Stock-to-Flow Model: Modeling Bitcoin's Value with Scarcity - page 11.

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Quote from: mu_enrico on April 23, 2020, 09:03:34 AM

^ You quote me, bro? Whatsup? Is the variance not widening (yet)? I see R² changed to 0.698 for the blue one. Can you explain it? Thank you.

Sotty mane, didn't realise I was quoting a message of yours.
Blue correlation changed because they are actually different, as in the upper graph it is Oct 09 to Oct 12, while in the latter is Jul 10 to Nov 12.
Why he did so it's not clear to me, and , sadly, made those to graph actually not comparable directly.
Also note the legend is not correct, as also the Green period starts in Jul 10.

So, Maybe this planB update was a little bit rushed!

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^ You quote me, bro? Whatsup? Is the variance not widening (yet)? I see R² changed to 0.698 for the blue one. Can you explain it? Thank you.

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Quote from: fillippone on October 10, 2019, 04:31:51 AM

Quote from: mu_enrico on October 08, 2019, 02:54:09 PM

Quote from: fillippone on October 08, 2019, 02:45:57 PM

It is a different model from the full model that took in account I believe 111 monthly data points between 2009 and 2019 (r2 is also different).

Okay, then you have a good case about this model's ability to forecast.
However, careful about "overfitting" and let's see about it in the next few years

Again, the author explored this possibility, and found some nice evidence:

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I am aware of the potential dangers of backward fitting and over fitting. However, the #bitcoin S2F model doesn't seem to have that problem.

https://twitter.com/100trillionUSD/status/1148255654051794944?s=20

As you can see, taking different subset of sample points, doesn't change dramatically the model: hence overfitting hypothesis can be safely discarded.
This is very important, imho, you were right pointing to this as a potential invalidating point for the model, but this can be safely dismissed.

Little update on this.
Plan B just tweeted this:

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#Bitcoin stock-to-flow model on 2010-2012 data still usable in today. It predicted post-2012-halving and post-2016-halving levels quite well. Will it hold again, after May 2020 halving?Crossed fingers

https://twitter.com/100trillionUSD/status/1253281280772407298?s=20

So, one year has passed since the quoted image, and parameters aren't dramatically changed.

This is why S2F is a robust model, whaile others are just line drawn over a chart.

Like this one, for example:

Diminishing returns on a log chart in 2014:

Diminishing returns on a log chart in 2020:

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You see parameters aren't constant.

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Used my quarantine time and help from a fellow translator (thanks @gazetabitcoin ) to polish a few typos, minor edits and adding all the other translations of the original article.

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Quote from: BitcoinVN_News on April 07, 2020, 12:35:44 PM

Given that the halving is just about a month away and many people in our home country Vietnam are still seeing Bitcoin mostly as a speculator's game or simply as a tool to move value around, we have had some of our team members recently translate PlanB's original article into Vietnamese:

https://news.bitcoinvn.io/mo-hinh-dinh-gia-bitcoin-stock-to-flow/

...as well as Eric Voskuil's ( Libbitcoin ) critique of the model:

https://news.bitcoinvn.io/sai-lam-cua-mo-hinh-du-doan-gia-bitcoin-bang-ty-le-stock-to-flow/

We also added by now the response of PlanB (from 19 January 2020) to various critiques on the model to our Vietnamese language series on the topic:

https://news.bitcoinvn.io/li-thuyet-thi-truong-hieu-qua-va-mo-hinh-stock-to-flow-bitcoin/

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Almost forgot to post here another good podcast where PlanB appeared as a special guest:

Pomp Podcast #238: PlanB on Why Bitcoin’s Stock-To-Flow Model Is Becoming More Accurate Over Time

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PlanB is one of the most notorious Bitcoin investors in the world. He has amassed a loyal and engaged following on Twitter and has popularized the stock-to-flow model that is widely cited throughout the Bitcoin community. In this conversation, Anthony and PlanB discuss his discovery of Bitcoin, what it took to feel comfortable enough to invest, how he came across the s2f model, why his team hasn't bought Bitcoin in their institutional funds, and why PlanB believes the s2f model is actually getting more accurate over time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryLZiE0N4lQ

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Given that the halving is just about a month away and many people in our home country Vietnam are still seeing Bitcoin mostly as a speculator's game or simply as a tool to move value around, we have had some of our team members recently translate PlanB's original article into Vietnamese:

https://news.bitcoinvn.io/mo-hinh-dinh-gia-bitcoin-stock-to-flow/

...as well as Eric Voskuil's ( Libbitcoin ) critique of the model:

https://news.bitcoinvn.io/sai-lam-cua-mo-hinh-du-doan-gia-bitcoin-bang-ty-le-stock-to-flow/

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Has the recent dump invalidated the stock to flow model?
Not at all:

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There is a big misunderstanding about the stock-to-flow model: that 1 red dot outside the blue bands invalidates the model.
That is not true! Red dots have been below the band in 2010,2012,2016,2019 and above in 2011,2013,2017.
But co-integration is strong, even now at $5300.

https://twitter.com/100trillionUSD/status/1240008836792139782?s=20

Going down the thread there is an answer that might then surface on your head:

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is there any piece of data that would disprove the model?

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I have explained this 100 times before, but here we go again: S2F model is invalidated if S2F and BTC price are no longer co-integrated.
Everybody can calculate and verify that themselves, or you can check real time at http://btconometrics.com (Engle-Granger Test).

Wow, what an hint:
Going to the website we find that:

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Engle-Granger Cointegration Test
The Engle-Granger test determines if two series are cointegrated by modelling the lag of the residuals against the first difference of the residuals. The t statistic for the coefficient from this OLS is not distributed Student, and should be thought of as "tau". If the tau statistic is below around -2.7 then there is strong evidence of stationarity in the residuals, thus the series are likely to be cointegrated.

The more negative the less likely the series are to be not cointegrated.

Red: no cointegration
Orange: cointegration requires a detailed investigation
Green: strong cointegration

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Another article from PlanB has just been published!

Very interesting.
This article is trying to answer one of the most common question: why Bitcoin is still at a very low level if it is going to be worth in the million in a few years?

Efficient Market Hypothesis and Bitcoin Stock-to-Flow Model

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Bitcoin Stock-to-Flow (S2F) model was published in March 2019 [1]. The model has been well received by bitcoiners and investors. Many analysts have verified the cointegrated S2F model and confirmed bitcoin price predictions [2][3][4].
The S2F model also received critique. The best steel man argument against the model comes from the Efficient Market Hypothesis (EMH). The argument states that the model is based on publicly available information (S2F, bitcoin's supply trajectory) and therefore the analysis and conclusion must be already priced in.
In this article I share my point of view on S2F model and EMH. I analyze arbitrage opportunities, risk & return model and derivatives markets.

The read is very interesting and I'm going to analyse it on the next days, but the ultimate conclusion is: don't worry. Markets are rational AND bitcoin is cheap!

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No Tulip Trust? ahahahah..... I didn't know they had anything else other than BTC. But even with the relative size, look at the absolute size, some 5 million went to BCH. I can understand a little bit the others too though. ETH and ETC act like the index ETFs (exchange traded funds) of the altcoin world.

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Grayscale just updated his investors about 2019.:

A new Bitcoin boom?Grayscale reports record crypto investments for 2019

Something stands out:

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Digital currency manager Grayscale took in $607 million of investments in 2019, an amount that outstripped its collective inflows of the previous five years.

From their report:

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Most significant asset raising year in Grayscale’s history: Investment for FY19, totaled $607.7 million, surpassed combined investment into all Grayscale’s products from 2013 through 2018.
Largest quarterly investment to Grayscale® Bitcoin Trust ever: With $193.8 in 4Q19, investment into Grayscale Bitcoin Trust exceeded the $171.7 million in investment raised in 3Q19.

The current situation is this one:

Please note the relative size of Bitcoin Investments comparet to shitcoins.

You can download the complete report here (you need to prive an email-trowawaymail will work).
So returning on topic, doing some back of the envelope calculations:

USD 607 millions@BTCUSD8,000 means roughly 75,000 bitcoins were bought this year.
After the halving each year 6.25*6*24*365 Bitcoins will be mined.
This means Greyscale alone will buy more than 20% of newly mined Bitcoins next year.

Of course this doesn’t mean only the new mined bitcoin will be bought by Greyscale: they will probably buy via OTC desks from whales, nevertheless this is a looming offer on the market that will be swept away.

Do not forget also Jack’s Square, who has been buying massively bitcoins over the last quarters.

How cannot this be bullish?
This is Stock to Flow in full power!

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Quote from: fillippone on January 01, 2020, 10:35:10 AM

Quote from: JayJuanGee on January 01, 2020, 10:26:54 AM

I am a little bit confused about those white dots.

Explain to me like I am a young person...

What do the white dots represent? And, why is the $10 line highlighted?

The white dots represent the ratio between BTC price and Model price. I think they improperly use the left axis discarding the $ symbol.

Look at the end of 2013: the BTC price is around 1,000$ and the mode price is around 100$. The ratio is then 10 and the white dot lies on the 10$ horizontal line.

Quote from: JayJuanGee on January 01, 2020, 10:26:54 AM

Edit: I did not change the chart, but my post is showing the $.10 line as highlighted. I don't understand that, either.

I can’t see any line highlighted, it’s a mysterious mystery.

O.k. That clarified my confusion. The white dots are just representing how far above or below 1 (in sync) the model is in with what it predicts in terms of where BTC price is as compared with where the model predicts BTC's price to be. Makes much moar senses, now. Thanks. Wink

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Quote from: JayJuanGee on January 01, 2020, 10:26:54 AM

I am a little bit confused about those white dots.

Explain to me like I am a young person...

What do the white dots represent? And, why is the $10 line highlighted?

The white dots represent the ratio between BTC price and Model price. I think they improperly use the left axis discarding the $ symbol.

Look at the end of 2013: the BTC price is around 1,000$ and the mode price is around 100$. The ratio is then 10 and the white dot lies on the 10$ horizontal line.

Quote from: JayJuanGee on January 01, 2020, 10:26:54 AM

Edit: I did not change the chart, but my post is showing the $.10 line as highlighted. I don't understand that, either.

I can’t see any line highlighted, it’s a mysterious mystery.

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Quote from: fillippone on January 01, 2020, 09:30:59 AM

Another tweet by PlanB on the most discussed topic: why bitcoin price is so low if S2F model is true? Why people are not discounting future halvings?

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#Bitcoin halving .. 4 months to go 🚀

IMO halving is priced in correctly and markets are efficient, in the sense that few people (10%) know, understand and believe S2F model, and most people (90%) don't know S2F, don't understand stats&math behind it, think demand is missing etc

https://twitter.com/100trillionusd/status/1212373777927081984?s=21

I am a little bit confused about those white dots.

Explain to me like I am a young person...

What do the white dots represent? And, why is the $10 line highlighted?

Edit: I did not change the chart (I just clicked on "Quote" in order to reply), but my post is showing the $.10 line as highlighted. I don't understand that, either.

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Another tweet by PlanB on the most discussed topic: why bitcoin price is so low if S2F model is true? Why people are not discounting future halvings?

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#Bitcoin halving .. 4 months to go 🚀

IMO halving is priced in correctly and markets are efficient, in the sense that few people (10%) know, understand and believe S2F model, and most people (90%) don't know S2F, don't understand stats&math behind it, think demand is missing etc

https://twitter.com/100trillionusd/status/1212373777927081984?s=21

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Ahead comes Halving Bitcoin and we can see the simulation of Bitcoin in practice. This will happen in May 2020.

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I don't think we need to wait 130 years, maybe as short as 10 to 20 years is all that's needed as by then 99% of all bitcoins will have been mined, and it's another hundred years to mine the last one percent.

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I don't think it's possible to calculate it. We don't know how much the bitcoin wallet is locked. We do not have the power to examine Bitcoin movements from day one. However, the amount of bitcoin circulating in 130 years will be clear. Then the inhabitants can make a more accurate assessment.

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The other thing, is that even though there could be a great number of clones and forks, they're still not the same as BTC. Any transactions are on separate blockchains, not bitcoin's.

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