IMO

CapitalIncome845

Bitcoin has to go up before anyone goes farther out on the risk curve. There's no non-gambling reason to be in low cap coins atm, IMO.

Neither_Plan_8387

Exactly. IMO such posts need to be removed as a low effort bs.

Dubb18

There's an investment saying about catching a falling knife. With many in the US not returning to work until Tues and markets not (fully) opening until then, could be more pain on the horizon. Also, US is currently moving aircraft carriers into position near Iran. Trump is reportedly also focused on Canada in addition to Greenland. He's also threatening other neighbors. 2026 can get a lot worse IMO. At some point the markets *should* bounce back to some level, but just realize all the near term risks that can add volatility before tossing your money in.

Sotyka94

BTC was less than a dollar in 2010. It's not even a question IMO. You can stack tens of thousands easily and live off of it after like 2017, never working a day in your life again.

Nrgte

TVL is such an irrelevant metric IMO. It fluctuates with the price..

downtherabbit

On the double spacing: IMO the double spacing never meant that the person who wrote the white paper was from the UK. People in India, Nepal and even Australia learn the same method. To me it has more to do with the schooling the person received rather than their country of origin. A note on Hal Finney: [He himself developed many aspects of Bitcoin itself](https://www.confinity.com/legacies/hal-finney), which is already widely known. He also joined the cypherpunks mailing list in the early 90's and a big part of his interest in the group was anonymity, he operated two remailers within the group to keep peoples e-mails secret. So, given he had this almost 'obsession' with anonymity he is a perfect candidate for Satoshi. Also taking into consideration that it was Hal himself who developed many of the aspects of Bitcoin. Oh and he was the first person to receive Bitcoin in a transaction (probably from himself). He also lived in Temple City for 10 years which is the same place the real life Dorian Satoshi Nakamoto lives (the real guy with the same legal name). Chances are Hal ran across this name at some point if they didn't know eachother already. And his schooling, he went to Arcadia High School. It would be interesting to find out what writing style their English classes taught in the seventies. And it would be more interesting to find out where Hal Finney went to for primary school and what they taught. Then there is [Dorian Satoshi Nakamoto](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satoshi_Nakamoto#Dorian_Nakamoto): A Japanese American systems engineer who became a libertarian in the 90's and who didn't trust the government. But who also worked on secret government projects before the 90's. Surely him and Hal knew eachother. My conclusion is that Hal Finney used the guys name after being inspired by him in some way and that he himself created Bitcoin. Also, Adam Back and Len Sassaman most certainly had something to do with the early development of Bitcoin and were in a kind of online friend group with Hal. Len Sassaman is sadly dead now as well, and another possible candidate for Satoshi along with Hal.

TheRealSnyds

IMO it’s not that obvious for most. They see higher prices and think “this item was 30% cheaper 2 years ago… F*** {insert retailer} for caring more about profits than their customers”. But few understand that retailers costs are going up too, and have to raise prices to maintain the same level of profitability. They have to play by the same shit rules of the inflationary system, which is the real root of affordability issue.

Cachemoney23

It is just another asset class under control. Banks are heavily invested (they always were aware of BTC), I tend to agree with the original principles of BTC but it has been compromised through firms/banks. However it would be wise to have some exposure as we do not know where the digital world will end up. IMO

Sad-Dinner-2806

IMO this is bearish af

Appropriate-Talk-735

For short term you can pick another coin for sure. For longer term you expose yourself to too much risks IMO. SOL is my 2nd coin to hold long term.

alwaysmyfault

IMO someone that had that much conviction in BTC to take out a huge loan is the same kind of person who would diamond hand for years and years.

migueliiito

For long term storage, IMO paper wallet is better (simpler, safer) than a hardware wallet. Coinbase vault could also be an option to consider.

mrjune2040

To be fair- ‘high’ stable coin yield (basically anything above 4.5%) carries a not insignificant protocol risk, especially when you are talking about some of the multi-strategy vaults (Morpho/Pendle/Beefy etc). That’s a very different kind of business model and imo- not risk that banks should be exposing to consumers (and it would be illogical for a government to bake in FDIC to that- that’s just asking for future bank bail-outs when banks fail to have risk prevention up to scratch aka 2008). As for a more ‘standard yield’ on stablecoins, ie 1-4% well that’s no different from how banks currently generate yield- ie assets are loaned, interest paid. So that’s fine, but not reinventing the wheel. IMO the real problem with these bills being pushed by the crypto industry is that the industry itself is still not properly regulated. And the crypto firms want it all- to be seen as banks by consumes, without having to be regulated like a bank. And I’m not defending banks here, so much as I’m saying that consumers should trust crypto firms anymore than a bank (and actually less so, because you have no protections)

Romanizer

Exactly. That's why it is morally unacceptable to invest in metals, IMO. Let it stay on the market for the industry that needs it instead of hoarding it and letting it sit uselessly in your vault. Monetary premium hurts the other use cases here. In the end that leads to the industry looking for alternatives, gold for example is gradually replaced by other materials.

xFxD

In addition to what was said in the other comment, the enforcement happens from all the bitcoin nodes around the word. So if someone claimed to have found a block without a match matching the cutoff, the other nodes would reject and ignore it. I really recommend you to read the original bitcoin whitepaper. It's all laid out there in detail, but still very understandable IMO.

Rare_Rich6713

SUI and XMN still looks good though, long term it has a lot of potential IMO.

Centmo

IMO Lynn Alden has been one of the more reasonable and thoughtful voices in the space for a little while now. No idea about the accuracy of her predictions though. I used to listen to Nic Carter but he’s a little over the top and has questionable character.

Anxious_Noise_8805

IMO altcoins are undervalued relative to BTC, but BTC could still go up relative to the US dollar

__redruM

Just the opposite IMO, BTC and ETH are the only safe-ish crypto investments. And you should also be buying stock based ETFs like QQQ, SMH, and VOO.

Genericandhere

You should suggest a HYSA or a Money Market account, or even a CD instead of Bitcoin IMO

AD1AD

> Is that already actively being worked on or just a theoretical capability after the next network upgrade? Nobody I know of is building it yet, at least not publicly. > And we also have to consider the size of the anonymity set, since that approach allows having an unlimited number of different pools. That's similar to the issue Zcash and Litecoin have, but multiplied by n. Yes, but that's good. Every different privacy method available on an optional privacy chain is an opportunity for somebody who would have needed to go to a whole different blockchain for a different privacy technique to stay on BCH instead. Shoehorning all of your chain's users to one privacy technique is, IMO, a shortsighted decision. You build network effect quickly, but hurt scalability and add technical debt by baking that privacy method into consensus. Users of mandatory privacy chains are not really any different from the subset of users on an optional privacy chain who chose to use a specific privacy tool.

Seattleman1955

I don't look at it quite like that (but similar) and I come up with $500k by 2035. That's a reasonable value regarding a gold ratio but I'd get there by taking some percentage of the gold store of value use case as well as a smaller percentage of the use cases of bonds, stocks, and real estate. We probably come up with similar numbers though. I also (conservatively) consider that BTC will be "mature" at that point and will just keep up with dollar debasement after that. This is not a scenario that I'm "betting" on. It's just looking into the future with reasonable assumptions for the variables, IMO.

tdogger88

Bitcoin is still trending bearish in sentiment, IMO that’s bullish. The fear and greed index hit extreme fear in November and is just turning neutral. So we can objectively say sentiment is neutral but to me, and your post above, it’s still pretty doom and gloom.

Ryno__C

Binance has some longs to liquidate. $98k was a high not likely to be surpassed just yet. Let’s see if we can close above $97 then $98 and we’ll reassess. HODL off on buying for now (IMO)

OpticallyMosache

If it's a significant amount of money and part of your savings/investing portfolio just swap 75% to BTC & 25% to ETH. Be done with Pulsechsin. If it's more of a gamble, consider one of the following (IMO) USELESS, ASTER, BONK, SPX6900 or DOG (Bitcoin rune or bridged Solona version). I personally went all BTC back in September exvept still hold ASTER.

defiCosmos

Google Sign in is to make it easy for new comers to get started in crypto. Its really not very secure IMO

KateR_H0l1day

I use CDC, chose it 5 years ago and have never regretted it, has the best regulatory compliance worldwide IMO. Good look whatever you choose.

Acrobatic-Living2372

Even if this post is a shill, the point absolutely stands that crypto is surely a horrible means of passing on inheritance. Why do we ignore this? Wilful blindness? A store of wealth that dies with you is not a very good store of wealth IMO.

HesitantInvestor0

I'm a Bitcoiner and I agree with Danny. Treasury companies offer nothing but additional risk and trust, and are not very attractive to shareholders at this point. Bitcoin is the better option, and if you must have a treasury company in your portfolio, why the hell would you go with some random shit company when you can get similar value with MSTR? Danny's question was entirely relevant, and Saylor's answer was not only irrelevant, but completely rude and ridiculous. He's a total dirtbag IMO.

Maconi

You mean in this specific “cycle”? Never IMO. Those days are gone. I think we just cycle through phase 1-3 going forward. RIP phase 4.

cheeseitmeatbags

It's $150 BTC equivalent per year. Has a few quirks since it's kinda shady and a low budget company out of India and you gotta use certain hardware like a firestick. Only use this website, there are fakes if you google for it. A VPN is highly recommended. It gives you ALL the channels worldwide, movies and streaming. PITA to set up, but worth it IMO. https://apollogroup.tv/

Sin-City-Sinner

Ok yea you’re right but we are only a couple weeks in. I started a year ago and I’ve seen BTC pump from 70k-124k (lucky me!) I took profit right off the very top (again, lucky me!) and IMO it will go to the moon, it’s just a matter of time so just stack and hodl. And yes I’m only in the market a year but that year was dedicated to learning crypto, I spent the last year 7 days a week and anywhere from 8-16hrs a day so I’m not exactly new, but for arguments sake I technically am..

NilNow

It feels more “right” than the obviously coordinated zcash pump. I do personally think there’s a cap on how big Monero can get before too much attention is a bad thing. And the use case IMO works better when it’s a sort of low liquidity / low volume coin that is actually used for payments. That said, it’s always fun to see new all time highs.

The1WhoDares

I have a good amount of ETH & over to BTC’s… I probably should’ve held on. But I couldn’t. Still have all my ETH. Sold 3/4’s of my BTC. IMO… as soon as Trump elects a new FED chair. That individual will make crypto go PARABOLIC due to his policies & quantitative easing. BUT… that ‘parabolic’ upstream will be felt SO F’n hard. Markets will TANKKKK like go lower than they were in the 08 mortgage crisis crash. & THAT will be a little bit scary for EVERYBODY

KateR_H0l1day

I have some on CDC App outside my CRO Card & 15% Earn, I’ve also som CRO in Earn on Onchain, plus other coins in Staking on the Exchange. After the FTX debacle I panic bought a Ledger and moved some coins there, which now I wished I hadn’t. I’ve also som other wallets that are single coin holders, but in reality only to get better interest than CDC were offering. Therefore, I’ve multiple places I’m holding my coins, so I’ve diversified the crypto I hold, plus the places I actually hold them. However, like others have mentioned, if there’s not a lot of $Value, then holding on an exchange is fine, but obviously just IMO, and not all exchanges are equal, so it’s important to choose wisely 🙄

FoldFold

IMO this isn’t a bad thing

ShoeBaD

Price appreciation will become related to adoption and utility IMO. LINK token is, do your research again. I’m not against bitcoin and own some but, I don’t rely solely on price action yet. At one point BTC price action was weak too.

AD1AD

It's funny to see the TA folks asking "Why is the BCH chart so strong????", without having even googled what upgrades its done or what products have recently launched. 3 biggest deals, IMO: Quantumroot post-quantum vaults live on ChipNET https://x.com/bitjson/status/1991507572952842406 Moria MUSD overcollateralized algorithmic stablecoin launches https://www.moria.money/ Loops and functions coming to the CashVM in 2026 LAYLA upgrade https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adF_Y7y5eiI

keepitcasualbrah

If the coin has good properties, its value should eventually reflect that. Which should mean NGU over a long period of time. IMO XMR may serve as a good store of value. Time will tell.

reagambrec

IMO its ironwallet. using it about 2 and half years no problems at all.

SteveW928

I don't doubt people following enough of the data and making wise decisions based on that might outperform DCA. I actually know a couple people who do this in my local Bitcoin meetups. They are also relatively wealthy, and can afford to 'play' with some portion of their assets. I'm just saying, on the whole, we just don't know. IMO, Bitcoin should currently be considerably higher than it currently is. But, there are a heck of a lot of factors involved, and many of them, we don't know the future charts of them yet to overlay them on the factors we do know about. For example... even a basic question... why cycles? It made some sense when halving were huge, but outside mining, halving is now a blip. Maybe USA elections play a bigger role. But, if we don't know the fundaments at that high-level, we certainly don't know things like that a foreign leader is going to be extracted/arrested or stuff like that.

alrachid

Well said and IMO good advice, although I would not have made the same statement and personally have a varied view. But sound logic in your statement.

Decentralization-God

Bitcoin is actually risky more than before. Buying BTC now is buying the top. This is IMO terrible advice. Arent you a typical financial advisor used to fool clients and grab fees/premiums from those who pay ya? Just kidding … 😁

ComplexWrangler1346

If you hold it long enough you will maybe get a 2X if you get in right now at 12 cents …..that why I always stayed away from billion dollar market cap coins like HBAR , Cardano , SEI to name a few ….their utilities no doubt are some of the best in all of crypto but unless you are a whale and have tens of thousands to throw in , it’s not even worth it IMO…..low market cap coins is there you will 10-30X

Inevitable_Pin7755

That would be massive growth. It is possible but IMO. I do not care, I buy monthly and will keep doing it until I can retire.

Dubb18

IMO (so take it for what it's worth), follow the institutions because that is what has been driving the most recent bullish cycle for a handful of crypto. They are positioning themselves with BTC, ETH, SOL, & AVAX with respect to ETFs. More crypto ETFs and major institutions willing to create them will likely pop up in 2026. Keep an eye on which ETFs are popular among the institutions. Whether crypto likes it or not, US-centric institutional investment into the sector is what is driving things. That is how adoptions is being rolled out. Average people were never going to be able to pump trillions into the sector and would just accept a vast amount of rugpulls and memes with some legit longterm projects sprinkled around here and there. Having said that, I'd also diversity my investment portfolio. If you are going to put some money into crypto, also put some money into normal "safer" investment stuff like gold/silver ETFs as the global economy is having a lot of issues right now. Crypto has shown to also follow global economic conditions(uncertainty) while safe havens like precious metals continue to rise.

Impossible-Weight852

You should hold USD for living expenses and emergency in case lose a job or something. Short term it’s okay if you don’t see value in anything which includes bitcoin. You don’t want to be the guy that FOMOs at the top only to have it collapse and wait years for it to recover. IMO, losing a little each year due to inflation is better.

NilNow

I agree actually that it’s a really bad look for the industry. I posted before about how frustrating this was. IMO there are so many real innovations and useful features in this industry, but it gets lost in the noise when the “next big thing” half the time is a coordinated pump and dump like this to benefit a few people behind the scenes.

ThatChrisGuy7

IMO short BCH

SpareRemarkable9320

I’ve been full port BTC for almost a decade. No regrets. It’s like we’re investing in the internet or cell phones in the 90’s. There’s SO much upside long term. I feel 100% comfortable because I fully understand the tech behind it, educate yourself if you’re unsure. If you want to make crazy money fast, BTC may or may not work for you. If you want a space to save long term that guarantees amazing returns, it’s definitely the best option IMO

ThatChrisGuy7

IMO time to hit that ZEC short while it’s over 410

LoveBotMan

IMO it is a big risk to only invest in bitcoin. You should invest in many different things to protect yourself. Say your wallet gets compromised and you lose everything, you will be completely fucked without anything to fall back on. That’s only one of the risks of investing in crypto. IMO you should look to invest in many different things (property, pension fund, mutual funds, stocks). That way if one thing flops you have something to fall back on.

stonkautist69

As long as no one sells, it’s a pretty good value IMO

Xray406

If everyone trades it rather than HODLs, it will ruin the 4 year cycle IMO

WIRED_REFLEX

Both are great products IMO.

AutistismHorse

It’s a rough time period.IMO, if you make it 2 years and don’t hate it I think you’ll be fine.

BQbaobao

I’d add another huge one is ability to settle any amount of money - 50 cents or 50 billion - quickly without a third party. IMO it’s an underrated and massive advancement for the efficiency of mankind. So many labor hours spent in our banking system could be better spent cranking out iPhones, curing diseases, etc.

Reasonable_Band1536

IMO, it’s the exact definition of profit taking. Please help me understand your position.

TripsterX

Leverage trading on any normal asset IMO is risky at the best of times. Leveraging on a volatile and unpredictable asset, that has a tendency to prove everyone wrong like BTC is just gambling. Im sorry but im not sorry. Hope you get back into the game again, and this time, no leverage brother🫡

KPTA-IRON

My advice is dont overtrade now, learn what you can as that will be valuable. The thing is crypto doesnt make sense. People talk in cycles like they know what they doing but its always unexpected. This cycle everyone got done basically One day when you look at it with conviction and know that is cheap, start buying to hold. Probably not with bitcoin at 90k after a mad run from 15k Alts are cheap here but with btc these prices i dont like acumulating them. If btc pukes everything goes, and as I said, IMO it is too high here after a long cycle

KateR_H0l1day

Cronos is definitely one of those undervalued, it’s done a lot in 2025, probably too much, and to spread out through a scatter gun approach. Projects are still coming through, but little value being seen unfortunately. However, a few weeks ago they hired a new CEO to run their Lab division, this includes Onchain (DeFi) and the Exchange, but specifically excludes the main App, which is basically for beginners. The App acts like a money exchange you see in Airports, making profit by basically trade fees for buying and selling, but it is also the place where their card; banking & stocks are available. So, it is useful, but not around a blockchain and innovation type projects as per the OP’s original question! The new CEO is going to focus on high value projects and innovation for Cronos, including attracting external companies to build on Cronos. Established projects, I see HBAR leading the way, but DOT is still one of those long odds outsiders that could really overtake a huge amount of the field. So, it becomes a potential $Value growth opportunity, utilizing JAM and Web3 as a catalyst. But, much depends on your thoughts around Web3 and its application and adoption for the future. From an investment perspective it is a gamble, but perhaps worth a small, less than 10% $Value of the total gamble , risk appetite is high for this though, just IMO of course 🤷‍♀️

Wide-Reward-8186

IMO it's quite safe. The entire source code is exposed on GitHub. I use it, but only for the EVM network For BTC transactions, it's better to use the Electrum wallet, which is specifically designed for BTC.

Own_Condition_4686

It’s the best time if you ask me because bitcoin has proven itself long term and still has a long ways to go. It’s not gonna 10x in a year or anything but it’s a safe way to grow wealth IMO.

-5H4Z4M-

Hard to answer without knowing which crypto you hold. A tiny exemple : if you own some Monero(XMR), you will find only few wallet supported, like Cake Wallet but this one doesn't support assets like Cardano, Chainlink or TonCoin, etc and it's same with many different apps. IMO, you will need atleast 2-3 wallets depending of your portfolio.

LazyWeird5055

The 4 year cycle boys are going to get left offside IMO. It’s a different game now. We even had a ATH before the last halving. That in itself dismissed the cycle theory.

minorthreatmikey

5 is a bit young to go too in depth about “money” IMO. If I were you I would focus more on teaching about creating value and entrepreneurship like it looks like you are already doing 👍

ThatChrisGuy7

IMO great time to enter a short

Spence1239

IMO Trump destroyed crypto

BlackDog990

It actually has already deviated from the 4 year cycle depending upon how you precisely define what the cycle is. Thats not a problem IMO, as it makes total sense that as the network ages the halvings will have less and less impact on the spot price and buying patterns. Patterns will always break down eventually, at least anything in the world of finance.

VariatCA

We definitely aren't out of the woods yet, that's for sure. The stock market has still been sliding down for the last 5 straight trading sessions, and we're still floating around 90k in an environment with only half the open-interest leverage in the market compared to October. But we're seeing some good signs of strength moving into 2026, including improving monetary/liquidity conditions and strong days of ETF inflows for the last 2/3 days. IMO, if the stock market can regain some confidence, we will see a competitive surge of confidence in our own crypto markets *very* quickly.

Hayabusa_PT

IMO Trezor wallet is the best option

Space-Cowboy-Jo

Crypto will likely become too big to fail at the hands of quantum IMO

SteveW928

The Ledger hardware might be OK. I'm not aware of it ever being hacked. But, the company, practices, and software are, IMO, quite problematic. Why would anyone purposely subject themselves to that (unless they already own one)? There are much better options, like Coldcard, Blockstream Jade, Seed Signer, Trezor (Bitcoin only!), etc. (I'm guessing you're considering a Ledger because of 'crypto'? Not sure I can disuade you from that course, but I strongly recommend using a Bitcoin-only wallet for Bitcoin... the rest is garbage that opens attack surfaces.) I also like using a hardware wallet in air-gapped functionality (ie: QR code or SD card, vs USB/Bluetooth), and even as a 'stateless' device (ie: private key not stored on the device... erases when you turn it off... it becomes just a signing tool). I think this forces one to think properly of a hardware wallet as simply a tool, and not storage-device. And, then it comes down to features... as they all become interchangeable. It forces you into a proper setup and thinking through your seed-phrase backup and security.

Resident-Quality1513

That's correct IMO. Did you know Polaroid cameras took off because people realise they could take naughty photos? Same story with video recorders: uptake was to some extent driven by porn. Silk road was probably what made bitcoin a "must-have". Unfortunately for me, by the time I'd worked out how to use TOR, the feds had busted it.

Suspicious-Local-901

There’s not really a “right” choice IMO. Ledger does have somewhat of a shitty reputation tho… it’s a safe wallet. But I think that if you get deeper in the Bitcoin rabbit hole, you’ll find out about better options. For instance, it’s always better to look for open source wallets… and, again IMO, Bitcoin only wallets are better. But hey, great start! Keep learning ✌🏻

QuickBell1028

I feel you on the fees, but tbh focusing purely on the lowest price can sometimes be a trap. If you are just trading back and forth, you will probably end up losing money anyway because of the volatility. and most people suck at trading. Stop thinking like a trader and start thinking about long-term savings & investments. Crypto is basically like savings on steroids if you just stack it and leave it alone. IMO a few percent in fees doesn't actually make that much of a difference in the long run if the platform is simple and actually keeps your stuff safe in a self-custody wallet. Self-custody just means you are the only one with the keys to your money, so it is not sitting on an exchange where it could be frozen or lost. Personally, what worked for me was moving away from the big complicated exchanges. I ended up using [Omla.App](http://Omla.App) because it makes the whole self-custody thing way less intimidating. It links to your email so you don't have to stress about losing those 12-word recovery codes. I found the app simple for just buying and holding without the noise of a million different charts. There are no card fees when I use Google Pay! and for Apply pay, there is like around 2%, but it is super convenient for a quick buy. FYI just focus on building your stack bit by bit. Consistency over time matters way more than saving a couple of cents on a transaction fee.

Illustrious-Boss9356

1. Not so risky. 2. Can consolidate UTXOs during low cost windows. 3. Not sure but Lightning wallets are more risky than big 5 exchanges IMO. 4. Early starter and have witnessed the ups and downs. Things are going great. But remember, money/bitcoin isn't everything, in fact, you come to realize that any problem you can solve with $$ isn't a serious problem. Stack for a purpose and then pursue that purpose, try to others along the way. Bitcoin or not, that's a life well lived!

SteveW928

Well, first I applaud you for recognizing the risks in both and not rushing in. The 'not your keys, not your coins' I often fear might push people in over their heads. While keeping on an exchange has risk, so does an hasty (w/o enough learning) or improper setup for self-custody. I'd say that for what I'm aware of right now, and ETF would be the only option. That probably isn't a horrible option for some Store of Value benefits of Bitcoin, but you lose some of the other aspects of Bitcoin. So, it depends on what is important to you. (ex: permission-less send receive, country-fleeing, etc.) I don't fully understand how ETFs work, but I'd assume some risk there as well. But, what I'll now say, is that self-custody doesn't have to be super difficult. It might take you a bit of time think through the details, learn some things, and then implement and monitor/protect. Only you know your limits and circumstances. But, I think most people can do it with a bit of effort. Here is what I recommend as a base setup; First, just create a hot-wallet (or a couple) on your smartphone. Write down the seed phrase. Move a little Bitcoin to one of those wallets. Practice deleting/restoring (yes, this means you'll be entering your seed phrase on a digital on-line device to restore it... which is generally a no-no, but this is a small amount and we're doing it for easy-learning purposes). Maybe send some to a 2nd wallet you create. The idea here is to get comfortable with how this stuff works before making your setup for bigger amounts. Then, get a hardware wallet. Most Bitcoiners like Coldcard (several models), Blockstream Jade, Trezor (Bitcoin only version), Seed Signer (and a few others). I recommend ordering it directly from the company, not buying at Amazon or in stores (reduce supply-chain risk). IMO, the best setup for most people, is to use the hardware wallet in an air-gapped way, which means using and SD card or QR code to sign transactions, rather than plugging it into USB or using Bluetooth. Create a seed phrase with the hardware wallet... write this down... back it up into metal (many methods... I like stamping into steel washers, as the stamps, parts, jigs are easy to get and you can make as many as you like cheaply). Maybe create another copy and think of a 2nd location to store it. (continued ...)

whataboutbenson

You could do worse, but IMO better to avoid alts in a bear market. Or a bull, for that matter.

JuanBitcoin

It’s digital gold, not digital cash. IMO it’s really good at what it does

Seattleman1955

I know how they do it. You are basically right and a little wrong. How's that?:) haha IMO the better way to look at it is to consider that Bitcoin as a store of value will take a little away from gold, a little away from stocks and bonds (that's how Saylor does it) but at the end of the day my number still ends up about at the investment market cap of gold. I consider that by 2030 BTC will probably be around $350k and by 3035 will be around $500k. At that point I think BTC will be fairly mature and the high growth or adoption rate is over. After that it goes up as the dollar is debased so it remains a store of value in true purchasing power but that's about it. Can it get to $1 million. Anything can get to any number in nominal terms due to inflation if enough time passes but that's not very meaningful.

brows1ng

This is a great take IMO. 10x from here will be a very, very slow grind. The one thing Bitcoin has working for it that I think would lead it to 10x growth over time is the scarcity and the fact that Bitcoin treasury companies (MSTR) are the S&P500 which has a constant stream of demand via MANY millions of Americans’ 401k plans. I’m pretty sure the Bitcoin ETFs are either an option for 401k providers or on the way. If that’s in play, that would be an even more direct way for supply to get sucked up by constant stream of demand. Might not be a year, might not be 10 years, but I bet Bitcoin does to a 10x from here jn 10+ years. Unless something catastrophic happens, I’m very confident about that.

iTyrone__

IMO BTC, ETH , XRP and Solana seems pretty good to me .

CocoScruff

>But the world has gotten wealthier Bro, what are you talking about? The majority of people are poorer than they've even been. It's only a very tiny portion of the population that have gotten wealthier in the past 5-10 years. And inflation has done a lot more damage than good for global investing. Now if the argument is that Bitcoin is your hedge on inflation then fine... But I'd say gold is a better option for that at this point. IMO if you're still in Bitcoin you either have money to burn or you believe it will be widely adopted as a main currency in the future. Those are really the only two reasons to be in it at this point. Especially since we're in a bear market until next December. Outside of that you're just lying to yourself.

whathiron

No relevant. Good information to know, but not required to start IMO.

Coiiiiiiiii

The disadvantage of the ETF is made up for in the tax advantage of the IRA, IMO. Not everyone here would agree But you can do both 🤷

BigWarcraft

My friend tried but back then there were no easy wallets or if there was I was unable to figure it out and played mine and warcraft instead I got into csgo early and topped at 3k inv that I RWT'd over time, unboxed and kept a FN howl through it becoming a contraband and at one point had a FN howl and stattrack howl FT. Had all the karambits from blue gems to tigertooth, m9 bayonet dopplers in every pattern but the mega mega rare ones. Probably would have had 20-50k if I never liquidated but I 100% always would have as csgo was winding down IMO before the rise of the 100% not Chinese backed skin selling websites that massively inflated, the OG trade restrictions were the final straw for me. I have a couple screenshots on my profile but I treated it more like a job/money than something to enjoy and take pictures of, steam trade history still shows all the now massively 1 sided trades and I check now and then

EntrepreneurDue420

It's about China controlling 70% of silvers export and the new law starting Jan 1st 2026. Everyone went to buy it. Poor choice IMO. PUMP AND DUMP INCOMING.

Sin-City-Sinner

It’s not broken it’s over. Since government (our US government in particular) got involved with crypto that’s when the cycles were over IMO, either way it seems to be true..

ifureadthisurepic

I mean if you trust them and already own the device, you can consider upgrading and then using the up-to-date version. And if you only used it via QR, you aren't affected anyway. But if you don't own the device yet, I'd not buy it IMO.

omg_its_dan

Mods should start locking any thread that encourages people to dox their balance IMO

jawni

Solana has the best shot IMO. Solana is the only chain doing more volume than Binance and Bybit spot volumes combined on its own token/usd pairing and the efficiency of propAMMs on Solana mean that even with relatively low TVL they have better execution on SOL/USD pairs. https://x.com/kaviish/status/2002601613316513917 More and more assets are becoming available to trade, whether it's other L1 tokens like ZEC, NEAR, XRP, or tokenized stuff like stocks, collectibles, etc. And of course it's already won with memes. I think it's just a matter of time and a matter of getting more assets on chain.

ImpressiveRelief37

Your forget TX fees that are also rewarded to the miner. By 2044 the transaction fees alone will probably be a lot more than the reward in itself. We’ll see what happens,  it it’s either  * bitcoin is worth a whole lot more * the tx are very expensive (and enough people use it) * there are no incentives left to keep the network secure (large number of miners) and bitcoin collapses * something changes in the bitcoin protocol to keep miners incentivize regardless of the low block reward * bitcoin has switched from PoW to another paradigm  I think the last 2 points are highly unlikely because of how hard it is to gain consensus on bitcoin changes. IMO one of the first 3 points is most likely. Hopefully it’s #1 but who knows 

CarbonMop

Its even cooler than this IMO. There isn't some "centralized genie" who thinks of a number. The number is a function of the transactions of every day users. No matter how small, your transaction is having a butterfly effect on who gets the reward for the block that encompasses it. To be clear, this impact isn't "exploitable" in any way. Its completely random. The hash rate is ultimately what drives the probabilistic edge. The transactions are simply the "seed" for the outcome.

ifureadthisurepic

Just be aware of the security issue and I'd say probably stay away from it for the time being IMO

IndustrialPuppetTwo

Many of us, if not the majority, have been through this to some extent, some a lot worse, and I mean A LOT worse, than you. Then we come to our senses and realize that there is really only one cryptocurrency and that's Bitcoin. IMO do what most of us have done, sell your alts at a loss and put it all into BTC. In ten years you may be back to normal again and even ahead. It could be only 5 years.

biophysicsguy

The more paper Bitcoin now, the better IMO. Keeps the price down so I can keep buying real Bitcoin which I transfer to self custody.

No-Energy4550

Eventually yes IMO. Distant future.

Massive-Drive-6375

Only btc and some specific altcoins had cycle this time, the big awaited alt coin cycle didn’t happened, IMO too many ppl have burned themselves with crypto scams and in the previous cycles plus the most corrupt president and his crypto scams aren’t helped either

Mousa786

Go with Tangem, best cold wallet IMO. It’s super beginner-friendly and really hard to mess things up, no battery to die, no cables, 25 years warranty.