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Jays Knots's avatar

Hi, what is your motive for putting such an effort into convincing investors to buy and hold Bitcoin? You will have no goodwill insurance for the catastrophe if Bitcoin goes bad. If on the other hand it turns out to be a stunning investment you have nothing to gain except the return on your own investment. What is in your effort for you - how do I follow the money in this particular instance?

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Peter St Onge's avatar

Altruism; I care about making the world a better place, and I personally like Bitcoiners for their pro-freedom views, so I want them to prosper and be happy. Trust me, as a PhD economist my career would go far better being pro-central bank.

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Laurelmmmmm's avatar

Yes!

444 deaths but I’ve never died. (-:

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Peter St Onge's avatar

news of Bitcoin's death has been grossly exaggerated...

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Ben Eng's avatar

Minor nitpick on the house value analogy. Real estate price downturns do need to be monitored when not listing property to sell, if you have a mortgage. Maintaining >20% equity relative to debt allows you to avoid private mortgage insurance (PMI) costs.

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Peter St Onge's avatar

Very true, though median mortgage is about 45% equity (https://themortgagereports.com/80574/how-to-take-equity-out-of-your-home-record-high-equity), so it affects few -- especially today when prices have gone up so much. Plus PMI's not really catastrophic -- couple hundred a month.

Anyway, broader point is people probably think housing is much more price-stable than it is, simply because they don't see the price.

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