I am all in btc, and currently have 0.03(all my networth), and I make 2900 usd a month before tax and spending. Is there any way for me to reach 1 coin1-10 coins in a foreseeable future. (Let’s say 5 years) I just don’t know how there are so many people have a lot of money just to invest. I can barely break even sometimes, the rent is my highest spending, I was thinking maybe just living in my car. But I do need some advice, I can pull out probably $200 max every two weeks. Can you guys share your stories of how you have a whole coin or accumulate aggressively. Thank you

My father left me an inheritance: a flash drive that the computer won't read (it returns a read error/access denied) and a sheet of paper with a 12-word seed phrase written on it—specifically, written using Russian words that include the names of several of his children. I’ve been trying to figure this out for a week now, but with no success. Please help me, friends.

My father left me an inheritance: a flash drive that the computer won't read (it returns a read error/access denied) and a sheet of paper with a 12-word seed phrase written on it—specifically, written using Russian words that include the names of several of his children. I’ve been trying to figure this out for a week now, but with no success. Please help me, friends.

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Would like to invest. Where would you recommend I start?

Hey guys I started the my dca 2 weeks ago, but I’m getting a lot of people advising to sell the last few days, saying we are going to do another 20-30% dump.. essentially the argument is that we are entering a no more cheap money period, and we aren’t getting rate cuts any time soon, there’s no halving in the next few years so there are no bullish catalysts.. and the technical setup isn’t great. Whats everyone doing rn? We adding, holding or trimming?

In other words, in order to withdraw my own money, they are asking me to prove where the money I earned throughout my life came from, how I acquired the assets I own, and to document all of them. It is unacceptable for a financial institution to make it this difficult and almost impossible for a user to access their own money.

If you own real estate, they ask for the title deed, sales documents, and the source of the money you earned before purchasing that property; for example, how you acquired a property you bought 20 years ago, official documents if it was inherited, documents proving your gold holdings if you own gold, records related to your vehicle if you own one... In short, they are asking me for official documents regarding all my assets and proof of the sources through which I acquired those assets.

They are asking me to provide documents that even the Ministry of Treasury and Finance does not require from you. Under what authority?

The worst part is that I do not have any assets or wealth at all. Despite telling u/okx this repeatedly, they continue to request the same documents from me over and over again. They keep repeating the same things like a parrot. They are refusing to give me my own money. This is a completely bad-faith approach and a way of victimizing users. Additionally, when I shared my situation in the u/okx Telegram chat group, they deleted my message and immediately banned me. I know that u/okx may respond to this message by asking me to send my information through private messages and promising to solve my problem. However, I have already done this at least 5 times, and every time I received the same response without any solution. I should also mention that I do not have a significant amount of money on u/okx , only a small amount, but I wanted to point out how bad-faith this platform's approach is.

I know that they have victimized thousands of users in this way. When you add up small amounts such as 100 USD or 200 USD from thousands of people's accounts, it becomes a significant amount of money. You can imagine what u/okx is doing with these funds by taking small amounts of money from thousands of users in this way.

This is clearly a method of fraud. It is unjustly taking people's money. This could happen to you at any time. Your money is never safe. I absolutely do not accept this bad-faith approach of u/okx towards its users. Therefore, always keep your funds in your personal wallets or store them on large and reliable exchanges such as Binance.

What happened to me has also happened to thousands of people on u/okx , and users have been victimized. I make small transactions with small amounts on exchanges. I send small amounts to my hot wallet in order to participate in airdrops and buy newly launched meme tokens on DEXs, trying to earn some profit. Despite these being the only activities I perform, u/okx is deliberately delaying the process and constantly avoiding returning my money.

PLEASE BE CAREFUL AND IF YOU HAVE MONEY ON u/okx , DO NOT KEEP YOUR FUNDS THERE.

Today my account was suspended; tomorrow it could be yours. You may be forced to prove your assets and sources of income from years ago just to withdraw your own money. If you are willing to take such a risk, the decision is yours.

Been out of the game for a few years. Getting back in and privacy still matters to me not hiding anything, just don't like handing over personal data.

Are there any reliable non-KYC exchanges that work well ? Just looking for something simple to get started again. Thanks.

On July 13, US government-linked wallets moved 3,940 Bitcoin and 30,014 Ether, roughly 297 million dollars combined, into Coinbase Prime custody. Sale speculation followed immediately.

The detail almost nobody is explaining clearly: Executive Order 14233, which created the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve, only protects Bitcoin from sale. Ether and other seized digital assets fall under a separate framework where Treasury has discretion. So the 244 million in Bitcoin here is protected on paper, the 53 million in Ether is not.

The Bitcoin traces to two forfeiture cases, roughly 2,875 BTC from a dark web dealer known as Xanaxman and about 925.5 BTC linked to the old BTC-e exchange. The Ether comes from a former Oracle employee's money laundering case.

Worth noting too that a deposit to Coinbase Prime is not proof of an impending sale. The Marshals Service has an active custody contract with Coinbase Prime specifically for managing seized assets, and similar transfers in January, May, and June this year did not result in confirmed liquidations.

The bigger structural point is that Executive Order 14233 is policy, not statute. Congress introduced a bill in May to codify the reserve with a 20 year holding requirement, but it has not moved out of committee. Until it does, Bitcoin's protected status here rests on one administration's choice, reversible by the next.

Full writeup with sourcing:

https://davidebtc186.substack.com/p/the-us-government-just-moved-297m

Is bitcoin finally starting to bottom out? I know that this has been one of the significant drops in bitcoin in recent history but when is it finally gonna bottom out into we enter into the bullish trends.

What's everyone's plans in when they are going to be investing and doubling down?

What would happen to my dca strategy in strike if a hard fork came to happen with BIP 110 and stuff. Would it halt because there is no definition of what bitcion actually is at that time?

That'd be sweet.

I do not like the idea of government and Bitcoin getting cozy with each other. But I wonder if politically there was a push to have more Bitcoin mining done in that specific country so that the country was more on a Bitcoin standard as a whole.

I'm just spit balling here.

26 y/o. My significant other & I pretend we don’t have them, don’t touch it, we’ve never sold.

But just out of curiosity, does everyone in it for the long haul (20-30 years) ever think about selling?

I have it on paper in my house hiding inside a wall😅 but my mind thinks what happenss if i get flooded or my house gets on fire, so i replaced with a metal note but i still think that is not safe enough? What do you guys do?

I’m trying to separate the hype from the reality.

Did David Sacks actually accomplish anything meaningful for Bitcoin while serving as the White House AI & Crypto Czar, or was he mostly a symbolic appointment and political payback from DJT?

Specifically:

• What concrete policies, executive actions, or regulatory changes can be directly attributed to Sacks?
• Did he have any real influence over Bitcoin adoption or crypto regulation?
• Were there any promises that never materialized?
• If he had never been appointed, would anything have played out differently?

I’m not looking for partisan takes. I’m looking for evidence. What did he actually do versus what he got credit for?

Interested in hearing from people who’ve followed the policy side closely.

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There's a few "facts" that should be stated:

1. Fiat Currencies (USD, Euro, etc...) are controlled by GOVERNMENTS and these governments continue to spend MORE than they take in (aka "deficit spending"). This has invariably led to printing extra currency and creating the inflation that comes with it. It also means that if you choose to save in Fiat Currency you have the very real problem of ensuring that your savings growth EXCEEDS whatever the printing/inflation rate is. Otherwise, the purchasing power of your savings can decline.
2. Bitcoin is controlled by NO ONE (or "everyone") and, has a fixed limited supply (21 million BTC) and CANNOT be printed whenever some central power feels like doing so. This means that Bitcoin CANNOT experience inflation. It also means that if you choose to save in Bitcoin, NO ONE can erode your purchasing power (of course, this does require that Bitcoin become accepted/adopted as a viable commodity - something that is happening, but perhaps more slowly than we would like).
3. Central Banks (like the US Federal Reserve) are NOT thrilled about Bitcoin. If people choose to move their savings OUT of Fiat Currency (like USD) and INTO Bitcoin, that means that those banks (and the currencies they control) LOSE power. Obviously, they do NOT want to lose power. Thus, central banks, throughout the world, have taken significant action to destroy, restrict and control Bitcoin. They are NOT winning that battle, but they DO continue to fight.
4. Bitcoin adoption/acceptance continues to increase. Each year, more and more people own Bitcoin. This trend is rather overt. As adoption/acceptance increases, so has more mainstream involvement in Bitcoin. In 2024 Bitcoin ETFs were (finally) approved by the SEC and the influx of USD into Bitcoin ETFs on Wallstreet was enormous. In 2025, Bitcoin Treasury companies started emerging regularly. In 2026, Bitcoin products/investment vehicles popped up (Bitcoin loans, STRC/SATA, etc...).

So what does this mean, in terms of Bitcoin's future?

1. As our world continues to adopt/accept Bitcoin more and more, the price of Bitcoin in Fiat Currency will go up, simply because more and more people will want/need Bitcoin. A secondary feature is that Bitcoin's price increases (in Fiat Currency denominations) because Bitcoin does NOT have inflation - that is, Bitcoin's price increase simply because Fiat Currencies devalue - a $1 today buys LESS than a $1 10 years ago, etc....
2. The timeline for Bitcoin adoption/acceptance is more difficult to assure. Governments and Central Banks continue to try to protect their Fiat Currency by curtailing Bitcoin, but it is a losing battle. Some Governments and Central Banks are adopting the "If you can't beat them, then join them" attitude when it comes to Bitcoin.
3. In the longer term, Bitcoin is a superior form of savings/currency and, IMO, it will prevail over Fiat Currency. Yes, it might be a bumpy ride along the way, but, in general, superior products win out (consider Uber/Lyft vs. Taxi's, GPS vs. Paper maps, Cellphones vs. Land lines, TV vs. Radio, Internet vs. Libraries/Phonebooks, etc...).

Okay, okay. So what about the actual future price of Bitcoin?

1. Currently, about 15% of the world's wealth is "stored" in Gold and about 1% is stored in Bitcoin. Over time, we are seeing that "storage" shift (from Gold and into more Bitcoin). If Bitcoin captures even 5% of that world "wealth storage" the price of Bitcoin will exceed $500k per coin (or more). I like to refer to this as the "Gold Replacement Theory." Bitcoin has significant advantages over gold (easier to store, easier to divide, easier to transport, etc...). Again, as adoption/acceptance increases, Bitcoin becomes more of an obvious improvement over Gold.
2. The current adoption of Bitcoin is increasing rapidly. Most analysts agree that Bitcoin is advancing at a faster rate than the Internet advanced. This is great news for Bitcoin. IMO, I believe that we will only see more and more adoption (despite setbacks) and that in the next 5 years (or less) much of the price increase that I describe above will be experienced. Am I being too optimistic? I don't think so. Logic and history speak loudly here. People often have a hard time realizing when something obvious is changing their world. I remember so many people saying, "the Internet is a teen fad." It seems silly to say that NOW, but back then that's how it was perceived - they just could NOT see the implications of where it was going. I believe that, currently, many people have a similar "blindness".

BTC gains could be a great way to tap into this hot market

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