A friend asked me this over the weekend and I can't get it out of my head.
We were just talking about life stuff (jobs, money, plans) and he just turns and goes "but like… if crypto never really moved again, would you even care?"
I had nothing.
Been in since 2020. Seen the cycles. And honestly right now feels like one of the weirder times to be asking this… tariffs everywhere, macro is a mess, Eth doing its thing but nobody really knows what that thing is. Everyone's watching but nobody wants to say out loud that they don't know what they're watching for anymore.
At some point I stopped being able to tell if I'm genuinely into this space or if I'm just hooked on the idea of number going up. Probably both if I'm honest.
A while back I moved part of my stack to neхo to earn some yield and stop obsessing over price. Small thing but it helped.
Flat market, no big moves, no real catalysts for 5 years, so why would you still be here?
Be honest. If crypto went sideways for 5 years… would you still be here?
byu/One-Formal-824 inethtrader
Posted by One-Formal-824
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what do you mean if?
most people would leave and come back at the top. That’s not a criticism that’s just how cycles work
ofc I would, I’m here for the long-run. After these 5 years it will move up again 😀
Ive been here since 2013. Ive seen btc go from
$1200 to $150,
$17k to $3k,
$69k to $16k
and im still here
I guess the question is if it went down to $30k which is very very possible, would you still be here?
If nothing moved for 5 years, crypto would basically become just another financial infrastructure layer people use but don’t think about.
It has gone sideways for 5 years. I’m still here.
Yeah, I’d still be here, just less active.
I’d hold, maybe earn some yield, and not check prices all the time. If nothing moves, most people lose interest that’s normal.
That question is real though. If you stop caring when price stops moving, then it was mostly about the money.
I’m still here aren’t I?
ironically, the people who stay during boring periods are usually the ones positioned best when it moves again