IMO

Get_the_nak

hashing is a better word than encoding which has a broader meaning, IMO

BigDeezerrr

I smash bought the second i saw the announcement and am quite happy so far. I think its mNAV is a bit high at the moment but they have deep pockets, tradfi expertise in Cantor, and a Bitcoin psychopath at the helm. They should be able to execute the Strategy playbook quite well IMO.

uclatommy

If energy becomes free, that might remove some value from proof of work. IMO, part of bitcoin’s value come from the cost of mining. It doesn’t completely make POW obsolete however because you have to also spend time, not just energy.

Full-Sound-6269

IMO, next 2 months are going to be a bloodbath of epic proportions. I am a pessimist by nature, so I hold my money out of risky assets for now.

CosmicTraveller_369

Yeah I've thought about this too. They definitely do repel them to an extent, this is great for Solana's ecosystem IMO

StrategyComplete9982

Yes and no. If we started this cycle, we are not becoming multi millionaires in 4 years by investing 10 grand. With that said, it is still outperforming any other asset as a whole, so unfortunately 100-1000x's will not happen (don't let people lie to you, your intuition is correct). Now you may need to put a couple hundred grand in and hopefully that becomes millions in 8-12 years. But the OG BTC people did put in their time, if they bought early in 2013-2017 and sold now, they still waited 8-12 years, their upside is probably 100x the upside of starting now. Next option then is ppl look to altcoins to get those returns and that is a risky game. BTC has been the only one to make higher highs every cycle. The only one. Conclusion: IMO the opportunity is still here, however, entering now, one MUST learn to actively trade, Hodling and doing nothing wont do it (unless you have a 20 yr timespan).

AstroBoyWunder

Just HODL and wait for the market uncertainty to pass. BTC will always be propped up and will always lead the charge and is still very bullish IMO (although I still think XRP and CRV will lead the alts).

Carwyn23

Exactly, I've given this some thought too. This is great for Solana's ecosystem IMO, something the space has needed for a very long time

PlasticEyebrow

Personally, we'll probably see some dimished cycle movements. Some people will still anticipate the cycle, and sell. But institutions (and me) will buy up those coins. So really, while we will always see some up/down movements, its mainly up from here IMO.

maninas

Totally understandable. Now if they'd move (perhaps eventually, when it's more marui) the collaboration and discussions over to [Radicle ](https://radicle.xyz/), then we'd all be able to read anyone's comments while the team ban users from showing up in their own node. IMO that's the ideal scenario.

reZZZ22

The OG Bitcoin as Silk Road markets will never go away. I understand Bitcoin isn’t 100% untraceable like Monero. IMO, I don’t believe Ethereum will stay in the #2 looking further in the future.

UnauthorizedGoose

I disagree on the negative underlying value point. The energy cost of bitcoin is what it costs to afford *humanity* a permissionless and decentralized network to exchange value. Yes, the energy costs are high, but this is like providing a public utility for the entire globe or any person who wants to participate, can. Bitcoin is to money what the internet is to information. Would you say the internet has negative underlying value because of the cost to power computers across the globe to afford people access to information? I'd argue the cost to run a computer which allows untold numbers of people to better their lives is worth it. Same for bitcoin, IMO.

PullTheBull

You’re 25. You could invest in something for 10 years, lose it all and you’d still have enough time to sort yourself out. IMO these are the years to have your risk tolerance at its highest. I’m talking bitcoin, not meme coins and all that. If I were you I’d do half and half then see how things progress after a few years.

-Xaron-

It depends where you ask. You're in a Bitcoin sub, of course Bitcoin is the "future". I see it as a highly speculative investment. Totally unusable like currencies are. If you see it that way, IMO all is fine. Can it go up to $1M? Sure. Can it go down to zero? Absolutely. Will it ever replace any currency. Surely not.

mrjune2040

IMO it’s a poor forward looking indicator (which is the most valuable). I’d argue that Reddit sentiment lags behind, yes you notice large traffic shifts but that’s usually an indication of fomo and the market being overbought. Reddit is basically a barometer of retail reaction to market events–there’s much better macro datasets out there to base investment decisions on imo.

0_1_1_2_3_5

I have probably 30-40% allocated in BTC, and that amounts to significantly more than the vast majority of the people here. I am not a "bitcoin believer" by any means, and the time to change your life with a small investment going 1000x with BTC is likely gone. However, I believe it is silly to ignore it as an investment since there is no reason it will be going away anytime soon, and every time someone says "it can't possibly go higher, it's going to crash", it goes higher. If you're trying to change your life with small investment, putting it all on black or playing the shitcoin casino is a better option, but bitcoin, IMO, has a very high chance of beating the rest of the market by a wide margin long term.

wagglyears

AI coins IMO will pump hard if this bull run gets going DSYNC, GPU, PALM, PIN, PAI

AccomplishedBall9400

IMO, this will be the token of 2025 and will be laying a blueprint to be followed for years to come. Oddly, the reason why it will win token of the year, is it's not really a token, you are basically getting micro shares of a business. Once people begin to realize that, this will go parabolic, it's only at 2.4M right now. Reality is, getting in under 25M will be a steal. People buy and sell looking for 2X all the time. Sure do that when this is at 100M+ if you want, but by then you may realize settling at 2X when entering at 100M would be foolish!!

Sabast-

The high centralization and very low fees of SOL is a problem. Of all the solutions to the classic Trilemma, SOL's approach is a terrible one IMO. It sacrifices security and decentralization, for an almost single-minded focus on scalability. A mainnet blockchain having an *outage* - at any time in the past - for example, should immediately make it a non-viable contender for anyone's portfolio. But, the crypto market is pretty dumb - or at least uneducated - when you get down to it. ETH on the other hand is way more expensive and slow, but way more secure and also no longer a great target for sh!tcoins. Other more modern chains are often somewhere in-between, but still usually much more secure and distributed that SOL. (E.g. algo, ada, etc.) Some disagree and that's fine - it's a good debate to have, if anything for more public awareness of SOL's problem. (I mean, *I'm* not going to have the debate. Go argue with the countless experts and math whizzes who actually design and/or analyze blockchains, who've expressed the opinion I'm merely echoing. I understand their arguments, just not at their level - and either way I'm tired of arguing about it.)

Stunning-Insect7135

It’s been a laggard based on history. But the peak that’s coming (based on history) should hit around November. Likely anywhere between $350-900k. Institutional adoption is going to be the driving force. Zero reason to be less bullish IMO

TripsterX

I think satoshi knew this day would come. He knew that his creation would one day make him a person of interest, and not necessariltlry for the right reasons. I think its a good job know one knows their identity, because we know for sure, he would have been swept up by government years ago. Satoshi was a visionary decades ahead of his time IMO

EnZ07boyyy

IMO dip idk how far.. but down overall on the weekend and then Monday is a HUGE up or down.. probably a scam wick either way.. my guess is sharp up followed by sell the news / nothing burger down down down. That’s it for the forecast back to you 🐸

Sparkskatezx3

IMO, it really depends on your risk tolerance. Focusing on 2-3 strong projects like BTC, ETH, and maybe one emerging tech could work for some. Others prefer spreading across 8-10 to hedge risks. Also, an index fund for crypto sounds cool but there isn’t a widely adopted one yet. Worth watching for future innovation.

Emergency_Bother9837

Bad time to get in IMO. I probably would sell at least half and put it into broad market index funds (DCA) the market has a long way down to go

Aazimoxx

>Well IMO there is zero risk losing it all. BTC is NOT going to 0 period. It's a non-zero chance, but very low. Just like USD going to zero. Super unlikely despite current poor performance and volatility. I think there was only one period in all of its history that btc didn't see an investor get at least 50% return over a 4yr period, and **usually** that or better, over less than 24mths. Pretty much "*the only way to lose, is not to hodl*", for 2yrs or more.

prayerrwow

Well IMO there is zero risk losing it all. BTC is NOT going to 0 period. You lose if you sell.... You did the right move buddy!

Icy-South-3707

Better than gambling IMO

MixtapeNostalgia

----- Not financial advice. Simply my own path. ----- Have you read the Bitcoin Whitepaper or a book called Broken Money, or even better (and this one was ahead of its time) The Bitcoin Standard? I definitely recommend all three. If you don't agree with the fundamentals of what Satoshi was aiming for, that's okay. But I've dedicated the last 6+ years to understanding (to the best of my ability) why he created Bitcoin, and I enjoy reading things that elucidate these views and in fact the opinions of detractors. But unfortunately it is the detractors that sort of kept one of my feet inside the world of fiat for far too long. It's my own choice and fault at the end of the day, but the amount of FUD you'll find on almost every single non-crypto financial subreddit is staggering. Mostly because it is all wrong. Objectively. Time will prove this. I recently saw a redditor write that "People will buy Bitcoin at the price they deserve" a few days ago, and it is one of the most poignant things I've ever read on the topic. And one of the most truly accurate. Yeah, I've made good money with LETFs and VT has been kind to me. But had I just put my money in Bitcoin instead of messing around with that stuff, I would have made more money than I'm prepared to admit. And to be honest, money isn't massively important to me on a personal level. I am certainly not happier because I can pay my bills. I simply grew up very poor, but l knew I had the ability to turn $ into $ if I dedicated enough time to learning on my own. Never did I think it would come to turning $ into BTC. And never did I think I'd come to see BTC as a true asset - one that could and has changed my life and the lives of so many others. I will continue on this path and try to leave as much of it behind as possible when I'm gone, and help ppl along the way while I'm here; living life under a true Bitcoin standard as soon as possible. So there is no second or third best option. There are just.. other options. And because BTC ETFs are a thing, they are viable options to protect against the unthinkable (lost keys). Again, not financial advice here, just a portion of my own path - *Pay down debts and build an emergency fund (6-12 months of salary) with a HYSA. DCA into BTC ETF(s). *Get marketplace insurance with a high enough deductible / use employer options to have a HSA and DCA into that with the aforementioned method. *Repeat the previous step with earned income into a Roth IRA. *If self employed, repeat previous step via solo 401k and/or SEP IRA. *If fortunate enough to be able to do all of this at once, good times. Obviously, IMO, utilizing actual BTC above all other methods is the most important one. But those are some other options to consider. Definitely not better, but helpful as hedges. They're definitely not in line with what BTC is all about, either. Or don't do any of that and hope that fiat doesn't continue to lose buying power and that BTC doesn't become the world's financial standard. I just suggest reading some things and taking a good look into - and understanding - Bitcoin before it's too late. These first 16 years will be dwarfed by the growth of the next 8. But I'm just a dude on the Internet. I would be looked at as a space lizard if I said this to almost anyone I know. And have been, lol. I wouldn't bother writing any of this outside of a Bitcoin forum, either. Most people will tell you it's all speculation. And I mean, speculation isn't necessarily bad. Diversification isn't either, especially if you're already at the point at which you do not at all worry about your finances. ----- Again, I repeat, this isn't financial advice. This is a version of my story. Do your own due diligence. -----

Known-Respect9935

IMO at that age it’s better to sell and enjoy the money rather than hodling, you never know if they’ll live to 90 or not

Lite_Touch

IMO there's not a single solution for ease of use that has great security. You're best bet would be to use an air-gaped hardware wallet for cold storage and a hot-wallet for any amount of BTC that you can accept some risk to.

Romanizer

It actually is at 2.4 million as seen here: [https://cointelegraph.com/news/ark-invest-predicts-bitcoin-could-rise-to-over-2-million-by-2030](https://cointelegraph.com/news/ark-invest-predicts-bitcoin-could-rise-to-over-2-million-by-2030) I think she gravely underestimates institutional demand and nation-state reserves, digital gold part is pretty cautious IMO. 2.4 Million would be the bare minimum for a successful Bitcoin, therefore Cathie Wood is giga bearish.

Soybugman

One final (very quick) move down will happen in the next week or so IMO - Use that to get your final bag in place for what’s coming.

DasRedBeard87

I'm sure in the long run they most likely will since BTC can go up and down drasticly at the drop of a pin. But IMO both assets are basically ever going to go up in the long run. BTC might be the face of the new world currency but Gold is gold and it will never go away. Now I'm curious, are we talking Gold as in Gold ETFs? Or actual physical coins and bars? If it's ETFs then I would most likely sell. Gold ETFs make about as much sense to me as a BTC ETF (with YBTC being the exception) because why would I buy stock in an ETF when I could have direct exposure to the Asset itself.

the_bueg

In my imperfect estimation, Monero has had the most stable price action in recent years. That, along with better TPS and lower tx fees that BTC - not to mention the privacy and fungibility of cash - a WAY better "currency" than BTC. I've written at length in a few other comments the last couple of days why BTC is the absolute worst "currency" of all crypto, but other comments basically encapsulate it. Monero still has an energy problem though. Not a month's worth of average US household electricity for each transaction like BTC, but it's still inefficient PoW, and with higher adoption, would attract even more miners. (I mine it myself but 100% solar and for a reason unrelated to profit. I still lose money.) Algorand is a highly underrated coin, near-free, about 1 second settlement, has USDC, time-and-battle-tested, and outstanding open governance and concentration-resistance. Cardano attributes *almost* as good, but no stablecoin yet. (And for investors, not undervalued.) XRP and SOL are too centralized and opaque for my tastes, and grossly overvalued IMO. Hedera seems promising but currently price action is too hyped (good for me bad for a currency). Needs more time, and a stablecoin. But none of that probably matters. Certainly not some rando's analysis, no matter how sober. If TSLA can take off after that earnings announcement, nothing really matters. Although we already kinda knew that in our heart of hearts didn't we - with BTC being the winningest coin going for no good reason other than being the first, and its name recognition by boomers who know absolutely nothing about crypto and just want to be able to call their broker and say, "get me in this 'crypto' thing!".

the_bueg

It's so irrational. BTC's value is not as a "currency", but as "digital gold" as they say. A "finite store of value". Which to me sounds like copium, and has no defensible basis in reality. At the end of the day, IMO, it's just a speculative asset, plain and simple. Don't get me wrong, I've been in BTC for almost ten years - and slowly bought more through every major downturn - and it's done very well for me. So I'm not complaining, but I don't get it. It's not just irrational, it's moronic IMO. XRP and SOL are very high throughput and solving some problems like cross-border payments, but both are too opaque and centralized IMO, and SOL has had actual outages - an absolute non-starter in my book. I don't know how anyone can accept that, even as a historical blip. No distributed P2P crypto network should *ever* have an "outage". But again - the market is not rational, so what I would think should matter, is utterly irrelevant. Why has TSLA been going *up* after last earnings call? Up is down, and red is pineapple quarterback. Hedera sound really intriguing to me. I (and apparently only I) think of it as "Gen 3" crypto. I think of Algorand and Cardano are "Gen 2+", and ETH on Proof-of-Stake is "Gen 2". ETH on Proof-of-Work was "Gen 1+" in my mind (supporting smart contracts but still crazy power requirements), Bitcoin is "Gen 1 proof-of-concept". The first. Works about as well as a toddler eating glue. Monero is solidly and [I'd argue] the best of Gen 1: still PoW and no smart contracts - but low tx costs, faster than bitcoin - and as private and fungible as cash. I myself am mostly in Bitcoin, but betting heavily on Hedera and Algorand. ALGO is a total underdog, overlooked, underappreciated, and IMO grossly undervalued. What it has going for is is essentially free and instant transactions - among the quickest going - excellent governance and decentralization model, USDC is available on the chain, and the foundation is apparently making deals left and right with governments and other organizations. To do what, exactly, I don't quite remember [and/or never bothered looking into it more] - but the chain could certainly be used as the basis for one or more government-sponsored digital currencies for better or worse. (Better for ALGO, for sure.) But again, fundamentals and logic really don't seem to mean shit. Just throw a dart at the friggin wall.

SpecialDonkey6563

You need to be thinking in decades. Bitcoin is not a stock that you trade for a profit. Bitcoin allows you to get rid of an asset that is continuously losing value (like dollars) and exchanging it for a scarce asset that can’t be debased (Bitcoin) and will continue to increase in value over time. It won’t be long before you can use your Bitcoin to generate cash flow for day to day living (less than 10 years IMO).

AllUrUpsAreBelong2Us

My goal is when that happens I am paying off my house. You could argue that holding that amount in bitcoin will be worth more than taking it out to pay a debt, but debt is slavery IMO.

semanticweb

Global digit ID is a myth. IMO this is something like 'sign in with Google' moment for chess platforms

segmadis

Buy and hodl is the best case scenario, but unfortunately if everyone doing this it will mean a coin which noone can buy anymore, and that may lead to stop of the adoption. IMO the best case scenario is everyone on the planet to have it's own part of Bitcoin, but still use it, that will keep the whole network alive after all.

Fortune_Fus1on

Shorting gold right now is insanity IMO

JerryLeeDog

I have IBIT (Blackrock) an also FBTC (Fidelity) IBIT is just a brand name I would trust over most others, and FBTC actually holds their own keys. Fidelity is ahead of he curve IMO for self custodying it themselves. Cheers

JerryLeeDog

As long as you have your other coins in a hardware wallet, its good to diversify IMO Especially in a tax advantaged account that otherwise can't have Bitcoin exposure directly. That said, when you buy on an exchange, thats not your Bitcoin until you withdraw it. Its a IOU and the exchange does not even have to buy Bitcoin when you give them money so you are actually suppressing the price when people leave coins on an exchange

ComplexWrangler1346

Bitcon is king but alt coins can make life changing money depending on what you invest in and knowing when to make profits ……don’t sleep on Bittensor (Tao) it’s only been out 2 years , works similar to Bitcoin has the EXACT amount on coins as Bitcoin…only 8 million in circulation and 20 million total ……and it’s an AI blockchain ……I feel this could be the next Bitcoin IMO

JerryLeeDog

Bitcoin is not something you will learn in a comment section I'm a supply chain director with rental properties and have done well, and it took me like 12 months to fully grasp Bitcoin. It's almost like even though I was good at gaming the system, I didn't fully understand the system's fatal flaws until Bitcoin clicked. Now I'm REALLY gaming the system by usng a trash money to buy the hardest asset on earth. You have to be able to see the system from outside the system. And if you don't understand the history of money and how it was captured by a central authority in each one, you won't be able to start the journey. Takes a lot of understanding from a lot of different places IMO "Th Bitcoin Standard" is what originally clicked for me. "Bitcoin Audible" also has a ton of PhD caliber readings that are pretty technical but incredibly powerful when you start to get it.

Carwyn23

Yeah I've thought about this too, this is great for Solana's ecosystem IMO

Several-Fan2339

We still have some major crashing to do IMO. By October we should have hit the bottom. I'd say "bet", but I am betting on it already.

Naive_Carpenter7321

IMO for the same reason, which you didn't answer.

extrastone

If you look at your computer it was probably produced by a company that is traded on the stock market and has parts from other companies that also trade on the stock market. The same goes for a large percentage of the products that you consume. The stock market will probably stick around in our lifetime. Bitcoin, IMO, is the highest quality currency that there is. As more people use it, the value of it will go up. Both seem fine.

avance70

> segwit address i've just googled blue wallet and it seems to only support segwit and not the old addresses, and from what i've noticed segwit should be cheaper for some transactions as it kinda groups more into one, but again it depends on what you're using... e.g. when i've purchased bitcoin on an on ramp, my fees were split and i've paid less than $1 for delivery, BUT, it depends heavily on your app/exchange, some may change like 100x more for segwit, or the other way around try to find some info on fees of your app, here's a starting point so you don't get ripped off: https://withdrawalfees.com/coins/bitcoin IMO, maybe easiest option is to test it yourself, create both types of addresses, and on the withdrawal page of your app, it should tell you the exact fees; you'll know if an address is segwit if it starts with "bc1" and otherwise it's probably the old one

sirporter

They are reaching for different things. BTC is simple, battle tested and just works. Supposed to be a store of value and most secure. ETH is a platform to build applications on. More complex and therefore involves more technical risk, IMO is riskier, but has more potential like hosting a trustless financial system

Rsloth

IMO yes

Huge_Monero_Shill

Yes, IMO. With the daily US political volatility, there will be a lot of noise, but all trends are pointed at up!

DRGN_HODLer

Dragonchain is my easy microcap pick to hold. DRGN had a good run during the 2017/2018 ICO launch craze and then subsequent Kucoin listing but then was suffocated during the abusive SEC securities crackdown. As we know now the tide is turning. Crypto loves a good comeback story. Dead coins returning to life. The tech is legit. The company has the patents to back it up. The founder has been resilient and persevered through the law-fare. They didn’t make it to the finish line to not win. Insanely low volume right now because you can only swap for it. I get mine swapping on ETH chain on Coinbase wallet. One of the easiest ways to get rich in crypto is to find the gem of a microcap and ride it on its way to becoming a large cap. IMO, DRGN is definitely a top 100 coin, and probably a top 20 coin this next cycle. The narrative is there. Survived the SEC. Legitimate tech. US based. Potentially the best comeback story in crypto history.

Zestyclose-Badger-25

IMO, looks like AI thinks "maybe not a good thing." I agree, but, especially given how phishing and scams are ever-more automated and successful at robbing "greatest generationers" of their lifetime earnings, and bombarding (the not easily fooled) techies with spam and fraud messages. Iit's BIG enterprise, mafia style.

DuckDuckMosss

I would wait for $100k before starting to buy IMO.

PlasticEyebrow

It is definitely a risk. But unlike gold, bitcoin is much more transparent. So I think it will be hard for them to pull this off on a larger scale without it being uncovered. But IMO, if you understand bitcoin, you will buy bitcoin, not the ETF.

mbugguss93

Explore options with solid fundamentals instead. Take a look at WhiteRock. It's an on chain brokerage that's tokenizing tangible assets such as stocks and bonds. With over $200 million in assets under management, a partnership with Mastercard (including a debit card for your crypto) and the benefit of being licensed and regulated, they offer 24/7 trading. It's connecting the worlds of crypto and TradFi. It could be a better alternative for your $1500 than a dull 1.5% APY IMO. Don't forget to DYOR

Complex_Fox_4559

It's perfectly reasonable to seek security, however, if you're still involved in cryptocurrency, you might want to explore options with solid fundamentals instead. Take a look at WhiteRock. It's an on chain brokerage that's tokenizing tangible assets such as stocks and bonds. With over $200 million in assets under management, a partnership with Mastercard (including a debit card for your crypto) and the benefit of being licensed and regulated, they offer 24/7 trading. It's connecting the worlds of crypto and TradFi. It could be a better alternative for your $1500 than a dull 1.5% APY IMO. Don't forget to DYOR

DuckDuckMosss

80/20 BTC to Cash. No other assets. Right now, it's at 85% BTC and 15% Cash. I rebalance based on risk metrics and how leveraged the market is. There's nothing wrong with reducing risk when most people are leveraging IMO

Syonoq

With all due respect, my confidence in this company is completely eroded. If your purpose is to prevent fraud, then perhaps you should lead with that. Acting as my bitcoin company (ie my bank for this conversation), and asking me what I'm going to do with my money, out of the blue, after denying my access to it, is strange and frightening. People are scammed, all the time, and having my *bank* ask me "where have you heard of us? where are you going to keep your money" is bizarre and reeks of a phishing attempt. As does, me replying with my email to a post on reddit to a stranger. (And even if it's not a phishing attempt, it's really, *none of your business what I do with my money.*) Let me play it differently for you. Imagine I'm attempting to withdraw my money from Bank of America and after my withdrawal attempt I'm told I'm denied, and that I can try again **in a month.** And then, after asking for support, Bank of America asks me "Where have you heard of us? Who will have access to your money, after you withdraw it?" And then Bank of America tells you to message them through Reddit to resolve the issue! And again, if your purpose is to prevent fraud, then you should warn people that they may not have access to their money for many weeks when they leave it with you in the beginning. But none of the questions in that email are going to prevent a fraudster, IMO, anyone could answer those questions and River would be none the wiser.

Syonoq

With all due respect, my confidence in this company is completely eroded. If your purpose is to prevent fraud, then perhaps you should lead with that. Acting as my bitcoin company (ie my bank for this conversation), and asking me what I'm going to do with my money, out of the blue, after denying my access to it, is strange and frightening. People are scammed, all the time, and having my \*bank\* ask me "where have you heard of us? where are you going to keep your money" is bizarre and reeks of a phishing attempt. As does, me replying with my email to a post on reddit to a stranger. (And even if it's not a phishing attempt, it's really, \*\*none of your business what I do with my money.\*\*) Let me play it differently for you. Imagine I'm attempting to withdraw my money from Bank of America and after my withdrawal attempt I'm told I'm denied, and that I can try again \*\*in a month.\*\* And then, after asking for support, Bank of America asks me "Where have you heard of us? Who will have access to your money, after you withdraw it?" And then Bank of America tells you to message them through Reddit to resolve the issue! And again, if your purpose is to prevent fraud, then you should warn people that they may not have access to their money for many weeks when they leave it with you in the beginning. But none of the questions in that email are going to prevent a fraudster, IMO, anyone could answer those questions and River would be none the wiser.

Icy-South-3707

Decoupling doesn't have to last into perpetuity IMO

Carwyn23

Yeah I've thought this too, this is great for Solana's ecosystem IMO

Case-Beautiful

IMO with the stock market, USD and bonds getting crushed I feel that this is the time for BTC to decouple from the market. I'm just sitting pretty with a grin on my face as it has slowly gone up the past week.

HighSeas4Me

Yea I know that, thats kind of my point tho. The foundation of ETH are these big fringe groups like you listed. The big wigs in the US stock market and government backed investment groups arnt gonna allow the aforementioned groups to be the foundation of their investment. The only thing I am not sure on is, what is the price where they feel comfortable establishing the ground floor. IMO that was BTC’s $3000 summer. Thats when the big teams said thats my price point and they built the floor

GerManic69

Btw I will add to my todo checking out the EUNX exchange you suggested, right now I wanna stick woth Kraken simply to avoid unexpected breakages if I switch the API key to a different exchange... but perhaps now that I am thinking about it I can have the codes logic optimized to accept data from multiple exchange apis, while only trading on my current exchange, in this way the bot could then verify the data its receiving in real time by comparing it to data received from other sources in real time...seems kinda brilliant IMO. Thank you very much for bringing this to my attention!

Ether2140

IMO Eth will melt faces within the next two cycles

DRAGULA85

Broken money, It’s not an easy read IMO, it’s a huge read and I zoned out. Same with the Bitcoin standard The big print is an easier read, I made it to the end

SaulMalone_Geologist

IMO, the most worrying thing I didn't see coming with AI is how many people are relying on AI answers as a default "it's probably accurate until proven otherwise," but have no idea they're using a digital magic 8-ball with answers mad-libbed together from social media rumors.

OrganizationOk4878

There is 100% chance bitcoin will pass 150k but when is the question. The past administration left the economy in a mess. IMO bitcoin and stocks will take back off next year but possibly this year .

tqlla3k

IMO, Eth is holding Alt season back. Unless Eth pops, there wont be an alt season.

Virtual_Television98

I mean, you’ve already stated your kids aren’t old enough. IMO there’s NO excuse to abandon them, seek help, desperately. Once you do get help, get a machine to stamp the words into a metal sheet, include the location of said sheet in the will, perhaps with another sheet explaining where they can access, how to cash out etc. Informational video would go a long way, but once again, you’re worth more than a couple of bitcoin.

2peg2city

This makes zero sense IMO

rkquinn

Only 25% of Americans have savings of $25k or more so 30k over the next month is counting on the fact that 7.9M holders overlap with the group that has available savings and desire to make this happen. IMO look at $200/day * 8M for different periods and estimate if a supply crunch still would develop ($48 B/ month).

repomies69

Starting from someone elses codebase is very bad idea IMO. There are always some bugs and when it is not your codebase it is way more difficult to fix.

MaterialNecessary274

IMO it's a flag saying i keep my money under my pillow

GG2GG025

If : *the rate of change of difficulty with respect to time(d/dt=first derivative=difficulty speed) is increasing. *the rate at Which the rate of change of difficulty with respect to time (d^2/dt^2=second derivative =acceleration ) is increasing , doesn't this mean future expectations of price increase . I think IMO this pure Maths Synthesis your Hash rate(POW) knowledge with Math(derivatives ...calculus ) . Or basic physics we learned in Highschool Distance -S(t), Speed -d/dtS(t)), Acceleration -d^2/dt2(S(t) Can you all of a sudden stop and make U-turn if you where driving @80 m^2/s, @20 m^2/s acc. You need to first cool you acceleration (acc=0) , the Speed=0, the S=0 step by step the make U-turn Otherwise you make catastrophic car accident if you try to break suddenly .

HesitantInvestor0

You’ve got it a bit wrong IMO. Difficulty increasing is essentially future expectation of price increases, or current prices being attractive. The price isn’t obligated to follow difficulty. Scenario 1: Bitcoin prices are high, mining is profitable - difficulty increases as miners try to capitalize on prices. Scenario 2: Mining is not profitable, but more breaking even - difficulty increases or decreases based on future price expectations. Scenario 3: Bitcoin price is in a negative swing, miners go offline to avoid losses - difficulty decreases. You’re making a mistake if you’re assuming mining difficulty moves the price of Bitcoin. If we see Bitcoin’s price cut in half over the next month, difficulty will come down. If Bitcoin soars, difficulty will rise.

rMx15

We likely wont see ATH on BTC for a long time (year+ at least) - stock market due for big correction IMO for at least months. Time will tell though.

Numerous_Ruin_4947

If you're in the U.S., capital gains taxes and record keeping can be a real headache. Tools like CoinTracking, Koinly, and CoinLedger definitely help, but there's still a fair amount of manual work involved. If you manage to pull off $150 a day, that's $54,750 in profit over a full year. Not impossible, but definitely unlikely. As others have mentioned, you're just as likely to have good days as you are to get wrecked on bad ones. And even if you're disciplined, you might end up slowly bleeding out through lots of small losses. I’ve also thought about experimenting with small leveraged long and short positions on separate exchanges - basically hedging both directions. Then, once one side clearly starts losing, you close it and try to ride the winning side until you hit your $100–$150 daily target. I prefer just holding and staking. Ethereum has great potential and is extremely undervalued relative to Bitcoin. Ethereum's fundamentals are better. ETH has the potential to go to $100k and beyond, IMO.

SpecialDonkey6563

They don’t have very good terms IMO. But I guess it depends on what you are looking for. I would want a 10 year loan at maybe 4%. And borrow half the amount of Bitcoin. So if i give them 2 Bitcoin, I get back 85K today. And 10 years to pay it back. The reason to do it is thinking Bitcoin will return greater than 4% per year. So let’s say in 5 years Bitcoin is 300K. I can put up 2 more Bitcoin and close out my previous loan, keeping the difference. 5 years later, Bitcoin might be 700K. I put up the previous 2 Bitcoin, get back 700K, pay off the previous loan and keep the difference. Basically you are generating cash flow without selling your Bitcoin. Of course the negative is you aren’t guaranteed that Bitcoin always goes up. So if it drops too much, you have to put up more Bitcoin collateral or lose your Bitcoin. But this service only offers 365 day loans. That’s way too short given Bitcoin’s volatility. And all of this also assumes you are dealing with a legitimate business and won’t get scammed.

BigDeezerrr

Bitcoin Standard is smaller and easier to digest IMO. For someone that would probably stop reading after a chapter or two if it doesnt hook them, Id point towards Bitcoin Standard first and Broken Money second.

Carwyn23

Same here, this has the potential to rival pumpfun IMO or at least get some of their market share

diegosaintesteben

IMO no, you put your bitcoin as collateral to get some cash, you use it and pay it back eventually, if bitcoin price goes up you only need to pay back the amount you got + interest, it’s easier to do that that trying to buy the same amount of bitcoin.

kwaker88

IMO It's more that altcoins are solving a problem that's not as important as broken money. They're probably solving a 10 billion dollar problem. Bitcoin is solving a 900 trillion dollar problem.

DeathMoJo

Kraken all day. Great customer support and very transparent IMO.

AngolaWinsAgain

IMO, good for GRID-SPOT bots

Calm_Easy

Is anything actually useful being built on DOT? Without any actual projects that bring revenue in nothing else matters. DOT in its current state is vaporware like SOL and other networks IMO. Does it mean things won’t be built on them? No. But as of today I haven’t seen an actually real project bring cash flow to them.

Old_Orange_2011

I use Strike. No fees if you DCA, and no fees sending to cold storage. Best one out there IMO.

Banker_dog

Impossible IMO You’re taking about a blockchain built from the ground up for privacy, vs the constant pivots and reimagining of ETH. At one point in the future ETH is simply going to break because of the poorly executed roadmap and issues with the underlying code

Intrepid_Guidance_57

I’ll keep it simple for you, Bitcoin is the one you want to invest in, you need to STUDY it like your life depends on it ( I’m not over dramatising ) study, understand its fundamentals , then buy and hold… never sell your Bitcoin. Buy it on an exchange, ( Coinbase, kraken ect ) DO NOT LEAVE YOUR COINS ON THE EXCHANGE ( potential hacks, accounts can be frozen or restricted if the system flags it for any reason ) Then you need to send your coins to a wallet YOU control… we call this “ cold storage “ you’ll also need a hardware wallet ( this holds the keys to your BTC, the keys are essentially what’s called a seed phrase, it’s either 12/24 words… ) MAKE SURE YOUR SEED PHRASE IS ON A TITANIUM METAL PLATE AND NOT PAPER INCASE OF FIRE,FLOOD, ETC YouTube is your friend here… BTCsessions is a great channel on YouTube that walks you through the process and also really helps you to understand what exactly you are doing and why. I recommend the Blockstream Jade for a hardware device, but that’s my personal opinion, he does a full breakdown of this hardware wallet as well, very beginner friendly IMO ( do your own research ) This is alot of info crammed into such a small reply so apologies about that, but everything I have written here is what you need to study and fast, there’s not much bitcoin left , it’s not just about the money, it’s freedom.. that’s what Bitcoin buys you, Time/freedom… but you’ll only ever understand this if you truly want to learn and get into it. I hope this helps man, I wish I had someone tell me this as soon as I entered crypto years ago.. Good luck my friend!

mbdtf95

Just saw this tweet pop up on frontpage of my twitter https://x.com/BitgetWallet/status/1911677577611382810 It is indeed from official Bitgetwallet account, and post is so shady and saying to send either 5 usdt or 1 BGB to some address to participate in raffle, and that to those who do not win it they will return to them after the event LOL. I mean that is weird and would make zero sense to me to be a real thing. But bunch of twitter accounts (not fake bots) are sending proofs of their transactions and I went to see both addresses and they already gathered 5 figures worth from these ''donations'' and they keep pouring every few seconds. IMO probably hacked account, but have to say if scam (which I personally think it is, though basically no one in replies is saying it lol), it might be one of the smarter ones since it asks for relatively low amount and banks on many people to donate. If by some chance not a scam, this is an awful type of raffle...

maddhy

Yeah, the price relative to the onchain TVL kind of equal the chain security. Well actually total number of staked ETH increased as the price tanked over past months. IMO the L2 roadmap is perfect for the future of tokenization. The reason is the structure of a universal chain cannot serve real world asset. The structure of RWA is fragmented due to different structures of different markets. There is stock market where the speed is the key. But there're also real estate, OTC, commodities, labor, Alibaba, bond auctioning etc where speed is not the key but the rules/regulation and security weigh far more. L2s are perfect for this as it allows the regulator to launch a chain and be the ruler (sequencer) who permit what entities can launch a token or not, especially in case of a hack, they can stop it from bridging out. They defo don't want memecoins, spams, scams on their L2s. At the moment the validators charge very low blobs fees to L2 to encourage adoption. It does temporarily hurt ETH's price. It all comes down to market (or big guys) expectation of the future of tokenization (ETH revenue).

Traditional-Fan-9315

They sold 30% of the tokens to some shady ass investment companies. That's who for sure (IMO) sold all their coins after pumping prices with volume exploits for months. They got tired of it flatlining so deciding to pull chute. The team is probably not in on it but dumb for letting this happen and shady as hell for thinking it wouldn't

Mysterious_Lunch6934

This is a true source of passive income and a ticket to financial freedom IMO

El_Flaco_666

Holding on too long is worse IMO. Last cycle I watched $5K worth of TEL go all the way up to $178K, then watched it go back down.

RoutinePrice446

This more or less ends the discussion IMO. Eventually people will have to make the choice between a Pareto distribution in a fair system, or a Pareto distribution in an unfair system. Doesn't seem like much of a debate to me, but I never cease to be amazed by people's willingness to vote against their own interests (in this case, that would be voting with their capital).

Yeated69

Heavy leverage long term even in something you believe in is pretty dumb. IMO with all the fees and overhead plus allegations of tax fraud and other various misconduct his company will eventually go bankrupt. Regardless, I am in bitcoin for the long term, just without any leverage. Just buying the coins themselves as often as possible.

Lumpy-Kale-7144

IMO once it stopped POW, the price seemed to stagnate. It seems like the miners where driving the price up ?

El_Flaco_666

Monday will offer a last entry IMO. I have just a little powder left...