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Today at 04:15:12 PM
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Why do I hold Bitcoin?  It is 100% to make profit. Let's not kid ourselves, profit is the main driving force of every investment, it is what made Bitcoin this successful. Bitcoin is structured in such a way that it will attract more demands: being money, it creates scarcity with its 21M cap total supply and its supply halving. According to the law of supply and demand, this scarcity characteristics increases its demand which in turn increases price. So even if we all say "we're in it because of it's utility alone", a lot of investors are in it for profit.
You are not wrong if we are being honest to ourselves because most people take the risk of investing in Bitcoin for the potential profit from it, even though they are aware that it doesn't guarantee quick profit. And that potential profit is what attracts attention, adoption and that contributes to Bitcoin's success and we know if people saw no value in it, no one will care to use it. But the structure of Bitcoin is what gives people the mindset to invest for long term.
Bitcoin doesn't guarantee profits even in the long term either and not just in the short term. People are attracted to Bitcoin for different perspectives, most people are attracted to Bitcoin because it is a store of value, for investment as it value can increase over time,
Yes, people are attracted to Bitcoin from different perspectives, but I'm attracted to Bitcoin mainly because it has the potential to generate yield if held for the long term and it can also fight against inflation, as this currency acts as a hedge against inflation. By the way, the world's economic infrastructure is under pressure due to geopolitical conflicts and trade tensions, which is also causing inflation in my country.
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Bitcoin is limited in suply that is 21 million, many more but just few to mention, all of this can be considered as profit in my own point of view and which has also influence the adoption rate and has contributed to Bitcoin success.
Absolutely you are right the supply of Bitcoin is limited, meaning it is 21 million, in that context it is becoming easier to prevent the depreciation of fiat currency by patiently buying this currency in fractional amounts regularly and as far as I know since it is a means of saving and investment, holding it with a long-term mindset opens up a way to earn significant profits. Even considering the past price chart of Bitcoin, we should save BTC for the coming years and everyone should preserve wealth by investing in electronic currency.

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Today at 04:42:22 PM
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If you look at today's exchange rate it is clear he is sorry but at that time I am sure he considered the sale of thousands of bitcoins as a profit. However, when it comes to regrets from selling bitcoin too early, there is no end to them. And now the benchmark of selling too early is no longer valid, no matter how much bitcoin you buy and sell, the facts are different.
There's no time selling Bitcoin early have been favourable by a Bitcoin holder...That should be one thing we should know, secondly, Bitcoin have no benchmark of selling early or not selling early, i think you misunderstand something here...The thing we are emphasizing on bitcoin is that, bitcoin is fast increasing and the longer bitcoin stays the more it's adding more potentials, except that the market is not friendly with it at the moment...But holding of bitcoin for long-term is more preferable than holding for short-term, and i understand that most people who sells their bitcoin early, are the short-term holders and if the price increases they always regret for selling early.

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Today at 06:31:28 PM
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The beauty of Bitcoin is that everyone who takes full custody of their Bitcoin is free to do with
it as they like. Everyone is also free to give advice but there really are no do's and dont's when it
comes to buying and selling per say.

The thread title may sound like a command, "shouldn't" could be replaced with "its not advisable".

But then again if anyone is in profit they can choose when to sell.

Also I think everyone at this stage has heard all the stories of people selling and regretted the
move but in the early days who knew Bitcoin could be valued at $125,000? It was fantasy.

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Today at 10:15:05 PM
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The post shows that he did not plan to hold for long because he is expressing regrets for selling at $0.3 and not wait till it got to $8. If he had believed in Bitcoin, he would have held some of those 1,700BTC, lets say held 50% and wait to see where Bitcoin gets to. Imagine holding even 10% of those coins till now, that would have made him a millionaire. This is why I strongly recommend people holding some of their coins and never running out of Bitcoin.
I got your point like not selling all of the Bitcoin but i don't think selling at 0.3 means he didn't believe on Bitcoin. At that time nobody believed that it would reach 8$  or higher. If someone sells today and price goes up after years we can say he should hold those assets a little more but that person didn't know at that time. We know outcome know so it's easy to judge now at today's perspective.

1700 Bitcoin example shows us how big that opportunity was. But holding all those 1700 coins also required the person to keep them hold for years without knowing future. It's easy to say now because we know the worth but at that time nobody knew that. So this example shows us power of hindsight more rather than proving that selling was a mistake

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