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If you pour all your money into investing and are afraid of the ups and downs of Bitcoin, you will be in trouble.

Investing into Bitcoin with funds that are meant for your expenses or other necessities is a bad investment practice. It can further be described as being over aggressive in your investment and it can prove unsustainable for long, also it can lure the investor to tampering with his portfolio when the actual needs arise and sell at a time he didn't choose.

Bitcoin is best approached with discretionary income, in accurate cashflow management practice, you must first remove funds that are meant for your expenses before identifying that you've discretionary income and further splitting your discretionary income into funds for Bitcoin buying and others for building of backup funds.

This is very important for an investors for especially the newbies because I have seen some beggars rushing to buy Bitcoin when the price has drop now, which will make some people buy with daily expenses funds, Before investing in bitcoin, make sure you don’t too over aggressive in your investment that will affect your bitcoin journey, it is not advisable to use the funds that are meant for your expenses to invest in Bitcoin because in the process it will affect your investment by selling without not thinking about the price because you need the funds, investing in Bitcoin need a proper plan that will make you to buy your Bitcoin without not using your funds meant for daily expenses and hold your assets for a long time.

Those who rush to buy Bitcoin when the price drops are not buying it for the long term. They are not investors, they are traders, they are gamblers. Similarly, those who invest with the money they need for daily expenses are also basically using Bitcoin as a gambling . It is very important to have a proper plan to invest in Bitcoin. Let's say a person earns $2000 per month. From that, his basic expenses such as house rent, food, child and one and a half education, transportation and all related expenses total $1200. He will have the remaining $800 as discretionary income. From there, he can invest $400 in Bitcoin every month if he wants, deposit the remaining $200 to form an emergency fund and spend the remaining $200 as he wants. He can also spend the remaining $200 on entertainment, social service or improving his quality of life. If you continue to invest in this way, after your emergency fund reaches a minimum of $3600 for 3 months, you can use the extra $200 left to invest more aggressively or create a reserve fund. If someone invests in this way, they will be able to invest for a long time. And if anyone continue to invest in Bitcoin for a minimum of 4 to 10 years or more, then the possibility of getting several times more profit here than investing in any other sector in the future is much higher.

The way you broke it down with discretionary income, emergency funds, and daily expenses really makes sense. If someone follows a steady plan like that over time, even with small amounts, it can really add up because of how time and compounding work. It’s a simple, practical approach that makes Bitcoin investing a long term habit instead of a gamble, and it lets you benefit from its potential without putting your financial stability at risk.

Quote from: Stormisover on August 31, 2025, 07:01:53 PM

The measures of your profit doesn't only depends on how long anyone holds but it is about the overall size of your Bitcoin portfolio and how long you have be able to hold that determines the value of your return, you don't only have to talk about duration or longevity of time you have held your Bitcoin and forget about the size your are holding, the two factors must work together when taking such consideration because there is a possibility of some one that has hold Bitcoin for short years to achieve the highest income from the bullish season probably based on the amount of Bitcoin the person hold, considering the compounding effects both in values not only in years.

Holding time alone doesn’t tell the full story. The size of your Bitcoin stack matters just as much. Someone could hold for just a few years but with a much bigger portfolio and still come out ahead in a bull run. It’s the combination of how long you hold and how much you hold that determines the real gains, especially when you factor in compounding and price growth over time.

Another thing we should always consider is consistency.....Regularly adding to your stack through DCA or other strategies can significantly increase your total holdings and smooth out the effect of market volatility. Timing matters less when you build steadily over time. Also, being disciplined about not selling during short term dips ensures you capture the full growth potential during bullish cycles. Essentially, it’s not just about patience, it’s about smart and steady accumulation that can multiply your returns over the long run.

Yeah you are right, because the way I see it, just saying I’ve been holding Bitcoin for years doesn’t really paint the full picture if the stack itself is too small to make a real difference. There are people who have been holding since 2018, but when you check, it is barely a few hundred or may be thousands dollars worth, and in reality the profit is nice but not life changing.
Meanwhile, someone who entered just 3 or 4 years ago with a solid stack ends up way ahead of them. That is why I agree that size and time must go hand in hand, you can’t focus on only one and ignore the other. The smart play is to combine patience with consistent stacking, because that way even if you start small, over time your bag grows into something meaningful, and when the bull run comes, the rewards will actually feel worth the wait…

You wouldn't blame anybody for the stack they've had over the years, that's the amount of stack they've been able to afford over years while holding, don't forget that you have to accumulated within your financial muscle, regardless of the fact that the amount they've been holding over the years is not mouthwatering, trust me there has been some significant improvement in the profit margin if look at it critically. People financial background are not the same, you could start stacking within few years and boom your up there, that's because of the amount you've been alloting to your accumulation and how buoyant you are.

I believe people should be allowed to stack within their means, I need the opportunity comes for them to increase their lot size, trust me they will without hesitation.