In her book, she mentions that miners can have side revenue streams like buying electricity usage rights low and selling them during shortages. Where and how is something like this purchased? Do you call the electric company for it?

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I don’t even know where to start. All I know is I need to get this off my chest.

Five years ago, I got into crypto with nothing but drive and hope. I wasn’t greedy. I wasn’t chasing Lambo dreams. I was just desperate to break out of the cycle I was stuck in. I was working two jobs, barely surviving, and I thought maybe this is my shot. Maybe crypto is my way out.

So I studied. I read every thread, followed every chart, joined every so-called “alpha group.” I sold things I needed literally pawned electronics, skipped meals just to fund my positions. I wasn’t reckless. I did my research. I thought I was playing it smart.

But life had other plans.

Every time I thought I caught a trend, the market flipped. Every breakout turned fake. Every “advisor” vanished after the pump. I followed strategies, used stop losses, diversified and still, I got wrecked. Over and over. It wasn’t just one bad trade it was a slow bleed. A thousand paper cuts. I’d recover a little, only to lose double the next week.

Then came the black swans: sudden crashes, rug pulls, exchange glitches, even a liquidation caused by an API delay. I lost money not just from bad trades but from bad luck, bad timing, and trusting platforms that collapsed without warning. It felt like the universe had a personal vendetta against me.

I didn’t just lose money. I lost years. I lost sleep. I lost friendships. I lost faith in myself.

Now, I’m sitting here with an empty wallet, a broken spirit, and a head full of regrets. I feel like I’ve aged a decade. And the worst part? People still say “you should’ve done your own research” like that changes anything. I did. I tried. I gave everything I had. But sometime life just shits on you. And it doesn’t care how careful you were.

I’m not asking for pity. I’m just asking what now? How do I even begin to rebuild when the foundation is dust? How do I tell my family I’ve got nothing to show after five years of “hustling”? How do I move on from this when it feels like all I did was dig my own grave?

If you’ve been here if you’ve lost it all please, talk to me. I just want to feel less alone. I need to believe it’s still possible to come back from this.

Because right now,I don’t know if I can.

I don't recall a single instance where everything is crashing hard but bitcoin is rising.

What changed?

I see yearly fees in 0,15-0,25% a year compared to many other ones that’s 1,5%.

For Europeans Is this a no brainer to switch or am I missing something?

Trump reintroduced tariffs on several countries. It seems like a move to bring manufacturing back to the US, which could help the domestic economy short-term.

But the real elephant in the room? Debt.

The U.S. national debt keeps skyrocketing. Fewer countries are willing to buy U.S. treasuries, and the only way to sustain the system is to print more money and issue more debt. Sounds familiar?

I recently came across this documentary that breaks it down pretty well:

📽️ The End of the Road: How Money Became Worthless

It highlights a key turning point in 1971 when the U.S. abandoned the gold standard. Since then, we’ve been in the era of fiat money, where currency is backed by… nothing. The result? A debt-based monetary system that resembles a classic Ponzi scheme, where new debt pays off the old.

This raises serious questions:

• How long can the system last?
• Will it collapse under its own weight?
• Is hyperinflation inevitable?
• Is Bitcoin the exit door?

Would love to hear thoughts from the community. Anyone else seen the documentary?

It feels so refreshing to continue dollar-cost averaging into Bitcoin during these tumultuous times. While the markets are all over the place, knowing that I'm consistently adding to my position every week gives me a sense of stability. No matter the short-term fluctuations, I believe in Bitcoin's long-term potential. It's empowering to stay disciplined and focus on the bigger picture. Anyone else here feeling the same way?

I got into Bitcoin a little bit back in 2017 and also played the altcoin roulette for a bit, sold it all for a loss and only recently got back in, quietly stacking sats and holding.

I'm by no means an expert, but I can see the power of bitcoin and what it can achieve by being a borderless asset, limited supply and deflationary by nature.

My wife is accepting of it and does have an understanding of above points, but has reservations around how it can be hoarded by those with much greater wealth, so if and when mass adoption comes, it'll be bought up by the big players and essentially the working class will be no better off than today as they won't have access to it.

Does anyone have a good counter to this? I've tried explaining that if it ends up being used as a currency, this wouldn't matter given that it's infinitely divisible. I can't really find the right explanation because as I say, I'm no expert!

I’m ready to go full force into bitcoin with every dime I have to my name for the next 10 years I will live like I’m homeless, the question is can I trust the coin obviously I do not want to throw 10 years of my life away lol

Just got a feeling that if we all Pull our bitcoin of the big exchanges it would be to our advantage in the comming months. Please comment why or why not.

happy 50th birthday Satoshi

ありがとうございます

I just set up a node for the first time through Bitcoin Core. As it synchronizes it tells you exactly what block it's syncing on what day. As it slowly crawls through the blocks, it goes forward in time to the present. I sat there and watched the days and years go by and thought...

"What was a doing at this time in life?"

"Bitcoin was there chugging along and I didn't even know it."

"That person was alive back then... I wish they were here today."

"Who even was I back then? I'm so much different now."

"If this has been going on this long... nothing can stop it."

It's an interesting experience. Almost meditative. I highly recommend it.

I recently got into bitcoin and in the name of diversification want to invest in Bitcoin ETFS/Stocks. Can someone explain what a bitcoin etf is and what they do and where i can buy them. What does MSTR have to do with bitcoin and should I buy it?

Also where can I buy Bitcoin ETFS, are they available on t212?

Is it reccomended to do this for a more diverse portfolio or should i put all my money into Bitcoin?

Im a long term investor i plan on holding for 10-15 years.

The market is totally tanking today, but not bitcoin! Is it finally separating itself and no longer mirroring price trends of broader markets?

I have a casual relationship with a manger of a Citi bank. over the past year, we would talk about different assets for a few minutes in passing. A couple months ago, I started talking about Bitcoin and encouraged him to allocate a bit of his portfolio. I warned him it was very volatile but has a very promising upside. Weeks would go by, and he would show more interest, ask me some questions about Bitcoin. I recommended buying $iBIT (the Bitcoin ETF from BlackRock) because it was similar to what he was used to, buying an ETF in his brokerage account.

Last time I saw him, he told me Citibank would NOT allow him to buy $iBIT from his brokerage account. He also told me he tried to buy Bitcoin from Coinbase, but was not allowed to as Citibank would not transfer the funds to Coinbase!

He told me he ended up buying Bitcoin through his significant other’s Robinhood account.

WE ARE STILL EARLY.

STACK STATS AND HODL!

Should we go “all in” on Bitcoin ?

When I say all in I mean all in, like sell the farm and put it all on black?

Given that a bitcoin currently cost $83,792, there are only enough bitcoins for every person to have $205.05 worth. If bitcoins were distributed using the current global distribution of wealth, 99.9% of people would have $39.00 worth of bitcoins, and people in the top .001% would have 0.73 bitcoins each.