You know what? I give you that. I think it was Rampion who put it as something like "the hardcore (cultists) provide the base value, the traders/speculators add the volatility/spikes".

So, yes, those of you who are willing to go down with the ship, I pay my respect to you...

But this is the fucking speculation subforum. And, as you would expect by the name of it, speculators are not, by and large, interested in going down with the ship. And that's what pisses me off: not that the "cultists" are sitting this bear market out, but that they're shouting down those who discuss how to profit from the market conditions.

Bitcoin is a new technology. It has no ideologies.

But people project their fears and dreams onto bitcoin. Some dream of getting rich, and some dream of a future utopian world. Some fear losing money or respect, while others fear increased surveillance via blockchain monitoring.

Bitcoin doesn't give a fuck.