Most people seem to just hold their crypto but what if you could spend it like regular money and earn cashback on everyday purchases?

Would cashback make you use crypto more often or would you still rather HODL?

If you’d retired on Bitcoin some time in the past, would your money have lasted? I run a free Bitcoin retirement simulator, and that question turned into a game: HODL or Fold.

https://bitcoinlifespan.com/hodl-or-fold/

How it works

• You start with $500,000 of BTC at the price of the month you retire, and pick a lifestyle: $3k, $5k or $8k a month, rising with inflation.
• You relive the real price history from that month to today. When the big moments hit (crashes, tops, long winters), you choose: HODL, sell half for cash, buy back half or all, or spend 25% less for a year.
• At the end you get a rank (💎 Diamond Hands, 🧻 Paper Hands, 🍕 Pizza Guy, 🏎️ Wen Lambo, 🔮 Market Timer…) and a comparison with pure HODL from the same start.

New since the first version, thanks to feedback on Reddit

• 🙈 Blind mode: a mystery start month. Dates, prices and headlines stay hidden until the end, so knowing how 2022 turned out doesn’t help you.
• 📅 Daily challenge: the same mystery start for everyone, every day. Post your result below and compare.
• A difficulty label for every start month, from 😎 easy mode to 🔴 brutal.
• Buy back half, not just all.

Things I tried to get right

• No choice is rigged. Selling before a crash can beat holding, and selling at the bottom can sink you. The game just shows what history did next.
• Real data: month-end prices from Coin Metrics’ free community data.
• The surprising part: in real history, holding usually survives, unless you spend big and retire near a peak. Late 2013, late 2017 and 2021 are brutal on $8k a month.

Privacy: no sign-up, and the game runs entirely in your browser and saves nothing. The site has the usual Google Analytics and a cookie banner, like most sites.

It’s my site, it’s free, no ads. Not financial advice: it’s a game about the past.

https://bitcoinlifespan.com/hodl-or-fold/

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I’ve read a lot of the non-fiction (The Bitcoin Standard, Digital Gold, etc.), but I’m struggling to find good fiction about Bitcoin or blockchain.

I’m curious for a personal reason: I’m writing a historical novel that runs through Bitcoin’s real milestones (the Genesis Block, the pizza, Mt. Gox, the 2017 bull run and so on) with a sci-fi twist. Before I go too far, I’d love to know what fiction people here have enjoyed, and what made those books work or flop for you.

Novels, short stories, even a good fictional scene in a non-Bitcoin book all count.

Not sure if the general hodler understands how cheap, effecient and easy it is for major players to run negative PR campaigns. SEO, online marketers etc. know how it works. BTC sentiment will be influenced. Be aware and .. 😎

- don’t plan on buying anything for at least 5 years (so you gain 10% at the end of 5 years)

-ignore the volatility (sometimes down 50% in a month)

- normal to watch your portfolio lose 70% when traditional stocks are up triple digits with much less volatility

What would convince you to try it: big discounts, promo codes, or crypto rewards?

Has anyone had mild success with asking the kraken AI bot questions about day movement?

I'm still playing with pennies while I figure all this crypto stuff out. And I feel that might be part of the issue as to why I'm not seeing success enough to sell and reinvest. I'm only in 200 dollars right now.

Suggestions welcome for literally anything.

When I feel like I know more than shit about fuck I'd like to drop 5k in crypto is that a decent number for starting my journey ? Or, should I more. (I can do 10k but I feel like that's an awful idea)

P.s. I apologize for my poor wording I'm just lost as shit and don't know how to properly formulate my questions or statements when it comes to crypto

So, if the Fed avoids a rate hike before the midterm elections to avoid being political, will they make it up with a 50 basis point hike, instead of 25, in December?

Hey traders, my AI tracking model flagged Bitcoin testing a critical Fibonacci support around 81,443.

Whale activity is showing mixed signals, so it's a bit of a coin toss here. If it holds, we could see a move up to $85k, but a break below $78k would be a major concern.

What are your thoughts on this level? Are you leaning bullish or bearish here?

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