We are now entering into one of the most dangerous periods for a trader in the markets.
Hope.
A period where there are positive signs, but no one wants to call it too soon, in case they disrupt the force and jinx it. It is a bit like when my brothers and I dared to attempt to play badminton outside - if we whispered the intention, the wind would pick up, ruining the opportunity. Therefore, so as to fool the gods of wind, we called it "spaghetti" instead.
It worked all the time, sometimes.
Greed.
It is touch and go at the moment though. There is greed, but is it greedy enough to keep the energy up? I don't think so. But if there is one thing playing in crypto has taught me, is that I am often wrong about what the markets are going to do. I buy before a dip arrives. I sell before a pump.
It is like clockwork.
I guess it doesn't matter, as I am not in that much of a rush, so I can wait it out for a bit andhope that one day I will have enough value that I will be able to live off crypto forever if I choose. I guess that would require a 20x on my holdings, and then for it to stay there, still providing earnings on top, so I don't eat into the core amount. At least not too quickly.
After all of these years of saying "one day" I would like to actually have the day arrive where I can buy my wife something that really matters to her. Something that makes this real. I don't know what that would be, but it would be great to be able to landscape the garden, and add a terrace for the summer. Something she would enjoy and value.
She doesn't care about cars or diamonds.
I think I would look to get something for myself too, but for me, the first thing would be to get rid of the mortgage we have, so that we can live debt free. I think that this will be increasingly valuable in the years to come, especially when things inevitably crash in the economy and crypto again. I would love to have enough available capital to really buy the dip with something significant.
Currently, I have "nothing" to show for what is soon to be seven years of being in crypto, other than well, crypto. For me, it of course isn't nothing, because there is definitely sentimental attachment to it, as well as 6127 articles and 63503 comments. My journey through the crypto ecosystem has all pretty much been documented from the start, though not always directly. And on Hive and the blockchain it was born from, I feel like I have been part of and through quite a lot. And I think I have added some value too, on and off the chain.
It isn't good enough.
What I mean by this is that even if everything goes 50x and I could retire comfortably, the game isn't over, because the result hasn't been achieved. This isn't about buying a better life in the fiat world, it is about building a better economy in the decentralized world, one where there is ownership, responsibility and opportunity for everyone who wants to earnestly get involved.
Take it seriously.
There is a lot at stake here. Not just on Hive, but in the greater industry, where there is a increasingly visible battle being waged between centralized entities looking to capture evermore power, and the pockets of humanity that says, there is a better way to live.
Not just survive.
Survival is the base level of life, not the epitome of it. We needn't reference a hierarchy of needs to recognize that we need more in this life than just enough to make it through to another day. Survival isn't how we evolve, it is how we make it through to the attempt to do better. And when it comes to the economy and how we manage ourselves,
We can do better.
I don't know what better looks like for you, but for me, it is one where I feel that my daughter is safe, that she has opportunity to be her best, in a community that she will want to add value to, because she sees the value in having a strong community for herself, and for unknown others. Better is not being forced into wars by power-hungry politicians. Better is being able to walk down the street freely, without the fear of violence from those who are disillusioned, disenfranchised and broken. Better is being able to develop for love and beauty, not for weapons and control.
We all hope for better.
It is how we evolve, but it doesn't happen without interaction, participation, and the willingness to face challenge and overcome. If we avoid difficulty so that we can just keep surviving, we are already lost, as the monster that chews us, is insatiable - it will consume us entirely, if we let it.
Greed may be good.
If instead of money and power, we made improving humanity the object of our desire. It isn't good enough to claim innocence by choosing ignorance. It isn't good enough to stand back and do no harm, but also do no good.
It isn't good enough to only hope.
Taraz
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