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Re: Is Bitcoin Volatility A Bad Thing?
by
willnotwas
on 02/04/2018, 06:47:16 UTC
Steam dropped bitcoin support citing "high volatility" as a motive.

When amazon stock jumped from $18 to $1,200 over a period of years, was this high volatility a bad thing?

If bitcoin's value increases from $6,000 to $16,000 over a period of months, and HODL'ers benefit, this high volatility is bad?

Where does the idea of high volatility being an unnecessary evil come from?

Are there good arguments or evidence which support the concept of high volatility being a negative circumstance?

In a sense, volatility simply means the price of something moves a lot, its not that bad if the vast majority of motion is in an upward direction?

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Good or bad, that's only depend on your seeing of bitcoin's purpose - if the long term investment is the way you are looking at bitcoin, volatility can play bad tricks on you. However, you'll adore this quality on the short term. I mean it's all relative, isn't it?