Cryptocurrency

[posty 2,699]

Just now, Cdub100 said:

Never hold. Always HODL

Is HODL, Hodor's younger brother?

[Cdub100 3,907]

Just now, posty said:

Is HODL, Hodor's younger brother?

Yes HODL the door.

[Hawkeye21 2,399]

Man, I really have a ton to learn about cryptocurrencies.  I really only thought there were a couple, like Bitcoin and Ethereum.  There's so much about this that I don't get but I'm very interested.  Seems like a great way to invest money and being in control of it.

[edjr 6,586]

bought another $1000 of xrp @66 cents. Immediate tank.

[tanatastic 2,062]

7 hours ago, Hawkeye21 said:

Can it really be as easy as just buying and letting it increase in worth?  How risky is this?  So far I only have $100 invested in Bitcoin and it's almost doubled.

Not at all that easy. Crypto is very volatile and extremely risky. 2017 we all thought we were gonna be rich then it died on Xmas. It’s a market based on speculation and hype with nothing tangible. Long term just buy when it takes a crap and resist when it’s surging like right now. The 10k of crypto I bought in 2017 is worth like 3k right now, yay. Could have cashed out with like 16k at the peak but then I’d hang myself if “I could have been rich if it kept going up” like everyone thought it would.

[Hawkeye21 2,399]

8 minutes ago, tanatastic said:

Not at all that easy. Crypto is very volatile and extremely risky. 2017 we all thought we were gonna be rich then it died on Xmas. It’s a market based on speculation and hype with nothing tangible. Long term just buy when it takes a crap and resist when it’s surging like right now. The 10k of crypto I bought in 2017 is worth like 3k right now, yay.

If you had spent that 10k on BTC it would be worth a lot right now though, wouldn't it?

[tanatastic 2,062]

Just now, Hawkeye21 said:

If you had spent that 10k on BTC it would be worth a lot right now though, wouldn't it?

Yup.

[Cdub100 3,907]

Just bought Theta as mentioned above. 

Theta.tv for all your streaming pleasure.

[Cdub100 3,907]

Looks like we are going to have a pullback. This would be great for me as I'm looking to buy.

[Hawkeye21 2,399]

Just now, Cdub100 said:

Looks like we are going to have a pullback. This would be great for me as I'm looking to buy.

Are you going to get the BTC you have in there now, or transfer it to another coin?  I transferred some of the coins I earned on Coinbase to The Graph since it was my biggest money maker the last few days.

[Cdub100 3,907]

1 minute ago, Hawkeye21 said:

Are you going to get the BTC you have in there now, or transfer it to another coin?  I transferred some of the coins I earned on Coinbase to The Graph since it was my biggest money maker the last few days.

I very rarely sell. I'm going to keep HODLing in Celsuis and buy more BTC, ETH and THETA later this week. Hopefully, the pullback continues for a few more days.

[Hawkeye21 2,399]

Just now, Cdub100 said:

I very rarely sell. I'm going to keep HODLing in Celsuis and buy more BTC, ETH and THETA later this week. Hopefully, the pullback continues for a few more days.

It would be nice to buy more BTC at a lower price.  It's only going to go back up and higher than it's been.

[Cdub100 3,907]

1 minute ago, Hawkeye21 said:

It would be nice to buy more BTC at a lower price.  It's only going to go back up and higher than it's been.

50k is very possible next year

[Strike 5,541]

dogecoin is where it's at!!!!

[Hawkeye21 2,399]

2 minutes ago, Strike said:

dogecoin is where it's at!!!!

Where are you able to buy that?  Heard it was going crazy after Elon said something about it.

[Strike 5,541]

2 minutes ago, Hawkeye21 said:

Where are you able to buy that?  Heard it was going crazy after Elon said something about it.

I have no f-ing idea.  I don't follow this stuff.  I saw that same thing as you and thought I'd spice up this thread. 

[listen2me 23 1,873]

I see you can biy on pay pal now.  When did that happen? Seems like a game chager.

I have none.  This stuff is real interesting to me but Ive done no homework.  Fringe lurker on ceypto stuff.

[Hawkeye21 2,399]

1 minute ago, listen2me 23 said:

I see you can biy on pay pal now.  When did that happen? Seems like a game chager.

I have none.  This stuff is real interesting to me but Ive done no homework.  Fringe lurker on ceypto stuff.

It was available last week because I bought $70 worth.  Got $10 from them to spend as a reward too.

[Cdub100 3,907]

59 minutes ago, listen2me 23 said:

I see you can biy on pay pal now.  When did that happen? Seems like a game chager.

I have none.  This stuff is real interesting to me but Ive done no homework.  Fringe lurker on ceypto stuff.

The problem with paypal is you don't actually own any crypto. Not your keys not your crypto. You can't move it anywhere. Want to send your bitcoin to celsius and earn 6% interest? To bad you can't. In short you're not really buying bitcoin. 

[Hawkeye21 2,399]

2 minutes ago, Cdub100 said:

The problem with paypal is you don't actually own any crypto. Not your keys not your crypto. You can't move it anywhere. Want to send your bitcoin to celsius and earn 6% interest? To bad you can't. In short you're not really buying bitcoin. 

From what I can see, you buy it and you let it sit there and increase or decrease in value.  Cash it out when you want.  You can also buy/sell Ethereum, Bitcoin Cash and Litecoin.

[Cdub100 3,907]

1 hour ago, Hawkeye21 said:

Where are you able to buy that?  Heard it was going crazy after Elon said something about it.

You can buy it on a few exchanges but I'm not sure any are available in the US. Your best bet is buying BTC or ETH and using UNISAWP and trading for it.

But don't buy Dogecoin. It's a meme coin with no printing cap. Unless you're doing it for the lulz.

[Cdub100 3,907]

3 minutes ago, Hawkeye21 said:

From what I can see, you buy it and you let it sit there and increase or decrease in value.  Cash it out when you want.  You can also buy/sell Ethereum, Bitcoin Cash and Litecoin.

Correct, but you don't own the Crypto, PayPal does. It's fine if people are just getting into crypto and learning, but it's definitely not what crypto is all about.

[Hawkeye21 2,399]

7 minutes ago, Cdub100 said:

Correct, but you don't own the Crypto, PayPal does. It's fine if people are just getting into crypto and learning, but it's definitely not what crypto is all about.

Do you do much trading at all or do you just buy and hold?

[Cdub100 3,907]

1 minute ago, Hawkeye21 said:

Do you do much trading at all or do you just buy and hold?

Buy and hold. I think that's best for 95% of the people out there.

[RaiderHaters Revenge 4,348]

I own 5.12 BTC, enjoying this

 

[Hawkeye21 2,399]

Ripple (XRP) is getting sued by the SEC.  Not sure what this is going to do with the market but the XRP price is dropping and people are buying it up at the lower price.

[Hawkeye21 2,399]

@Cdub100 Do you use a cold storage device for a wallet at all?

[Cdub100 3,907]

2 minutes ago, Hawkeye21 said:

@Cdub100 Do you use a cold storage device for a wallet at all?

No, since I don't take profit or try and time the market, I make sure my cyrpto is earning interest.

I also realize this goes against what I said above. Not your keys, not your crypto. The difference is I can move my crypto anytime to a cold storage account. Where PayPal you can't and you're not earning interest.

I do have an exodus wallet and wouldn't mind a nano ledger (even though they just got hacked.)

[Hawkeye21 2,399]

I was looking at getting a Trezor cold storage wallet to store keys offline for safety purposes.  Really only a concern once I have more BTC and ETH though.  Currently I have both of those on Blockfi collecting interest.  I bought a couple coins on Coinbase that also collect interest, like Algorand.

[Cdub100 3,907]

1 hour ago, Hawkeye21 said:

I was looking at getting a Trezor cold storage wallet to store keys offline for safety purposes.  Really only a concern once I have more BTC and ETH though.  Currently I have both of those on Blockfi collecting interest.  I bought a couple coins on Coinbase that also collect interest, like Algorand.

Those are good too. Pretty much any cold storage is good. Just don't lose your keystore.

ETA - Keep a copy in a bank vault. PEice of paper is great, but not if your house burns down or you lose it. There are billions locked in wallets nobody has access to, because of losing keys.

[Hawkeye21 2,399]

1 minute ago, Cdub100 said:

Those are good too. Pretty much any cold storage is good. Just don't lose your keystore.

What are your thoughts on XRP right now?  I'm buying some up while the price is low.

[Cdub100 3,907]

8 minutes ago, Hawkeye21 said:

What are your thoughts on XRP right now?  I'm buying some up while the price is low.

I hold XRP but I'm not a fan. They could potentially be the corporate face of crypto, which gives them value.

[Cdub100 3,907]

Bloody Christmas dump.

[Hawkeye21 2,399]

1 hour ago, Cdub100 said:

Bloody Christmas dump.

Huge dump today. If you’re confident in the long run it’s a great time to buy. 

[Cdub100 3,907]

4 minutes ago, Hawkeye21 said:

Huge dump today. If you’re confident in the long run it’s a great time to buy. 

I plan on buying

[tubby_mcgee 701]

On 12/17/2020 at 4:02 PM, Hawkeye21 said:

If you had spent that 10k on BTC it would be worth a lot right now though, wouldn't it?

Yeah, but what about 6 months ago? 6 months from now?

Who is gonna tell him when to sell?   

It's fairly easy to say "Oh man, you shoulda sold." Or "Oh man, you shoulda hung onto it!"

 

 

[Cdub100 3,907]

3 hours ago, tubby_mcgee said:

Yeah, but what about 6 months ago? 6 months from now?

Who is gonna tell him when to sell?   

It's fairly easy to say "Oh man, you shoulda sold." Or "Oh man, you shoulda hung onto it!"

 

 

Yeah it's tough but if you bought BTC at any point you have made money as of today.

[Cdub100 3,907]

Finally moved my GPUs to my mining rig. Gonna buy 4 more to fill it out.

https://ibb.co/bzh6jB4

[Cdub100 3,907]

To the moon!

[edjr 6,586]

49 minutes ago, Cdub100 said:

To the moon!

XRP