Bitcoin isnt just money, its the BEST money. This isnt just hype, folks, its about winners and losers. Bitcoin's taken hits, sure, but it always comes back stronger. Thats true strength, the kind you wont find in your average stock. See, Bitcoin's different. Its scarce, controlled, that creates value. And more and more businesses get that, countries too.

Now, Im not saying you wont have rough patches. This is a long game. But those who understand the big picture, they know Bitcoin's built different. Its more than quick profits, its about changing the system, taking control away from the old guard. And lets be real, folks, aint nothing more satisfying than watching the naysayers eat their words. So, all you smart investors out there, hold strong. You're not just making money, you're making history.

You could say the same about most commodities or indices etc. If you hold them long enough, you'd eventually end up in a profit position. But things are not so rosy when we consider inflation.
When BTC broke the new ATH, you could say that everyone who bought bitcoins at any time before that date (and didn't sell) is now in profit, but for those who bought at the previous ATH of $69k, the new ATH of $74k means a total nominal return of 7.2% in 2.5 years, equating to annual return of 2.9% - so well below the inflation rate (in most of the countries).
So yeah, Bitcoin is not some universal, superior type of investment and timing matters a lot. Depends on the time period, you could be much better off locating your money elsewhere.

That goes to show why BTC is the leader and number one among other cryptocurrencies out there.
Those who lost theirs somehow at the onset still regret till date because they would have been more careful to keep it safe in a wallet with key phrases and they would have accumulated at least for the time they could and it would have counted for something tangible and a reason to continue the journey.

Despite the dip, please buy and HoDL. Despite the pump still buy and HoDL. Although the profit would not be tangible enough now since we are already nearing the time of the halving and even the bull season won't do well for anyone just starting their HODLing journey. Instead for a long time close to a decade would do with a steady DCA strategy and much profit yield.
Even as a trader, unless you do know how to trade and earn, please HoDL.

The value of Bitcoin just changes (up and down) but the amount we purchase (and hold) remains the same. Therefore, if we don't touch our Bitcoin, nothing happens. We only just lose if we sell them at a cheaper price compared to the buying price, and we only earn a profit by selling them high. That is how this investment works. Unfortunately, what is in the minds of some people (newbies) when they see a price decline and check their portfolio is in red, they start to panic.

Real investors don't take a move without a plan but passing investors don't have. This is why only real investors make money and are also the ones who are able to understand how things work out and why others are complaining.

Who are the people who think the price will not rise again after reaching $73k? How can one think that way when they know that the halving is yet to come, and the bull run generally starts after that? The new all-time high of $73k was a surprise for us because it happened even before the halving event, so we shouldn't think that the price won't go above that point anymore.

And, what makes you think that most holders have already sold their assets when the price hit $73k? I don't think that's true, at least wise holders would still be holding because we are not done yet, we are yet to witness the actual bull run and the price can easily cross $100k when that happens.

Bitcoin has thought us nothing different from what other investment assets teaches many of us everyday, for if we look at the stock market, look at the real estate market and so on, those who invest and hold always turn out to be the true winners, and being someone who have participated in every of this market and gained the knowledge and experience, I am not surprised to see that Bitcoin is also doing the same thing.

But I agree, this is very valuable lesson for the newbies amongst us, crypto is not a get rich quick scheme like the ponzi scheme alot of persons through money into and expect the hundred percent profit by the next day, no no, he or she who have decided and is investing in bitcoin must have balls to hodl, if the goal is for maximum profit, and as much as some people still luckily make alot of profit through fomo, the best time to invest in bitcoin is still during the bear season, those who have the balls to buy and hold bitcoin through the bear season are the true winners when ever the bull run arrives, just like we are seeing currently, and we aren't even in the bull run yet.

Yet people don't seem to understand or accept that reality , they kept having second thoughts about investing in bitcoin calling it as scam when there are almost 15 years now of bitcoin existence and have served thousands if not millions of people (though there are some failure of course) .
maybe once bitcoin reached 1 million dollar  per bitcoin then those are the days that they will regret those words of them.

Adoption might still be far possible, as it may take a lot of processes before it gets finally done. And yet the end result would be controlling bitcoin and regulate it, hence slowly losing the decentralized nature of bitcoin, one thing that majority will never like it.

However, back to the topic, hodling bitcoin might have an issue but I think everyone has been aware of it prior to bitcoin hodling. And instead of seeing it as a threat that we can’t predict correctly on when will bitcoin price will go up, majority of people considered it as a thrill that keeps them coming back to invest and hold bitcoin.

When that happens then your target must change from the original duration of time to the level of profit you want to get when in bitcoin and i like the second choice where the level of profit becomes my initial benchmark rather than the duration of time that I will do in bitcoin.

As for now it happened when bitcoin started experiencing ATH a few years ago i started to be there and bitcoin crashed and to the point where the price reached $16k I also continued to buy Bitcoin with DCA so that the level of profit i had continued to rise and now it is really proven and very felt but because my initial target is $100k i will stay here until the target i want is reached later. As for the time whether it is longer or shorter i don't really care what matters is that I am at that price and I will release my holdings slowly from the $100k price.
As for when the target price of $100k is exceeded then it also does not matter because I will sell it gradually but when the price drops back then I do not bother with other thoughts because I will buy back bitcoin by setting a new price as my target in the future .

     Those are really proven and tested, especially among the rich, who hold bitcoin little by little for the future. But for people who are not rich and are trying to accumulate bitcoin, they will experience a profit from holding bitcoin in the future, but not as much as the amount that rich people make.

     That's why, in a scenario like this, the top alternative altcoin investments always come in for those who want to get a big profit, as long as they really have potential, like Ethereum, Bnb, ADA, Matic, Aptos, Arb, and others. Because Bitcoin is really 100%, you can really get a profit there even if you hold it for a few more years. It's really just arguing with alternative crypto about how many times it will happen to your capital.