Is Bitcoin Really Gambling, or Just Misunderstood Risk? Post:

[Kenzb1]

Many people say Bitcoin investors are “gamblers,” but that view ignores basic economic reasoning.
Investors like Michael Saylor didn’t allocate billions to Bitcoin out of recklessness. They evaluated Bitcoin as a scarce digital asset, resistant to inflation, with asymmetric upside and growing institutional adoption.
Historically, early investors in new asset classes are often labeled reckless — the same happened with internet stocks and even value investors like Warren Buffett in his early years.
Risk is not the same as gambling. Gambling has negative expected value, while investing is about probability, fundamentals, and long-term conviction.
With the current bitcoin price dumb, so much talks about Bitcoin being misunderstood risk is flooding the Internet.
Curious to hear others’ thoughts: where do you draw the line between speculation and investment in Bitcoin?

[lionheart78]

Investing in Bitcoin is not gambling, indeed, there are risks involved, but true investors calculate risk before they invest in Bitcoin.  Bitcoin is highly volatile, yes, but educated investors know how to manage risk, while risk management is absent in gambling, it is truly present in Bitcoin investment.

People can buy and trade and can easily pull out buy and sell orders, while in gambling, one the bet is done and the button is pressed for the game to spin, there is no turning back but to wait for the result.  This is the difference between gambling and Bitcoin investment.  People have more control over their funds and can cancel anytime after setting up buy and sell orders.

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With the current bitcoin price dumb, so much talks about Bitcoin being misunderstood risk is flooding the Internet.
Curious to hear others’ thoughts: where do you draw the line between speculation and investment in Bitcoin?

Do not mind people that are saying that, we are in the bear market and I expect people should know that. Ignorance should be the only reason people will be saying bitcoin is a misunderstood risk asset or whatsoever they are saying bad about bitcoin. The bull market will begin and people will make money as the price of bitcoin will begin to increase and get to all-time high.

[Btcdeybodi]

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With the current bitcoin price dumb, so much talks about Bitcoin being misunderstood risk is flooding the Internet.
Curious to hear others’ thoughts: where do you draw the line between speculation and investment in Bitcoin?

Bitcoin is also risky after all, but its level of risk depends on the investor you are, either a long term investor or a short term investor. If you are a short term investor the risk might be higher for you because of sudden DIPs like the one we are seeing in the market now but if you are a long term investor it gives you opportunity to take calculated risks because the market can retrace back in the long run and start skyrocketing again. I don't understand what you mean by drawing a line between speculation and investment because the market is about speculations and not a defined reality. After investing, all you can do is to speculate the market just like big actors in the market like Michael Saylor does.

[BlackHatCoiner]

What is even gambling? Everything in investments is speculation. People speculate when opening a restaurant, or when they take a loan to renovate a house to rent, or when they're buying an AI stock. It's all speculation, there's always a risk of losing money. Buying bitcoin is also speculative. Yes, it is an asymmetrical bet when you figure out you're living in Clown World, but it remains speculative.

Gambling is... when you haven't done your research? Or when the odds aren't with your side? I really can't figure out the definition that clears out the casino money from investments money.

[BlackBoss_]

Many people say Bitcoin investors are “gamblers,” but that view ignores basic economic reasoning.

Curious to hear others’ thoughts: where do you draw the line between speculation and investment in Bitcoin?

Bitcoin is Bitcoin and it has shown that it is a very good investment asset. You can look at Bitcoin yearly candlestick chart and see this clear fact about Bitcoin growth in past years so far.
https://charts.bitbo.io/yearly-candles/

Anyone looks at this chart and says Bitcoin is not a good investment asset, please explain with me why?

Of course, Bitcoin as said is Bitcoin, a good investment asset, but people can do many things with Bitcoin from investment, trading, speculation to even gambling. Even with investment, different people can practice their investment differently then gain different results from profit to loss, but Bitcoin is again just itself.

[bitterguy28]

Curious to hear others’ thoughts: where do you draw the line between speculation and investment in Bitcoin?

speculation is if one is just making a guess based on nothing but a lot of people actually look at previous events and even cross compare that to present ones to come up with what they think would happen then they’re properly making an informed investment

[Merit.s]

Anyone that calls bitcoin gambling doesn't understand how bitcoin works because of ignorance and nothing more if not, he will take his time and study bitcoin to have a proper knowledge about how bitcoin works.

I am not surprised that this is coming out at this time that the market is in a bearish state because we hear a lot of FUD during the bear market or after a slight dip in price. I'm used to all negative news on bitcoin already. Just buy and hodli and forget about the noise in the market.

[CONVOAI]

No, Bitcoin or investing in Bitcoin is not gambling. If you notice, good investors do not invest all their money in Bitcoin. They suggest investing 10% of their money in crypto because cryptocurrency is very unstable. Most new investors invest all their money in Bitcoin with great enthusiasm, so some people get profit and some people not. In my opinion, investing only 10% of your money in bitcoin is better.