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Board Bitcoin Discussion
Re: Sadness
by
runpaint
on 15/01/2015, 20:42:20 UTC
how much have you lost?
You don't lose till you sell.
No, that's delusional. You have to value your assets at market.

Incorrect.

If you spend $1000 on 1 Bitcoin, you have 1 Bitcoin no matter what the market price is.  That is what you bought, and you haven't lost it as long as you have that 1 Bitcoin.

If you sell that Bitcoin for $500, then you have 0 Bitcoin and $500 instead of $1000.  Then you have $500 less than you started with, and nothing else.

But you already lost the $1000 as soon as you bought, and you gained 1 Bitcoin.