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HODL | 2 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +3 
 Here’s the empathy. The harsh reality of bitcoin adoption was true then and it’s still true now. The same feeling you have about people who were earlier than you will be had by people who were later than you about you. Bitcoin still has 100x + to go. The ultimate kindness is to make people aware of this reality and offer them help and resources to position themselves in order to take advantage.
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8r0ck3feller | 2 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
 I may have been later to bitcoin than HODL but I have stacked with every ounce of my earning potential since 2021. Religiously. I have made this investment in bitcoin not only the significant majority allocation of my portfolio but it is a huge piece of my identity. I have defended it to family, friends, acquaintances, and colleagues and when they laughed at me, ridiculed me, or ghosted me I have chosen my conviction over capitulating for their acceptance.

For those who haven’t done something similar, you won’t reap the rewards I will reap. You won’t deserve those rewards until you find a similar conviction and embrace the “risk” I have embraced every day for the last 3.5 years.

I’m not bitter about my timing to the bitcoin party … it was the only time that worked for me and my family … but I am intolerant towards those who proclaim I don’t deserve the success I have coming.