You are right. Not many saw the dip coming. If you take a look at the bitcoin price prediction contests in Games and rounds section of the forum you will find a lot of the prediction were bullish, mine included. This shows that bitcoin investment/trading is really not for the faint of heart. Bitcoiners who have been trading/hodling for years are not new to the volatility of the bitcoin market. Newbies however may find it difficult to hodl their bitcoins in the bear market. With the FUD creeping in the internet and trolls spreading fake news about bitcoin, weak hands will be selling off their coins.

Thats what always been saying that you shouldnt really be that confident on how this market behaves or works. We might be seeing that it is really just that near but actually it is really just that too far.
Market conditions could really be just only having that two possible situations on which you are really that dealing up with a random dumps and crash or on the time that it would really be making up some mooshorts. When the market do really make out those movements then you wont really be finding yourself that be impulsive because you had already anticipate for this thing to happen.
For those who are really that their first time then its important that we would really be having that kind of adjustment because once you do miss it then it would be hard to understand.

When market make out some dips then it would really be that recommended that you should really be taking up some considerations on buying back or simply making some entries.
Be greedy when other people are in fear or something in doubt on which these are the primary key points on which you could really be that make use of on the time that you would really be able to encounter
is on how you would really be controlling your emotions and would really be sticking into your plan and targets.

People who get scared seeing btc price in dips are only newbies. Those who have been here for long have get used to it probably and instead of seeing fears, this makes them more motivated to accumulate more bitcoin while there is a good opportunity to buy. However, newbies may normally feel panicking during this period but we all know they’ll get used to it in the long run if they chose to hold. It just a matter of time to learn the market and patience to overcome the situation.

Is it necessary to mention "The Sceptical Chymist"? Is this a way to appreciate him or what?  

I think it is normal if most people don't believe Bitcoin to drop again below $50k when it already crossed $70k and even hits $73,750 as a new ATH. Even we have some corrections after Bitcoin hits a new ATH, it never drop below $55k. As far as I know, the lowest price was $56k only. Bitcoin also always could recover and the price crossed again $70k after few corrections. In this condition, I think I can understand if many people believe we are safe to see Bitcoin price above $60k. However, we know Bitcoin price is always unpredictable, even the price can change suddenly because of 1 issue/news. Since it already tries to retest a new ATH and failed, and there are also many FUDs around us, it is actually not so surprised if we have big dump now. Well, I think we may experience 2 months of red market (August-September). In this period of time, I think we may see lower price but I am still confident it should be still above $40k.

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Keep patience, guys! This is not the end of Bitcoin.
We are likely to have good news in November-December. Check again "Bitcoin monthly return".  

Is this the first $10k daily candle (not in the direction we were all expecting though)?

Yes you are correct bitcoin is not for the weak and to succeed in bitcoin investment one needs to have the mindset  and understanding of that of a bitcoin maximalist. We have two types of bitcoin investors, the kind of investors who thinks the nature of the market is just the way of his/her thinking and we have the other investors who are ready to hodl bitcoin whether the market falls or not. Those who succeed in bitcoin investment are not panicked when the price of bitcoin falls, the fall of Bitcoin is an opportunity for them to buy more bitcoin,  and with this mindset as a bitcoin maximalist an investor will surely succeed in making good profit investing bitcoin. To succeed in investing bitcoin one needs to consider hodling as the goal, not even the price of bitcoin should make one to panic to sell out.

Back in August 2023, the Bitcoin price was below 30K and everyone was happy(because the price increased a lot, in comparison to October 2022, when it was 17K).
Now, the Bitcoin price is in the 50K-57K range(it went down to 50K, but it went back up to 57K) and most people are whining and bitching about it. The US stock markets are down(due to bad data about US employment rates). The situation in the middle east is a problem(Iran threatens to attack Israel). One guy said that the financial markets are like toddlers. They kick and scream and panic, but eventually they calm down. Soon the US Federal Reserve will start lowering the interest rates and the markets will go up. The situation in the Middle East will calm down as well(probably next year). There's nothing to worry about.

It's very surprising, friend, if I'm not mistaken, the price of BTC fell by 15% and of course people who are not mentally strong will join the fomo, who of course sell their BTC, even though they suffered losses from buying BTC. at a high price, but people who buy BTC in the range of $30k and below certainly won't panic too much when they see the bloody candlestick movement.

However, what you say is true, of course with the decline in BTC prices this is a golden opportunity for those who have idle money to buy. but of course today I see that the price of BTC has improved and of course those who buy BTC make a profit because the price of BTC has risen again and is improving. Yes, of course in the world of BTC and Crypto, it is not uncommon for surprising price declines to occur because that is the cycle and of course our strategy and intelligence are tested and the ones who win are of course those who have a good strategy and good knowledge.

yesterday the price of btc fell to $49,542.83 and now the price of btc rose to $55,624 and this is really amazing. I congratulate those who bought btc for $49,542 because they must be smiling now seeing their money increasing. 

I watched a video of Trump with Adin Ross yesterday where he (Trump) said he heard from reliable sources that Iran was going to attack Israel last night. I don’t know the motive of revealing such sensitive information, I know that even though it is unverified it is still going to cause more panic in the market. People are unsure of what is going on right now and how the market is going to respond. The least any politician can do is to not add more FUD.

Making an investment now is an opportunity only for those who realized it, the market went as low as $48,000 yesterday and hold, its now over $55,000 which i  know some would have been smiling already over their investment made on bitcoin immediately they realized the dip market and take advantage for an investment, same also we are expecting more of this coming to the extent of achieving a new all time high which will be far above the previous one anytime from now till the end of the year.