1 BTC = 1 BTC. You only lose if you sell. You're buying inflationary fiat.

[dataispower]

We really can't stop people from panicking and selling, but we can stop ourselves from selling. those who have a "weak hand" will only experience heavy losses and those who have a "strong hand" will gain large profits from the bulls that will occur in the future. let those who are weak out of the market, and we who are strong stay and believe in bitcoin.

Stopping people from panicking to sell their coin's will be actualize when you use this platform of bitcointalk to correct people that is in sin of not understanding the structure. When someone panic to sell they always end up of getting lost but whenever someone compute itself whenever market is dropping the person  make or regained profit when it rises. Getting profit you most learn how to take risk and hiw to patient for the investment. Been eager to sell will lead people to lost

[m2017]

It's funny and sad to see all people panicking. They are selling and losing. They're buying inflationary fiat Do they even know it?

From the outside, the current panic of the surrounding people, who control themselves and have strong nerves, like virtualdn, can look both funny and strange. Yes, you are undoubtedly right when  virtualdn say that with the sale they only fix their losses and it will be impossible to restore the lost. If the alarmists didn't do this, then over time, when the market recovers, they would have every chance to compensate for the "paper" losses. Now, their losses are not on "paper", but in reality, which creates even more losses, since this is fiat subject to inflation.

Remember guys, 1 BTC will always equal 1 BTC and the supply is very limited. If you can see this in the long run you will be a winner. Of course, chickens will run home as always

Those who panicked immediately forgot about it, because fear blinds their eyes and envelops their minds. Their fate is only in their hands. This is the peculiarity of bitcoin. This needs to be handled thoughtfully and carefully.

Don't worry, HODL, BTC will come back stronger than before. To The Moon! BTC

- Let the haters feel good, this is all they can do anyway.

So it was before, always, and so it will be in the future.

I think haters should be ignored. There are ways to spend your time on more important and interesting activities.

[ethereumhunter]

Those panicked people will be around even though they also know that the sharply falling bitcoin price will surely rise again one day. But they still can't accept if the price of bitcoin drops, let alone drops past 10% and that's why many of them then sell some of the bitcoins they have in the hope of buying at the lowest price. Maybe that way, they can withdraw profits for a while if bitcoin conditions are not stable or have not gone up high so they can still benefit from the difference in bitcoin prices.

[Findingnemo]

Only few people are buying bitcoin as bitcoin while most of them are buying because bitcoin is digital asset which is giving unimaginable returns in very short term for them it is never going to be easy to see their portfolio lose its half of the value in just matter of hours. Buy when its low and stand out from the crowd we can't able to make others decision while we can grab our opportunities.

[Vaskiy]

Even at this market condition MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor is bullish about the bitcoin price. He has mentioned of bitcoin as a long term investment and he'll continue to buy regardless of the price moves. His company stocks price fell down 45% from the previous week closing at the low of $168. About Dollar, the monetary policy expansion and inflation is a big problem affecting the purchasing power.

[non fungible anxiety]

oh noes it's depegging!!!
1 btc = 0.95 btc now


It's a joke.

[Lanatsa]

Even at this market condition MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor is bullish about the bitcoin price. He has mentioned of bitcoin as a long term investment and he'll continue to buy regardless of the price moves. His company stocks price fell down 45% from the previous week closing at the low of $168. About Dollar, the monetary policy expansion and inflation is a big problem affecting the purchasing power.

We could really be having our own inputs and views on certain things and since we are talking bitcoin or crypto market as a whole then we do know on what are the probabilities and risk attached to it.

Whether they do see for it to reach out 100k or more is something correlates to those perma-bulls but we know that this market doesnt really only move on a single path
which we do obviously seeing these scenarios to happen which is really that very common and something that someone should really be aware of.

[ajochems]

The Fiat value of bitcoin was changing every day with some investors. If ery simple to make a sheet and inverse on the same side. When the price of bitcoin was increased in the strengthen. Cash out the funds, when you found it very useful. Buy at the inflation and the price will go the next pump. It's enough to sell such type, don't worry about the minor change in the price of bitcoin.

[hatshepsut93]

Somehow people never say that 1 BTC = 1 BTC when it's the bull market and everyone is fixated on its USD price, but when there's a bear market, we should all forget about USD price 

This crash like any other bear market shouldn't be downplayed. It's a sign that Bitcoin still operates on the basis of speculative boom-bust cycles, so it's not really a strong safe haven asset that can rival gold.

Sure, Bitcoin will recover and reach new highs, but it doesn't mean that crashes like this one don't matter at all.

[NeuroticFish]

Somehow people never say that 1 BTC = 1 BTC when it's the bull market and everyone is fixated on its USD price, but when there's a bear market, we should all forget about USD price 

You are right. On bull market people also start partying because the price looks great, forgetting that they are on profit only if they sell; and most may only sell when the price actually goes down.

Sure, Bitcoin will recover and reach new highs, but it doesn't mean that crashes like this one don't matter at all.

Of course they matter, but imho telling that 1 BTC = 1 BTC often enough may help on newbies' morale. Understanding that 1 BTC = 1 BTC and the price should eventually get back (at least) to the levels they've bought at might help some to avoid buying high and selling low (and if that's achieved, they can easily become long term holders).
At least this is how I see the things.

[Marvelman]

Somehow people never say that 1 BTC = 1 BTC when it's the bull market and everyone is fixated on its USD price, but when there's a bear market, we should all forget about USD price 

You are right. On bull market people also start partying because the price looks great, forgetting that they are on profit only if they sell; and most may only sell when the price actually goes down.

During the bull market, people count 1 BTC = how many gold bars, teslas, lambos, boats ... no one cares about the USD. 

Sure, Bitcoin will recover and reach new highs, but it doesn't mean that crashes like this one don't matter at all.

Of course, it matters. It matters because it gives an opportunity to new investors to enter the market. Bitcoin may not offer the same opportunity that early investors had, but it still presents an opportunity for everyone to double their investment within a few years. This makes it the best asset on the market today.

[MinMan]

well that is the difference between people who trade daily and people who invest long term.

people who invest long-term then their mentality is already prepared with what will happen as it is today. because the price goes down and up is normal. and they only focus on the price target or big potential in the future.

but I can understand those who trade day by day. those who choose a cutloss after a loss of a few percent is a good move. because they can buy back from the bottom and sell back at the top.

so the two circumstances have different methods between scalpers and long term investments.

and its application should not be a scalper using thinking that invests long term because it is not suitable. because scalpers or day traders focus on daily earnings. if you lose today. can start trading again the next day.

I don't believe that only the traders are selling these days but there must be investors with weak hands that sells because they are too scared seeing the price dumped too much. Stable coins are useful and they can prevent your coins from fluctuating, and selling coins doesn't always mean that you sell at a loss but there must be an old investor that have bought when btc was cheaper than what the price we are seeing today so they still earns something even if they sell their coins.

If you are a trader, you haven't waited for this dip to sell but traders have already sold their btc before this dip happened and they are now at it, buying again. They will sell once they see a small increase.

[qwertyup23]

It's funny and sad to see all people panicking. They are selling and losing. They're buying inflationary fiat Do they even know it?

Remember guys, 1 BTC will always equal 1 BTC and the supply is very limited. If you can see this in the long run you will be a winner. Of course, chickens will run home as always

Don't worry, HODL, BTC will come back stronger than before. To The Moon! BTC

- Let the haters feel good, this is all they can do anyway.

Like what I also mentioned into several similar posts like these, it is easier said than done especially if a person has more than a couple of BTCs in their wallet. This means that the slightest shift to its price, whether a slight increase/decrease, means a gain/loss of over thousands to millions of $$$ in the process. But I do agree with your statement, 1 BTC will always be equal to 1 BTC regardless of its value in the market and its inflationary nature.

That is why, always HODL for the meantime especially if you are not experiencing any financial strains or conflict. Treat these as your long-term investments just like any other blue chip companies.

[UmerIdrees]

Even at this market condition MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor is bullish about the bitcoin price. He has mentioned of bitcoin as a long term investment and he'll continue to buy regardless of the price moves. His company stocks price fell down 45% from the previous week closing at the low of $168. About Dollar, the monetary policy expansion and inflation is a big problem affecting the purchasing power.

Current price action may seem discouraging for crypto investments but believe me, these are the best price to get into crypto. You will not find bitcoin under 30,000$ for long. There will be pain and fud in the market. If you are strong enough not to sell your coins in these panic times, believe me, you will be rewarded huge in the coming future.

[justdimin]

Stopping people from panicking to sell their coin's will be actualize when you use this platform of bitcointalk to correct people that is in sin of not understanding the structure. When someone panic to sell they always end up of getting lost but whenever someone compute itself whenever market is dropping the person  make or regained profit when it rises. Getting profit you most learn how to take risk and hiw to patient for the investment. Been eager to sell will lead people to lost

This is true if you are investing into something that is great. Like for example bitcoin dropped and ethereum dropped as well so if you buy them a lot more right now then you are going to profit on it a lot in the future as well. However, if you end up buying Luna because it dropped so much and even 1 dollar would pay your mortgage levels of hope, then you are going to be upset about it for sure, there is no way that you could profit from this at all, you will end up with a big loss.

This is why you should be avoid buying big coins and you should invest into something that will make you some profit, a lot more profit, that's how you make a profit in the crypto world, not by investing into "anything" that goes down.

[Fatunad]

Even at this market condition MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor is bullish about the bitcoin price. He has mentioned of bitcoin as a long term investment and he'll continue to buy regardless of the price moves. His company stocks price fell down 45% from the previous week closing at the low of $168. About Dollar, the monetary policy expansion and inflation is a big problem affecting the purchasing power.

Current price action may seem discouraging for crypto investments but believe me, these are the best price to get into crypto. You will not find bitcoin under 30,000$ for long. There will be pain and fud in the market. If you are strong enough not to sell your coins in these panic times, believe me, you will be rewarded huge in the coming future.

Instead on freaking out yourself on these red or bearish times its more ideal if you do consider on having that DCA system as long your finances or budget allocation do permits you.
Not all would really be having the finances for them to make such action even if they wanted to but instead they do hold off their floating negatives until the market recovers.
For those people who had been dealing with this market and does have money to be invested then times like these are really the best one to dive in into the opportunity.

[stompix]

So let's make a test
I'm offering you 5 000$ for one coin and 200 000$ for two coins.
Would you be interested in any of those offers?

This would prove nothing. It could prove that you don't know how to make a good business.
That's because even if 1 BTC = 1 BTC (always!), still, business is business

Well, to be honest, I'm not that good at doing business at all anymore.
Five years of negotiating contracts to the penny (no joke!) have made me a negotiation hater, I would rather throw an old phone I wanted to sell out of the window than engage in 3 mins of negotiations with the person wanting to buy it.

But the point stays, common, everyone that read it immediately thought 200k/2 > 100k coin  70k profit, if I would post an ad and asking for one or two BTC for a car everyone would first evaluate it in dollars then check the price then comment. Or we could go to the extreme, why not spend 10k BTC 1BTC=1BTC and one pizza is still one pizza 

Somehow people never say that 1 BTC = 1 BTC when it's the bull market and everyone is fixated on its USD price, but when there's a bear market, we should all forget about USD price 

or they say, it's still x100 higher than in 2009 

[NeuroticFish]

Well, to be honest, I'm not that good at doing business at all anymore.
Five years of negotiating contracts to the penny (no joke!) have made me a negotiation hater, I would rather throw an old phone I wanted to sell out of the window than engage in 3 mins of negotiations with the person wanting to buy it.

I've never been good at negotiating, so don't worry

But the point stays, common, everyone that read it immediately thought 200k/2 > 100k coin  70k profit, if I would post an ad and asking for one or two BTC for a car everyone would first evaluate it in dollars then check the price then comment. Or we could go to the extreme, why not spend 10k BTC 1BTC=1BTC and one pizza is still one pizza 

The thing is that depending on where we're looking at this, always one will be wrong and one will be right. So I will, in the same time, agree with you and keep disagreeing with you.

You're right that the current price (always) matters. But on the other hand, it matters only for the one who will buy or sell. If one decides to just hold for long, simply because he's no longer a good trader, or has never been, the price is just something not-really-relevant, which has a better chance to make him die of hearth attack before he gets to enjoy the returns of the investment. Or makes newbies panic sell (same newbies will be disappointed now, but may buy again when FOMO bubble is nearly at peak again).

So, price is important only if one indeed sells or buys. For the rest, don't panic, 1 BTC = 1 BTC.
Of course, you may also argue that one can sell high then buy back low, but there's a risk factor there, making the equation less straightforward.

[amishmanish]

I think it all depend on your prospective, needs and expectations. Some people think bitcoin is a online gamble or something. Its not, bitcoin made its place by proving its worth over years as a technologically superior and safer mode of transaction as a currency  and it will keep doing so in future. The only people who want bitcoin to fail are the the pessimist morons who find the smell of their fiat currency papers to irresistible. There are bigger powers at play as well who wield great financial power and the bitcoin seem  make the economy trully liberal and thereby taking away their powers

[taufik123]

Being a BTC Holder will have many advantages, but we also have to know what the risks are. Buying at a low price or several years ago will certainly get a lot of benefits if psychology is still strong and believes that bitcoin will continue to grow.
many people suddenly become rich because they managed to hold bitcoin until now.
then buying at a cheap price today can also be a good choice. Remember the target price of $100k is still not reached, bitcoin still has a long way to go. Don't FOMO and don't follow the scattered FUD.