From what I can understand, it's probably has something to do with not trusting your instincts because your instincts have failed you before, I'd say that this kind of situation that you are talking about OP has probably have something to do less with hindsight and I don't think it helps that you think what you do is foolish, instead learn from that mistake, you know, find what you did wrong and try a different approach than last time, trading is a continuous trial and error until you get the right blend. Another thing that you can do is stop getting scared, your money will come back in some way in the future, with carefulness and courage to do trades with risky outcomes, I'm sure that your chances for profits are going to get much better than last time. @Text is right, it's all about your mindset, keeping your head in the game and not doing half-hearted decisions is probably the way to go.

You can sort of say that but I think that it's Trump alone that's dictating the market, in my opinion, it's the news outlet, the people themselves that are dictating the market, they speculate that the market is going to drop and so they all individually think that they're smarter than the rest of the investors and they anticipate that most people will do a sell anyway so what they do? They sell as early as they can because they don't to miss out, it's the people that are reacting to whatever Trump's doing is what's making the market move, it's just a matter of perspective I guess, imagine if people and traders didn't care whatever Trump would do that they think would affect bitcoin? We'd probably a much stable growth but that's just a fantasy of mine, nothing less.

We all have our own opinion about what really makes the market move but for me, what really moves the market isn't this figureheads in economy and politics, I think that it's the people alone that moves the market, specifically what our gathered beliefs are, that I think is what moves the bitcoin market, bitcoin is decentralized and I think that the power of the people to drive the prices up and down is also a benefit of that decentralization, many just don't realize it because we're too focused on celebrities and politicians popularizing bitcoin.

For me, I would only consider buying when there's a dip when I already have a sufficient amount of bitcoin that's stashed for the long-term, this notion of buying at the dip is probably caused by people that are advising newbies about how to invest in bitcoin, although they're right about dips being an opportunity to buy so they can get as much profit, it's the matter of timing that is wrong. I am guilty of this advice too, I tend to forget the part that they should start investing now no matter what because it's a test too in my opinion, if they can stomach the fact that their investment goes down so bad, will they be able to hold it out or not.

Now that you mention it, I've come to the realization that DCA is still the best, buying at dips shouldn't be religiously done or as you've said, some dips may not end up happening and at the end of it all, you come up empty handed waiting for nothing at all which is really crazy. In all this, I think that it should go without saying that buying dips is a must recommend thing "IF" if you already have a bitcoin portfolio that you think is already a lot in terms of long-term profit and that DCA is the best approach because it's consistent.

Love the design, hope you keep adding more to it and that in the near future, your design and experience on your glossary stays the same because I think that it works fine at least for me. Maybe take @odolvlobo's insight, hopefully make it more factual by adding researchers on your team to make sure that what you're putting there is the right one, maybe even have other people contribute some phrases or terms that's not yet added in the glossary.

Best thing that I've ever done, DCA makes sure that there's no regrets whenever I buy or sell at a low price and then the prices drops again because I still have money to buy at that dip again. DCA made me thousands already because I knew when to buy and the current amount of bitcoin that I have right now is probably enough capital for a small business. Although I have to say this, don't use all of your money for DCA, save some money that is quickly available to you in case of emergency, you don't want to be in a situation where you're in need of money for emergency and the price of bitcoin is going down.

They don't respect that, they just put it there so the authorities can see that they're not breaking the law, kind of like adult content on the Internet, they don't really enforce that minimum age requirement, they just put it there so they're compliant with the standard of the government. These aren't any measure to prevent underage gambling, more like a shield so the business can go smoothly as it can be.

If I'm being honest, the only effective way to make sure that underage gambling doesn't happen is that the parents of those children do an intervention, making sure that they're in a loving home and their needs are met and the proper values are being instilled in the child, I believe that's how you prevent underage gambling. Telling them what they can't do and the consequences of doing those don'ts are a good thing too but most children doesn't understand consequences until it's too late so this one is a second option.

You're already right that it's just a mental thing, luck doesn't have anything to do with someone losing or winning in gambling, it's always a matter of maths and probabilities but then again, it just so happens that luck is such a good scapegoat that it's been that way for how long we've got this concept, luck is our refuge for when things aren't explainable or the human mind can't comprehend, I guess we just have to go out of our way and say that it is what it is when it comes to luck and if it helps people get comfortable with gambling not overthink or stress out on such things, it's probably for the better that we just leave it as it is.

If you're susceptible to addiction, no matter how much advice from other people that says that you have to control your emotions and how you gamble, you will still lose that fight and get addicted, you are right that it's a gradual process but you have to understand that one taste is all it takes, can you all not feel the excitement you've felt when you gamble? That high in dopamine is going to be a thing that your brain is going to look for once the high subsides, it will continue to chase that until it's never enough. There's also the psychological belief that many gambling addicts share which is the belief that as long as they continue gambling, they're eventually going to hit the big win that has been elusive of them since the beginning.

That should be illegal in my opinion, that's akin to someone just stealing your money outright not going to lie, at least give them their money back if there's nothing violated that has something to do with the money. A lot of gaming websites have been comfortable with doing this kind of thing to their bad clients and I don't think that this punishment is just not right. The punishment should be an account ban or banishment from the establishment or website, taking away the money is tad bit too far in my book.

As much as that's the best thing to do, not everyone reads the terms and conditions and it's not like those people are actively trying to game the system so why punish them so harshly when there's more appropriate and just measures available?

Pretty much a common sense especially if you've been gambling for a really long time, not a lot of people have what it takes to be a professional gambler so it's best that if you get a win, you better quit while you're ahead, those feelings of luck is just an emotional outburst caused by the win and sometimes fall for this emotional trap and they let their wins ride another spin or game and then they end the day on a loss because they thought that that win was a signal that they're on a win streak when in reality it's just math. I love what @gunhell16 said, wins make gamblers more aggressive which is true and it happens in other kinds of games, you are winning or close to winning so you go for the aggressive approach to make sure no one can catch up to you but that's not applicable in gamble, being cool headed and knowing what to do next is the best thing you can do when gambling.

I have second thoughts in replying to this but damn I think it needs to be said, gambling isn't on the side of the players, I'm sure that you're aware of the saying that the house always wins, it's probably just not your day at that time that you've gambled and I think that a lot of gamblers are just like you that gets more losses than wins on a daily basis. Maybe you don't want to listen but I think that it is what it is, gambling takes more than it gives.

If bitcoin has a consistent financial growth in that span of time and I don't lose interest in investing in bitcoin, I would probably use the profit that I'm going to get in my hodling to buy myself an apartment building and if not, maybe a vacant lot where I can use to build an apartment or even lease to businesses, that's the ultimate passive income in my opinion although tenants tend to have a delay in rents, the money is still good especially if you also live in your own apartment, you pay the mortgage for the apartment building and you're making money or if that's not enough, my last resort would be using the profit as capital for business or another investment venture, anything to make more passive income is probably my goal.

I think you're bored because you let yourself get bored OP, if there's no one that's talking about it, why not put in the effort to talk about it, have the initiative because I feel like people just don't know what to talk about in that topic and so they don't know where to start, people in the forum loves to talk about bitcoin and everything in between it so it's a matter of initiative that's causing you to get bored. Maybe you've got ideas that you want to share here, I'm sure that a lot of people would love to talk about it and see the viability of the idea. I wouldn't expound too much on the "over the years, bitcoin has changed" argument since that's been talked about here many times, talk about the utilities of bitcoin, it won't hurt and people will care especially if it's a novel idea.

North Korea is a rogue nation so it doesn't really take a long time to conclude that they do sponsor this group, there's already a name for the head of this group already if I recall but still on the run and the names are Korean so it's safe to assume that they're sponsored by North Korea even if it's just an allegation and just seeing how they attack in the west, it's clear that they're against capitalists. Also, remember that Sony hack because they're releasing the movie Dictator which depicts an assassination attempt on the North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un? I think that's probably enough evidence that Lazarus group is sponsored by North Korea.

It's a really concerning thing too that North Korea owns this much bitcoin because that can only mean that if bitcoin skyrockets in prices, their stash of bitcoin would actually help them get more funds for their ever growing military threat and now, they can do it more discreetly given that bitcoin is pseudonymous which also helps hide who's the one that's supplying them with weapons.

Truth be told, you can't really trust anyone at all, even if they are your family or your closest friend, you can never really know what goes inside their minds, probably that's the only time that you can trust someone, is if you can read their minds but trust is a big deal but in my opinion, if you absolutely need to give it to someone in case something happens to you and you don't really want your savings of bitcoin go to waste, always stick with family, you can't really leave behind your legacy with your friend no matter how close you are to them, probably the only time that the latter would matter is if you've got a toxic and vile family relations that has gave you nothing but trauma, that's the only time that I think closest friends would matter when leaving something valuable is being talked about.

If you are still undecided, probably for the best if you go with a lawyer and have them keep your seed phrase and write it in your will whomever will receive them, you can always rewrite it if you feel like the current heirs would be unworthy. And on that note, also worth noting that out of all the options, lawyers are probably the one person that can trust when it comes to your seed phrase as they're binded by client confidentiality and I don't think any self-respecting lawyer will jeopardize their career that they've created for themselves from scratch just to steal your seed phrase for themselves.

Yes you are correct that there are losers and winners in the market but from what I can understand from what OP meant is that the complaints from the fact that bitcoin is still not that widely recognized which I can support because I think that bitcoin needs the recognition that it deserves, the price will just follow as soon as bitcoin becomes even more popular. In regards to people complaining about the market, my guess is that some of them has their brain wired that way because it eases the loss when you can complain and blame other stuff, at least that's what I believe is the reason why they complain because I'm like that sometimes.

The complaint is that bitcoin is still on the back burner, not on the forefront and it keeps getting treated like it's just one investment avenue for the government when there's the utility and potential being presented already and has been proven already. There's also the fact that there's no care for politicians with bitcoin, any kind of protective regulation to help out hodlers didn't even pass through their heads as an idea because they think nothing more of bitcoin other than an alternative investment. That's why there are still a lot of complaints, people in power still couldn't care less about bitcoin, now imagine if they do care, the price of bitcoin right now would seem too small for many of us once a global adoption of bitcoin happens.

Totally agree with what you're saying OP and I think that it's a common sense anyway that you only should invest what you can afford to lose and not go all in and then starve yourself of your needs and then end up losing a lot of things besides money at the end of it. There will be people that will disagree and that you can invest little by little, they are right but I'd rather get out of poverty first and as quick as possible rather than stay there just so I have some monthly savings for a future that is still uncertain given that I'm still impoverished.

I mostly agree with what @Cypherpunkz said but I'm not sold on the 4th one, you can invest in bitcoin in the short-term if your goal is also short-term, that's how some people get profits all the time, they invest and wait a little and then get it out when they're in profit, not really a big deal but I think that those people do deserve to invest especially if they're making money out of short-term investments.

Problem with that is you also need fiat for when you need to deal emergencies or spontaneous expenses, you can't be putting your bitcoin in and out every time that you need to spend your money, you will end up not saving anything and you're losing money on tx fees, a healthy balance in fiat and bitcoin investment should be the way to go instead of just relying on the chance that you don't need to spend anything today. You don't want to be having an emergency and then ending up with not being able to get your money out of bitcoin or crypto because there's an ongoing price dips in those investments, that's going to suck so bad for you.

If you really want to go all in with crypto investments and you're to stubborn to listen to reason and logic, might as well put in some investments in insurances, at the least you won't have any issue with money when you need it because you at least have insurance at your back burner to help you through the rainy day.

It is wiser no matter how you put it, even if the scenario favors highly on buying a new iPhone, the wisest choice will always be to invest in it rather than buying a phone. Phone is a depreciating asset and you don't want to be caught in that part of it's life cycle, be content with the flagship but cheap phones on the market if you really need a new phone but other than that, invest money for the future, you're better off having money in the future rather than not knowing where you will get your next money. It really offends me when people ask me this kind of question and then they try and justify the wrong choice, if you justify the wrong one then you should've never asked for advice in the first place and you should've chosen to get the wrong choice in the first place.