๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—•๐˜‚๐—น๐—น ๐—ฅ๐˜‚๐—ป ๐—›๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฌ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ โ‚ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป

There has been a lot of talk about the #Bitcoin price lately. Lots of people are excited about recent price movements. And after a ~๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ% ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ, that excitement makes sense.

But remember: This isnโ€™t the bull run. This is just a warmup.

There are several factors that will likely coincide to make the coming bull run something of legend. ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜, Bitcoinโ€™s hashrate has been repeatedly making new all-time highs. ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฑ, the SEC is running out of excuses for delaying the Bitcoin ETF much longer. ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ, and ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ด ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ญ๐˜บ, the halving is only a few months away.

๐—›๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ

History has shown that Bitcoin's price follows its hashrate. Before there was any price, there were miners who secured the blockchain with their hashes, or the work required to find each new block. Eventually, the ledger became secure enough to give users enough confidence to store a little of their wealth there, and Bitcoin began to trade at a price.

A cycle soon began in which the rising price makes users want to mine more, which secures the chain more, which inspires more confidence and demand, and those lead to higher prices:

And now the hashrate is almost ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฎ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜€ (or almost 500 ๐˜ฒ๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ hashes every second! ๐Ÿคฏ), and frequently reaching new all-time highs. This heightened security isnโ€™t widely known yet, so the confidence, demand, and price havenโ€™t caught up with the hashrate yet, either. ๐—•๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ.

๐—•๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—˜๐—ง๐—™

Thereโ€™s a lot of noise out there about an eventual Bitcoin ETF. While the SEC will likely keep dragging its feet on approving one, many believe that itโ€™s ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ด away, not years. And as weโ€™ve seen from a price spike following false alarm that the ETF had been approved, the market has not priced it in by any means.

Not that a Bitcoin ETF will really matter in the long run. Yes, it will attract many large institutions, and raise the Bitcoin price significantly, but ๐—ถ๐˜โ€™๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—•๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป. Sovereign bitcoiners should avoid it, and leave the legacy fiat institutions to play their fiat games and win fiat prizes.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—™๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต ๐—›๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด

As I explained recently, the next halving will make Bitcoinโ€™s stock-to-flow ratio jump from about 59 to over 120. Historically, the higher a moneyโ€™s stock-to-flow ratio is, the better it is as storing value, and thus far, gold has had the highest stock-to-flow ratio of any former type of money, at around 62. ๐˜๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ข ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ฌ-๐˜ต๐˜ฐ-๐˜ง๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ตโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜‰๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ฏโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ!

The price today is the result of supply and demand, where the supply is 6.25 new bitcoin approximately every 10 minutes. But in a few months, the new supply will be halved down to 3.125. If demand just stays the same, ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฆ? And if/when a Bitcoin ETF and the rising hashrate create ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ demand, then ๐™˜๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช ๐™ž๐™ข๐™–๐™œ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™š ๐™ฌ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ž๐™˜๐™š ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ก๐™ก ๐™™๐™ค? Probably not.

๐—•๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜‚๐˜€: ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐˜€๐—ฒ

Letโ€™s not forget the many signs that are pointing to a recession โ€” and perhaps even complete collapse โ€” in the near future. Everything from treasury yield curves, to rising unpaid debt, to multiple wars, to the money printer that will undoubtedly be used to โ€œfixโ€ all those problems, plus moreโ€ฆ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—•๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ!

So enjoy these small price increases, but ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜บ take advantage of these low prices! And no matter what the price does, ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ต๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜€.

But what do ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ think?

Are you bullish or bearish on Bitcoinโ€™s price?

Let me know in the ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€โฌ‡๏ธ

Youโ€™ll want to remember this one for later, so make sure you ๐—•๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐Ÿ”– it and give it a ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐Ÿค™

And ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐Ÿ”„ it with those who arenโ€™t bullish enough!

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Does bitcoin need to reach a certain level of a price to let it be used by the majority?

The question of whether Bitcoin needs to reach a certain price for it to be used by the majority, or if a majority of people using it will raise its price to a certain level needed for mainstream adoption, is a bit of a "chicken and the egg" problem. There isn't a certain price that will lead to the majority using bitcoin, because as we approach a majority of the population using bitcoin, the price rises significantly. Each one causes the other, so it's a gradual process.

For almost 15 years, this process has come in the form of market cycles that are approximately 4 years long, likely due to the length of each halving cycle. As the supply of new bitcoin is cut in half, and demand remains ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต the same, the price rises. This attracts attention from more people outside the market, so they jump in, which pushes the price up more. The sad reality, however, is that most people get into Bitcoin during a bull run, and most of ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ get in just before the cycle top. And as the number of new buyers diminishes, the price falls back down, and finds a new equilibrium, before starting the next bull run.

It's during the bear market when most of the new users either sell their bitcoin at a loss, or hodl while they wait for the next bull run. But as Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, "๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ, ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข, ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด." So whether they sell or hodl, they begin learning all about Bitcoin, some slowly and others quickly. Sooner or later, these new users fall down the Bitcoin rabbit hole, become Bitcoin maximalists, and get primed for the next bull run following the next halving. And the cycle repeats.

I can't tell the future of course, but based on human psychology, and the history of these 4 year market cycles, this will likely continue, at least until the majority have a proper ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ about Bitcoin. And that's why I'm here: to help facilitate that proper education.

Do you think we really don't need the governments to help out on making bitcoin reach mainstream?

I mean not all governments are corrupt?