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- Speculation or Actual Usefulness?Dec 24, 2025
Speculation funds the building phase. Dotcom bubble was pure hype but it built infrastructure we still use. Same thing happening here. Useful projects will outlast the speculation cycle.
- Thoughts on repurposing old phones and tabletsAug 16, 2025
By that logic, every form of energy is free, even fossil fuels. What you pay for is the process/devices to extract it and convert it into a usable form. So, next time you fill up your gas tank, just tell the attendant…
- Thoughts on repurposing old phones and tabletsAug 15, 2025
Solar power isnt free (you have to invest money for solar panels), and your setup wont be efficient. Even if you are on free energy, 0 minus 0 is still 0. You wont make a dime.
A spot trader stuck holding the bag after a bad dip isnt an investor. They are just a trader who messed up and is now hoping for good luck. Failed their trade, ignored their stop-loss, and is now HODLing by accident out…
Slapping on heavy sanctions and tariffs to stop a war? Yeah, that often backfires big time. Instead of ending the fight, it can turn a local problem into a huge global economic conflict. Take your plan to slap 80%…
- The Economist: Bitcoin has lost its edgeMay 27, 2024
There is no doubt that bitcoin has not changed, but the users of bitcoin have changed. The earlier days of Bitcoin with their decentralised and rebellious nature are now being discussed and embraced by those entities…
- Have you thought about this?Aug 5, 2023
Thats a good idea, but have you considered the risks of investing in crypto, including Bitcoin? The prices definitely jump around a lot. One week your Bitcoin could be worth a nice little profit, but the next it might…
Then again, zooming out a bit, the price now is still way higher than it was even just a couple months back. So maybe this is just a normal downswing as things correct and settle. I should probably avoid getting too…
- Government Involvement in Crypto HacksJan 18, 2020
Governments sell seized BTC because cash is what they understand. Holding volatile assets doesn't fit how public funds are managed.
- Are miner fees the only filter we actually need?Sep 10, 2019
Segwit was meant to help regular users save on fees. That the discount ended up benefiting inscribers more than monetary users is an outcome nobody wants to address.
- Stop Trading, Just HODL BitcoinMay 16, 2018
Trading isn't just a money drain, it's a time drain. All those hours staring at charts, reading analysis, managing positions. Meanwhile the HODLer set up a DCA three years ago and hasn't thought about it since.
- Why did we see this dropJul 25, 2017
Okay, so if we are calling this a crash, then the whole market is crashing, right? Dropping from $122k to where we are now? Thats nothing! Not a crash at all. Just a normal day for crypto, especially after it just hit a…