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Question: What percent of your net worth is in bitcoin?
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0.5 - 1% - 9 (5.7%)
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3 - 10% - 23 (14.5%)
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February 06, 2013, 02:52:15 PM
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Hello everybody,

I'm curious what percent of your net worth you keep in bitcoin, especially as this thread grows and takes on a life of its own over the months and years.

When doing the math for yourself, sum up the value of all the assets you own: your bitcoins, liquid assets (cash), illiquid assets (house, car, etc), gold/silver, 401k, investments, and your bank accounts. Divide your bitcoins' worth by the sum total and report back here! A spreadsheet is helpful.

I recently did a survey of my personal finances, and to my surprise, I'm at 0.832%. I spend much more than 0.832% of my time thinking about bitcoin, so this made me wonder why I'm so fascinated by something I have so little stake in. I plan to increase my holdings over time, until bitcoins make roughly 10-15% of the total. Of course, as bitcoins grow in value, this will happen slowly and gradually, but I've made the conscious decision to migrate some of my worth from dollars and stocks to bitcoin, which I trust and support much more than the US financial system.

What are your thoughts? Why are you (or aren't you) more or less invested in bitcoin, on a personal level? How did you get to be so invested (or so little-invested) in bitcoin?

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EDIT: Also count bitcoin-related-investments as bitcoin as well, since they can be quickly liquidated back into bitcoin. Thanks!
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February 06, 2013, 03:13:20 PM
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Hello everybody,

I'm curious what percent of your net worth you keep in bitcoin, especially as this thread grows and takes on a life of its own over the months and years.

When doing the math for yourself, sum up the value of all the assets you own: your bitcoins, liquid assets (cash), illiquid assets (house, car, etc), gold/silver, 401k, investments, and your bank accounts. Divide your bitcoins' worth by the sum total and report back here! A spreadsheet is helpful.

I recently did a survey of my personal finances, and to my surprise, I'm at 0.832%. I spend much more than 0.832% of my time thinking about bitcoin, so this made me wonder why I'm so fascinated by something I have so little stake in. I plan to increase my holdings over time, until bitcoins make roughly 10-15% of the total. Of course, as bitcoins grow in value, this will happen slowly and gradually, but I've made the conscious decision to migrate some of my worth from dollars and stocks to bitcoin, which I trust and support much more than the US financial system.

What are your thoughts? Why are you (or aren't you) more or less invested in bitcoin, on a personal level? How did you get to be so invested (or so little-invested) in bitcoin?



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February 06, 2013, 03:19:50 PM
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Should we count things like bitcoins realated investments (such as shares of SatoshiDice) as bitcoin or not?

Yeah, I think that would be good. I'll make an edit-note of it in the original post. Thanks!
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February 06, 2013, 05:05:42 PM
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I put about 5% of my income into bitcoins every week. I move half of them to a paper wallet and pretend they don't exist anymore. I like to play with the other half  Smiley
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February 06, 2013, 05:24:51 PM
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I started with 1% and then it became 7% in about a year.
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February 06, 2013, 05:29:24 PM
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50% or more, true believer  Smiley

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February 06, 2013, 05:32:08 PM
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40-45%

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February 06, 2013, 05:36:52 PM
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Probably about 90%.

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February 06, 2013, 05:43:27 PM
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I started with 1% and then it became 7% in about a year.

Replying to myself.
People say you shouldn't invest more than you can afford to lose - but with bitcoin I may suddenly think that the value of the bitcoins I bought cheaply may be worth more than I want to lose.  It's a strange psychological position to be in.
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February 06, 2013, 06:10:28 PM
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I started with 1% and then it became 7% in about a year.

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People say you shouldn't invest more than you can afford to lose - but with bitcoin I may suddenly think that the value of the bitcoins I bought cheaply may be worth more than I want to lose.  It's a strange psychological position to be in.

If your assets have appreciated, it might be a good idea to sell some off to lock in your gains and diversify into other investments.

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February 06, 2013, 06:47:10 PM
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I have no idea how to calculate what percent my bitcoin holdings are because my net worth is negative.  Fucking student loans.

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February 06, 2013, 07:12:44 PM
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I have no idea how to calculate what percent my bitcoin holdings are because my net worth is negative.  Fucking student loans.

In my calculation, I didn't factor in my student loans either. I just summed up all the things I own and found my bitcoin holdings as a percent of that, but I suppose that isn't precisely "net worth".
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February 06, 2013, 07:18:45 PM
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I have no idea how to calculate what percent my bitcoin holdings are because my net worth is negative.  Fucking student loans.

Hmm... interesting. If you divide a number by 0, well, it can't be done. However, dividing a positive number (your btc) by a negative number (your net worth) you get a negative number.

But. Your net worth is calculated by summing your total assets and then subtracting your liabilities.

Maybe you could calculate the ratio of your bitcoin holds to debt.

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February 06, 2013, 07:24:30 PM
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50+%, but about 90% of it came from bitcoin in the first place.

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February 06, 2013, 07:31:07 PM
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100%.

My asset holdings less my debt is negative (due to student loans), so ~ 50 BTC / 0 = ∞ (or 100%, if we want to be practical).
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February 06, 2013, 07:37:15 PM
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Around 1%. Because I do not have the privilege of being able to allot a significant percentage of my worth into speculative investments.

On the other hand, my Bitcoin holdings constitute around 25% of what I have invested in any kind of instruments or currency.
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February 06, 2013, 07:55:32 PM
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50+%, but about 90% of it came from bitcoin in the first place.

I am confused, I think you mean to say you bought around $2 ?  Or did bitcoin used to be 90% of your holdings?
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February 06, 2013, 08:53:58 PM
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50+%, but about 90% of it came from bitcoin in the first place.

I am confused, I think you mean to say you bought around $2 ?  Or did bitcoin used to be 90% of your holdings?

He diversified his bitcoin profit, same as I have.

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February 06, 2013, 09:39:01 PM
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The asset value of my house is enough negative to cancel out all other assets, lol.
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February 06, 2013, 09:39:57 PM
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The asset value of my house is enough negative to cancel out all other assets, lol.

You shouldn't have overpaid Wink.

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