I have this thought today and I think it should be deliberated here.
For a sell to happen there must be a buy right? and vice versa, but however must of the time I read the news or threads or post of ours here on the forum, I see us making statements like; They sold, they are selling, etc when there is a sell in the market someone somewhere bought that exact bitcoin.
So why do we say someone sold when there is a sell in the market instead of someone bought?
Because basically someone placed and other and the other sold. The bitcoin still remains relevant.
(I believe I'm missing something) ELI5
Let's just feed on this for today, once I get satisfied with opinions will lock the thread.
For every sale there must be a purchase.
But when it comes to Bitcoin, it's not entirely correct to use the terms 'buy' and 'sell'.
Bitcoin is money , a form of digital peer-to-peer cash , and money itself cannot truly be bought or sold.What we're actually doing is converting Bitcoin into other forms of money and vice versa.So instead of calling it a 'sale' or a 'purchase', it's more accurate to call it a conversion
Bitcoin doesnt have a price, because money doesnt have a price.
Money only has an exchange rate.
Just like we dont say 'the price of the euro is $1.10', we say 'the exchange rate between the euro and the dollar is 1.10'.
Bitcoin is money, shouldn't be treated like some stock or commodity with a price , it should be viewed as a monetary unit with an exchange rate relative to other currencies.
Using terms like 'buying' and 'selling' Bitcoin sends the wrong signal , it reinforces the false idea that Bitcoin is just some asset or stock.
But Bitcoin is money. You dont 'buy' money , you exchange one form of money for another.
So when people say 'I bought Bitcoin', what they actually did was convert fiat into Bitcoin.
This misunderstanding shows how far we still are from truly grasping what Bitcoin is