80%? I bet it's more like 98%; only the "chosen" ones will have enough bitcoin to retire. Someone who's barely making ends meet can't make huge investments if something else doesn't change in his environment to increase his available income. We often see other users praising Bitcoin, but it's not a panacea; it doesn't fall out of the sky. If you don't make enough, you can acquire enough to put towards your retirement. Thus, until then, you're stuck in a loop. I highly doubt that there's a way to break the circle; most of us will be stuck living on this routine, which on the one hand provides some kind of safety after a while, but on the other, it makes time fly by without having an actual meaning. At least that's how I see it.

There's no direct way to answer this question. I started fiddling with cryptocurrencies in 2014 but wasn't active until 2016 or 2017. I made some money until the tremendous market crash in 2018 and abandoned the scene. Theoretically, I've been here for over 8 years, but in practice, I've been active for only the past two years. If I were to answer your question with a number, I'd say that my investments are somewhere from 3 to 4 years old.

Personally, I'm quite satisfied with my course in cryptocurrencies; however, there are times that I'm thinking about all the great opportunities I missed and daydreaming about how life could have been completely different now.

That's what I also believe. I highly doubt that another pandemic will occur in the next few years. However, due to overpopulation and poor living conditions in a few countries, I wouldn't be surprised if a new virus developed. The World Health Organization (WHO) has already warned us that COVID-19 won't be the last pandemic that will affect us, and honestly, I believe that our generation is going to go through another one, which will be worse than COVID.

Up until a few years ago, before the outbreak of SARS and MERS, it was believed by scientists that humanity had eradicated such outbreaks; however, this was proven wrong less than a decade ago, and especially now with COVID-19. I'm hoping that we won't experience such a terrible situation ever again, but history is going to prove us otherwise.

I'm a little skeptical regarding Mr. Beast due to constantly seeing the same people in his videos. Certainly, he's giving away a lot of money, which he's generating from his videos that almost always go viral. I don't question his story; it's very possible to be true since his character has blown up since the first of his days, which made him a potential target. Moreover, I'm not surprised that the thief didn't acknowledge the private key; not everyone has a full understanding of Bitcoin, and it's likely that the thief could have searched for what it was when it was already too late; Mr. Beast had already moved his funds into a new wallet.

More than 10 years ago, as a young teenager, I was advised from someone who was already a programmer working remotely to learn a language such as Python, C++, Java etc. I was too young to understand back then and brushed it off. I'm not sure if I regret it or not, but honestly I'd prefer it if I had some basic knowledge. Generally, I've tried coding but didn't like it at all, and unfortunately for me, there's a great demand in coders.
Success is a very general term. I know a few acquaintances of mine who moved abroad and had two or more roommates in order to get by. Personally, this is something that I wouldn't want as an individual. It's certainly not a panacea solution.
Definitely,  it's also my last resort. I will attempt everything else before making such an important decision, with the best option being remote work.

Creating your own company has other issues; there's no panacea when it comes to businesses. You're taking far greater risks; you may work even longer than 8 hours and suffer from stress due to all the responsibilities; there's a great chance that you might have even less personal time, especially during the first few months of its foundation. You'll escape the 9-to-5 reality, but you might find yourself in another loophole.
Andrew Tate's videos are rubbish, and I'm certainly not motivated by them. It's simple logic that I'd rather have a more thrilling life than constantly look forward to something coming to an end. Every day we're anticipating when our shift will end, when the week will be over to have the day off, for Christmas or Easter vacations, and time flies by without us acknowledging how important that is.

I've received an abundance of similar emails over the past few months claiming that I've bought something or paid for some kind of service, with an attached invoice, not related to cryptocurrencies. I haven't bothered to investigate any further, but so far, I don't see how they end up scamming you, perhaps by trying to persuade you to pay the invoice. Scammers are constantly trying to find new ways to scam people, and their innovation surprises me.

Report them and move on, not much you can do to stop them, u less you change your email address.

Side hustle, of course. Trading doesn't provide a steady income, and Bitcoin itself is volatile enough to not depend on it without a main source of income. I did manage to earn a decent sum of money while trading, but not all days were pleasant or enough to call it a full-time job—not even close. On top of that, trading is stressful enough by itself to be done full-time. Unless you have a great sum of money that you're willing to put into trading, which means potentially generating greater results, then no, I don't think it's feasible enough to be sustainable.

You need a main source of income in order to support yourself and have some level of security in case anything happens, as cryptocurrencies are volatile and may not always yield the result you're hoping for.

Altcoins also yielded greater profits when I used to trade a few years ago. I'm stuck with bitcoin holding now. However, the OP doesn't like that he's actively trading but mostly trying to take advantage of opportunities created during a bear market or generally when it's more volatile than usual and holding till he can sell at a profit. Traders are actively conducting transactions, holding on to the wrong trade might cost them more money than selling at a loss. This is why there are so many tools to assist you when trading (stop loss, etc.). Anyway, we're free to do what we please and what we believe works best for us.

I'm from Greece, and the most you can get is actually 24 days of paid time off. 50 days sounds incredible and completely unrealistic for our standards. I wish I had two days off and 50 days of PTO. I'd be completely satisfied, even though I'd still be working for someone else's company. Creating your own company still doesn't always solve this matter, since you need to have trusted people run it when you're gone, and because it's your own business, you may end up working even longer hours.
Indeed, working from home seems ideal at the moment because of flexible working hours and the fact that you also avoid stressful and time-consuming commuting. The issue with online jobs, though, is that their sectors are still pretty limited.

Certainly, the first point is solid advice: you shouldn't invest, not only in Bitcoin but in general, if you don't have the budget to do so. Investing shouldn't put you under financial strain. If you can't afford it, you're better off not taking a risk you can't afford.

The second point is kind of pointless to be bonest, at least that's how I see it. Any amount of money lost would stink, large or small. A loss is a loss. I can afford to lose $2,000, for instance, but that doesn't mean that I wouldn't be mad or disappointed. Moreover, even if we're talking about Bitcoin, gains are still not guaranteed.

I understand your point; the majority of us will go through this lifestyle for the rest of our lives. Personally, I've always had one day off per week, and it wasn't enough. I can't imagine spending the rest of my life with so little time off. Moreover, you don't have 16 hours of free time like you mentioned; add another 8 hours of sleep, eating, and commuting to work and back, and you'll end up with less than 6 hours of free time available on a daily basis. Personally, this isn't enough for me, and I'm going to attempt to find a way to avoid living the rest of my life so limited.
My point is that there should be a better work to life balance, not to be lazy and have everything ready for yourself. Life should be more than just surviving on the bare minimums.
Definitely, as someone who only had one day off, I'd be quite satisfied having every weekend off. However, I don't think I'd be happy doing it for the rest of my life.

Time passes, and we have nothing to look forward to. We watch our lives pass, and the only thing we're looking forward to is the weekend or 20 days per year of paid time off. We're working a whole year, from 9 to 5 and sometimes even more, at someone else's business just to have an approximate of 20 days of vacation and two days off per week, with many of us having one or even none per week. Is it just me, or does this life sound completely depressing to me? Our ambitions are completely crushed by such a daily routine; our days off are mostly to get things done around the house and to rest. By the time that happens, the day has passed, and we have to go to work again.

At least where I'm at, having two days off per week is considered extremely lucky and privileged, especially if it's two days in a row. Personally, I only had one day off per week, and it honestly wasn't enough. On the one hand, I wanted to get things done around the house and rest, but on the other hand, I didn't want to stay inside doing practically nothing to enjoy myself. Thus, the single day off wasn't even close to being enough. Certainly, I'd be better off with two consecutive days off, but still, is that how you want your life to be for the next 10–20 years, or even more?

On the one hand, I don't want to complain; through the last few years of working, I've been on vacation four times, from 2020 to 2022, which isn't bad at all. On the other hand, I'd like to constantly travel and explore new destinations, the majority of which we'll never experience through this way of life.

Do you believe that there's a true way to escape this vicious cycle, or are we doomed to live like this forever? Telling me that my minor savings in Bitcoin are going to settle me for the rest of my life isn't going to cut it, because the majority of us won't ever have enough Bitcoin to retire.

Are you satisfied with this way of life, or would you prefer to live a different way? What would you like to change and how? Personally, I'm clueless and not satisfied with the idea of spending the rest of my life like this.

That's correct; most of these mixers have been on the market for quite a few years but weren't advertised enough, due to the large user base of ChipMixer, the majority of them were overshadowed. They've now all recently started their own through signature campaigns, and their presence on the forum makes it much more prevalent now. That also shows the power signature campaigns have, which we often forget because some of us take them for granted. With ChipMixer gone, other platforms took advantage of the void in the market and took action to promote themselves to the public.

It's actually surprising that we often overlook how powerful signature campaigns are, but the truth is that if it weren't for them, we wouldn't acknowledge any of these services or platforms now.

No, they don't. I also posted a similar thread a while ago, trying to find out if there are any alternatives to avoiding the usual way of going through banking services in order to exchange for fiat. Unfortunately, the only options I see as possible are P2P transactions in person, which doesn't sound like a very safe option and, if used, are only advised for small amounts of money, and cryptocurrency ATMs, which usually charge high fees and some of which even require KYC.

Thus, unfortunately, going through exchanges is almost a must, and personally, when the time comes, I will withdraw small portions, and for the rest, I might consider an ATM or a P2P transaction.

Bitcoin and investing are both great, but what the OP claimed isn't entirely true. Bitcoin is far from a retirement fund, unless you bought it from 2011 to 2016, which is quite unlikely. Apart from that, even if we suppose that you'd like to withdraw your coins, they'd have to go through an exchange, and if we're talking about a large amount of money, it may not be that simple. So yes, while you have 100% access to your money, exchanging it into fiat and withdrawing it isn't an option readily available. And the most important of all, you're not guaranteed to make money. I've been here since 2014 and have managed to earn a decent sum of money, but it's unlikely that it would ever be enough to retire even if Bitcoin's value exploded.

Don't forget that Litecoin is the second altcoin ever created, the first being Namecoin, which forked from Bitcoin, meaning that they're quite similar. Anyway, the halving won't make Litecoin explode, that's for sure; however, it's notable to mention that despite the current bear market, Litecoin has been performing great. Its price has been on an upward trend for quite a few months now, moving slowly and steadily. It may no longer be the third cryptocurrency on CMC, but it's definitely an honorable mention, worthwhile, and trusted, as it is almost as old as Bitcoin.

Whether this story is true or not is irrelevant because there's no way to prove otherwise. The OP is unfortunately in a troubled situation, and it's positive that he's still trying his best to invest in Bitcoin; despite it being a minor amount of money, it's still something. Others, on better occasions, are unable to even save a penny each. Certainly, I have to disappoint him because the chances of him becoming completely independent from his investment are quite small, unless he's living in a third-world country, but even then, it won't be enough. However, in a few years he'll have a decent sum of money saved up, which by then will have flourished, especially after the upcoming halving.

Mt.Gox is an exchange, not a wallet service, but the point is the same. Any platform or service that doesn't provide you with your private keys is vulnerable and may be subject to loss of capital. I've never used an exchange that has shut down in the past, but I had an account on a wallet service that got reformed and then refused to restore my account, which had my old phone number for authentication. It took me weeks to finally recover my account after requesting a ton of KYC and then proceeding to immediately block my account with my first login. I even had the address associated with the account showing a balance of almost 0.01 BTC, if I remember correctly, which was lost for good. The only online service that provided you with the private keys was BitGo.

To summarize, use a noncustodial wallet, save your seed phrase and private keys somewhere safe, and avoid online services whenever possible.

Thank you for sharing. I had no idea that Ledger wasn't as safe as it was thought to be. I'm also planning to purchase a hardware wallet soon and was considering one of the two major brands. I would have bought one, but I'm currently away from home. Trezor is currently running a promotion for 15% off; the basic version starts at €58, which is nothing compared to the safety of your funds. Desktop wallets are generally safe, but the environment is usually the issue because of possible threats such as malware or keyloggers; thus, a hardware wallet is an ideal way to protect your funds without too much hassle.