I’ve admitted defeat once in the battle over capital efficiency between major coins and altcoins.
Altcoins do offer more tempting odds: with the same amount of money, their volatility can feel three times as powerful. But their hidden costs are attention and reaction speed—you have to keep watch and be online during the right three-hour window.
The cost of major coins is boredom; the cost of altcoins is having to be there.
The conclusion is simple: if you have a full-time job, don’t use an altcoin mindset to manage a position in major coins. Either reduce your position so you don’t need to be there, or free up time to actually be there.
I chose the former.
Altcoins do offer more tempting odds: with the same amount of money, their volatility can feel three times as powerful. But their hidden costs are attention and reaction speed—you have to keep watch and be online during the right three-hour window.
The cost of major coins is boredom; the cost of altcoins is having to be there.
The conclusion is simple: if you have a full-time job, don’t use an altcoin mindset to manage a position in major coins. Either reduce your position so you don’t need to be there, or free up time to actually be there.
I chose the former.
