ac04 said:
RE: YOLO, if i feel the urge to gamble i will browse the lines my bookie has posted. bitcoin is not a game to me, i'm not in this space to screw around at all.
you need to screw around to know what the best processes are when you need to actually be serious about it.
like cold storage, p2p transacting, how to use the lightning network, setting up a node or mining, learning to use the coding languages involved in bitcoin/blockchain projects so that you can actually contribute not just be an oblivious user and analyze the language used in smart contracts and/or other projects developed in the future.... imo people who can code and understand coding languages and can run code will be as well respected in the future as lawyers were in the not too distant past (someone who can actually protect you against untoward forces)
screw around so you know when you're getting screwed around. one of the best ways to learn is to treat it like a game or something fun. some games involve life and death, and are still fun til the end so screw around.
but yeah don't buy ****coins and try to be a trader (sorry for derailing the trading thread), waste of time and effort and think about all the new skills you could be learning instead that don't involve attempting to game the collective human psychology mixed with bots and ai and hype engines and extreme marketing...
and if you're not a bitcoiner or you like some other crypto project, do the same thing... **** off with prices and actually learn to build with whatever blockchain project you're pumping up. these projects are essentially the different essays and books that our forefathers were printing that ended up culminating in the war for independence and the constitution of the united states of america.... it's the same thing. the price mechanism serves to show relative value of that idea and it's actual effectiveness.
ramble ramble ramble, keep getting interrupted so im posting and bailing.