If you did the work to understand #Bitcoin,

And you went out of your way to buy #btc during the depths of the bear market,

And you're still holding those coins,

You contributed to the Bitcoin network by increasing the financial value of the block subsidy given to miners for securing the network.

As the value of the block subsidy increases, more miners join the network to mine and collect the block reward.

As more miners try to join the network, the amount of energy being used to find hashes for new blocks increases and adds security to the network.

As the network becomes more secure, more people want to hold Bitcoin.

Bitcoin's success can only be envisioned by few, and those people will be rewarded.

Long-term holders are the MOST IMPORTANT part of the Bitcoin network.

Without them, self-sovereign money wouldn't exist.

Any wealth coming your way in the next 6-18 months was earned - don't let ANYONE tell you that you got lucky.