Reading what I am about to post may make you think I am fucking stupid, especially in a world where everyone favors monetary gain above everything else.
But let's just say I am not stupid, and I am sincere to share what I know is the truth.
Matthew 6:19-21
19 Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. 20 But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
What do you learn from these simple verse?
In my own words and interpretation...
It means no matter how hardcore you make a fortune for yourself (trading, stealing, robbing, cheating, bribing, etc), no matter how hardcore you try to safeguard your wealth (put in safe, store as gold, buy bitcoin, invest in real estate, invest in stocks, etc), eventually your wealth will still be taken away from you, one way or the other.
Wealth comes and goes with every generation. How many can actually preserve it? There is Chinese saying that wealth does not last 3 generations. Sooner or later the wealth that you worked hard (and possibly sinful) for will be wasted.
My question for you is: If you know something is unsustainable, just WHY do you still persevere on it?
If you know that sandcastle in the beach will be washed away, will you spend your sweat and toil trying to protect it with everything you have?
Will you even build it in a grandeur way at all?
I am not trying to say you should not care to protect your wealth.
I am trying to let you know that not everything in life is controllable, especially when we are playing other people's game (bitcoin).
Take sufficient precaution but do not be obsessed over it.
Do not lose sleep over it.
Do not get too worried over it.
In life, almost everything is predetermined.
If your wealth is going to be lost or stolen anyway, it will be out of your expectation.
Take it easy.
Be willing to let go.
Allocate a place in your heart for God.