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There's no coin that have gained ground against Bitcoin after their first cycle ATH against Bitcoin. Not even Ethereum.

You basically have to gamble on a coin that have never been seen in a Bull market. Otherwise Bitcoin is always the better bet.



Bitcoin network costs an absolute fortune to run compared to Ethereum (after the switch to POS which everyone insisted would never happen, would fail, etc), and that difference can't be ignored forever. Best of luck to Bitcoin maxis after the next halvening...


Bitcoin has been an absolutely terrible bet for the last 4 years. On top of that most people in eth multiplied their holdings during defi summer.


ETH/BTC reached 0.1515 in June 2017. This cycle it peaked at 0.08838 and it's currently at 0.07206.[1] If anyone in ETH multiplied their holdings by a number above 0.5, it had to be gambling on one of the small coins that has since crashed 95%+ (such as OP) and getting out before the music stopped. If you're chasing multiples, you can only end up lucky or burned. Slow and steady wins the race.

[1]: https://bitcoinwisdom.io/markets/bitfinex/ethbtc, zoom out to 1w


>ETH/BTC reached 0.1515 in June 2017

Yes, there were few weeks when ethbtc was higher, but that was over 4 years ago.

There were 6 months of free money during the second half of 2020 with three digit APR. Most active people in defi multiplied their eth holdings several times (4-6x). There was no risk because tokens to dump were received for free.

>Slow and steady wins the race.

No, it doesn't. Yield wins the race. This cycle had a once in a lifetime free money period. There's not making up for missing that. Current yields are single digit but still good.




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