In bitcoin investment there is nothing like "Instant rich" we must exercise that patient to wait for the maturity date or even having to wait at least 1 year to 4 years time before we could see something very pleasant with out investment.
That is to say after investment we go for more knowledge as we need a sufficient knowledge to know how to manage/guide our investment otherwise we might ends up wasting it when then time is not yet due. Though investment like bitcoin (especially cryptocurrency investment) requires more educational material on the security aspect of our investment to enable us be able hold long time.
1-4 years does not seem like a long time, especially when it comes to something like bitcoin.. 1-4 years seems like someone who is looking for the next peak to be able to cash out some or all of his holdings.
But hey.. do what you like... and there surely are some people who might be concerned about their ability to invest for 4-10 years or longer, and so sure they could still invest, but I would imagine that their position size is going to be smaller if they are investing in shorter timeframes, such as 4 years or less.
I understood the fact that holding for 1-4years is periodically a short periods but then my post was derived from someone I quoted above otherwise I won't encourage anyone to invest in short time, however it's basically on choice based options for someone to have chose a suitable plans for himself in terms of investment. Even though 1 year to 4 years is not sufficiently enough to hold bitcoin but at least those who are eager to cash out within short time frame if they can't endure for 4 years to 10 years as you may say and of course not everyone one that would be willing to hold for that period especially when the market always look so catchy those with time frame can be either tempted to cash out without even having to endure that proposed plans to hold for 10 years to come.
I don't see any reason to compromise on the idea and to agree that investing 1-4 years is better than some other kind of shorter-term thinking or trading, and sure people can do whatever they want, but if they are talking about 1-4 years as if it were long term, then they are full of shit. and they have the wrong mindset.
Of course, we know people who might even be on the younger side, so they have many years, even 10-40 years before they are planning to retire; however, at the same time, they are wanting to save up in shorter periods of time because they have certain kind of consumption goals or other "investments" that they want to make that are not bitcoin related... It is still going to be risky for those people to be thinking about bitcoin in terms of 1-4 year time frames - and maybe we need some kind of an example.. remember the guy earlier who had been saving for his wedding, so he ended up cashing out of his bitcoin in order to pay for his wedding.. and that surely could have ended up well from him if he had been able to profit by nearly doubling his principle, so if his wedding was going to cost $20k, and and he put $10k into bitcoin when BTC prices were around $22k, and then when BTC prices got into the $40ks, he cashed out all of his bitcoin and he had nearly $20k, yet in that case, he was still gambling and his gamble ended up working out...
From what you have put down here they are all correct but then I am not compromising the truth that 1 - 4 years is long time investment yes way back or far back such investment plan is a short time investment and not even now and I won't adhere to it to fully accept is a long time investment projection for someone to hold as long time investment and of curse not everyone who would understand that 1-4 years is relatively a short time investment and those who weren't a Bitcoiner (newbie invest) may not consider it as short time except you and I know who knows how bitcoin investment works.
Though I am not trying equate myself or compared myself to have gain your kind of knowledge you acquired so far ( Realistically/Sincerely I respect you for that) still attaching myself to you to gain some knowledge even though the one I gain so far isn't sufficiently sufficient enough for me but I won't for any reason down turned your opinion and contribution knowing too well that you are the knowledge bank here, Yeah you might see yourself as someone who still need some knowledge to keep flowing while there are others who think just to have or gain some little from you to fill up their up stirs.
..Yeah everyone has a different mindset towards their investment and they can't strictly adhered to that rather incessantly having this mindset that such plans are okay with them as long as they finds themselves having a little doubling of their income and off curse I don't care if they thought 1-4 years is enough for them or not, as Bitcoiner having a long projection is always far way better and yes doing DCA is another way to keep increasing our holdings without the negative mindset of having to reduce or temper our investment to quick gain and profits and to me after taking profits what else would they do with their profits? reinvest in same bitcoin they lost or what and yes this keeps them risking their investment by reducing the numbers of their bitcoin volume in the names to take profits why they don't care about the totaling of their holdings and of curse this a gambling which might not always ends well with them and, I don't care what their outcome would be..
Okay let say fine, but then what could be their value for cheaply wasting their investment even though they have enough of btc and they have decided to quit whatever investment they have in digital currency to real estate or real live business I can still say that if such investment is not properly managed it would still run into lose due to improper and mismanagement of investment, yet nothing still don't change why they couldn't leave their investment into bitcoin.