Bitcoin Forum

As people stay long in this forum, there is this level of anxiousness they develop.

Some newbies look back, in retrospect on their time spent in this forum, and they feel like they have been wasting away their time.

Could this be the reason someone asked me during my crypto lecture: "for how long you have stayed in this forum, you have nothing to boast of, how are you feeling Like being a member of the Btt forum?"

I chuckled. The question was funny to me. The only answer I gave was:

"At least, I have acquired enough information in crypto and the forum also. At least nobody will see me as a newbie in the forum again."

We laughed over it. But then, I knew why the such question was asked.

Some might be thinking that this forum is a get-rich scheme. Others, once you understand crypto, you will be rich and have bitcoin and other altcoins in your portfolio.

There is a lot of pressure some folks mount on themselves when they enter crypto.

I can understand the issue, but, let's talk about reality.

We all know that crypto and the Btt forum don't promise riches if you join or get ranked up easily. Crypto requires more intelligence and DYOR.
By 2024, it will be a bull season, how prepared are you?


Before the year 2024, I plan to re-strategize to create enough awareness for crypto in my society, create an enabling ground for lectures and solve some problems. Before then, I will keep developing myself intellectually and growing. With the efforts, I have made, if, in a working society, I know what the result could be.


Investing in crypto comes with a little ease when you remember you securing your future indirectly. Just invest with the amount you can afford to lose and leave the rest as too much pressure to invest big in a coin can be bad.


I am just having a retrospect as to why people pressure themselves too much to invest big in crypto.

As for me, I invest when I see a potential coin, invest with my spare money though. Being over-anxious has never solved any problem rather it leads you to invest wrongly.

In bear market, if you hold altcoins you will get more serious loss than if you hold Bitcoin.

It is a nice initiative!

Builders do their works in either bull or bear market but for people who has never experienced cryptocurrency and crypto market, it is harder to convince them participating in bear market.

Usually newcomers join in bull market.

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For me, I don't do this. If people are not ready, you don't have to teach them because they don't believe in what you say. If I teach or at least introduce it to anyone, I only do it one time. Later, if they need more, they will find me. Else, they don't need it and with this assumption, they are no longer in my list.

You might get a lot of backlash if they join in a bull market though and don't pull out while in profit (at least with their initial investment). The newcomers that join during bull markets might leave fairly quickly once the bear season returns.

I joined mid bear market from learning about the technology which is probably a good way to get people (if they're already interested in things technology related).

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To do well here and then transfer it to other areas you do need a lot of information and must have acquired most of it already. Altcoins aren't the worst investments when bitcoin's down but there is a new development over the next few months to be cautious off if you hold a lot of alts (eth 2.0).

Best you don't promise anybody anything as the cryptocurrency market is very unpredictable. You can only speculate but can't get it accurately. The only certain thing happening in 2024 is that Bitcoin miners reward will be halved and as a result there'll be less supply of Bitcoin circulating the market and If the demand for Bitcoin stays the same or increases, it'll drive up the price of Bitcoin.

As for altcoins nothing is certain, we might have a bull run for them in 2024, before then or never, nobody can assure you that, so it's best you trade with caution.  In 2021 speculators thought we'll see another bull run for Alts as we did back in 2017 but that didn't happen because altcoins already rally before their expected timeframe. Currently majority of the altcoins are down 90+ percent, them just going back to their all time high is already a miracle (rally) so don't be over expectant of more gains to come after that (which people consider the altcoin rally).

Any investment is always a risk and not only investing in crypto.
Of course, everyone wants to invest successfully and make money, and people often invest all the money they have in a desperate desire to get out of poverty, but desperation is not a very good ally in investing.
Every investment should be well planned, we should know how to analyze the market, trends, make an investment plan and strategy and have a clear exit strategy.
This forum is just a good place to look for some information and a community of crypto enthusiasts, but nothing more.
Everyone is responsible for their decisions, and we should avoid any stress and pressure and make decisions rationally, without too much emotions.

These are probably members who spend their time exclusively in altcoins boards chasing something called bounty campaigns that pay them in mostly worthless tokens, or they don't even pay them anything for the work done. The feeling that they wasted their time is therefore completely justified.


It's already a common story that spreads through social networks and attracts the people I described above, and it results from someone spreading a bunch of lies in order to continue to use cheap (free) labor to promote their mostly completely meaningless projects.


I won't tell anyone what to do with their money, but altcoins have never been profitable in the long term (the vast majority), and it should be said openly that investing in them is nothing but ordinary gambling with high chances of loss. Maybe it's comforting that someone sticks to the strategy "I only invest as much as I'm afford to lose", but it still doesn't make much sense to me.

in what and for what? or do you mean desperation in terms of contributing to the forum or otherwise?


don't forget that everyone has different motives and intentions that brought them to the forum, its not everyone here comes to stay, besides what we were all commited to outside this forum are different from each other


of course everyone sees it from different perspective and give a different approach, but one thing am much confidently sure of is that, you bend to the rules of this forum and not the forum obeying to your dictate or wish.


let's better to be precise here, before you do your own research, first understand that this forum is a different thing entirely from learning crypto as a beginner and the two needed more careful attention to understand differently.

Anyone who expects that the forum owes them something will undoubtedly be offended. Many, having seen enough YouTubers, who in 2017 churned out batches of videos about how they managed to get rich with the help of the forum, are still hoping for such a freebie. Although, to be honest, even then there was more boasting than actually successful "rich people". 
But smart people just can't wake up without coffee and reading the forum. For many, this forum has become part of their routine. You can also add to all those offended after that, wasting time in the hope of making quick money, they harmed only themselves. 
Reading the forum can not be called a waste of time. This is the future, and the better and sooner we are prepared for it, the more successful our tomorrow can be.

Why are you discussing your level and rank in your Crypto class? My thought are like what is the importance? Also everyone don't need to start a crypto-currency class just because they are a member of the forum, if I ever have a class I think I would just introduce to them the forum as part of the process of learning more about crypto-currency advice them to read the rules and not even about my rank. The pressure is the one we place on ourselves  like I can say you are doing right now. First learn how to lecture people on Crypto-currency the right way.

Thanks for the advice, I bought my first set of alts at 17k per BTC so yes I am ready to see 50% drop or let's say 8k per BTC, I've been in this crypto space since 2017 and I've known the difference, fear and feeling of a bear market, this time around no matter how ugly it gets I will keep accumulating.

Unfortunately, there are people who underestimate this forum as they only see it as an alternative means of income. While that may be true, this forum was built for more than that purpose- in fact, this is the biggest repository of knowledge about cryptocurrencies all throughout.

The fact that you can post any question and a cryptocurrency veteran can almost immediately answer your question speaks for the forum itself. I just hope that more people would see the value of this forum, not only as a means of getting "physically" rich but also mentally rich with knowledge.

Not just newbie who look back to check the things they have done before and I am not proud I did some poor performance before and honestly, I also did some poor performance sometimes due to circumstances that I didn't expect to happen or without planning about it but did see that I am wasting my time completely. Many newbied think like that but remember, higher ranking forum members are also once a newbie before. I would say that it is not a waste of time but an opportunity to know a place where I can learn about cryptocurrency even though I didn't last here if that's the case. I didn't believe first that I couldn't reached what I wanted before and made me stop being active on this forum for quite some time.

This was what I was thinking. This forum is just another place for crypto discussion and conversation (sure let's also mention marketplace), but I do not think that I would obligate them to be in this forum just because they are into crypto.
There are full of resources out there as well that might be helpful.

and I've also been in the position of a beginner, do not know anything and do not understand this forum system works. My initial focus on joining the forum was just wanting to participate in airdrops and bounties, so I made a lot of junk posts in the past. but over time I understand how this forum works and what we should do. being a beginner is just a bridge to learn to understand what we are doing. there must be improvement in each phase. If there is no development at all, beginners will just end up as beginners. what I can now is because of my hard work to continue to learn and can continue to process to become better.

The success of our investments always takes long term, so taking one step at a time is always advisable and never see bitcoin as get-rich-quick scheme as it’s never been like that. However, it takes a lot of knowledge and skills in crypto, and of course various experiences in the market for a good trader or investor to be more close to success as it’s always an advantage being well equipped physically and mentally.

When you master the act of contentment, you have already solve 50% of your problems. You would not make hasty decisions, you wouldn't compare yourself with anyone else, you would be more composed and organised and make reasonable decisions.

Looking back from when I joined this forum, I wouldn't say I have achieved much, but I am privileged to have first hand information about cryptocurrency and then Best_Change has been consistent in making me smile every Wednesday. I use part of my weekly pay to buy bitcoin and the other for upkeeping for now. I am not under undue pressure to please anyone, rather I have the confidence to plan and grow the more.

Actually, in my opinion, the pressure comes from various sides, both from external and internal factors within ourselves. sometimes we limit ourselves to learning more in this forum for some unreasonable reasons such as being afraid to make mistakes, lazy to read, or lazy to develop ourselves. Especially if we have made mistakes and received warnings from various other members, this might also be one of the influential factors.

But basically, if we want to try to be better, whatever the purpose in this forum can be the right step to pass., especially here it contains various information and also sharing experiences that will be very useful for us. This is not only about how much income you get from this forum but also the knowledge that can be obtained here.

As I said, I did introduced others about Bitcoin and cryptocurrency years ago and I stopped doing this for a long time ago too. It's unnecessary. They know I am cryptocurrency investor so if they need advice, they will find me. I received some request like that and I always would like to listen to what they aim at. If what they aim at is profit, nothing more, I mostly told them there are lot of risk, don't only think of profit. If they are not ready to afford for loss, I reject to give any investment advice.  :D

Fair enough, personally!

First, I unofficially help them to reduce risk by joining at not good time.
Second, I won't have to feel being responsible for any kind of loss they get, because of my advice.
Lastly, listen to me or not, they must need time in the market to mature, survive then mature.

At anytime that anyone had to know about Bitcoin forum it's the right time for such persons. It was the right time for someone that knew about it in 2017 and it's also the right time for someone that had to know about it now in 2022. It all depends on the way and how you maximize the opportunity you meet here in the forum as it gets to you.

You might meet it in 2022 and do much better with the information you get here than someone that had same information in 2017. There's no need for pressure or push ups. Invest in the best ways you can with what you have with the right attitude and business mindset.

Make risk management technique  a strong core in your trading or investment and free yourself from sentimental ways of trades and keep in mind that in as much as there's profit there's bond to be loss too.
These are few explicits I can dish out.

YouTube have been another means to earning a living by many who have been able to successfully gain a good number of followers or viewers and with poverty/unemployment looming in most countries especially the developing one, the world going digital, people trying to escape there horrible bosses and more, getting rich success story is one way to get one more view and it does the trick most times.
You have them in one move, flock to a channel that behind the screen, the channel of some guy looking to make a dollar from YouTube views.

Forum as a routine, it becomes pretty addictive once you get to understand and ots surely a good type of addiction, reading.

Exactly.
When we prepare for our profession and work, we study for 12-16 years and even then we are not completely ready because we need practice and experience.
In the same way, we should prepare for everything else we do in life, including investing money.
Many people listen to various stories about crypto in the media and how many people got rich overnight and expect that it is enough to invest money here and that earnings will come very easily, without additional effort and work.
In fact, nothing in life works this way and it is a sure path to ruin and loss of money.
To invest in crypto, you need to prepare well, after a detailed study of the market and analysis, and set clear and realistic goals.

You are right because their no cryptocurrency investment that doesn't involve risk taking. Even it's applicable to manual businesses that you offline. So the manual business is all about risk since money is involved. That's while from my perspective it's acknowledgeable for someone to take it's decision concerning cryptocurrency investment without anyone advising on what to do because of the disadvantages or risks that can occur.

Anything that deal with investing and pulling out funds naturally comes with so much anxiety, pressure and fear. Sometimes this might come as a result of how crypto currency was introduced. If all one get to know about crypto is just how profitable it can be on a long term goal one might feel its one sort of Ponzi venture

When it comes to Doing a research it sounds like a weird advice to someone who knows nothing about crypto because they might not know where to start and how to go about them. Some might even get scammed while doing their research. Lecturing about crypto is better than introducing them to a technology that is so complicated

I think that is the simplest answer you answered to the question, of course it will give them the impression that you are not looking for quick riches on forums other than just a good knowledge of bitcoin.

It's not true that people think that our success on forums is measured by how rich we are out there. I don't even have a car, I don't own a house ^{[just live at my parents' house]} while I have better knowledge than most other people in my neighborhood especially about bitcoin. At least they must understand that knowledge is still better than wealth because without knowledge wealth will never be ours unless you are the heir of your parents' property.

I really don't understand why some people have such thoughts when they are introduced to bitcoin for free by others. I have been here since 2017 but I don't have much to be proud of other than just trading results and a very simple life. Treasure does not prove anything about what we get in this forum, especially about knowledge, because actually bounty hunters who have dozens of accounts can be richer than forum contributors who teach us knowledge.

While the investment and profit we get from it is something different than interpreting it as the success we get from the forum. I learned a lot about trading as well as a true understanding of investing, this is really something different from what they ask us to be proud of.

I think the sig campains is why new people that come to the forum mostly have the idea that this is a money making platform. And it's the same way with crypto in general, people see it as a way to make money, not participate in a social and economic experiment that was designed to be. The forum is first and foremost a platform for learning and exchangeing ideas.

Don't let anyone pressure you into anything, whether here or elsewhere. Determine your pace by yourself. Life isn't a competition and you should also remember that we all measure success differently. Don't engage anyone in an argument just so you can prove to them your level of success. Avoid those who seek to drag you into such.

In biblical terms, it's called "being anxious for nothing" Getting unnecessarily anxious over something has never solved a problem. Instead, it makes one look desperate.

Many aren't even preparing, they look at the chart and confuse themselves that its over, they only have interest when pump is happening, FOMO, as bad as it is I think its why many get rich and why many also get rekt, those who have less knowledge about crypto only knows how to FOMO.

Success in trading =/= Success from forum. You could be an established member here either from marketplace or trading items from different users here, but you could be crap in day trading at basic levels and you would not know the common trading stuffs like RSI or Bollinger Band since that is not your niche.
Users should not feel bad if they do not really find "success" in here, since not everyone is here to be an established member anyway. They could just be here because they wanted to gain knowledge, ask questions, or learn more about the trends in crypto since we got an Altcoin Discussion board which is nice if one is not only a fan of Bitcoin only.
You do you like always.

You haven't spent a lot of time to be asked such question. You registered 25 May, 2021 and that is a year and 2 months. Why the high expectation ? You are here to learn and if you get some reward from it then you are lucky with it. Don't always paint the forum as a platform to earn


This is the right kind of thinking that can catapult someone to the next level. Getting prepared for the future bull run and investing the right kind of coins is success awaiting.


I hope you won't get to start collecting fees from friends around you for teaching them what you are still a novice on   ;D. Many go into that too to form groups, telegram, Facebook and other social media channels but all for the sake of fees.

those who are not ready need to get some education through this forum. because there are FOMO victims who do not know how to trade properly and are not only interested in FOMO pumps. This forum has a storehouse of knowledge that needs to be learned so that doesn't happen. Forums are not a place to find wealth, but if we can focus on one goal then we can get that wealth through any avenue of forums or trading.

The basic idea behind cryptocurrency is to cut out the middleman (the bank) and for you to control your money. It is not just an investment platform where people buy and hope that the price goes up, it is an entire system of decentralized trust networks. It opens up a whole new dimension of self-determined trading. The best way to get started is to find some friends who knows something about crypto and create a group between 2-10 people, this will help you all in trading together and also gives you an opportunity to discuss with one another which would ultimately help you in deciding whether a coin is viable or not. Always consider placing a portion of your money in proven coins, such as Bitcoin. Those coins have the best chance of retaining or gaining value.

In the end, cryptocurrencies still have a lot to offer. Their use cases are many and their potential is nearly limitless. In other words, there is no reason to be hesitant about getting involved. So do your research, and see where it takes you.

By the way, I never thought of this forum as a means of enrichment. About the way to get information and advice - yes, but enrichment? It's hard for me to imagine why anyone would think that, honestly.