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September 02, 2014, 12:10:46 PM

Always wondered why hodlers hang out in speculation.. makes no sense. What do they care, they will never participate in price discovery.

Truly remarkable question! Why would one who owns Apple or Microsoft stocks for 20 years would hang out in a speculation forum of WallSt. regulars... Makes no sense! What do they care, they will never participate in price discovery.


It's been fun meeting you esse83. Time to get some sleep though... not that there would be any difference from being awake with my IQ rating... Wink

Because the wealth increase of Bitcoin thus far makes it at least possible for the investment to be life changing in the short term. People like to keep an eye on that, even if they themselves don't trade.

(mini necro, because it's a topic I've been wondering about myself)

(also, more or less just piggybacking on your post, not addressing you directly in the following rant...)

I don't mind (and understand) "holders" frequenting the speculation forum. I don't mind (and understand) them posting. I get why they're rallying together in a downtrend - it's a nightmare of its own to see your account value (as measured in USD) melt away day by day.

I do mind however the sometimes rather aggressive "anti trading" sentiment in here.

Where. On. Fuckin. Earth? should trading / price discovery / speculation be discussed if not on the Speculation subforum?


Don't trade, but hold on to those coins - absolutely fine by me. But if you constantly feel the need to tell traders who post here that they are in reality "tarders", and need to stop their idiotic ways, then you're no better than trolls like fallling and their ilk.

/rant

This. It makes no sense why people are getting attacked when they are trying to collect thoughts from others so that they can hold some money... sometimes those thoughts are positive and sometimes they are negative. It isn't like they are claiming that the U.N. Security Council has agreed to wage a defense mission against Bitcoin. For f---s sakes.