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Pewnie masz znajomego, który kupił kilka bitcoinów rok albo i wcześniej. Może i próbowałeś z nim rozmawiać ostatnio ale zauważasz, że ta osoba zaczyna bardzo gwałtownie zmieniać temat kiedy zaczynasz poddawać wątpliwość wycenę BTC. Może nawet robi się troszkę zbyt agresywna i zarzuca ci brak wiedzy na tema kryptowalut.
Spróbuj zrozumieć tę osobę - masz przed sobą człowieka, który zasypia się i budzi stając się jeszcze bardziej absurdalnie bogatszy albo gwałtownie biednieje. I nie ma na to żadnego wpływu. Co gorsza - nikt nie rozumie zasad.
Bardzo możliwe, że cena za jednego bitcoina przekroczy kolejną "psychologiczną" barierę i dobije do na przykład 50 albo 100 tysięcy dolarów. Posiadanie 10 BTC oznacza, że twój znajomy będzie milionerem!
I tutaj zaczyna sie prawdziwy dramat. Bo teraz nadejdzie czas podjęcia decyzji "zostawić czy dać rosnąć". I daję ci słowo, że to przeżywa każda osoba inwestująca w bitcoiny.
Co gorsze - nawet jeśli bitcoin osiągnie jakąś astronomiczną wycenę nie oznacza, że będzie go można prosto sprzedać albo wymienić. Albo coś za niego kupić.
No właśnie - chyba już rozumiesz co chciałem udowodnić. Bitcoin (i większość innych kryptowalut) nie sa walutami. To instrumenty inwestycyjne jak złoto czy ropa. Beczką ropy czy sztabką złota nie zapłacisz w sklepie (i nie dlatego, że nikt nie będzie miał w kasie do wydania reszty) bo ich wartość podlega ciągłym zmianom.
Zaraz, zaraz ale przecież złotówki czy dolara też - zgadza się ale za złotówką czy dolarem stoją konkretne banki centralne i kraje. One (a dokładnie ich gospodarki) są gwarantami stabilności.
Za bitcoinem nie stoi żadne państwo (chociaż to nie do końca prawda), żadna gospodarka czy bank centralny. Ostatni ze wsparcia BTC wycofał się STEAM. Kupno, przechowywanie czy wymiana BTC i innych kryptowalut jest obarczone dużym ryzykiem.
Kupuj i módl się żeby cena bitcoina wzrosła ale nie nazywaj go walutą.
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