Any thoughts? I'll have about $1K US dollars pretty soon and am looking to put it towards btc in a meaning ful way. I love the game and want to actively be working with btc.
Lets say you purchased another limited supply commodity such as gold instead of btc. What would you do to "actively be working with your gold" ?
You cant, or at least not in a way that is not extremely likely to generate losses.
BTC is the investment, they are cheap now, just put them in a cold wallet.
Absolutely +1 on this.
The "investment" industry that has grown up around Bitcoin doesn't need
BTCs per se, any currency will do, but it thrives on the mistaken belief that coins should somehow be 'working' to justify their possession, like buying real estate for price appreciation but also with a rental value.
That is not the function of Bitcoin as I understand it, but it shows how unclear a lot of newcomers are about what to with it. They want it to ape fiat, Hodling is not enough for them and you can only buy so much coffee or Overstock sheets.
Put this together with the libertarian dogma of greed is good and the relative lack of sophistication of many new, young 'investors' and you have the cesspit that currently masquerades as the "Bitcoin Investment Industry" aka Scammers Retirement Fund.