Monday, 25 January 2021

A little worried about how much fear and skepticism there has been here recently.

here’s the deal, as i see it:

₿ has been holding above 30k for weeks—something which could have been dismissed as too optimistic just a couple of months ago.

If you’ve recently put money in and are worried, just try to chill out and give yourself a longer time frame. The price doesn’t only move up, and if you expect it to act that way just because you recently invested then you need to sober up and do more research.

There’s more to bitcoin than the price on any given day—adoption and accessibility has never been higher, the network is strong and ₿ is still the same censor resistant, open source, globally decentralized digital asset that has no competition. A lot of people still don’t even realize what a lot of that means.

The max supply of 21M gives it scarcity previously unseen prior to it’s invention. The influx of newly coins is non-reactive to the daily demand or any news of the world.

It’s the hardest money to ever exist and it’s going to take some time for the world to realize it.

But... Corporations, institutions and the wealthy are arriving at that conclusion also. There’s an increase in addresses holding over 1,000 Coins

https://twitter.com/woonomic/status/1352203710596694016?s=21

and we know what MicroStrategy, Grayscale and others are doing too. I won’t sell at this price, these big buyers will just eat it up in due time (and we don’t know when that will be, so won’t be trying to time my luck).

There will always be wealth inequality, but I do hope ₿ will help to lead to a more level playing field than the system it replaces.

If we can learn to be patient and set longterm strategies that we follow undeterred to the daily price movements, I think we can be considered for he lucky ones. Lucky because something we believe in as being better for the world has also afforded us comfort we might not have been able to have before.

But even if the value against USD never grows from here on out—it’s still superior in almost every way.

So my advice... (not that it was asked of me haha)

If you’re not just in the game to flip a quick profit, and you actually believe in the potential of ₿ as a superior store of value, then set long term strategies and don’t make big bets with money you might need right now. Make a plan with what you can afford and stick to it!

When things seem rough, just look to the past and you’ll see that it’s been rougher before and helped to build the foundation for where we are now.

This chart gives some good perspective on where we are vs the previous 4 year cycles:

https://twitter.com/100trillionusd/status/1353324777528811522?s=21

There’s no guarantee of how it will play out but I love looking to the past to try and gleam clues to the future.

If you’re interested in looking deep into the past of human monetary history, you’ll see many patterns that still play out today.

If you haven’t seen it, I suggest checking out this series from Mike Maloney on the history of money. Mike is an old school precious metals guy who understands money history better than anyone and sees the undeniable value to Bitcoin also.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DyV0OfU3-FU

Hope you all have a great weekend <3<3

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Don't buy the Blockstream Jade... yet.

I preordered the Jade the day they announced it and I received it in the mail a few days ago.

Link to product here: https://blockstream.com/jade/

First, let me start by saying, I love blockstream and believe they are one of the rare, few companies in this space out to benefit the community and not just make a profit.

The issue is (well, there are frankly a lot of them), it just isn't ready.

It currently only works (when it does) on Android via USB type C to USB type C cable. That's fine since I have both (USB C to USB C cable not included). They do include a USB C to USB (standard) to connect it to a power brick or computer (I don't recommend the latter for security reasons unless that's your only option). The problem with only including this cable is that you don't have what you need out of the box to even use it - at all.

The other main problem is that it seemed to be pretty buggy. It completely froze up my Galaxy Note. I couldn't do anything (including use the power/screen off button) for about 5-10 minutes each time. This happened 3 times. Every time was immediately following the phase where it confirms mnemonic phrase and ultimately sets the wallet up on the device and connects it to the app on your phone (Green Wallet).

Despite my better judgment, I tried a 4th time. For whatever reason, this time, it worked.

It's still incredibly inconvenient to use with my 6-foot USB C cable, it wasn't a great setup experience, and is currently missing a lot of features (Windows/Mac support, iOS support, BLE, PSBT, and air gapping using the camera). I believe they plan on releasing these during 2021.

At that point, it may just be the best balance of convenience, security, and price in a hardware wallet. But right now, it just isn't ready.

I look forward to the updates, and I have high hopes for this product.

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Team Ryver is hope w/o borders! It is knowledge and freedom on the Bitcoin Cash blockchain from Venezuela to China and beyond...

Team Ryver is hope w/o borders! It is knowledge and freedom on the Bitcoin Cash blockchain from Venezuela to China and beyond... submitted by /u/SofiaCBCH
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Can we have a big topic where we can share out noise.cash profiles?

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Learn how to build smart contracts on Bitcoin Cash easily. Someone has created a simple tutorial (only 1 chapter) and if you guys find it useful, let us know below so that we may get him to do more chapters soon.

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What's a good exchange for a n00b?

My brother just got into crypto and he is using PayPal to buy and sell -- but the fees look pretty high. Are there any easy-to-use websites or apps that have low or super low fees?

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DeFi: Chainlink supports Bitcoin Cash Price Feeds

DeFi: Chainlink supports Bitcoin Cash Price Feeds submitted by /u/Egon_1
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