September 7, 2016: $BTC broke $600.
Not $6,000. Six. Hundred. Dollars.
If you had $1,500 of fuck-around money back then:
• Degen play: Yolo into $BTC, forget your seed phrase for 10 years → You're sitting on $195,000 today (13,000% return)
• Index normie: Buy QQQ → You'd have $7,500 (400% return)
• Boomer mode: Gold → $4,950 (230% return)
The hardest part? Staying in with money but staying OUT mentally. Not checking prices. Not panic selling at $3K. Not getting rekt by leverage.
Most people can't do it. They either:
1. Never buy in the first place
2. Paper hand at 2x
3. Get liquidated chasing 50x leverage
The real alpha isn't finding the next 100x. It's having the discipline to hold a 10% position, ignore the noise, and go live your actual life.
You won't beat the degens. But you also won't get sent to zero.
Long-term conviction > short-term dopamine.
See you all in 2036. Hopefully retired.
Not $6,000. Six. Hundred. Dollars.
If you had $1,500 of fuck-around money back then:
• Degen play: Yolo into $BTC, forget your seed phrase for 10 years → You're sitting on $195,000 today (13,000% return)
• Index normie: Buy QQQ → You'd have $7,500 (400% return)
• Boomer mode: Gold → $4,950 (230% return)
The hardest part? Staying in with money but staying OUT mentally. Not checking prices. Not panic selling at $3K. Not getting rekt by leverage.
Most people can't do it. They either:
1. Never buy in the first place
2. Paper hand at 2x
3. Get liquidated chasing 50x leverage
The real alpha isn't finding the next 100x. It's having the discipline to hold a 10% position, ignore the noise, and go live your actual life.
You won't beat the degens. But you also won't get sent to zero.
Long-term conviction > short-term dopamine.
See you all in 2036. Hopefully retired.
