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Does CZ's pardon provide a get out of jail free card for all crimes present and future- or just those committed previously?

Perhaps the pardon deal is a bit more nuanced, something like: "do what we want you to do [with the price] or else..." a la Gary's office visit Wells notice regime?

i always thought the pardons are only for specifically listed stuff to that date and not after.

but laws and the constitutional powers are pretty fluid as far as definitions lately.



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Good luck on that re-buying, really, but I expect that sooner or later bitcoin will bite all "cyclists" in the ass.
Either it would surge and "cyclists" would be left behind with pennies on a dollar or it could plunge after you or someone else buy at 55K.
Why not? No one knows for sure but the time/space crystal, I suppose.
I know people who made this mistake in previous cycles, liquidated all and they targeted a drop of under $1000. It never came, some regretfully never bought back and others bought back at a major loss in the number of coin in terms of percentage.

HODL is always the best strategy if you are convinced long term. If I had the power to manipulate the market like the institutions, then I would use leverage and trade, but I don't..
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We don’t hit bottom until JJG & Biodom admit I was right and the four year cycle is real. We aren’t there yet. Maybe if we fall into the 50s? Hard to say.
According to you, You are pretty wonderful.
That doesn’t sound like an admission that I was right and you were wrong or an acknowledgement that the four year cycle is alive and well.

Lower we go!

Admission is not going to happen from me, since I never said that the 4-year cycle was not a thing, since historically I have been a pretty strong advocate of cycle theory and stock to flow, yet as Biodom mentioned, cycle theory is not the ONLY game in town, these days.

In any event, I won't admit that you were right about anything to the extent that we might be able to figure out what you said in any meaningful and committed kind of a way.   And, whether I give recognition to your ongoing baloney or not, that has nothing to do with BTC price movements and/or when the bottom might be in.

Ongoingly you seem to be inclined to want to argue with yourself over stupid shit and still try to act like you can see into the future (when it comes to bitcoin price dynamics), and sure maybe you did happen to make trades like you said that you did.  I doubt that many guys in these here parts really care about your supposed trades (to the extent that they even believe you about them happening), even if you were to have had made such trades as you claim to have had.

Just because you may have guessed correctly while talking out of both sides of your mouth, I am also not going to agree to say that you are not retarded, emotionally excessive and/or irritating on an ongoing basis, either.

If you were to want to enter into some kind of a mutually agreeable bet with me, then if we were to agree to such bet terms (which might be a bit of a big deal to even be able to achieve, since I can hardly even manage figuring out ways to propose bets with you since you seem to ongoingly speak out of both sides of your mouth, even when you are ongoingly proclaiming to be "the winner" and the rest of us (royal?) are losers because you retroactively frame the positions that we take to be opposite to what is happening so that you are the ONLY one that is correct about whatever might be happening in bitcoin).  That is why you are one of the smartest persons (if not the smartest person?) that any of us actually know.

What I am trying to say is that if we were to figure out some bettable item and if you were to end up winning such bet, then you could possibly say that you won such bet. Historically, I cannot recall us entering into any such bet with you, even though you are now wanting to proclaim that you are a winner and also to give some emphasis to traders being superior to investors, based on the potential of some short-term gains that you might have had been able to make, in the event that you had actually traded on such BTC price moves, as you claim to have had...   Sure there are some other traders in this thread who are way less annoying than you.

If we to get into discussions of long term plays regarding bitcoin, through your historical behaviors, you have proven yourself as mostly retarded (even though you try to proclaim that you have been "killing it" since your earliest of times in bitcoin, and supposedly you got to where you are in bitcoin through trading, so in that sense you want to ongoingly proclaim that trading is the way to go based on your supposed short term success in recent times (perhaps it could have had been?).  

Many guys here, including yours truly, don't trade dee cornz and largely error on the side of investing into bitcoin rather than trying to trade it.  Yeah, sure investing in bitcoin can sometimes be frustrating in the short term during BTC price drops, yet many of the investors do not consider trading as a solution to the issue of either bitcoin accumulation or bitcoin portfolio management.  Surely I mentioned many times to you that some guys (including yours truly) are no longer in our bitcoin accumulation phase.... even though surely even if some of us are in our maintenance phase we still might buy bitcoin on dips or have other ways of managing our bitcoin holdings that seem like trading but it does not necessarily put us in our bitcoin accumulation phase.

On the other hand, you consider yourself to be in your BTC accumulation phase (even nearly 15 years after you had already been in bitcoin - at least going by your forum registration date) and you ongoingly consider trading to be one of your tools to increase your bitcoin accumulation.. which you have seemed to have had been continuing to make the same mistakes to trade bitcoin rather than invest in it, over and over but hoping for a different result..

To me it seems that bitcoin accumulation is a long game, yet if you have goals that never can be reached then, you will continue to accumulate bitcoin.  At the same time, I doubt that your ongoing fucking around with trading can beat various longer term scenarios in regards to historical accumulation, and in one of my earlier posts, I even presented you with a 138 BTC scenario, that between June 2011 and January 2013, you surely should have had been able to accumulate at least that many bitcoin, if you were even close to the baller that you are claiming yourself to be.  

In the end, I doubt that you could even beat a scenario of a guy who invested from mid 2011 to early 2013 and accumulated 138 BTC during that time... and sure maybe such guy that could have had been you just investing around $100 per month into bitcoin bitcoin, and averaging around $10 per bitcoin for such costs, so between June 2011 (your forum registration date) and January 2013, there were 20 months, so you could have had easily accumulated more than 200 bitcoin for right around $2k spent over 20 months, so that kind of a budget is not even a BiG BALLER amount of money invested in bitcoin over that 20 month period of time, and I am giving you some room for error and mistakes and to say that you ONLY were able to hang onto 138 BTC of those BTC.  

Right now if you were to have a BTC stash of 138 because you had mostly accumulated the bitcoin and held onto them and not fucked around with trading, then if you were to have 138 BTC or more, then you would not have to fuck around trading, since you would be able to have enough bitcoin to have an income of $800k per year (plus a 7% raise every year forever and ever and ever).  Wouldn't that be enough of a "passive" income for you?

You want more and more and more?

You want to continue to argue about your ongoingly proven to be wrong (especially in longer terms) dumb trading approach to bitcoin even though historically, you have left all kinds of money on the table from that repeated trading approach bitcoin, most likely due to your trading (selling too much bitcoin too soon approach) rather than employing an investing approach, even though you continually want to tout trading as if it were a better approach to bitcoin portfolio management.

In the end, I would not even want to spend time considering how to enter a bet with you since I consider you to be an increasingly annoying spin-doctor kind of a person, even though you were annoying earlier also.  

I do agree that there could have had been possibilities in the past that you could have had won a bet regarding today's BTC price since I would have bet against today's sub $74k prices having had happened .. so for example, I would have had bet against both a dip below $74k and also that so far, we have spent a few days either touching upon or even going below $74k.. so I would have had bet against that if you would have had had enough balls to have had spent time figuring out the bet and entering into  such bet on the opposite side.. as you are proclaiming that you would have had been right about something, yet you waffle around quite a bit when it comes to commitment.  

Yet, I will concede that if you would have had agreed to enter such a bet with me in October-ish or whenever it was that you were proclaiming yourself to have been some form of Nostradamus, then I might have considered enter into such a bet with you, since I would have had a hard time imagining the BTC price getting down to $74k by this time... .. yet surely a lot of that is hypothetical since you tend to not want to commit yourself to such specifics, and it is not even like I am inclined to want to negotiate specifics with such a seemingly ongoing weasely guy like you...

Does CZ's pardon provide a get out of jail free card for all crimes present and future- or just those committed previously?

Perhaps the pardon deal is a bit more nuanced, something like: "do what we want you to do [with the price] or else..." a la Gary's office visit Wells notice regime?

Seems like that's gotta be it for all of the US coin<->fiat orifices 

Pardons can only be issued for prior conduct not future conduct, even though surely the US Govt. and likely Blackrock too.. got its little tentacles into Binance back in 2023 and they likely have been increasingly wanting to get and keep CZ and Binance "in line" in various ways.. so yeah, both CZ and Tether are likely getting themselves in balls deeper than they wished that they would have had been or should have had been.

Good luck on that re-buying, really, but I expect that sooner or later bitcoin will bite all "cyclists" in the ass.
Either it would surge and "cyclists" would be left behind with pennies on a dollar or it could plunge after you or someone else buy at 55K.
Why not? No one knows for sure but the time/space crystal, I suppose.
I know people who made this mistake in previous cycles, liquidated all and they targeted a drop of under $1000. It never came, some regretfully never bought back and others bought back at a major loss in the number of coin in terms of percentage.

HODL is always the best strategy if you are convinced long term. If I had the power to manipulate the market like the institutions, then I would use leverage and trade, but I don't..

You are talking about 2018, 2019, 2020.  The crashes into the $3ks were horrible, but surely there were guys who were deadset on bitcoin touching $1k or even going below $2k.

Yet, similar things happened in 2022 and 2023 with guys thinking that the BTC price needed to go down to $10k or $12k.

The bets may end up being quite big.

I remember quite a few stories from early 2017 when guys thought that it was inevitably going below $500, and the lowest it got was around $820.
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the overshoot shows bears had extra juice but if low holds its still seller exhaustion play
fading volume on downside + oversold rsi scream bounce
tighter invalidation now below 71704 opens 65k-60k fib cluster
updated consensus from moe: 60 percent chance snapback to 85k if 75k reclaimed with volume
long entry on break above 75k stop under 71k target 85k for 21 rr
bull cycle still on but watch macro for cracks

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The extent to which you knew what was going to happen in advance is hardly even important - except perhaps to the extent that you were able to profit off of your trade this time. 


Exactamundo.

I know myself. I don't trade (well, for the most part, I have, of course, made a few trades here and there). I just add to the stack.  Or subtract from it.

I certainly have respect for people who can successfully time markets.  I am not one of them.
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https://x.com/bradmillscan/status/1934299540116689134

still believe Bitcoin will hit ATHs next year, and next next year...
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https://x.com/bradmillscan/status/1934299540116689134

still believe Bitcoin will hit ATHs next year, and next next year...

Well, this hypothesis is being tested right now...it's barely surviving at 72K, but would be fully falsified probably at around 37.8K (aka 0.3X126K-cyclists prediction).
I am more of a super-cycle adherent, with some qualifications, hence my call of a 71.2K bottom (but I would take 72K, lol).
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The extent to which you knew what was going to happen in advance is hardly even important - except perhaps to the extent that you were able to profit off of your trade this time. 
Exactamundo.
I know myself. I don't trade (well, for the most part, I have, of course, made a few trades here and there). I just add to the stack.  Or subtract from it.

I certainly have respect for people who can successfully time markets.  I am not one of them.

I hate to assume too much about the histories of guys here, yet OgNasty's ongoing bragging and trying to act like he is smarter than everyone else, seems to be quite detached from his own likely fuck-ups if he ongoingly thinks that he is smarter for trading rather than investing, even if coincidentally he might have had been able to get somewhere in the ballpark of timing the top and the bottom for this particular run, and that is a BIG FUCKING IF.

Even you have been registered here for about the same amount of time  as him, yet you are not bragging about your stash or your trading abilities, and so anyone could have had made various fuckups, yet if someone is proclaiming that they were good at bitcoin from the start, then I don't see it to be unrealistic to even say that between mid 2011 and early 2013, they could have had invested around $2k into bitcoin and accumulated 200 BTC or more . and then even if they might have had sold and fucked up a few times, if they had been erroring on the side of mostly holding coins (which is what an investor does) rather than trading, then such guy could have had still retained something like 138 BTC  right now.

Probably the best that I could have had done with $2k is to have had got around 8 BTC in 2015.. and I am not saying that 8 BTC is a small amount, but it is way smaller than the 200 BTC that could have had been gotten for $2k between mid-2011 and early 2013.

I am thinking that since OgNasty is not even attempting to engage with me in regards to the feasiblity of accumulating 138 BTC, and he also completely poo-pooed my idea of having 13.8 BTC to have an $80k per year perpetual income (with 7% raises each year)..

So then let's just ball-parkedly guess that somehow he was able to retain around 30 BTC in spite of all of his bullshit trading.. so then right now he goes into our latest 2025 (end of cycle) pump.. So then when he is smarter than everyone else, is he selling half of his BTC? or more than half?  I cannot imagine him being a bit more modest in his sale, but maybe he sold less than half of it?

Let's say that he sold half of it.. which would be 15 BTC, and he did it around $115k - so he got around $1.725 million for his 15 BTC.

So then when he goes to buy back, he is taking a lot of chances regarding how to get back in, but if he were to buy it all back right around current prices of $72k (which would be a pretty decent trade), then he would be able to buy back close to 24 BTC (absent various fees).. so then he ends up increasing his stash by 9 BTC.  He is still way fucking below the 138 BTC that he could have had if he had not been fucking around and without taking so many chances with so much capital.

I suppose even if he were to end up selling his whole hypothetical 30 BTC stash at $115k and then buying back the whole thing at $72k (which again is a good trade), he would have had increased his stash by 18 BTC.. which is still a drop in the bucket compared to the 138 BTC that he could have had by just focusing on buying and holding rather than fucking around with trying to trade and suffering from the stresses (and financial risks) of trading, even if he happens to be the smartest guy that none of us have ever met.

There may have been quite a few of us who either dabbled in trading or maybe we tried it on considerable scale numbers, and surely I would think that it is really difficult to beat investing in bitcoin as compared with trying to trade it.. there are like 10 days each year that we need to be in bitcoin to get the profits otherwise we end up not getting any profits... so it remains quite risky to be attempting to use substantial portions of our bitcoin stash to try to trade... .. I frequently suggest not to trade with any more than 10% of the stash, yet surely there are guys who go way beyond my recommended limitation.


https://x.com/bradmillscan/status/1934299540116689134
still believe Bitcoin will hit ATHs next year, and next next year...
Well, this hypothesis is being tested right now...it's barely surviving at 72K, but would be fully falsified probably at around 37.8K (aka 0.3X126K-cyclists prediction).
I am more of a super-cycle adherent, with some qualifications, hence my call of a 71.2K bottom (but I would take 72K, lol).

It seems to me that we would need some kind of a real BIG downward catalyst to bring BTC prices even 10% below the 200-WMA - so that would be right around $52k - except like a flash crash - and even that seems a bit much.. but yeah, there is a certain contagion that ends up developing with any downward momentum... and it is still difficult to figure out from where all of these sold coins are coming from?  The BTC spot ETFs?
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https://x.com/bradmillscan/status/1934299540116689134

still believe Bitcoin will hit ATHs next year, and next next year...

 i think on this year, setember, ...
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### Overall Average Bitcoin Mining Cost
As of early February 2026, the global average cost to mine one Bitcoin (including electricity, hardware depreciation, and other operational expenses) is approximately **$94,600 USD**. This figure is derived from composite estimates using network electricity consumption data (from sources like the Cambridge Blockchain Network Sustainability Index) and daily Bitcoin issuance. It's a dynamic value that fluctuates with network hashrate, energy efficiency improvements, and global electricity prices. Note that this is the breakeven point for average-efficiency operations; more efficient setups (e.g., with newer ASICs like the Bitmain S21) can mine at lower costs, while less efficient ones face higher expenses.

Historically, extreme fear in the market (as discussed in prior sentiment data) often correlates with mining costs exceeding spot prices, leading to capitulation among marginal miners. With Bitcoin trading around $73,000, current costs imply many operations are unprofitable without subsidies or low-cost power deals.

### Mining Costs by Country
Mining costs vary significantly by country due to differences in electricity prices, regulatory environments, access to renewable energy, and infrastructure. Miners tend to cluster in regions with cheap, abundant power (e.g., hydropower, natural gas, or renewables). Below is a breakdown based on recent estimates for key mining jurisdictions (as of late 2025/early 2026 data). These are approximate total production costs per BTC, weighted by industrial electricity rates and assuming average network efficiency. Hashrate shares are included for context (from aggregated Cambridge and industry reports, totaling ~100% for major players).

| Country       | Est. Hashrate Share | Est. Mining Cost per BTC (USD) | Key Factors |
|---------------|---------------------|--------------------------------|-------------|
| United States | ~38%               | $87,000–107,000               | Mix of cheap Texas gas/renewables and higher national averages; industrial rates ~$0.09/kWh nationally, but miners often secure 2–4¢/kWh deals. |
| China        | ~12–21%            | $15,000–89,000                | Underground ops in hydro-rich areas (e.g., Sichuan) offer ultra-low costs (~3–5¢/kWh), but official rates average 11¢/kWh; post-crackdown variability. |
| Russia       | ~5–16%             | $40,000–50,000                | Abundant gas/hydropower in Siberia; rates ~4–5¢/kWh; cold climate reduces cooling costs. |
| Kazakhstan   | ~7–13%             | $32,000–40,000                | Coal-dominated, cheap power (~3–4¢/kWh); infrastructure challenges increasing costs. |
| Canada       | ~5–6%              | $45,000–55,000                | Hydropower in Quebec/British Columbia (~5–7¢/kWh); stable regulations. |
| UAE          | ~5%                | $35,000–45,000                | Emerging hub with subsidized gas/solar (~3.5–4.5¢/kWh); government incentives. |
| Paraguay     | ~3%                | $25,000–35,000                | Itaipu Dam surplus hydropower (~3.9¢/kWh); tax exemptions through 2027. |
| Other (e.g., Ethiopia, Iran) | ~10–15% combined | $20,000–40,000              | Ultra-low rates (1–4¢/kWh) in select regions, but political risks and limited scale. |

These costs are estimates and can vary within countries (e.g., China's range reflects legal vs. illicit ops). Global hashrate is ~1,067 EH/s as of Feb 2026, with migration trends favoring stable, low-cost jurisdictions amid regulatory shifts.

### Mining Costs in the United States (State-Specific)
The US dominates global mining (~38% hashrate), but costs vary widely by state due to electricity rates, climate, and incentives. Mining is concentrated in low-cost states like Texas (deregulated markets, renewables), Georgia (cheap industrial power), Kentucky (coal/gas), and North Dakota (oil byproducts). Costs here are total production estimates per BTC, scaled from the national industrial average of ~$87,000 at 9¢/kWh. I used recent EIA industrial prices (YTD through Nov 2025) for scaling, but actual miner rates are often 30–70% lower via negotiations, demand-response programs, or co-location with renewables (e.g., 2.5–4.6¢/kWh in Texas/Georgia). Thus, I've included both EIA-based estimates and adjusted ranges for typical mining deals.

| State          | Industrial Electricity Rate (¢/kWh) | Est. Mining Cost per BTC (EIA-Based) | Adjusted for Mining Deals (USD) | Notes (Capacity/Trends) |
|----------------|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|---------------------------------|------------------------|
| Texas         | 6.52                               | ~$63,000                            | $25,000–50,000                 | Largest US hub (~40% of US hashrate); ERCOT demand-response cuts effective rates; expected cost rises in 2026 due to data center/mining demand. |
| Georgia       | 7.81                               | ~$75,000                            | $30,000–55,000                 | Major facilities (e.g., CleanSpark at 3–4.6¢/kWh); renewables integration. |
| Kentucky      | 6.98                               | ~$67,000                            | $35,000–50,000                 | Coal/gas cheap; growing ops in Appalachia. |
| North Dakota  | 7.62                               | ~$74,000                            | $40,000–55,000                 | Flared gas from oil fields reduces costs; cold weather aids cooling. |
| New York      | 9.43                               | ~$91,000                            | $50,000–70,000                 | Hydro in upstate; regulations cap growth; higher baseline rates. |
| Pennsylvania  | 9.26                               | ~$89,000                            | $45,000–65,000                 | Gas-rich; some subsidies, but variable. |
| Washington    | 6.72                               | ~$65,000                            | $30,000–45,000                 | Cheap hydro; but high demand from data centers pushing prices up. |
| California    | 21.80                              | ~$210,000                           | $100,000+ (rare)               | Minimal mining due to high costs; some solar co-locations, but not competitive. |
| National Avg. | 9.00 (approx.)                     | $87,000                             | $40,000–70,000                 | Weighted by mining concentration; subsidies/discounts common (~$1.8B annual impact on rates). |

**Key Insights for US States**:
- Mining avoids high-cost states (e.g., Hawaii at 31¢/kWh, ~$300k/BTC) and focuses on hubs with <7¢/kWh.
- Effective costs can drop to 1–3¢/kWh via grid programs (e.g., Riot in Texas at 2.5¢/kWh), making US ops competitive globally.
- 2026 forecasts show rising costs (8.5% wholesale increase) due to demand from mining/data centers, potentially adding pressure in Texas and the West South Central region.
- Total US mining revenue: ~$2.2B/year, but subsidies raise household rates by billions.

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addendum
bitcoin mining cost snapshot early feb 2026
global average all-in cost to mine 1 btc right now around 94600
btc spot around 73k most average-efficiency miners underwater without sweetheart power deals or subsidies marginal players bleeding capitulation pressure real
country-level breakeven approx all-in per btc
usa 38pct hashrate 87k–107k national but serious ops in texas georgia kentucky often 25k–55k with negotiated 2–4.6¢ power
china 12–21pct 15k–89k huge spread illicit hydro ops dirt cheap official much higher
russia 5–16pct 40k–50k
kazakhstan 7–13pct 32k–40k
canada 5–6pct 45k–55k
uae 5pct 35k–45k
paraguay 3pct 25k–35k
low-cost fringe ethiopia iran etc 20k–40k but tiny scale political risk
us state breakdown real miner effective range vs eia baseline
texas 25k–50k often 2.5–4¢ via ercot tricks still king but costs creeping up in 2026
georgia 30k–55k
kentucky 35k–50k
north dakota 40k–55k flared gas plays
washington 30k–45k hydro but demand pressure rising
new york pennsylvania 45k–70k
california 100k+ basically dead
national industrial baseline around 9¢/kwh 87k but actual mining deals pull most us hashrate way lower
bottom line anyone paying full retail power toast at current prices only survivors locked into ultra-cheap energy plus newest gear everyone else either hodling through storm or quietly exiting classic bear-market miner shakeout in progress

bitcoin miners are stepping up big time during these brutal east coast storms think winter storm fernan in late january 2026 sweeping from texas across the central us and slamming the east with heavy snow ice and freezing temps power grids get hammered as everyone cranks up the heat so miners voluntarily shut down ops to ease the load its not forced its smart business through demand response programs like in ercot texas where they get paid fat stacks to curtail and sell power back to the grid

hashrate took a nosedive over 110 eh/s offline at peak thats like 12-40pct drop depending on the pool foundry usa luxor riot platforms all in on it production slumped to 30-40 btc per day for some publics but heres the twist miners profited up to 150pct more by powering down than mining network stayed secure price didnt budge bitcoin proving its resilient even when rigs go dark for grid relief

east coast got the worst of the snow over 30cm in spots schools closed transport halted but miners in states like new york pennsylvania and beyond joined the curtailment no blackouts like uri in 2021 this time stability ruled thanks to these voluntary moves its a win-win grids dont collapse miners pocket extra dough and the ecosystem shows how bitcoin mining can actually stabilize energy markets instead of draining them classic narrative flip for the haters

east coast blizzards rage 
bitcoin warriors hold firm 
storm cant break our chain

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Woah 21.8¢/kWh? So that's what Californication means!

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The current dumpening feels a lot like the 10/10 decline, albeit at a slower pace
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Woah 21.8¢/kWh? So that's what Californication means!



Have you ever been?

The weather is pretty sweet (on the coast).
This is all referred to as "California tax".

From what I have seen at least 50% Californians are scared that if they would lose the job, they would have to relocate.
That said, having pretty much the same weather day in and day out (like in San Diego) does not really entice me as I like having all four seasons (even if some of them are quite small around here).
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We don’t hit bottom until JJG & Biodom admit I was right and the four year cycle is real. We aren’t there yet. Maybe if we fall into the 50s? Hard to say.

I don’t take pleasure in the drop in Bitcoin’s value, but it is much easier to cope with when you knew it was going to happen and took precautions.

I have to say…. OGn. Been saying it for a long long time

Though the upside wasn’t correct so high chances the downside can be different as well…
Who knows, hodl
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