How long is considered long term? Usually its just a year. I dont consider anyone a real "long term" holder until they've been through TWO 4-year cycles (8 yrs min). Im a huge proponent of spending your bitcoin p2p. (Check my notes, I've probably spent more bitcoin than most.) Spending =/= Selling your bitcoin on the other hand just serves to consolidate coins in the wrong hands. You're literally signaling fiat over bitcoin.

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You’re simply regurgitating all the bitcoin maxi narratives and have arbitrary conditions you’re applying for what reason? There are two sides to the story, the other being that 400,000+ coins have been purchased at current price levels, and there are no “wrong hands” to hold money. You’re signaling dogmatic fanaticism over rational budgeting.
For what reason? To make sure we keep this train on the right set of tracks that lead to a better world, not looped right back to the city we are escaping. With that goal in mind, there are certainly wrong hands... My argument is entirely dogmatic in that I believe better money CAN fix a lot of societal problems. But that doesn't happen if outflows go from principled individuals towards those who are only looking for fiat gains, perpetuating a broken system. So yes, im arguing dogma over rationality because its low time preference walking the talk. I entirely understand the rational argument. But why are you here? Why do you hold bitcoin? Get rich or get better? I'm saying that over the last cycle, a large part of onboarding has been around NGU. And NGU can be dangerous because if you only care about fiat gains then the larger goal of Bitcoin is undermined (or at least made more difficult in the long term) in many ways. NGU is great and it makes life easier (certainly has for me). While its a primary onboarding tool its not the primary reason for Bitcoin to exist. NGU is like oxy... not a super tough sell and it dulls the fiat pain. But if you dont focus on the actual problem and fix it, you'll prob just get addicted and be worse off chasing greed (and get rugged or shitcoin)