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JJG #593636

Yeah, well, I am not the most articulate at times.  You are correct that I have never been anywhere close to All-Inn on BTC.  I would never be All-Inn on any asset.  Even the Apex Asset, because I do not know what will happen.  When BTC price runs up so fast, as it does from time-to-time, I have a self-imposed duty to slice off small parts of my BTC stack, BTC could go to $0 and I would still be WAY ahead.

Re other your other comments on my post, I was just demonstrating that I would be a terrible trader, my (short-term) timing is terrible.  I tell people who know me that they could make money taking the other side of any trades I make.

JJG, you (and various others here) have added value to my life, by passing along wisdom and great info (as did Bob re pointing me to Gemini).  Please, all my brothers & sisters here, do not get the impression that I am in any way anti-Bitcoin, most assuredly not.  I am thankful to you all for your aid in helping me attain stronger financial independence.  Evidently my thinking is very different than most have here at W.O.

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I ran into a couple of interesting articles by Alexandar Svetski via https://bitbo.io, a nice site that offers links to Bitcoin Magazine articles.  The below two discuss how Bitcoin Maximalists are doing huge favors to our community:

https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/how-toxic-bitcoiners-are-protecting-ideals

https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/bitcoiners-are-the-remnant

I am quite sympathetic to Bitcoin Maximalism, it's just that I am not there (I do eschew schnittcoins though), I do accept that most here at W.O. are way ahead of me in Bitcoin knowledge, and that's as it should be.  I don't mine, I don't program, I did not even start with BTC until ~2014.

Svetski discusses the notion that Bitcoiners are a "Remnant", in that the Remnant is forming a core of HODLers that will eventually bring in the Masses.  Svetski sees NO NEED to try and convince others to buy Bitcoin.  The Masses will come of their volition in due course.  Svetski also shows that members of the Remnant expect the best from their friends, and offer their best to them as well -- something I do see here at W.O.

Of special interest to me was his observation that members of the Remnant will find each other, once again in due course.  In my own case, I found many Remnant members HERE at W.O. in my own rambles about the Internet (researching BTC).  I was not dragged here..., the Remnant found me.

Svetski seems to be onto something.  Highly recommended.