Yah thats basically the gist of how I view it as the wider market has a larger momentum and generally BTC should spike less then it would in prior bull runs; patience is not something we especially account for in the correct proportion. Before we can climb a ladder we must build it and what happens if we rush the job and its really not fit for purpose or will take the weight, well we repeat ourselves alot and reset as we find the rungs on the ladder arent good enough for the climb just yet.
It'll take some time and last year 2023 my conclusion in prospect was consolidation, not a negative actually great groundwork there and looks good when looking back. This year is not imo take off straight up exactly though I wouldnt want to rule it out exactly, the halvening is less important each time it occurs the ETF is good but again a process over time so I favor the view of a gradually build also. Actually slower is better for a longer term move, fast move up can be just a blip and most of us wont catch that benefit anyhow so I prefer slower.
I won the 5k level of sats on the wheel spin, right about now its adjusted to almost half the max. Would be nice to max out the spins reward at a higher level with a lower BTC price at least temporally but Im just not confident of being able to do that especially now.