People who only see downsides of HODling bitcoin don't only exist now. They already existed fifteen years ago and have existed all the way through. You only have to compare between those who had that vision and those who had the opposite vision to see which is the better way.

I initially thought you had something pretty good to say about Bitcoin HODLing judging by the title, but in reality, your points are not without faults. Let me start with Bitcoin HODLing as the title reads, only a fool would say HODLing Bitcoin is bad, but at the same time, we should be smart about it. For me, more money would be made when people strike it at the right price, not at the top in the name of they want to HODL it for years, I hope Bitcoin will not disappoint such people. The way it behaved when it was still below $500 is not the way it is going to behave when it is close to $100,000. Also, a smart investment is in Investing and Divesting at the right times and according to what the long-term chart says, which is a good thing to consider by anyone, after all, an investment is an investment, it is the amount you earn that matters.

As for Blackrock, well, it's nice, but I still want you to know that these people saw an opportunity in Bitcoin and they created a business around it. This could be technically selfish, but I still love their approach, after all, it's a win-win for them and Bitcoin. But for Trump, you will only be deceiving yourself if you think Trump is a Bitcoin Cabal, he is never a Bitcoiner but a deceit. The guy is only using Bitcoin's popularity for his gain, someone who had condemned it many times in the past. At your slightest consciousness, how many investments or businesses of Trump are in Bitcoin? Talk is cheap, let's be wise.

In considering Bitcoin as an investment this is the best strategy, I get the circulation and massive usage but we can also not ignore the fact that many still has other view of Bitcoin like an edge against inflation, a means of financial freedom from government and the likes, which means while they HODL bitcoin from the fact that none can disrupt the fact that it is currently the best store of value, many still have what they use Bitcoin daily and that is why we often see many complaining when we face issues of Mempool congestion.

Yes this is another reason for HODLing limiting the circulation of these big organization to avoid any form of  centralization or market manipulation

Yeah, they can only do two things with it, luckily: hold and sell, with regulations for staking, manipulations, and other things (I mean, like selling all of them at once, for example, due to regulatory oversight and potential impact), as I understood. Smart money always tries to get better positions for themselves, so we need to be vigilant.

Bitcoin is a movement but it is also decentralized. You can't determine how another Bitcoiner wants to use his coin. Some people might decide to sell, while others will want it hodl for a long time. Bitcoin gives everyone the choice and freedom to use it the way they want. Institutional investors like BlackRock contributed to the increase in the price of Bitcoin, but they will keep promoting centralization. The best we can do is to keep our keys and also promote decentralization in any way we can. Politicians like Trump shouldn't be taken seriously. After the US presidential elections in November, this hype about Bitcoin in the political space will disappear. We will know the true nature of the winner of the election after the elections.

I also don't think that there are people thinking about negative about holding bitcoin since for the past decades of bitcoin existence its proven that those holders are gaining with holding investment decisions they do. Maybe those people find it crazy to think about doing that are impatient to wait for long time because what they think bitcoin is fast cash grab. They failed to realize that everything fast especially on crypto has negative effect like losing money instantly since volatility is really unpredictable and this is always caught up those people who's looking for fast earnings for their daily trades.

But for sure people explore in those possibilities to hold then engage with long term holding especially if they really see the potential gains without exerting to much effort in this this investment we select. If there are some people laugh with that idea much better let them do whatever they want since for sure they will just miss those good opportunities especially if bitcoin reach at huge price that they don't expect to happen.

Even the creator can see Bitcoin can be used as a commodity, not always as a currency.

I'm really grateful that Satoshi create Bitcoin with a complete freedom, so anyone can use Bitcoin whatever the purpose they like, not necessary must be as a commodity or as a currency. If Satoshi want to force people to use Bitcoin as a currency, he can programmed to deduct Bitcoin x amount for x time, making people to spend the coins before it reach the time.

The sooner we shake the mentality that HODLing should be encouraged the better.

Bitcoin is designed to be used and for investors to think of it as being a speculative asset defeats the entire existence of Bitcoin. We should be actively encouraging people to spend Bitcoins whenever they can and prove that there is utility rather than the notion that the price would skyrocket and people would get rich. Scarcity is great, but note that if it becomes a bubble, then it won't benefit anyone at all.

Obviously, the sad truth because looking back at when Bitcoin was invented and now we all have seen convincible growth so I believe that is how it's going to be in the years to come even though some people are still being adamant about it. Bitcoin have grown pass the stage where it's growth can easily be affected by anything at all.

Exactly, everything worked in the favour of Bitcoin because despite the extent of criticisms it received yet it stood and cleared everyone's doubts and if you check very well you will see that there's only few people or organization that is still criticizing Bitcoin if not the rest have joined the campaign, trading also made the market balanced due to the demand and supply of Bitcoin and Hodling aided in it's sustainability so basically everything worked on the brighter side for Bitcoin.

We all have our point of view on how bitcoin should be used. Imho you can view bitcoin as whatever you like. Bitcoin can serve as a store of value, a currency or an asset.

I think for most people, bitcoin is an asset more than it is a currency. If a business adopts bitcoin as a payment method and gives a discount for customers who pay in bitcoin, many still wouldn't pay in Bitcoin because they are hodling their bitcoins for the price to increase. I’m saying this from personal experience and I’m sure other members who have adopted bitcoin as payment in their business would agree with me.