Re: Wall Observer BTC/USD - Bitcoin price movement tracking & discussion

I also have one btc stowed away. In the format of a ticket for the btc1k party. It's in a corner, almost forgotten, has been accumulating dust for a while. I wouldn't mind using it before Xmas this year.

There is a good chance that the price will be 5k on the day of the btc1k party.

So the ticket to the $1k party was $1k (as you will only get to use it if Bitcoin reaches $1k again). That's quite pricey for a party ...

You can pay $650 to buy 1 bitcoin and use the bitcoin to buy a ticket now

But it will only count if Bitcoin reaches $1k one day so effectively it will have cost you $1k. There's no way around this.

No. Just consider it as a lottery ticket. If bitcoin will never reach 1k, you lose the money you spent on that bitcoin (say $650). If bitcoin reaches 1k someday, you still lose $650, but you get a party ticket of >$1k