users on exchanges, with a 35% reduction to account for Bitcoin-only users. This is because recent Binance research shows 65% of crypto users hold Bitcoin. 2024 onwards - projected from the last known annual growth rate

UrbanGrower187

You’re confusing the ability to **create a fork** with the ability to **change Bitcoin**. Miners can absolutely fork the software tomorrow and mine a chain with 31 million coins. Nobody is claiming otherwise. But existing Bitcoin full nodes would reject those blocks because they violate the consensus rules those nodes enforce. Increasing the supply cap would therefore require a **hard fork**, meaning the new chain is incompatible with nodes enforcing Bitcoin’s current rules. Miners don’t simply “have the vote.” They provide hashpower and choose which valid blocks to mine, but full nodes determine which blocks they accept as valid. If miners create blocks awarding themselves more BTC than the rules permit, nodes reject them regardless of how much hashpower produced them. For that inflationary fork to actually replace Bitcoin economically, users, exchanges, custodians, wallets, businesses and other economic participants would have to adopt the new rules too. Otherwise you’ve created another cryptocurrency/fork whose market value has to compete with BTC. We’ve effectively seen this principle tested before: disagreement over Bitcoin’s rules can produce competing chains. A fork existing doesn’t automatically make it “Bitcoin.” So yes, the 21M limit is ultimately software and therefore technically changeable. **No, miners cannot unilaterally vote themselves another 10M BTC and have Bitcoin holders’ nodes recognize those coins.** And economically, convincing Bitcoin holders to deliberately destroy the scarcity property that gives the asset much of its monetary appeal would be a very different proposition from a government expanding fiat supply.

CoinRabbitFinance

Hey! If reducing impermanent loss is the goal, I’d look beyond LP strategies rather than search for a slightly different BTC pair. CoinRabbit Earn, for example, uses a fixed-rate CeFi savings model with daily accrual and flexible withdrawals. There is no paired asset or impermanent-loss calculation involved, so it is easier to evaluate separately from LP returns using the rate, access terms, and custody model.

Open_Situation686

is that because BTC is essentially a religion at this point? It's value is only based on how much people believe?

_RFAML_

i just realized BTC is for nerds

dollyrar

I did this a few days ago. Made some decent money on it to pump back into BTC, but just seems like a heartache is on the horizon for a lot of people.

tenor_tymir

When did you deposit the BTC to your wallet? What device did you use to deposit the BTC? What wallet did you use to receive the BTC? Do you know the address you sent the BTC to?

shsususysgwhwisuhdhs

"Nobody gets to vote to create another 10 million BTC because the economy is struggling." That's not true, the miners have the vote. They can decide to hard fork the chain with a changed rule. This seems quite possible when the block reward gets too low. You can argue all you that the new chain isn't the real Bitcoin. And it's true it would likely kill the value of both chains. But if you position is that people with voting power never make bad choices, I'm not sure what to tell you.

MS_Bizness_Man

You can’t live in bitcoin. Having a paid for house is still a good investment but more importantly it’s peace of mind. I disagree with all of the prop about never owning a home. I HODL BTC BTW.

hodler1992

Just buy BTC and forget about it. Thank me in 10 years

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Mikfinity_

There is no use case, it's the 21st century version of a store of value. What gets it solidified as a store is when more countries start treating it like Gold. Which is already happening sure, to a far lesser extent. Institutions are another story though, many have a progressive view on crypto assets which is why I think it's just a matter of time. Clarity act may help but once wealth transfers to the younger generations I think will be the green flag for universal adoption of crypto. Could be another 50 years under the assumption BTC is protected against quantum.

AYoungBulI

But to add to this, my analogy never explained why BTC or in this case pears are better. It just explained why inflation is bad for any currency.

No_Cat_8269

I’ll agree if you send the BTC first.

East-Lynx-4880

To me, the strongest argument is the independency and freedom BTC can give you. But for someone who just dont see it. I would try with: Consider, what if its not bullshit? What if Im right, would it realy hurt you, to have 1% of your savings or even just a hundred dollers in BTC? But in the end everyone has to do their homework themselfs. Dont trust, verify. Its all there, you just have to open your eyes...

UrbanGrower187

If a McDouble eventually costs $72 because the dollar has lost that much purchasing power, the important question isn’t how many dollars the burger costs it’s how much BTC you had to give up for it. If Bitcoin continues appreciating against fiat over the long term, the number of sats required to buy that burger could actually **fall while its dollar price rises**. So yes, someday a burger might be $72. The interesting question is whether it costs 100 sats, 50 sats or 10 sats by then. You’re measuring an asset with a fixed maximum supply in a currency whose supply and price level aren’t fixed. That’s literally the argument being made. 😂

AsherHayes6

Great math! Can't wait to buy a McDonald's McDouble with my 0.000001 BTC for $72.00.

poop-dolla

I get your point, but it kind of is a rounding error though. There’s over $20T USD in the current supply, so $20B is 0.0001% of the supply. There are around 20M BTC in the current supply, so that would be the equivalent of 20 BTC. For the total amount of BTC, 20 of them is kind of a rounding error too, right?

UrbanGrower187

That’s exactly my point though. Holding an asset doesn’t automatically protect you from currency debasement. I have three colleagues who bought detached homes around the end of COVID, put huge amounts of their savings into them, and are now underwater relative to what they paid. Their debt didn’t disappear just because they “own an asset.” The bigger issue is purchasing power. Canada literally targets positive inflation — 2% annually — meaning the dollar is expected to buy less over long periods of time. That doesn’t mean fiat is useless; it means holding cash over decades has a predictable purchasing-power cost. This is one reason Bitcoin has been such an interesting counterexample. Over roughly the last 15–16 years, BTC has produced extraordinary returns despite multiple 50–80% crashes. Fidelity Digital Assets notes that Bitcoin was the top-performing asset in **11 of the past 15 completed years**. And unlike fiat, Bitcoin’s monetary policy is known in advance: supply is capped at **21 million**, while new issuance is cut roughly in half every 210,000 blocks/\~4 years. Nobody gets to vote to create another 10 million BTC because the economy is struggling. Obviously past performance doesn’t guarantee future returns, and Bitcoin can have brutal drawdowns. But if adoption continues while new supply keeps declining, and the historical cycle of accumulation → halving/supply tightening → expansion continues, there’s a legitimate economic argument for BTC continuing to appreciate against currencies whose purchasing power declines over time. That’s my point: I’m not arguing that every house, stock or bond is bad. I’m arguing that **scarce productive or monetary assets have historically been where you want long-term wealth rather than sitting indefinitely in a currency deliberately targeting positive inflation.** Bitcoin has simply been the most extreme example of that thesis so far.

in4life

And then we’ll have a bear market to 80k and it’ll be BTC doomer cycle again.

dubble22

Follow the $ that runs the world. Blackrock for example is buying 100m \* plus of bitcoin all the time . A HYS account is ok for emergency funds but at best will match inflation. At least get 10% returns or you are losing. Another way to think about it is this example . BTC lows match Nividas highs… that is crazy value . Furthermore the financial market is shifting to blockchain tech through the use of tokens .. lastly once you give your $ to a bank, they own it and use it for their profits . Why not own your own $?

OkLaw1527

i think when btc hits 200k it will be BTC BTC BTC everywhere in all peoples mouth about it hitting 1M lol

UrbanGrower187

I think in a few years ppl will call him super smart to be buying so low but what do I know just been in the space for longer than two cycles and well BTC is always pushing soooo if you can’t handle the 50% dips you won’t be able to handle the 600% pumps. Best of luck DCA daily if you know what’s good for you.

slasssboad

Id start with Bisq 2 on desktop. Bisq Easy is useful if you have zero sats since it skips the security deposit, though expect smaller limits and a premium. Hodl Hodl is another browser based option. I keep trades small, verify reputation, avoid reversible payments, and send the BTC straight to my own wallet.

JacobCohen5

Easy to say 'sell your house and buy BTC' when you have a $5 Billion safety net to sleep on if Bitcoin dips 50%. If I do that and BTC crashes, I'm sleeping under a bridge with a seed phrase printed on a piece of cardboard.

LorryTick1

So, if you're considering buying BTC with a mortgage, it's a crazy concept, but people have been doing it.

exWiFi69

My BIL kept talking about how BTC was gambling and all that jazz. When it got down to $30k he was laying it on thick about how dumb I am. Funny how he stopped talking about it when it went to $100k. I don’t talk to anyone other than my husband about it anymore.

Capital_Jicama741

I mean remove BTC from the conversation. Why aren’t they already investing instead of holding a depreciating asset? Financial literacy is the basics before we even discuss a more complicated asset.

AdrianRamirez0

First time? Turn off the charts, go for a walk, and remember 1 BTC = 1 BTC. Zoom out and relax.

dxj_dxonjer

yeah, this is the annoying part with a lot of these platforms. buying crypto is easy, actually getting it out to a wallet is where the friction starts. If you’re doing this for a business, a proper gateway makes more sense. I’ve seen Inxy used for BTC/stablecoin payments and payouts at around the 1% mark, rather than trying to force everything through PayPal.

CoinGate_Gift_Cards

The more interesting signal is exactly what you pointed out: whether BTC can stay resilient when ETF flows cool off. If price only holds when there’s constant institutional buying, that’s not especially healthy.

Porcellanidae

I am satoshi and my wallet address is: 1FvzCLoTPGANNjWoUo6jUGuAG3wg1w4YjR This contains 50 BTC, if you can recover these you can have half the funds if you sent the other half to me.

quintavious_danilo

it sure if even 0.01% of BTC holders are going to see 1m crash to 200k

MooseLoot

Does it? If you asked the same with shares NVDA, the average person has no idea… I feel like average people are just not well versed with money period. It doesn’t matter whether it’s BTC or taxes or stonks

Common_Thought_828

BTC is a need to know basis. They need to open to hearing and learning about it.

Flashy_Set_1423

I would look for smaller independent businesses that accept Bitcoin directly supporting them feels more meaningful than using BTC through a large payment processor.

Existing_Key3458

Whitepaper writing beginsFeb 2005Pre-enlistment (still civilian)Enlists, U.S. ArmyMay 2006—RIP complete, joins 75th Ranger RegtFeb 2007Active duty begins in earnestDomain registrations for "Bitcoin coding"April 2007Active duty, Ranger RegimentWhitepaper publishedOct 31, 2008Still active duty (per timeline)Genesis Block minedJan 3, 2009Still active duty (per timeline)First BTC transaction to Hal FinneyJan 10, 2009Still active duty (per timeline)

EdisonP2857

Bart really said, “I’ve seen enough volatility for one lifetime”😂 BTC chopping around $78K after that run is basically the market testing everyone’s patience.

Hidden_Holder

We know some Satoshi addresses. Tell us what you sell or buy 0.01838465 BTC to see the new balance.

SpareEconomy1849

We all know BTC is volatile, comparing prices in a 1 year span isn't very useful

Angel-920118

1 BTC isn't much.

ColeIronHarbor

Nobody really knows if this is the bottom or if BTC is about to spike

Tall-Ad1293

Reddit sees “sold at 64k, bought at 78k” and immediately goes full portfolio manager 😂 MSTR isn’t a swing trader. The whole game is raising capital when the market gives them favorable terms and turning that into more BTC per share. Roast the structure if BTC/share stops growing. “He didn’t buy the exact bottom” is NPC analysis.

Grackal

By this logic, how much was a Big Mac in BTC this date last year, how much for the same Big Mac today?

espineze

Definitely! It may take time but BTC will surely hit the target of $1,000,000. According to many predictions like Telegaon and FlitPay, Bitcoin can easily hit the target of $1 Million by 2030.

Sapper_Initiative538

Should we be more worried about the way it can be banned/blocked ? Before you downvote me, i am talking about ways that govs will probably try to find, in order to block/bann it. Since after so many years and at such high value, BTC is not an decentralized universal official currency yet.

ackyou

I would say the halving that reduces the subsidy below 1 BTC is normal, as is the halving before it and the halving after it

Effective_Engine319

Anecdotally I went from eating stake and shake zero times per year to about two times per month because they accept BTC. I like using BTC as a currency and will do so every chance I get. Spend and replace.

Omaha_Poker

Mined at about 200 USD per coin. Lost 1.4 BTC on Poloniex, lost 0.9 on Celsius (should have learnt my lesson). Couldn't get a mortgage for a château in France and worked out that as a family we would have more memories in a house than I ever would with BTC on a digital wallet. I dreamt of having 10k in value, so once it hit over 1m I felt I had achieved more than I could have ever have imagined. Truthly thankful for everything, sad to have sold most my crypto as I am still a believer. 

HorsedickGoldstein

You don’t, and if BTC crashes I wouldn’t wanna be responsible for her lost money. Only invest what you can afford to lose. Someone with a lower risk tolerance may not be comfortable with the volatility. But TBH she should really be investing in atleast VOO

dowuu

Cool, now then people ~ let’s ask the real question here!. Is BTC going to surge in another 2-3 years from now!? With a new ATH?

AquarianAge144

Smart. If you have a Long Term Time Horizon. BTC is a Good Play. It only punishes short term initiates looking to get rich quick Like me. It punishes bad behavior or disloyalty.

Lefties_TheWorst7331

I just told you I have like 2 shares bud.. and fronting for people to buy it instead of BTC? Where did I do such? I'm simply explaining how the dilution mechanics work for it.. you're just making shit up though..

Kenesson-Ongute

I don't trust robots and scripts and I also buy twice a month. It's not much work to click a few buttons when I have spare cash I want to turn into BTC

Kenesson-Ongute

You need to understand what you are investing in and you also need to set some goals/rules you won't break when panic kicks it. That is why the best way to get into BTC is DCA and only investing money you are wiling to lose. If you invested more than you are able to withstand during downturns you are bound to make bad choices due to panic.

pipisgotthesauce

You feel weird only when you go over and beyond your budget. DCA only amounts you feel ok with and later on you can increase. Also you may feel like that because you haven’t put the hours to study BTC

MyWifeCrazy

Diminishing returns are rife here. It's seems crazy to say but unless bitcoin gets a real use case, it may not even break $300k until the mid 40s if ever. Unless the current usage for BTC changes from just being this investment and hope dump for many people, it will stall and stay stalled until it starts to heavily decline in value. I personally believe there are way to many ways for BTC to drop to zero before it gets even a sniff of a chance to reach $1m. I'd prefer it to reach $1m as I do own some, but I just do NOT see that happening at all.

MookieTheMet

Just let them manage their own finances, religion and political and ethical choices unless it has direct impact on you or if they ask for your advice. Imagine how the relationship would be right now if you convinced them to inveat their life savings into BTC last year at the ATH.

junkhead_7

>You can also pay at a lot of places directly with BTC. More and more everyday. Yeah, plenty. Like 1 shop every 100.000? Also, those who accept BTC usually operate with bullshit networks that require you to go through KYC regulations, which is a pain in the ass and kinda defeats the purpose of crypto as a whole. >When the economy inevitably crashes and there is a bank run, my wealth protected a lot more. Do you really think BTC will skyrocket when there'll be a crash? We didn't have a big enough crash, 2001 or 2008 like, since BTC was invented. I can't wait to see how it'd perform in a scenario such as those.

KanedaSyndrome

If she thinks investing in stocks is a nono, don't even get started on BTC

booyah-guitar-guy

Trying to convince someone about BTC is like trying to convince someone about god

tombola345

The point was that her money doesn't exist, that can't happen with BTC. You can also pay at a lot of places directly with BTC. More and more everyday. When the economy inevitably crashes and there is a bank run, my wealth is unaffected.

junkhead_7

What do you think happens if you convert all your BTC to FIAT? You get a bank transfer, if you're lucky your CEX doesn't try to slow it down or freeze funds. You then would still have to withdraw all your money from a bank anyway, if you want cash. So yeah, back to the starting square! BTC isn't the almighty solution you think it is, unfortunately.

Express-Economist-86

Sure but I’m not being particularly tight on numbers, no reason I wouldn’t do 25% of portfolio. I also have a good amount of dividend payers that can help me absorb and disperse shocks, and I will not only be holding, the BTC I took a loan on, I’ll still be buying and increasing my share of my increasing value asset. The thing I think is truly under appreciated is how few BTC there are. No one should be wanting to sell this. I’ve worked with elderly adults a while and *nobody* is ready for how long they’re going to live. Medical science is insane. Selling the underlying makes for dismal years with nothing to float you when you’re at your most vulnerable. Just straight life advice - find any way you can to get appreciating assets and then ways to never sell. Imagine a sea of old grey heads, some on respirators, all in cheap creaking wheelchairs, huddled so quietly you didn’t even know they were there - massed into a corner of a fluorescent-lit room big enough to hold a funeral in with a single flickering tiny TV. That’s an old person’s poor house. Knew right then and there, systematic changes aside - I never want that. Bitcoin sales get me closer to that life. Hell. No.

youngmind12

yes I do that is why I think stablecoin and BTC have been gaining more exposure

JoopMens

Made sure it was spare savings. Put it offline and just enjoy the ride. I believed when I invested. And keep on doing so throughout the cycles. I didn’t enjoy bear markets but kept on believing and now I am a little more senior I just don’t care and forget about BTC for a few years until it becomes interesting again.

ArkBetterThanPUBG

I did. It felt like putting down a dog that I grew up with but I ended up selling. As soon as I get my finances back in check then I’ll buy back in October. I never expected to have to touch by BTC this early in life

Lehcen

I’ve been into BTC since 2017. Made my fair share of fucks up ie trading it. Still hold a decent amount. But I’m at the point of getting tired of volatility and my getting older. Si I decided to diversify. I sold some and invested in index funds. And plan to sell more next bull market and just hold a bit. Have you thought of anything like this?

LiquiditySlushy

Most metrics are bullish from what I can gather on CryptoQuant. I will guess that we are soon headed for another leg up from the last rally. I do not think price will go under $76,000 first. I think it will pass $83,000 first. One metric that is bearish is whale activity in the short term. With that said whale holders with at least 100 BTC in their wallet are more bullish. Wallets with less than 100 BTC are bearish. That is my knowledge.

UKcoin2

Easy because you made large gains in a short time, it's easy to hold onto the best investment of your life. I'm not sure why people find it so hard to understand, many of us knew the potential of Bitcoin was unlimited. You could cash out 1% and either get your money back or already have a nice profit, the rest is free to ride. I went all in start of 2013 and currently have more BTC than I started with, along with having cashed out 1000x what I put in.

xGsGt

I feel like in 10years we will have a real challenge with chancing how much BTC is given for mining and the limit of 21m btc

KanedaSyndrome

You reveal that you're new to investing. Experienced investors don't get that fear you describe. Think of the asset instead of it's FIAT value. Think in shares, think i BTC, not in USD.

iLikeTurtuls

I think the worst is when they don’t trust BTC but trust stocks, as if they don’t have the same manipulation happening to them

nedkrastev

Now sell your BTC to buy SpaceX. then repeat ∞ infinite money glitch

Icy_Box_7224

This is not possible because eventually even exchange BTC gets dusted with cootie SATS.

KwakuDagati

I got 1 BTC in 2015 when its was under 400 USD and then forgot my wallet password until recently when i recovered it but im glad i couldn’t figure out the password back then because i know i would have sold in 2017 😅

tenor_tymir

BTC always comes back, that give some peace of mind. I enjoy pullbacks as much as I enjoy rallies. Sometimes I buy more, sometimes I buy less, but I won’t stop buying overall.

jeffdeansalem

Strategy can issue more shares when MSTR is trading at a premium to the value of its BTC holdings, basically when it’s above mNAV. When BTC goes up, MSTR’s trading volume usually increases as well. Strategy can use that liquidity to tap its at-the-market (ATM) offering and issue shares based on the trading activity that day. For example, over the last two weeks, MSTR issued around 15 million shares into the market at the prevailing prices. That’s only a fraction of the total trading volume, so the additional shares were easily absorbed without moving the price much and shouldn’t have a meaningful impact on the market price. The important part is that they can really take advantage of this when MSTR is trading above mNAV **and** there’s high trading volume. And that typically happens when BTC is rallying. So the higher BTC goes → the more MSTR volume/liquidity → the more efficiently Strategy can raise capital through the ATM.

PirateLiver

Yeah I did my best to spend and use the coin as much as I could. Bitcoin has always just been incredible to me. I had a rug I bought for like 0.2 BTC (it's now been trashed). I have a framed art print I bought for 0.25 BTC (still have that, it's worth like $2k). Used some on newegg for some computer parts. Traded plenty for other cryptos along the way, some winners and some losers.

RunItupBaby

After all these years mining, I finally started working in my BTC bag 😎🍻

magicseadog

My partner had an ungodly amount because she dated a guy who was broke and accepted BTC as payment at his cafe. He was broke and so would pay her with the BTC when he didn't have cash. She still has a bit but sold most long ago. She said to me once why didn't I just hold it? To which my response was unless you forgot about it or lost it you never could have. You would need to be a red pilled, diamond hands psycho there is no way you could have the conviction to hold from 150 bucks to 100 000. It's impossible.

Usual_Suspect8663

You guys really don’t get it do you? MSTR share price increases by over 50% in that time frame, BTC increases by 20%, they ATM the shares at the 50% so they actually get a discount on the BTC then if they had bought at 60k. Like it’s basic math and is better for BTC per share

Hidden_Strikez469

I'd look for something open source, well established, and preferably Bitcoin-only if BTC is all you're storing. Trezor, Jade, BitBox, and Passport are worth researching, but the way you protect your seed phrase matters just as much as which hardware wallet you buy.

ama9910

I first bought in 2011 for $8. But only a small amount as it was just for an online game that accepted BTC. Told myself I’ll only sell if I need the money. Sold some in 2023, but still have most of it.

ximogui

They buy when their mNAV expands. Their mNAV hit 1.1 last week (highest level in 2 months) so BTC purchases were accretive. They also bought back STRC however so their overall BTC per share fell slightly.

Agitated_Medium5844

Everything crypto is a money grab hence the declining prices. That said, declining prices are default for BTC. But you notice the up move happened over just 3 days. There was 8 months of steady decline, then it was all erased in just 3 days. You see the same thing in all markets, it is a market that tries to make as many people wrong as possible. Rewards patience and a long term view. There is nothing long term about crypto though. Crypto (not BTC) is a funding transfer mechanism from retail to insiders and hedge funds. It is theft. Don’t pay the cabal

MarloChrisSnoop

Yea I’m so torn.. wanna derisk 1/3 of my BTC to Fidelity just in case but something a part of me feels weird giving my keys away.

Plane_Reference8896

Trump is buying huge reserves of oil from Venezuela. Isn't their main currency there, BTC?? SOMETHING'S GOING ON HERE.

Medical-Junket1576

Strategy had to defend STRC which forced them to pivot, once STRC is back to par and maintains it they can resume big purchases of BTC or pay down convertible debt

DontLook_Weirdo

BTC will be fine with or without saylor. It's cool that he's involved but he doesn't direct or navigate this boat

wiki_wiki_pedia

Lightning works great for transactions. Check BTC maps, plenty of businesses are starting to adopt it

Billkr

BTC Pay is fairly easy server to set up. Luna node is where I host my BTCPay server. I provide BTC and lightning payments for a few merchants in my local area with it as well as my own web store.

ajburch92

I'm going by the dream that BTC keeps rising rather than cycling like it has been. Those who use it early end up with nothing. If it keeps cycling, then using it as a long term store of value doesn't make sense either. So I guess short-term trading is how most people interact with crypto?

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