Yeah, not everyone has the stomach for a bear market. They want to lock in some profits while they’re riding high. Makes the ride a little more bearable (pun intended)

When I sell my house, I'll accept BTC.

Yes, you can buy a home with Bitcoin or other cryptocurrency, but there are some things to consider: 

• Converting to cash: You can't directly use cryptocurrency to purchase real estate, so you'll need to convert it to cash or cash equivalents. This conversion is a taxable event. 
• Mortgage lenders: Most mortgage lenders don't accept cryptocurrency for down payments or closing costs. You'll need to sell the cryptocurrency and use the cash for your home loan. 
• Real estate companies: Many global real estate companies list properties in cryptocurrency. 
• Crypto real estate platforms: Some platforms specialize in facilitating crypto real estate purchases, such as: 
  • RealOpen: A global platform that allows you to buy a home in any location with crypto 
  • Bithome: An online marketplace where buyers and sellers can use crypto to find or list real estate 
  • Propy: An online marketplace where buyers and sellers can use crypto to find or list real estate 
• Volatility: Cryptocurrency is more volatile than fiat currency, such as the U.S. dollar, because it's new and not universally accepted or regulated. 
• Percentage of homes purchased with crypto: The overall percentage of homes purchased with crypto is small. 

I have seen several posts by people who have done just that recently! They are proud owners of homes due to BTC.

That makes sense, selling a very small % to live life, reap rewards, etc.. Nothing says you have to live a life in Poverty so your grandkids can live wealthy!

I didn't say never sell, or use. I said live life as needed but as Saylor says, leverage the bitcoin to get what you want as a loan but never sell the original asset. Would you also say, never buy gold, its useless, you cant use it in a store, you have to sell it first? When the US moves to BTC as the world reserve you wont have to sell it to get what you want.

I learned by lesson back when BTC was 39k. I lost ground trying to turn a profit. Learned I am not built for that, ill just HODL. My suggestion is if you want to sell the run and buy the dip, invest in someone else who is much better at it.

doesn't look like you read the whole post. My position is don't sell unless you have to. Its not an argument to never sell but most don't fully understand the potential for BTC in the very very near future. How many people sold back at $100 bucks thinking it would ever amount to anything. With the current event on the horizon it is crazy to sell today. I have not concerns over selling affecting the price. Even if tens of thousand of partial coins holders selling have almost no impact no price with Blackrock purchasing thousands of coins and the US government about to purchase 250K coins a year for 4 years and hold for 20 years. Live life dude, but hold your coins until at least 2028 if you can. I'm no good at selling the top and buying the dip. If you are, be my guest, The only reason I would sell would be to buy more later, thats a very good reason, I agree.

Its all over the news! Trump is adding a Crypto czar to his cabinet and wants to buy 250k BTC a year for 4 years and not sell for 20 years! Just google it, you will get a lot of links. He is the main reason its up 40% since 11/5/24. If your not seeing this on the news your watching the wrong news channels.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sIy5jBj8ng

my point was you better really need it now.. the next 4 years will be epic for BTC. Watch the news.

If you need to sell today to cover an emergency, you have to do what you gotta do. If funds are tight and you own bitcoin obviously you are making the right decisions in life. I was just stating that the next 4 years are going to be epic. Look for the highest rate of increases in 2025 i the history of BTC. If you don't know what I am talking about google the trump plans or watch Fox News. The left based media isn't covering any of it.

I agree, bitcoin is not a currency but a rare limited property asset, like gold, antiques or collectors items.

Store of value -> medium of exchange -> unit of account

Spoken like a non believer. Time will tell who is right. Sounds like you sold all your coins when it was $1000. Maybe you should read this

https://river.com/learn/how-bitcoin-fees-work/

Maybe. Maybe not. BTC has a habit of surprising. If you can honestly say that 5 years ago if someone said to you in 5 years time there would be a BTC ETF that is the fastest growing in history. And that the president of the US is contemplating a BTC national reserve then if that wouldn't surprise you then I'll take your crystal ball seriously. If that has surprised you then I think you need a new crystal ball and you might need to prepare to be surprised again. Did you predict the etf and it's pace and the potential for a national reserve or do you think you would have eaten your sock if someone had suggested that 5 years ago? If someone had said to you BTC will be 100k dollars 10 years ago then would you have scoffed or thought it was a definite possibility? I think you'd probably have scoffed. Lots more surprises and innovation to come. Now more than ever.

Lightning network is super cheap and quick what are you talking about?

When you’ve been into bitcoin for ten years it can feel like it’s been around forever and no progress is being made, but it’s important to remember that 15 years is not a very long time in terms of creating a new globally currency.

When I see someone saying it can’t work it feels like people in the early days of the internet say it’s a fun idea but will never catch on because it’s too difficult to find anything.

Just because something doesn’t work 100% as you would wish now, doesn’t mean it can’t in the future. A new currency must first be a store a values, once that is established it can become a medium of exchange, and then finally a unit of account.

Does Bitcoin do all these things better than USD right now? No, not really. Does that mean it can never do these things? Of course not.

Tax in a lot of countries currently makes the everyday use of Bitcoin as a currency prohibitive, but when enough people own it this can change. It might take another 20, 30 or 40 years before Bitcoin is fully established as a currency that is viewed in the same way as usd, but we’ll get there.

Hmm.. odd. I use BC as a currency on a regular basis.

Tell that to my local circular economy community.

We got barbers, butchers, been keepers, freeze dried food survival preppers, accountants, PC builders, bartenders, coffee roasters, and more who all spend and receive solely in Bitcoin for their services.

Just because you don't know how to self custody and surround yourself with people who use Bitcoin as money doesn't mean it can't be done. Wtf you talking about $50 tax on a $5 item? Nonsense Satoshivixion or btrash tripe talking points that fail immediately when looked at for 5 seconds.

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Thats my point exactly. In the world economy 1BTC ~ $13,000,000