Honestly if you have BTC congrats !!! We are heading into a major economic shift and I feel like when the tides are turning like this there should be a conscious effort to land on the right side of that shift!!! Am I right? What should bitcoiners be doing right now to prepare for a potential global economic hardship other than the obvious which is to hodl and accumulate as much as you can...
While bitcoins are a great investment for longterm protection of our savings, I am a bit critical towards short-term profits during a big economic collapse. The problem with a major downturn is that most investors are going to avoid any risky assets and will focus on holding cash or government bonds. So, anybody that has large amounts of crypto currencies and is looking for buyers might not find them or only at a hefty discount. During a major collapse my first step would be to start stockpiling food again. I just finished eating most of the canned food from the covid pandemic and would make sure to have at least 4 weeks of food and water. Also toilet paper was a big issue during lockdowns, better to stock up as well. The best would be to have a private garden and start planting good, but I don't see any chance in the city. My next step would be to start looking for another job, just in case my employer goes bankrupt or has layoffs it's good to have already an alternative lined up. And my third preparation would be to start storing cash at home again in case there is a collapse of the financial system, almost like in 2008.
What you say will be true to what is happening. I mean cryptocurrency or bitcoin is just considered a risky asset so when a crisis or recession happens, people will dump them and go for safer assets like government bonds or gold. But if in the future, bitcoin is valued as highly as gold, is no longer a risky asset, is widely accepted and its value is guaranteed, then owning bitcoin will be an advantage during economic downturns. I believe that in the future, bitcoin's role will be as important as gold and its role will be equal to gold or more.
When the world economy collapses, fiat is not really an option because the monetary system will collapse, only assets like gold or bitcoin will really have value at that time.
In our generation, all of us are victims of the greed of previous generations, especially those in my country who are not prepared to fight against the next economic tornado disaster. Get ready to become a fool, or even die drowning in the maelstrom of the economic crisis that could occur at any time.
Yes, bitcoin is the financial future, and that is an inevitability. Just like electric cars which will replace petrol cars in the future. Because the reality is that the current generation prefers crypto because of its high volatility, if gold is truly stable, it is the most stable. But we cannot deny that crypto moves faster than gold, which is why the current generation is more inclined towards bitcoin than gold. After all, now there is a metaverse, even the land for sale there exceeds expectations and big brands such as LV, Gucci, Nike are competing to set up shops there.