I’ve been too busy to really comment much lately and frankly things have been a bit boring in Bitcoin land. But damn! What a nice surprise. Massive pump, large page count increase, page parity, green candles, trains, helicopters, modems, and rusty pipes!
Seems like the exciting part of the bull market is back baby!
Yes, it looks very nice and exciting. And there will be more pumps in the future. Bitcoin will now go down a bit again (this is the rule). But some people cannot control their greed and now they will pounce on Bitcoin. Which will empty their pockets.
Be careful. Wait for good time.
Bitcoin’s price is holding up pretty well so far. I think people are trying to beat the ETF rally and are having a bit of fomo as a result. A pump this big isn’t just random. Somebody knows something and is scooping up a whole lot of coins. I think this type of rally will happen quite a few times over the next year or so. Be ready and hold on tight.
I also think that participants who timed their "exit" around the last ATH well, are progressively re-entering after the bottom was confirmed. Through times of insecurity (last few months, especially) some might have just waited a little longer to get in again. While MSM is catching up on reporting positive Bitcoin chart developments, mainstream and new buyers start to get in as well. Just to add their few % to what's happening, driven by forces behind the scenes, if you want to call it like this (like you pointed out).
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EDIT: Thinking about LFC_Bitcoin, for example, who timed the market really well at the last ATH and bottom, AFAIR. Even if he spent quite a bit for thingies and stylez, it would not have really hurt his wealth, from the perspective of next ATH. There should be many like him, even if not with as good feeling for the price dynamics, but lots of their former gains are slowly coming back in.
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I'm in perma-HODLmode, as usual. Might try to take a few % near next ATH.
The majority of mah coinz will be held for the next generation to spend (wisely, i hope - but that's absolutely their problem).
Using a 12 foot brush hog/cutter tending to huge fields is so serene and peaceful.
Good to read such relaxed words from yours. Have fun!
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Tis unrelated, but i'm really happy with my self-planned and installed photovoltaic system. The panels i chose are collecting diffuse light really well, too. On cloudy/rainy/foggys day i still cover 20-25% of my home power demands, still feeding another 5-10% to the grid. Be aware that currently up to 40% of total consumption is from the heat pump heating of the building, which runs mostly at night, otherwise i could cover half of energy usage on a rainy day. As soon as performant sodium-ion batteries hit the consumer market, i'll go mostly self-sustaining. I'm laughing my ass off to the greedy electricity suppliers almost every day now. After a full year of monitoring the system, i can tell how much power i could dedicate to mining, if i can do it in a responsible way (energy consumption wise).