Quote from: d_eddie on Today at 03:51:57 PM

Quote from: LFC_Bitcoin on Today at 03:46:24 PM

Super cycle brewing?

We really deserve it after a neutered bull run in 2021 due to COVID, FTX and China banning Bitcoin.

And IMO above all, that fucker Gensler nipping spot ETFs in the bud.

Perhaps at some point "in kind" redemptions are going to come into the bitcoin spot ETF space (in the USA). Right now they are "in cash" redeemable, which is way less efficient - and perhaps even a bit of an attack vector on bitcoin itself.

Quote from: serveria.com on Today at 06:32:37 PM

Quote from: JimboToronto on Today at 04:15:13 PM

The Dude is a relative newcomer (2017).

In fact, the person now known as the Dude, was once known under another name. So, yes, his current account is 2017, but the person behind it has been here for much much longer time... (sorry, I know, OPSEC and stuff)... Cool

As to the boating accidents, I'm almost sure FrozenLock wasn't the first one to mention it... Grin

P.S. Btw, your humble servant's current account is also relatively new. The original one was affected by the forum hack.

To the extent that it matters, there is a difference between a name change and starting a new account...and sometimes it does matter.

Sometimes we make mistakes in our bitcoin journey, whether we get involved in shitcoins or trading or we somehow fuck up our bitcoin security and/or holdings.

Some guys start out with fewer mistakes, and some of them might have had financial experience prior to joining the forum, even though surely many of us who have been in bitcoin for quite a while will likely concede that our involvement in bitcoin has brought many of us some new perspectives about a lot of aspects of the world, whether considering personal finances, or macro economics, or politics, or game theory, or trading versus investing, or critical thinking (such as sorting out information sources) or other areas that relate to bitcoin and/or the forum.

The extent to which we might want to be known in the real world can surely have a variety of trade-offs... including the extent to which our real world might mix with our forum identity. I think that several of us have had some conversations on the forum in which we might mix in some personal details, yet at the same time, the extent to which our personal details are accurately matched with our real circumstances may or may not be relevant, except perhaps if a member says something that seems to be contradictory, then there could be some justifications for further explanation - while at the same time, the further explanation may not necessitate revealing of personal details, but maybe giving some kind of an explanation how X and Y could both be true... and that might be enough.

In my own situation, sometimes the numbers don't add up...so sometimes we might want to question the extent to which we might want to go into details to clarify the numbers. I think that a lot of good information can still be shared, even when there might be some contradictions in the numbers, and so for example in the pushups' thread, there have been accusations that guys are not actually doing the pushups that they claim to be doing, and sometimes I want to respond to proclaim that it does not matter, even though it does actually matter if guys are actually doing the pushups that they claim to be doing, while at the same time, we don't have any way to really verify the details, and it would be problematic to pursue proof of pushups, even though some guys do voluntarily provide some proof of pushups that may or may not be completely sufficient to prove that they are actually doing the pushups that they claim to be doing.

Let's say that I were to have 0.63 BTC. It seems that I could talk about 6.3 BTC or even 18.9 BTC and make similar points, and sometimes it might be better to figure out some kind of a representative number in regards to where a guy might be or how he might want to consider the managing of those various amounts in connection with whether he perceives himself to be in bitcoin accumulation stages, maintenance stages, liquidation stages or some variation of those. I think maybe I have been referring to liquidation stages as sustainable withdrawal, yet many of us know that stages tend to overlap, so we will sometimes need to really get into some details if we are striving to make certain kinds of points in regards to where a guy might be at in his bitcoin journey and what the tradeoffs might be in regards to how he is considering the managing of his BTC stash in light of his other personal financial and psychological circumstances.