Thought Experiment: Bitcoin falls to $1000. I think it would recover.

[yhiaali3]

I agree with others in dismissing the possibility of Bitcoin dropping to $1,000, but ultimately, this is a thought experiment, and the possibility exists, even if it's only 1 in 1,000.

In any case, in my opinion, even if this highly improbable scenario were to occur, a recovery would happen quickly. As you mentioned in the likely reasons, many would see this as a golden opportunity to capitalize on the opportunity to buy Bitcoin at a very low price in the early years. Therefore, a recovery, even to just $10,000, would mean substantial profits, if it didn't rise even higher.

Of course, Bitcoin dropping to $1,000 would allow many individuals, not just companies and institutions, to buy large quantities, and this would allow the price to recover relatively quickly.

[free-bit.co.in]

I agree with others in dismissing the possibility of Bitcoin dropping to $1,000, but ultimately, this is a thought experiment, and the possibility exists, even if it's only 1 in 1,000.

In any case, in my opinion, even if this highly improbable scenario were to occur, a recovery would happen quickly. As you mentioned in the likely reasons, many would see this as a golden opportunity to capitalize on the opportunity to buy Bitcoin at a very low price in the early years. Therefore, a recovery, even to just $10,000, would mean substantial profits, if it didn't rise even higher.

Of course, Bitcoin dropping to $1,000 would allow many individuals, not just companies and institutions, to buy large quantities, and this would allow the price to recover relatively quickly.

If everyone, from individuals to large organizations, took advantage of the opportunity to buy Bitcoin in large quantities when the price dropped. Do you think it has a chance of dropping to $1k? Clearly, if there is always strong demand waiting at lower prices, bitcoin will never fall to $1k. This also means that if Bitcoin still falls  to $1k despite strong buying pressure beforehand, its chances of recovery are almost nonexistent. It will not surge as dramatically and rapidly as you might think.

If Bitcoin drops to $1k, meaning roughly a 99% decline from its peak, and that is no longer an opportunity but a disaster. Because no asset considered promising gets dumped that brutally, regardless of the reason.

[Shinpako09]

I’m also one of those who once fantasized that btc could crash. But I know the chances of that happening are very low. If it did crash hard, a lot of people would panic and start doubting the future of btc and the entire crypto space. However, just as there would be doubt, there would also be people who see it as a buying opportunity instead of panicking. Those who missed the train before probably wouldn’t miss the chance again to get on board. A recovery would likely need strong buyers. If people see whales buying again, it could trigger FOMO, and others would follow. That kind of chain reaction could push the market back up. Someone like Elon Musk probably wouldn’t miss that opportunity either. With his influence, confidence in crypto could gradually return. Whether it takes a short time or a long time, I believe it would eventually recover.

[colinistheman]

I know this will never happen because it will represent the biggest disaster of all time.  If Bitcoin falls to $1,000 I don't see the possibility of it recovering to where it is now because that would mean a lot of people dumping it and walking away and those money will not return to Bitcoin anymore. Although a lot of people might decide to put there spared funds there should there be a miracle thar will pump the price.

Yes, the scenario of Bitcoin falling to $1,000 sounds unrealistic in the current context, and I never believed it would happen either. But assuming that actually happens, I agree with you that the chances of it recovering to where it is now are zero. If that happen, it would even mark the end of the Bitcoin revolution, despite some people still buying at the time. Because if that happens, it mean the core belief in bitcoin has been broken, so do not expect large flows of money and confidence to return.

[yhiaali3]

I agree with others in dismissing the possibility of Bitcoin dropping to $1,000, but ultimately, this is a thought experiment, and the possibility exists, even if it's only 1 in 1,000.

In any case, in my opinion, even if this highly improbable scenario were to occur, a recovery would happen quickly. As you mentioned in the likely reasons, many would see this as a golden opportunity to capitalize on the opportunity to buy Bitcoin at a very low price in the early years. Therefore, a recovery, even to just $10,000, would mean substantial profits, if it didn't rise even higher.

Of course, Bitcoin dropping to $1,000 would allow many individuals, not just companies and institutions, to buy large quantities, and this would allow the price to recover relatively quickly.

If everyone, from individuals to large organizations, took advantage of the opportunity to buy Bitcoin in large quantities when the price dropped. Do you think it has a chance of dropping to $1k? Clearly, if there is always strong demand waiting at lower prices, bitcoin will never fall to $1k. This also means that if Bitcoin still falls  to $1k despite strong buying pressure beforehand, its chances of recovery are almost nonexistent. It will not surge as dramatically and rapidly as you might think.

If Bitcoin drops to $1k, meaning roughly a 99% decline from its peak, and that is no longer an opportunity but a disaster. Because no asset considered promising gets dumped that brutally, regardless of the reason.

You might be right, but this is a hypothetical scenario, and many unexpected things can happen.
Basically, as you mentioned, it's unlikely to drop to that price because there will always be strong demand at every dip, making it difficult for Bitcoin to fall to $1,000.

Let's suppose that, for some reason, there wasn't strong demand at the dip, or that selling pressure was stronger than buying pressure, and the price continued to fall to $1,000 and stabilized there. At that point, many people or companies would consider buying because it would be a great opportunity that wouldn't be repeated, and strong buying pressure would begin to push the price up.

Another possibility, which I consider unlikely, is that since Bitcoin has fallen so drastically, it will lose confidence, and no one will buy. In that case, yes, there won't be a rise; in fact, there might be further declines.

[Satofan44]

I voted No to this. You would have to put this into perspective, this is not like a standard stock market crash. If you put this scenario into the tech scene, it is the equivalent of bankrupting every top tech company in the USA at the same time. If Bitcoin tanks this much, practically most or all of the major infrastructure players would go bankrupt. So in the comparison we'd be speaking about all companies from Microsoft to Alphabet going bankrupt. We'd experience a massive loss in security, so at the same time we would be vulnerable from the actual perspective of the protocol too. I am not so confident that we could recover, because why would we?

Why? Because Bitcoin's value proposition of the most secure and active decentralized payment network has not changed.

This is of course possible if and only if:

- There is no other decentralized cryptocurrency which took Bitcoin's place and its competition was the main reason for the crash.
- There is no other fundamental reason like a successful 51% attack. (Bankruptcies aren't really "fundamental" for Bitcoin).
- There are no major bans or extremely harsh regulations.
- Money is still relevant, we haven't advanced to post-scarcity or so

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The thing is, two statements are different. Something can be the most secure and active decentralized payment network, but simultaneously it can also have some of the worst security when compared to all payment networks (centralized ones being included). This would just mean that there isn't anything better in the decentralized sphere, but it would not necessarily mean that it has high security itself.

[Asuspawer09]

It is very difficult to think that it is going to drop to a thousand dollars market price even though you mention a lot of possible scenarios I dont really think that it is enough to make the Bitcoin fall to that market price I mean even though this scenarios are for sure going to make a huge amount of impact in the market, there are still a lot of Bitcoin investors, I mean there are already a lot of investors around the globe that is going to easily jump it the moment the market price is dropping so the support for sure is going to be huge, and it is going to cause a huge recovery in the market, probably if all of this problem is going to happened at the same time it might be possible that Bitcoin is going to go back under 20k$ range, It might be difficult to drop it below 5k$ since that is already long time.

Still, we know that Bitcoin is a risk asset because of its volatility. We know it is still possible to happen even though we can't imagine it happening, or let's just say that it is possible, but it doesn't mean that it is going to happen. Because of those reasons, the best thing to do is just to always play it safe, diversify your assets, etc. Invest risk in the riskiest asset like Bitcoin on invest a small percentage of your portfolio on it, winning or losing your not going to go wrong if you are only investing an amount that you could afford to lose.

[jossiel]

Yes, I also think that it will recover.

Unlike the altcoins that they have a hype that dies and never recovers. It's different for Bitcoin that with its value that has seen globally.

Most of the investors that have missed buying the dip will start the buying craze that they all have been waiting for.

And it has already set the standard on the market and, people who's been speculating for so long will start to act not to miss this opportunity.

We've seen the bloodiest drops in the market in the past and it still recovers even without the institutions before.

[Jaweria parveen]

Yes, I also think that it will recover.

Unlike the altcoins that they have a hype that dies and never recovers. It's different for Bitcoin that with its value that has seen globally.

Most of the investors that have missed buying the dip will start the buying craze that they all have been waiting for.

And it has already set the standard on the market and, people who's been speculating for so long will start to act not to miss this opportunity.

We've seen the bloodiest drops in the market in the past and it still recovers even without the institutions before.

The current situation is neither good nor bad because Bitcoin increases its price every week and sometimes decreases it which is why it may not be possible to achieve it now, but it is correct to say that it will be possible with time. Obviously, it is not very strong due to its price and growth and when Bitcoin falls it becomes weak in terms of its price and loses its value. This is very wrong while this opportunity should not be waste because this is what investors want when Bitcoin is down and we buy it and cover our loss. Now such an opportunity will not come again and again so whoever has the opportunity to invest should buy Bitcoin at a low price. Now there are many difficulties in this because if it had achieved its goal without them these new wars would not have been applicable to it.

[Swordsoffreedom]

Yes, I also think that it will recover.

Unlike the altcoins that they have a hype that dies and never recovers. It's different for Bitcoin that with its value that has seen globally.

Most of the investors that have missed buying the dip will start the buying craze that they all have been waiting for.

And it has already set the standard on the market and, people who's been speculating for so long will start to act not to miss this opportunity.

We've seen the bloodiest drops in the market in the past and it still recovers even without the institutions before.

Although Bitcoin has been dumped multiple times in the past. But did you know that it never lost 99% of its value, even in its early days when it was just a speculative game? Meanwhile, Bitcoin now has a market capitalization of trillions of dollars and has become popular globally. Therefore, if Bitcoin were to actually drop to $1k, the situation would be very serious and completely different from the previous bloodiest drop.

Think about this, if bitcoin is truly different from the rest of crypto. It will never lose 99% of its value because only shitcoins go through that kind of collapse. Therefore, if that happens and Bitcoin drops to $1k, it would be no different from shitcoin

I seriously doubt it will be able to recover back to its old ATH.