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The man in the coma has an exponential advantage over those playing day-to-day 3D chess when it comes to bitcoin.

Too many people overthink many aspects of bitcoin and convince themselves into a frenetic state.

The man in the coma is calmer and will ultimately perform better.

Your goal should be to approach bitcoin like the man in the coma without becoming comatose.
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Rich Nost 7mo ago

The man in the coma isn't running a node and therefore isnt participating in the emergent network understanding of what bitcoin is. That is not a state to aspire to.

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Marty Bent 7mo ago

lol the "man in the coma" meme exist because it highlights that you can download a node, fall into a coma, wake up, and still be a consensus-compatible participating member of the bitcoin network.

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Rich Nost 7mo ago

Yeah, it's the recovery scenario that the jannies of the code are *supposed* to be aspiring to. It's neither a guarantee nor an investment metaphor. If everyone just bought and assumed bitcoin could never change for the worse, it actually increases the risk that bitcoin *can* change for the worse.