Knowledge vs hodlings

[Baki202]

All of us who know a little bit about Bitcoin we try to value our holdings of Bitcoin. But the first thing we need to acquire good knowledge before holding Bitcoin. I will hold Bitcoin but if I don't have good knowledge about it then holding will be meaningless. Why should I hold and what is the benefit of my holdings? I have to know these things and ultimately, I have to gain knowledge. Moreover, how to hold Bitcoin or what is the proper time to sell it, how can i earn profit, these issues must be solved by gaining knowledge. There is no opportunity to profit from Bitcoin without gaining proper knowledge. Because without gaining knowledge a person will not be able to keep his bitcoin holdings safe.

It's not like people who hold have a choice because you actually know that if you sell now, you'll lose money because the market is experienced bearish and its instability affects the value of your assets, so it's not like people who hold have a choice. People who lack information frequently pursue money without realizing that bitcoin operates differently. Once you have invested there should be a stipulated time you will want to sell. All depends on how the convince it is for the person. Everything about bitcoin needs calculation.

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[Bushdark]

Holding makes you owner of your funds and that ownership is what makes it easier to understand what bitcoin is actually. If I’m going to trade my bitcoin or may be invest it somewhere then it’s going to be just another fiat ecosystem. Having a wallet with private keys makes me owner of those bitcoin. I am not loosing any value if I consider one bitcoin equals to one bitcoin. I only lose it if I sell it or send it to someone or maybe consider it’s value in terms of fiat. Anyways that’s another story but Holding is MUST at least with my own experience.

Gaining knowledge is quite different from holding but in all we need to establish a way that will keep triggering our urge to hold for as long as we want. It is very difficult for us to hold and one of the things that normally trigger us to continue holding is when we have other investment too that are giving us money. Since the market is very volatile, then we need to make sure that we study the market enough and know the duration of how we intend to hold. The market is down now and it's obvious that the market will soon take a bold bullish move soon and if we are a good holder, we can earn more from it when the market finally go bullish.

[Russlenat]

Having adequate knowledge before you desire to invest is a must. That is one way to avoid future losses especially in a market that is so much volatile and unpredictable. Although I can tell from the newbies these days that they jump into bitcoin investing without prior knowledge due to hunger of profits, but we all know how these investments will end up. That is why a lot of them fail and eventually blame bitcoin because they don’t know what they are doing in the first place.

[Viscore]

The most basic and helpful advice I have read here for newbies that just got into bitcoin and is looking for where to start from is you don’t need to know everything about bitcoin before you can start investing, just learn how to buy and how to not lose your coins” I have forgotten who wrote this text but I feel that newbies that want to just hold bitcoin don’t need to start learning the technical part of bitcoin, just start with security and keep your coins safe.

Well said. Bitcoin investment is not complicated if you chose not to complicate things. As long as you have prior knowledge and understanding to it, I think it’s still possible that you can invest and hold it for long term without future troubles. However, but with greed and impatience, you will never be successful in your long term investment. Greed will only make you invest for nothing, that is proven a lot of times.

[Distinctin]

Knowledge is a must. Either you plan to invest or share your experience, at least you have gained some initial knowledge on it. However, the problem with most newbies these days investing in bitcoin is they don’t have the prior knowledge about bitcoin and how it will work as an investment. They only see it as a get rich quick, thus thinking that bitcoin can be easily handle and make profits, but it turn out that it’s very much hard and complicated because of its high volatility. Anyone that decide to hold bitcoin and does not understand it’s market volatility will certainly struggle on how to make it work.

Yes. Obtaining knowledge is really essential before we decide to invest or even trade. That will help us what and when to invest so as to gain maximum profits and avoid from consistent losses. Without knowledge and a good understanding of your investment, expect that it will not be successful like what you've planned.

[hafiztalha]

Never invest anywhere or in any asset without having a proper knowledge. At the end of the day it’s your hard earned money which is being invested. So if you don’t do proper research on the platform where you investing or in the asset in which you are investing , then definitely there is chances that you might lose the money. So yes in case of Bitcoins this also applies. So before buying any Bitcoins, it is a must to acquire knowledge about it. How Bitcoins works, how to buy, how to store them safely, where to buy, these are the basic things that you need to know at least in order to start investing in Bitcoins.

Yes, Main things that should remember are  fundamental analysis and technical analysis of market. You have to be knowledgeable about fundamental and technical analysis. Knowledge is very important for investment in Bitcoin. The graph analysis is very important. You should have knowledge where graph will go? and what is meaning of this graph?
When you will be experienced person in investment in Bitcoin, you can invest more money with low risk. Research properly and work hard. At the end, you will be successful.

[qwertyup23]

Don't make it complicated, just try to understand fiat and compare it with Bitcoin, you will know the reason why you must holding Bitcoin.

lastly you can always earn Bitcoins once you have a solid knowledge of it .you can even earn Bitcoins indirectly by teaching others or even running a local exchange and lots more.

Having knowledge about Bitcoin doesn't make you able to earn, it's just a currency. What you're need to learn is a hard skill that you can work and get paid from someone e.g. design, programmer etc. No one want to use unknown local exchange that charge high fees, they prefer to use centralized exchange.

Like what I have previously mentioned, having the knowledge about forecasting the price of BTC is useless with inaction. There must be some sort of application where you can use this knowledge for you to maximize your BTC investments.

If you think that HODLing BTC, by using your initial investment, is better for short-term, then feel free to do so. I agree with you- at the end of the day BTC is considered as a currency and an investment at the same time.

[flyingcarpet]

Never invest anywhere or in any asset without having a proper knowledge. At the end of the day it’s your hard earned money which is being invested. So if you don’t do proper research on the platform where you investing or in the asset in which you are investing , then definitely there is chances that you might lose the money. So yes in case of Bitcoins this also applies. So before buying any Bitcoins, it is a must to acquire knowledge about it. How Bitcoins works, how to buy, how to store them safely, where to buy, these are the basic things that you need to know at least in order to start investing in Bitcoins.

Yes, Main things that should remember are  fundamental analysis and technical analysis of market. You have to be knowledgeable about fundamental and technical analysis. Knowledge is very important for investment in Bitcoin. The graph analysis is very important. You should have knowledge where graph will go? and what is meaning of this graph?
When you will be experienced person in investment in Bitcoin, you can invest more money with low risk. Research properly and work hard. At the end, you will be successful.

Some of those who invest in anything do so because they hear about it from the people around them. I don't understand how they risk their own money so much. Being informed is both a good thing and helps make your investment safer. Those who invest only based on what they hear from someone without choosing such a thing are doomed to lose.

It's not a difficult thing to research. We live in the internet age and we have access to everything.

Of course, there may be things we hear from our environment and invest in, but what I mean here is that we need to do research before investing.

[puloweh555]

Yes. Obtaining knowledge is really essential before we decide to invest or even trade. That will help us what and when to invest so as to gain maximum profits and avoid from consistent losses. Without knowledge and a good understanding of your investment, expect that it will not be successful like what you've planned.

They haven't mastered the science of investment and don't understand it, but they are really interested in starting to invest, they will have fear and doubt, that's why I need knowledge, for me knowledge is important before investing. Science is an investment in the brain, after that just invest in Bitcoin and hold on. because by knowing many things we can prepare ourselves for the future.

In essence, before starting to invest invest more in ourselves.
Read lots of books or watch YouTube to increase your knowledge. It's not easy to get "big profits" from investing. Because any investment model must have risks. And we must know how to manage the risks.

Through discussions with other people, I think we can find out whether the theory we know is the same as reality or could be different, and that's where we learn a lot from discussions on this forum so that your insight becomes broader.

[BITCOIN4X]

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In essence, before starting to invest invest more in ourselves.
Read lots of books or watch YouTube to increase your knowledge. It's not easy to get "big profits" from investing. Because any investment model must have risks. And we must know how to manage the risks.

I completely agree with your suggestion, meaning it is true that good knowledge will open up more good potential for getting returns from investments. Smart people will tend to spend more money on their brains than they would on an unsuccessful lifestyle, but that mindset is not shared by the average person.

Honestly, I've heard that advice and I think it makes sense. Knowledge should take precedence as the most valuable capital over their investment budget, but to invest in bitcoin they don't need to be experts. I mean, they just need to learn the basics of bitcoin and how to store it safely. Meanwhile they must know how the market works for their investment assets too.

[Aikidoka]

What you explained is correct. I mean, holding Bitcoin without having at least basic knowledge about it is genuinely scary, as you might encounter alot of problems in the future, one of which is the risk of losing all your funds due to foolish. So what really matters is that before investing even $1 in Bitcoin it's important to acquire a fundamental understanding of how Bitcoin works. What's even more matter is understanding its security aspects and how to secure your assets as effectively as possible.

IMO Holding Bitcoin is no joke, particularly for those who plan to hold it for a long term.

[salad daging]

Knowledge is indeed the source of everything that will make us successful later, including in this investment. I agree with you that when we do not have a thorough knowledge of bitcoin it will create the potential for someone to make panic sales when something happens to bitcoin, such as experiencing a very deep decline. I will not talk about other people in this case, because I myself was in the same situation when I first learned about and entered to invest in bitcoin. But over time and with more experience, things like panic start to disappear by themselves, and in the end we have stronger confidence in our investments.

Why invest when there is no knowledge? I think the two must be together simultaneously including first knowledge and second practicing you invest by holding bitcoin - as long as you hold you will know how to overcome many problems on the way later of course with basic knowledge makes us more understanding and makes it easier for us not to fall into panic.

Don't make too much of something that happens out there sometimes with weak people they always panic when the price drops, but with basic knowledge I think that person will remain calm and come to good conclusions during the journey of investing in bitcoin.

Moreover, here many strengthen each other to keep holding bitcoin under any circumstances.

[nurilham]

Having adequate knowledge before you desire to invest is a must. That is one way to avoid future losses especially in a market that is so much volatile and unpredictable.

Having sufficient knowledge and experience isn't only the way to avoid severe losses, it is also the way to understand how to optimize the strategy to gain good profits. Without knowledge and experience, an investor can't understand the effective strategy in investment. That's why we call people who invest with no knowledge are just gambling with Bitcoin or altcoins. So, I really agree that having knowledge and experience is a must before someone starts his investment journey.

Although I can tell from the newbies these days that they jump into bitcoin investing without prior knowledge due to hunger of profits, but we all know how these investments will end up. That is why a lot of them fail and eventually blame bitcoin because they don’t know what they are doing in the first place.

Yes, there are many newbies who invest without sufficient insight about Bitcoin. They are just following the trend, probably following their friends who already invest in Bitcoin a longer time. Sure, they are probably to end up with losing money, no profits at all. That's because they may not understand when to buy and when to sell their Bitcoin. They have no knowledge about the time for entry (collect Bitcoin) and exit (take profits). Moreover, they are very possible to panic and sell directly their Bitcoin whenever there is a big FUD about Bitcoin. It is because their mentality isn't ready for holding Bitcoin.

[dunfida]

What you explained is correct. I mean, holding Bitcoin without having at least basic knowledge about it is genuinely scary, as you might encounter alot of problems in the future, one of which is the risk of losing all your funds due to foolish. So what really matters is that before investing even $1 in Bitcoin it's important to acquire a fundamental understanding of how Bitcoin works. What's even more matter is understanding its security aspects and how to secure your assets as effectively as possible.

IMO Holding Bitcoin is no joke, particularly for those who plan to hold it for a long term.

If you do just simply hold and never ever spends those coins and you do really take care of your wallets PK then hold up for long term then that lack of knowledge of yours would really be might resulting into those huge returns but if we do speak about having no knowledge even with the most basic things like security of your wallet and those selling points then you would really be likely be messing up your holdings.
Nothing beats out if you do have that sufficient knowledge and something that you would really be needing to take advantage with this market.If you are that someone who is really that doing his/her
assignment then you are really that prone to errors.

This is why it would really be just that ideal that you should really know on how to deal up with things and on how to deal up

[red4slash]

Knowledge is indeed the source of everything that will make us successful later, including in this investment. I agree with you that when we do not have a thorough knowledge of bitcoin it will create the potential for someone to make panic sales when something happens to bitcoin, such as experiencing a very deep decline. I will not talk about other people in this case, because I myself was in the same situation when I first learned about and entered to invest in bitcoin. But over time and with more experience, things like panic start to disappear by themselves, and in the end we have stronger confidence in our investments.

Why invest when there is no knowledge? I think the two must be together simultaneously including first knowledge and second practicing you invest by holding bitcoin - as long as you hold you will know how to overcome many problems on the way later of course with basic knowledge makes us more understanding and makes it easier for us not to fall into panic.

Don't make too much of something that happens out there sometimes with weak people they always panic when the price drops, but with basic knowledge I think that person will remain calm and come to good conclusions during the journey of investing in bitcoin.

Moreover, here many strengthen each other to keep holding bitcoin under any circumstances.

But the fact of the matter is that when we are still a beginner then whatever we will be overlooked because of the limitations of the knowledge we have which makes this a bad condition for them and I think everyone has felt this way because in the end even if it is about knowledge and strength in holding good but theory and practice will be very different so in this case risk taking must obviously be taken so that we get something else important "experience".
Even though many people are strengthening but when we are still mentally very weak because we have just experienced a difficult period in investment (when prices crash) then panic will definitely still arise and I am sure that everyone has felt it and this is the process we have to go through because in the end whether we are able to go through the process or not because if in the end we are not able to go through it then our goals will also not be obtained.

[goldkingcoiner]

Don't make it complicated, just try to understand fiat and compare it with Bitcoin, you will know the reason why you must holding Bitcoin.

lastly you can always earn Bitcoins once you have a solid knowledge of it .you can even earn Bitcoins indirectly by teaching others or even running a local exchange and lots more.

Having knowledge about Bitcoin doesn't make you able to earn, it's just a currency. What you're need to learn is a hard skill that you can work and get paid from someone e.g. design, programmer etc. No one want to use unknown local exchange that charge high fees, they prefer to use centralized exchange.

Exactly. There is no point in trying to compare apples with oranges. Bitcoin holding is something important but only if you understand why it is important. Otherwise you are just simply following a fad. In this case, I would certainly call hodling a fad. And this will materialize itself in a very unpleasant way when the Bitcoin price has a violent price fluctuation, as it has had, many time, in the past, and the "hodler" panic sells due to his ignorance on the price potential of Bitcoin.

I suggest that people first learn more about Bitcoin (and why its so awesome) and learn to appreciate the value of money before leaping into the world of cryptocurrency. Otherwise they waste their money and lose it completely, once they jump on the bandwagon of other fads, like NFTs.

[KiaKia]

I know people who have bought their first Bitcoin ever without knowing much about bitcoin, they are so into Bitcoin because their friends made a lot of money through Bitcoin, learning first is like wasting of time at the time, this was in 2021 bull market and they are able to make small gains.

I am not defending them on the rout they took but it's sure not a safe one, becauSe what if the market crashed on them? At that time they are already buying the tops. I believe knowledge should be the main focus for everyone, not only about Bitcoin investment but everything else.

Yes it's easier to download a wallet and start sending and receiving Bitcoin, but you will lack knowledge about the risks that are present while using your wallet and you engaging in some other activities online.

Some risks aren't about the wallet alone, what about the exchnages we send Bitcoin to for trading? There are many things to learn about Bitcoin and crypto first before doing anything else but these days people are too impatient.

[Mr.right85]

1. Understanding Bitcoin first gives you a more solid knowledge of security. and this is very important to avoid loss of funds.

Many at times, we find people seeking bitcoin investments for the sole purpose of gains. That’s why we have them crypto traders that wants to trade based on signals and even those investors that don’t want to do any form of investigation on projects and prefer you to point them to a coin that would make 100x. We still have other categories that believes in the idea of bitcoin packages that offers regular rewards within a periodic base.

Most of these individuals often ends up on scam sites.

This makes having some knowledge of how the cryptocurrency space works and bitcoin network to be of great importance. It’s the one way you can guarantee safety, identify and utilize opportunities that presents itself within the space.
It’s not enough to just invest, you have to study the project.

[gunhell16]

Those two words, if you connect them to the Bitcoin industry, are, for me, equally important. Because if you have something like that, eventually there will be a change in your life if you have Bitcoin holdings and knowledge. Obviously, you wouldn't go out of your way to own Bitcoin if you didn't find anything wrong with it.

What if you have no knowledge but buy Bitcoin and hold it long-term? Of course, at this point, while you are waiting for the right time to sell here, it is possible to learn what Bitcoin actually has and why it has become attractive to the majority of wealthy investors around the world. So, for me, if you don't have knowledge about holdings, you can make a mistake in what you choose to hold. But if you go with knowledge, for sure you won't make a mistake that you want to hold for the future.

[summonerrk]

Those two words, if you connect them to the Bitcoin industry, are, for me, equally important. Because if you have something like that, eventually there will be a change in your life if you have Bitcoin holdings and knowledge. Obviously, you wouldn't go out of your way to own Bitcoin if you didn't find anything wrong with it.

What if you have no knowledge but buy Bitcoin and hold it long-term? Of course, at this point, while you are waiting for the right time to sell here, it is possible to learn what Bitcoin actually has and why it has become attractive to the majority of wealthy investors around the world. So, for me, if you don't have knowledge about holdings, you can make a mistake in what you choose to hold. But if you go with knowledge, for sure you won't make a mistake that you want to hold for the future.

That's right, because knowledge without practice does not make sense. It's just a lot of theory and facts that you know, but what profit is there from them if they are not applied in any way. You can know at least all the facts of cryptocurrencies and have excellent technical analysis, but what is the point of this without investment?

But the presence of holdings but the lack of knowledge is even worse. Such an investment will lead to the fact that the trader will invest without understanding, and falling into the scam.
After that, such a bad investment will depreciate, and as a result, the deposit will be zero.

In general, one without the other cannot have profit and meaning in general.