Those who survived previous winter, please share some courage!

[BlackBoss_]

To this day none of those altcoins (literary NONE even the big ones like ETH that used to be 0.15BTC at some point) have been able to regain their 2017 peak prices.

They pumped Ethereum in ETH/BTC pair in 2017 to steal people's bitcoins.

People bought Ethereum in 2017 probably thought that Ethereum will take over Bitcoin first position. They thought that even 0.15 BTC for one ETH was still cheap because soon 1 ETH will become 1 BTC or > 1 BTC.



More terrible than Ethereum, Bitcoin Cash BCH scammers stole people's bitcoins in 2017 with >0.22 BTC exchanged for 1 BCH.
https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/bitcoin-cash/

Now BCH is about $99 or 0.006 BTC. It's 0.006 not 0.06.


DASH


YFI
A most terrible steal is from YFI. I heard but could not understand why they can scammed people to spend > 4 BTC to buy 1 YFI token.

Are they too smart and clever or are people too stupid, greed and careless?

[m2017]

Those who've seen previous bear markets, survived several winters, please share some hope and courage.
This is not the end, right?

It's only in the first winter that it's scary to watch what's going on in the crypto market. But once you see the full cycles of rising and falling, then you will understand that this is not the end. Understanding that it has already happened and will happen, that it will be repeated again and again, that this is how this world of crypto currencies works. Once you understand and feel how it works, the fear will subside and the courage you ask to share will come. Having gained valuable experience, you will react more calmly to changes in the coinmarketcap charts and news in the media.

[Distinctin]

Those who've seen previous bear markets, survived several winters, please share some hope and courage.
This is not the end, right?

There will always be sunshine after the storm, so just like the crypto market, a bullish market will soon to take over the bearish one so we should not lost hope and courage. What we see at the moment is only temporary, there are still greater things waiting ahead so let’s be patient and remain in positivity. And always remember that history will always have bigger chances to repeat itself, so we can always expect for a bull run just as this bearish season will come to an end, but the problem is it will remain uncertain as to when this bear market will end.

[Kasabus]

This is not the end, right?

I can tell from the previous winters that the end of a crypto winter has always come by surprise. So no, I don't know if it's over or not, we will know only after it's over.
I tend to believe that this one feels longer than the previous one, still, I think that the crypto winter of 2015 felt longer/worse.

Imho with the current overall interest in bitcoin the people, businesses and financial institutions are showing, the spring will come, sooner or later.
But more patience may be needed, because the world economy is not in a great shape right now.
And, as others also said, make sure you don't lose focus and hold (only) bitcoin (take it as an advise you don't have to follow, if you are still into altcoins, DYOR).

History has always proven that the bear season is not the end yet, a bullish season will still come by surprise so we should always stay hopeful and patient because that’s the only way we can avoid losses. But I also believe that this bearish market will even continue by the next year seeing there are still no positive events that will bring big changes in the market scenario. So keep on hodling bitcoin, as it’s always in bitcoin that we find maximum profits whenever bullish season finally takes place.

[libert19]

No, it is not the end, market always rhymes, we have seen such crypto winters before. When there is no courage left, it's usually the right time to invest.

[Outhue]

The Crypto market works in circles, there are good times and bad times, whatever is currently happening will pass either good or bad, some comments are saying you shouldn't buy altcoins, well they always make the most money, make sure you buy Bitcoin more and pick altcoins that has great things they are working on...

Most altcoins won't go back to their all time high but your entry price point will save your ass, you will still make 5x to 30x, just don't buy one and sit on it, make sure you diversify, good luck.

[DeathAngel]

Don't buy altcoins.
Buy Bitcoin.

Don't trade.
HODL.

Don't store your bitcoins in exchange wallets (read a topic in my signature)
Use self custodial wallets.

Altcoins lose more in bear market.
They even die in bear market.

More rug pulls in bear market.
More scam exits in bear market.
More collapses in bear market.
All these are for altcoins.

There’s not much more to know than the above, posted by BlackBoss_

It can be tough to watch your net worth fall by 80% or more but things do get better. We will enter another bull market & the price of most coins/tokens will soar. We will see new ath’s for a lot of coins/tokens. You just need to be brave & not panic sell.

This is a time of opportunity if you are smart. Devise a buying strategy now & with patience & the passage of time you will be rewarded with number go up.

[pawanjain]

Those who've seen previous bear markets, survived several winters, please share some hope and courage.
This is not the end, right?

I have survived the previous crypto winter and I will say that it will end sooner or later and so don't even think of selling at a loss.
The market will tempt you a lot to sell your coins since the prices will keep falling but at one point it will revert and shoot up again.
You can keep holding your coins because it will definitely spike up and break ATH.
This is with respect to bitcoin and ethereum only. I can't say about any other coin but both of these are legit coins.
So keep holding them and if possible try to buy more lower and keep accumulating so that the profits can gradually increase in the long run.

[xSkylarx]

Just keep holding and controlling your emotions; that's why they've been holding until now. Your emotions will really trigger you to panic sell. That is why if you can control your emotions by not constantly looking at the price or just staying away from the news of bitcoin (not altcoins, only bitcoin), you will not keep thinking about it as it can trigger you. It is like how you really survive in winter by trying to hibernate, learn, or divert your attention to others.

[posi]

Those who've seen previous bear markets, survived several winters, please share some hope and courage.
This is not the end, right?

I understand how you feel because I am also a newbie and was scared when I first saw the collapse of projects and bitcoin lost 80% of its value, it was really terrible and terrible. I don't know how to give good advice because I'm not very good at it, but I can tell you that, after the rain, the sun will shine. There is no always bear market and no forever bull market, the only thing you need to do now is wait and not sell under any circumstances. To win in this market, the only thing you need is patience, if you can wait patiently, then you will be well rewarded.

[Poker Player]

Those who've seen previous bear markets, survived several winters, please share some hope and courage.
This is not the end, right?

I have been investing for years, first in the stock market and then also in Bitcoin, and in the end it is always the same. If the financial asset you buy is good, whether it's Bitcoin or Johnson and Johnson stock, in the end in the long run it always goes up. You have to take advantage of times like this to buy cheap.

Other than that, you've already been given the best advice:

Don't buy altcoins.
Buy Bitcoin.

Don't trade.
HODL.

Don't store your bitcoins in exchange wallets (read a topic in my signature)
Use self custodial wallets.

[jrrsparkles]

Those who've seen previous bear markets, survived several winters, please share some hope and courage.
This is not the end, right?

You need the hope? I am giving a simple example just go to the bitcoin price tracking chart and set the time frame to all time then you will know why people are saying keep holding your bitcoin.

Every cycle bring new experience to the traders as well as investors so even if someone is experienced in investment they have to hold their patience when their assets price lose its value and if it has potential then don't hesitate to hold but remember this may not work with shitcoins.

[babygun]

I have been investing for years, first in the stock market and then also in Bitcoin, and in the end it is always the same. If the financial asset you buy is good, whether it's Bitcoin or Johnson and Johnson stock, in the end in the long run it always goes up. You have to take advantage of times like this to buy cheap.

Other than that, you've already been given the best advice:

While you are right for one part, there is a massive difference between cryto and stocks. While some stocks are as volatile as crypto, you got a lot of stocks (like Johnson and Johnson) that are more defensive and will not fall as much in a bear market. The most difficult part in investing is choosing the good assets (which stocks, which crypto coins, ...) and also have a plan when to buy or sell them.

[so98nn]

Just resist yourself from moving the bitcoins out of your hard wallet and don’t fall for the traps of FOMO. Market is just like this, the time when you want it more is the time when it gets worst. Only sell what’s required. Off course we need money to survive and if bitcoin is the earning source then keep 70-80% in cold storage and only use ~30% for survival. Idk, where you live, how much you earn, how much you need to have good life but work out the math and only keep that much money handy. This is best way to manage your finances and not to sell out everything at once.

[Scripture]

Those who've seen previous bear markets, survived several winters, please share some hope and courage.
This is not the end, right?

This is not the end, the market will move further and this bear trend will end soon.
Don’t panic, just take advantage of this cheaper market by buying more and take this time to learn how to trade properly, bull trend will come so better to be ready for that. It has been a roller coaster and its worth the ride, take the risk now and have the chance to make profit soon.

[EdenHazard]

Just resist yourself from moving the bitcoins out of your hard wallet and don’t fall for the traps of FOMO. Market is just like this, the time when you want it more is the time when it gets worst. Only sell what’s required. Off course we need money to survive and if bitcoin is the earning source then keep 70-80% in cold storage and only use ~30% for survival. Idk, where you live, how much you earn, how much you need to have good life but work out the math and only keep that much money handy. This is best way to manage your finances and not to sell out everything at once.

The terms of selling is losing must be held tightly in our trading / investing principle ... so yeah selling what's required is the wise decision during the crypto bloodbath , the rest should be kept in the wallet as long as possible till the right time coming to have you holding much more valueable , this is not the correct time to sell.

If you have one more pocket to spend , compounding is the best way to change your life once in a lifetime now.

[blockman]

Those who've seen previous bear markets, survived several winters, please share some hope and courage.
This is not the end, right?

Just HODL.
Nothing will make you feel disappointed when the next bull run has come when you're just holding. You sell at the start of the bull run and you're in profit, there's no regret and neglect on it.
Buy while you see the prices are quite low right now and you'll never know if we're going to still see it drop that much low when the next bull arrives.
Don't lose your courage, we've been there and also were scared. Reading those negative thoughts about the market, they're normal but only those that have kept their trust and instincts about bitcoin remain.

[uneng]

A bear market isn't the end of the world. Everyone can look the history of bitcoin and they will see we have already passed for similar situations and even worse situations since the beginning. I confess I lost my hopes in 2018 when I saw that bearish market. I even forgot bitcoin and crypto for a while, because I thought there wasn't a bright future ahead anymore, as we firstly expected in the previous years.

But then, that bearish market lasted for more 2 years, and finally we could see a new dawn coming in. I felt positively surprised on that moment and I believe those who believe, have patience and focus will also feel like me in 2020 in the upcoming years. You know there is hope when the wealthiest men and companies in the world are constantly talking about bitcoin, even if in a negative way.

[GreatArkansas]

Just resist yourself from moving the bitcoins out of your hard wallet and don’t fall for the traps of FOMO.
(....)

Another thing is OP must be careful joining to some Ponzi schemes, like Bitcoin doubler. Because even during the bear market, scammers are everywhere, they will scam people anytime.
So, OP must be vigilant about these schemes.
Another way if you are for the long term, about checking charts from time to time, find some other things to do so you will not get bored about how the market goes sideways or dump.

[ltcrstrbrt]

  From my experience ( I'm not a good example as a trader ) even if I'm good in theory, the practice killed me. In 2013-2014 I had some BTC ( enough ) most of them from mining and many alts ( ltc which was my favorite at that time, novacoin, ) after that, got some dgb, darkcoin ( aka Dash), monero, stellar, whitecoin, and many many others. At that time I used BTC-e and Cryptsy.

Most of alts  were converted in BTC , excepting Doge which I lost when my Cryptsy account were hacked ( owned millions of doge) btw Vernon is a dumbass. I saw BTC rising from few $$ to $1050 and falling back to ~ $200 ( for me in those days it was funy). Until 2017 my potfolio and also the value off $  rised constantly  ( and not because I kept all my btc, i didn't of course) but because when I started to lose on trading, I infused more BTC ( and also ETH later) gained in ICOs. In 2017 I made the first big mistake, Selling almost all BTC at $700, I remember when everybody waited  for SEC decision ( ETF - Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss, which was rejected)  Still remember that night when BTC dropped a lill' bit and then raised constantly.. I bought back at $2400 ( for the first time my BTC amount started to decrease dramatically ( that was the first sign that I'm a fool...) and so on until my BTC amount decreased 11 12 times. Trading activity should increase the amount of assets held, I found it more difficult, I was doing the opposite). At $19800, my btc amount were ~12 times less but still it worth a generous amount of dollars. Than BTC dropped (the second crypto winter has just started).. Sold everything and  I bought LSK ( 2019). Lisk droped from ~34$ to 3,4 when I jumped in.. This time I didn't sold anything..but LSK it decreased even more touching around $0.66, but it was ok.. constantly, because of DPoS consensus, I received more and more LSK (this helped me to amortize losses). Also during that period, due to the bankruptcy of the PrimalBase company, I lost few PBT ( bought them in their ICO at 1 PBT/3 BTC), probably Manheim ete everything (another dumbass).

After that, btc started to rise again and also alts. In 2021 LSK touched $12 and didn't sold ( second big mistake) .
I sold them at $3 - 3,3 and bought SandBox at $0.98 and sold them at 0.93 ( after few weeks SAND  reached $8.
From this point I've started to lose constantly.

Also I got scammed by chinesse scammers aka MechArena ( Sent a generous amount of USDT  to farming on their platform. The APR were around 1300%. The rewards were in their tokens.. few days everything was fine.. When I've tried to withdraw the entire amount of USDT, the  platform gave an error..  then I realized what was happening ( they used a proxy smart contract) The audit ( Certik) it was falsified by the scammers ... All USDT were lost and the third crypto winter had just begun.

And now I'm here, again...

In all these years, only a small amount of money (earned from crypto) I invested in something else like lands etc.. and of course in  daily expenses..
If you do not have solid knowledge in trading YOU will lose and you'll lose everything, so HODL !
If you don't have enough time to make your own research, don't buy coins/tokens just because they're "on green"
Don't be greedy !
Don't jump in pump&dump scheme ( you can lose everything just in few sec).
Educate yourself and don't repeat the mistakes, learn from them!
Be carefully of scammers ( the world is full of them )
Don't invest the money you need to living ( You'll have to sell on loss )
Don''t be too emotive ( If still you are, the trading is not for you)
If I had kept everything I had from the beginning....
The best way to survive in bear market, is to HODL ( hold your BTC or whatever you own and everything will be ok at the end )