shortcut, pumps the fiat price, and after there's no more horny buyers, the price tanks once more. triggering panic selling, rinse and repeat. . . buy bitcoin . . dollar cost average . . rinse repeat. it never ends

Also have to take opportunity cost into account.

If I spend time here, establishing myself in a bitcoin-only market, I'll have trouble working a day job effectively, and vice-versa, at least for a time, until some routine emerges.

Sometimes you have to decide and focus, to transition, and the sooner you can do that, the less potential-Bitcoin you lose in the transition.

I basically have 1 year to get something done, or I'm out. 🤷‍♀️