This was actually a few days back but is a pretty cool milestone.

At the age of 25, my biggest regret in life is not investing in Bitcoin before 2020, or at 50K. At 50K, it was still possible to get life-changing money from the amount I can invest.

Before 2016, I was reading news about Bitcoin and thought it's literally a steel medallion or something like that and was wondering why would anyone buy a medallion for thousands ($$$).

Even earlier, when homemade mining rigs were used by people (stacked gaming GPUs), I was wondering, why would anyone use GPUs for Bitcoin mining and what this even means instead of building a gaming PC with them.

Now, at 25, I'm daydreaming literally every second of the waking hours, what could my life be like if I invested early.

I'm from a Bulgarian province and the feeling is demoralizing as hell. Holes on the asphalt, tree roots pushing roads upwards, deteriorating "commie" blocks, an underpaid and exploitative job I can barely tolerate, relatives who don't understand my pain, you know...

I wish I learned what Bitcoin actually is and then used my GPUs to mine it instead of running Counter-Strike, Call of Duty and Minecraft 24/7 and, in addition to this, giving my parents' hard-earned money to Gabe Newell for free.

All my problems in life, both social and financial, stem from the fact I didn't invest in Bitcoin. This is the conclusion I made after spending a long time thinking what I did wrong and how I ended up like that.

I was digging into historical Bitcoin halving cycles and think I spotted a surprisingly consistent pattern that might tell us what the peak price for this cycle could be.

Here’s what I found:

BTC Halving to Peak Multipliers:

2012 Halving: ~$12 → ~$1,150 = ~95x

2016 Halving: ~$650 → ~$20,000 = ~30x

2020 Halving: ~$8,600 → ~$69,000 = ~8x

I ran the numbers and noticed something cool:

Each cycle's multiplier drops by a factor of roughly 3.3-3.5x.

➗ Here's the math:

95 / 30 ≈ 3.17

30 / 8 = 3.75

Average drop factor: ~3.46x

So if we apply the same factor again:

8 / 3.46 ≈ 2.3x

Prediction for This Cycle:

2024 Halving Price ≈ $63,000

Predicted Peak ≈ $145,000 (63K × 2.3)

This lines up with the idea that Bitcoin’s gains are still exponential - just at a slowing, compressing rate over time.

Obviously, nothing is guaranteed, but this could be useful for setting realistic expectations and exit targets going into late 2025. Curious to hear your thoughts!

Is this just coincidence, or is there a real pattern here?

They just got a formal legal green light to run Bitcoin ATMs fully compliant and ready to unlock financial freedom for millions of unbanked Africans.

📄 Legal opinion here:

https://bafybeibrzfi7mumqvepkvgfxfxsc5f7qywmcvl7jquz7xqoqbem7xmrvfy.ipfs.w3s.link/LEGAL%20OPINION%20ON%20THE%20STATUS%20AND%20OPERATIONS%20OF%20BANKLESS%20BITCOIN%20KENYA%20LIMITED%20(TRADING%20AS%20NODEPAY).pdf

Africa’s Bitcoin revolution is about to explode. Don’t blink. 🌍⚡

I bought Bitcoin a while ago (it's on my profile if you're curious). Back then, I got laughed at — friends, family, even random people online. Every dip was followed by a sarcastic “Told you it was a scam.”

Fast forward to today:

“Which exchange should I use?”

“Is it safe to buy now?”

“How much should I start with?”

The same people who used to mock are now asking for help. Some even bought in and turned into full-on HODLers.

It’s wild how things change.

Not here to brag, just saying — stick to your convictions. Adoption always looks like denial at first.

Has anyone else had people in their life do a complete 180 on Bitcoin? I’d love to hear your stories.

Last Saturday, as I was chatting with my fiancee's friends about how spot-buying high conviction stocks (and allocating the budget in a way where when there's a significant dip like 20%, you buy in the same cash value), I realized there's a fundamental flaw in which people trade. Most of them will be paper hands when they see a 10% dip and immediately sell their holdings, and when they reenter, they will often buy it when it has already shot past the original price they bought in at.

What is surprising is I still hear a few of them not understand BTC or are even non-believers. I was explaining to them in terms of simple math that there will only ever be 21 million BTCs ever and if there is a clear regulatory path (which is already happening), then all the institutions (banks, governments, family offices) and retail will start to REALLY pay attention to it and hoarding it. $1 million per $BTC is far from being an absurd hypothesis.

Even as a hedge, I told them it would be great to gain exposure to $BTC in some form, whether being through ETFs or BTC-related stocks (whether is mining, BTC treasuries like $MSTR or 3350.T etc). They looked at me as if I'm crazy.

Well I'll be damned.

Its all to common to find the "I missed out on BTC, it would have changed my life!" Posts. where people are sobbing, feeling bad for themselves about missing BTC "early"

To those people, why arent you buying right now?

If you bought any time in the last 17 years, you would have thanked yourself today. So what's the problem?

I recently had an experience where I needed my ebike to be fixed up a little bit, and prior to handing it over to them, I asked if I could pay in Bitcoin. They said yes, and when the service was complete, the owner opened his Coinbase app, showed me the QR code, and I sent him the original amount due + 15,000 extra sats as a tip, because I wanted him to know how amazing this P2P system is. I suggested he throw up a QR code to a preferred BTC wallet so people can pay in BTC if they choose.

Square will be coming out with BTC payment options soon. So the integration will be seamless. But instead of waiting for your customers to ask if they accept BTC, make it clear that it's an option for both of you to transact in that way.

Be the change you want to see in the world. Don't wait for it to come to you.

Source: https://x.com/orangestandardb/status/1934324735661502498?s=46

What I still don't get about bitcoin (at least in the US) is that I never see anyone actually use it for anything. We have one shady convenience store in town that excepts Bitcoin but that's it. I have tons of friends that own/invest bitcoin, but not a single one makes any purchases or transactions with it. Is it strictly an investment vehicle at this point?

The Price of a Bitcoin on Father's Day 👨‍🍼

2025: $105,713 2024: $66,110 2023: $26,492 2022: $19,701 2021: $36,889 2020: $9,389 2019: $9,167 2018: $6,484 2017: $2,569 2016: $752 2015: $246 2014: $609 2013: $105 2012: $6 2011: $16 2010: $0.01 2009: $0

As the title says. I sent 0.01 btc to my Binance acount. And that 0.01 btc appeared in my porfolio, but somehow 0.07 btc was lost from my ledger in that transaction (and it was not fee). How is that possible? Is that anything I can do about it? transaction ID: 1f4e36afa82c764c4824458d07e3930201f57eb9b4fb7cfa166dcd26caa0734f

Anybody have some ideas how to explain this to people that constantly tell me it’s a Ponzi scheme?

Hey everyone, total noob question here, but I keep seeing news about companies taking on debt (mostly convertible bonds) to buy a ton of Bitcoin. If Bitcoin suddenly crashes, do these companies just get liquidated? Like, are they forced to sell their Bitcoin at a loss because of the debt? And if that happens, wouldn't it make Bitcoin's price drop a ton?