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Topic: The Bitcoin Apocalypse 1BTC trading under $5 USD (Read 4652 times)

hero member
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always a nice read these old threads. now its 505$ instead of 5$ Cheesy
donator
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I know a guy who sold at 5 saying bitcoin is dead, then bought at 800 two years later.
May be faiiiiling did the same ?
legendary
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These old threads are fun to read! I wonder how many people "got out of bitcoin" during these "crashes" never to return!

Oh they return, they all do.

They just buy after the price has gone up 10x again and end up with 1/10th the original number of coins. These are the people who measure wealth in terms of the amount of USD they hold, not in terms of the amount of BTC they control.
legendary
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So funny to read this now.
The doomsday prophets didn't change a bit.
legendary
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probably become stable for a while around $4, there is a pretty sizeable bid wall there.

Haha, you weren't around when an 25k wall at 6$ got smashed like it was nothing? Cheesy

not sure if i want to cry or laugh  Cheesy


I'm riding the bitcopalypse all the way down to zero with my investments in HW and BTC near the top. Winning or nuthin.

BTW: What comes after "resignation" in the bubble cycle?

same here i'm going down with the ship... i could sell now and make a profit since i bought at 0.75$ but... theirs no honer in that .... i believe in bitcoin and so i must go down with the ship.

adam, you have more then one castle by now?  Grin
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These old threads are fun to read! I wonder how many people "got out of bitcoin" during these "crashes" never to return!
member
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There are so many threads gravedigged today, if people wants to sell their precious bitcoins let them do it...
legendary
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Is this the end?



One has to wonder why the early adopters and larger players are cashing out? Why are they wanting out? Do they know something the rest of us don't?



The real question is why would anyone with a lot of bitcoins still be in.



^ Nothing changes.
legendary
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Trusted Bitcoiner
I'm riding the bitcopalypse all the way down to zero with my investments in HW and BTC near the top. Winning or nuthin.

BTW: What comes after "resignation" in the bubble cycle?

same here i'm going down with the ship... i could sell now and make a profit since i bought at 0.75$ but... theirs no honer in that .... i believe in bitcoin and so i must go down with the ship.
legendary
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Bitcoin is antisemitic
I'm riding the bitcopalypse all the way down to zero with my investments in HW and BTC near the top. Winning or nuthin.



BTW: What comes after "resignation" in the bubble cycle?
legendary
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Strength in numbers
15 months ago I sure wasn't worried about bitcoin crashing back to $5, pretty strange year.
legendary
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We're there. $4.82 now.
legendary
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If $5 USD is the  Bitcoin Apocalypse, we're very close. $5.17 and dropping.
legendary
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One has to wonder why the early adopters and larger players are cashing out? Why are they wanting out? Do they know something the rest of us don't?

The real question is why would anyone with a lot of bitcoins still be in.

People with lots of bitcoins would still be in if they expect the future price to be higher than today.  Watch for mass panic selling if those with substantial bitcoin holdings independently decide 'this is as good as it gets' and decide to bail out while their bit fortunes are still worth something. 

No matter how libertarian one's views are (and how much they detest fiat currencies), I suspect they would sell up now if they thought bitcoins would continue their slide towards parity with the US dollar.  They can always buy more later on and enjoy even more freedom.


legendary
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*wonders if this was the same kind of discussions had when the first stock/commodities markets emerged?....*
No. Stock markets emerged because there was a need to get enough capital together to  build or do something bigger than one person could afford, like a ship or a railroad. Commodity markets emerged so that farmers who wanted to know the price of their crops before planting them could buy options to protect themselves against price drops, and, on the other side. 
hero member
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It will bounce back up, you'll see.

It already did that. Now it will bounce back down, you'll see. Then back up....
legendary
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One has to wonder why the early adopters and larger players are cashing out? Why are they wanting out? Do they know something the rest of us don't?

The real question is why would anyone with a lot of bitcoins still be in.
hero member
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Firstbits.com/1fg4i :)
It will bounce back up, you'll see.
legendary
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probably become stable for a while around $4, there is a pretty sizeable bid wall there.
I agree, it should stop dropping around $4, as that is the cost for most people to produce them.


I do not think it was lowly miners causing the price to drop. It was people with massive amounts of
money that bought BTC or cheaply bought BTC (early adopters) that decided to just dump it all.

Miners do not all sell 15000K at once.. in a one hour period.

Larger players wanted out.

One has to wonder why the early adopters and larger players are cashing out? Why are they wanting out? Do they know something the rest of us don't?
They don't want to take any more risk. Since BTC has an low chance of going back up, they think that this "gambling" should come to an end.
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probably become stable for a while around $4, there is a pretty sizeable bid wall there.
I agree, it should stop dropping around $4, as that is the cost for most people to produce them.


I do not think it was lowly miners causing the price to drop. It was people with massive amounts of
money that bought BTC or cheaply bought BTC (early adopters) that decided to just dump it all.

Miners do not all sell 15000K at once.. in a one hour period.

Larger players wanted out.

One has to wonder why the early adopters and larger players are cashing out? Why are they wanting out? Do they know something the rest of us don't?
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