Bitcoin doesn't belong to the institutions

[Dr.Bitcoin_Strange]

Assuming an individual ( the person is an old time Bitcoin investor and a miner) is holding a huge amount of Bitcoin such as 500,000 BTC spread apart in different address, we know the price value for such volume of Bitcoin, so does holding such value makes the person the owner of Bitcoin? The answer is nope!, so I don't I actually understand where anyone would buy the idea that institutions are the owner of Bitcoin because they are holding a huge volume compare to what an average individual is holding. I don't believe such BS.

[BlackHatCoiner]

Just because so many people aren't into Bitcoin yet is why it's looking like the truth, we the people own Bitcoin, because let's say each and every humans in the world invest $100 into Bitcoin we will surpass the whole institutions investment in Bitcoin.

Yeah, I don't expect a billion people to drop $100 into Bitcoin anytime. The real money comes from institutions, and everyone who understands reality and does not believe in miracles and utopias, also understands that most Bitcoin will be owned by banking institutions, because it is the best instrument to base credit on.

[Son Of Blockchain (SOB)]

People need to stop saying that because institutions are now buying Bitcoin heavily, they own bitcoin, or with this, Bitcoin distribution is now a problem on this part, I believe it's not true .

Just because so many people aren't into Bitcoin yet is why it's looking like the truth, we the people own Bitcoin, because let's say each and every humans in the world invest $100 into Bitcoin we will surpass the whole institutions investment in Bitcoin.




Institutions can't win over the public in this case, unless Bitcoin seize to exists, those who don't really understand now will one day see reason why they need to invest in Bitcoin.

Institutions just have more capital to increase their buying power but they're not in control of the coin the only own the onr secured by their keys likewise everyone who has a portfolio with Bitcoin in it. Bitcoin is still 100% controlled by the demand factor and every day users who buy and sell make thar possible.
 Currently, institutions are trying to do e everything possible to acquire more Bitcoin from individual holders, they understand the potential of the coin and how it would be more scarce in the future, making it to be very very valuable, so every holder should be more serious with holding.
 

[aoluain]

Well technically they do own the Bitcoin they buy as do you you and I own our Bitcoin.
The finer detail is whether anyone who doesnt take full custody of the Bitcoin actually
owns it? ok so they might own it but if you are storing it with a third party you dont have
full control of it.

I have never heard anyone saying that institutions who are buying Bitcoin actually own
Bitcoin, its really saying Bitcoin is no longer decentralised, its just not in anyones interest
to own the network, it would become worthless.

[DiMarxist]

What is the reason for this post, all that I know Bitcoin is for everyone including these institutions there is no reason for the comparison. As individual we should not concern ourselves with what these institutions are doing with Bitcoin, as far as I know Bitcoin is a free space for everyone to operate freely. Continue to hold and accumulate as much as possible according to your financial limits because at this stage in the history of Bitcoin Bitcoin has grown beyond just only for individual institutions also has come in.

[snowpega]

No company institution belongs to Bitcoin, and even no one knows who the person behind it is. All we know is that its Stoshi Nakamato. And he used to post here in this forum as well long time ago. He has no other identity, and surprisingly, his name is not even registered in any country's identity database centres.

Other than this, Bitcoin as a digital asset still has the power to overcome any company market cap or any other asset market capital, depending upon its adoption. And the best thing is that its adoption has already started to increase, and let's see where it will reach in the coming ten years. Well, this is my point of view. DYOR!

[Finestream]

Big institutional investors have no right to claim that they own bitcoin, simply because its made for everyone, its made for the public advantage, and no sole owner should be claiming that the whole bitcoin is in his ownership.

This is the reason why bitcoin is made through a decentralized nature, so that everyone can have an access to it, and its definitely not for the government or the banks, and not for those greedy institutions. Just because they own a huge amount of bitcoin doesn't mean they own bitcoin.

[MusaPk]

What is the reason for this post, all that I know Bitcoin is for everyone including these institutions there is no reason for the comparison. As individual we should not concern ourselves with what these institutions are doing with Bitcoin, as far as I know Bitcoin is a free space for everyone to operate freely. Continue to hold and accumulate as much as possible according to your financial limits because at this stage in the history of Bitcoin Bitcoin has grown beyond just only for individual institutions also has come in.

When we say Bitcoin is decentralised asset and it is open for everyone then its means anyone can come and invest in Bitcoin. Just like you and me are free to invest in Bitcoin, same way the institutes are free to buy as much as Bitcoin they want. This is something we must not be worried about, in fact this is a good sign for Bitcoin that its importance is accepted by institutes. As we saw launch of Bitcoin ETF resulted in massive increase in price of Bitcoin. 

[Maslate]

Institutions are said to be buying massive amount of bitcoin, but they have not bought or owned the total amount of bitcoin. So definitely, bitcoin does not belong to them, or to anyone else, that's the essence of being a decentralized digital currency as no single person, group or entity owns it.

Instead, I can proudly say that the whole world own bitcoin, that is if everyone is encourage to take part of holding bitcoin. You know, this is already a golden opportunity for the people from different races of the world to own bitcoin, not because its better than the rest of the assets, but maybe because bitcoin is made for all of us.

[Franklyn-wood]

In general you had to see bitcoin as an alternative system to classic fiat system.
I dont see this an effective solution...using FIAT as unit of measure. Just because it's much easier they can print/borrow/ get more money than plebs.
Bitcoin has not been created to be an instruments to be rich. It makes you "rich" (or give certain advantage) because it's much more effective and fuctional than classic standard fiat.

I think this is why many people are afraid of investment in Bitcoin with the fear of the market being dominated by some rich dude who will later become dictator of how the price of Bitcoin will be which have been addressed by Satoshi during the process called Blockchain.
Bitcoin don't belong to any institution and they don't have any control per say in the management of Bitcoin because it is a decentralized system.

[Royal Cap]

If everyone bought $100 worth of Bitcoin, they would outpace the institutions but in reality, it is not possible to assume that everyone will be interested in or invest in Bitcoin. Rather the important question for me is how much supply can the institutions keep for themselves in the future. They will not be able to control the Bitcoin network but if a large portion of the coins are concentrated in the hands of a few institutions over the long term, their influence on the market can increase. This is what we know as the whale movement.

[coinlary]

I have never heard anyone saying that institutions who are buying Bitcoin actually own Bitcoin

There is and there will always be , it's a sign of someone  that's uninformed.

Majority of people do know that Institutions don't own Bitcoin in the literal sense , instead they think the Institutions buying can influence the market by doing all sorts because they  have large amount of it.

What they believe  is that institution owns all the funds used for their various Bitcoin purchases  whixh is wrong.

The only bodies that come close are the government, they can sell at anytime they like, based agreement from all sectors incharge but how much they own again?

[SamReomo]

Just because so many people aren't into Bitcoin yet is why it's looking like the truth, we the people own Bitcoin, because let's say each and every humans in the world invest $100 into Bitcoin we will surpass the whole institutions investment in Bitcoin.

AI isn't good at predicting something like that, let me be straight foreword, how in the world everyone can invest $100 into Bitcoin, because we know in majority areas of the world families hardly earn $100 within 4-6 months mostly in poor countries, so do you think that such people will ever invest in Bitcoin?

The answer is no, majority of people in world will never invest in Bitcoin and that's a truth, only those who understand Bitcoin will invest in it, and those people might be less than 100 million if I'm not wrong. Even if 100 million people invest in Bitcoin using DCA method then that will be a good number but I still doubt that.

[Muba20]

In democratic countries, the plan to control the people of that country is nothing new. Every politician tries to get the people to support him. The corruption of some countries has reached such a level that the leaders are very interested in getting the leadership of that country. If the leadership of the leaders is imposed on the people of the country, then that leadership will not be able to continue for a long time because the leaders are bound to the people. If the people do not want a new leadership, then they can change it at any time, which is why the people, not the leader, are the main thing here. If there is a country where after coming to power with the support of the people, an attempt is made to put the people in danger again to advance their own interests.

[Faisal2202]

Institutions can't win over the public in this case, unless Bitcoin seize to exists, those who don't really understand now will one day see reason why they need to invest in Bitcoin.

Haha, you want every single recorded human life to buy $100 in BTC? Well, that is not possible because there are countries where people can't afford money to eat. How can they invest in Bitcoin? Although, if everyone starts working, then I am sure they can at least arrange $100 easily, but it is also about the economy, inflation, and the M2 and M3 supply, etc.

Anyway, I don't expect the 8 billion people on Earth to buy BTC just because the idea of having more BTC than institutions looks great.

What if these people use centralized exchanges to hold their coins instead of holding them in non-custodial wallets? Will it change anything?

[Nwada001]

Institutional investors are also part of the public you are talking about, you know? They are part of the total world population; institutional investors are also humans who use a particular asset management firm to acquire wealth under legal supervision and protection, nothing more. Their money is not controlled by one person; investors from different places put in their money to get whatever they acquire. They don’t own Bitcoin but don’t make it look as if they are different humans and we are at war with them.

[Hamza2424]

Institutional investors are also part of the public you are talking about, you know? They are part of the total world population; institutional investors are also humans who use a particular asset management firm to acquire wealth under legal supervision and protection, nothing more. Their money is not controlled by one person; investors from different places put in their money to get whatever they acquire. They don’t own Bitcoin but don’t make it look as if they are different humans and we are at war with them.

He is counting every single ETF company as a single authority controlling Bitcoin, while they are just the managers managing the funds of their clients, which I think the OP has failed to understand. But his main concern could be that ETFs or these companies are all related to the stock market, the Fed, or Wall Street.

So just like gold, silver, stocks, and other commodities, Bitcoin will also be affected by any war or financial crisis because, in the beginning, the narrative that made Bitcoin popular was that it was created to survive financial crises like the one in 2008.

But now it is no different and will be affected greatly, just like fiat.

[dezoel]

I would say that it is because not everyone around the world has 100 dollars to spend on bitcoin, that is the reason. But we are already above it, the problem is centralization of it. Meaning, if just Microstrategy has 800k bitcoins, that is a bigger deal than 800k people having 1 bitcoin.

Because when you spread it like that, then it means that we all can't move together, but when one entity has it, it means that we are going to end up with one person being able to crash the market.

[ZAINmalik75]

Bitcoin doesn't and cannot belong to a single entity, neither humans nor institutions, because it is an asset that is available for everyone to buy and sell as long as there are available buyers and sellers. This simply means that humans cannot buy the bitcoins that are owned by the institutions unless those institutions decide that they will sell their coins, and similarly, institutions cannot force humans to sell their bitcoins just because they want to buy them, they can offer higher prices, of course, but even after that, the end decision will depend on those holding bitcoins.

So in my opinion, this discussion doesn't make much sense, and those who say that Bitcoin belongs to institutions have no brain and so does those who say that Bitcoin belongs to us humans, because Bitcoin belongs to no one and to everyone at the same time. Those who have money can have access to Bitcoin as long as there are available sellers in the market, it's simple as that, and we know that there will always be sellers because the demand increases and people will sell, for sure.

[Z-tight]

Do you actually believe that everyone on the face of the earth is going to buy BTC worth $100, or you are just sharing a pipe dream with all of us. BTC does not belong to anyone, yeah, but it is also open for anyone to purchase it and whoever has the money and fancies it, does so. Institutions are going to continue acquiring BTC in large amounts and there's nothing you can do about it.