There were such cases, for instance at times of war. If you want peace-time examples, you can look at the THC ban. It was banned in the US first, but most European countries followed the example and also banned it in the 90s. It's possible for a few governments to cooperate, but to make the whole planet cooperate we'd need an alien invasion.

Sorry guys, but it's obvious you're poor, straightforward and concentrated on what's right in front of you. This is the difference between you and the rich, they don't look at their feet. For you the goal is nearby, you just want to spend more time wit your families, not worry about your bills, but people who have money think how to have fun. They want to go to the dealership, drive a few fast cars, pick one and drive it home on the same day, without waiting. They want to go house shopping and buy a house with a view of a sea or a lake because that's what they like. It doesn't matter what these things cost. They see something they like, they buy it.

I can pretty much tell you what I'd do because my cheapest bitcoins costed around $500 each. I held in 2017, 2018, 2019... I'm holding now. I know your chart is just a fun representation but I did not need that new bike, a trip, I did not want my account to look good. I sold near every peak just to have some money for fun stuff. For instance, in 2017 I got myself a new computer and a surround system, in 2019 when we had that fakeout to 14k I sold some and later got a new car and a TV. In 2020, I bought a new computer again, some home appliances... That said I kept about 80% of coins I've accumulated in 2015 and 2016. I'd do the same if I had $100 coins.

There's no fate, it's all math!
A while ago I said the same thing in another thread where users blamed it all on fate
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5311956.msg56519314#msg56519314
Sometimes you lose because you're bad, sometimes you lose because things don't go your way. You may call it luck, you may call it fate, but it's all normal. You are not jinxed, it's not some phantom scheming against you or a high power moving the dice and switching your cards.

If I were to change anyone's mind about it, I'd say that I know many users of Bitcoin who were in the space in 2015, 16, 17,18 and they are still here, not even considering abandoning bitcoin.
High fees are an issue but not to the current users. It's more about new ones. Those who did not make some money holding for a few years are facing high price, high fees and expect a low possible return of investment compared to what they could expect 3 or 4 years ago. Those people are going to turn away from bitcoin, not the ones who bought 3 or 4 years ago.

Makes me wonder how this is even possible that they registered in 2016 and managed to get Sr.Member without checking out their earned merit page.

I agree with him. Being in the space allowed me to learn a few things over the years. One of the most important lessons for a new investor is to think outside the box and not be scared. I remember all the scary moments when I almost gave up on Bitcoin but never sold. I felt like it was a mistake to hold for so long while others traded, felt left behind as a holder, but my job and hobbies allowed me to survive and a year later Bitcoin was up again.

You have to understand that investments are like learning a new skill. You will fall, you will get some sleepless nights, but after some time you'll be satisfied and say it was all worth it.

Vikings had their own laws. If you murdered someone by stabbing in the back or whatever, you were usually kicked out of the community. You became an outsider with no protection and outsiders were free to hunt. If you killed someone's father or son and got kicked out from the settlement, you could be sure the family would come after you and hunt you down in the woods like a dog. Branding thieves and murderers was also popular in that time and branded people were free to kill with no consequences.

There's still a lot of older people who want to feel the thrill of playing in a crowded place again. It reminds them of their youth, when in the 60s and 70s Vegas was booming place, filled with lights and sounds of slot machines. Therefore, I don't believe physical casinos will close in the next few years, but they'll keep losing money to their online counterparts and eventually more than 50% of all gambling around the world will be done online.

Maybe the recent pandemic shutdowns affected the business? Physical casinos might be losing ground to online gambling and crypto gambling is taking a large share of that as well.
This might be the perfect time to sell. With over $200 million a year, the buyer will need a sound business plan and a lot of money to risk. If I had 200m, I wouldn't consider it at current state of events. 

Quantum computers are an unknown that can induce chaos, just like war or a natural disaster are that unknown for every investor. We could call them black swan events for their respective environments.
 

Altcoins increase the value of the market. It's great that people are trying to build something on the idea introduced by Satoshi.
Altcoins that fail are like failed experiments. Do you think that we should stop experimenting?

You won't find his wallet because it's most likely not a single one. Corporate investors aren't like us little people. They don't hold millions of dollars on their laptops, although there are some pretty neat air gapped laptops. Unless Elon decides to disclose all the info (which he won't because he will not want the whole world to know when he decides to sell) you won't find his addresses.

Some analysts speculate that even 0.2 will equal big wealth in 10 years because there's no way for bitcoin to be mediocre. It's going to be big or it's going to disappear and be forgotten.
Taking the above into account, it's stupid not to at least try to get that 0.1 BTC because you have 50/50 chance of making a deal of a lifetime when Bitcoin hits 500k USD and what do you have to lose? If you bought last year that would be less than 2k, that can be worth 10k this year and 50k in 2030.

Does this mean that when your (hypothetical) daughter tells you that there's a boy in her school who always follows girls into the ladies room because he thinks he's one of them, you'll say it's all fine because he should be allowed to be who he wants to be?

Great to see him get what he deserves. He lied and cheated, sold his support to shitcoin devs for a few hundred dollars. He knew what he was doing and he has the money to get good lawyers. People aren't going to start "free McAfee" campaigns or anything like that. He's a selloff with no dignity and that's all I can say about him. I liked the guy when I first heard him talk about Bitcoin, but greed made his true nature manifest itself. Better that it happened sooner than later.

Does that mean that if a person goes into an argument with someone about predestination and to prove that there is none jumps off a cliff, you'll also say that it was that person's destiny to argue about predestination and die on that day? Maybe it's weird to me because I'm not religious, nor superstitious, but I don't know people who would believe in fate. We all have our own free will and that's what matters. I can go gamble now, after reading your post, or I can go watch a movie. It's my choice after all.

Buying it in 2017 and turning 1k into 40k wouldn't improve it? You must be living a pretty good life my friend.

Are we talking about crypto or Bitcoin here? Bitcoin is not that volatile. Worst case scenario one month you'll be buying a new car and next month you'll have to settle for a used one.
Altcoins can be pretty volatile but Bitcoin with its 5-10 % moves?

I guess that means you believe in predestination. I don't. Our life is not written when we're born, there's no higher power pulling the strings, there's no fate.



If you die of a heart attack after winning, it means you had a weak heart that you did not take care of. You should work out, eat healthy and if it's already too late for that, medicate and visit a cardiologist once a year. That person who dies killed by a train is not predestined to die but not careful enough.

I agree. It's a matter of perspective. If you buy something and its value increases over time, you will feel better about it, become more confident, happy that you made a good choice. It's a pretty normal thing, don't you think? If you bought a house and that house became famous in the city with people asking you to sell it or rent it to them, wouldn't you be happy? This means that every good purchase is a positive thing that can make your life better.

I had BTC before the 2017 bull market and held through it all. I had coins worth 1k USD, then 20k USD and again 3k USD after about 2 years of holding and I did not feel too bad about "missing it" like many people at the time. Life goes on, money is only money, although I don't regret joining this community and buying bitcoin. It was one of the best things I did with my money... scratch that! It was the best thing I did with my money.


He forgot he was on his alt account