If you are reading this right now -- you are one of the very lucky ones.
OWNING BITCOIN WHEN IT WAS UNDER $1.00/BTC MIGHT SEEM LUCKY
- That was a time for huge gamblers. Very few bought in heavy, because there was just no way to know if it was going to catch on or not...
People back in the ultra-cheap "new" Bitcoin days didn't know what they were getting into... They had hopes and dreams, but there was no proof any of it would work.
...you have a huge advantage - and that makes you VERY LUCKY
You know more about what cryptocurrency is, then most of your neighbors on your street. Knowledge is king, around your friends, family, and neighbors... you may have a lot more knowledge about this topic than they do...
BUT THERE IS SOMETHING MORE IMPORTANT TO REALIZE
TIME TO MAKE THE POINT:
When the media tells you that cryptocurrency is dying, doomed to fail, the price has fallen, and regulation is going to stop the whole thing soon............
You know different. Want to know how you know that? Look at 2009 until now. Mainstream media has been beating their drums about how horrible and unsafe it is...
Banks worldwide are upset at cryptocurrency. Governments worldwide are upset at cryptocurrency.
Can you STILL buy Bitcoin today? YES! -- Can you STILL buy Bitcoin a month from now? YES! Will you still be able to buy Bitcoin 5 years from now? No one knows... but why not?
Cryptocurrency, even with all of its problems have less problems that traditional fiat systems have today.
Things that were not possible before under the old monetary system are NOW possible with the new cryptocurrency system.
....and since these technologies are just starting to get better... and you're here to watch them evolve, puts you at an early advantage.
A lot of the trivial problems have already been worked out. Now we're arguing about the smaller, finer details. Whatever technologies work the best, are going to win in the end.
Cryptocurrency and blockchain technology is a worldwide phenomenon. Soon to be bigger and more popular than cellular phone technology.
The last country to the bargaining table will be at a loss. Countries that embrace this technology are going to win first. While worldwide economies are in a state of turmoil... trustless, fair, PUBLIC blockchain monetary systems will be the only thing to weather this economic storm.
The internet use to be referred to as the Information Superhighway. Well governments know, if you want to check people, you do so, at the ports of entry. At gateway terminals, and at large public gatherings.
You don't disrupt a major highway to run a checkpoint, because you backup traffic very quickly.
You can't disrupt cryptocurrency movement, because it is always going to flow, regardless of how hard you try.
Trying to over-regulate, and fear monger the public, about cryptocurrency is counter productive. All you do is make it more attractive.
...States use to do that with marijuana and cannabis... Now they are legalizing it in order to gain some sort of control over it.
It's hard to believe how slow they are to learn from their mistakes. But that makes you one of the lucky ones. You know early cryptocurrency will not disappear over night. You also know we haven't even touched the surface yet on where this can all go.
So the next time you look these things:
- A downward trend of cryptocurrency prices on coinmarketcap
- A talking head / news reporter on TV telling you how some billionare (aka Warren Buffet or Bill Gates) talks about how cryptocurrency isn't good
- Over publicizing any blockchain thefts, or crypto-exchange problems
You are lucky enough to know, this is all fud. Proper reporting would be:
Cryptocurrency exchange ABC got hacked, and $31 million dollars was stolen.... BUT EVEN WORSE:
....this pales in comparison to the $744 million dollars stolen in fraudulent credit card charges!
Source: https://www.creditcards.com/credit-card-news/credit-card-security-id-theft-fraud-statistics-1276.php
Listen - the current monetary system is broken. Cryptocurrency is the way of the future.
You already know that... so stop looking at temporary warning signs -- it's getting better every single day. :)
You are very lucky to be smart enough knowing this earlier than people you see on the street everyday. That gives you an advantage!