I have been investing in Bitcoin since before Coinbase existed, and while you may believe I’m now incredibly wealthy or something, I’m not. You see, I believe in Bitcoin and it’s initial purpose. I spent some, I bought gyft gift cards with some, I tried flipping altcoins, and at the end of the day believed that I was helping with Bitcoin’s success, at least a little.
With this recent Bitcoin mania, I’ve suddenly seen thousand dollar increases in my holdings, and while it may seem nice, I was quite angry because now Bitcoin is now more of a gamblers toy and an annoyance to governments. And, worst of all, people assume I’m incredibly rich instead of just another tech enthusiast.
I really believe we need a sense of lightness again, we need to smile whether Bitcoin is doing well or poorly. We need to see Bitcoin - and all of the altcoins for that matter - as an interesting technical creature instead of crying when it goes down and patting ourselves on the back when it goes up. Buy a gyft gift card for Starbucks. Or buy a hundred GH/s Bitcoin cloud mining contract. Just something to bring the “fun” back to this suddenly very stern and serious technology.
This is just my take, I guess, but hopefully others will join me.