When it comes on bitcoin I don't also believe in luck since that only play certain role when you are trading your bitcoin. But when you are a holder luck doesn't exist since belief for its growth is strong statement that as individual you have solid faith that bitcoin will grow more. For current achievement what bitcoin got we can say that everything has been paid off for all people who decide to hold their bitcoins no matter what happens.

Cheers everyone and more to go for sure bitcoin has a lot more to offer to bitcoin holder in future.

I've been collecting Satoshi since my early days as a member of Bitcoin Talk ( my first coins were obtained in 2016 ). I had a lot of attempts to purchase Bitcoin, but due to the high incidence of fraud in online and exchange transactions, I didn't acquire as many as I would have liked. I picked up a bit from selling domain names through Name Silo, and I exchanged a bit for Sterling with trusted members in this forum. Due to my caution in acquiring Bitcoin, I still haven't been able to spend any coins. The closest I got was sales whilst I was scalping on a major exchange. I don't think that counts though, as of course my wallet was owned by the exchange, and I didn't have the private key. I've got my small holdings littered over a number of hard drives in wallets created by running nodes. I really need to consolidate those, as I don't know how much I actually control.

In the early days, I experimented with a faucet. This was useful as a learning tool, but probably not a brilliant use of my time. Recently I've got interested in the dice gambling game on Free Bitcoin. I have had some minor success without having to invest anything, but again it is not very rewarding when one considers the time involved. I guess I use it as a background intellectual exercise, rather in the same way that some people do crosswords. I got interested in that, because I own the domain name "Free Bitcoin Bets". My long term interest in domain names, was probably the stimulus that attracted me to Bitcoin. Bitcoin is the only virtual medium of exchange that has a hard value, and very few people seem to understand the basis for this.

I do have some regrets though. I invested £3,600 in UK premium bonds, and so far I have only won £150 after over 2 years of investment. That just represent a loss of interest, as, of course, I still have the principle. Had I invested this in Bitcoin, I would have seen the value increase from £3,600 to almost £20,000 at current prices. I suspect that we are going to enter a period of high price volatility, so maybe I should have another go at price scalping.

Bitcoin as an investment has been a rollercoaster for me, with lots of changes and lessons to learn. My worst feeling is always triggered when I see the worth of the coins ive sold. Though, it's something I could forget, because it's a part of the ecosystem, and the lessons are there so that I won't repeat it anymore. The forum has been helpful in building trust for Bitcoin and creating in us a strong feeling that our investment would definitely worth it. The next 4 years would be more profitable, and now is the best moment to prepare for the nearest future.

Salute to those who have strong hands and give a big round of applause. Because they are people who have patience and also strong belief in Bitcoin that has been embedded in them since they knew Bitcoin.

And what makes me sure and also what makes me have strong patience when Bitcoin creates a new ATH and I continue to hold because I think Bitcoin always experiences a 4-year cycle where Bitcoin reaches a new high and then goes down. However, Bitcoin always goes up and breaks through the previous high in every new cycle and this is what makes me sure and continues to be a strong hand because this is real.

And I'm waiting for Bitcoin to reach $ 100,000 which I think will happen in the near future, because after yesterday's high at $ 90,000 Bitcoin only needs $ 10,000 to reach that price which I think will happen at the end of this year or early next year. And this is just my prediction, but what confuses me is, when Bitcoin reaches $ 100,000 will I sell it or will I keep holding it, because this feeling always comes when the price of Bitcoin reaches its highest price.

Round of applause to BTC

Cheers to all. Everyone who went through tough times, caught the skepticism and criticism of others but remained intact to what have been believed with Bitcoin. Also, those that have DCAed and delayed their wants and instead bought Bitcoin because they all knew that it was going to be up but not up to this point. Now, it has raised more than the expectation of many like me and you. To all that have contributed to the community, I guess everyone is going to remain lowkey even with such gains.

This bull run have not come to an end yet so I think now is not the time to say good-bye to this cycle. Still cheers to everyone who did all these, although I did not performed all the things mentioned above but a few which are held by my BTC and bought things. I think we must good bye BTC in 2025's last quarter and after that we must look forward to the next bull run although by year wise this is the end but by market's movement wise I think bullish season is still on.

I hope best to all of us too that we could buy more in the upcoming bear phase (accumulation phase) that we could make more returns in the 2028's halving (bull season). TBH I still not exited from the BTC but when I heard from some other people that they have already out then I realize there must be more people who must have booked their profit at $90k or $85k already. Well, profit is profit.

Oh man, it definitely wasn't as easy as some of the people make it sound like.
Seeing bitcoin pump to $19k and then seeing it dump to $3k, most people sell all their stuff but holding it firmly takes a lot of patience.
Seeing it again break the ATH and touching $69k, makes you want to sell quickly but holding it firmly takes a lot of patience.
Dumping again to $18k literally gives you a panic attack but staying still and continuing the ride to $90k.
It's surely a hell of a ride but I wanna take this ride again and again. It's quite thrilling.

Oh man, it has been that many years here on this forum. Time sure flies when you're focused and dedicated.
How many times have I told people not to panic, to stop watching the charts all the time and reacting to every 5% move. Bitcoin is so much bigger than this.

Hope to see all of you here when we enter a bear market and enter we will, just a matter of time. Again everybody will cry how much they lost, others will laugh at them calling them bagholders and the story will repeat. When that happens remind yourself of this day and how you felt when bitcoin was making new highs and chill.

It is hard to actually hold an investment for long most especially if its a volatile one like the cryptocurrency but the strategy usually use by long term investors is they only buy coins they have conviction about and the coin or project because they have their utility functions and as such investors go Into them, this things are edges one gets before buying this coins. Bitcoin has a very strong utility most especially the hedge it’s has against inflation.

One other reason on how to able to hodl a coin for long is by buying with an amount you can afford to lose, those who do go beyond their buy limit are those that actually faze out early when there is a dump