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So, you are glad to see articles that support your viewpoint? Don't you regret at all missing all the gains you have made along the years by not buying small a

So, you are glad to see articles that support your viewpoint? Don't you regret at all missing all the gains you have made along the years by not buying small amount of BTC? In the end the guy who wrote this article made quite good amount bu buying BTC low and selling high. Lets see how it ages.

JackFr 6y ago
Honestly I don't care about articles that support my skepticism, they largely bore me as well. What made this article and others like so amusing is the tremendous irony of demanding regulation, irony that the author seems completely oblivious to. Do I regret missing out on all of the crypto gains I could have had? Honestly I don't really think about it that often and when I do it's largely because I work in tech and I'm often forced to work with people who won't shut up about it. But I lived through similar periods with the first dotcom bubble, and the housing market in the run up to the financial crisis. I don't like 'greater fool' investing as a strategy (but certainly some people have gotten very rich with it) so no I guess I don't regret it. (One sidelong observation there are a lot more paper gains than realized gains. I've worked with a number of bitcoin millionaires. But if I filter the count to those who have > $1mm in USD, in a US domiciled bank, the number drops top zero. Who knows? Maybe it's adverse selection. Maybe the real winners aren't working anymore.)
- garmaine 6y ago
  What irony? I've been involved with bitcoin since 2010, and I too think all exchanges should have reserves enforced and audited. Not all bitcoin enthusiasts are anarcho-capitalist extremists.
  - warkdarrior 6y ago
    You are certainly an outlier in the crypto community. Most crypto enthusiasts seem to be opposed to regulation.
    - garmaine 6y ago
      Regulating USD on-ramps and endpoints is not regulating bitcoin itself.

JackFr 6y ago

Honestly I don't care about articles that support my skepticism, they largely bore me as well. What made this article and others like so amusing is the tremendous irony of demanding regulation, irony that the author seems completely oblivious to. Do I regret missing out on all of the crypto gains I could have had? Honestly I don't really think about it that often and when I do it's largely because I work in tech and I'm often forced to work with people who won't shut up about it. But I lived through similar periods with the first dotcom bubble, and the housing market in the run up to the financial crisis. I don't like 'greater fool' investing as a strategy (but certainly some people have gotten very rich with it) so no I guess I don't regret it. (One sidelong observation there are a lot more paper gains than realized gains. I've worked with a number of bitcoin millionaires. But if I filter the count to those who have > $1mm in USD, in a US domiciled bank, the number drops top zero. Who knows? Maybe it's adverse selection. Maybe the real winners aren't working anymore.)

garmaine 6y ago
What irony? I've been involved with bitcoin since 2010, and I too think all exchanges should have reserves enforced and audited. Not all bitcoin enthusiasts are anarcho-capitalist extremists.
- warkdarrior 6y ago
  You are certainly an outlier in the crypto community. Most crypto enthusiasts seem to be opposed to regulation.
  - garmaine 6y ago
    Regulating USD on-ramps and endpoints is not regulating bitcoin itself.