The biggest mistake Bitcoin maximalists doing
Maximalists who mined Bitcoin early, invested in the early days, bought at $1-10 have too much confidence in Bitcoin but they miss a point; Disorganized Ecosystem is NOT Ecosystem.
What i notice that most Bitcoin maximalists think that Altcoins are scam. They don't trust any of them and they're radical. They miss the point, Bitcoin can't be store of value without Altcoins. What determines the value of Bitcoin is the existence of Altcoins and their usability. Everybody knows Bitcoin can't be a currency since its supply(21 Million max) is not enough for the population. That supply is certainly not enough for liquidity. Therefore, the only way out for Bitcoin is to become store of value and this is where Altcoins matter. However, it seems that all exchanges seem to forget Bitcoin. Most alts have USD pair and no one cares BTC pair anymore. One of the reasons is Bitcoin liquidity and this is where maxis need to step in. However, thinking that Altcoins are scam and they will lose money by investing in them, they make the biggest mistake by assuming Bitcoin will be the only survivor. This brings the liquidity problem and Exchanges try to fix this issue by opening USD pair for Altcoins. What those exchanges are trying to say is "If you never use your precious Bitcoins, we'll fix this by opening more and more USD pair for Alts."
As a result, Bitcoin price is declining and as it lost its chance to become currency, is about to lose to be store of value. A whale with 50K Bitcoin is afraid of losing his/her Bitcoins and doesn't invest in any Alt project starts losing value. This might bring the end of Crypto world. What's the purpose of someone who doesn't move his/her Bitcoins from $250-$20K and even after starts declining?
Bitcoin and Altcoins form an ecosystem. No matter what happens, you can't just call them scam to protect the ecosystem. Sometimes you need to invest in those Altcoins even though it's so risky. This involves Whales of Platform coins too. As an example, Ethereum and Waves. Ethereum and Waves whales have to/need to invest in tokens under these platforms to make sure those platforms keep running and have enough liquidity. Let's take Waves into account. Waves whales need to invest and support Waves tokens more than users and newcomers because The more those tokens succeed the better the ecosystem works.
While this lack of understanding might be acceptable for those whales, it's very sad Bitcoin whales are doing such a simple mistake. They let Altcoins getting killed by leaving those Altcoins alone and leaving no choice to exchanges to open USD pair for those Altcoins. Experienced and new investors almost stopped checking BTC pair and using USD pair by default. They don't care BTC pair anymore and this is getting more and more dangerous for Crypto.
If Bitcoins maximalists keep doing these mistakes, Exchanges will create more stable coins, open more pairs in FIAT and this is when Altcoins start decoupling from Bitcoin. It means that no more XXX/BTC pair, more and more XXX/USD pairs with liquidity and since Bitcoin is used less and less, it will take its value to the ground.
I hope Bitcoin maximalists and miners see their mistake and the stop the paranoia of losing their Bitcoin.
This article is not about price, is about value.
Original article in Turkish by
https://twitter.com/AztecGoldHeroTranslated by Myfranco
https://twitter.com/TechPursuitX