Is there a quiet redistribution / accumulation going on?

[inca]

Do you think in the past year and a half (since ATH), has there been a quiet redistribution of bitcoins? Do you think major players are quietly accumulating right now?
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Of course there has been a redistribution, from early adopters to piglets bagholders bitcoin enthusiasts.
Major players are quietly distributing now, they will accumulate when we'll reach double digits (or close).

You keep trotting out this scenario but each time it looks less and less likely.

Besides, the high volume capitulation at 160 and the months later were the accumulation phase. Shorts are down by 25k on bitfinex, I wonder why they aren't reaccumulating for double digits!

[Biodom]

Wider ownership of bitcoin is easy to envision, but lending for production is more difficult.
Maybe we would need to have some derivative for lending as interest rates on bitcoin would be a double whammy if bitcoin would be appreciating at the same time.
In other words, why would someone lend bitcoin if they don't collect interest rates?
However, if you borrow in bitcoin and it is appreciating, you most likely will not be able to pay it back as increasing interest payments will crush you.

[Amph]

strong accumulation seems ended while we were stuck in 220-250 low range, now that we are moving up we can expect a less accumulation and more redistribution

you can see that the occasional slippage/shorting of the price is due to accumulation

[misterycoins]

I am thinking this is the beginning of accumulation leading into the next halving...  as the supply runs dry we will begin to see the price become temporarily parabolic again.

[mrhelpful]

Regardless if there was a reditrubution or not, its going to be used constantly for gambling casino site w. and without bitcoin sites.

Its a money transmitter, that fact alone is enough for me to continue holding like how ATT&T bought out all the towers before taking over western union. But in this case, you get a piece of the pie. It may not make sense now, but if a company like amazon decides to buy a good amount and setup something similar prepare to get a amazon check for getting bought out.

[RodeoX]

I can imagine a bit of both accumulation and distribution; that is to say, much like many other markets.

I think there will be the 99% / 1% kind of distribution all over again.  Average people in a decade will likely be buying in mBTC while there are a couple of large holder companies that have been collecting all along without trying to disturb the public market.  As I write that it reminds me of the gold market.

This.  

Average Joe bitcoiners see the price doing nothing, so they do nothing (i.e., don't buy, don't accumulate).  But they are mistaken to think that MM's, large institutions, banks, etc. are not quietly accumulating right now.  It's easy for them to accumulate off exchange directly from large miners (or perhaps they ARE the large miners? Hmm?) without moving the market one iota.  Then they will run it up when they are ready.  This happens in pretty much every equity/asset market on the planet.

This is why over time in the future the majority of Bitcoin will likely be owned by the 1% wealthy oligarchs.  Because Average Joes are just completely ignorant of how the financial world really works.

You don't get wealthy doing nothing. There is always the "smart money". Free of politics, superstition, wacko conspiracy theories; people who look at math rather than opinion. When the price goes up I'm sure they will all be accused of cheating somehow.  In reality they outplay the competition.   

[Biodom]

I can imagine a bit of both accumulation and distribution; that is to say, much like many other markets.

I think there will be the 99% / 1% kind of distribution all over again.  Average people in a decade will likely be buying in mBTC while there are a couple of large holder companies that have been collecting all along without trying to disturb the public market.  As I write that it reminds me of the gold market.

This.  

Average Joe bitcoiners see the price doing nothing, so they do nothing (i.e., don't buy, don't accumulate).  But they are mistaken to think that MM's, large institutions, banks, etc. are not quietly accumulating right now.  It's easy for them to accumulate off exchange directly from large miners (or perhaps they ARE the large miners? Hmm?) without moving the market one iota.  Then they will run it up when they are ready.  This happens in pretty much every equity/asset market on the planet.

This is why over time in the future the majority of Bitcoin will likely be owned by the 1% wealthy oligarchs.  Because Average Joes are just completely ignorant of how the financial world really works.

You don't get wealthy doing nothing. There is always the "smart money". Free of politics, superstition, wacko conspiracy theories; people who look at math rather than opinion. When the price goes up I'm sure they will all be accused of cheating somehow.  In reality they outplay the competition.  

Nothing is maybe a strong word, but contemporary history is showing that is not always is the case: check the wikis for Severin, Moskowitz, Sean Parker etc in conjunction with Facebook. They were there in the beginning or close, did not do much later, but are currently worth at least $4-5 bil each.
Bitcoin is similar: those who were there/mined first have lots of coins, and later contributors have progressively less.
We already have 99/1 bitcoin distribution. I don't see how and why it would change.

[mrhelpful]

I can imagine a bit of both accumulation and distribution; that is to say, much like many other markets.

I think there will be the 99% / 1% kind of distribution all over again.  Average people in a decade will likely be buying in mBTC while there are a couple of large holder companies that have been collecting all along without trying to disturb the public market.  As I write that it reminds me of the gold market.

This.  

Average Joe bitcoiners see the price doing nothing, so they do nothing (i.e., don't buy, don't accumulate).  But they are mistaken to think that MM's, large institutions, banks, etc. are not quietly accumulating right now.  It's easy for them to accumulate off exchange directly from large miners (or perhaps they ARE the large miners? Hmm?) without moving the market one iota.  Then they will run it up when they are ready.  This happens in pretty much every equity/asset market on the planet.

This is why over time in the future the majority of Bitcoin will likely be owned by the 1% wealthy oligarchs.  Because Average Joes are just completely ignorant of how the financial world really works.

You don't get wealthy doing nothing. There is always the "smart money". Free of politics, superstition, wacko conspiracy theories; people who look at math rather than opinion. When the price goes up I'm sure they will all be accused of cheating somehow.  In reality they outplay the competition.   

Anyone thinking that doing nothing to get rich needs a reality check lol.

Input = Output

Which is the basics of anything on how the individuals should look at. You`ll smart money comes in different forms as well, like how a gambling site can say fair play, but its how they cheat you out without you noticing which is obviously "increasing decks" or something else that puts them win situation all the time.

[Elwar]

People say the grass is greener on the other side.

The reality is that the grass is greener where you water it.

[misterycoins]

Do you think in the past year and a half (since ATH), has there been a quiet redistribution of bitcoins?

Redistribution? Not really. I can't see a major flow of bitcoin from large holders to small users. Early miners who holds thousands of bitcoins aren't really selling. May be a few to buy things and gamble a bit. Some have sold all their holdings and exited the scene, I believe they are a minority. New bitcoin users are buying and gathering small amounts, that's tiny amounts compared to the large holders. Large holders still have lots and newbies still have too few.

Do you think major players are quietly accumulating right now?

I would think so. I base my optimism on the diversity of investors from the bitcoin auctions. Major players are certainly interested and there are MANY of them. Most of these investors aren't buying from exchanges, it's too slow. There are 3600 bitcoin minted everyday by miners. I believe a large portion of these minted coins are sold to these low-profile players.

the distribution of the base of the people who are accumulating Bitcoin is becoming much much broader
This is Bulls and a diversified base of new buyers coming in.