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.

[Hamza2424]

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?

Sooner or later, everyone will accept it, whether they like it or not like it, because there was a time when Saylor also said it won't work, and it will fail and all the investors will regret but look who is leading the way now. They are investing in billions despite losing billions to market dump but they are not stopping they are benefiting from this dump and buying.

They have money, they will buy, that's progress in my sight. So yeah bitcoin is not gambling can never be, but it is gambling for those who stops accumulating after seeing a downtrend.

[Marvelockg]

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?

No real investor will close his eyes to the fact that there is a lot of risk that is associated with investing in bitcoin. as a matter of fact, every time there is a bear, it suggest an high level of risk for the investor. but with that, it is nothing different from every other thing that has it own risk. if investing in bitcoin is gambling, then investing in anything that has a certain percentage of risk be it a very small percentage of risk is also gambling.

[pliego]

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?

I believe for many who say bitcoin is ''gambling'' i think they are trying to speak from a religious perspective.
For those who dont know how to handle their stop/loss i understand why they say that. Even though its their own ''fault'' , id say lesson learned not fault.
I agree with you on risk is not the same as gambling. thats for sure. And to answer your question, If you're trading candles, you're speculating.
If you’re buying a thesis and waiting, you’re investing.

Bitcoin doesn’t care which one you are. Your P&L definitely does

[Stalker22]

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

You have already given a good part of the answer in your post.  But to refer only to the last part of your question, I dont categorically separate speculation from investing because I believe that every form of investment includes a certain amount of speculation.

Think of it like this: every time you put money into anything, you are speculating that the future will be better than the present. Even the "safest" bank account is a bet that your currency wont lose its value.

[Mate2237]

Gambling is a different concept it involves one using money to gamble on an event that is not certain or sure, when you talk about gambling you probability there are high chances that your predict may not work because gambling means that you are putting your money in what is not sure. Gambling is something different from investing and so the question about Bitcoin been as gambling should not be there because in gambling only two things are involved it's either you lose or win.


Investing in Bitcoin means that one is buying and assets what you should be interested in is what is the value of the asset, the risk you are mentioning may only be seen in the sense that due to the effects of volatility the price of Bitcoin may become even lower than when you initially bought it but we know definitely that the price of Bitcoin will move back to normal so buying Bitcoin is not thesame thing as Gambling.

[fortelen]

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?

This is something one can find themselves asking especially, some may see this as having money in Bitcoin as gambling due to the fact some individuals put money into Bitcoin when it drops to try and make money in hopes that it will rise and they pull it in order to make a profit. however this isn't always the case and they end up losing vast amounts of more. so in my opinion yes it can be seen as a gambling platform. however there are serious individuals that use Bitcoin as a way of truly investing long term even when there come a time like recent weeks where Bitcoin takes a hit they stay calm and think long term.

[KiaKia]

When you don't understand how something works and you start losing money you will surely believe that it's all gambling especially if some people are making money from the same thing that you are losing money on.

Bitcoin investment doesn't ends with you buying and holding for long term or keeping your recovery seed safe, there are cycles in this market that people needs to understand.

Lack of knowledge about how crypto cycle works can push investors to make the wrong decisions, like buying the tops or selling the bottom.

[Alphakilo]

Every risky endeavor poses the potential for loss and there are different kinds of endeavors that includes gambling, stocks and bonds, real estate investments, previous metal , forex trading , crypto currencies trading or investment. So many too numerous to mention exists and all are risk.
However, investment and Bitcoin is more of a mathematical code that has been programmed and has systems built to support its growth. It is a currency and a store of value and that makes investment in Bitcoin a different kind of risk as compared to gambling that involves probabilities and odds and the house advantage against the gambler.
Knowledge is the principal thing and it breeds understanding which when put into action is wisdom. Do your research properly.

[Stepstowealth]

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.

The people that often labeled early investors as reckless should have by now learned from the profits that the early investors made that they were wrong. If I was one of those persons, I will be searching an opportunity to buy into the market, and with the recent drop in value of bitcoin, It is like an opportunity for me.

Risk is not the same as gambling. Gambling has negative expected value, while investing is about probability, fundamentals, and long-term conviction.

I do not think there are many that know the actual difference, this could be the reason the have refused taking risk, and have kept stagnant because they are playing it safe.

[Kasabus]

Any investment can turn into gambling if you don't know your investment, if you don't know how to properly manage the risks involved. But if you are aware of what type of investment you enter, you can navigate well and manage all its risks, then calling it gambling is invalid, no good investment turns into gambling.

Misunderstood risk creates no difference with gambling, if you aren't aware what the real risks are, then its good to say that you are not investing, but you're actually gambling on bitcoin.

[|MINER|]

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?

Let me say here that investing or trading in Bitcoin will actually seem like gambling to those who don't know about Bitcoin or who invest despite having no knowledge about Bitcoin.
Besides, I don't think any person with his brain would call Bitcoin gambling.  In the short-term, investing in Bitcoin is risky. In this case, if someone does not know the analysis skills and still goes to invest or trades futures, then in that case they are gambling with their money.
However, in the long term, if we think about Bitcoin, we can always see that after one cycle, Bitcoin takes its all-time high price to almost twice the next cycle. And besides, if we talk about every bear season, the bottom price goes to almost twice the price after every cycle.