Sometimes you’ve gotta pause and ask yourself: where does max pain really sit? Higher or lower?

I keep coming back to the same conclusion: it’s almost always higher. Bitcoin rising hurts far more people than it helps, because most only feel the sting when they’re on the outside looking in. A real bitcoiner doesn’t suffer on the dips; they sharpen their conviction on them. Drawdowns don’t wound you when your mindset is accumulation; they provoke you to act, to build, to stack with intention.

Panic isn’t truly painful in the moment. The real pain shows up later: when price recovers, when the candles go vertical, when regret finally settles in. Max pain isn’t the dip. Max pain is watching the recovery without a seat at the table.