Holding always pays of. If you choose your coin wisely the gain will be more than day trading. And not everyone have the patiencen to learn and research that is needed for day trading
This is true, trading may or may not pay up all the effort that you make, however holding if done for long enough is always going to pay, however we must understand that it is still a difficult thing to do as bitcoin can go down in price really quickly and people can get nervous about that movement and decide to sell their coins because they got scared the price could go down even further, but if you can control those feelings then that is when the potential for huge profits for your portfolio really opens up.
We have to choose our journey, day trading and holding are quite different though we have the same goal to make money. For some who are full time in trading, they have a good chance to be profitable in day trading because they can spend time to research and gain more experience, for some investors who are busy with their jobs and businesses outside crypto, they don't need to choose day trading, holding along is enough as long as they fully understand crypto and the potential of the coin they are investing.