The state owns Bitcoin. It doesn't own Litecoin yet, but it owns Bitcoin. Over 30% of mining comes from public institutions headed by Blackrock and Vangaurd, not to mention their personal mining operations. Major liquidity providers, backed by Blackrock and Vangaurd. ETFs, Blackrock and Vangaurd. The underlying liquidity is mostly fiat value, the state's money. You're a pawn, playing victim to your own beliefs. You'll never out compete these institutions, the state, at their own game.