Friendly reminder:
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That $BTC is now worth $172M. The apartment? $1.5M.
https://redd.it/1o6hooj
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It is impossible to fake energy
https://redd.it/1o6i9mb
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Todays mission
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Good buying opportunity?
https://redd.it/1o6j2y9
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DOJ seizes $15 billion in bitcoin from massive ‘pig butchering’ scam based in Cambodia - largest in history
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/14/bitcoin-doj-chen-zhi-pig-butchering-scam.html

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For those who’ve been with Bitcoin 8+ years — has it always been this noisy and chaotic?

Lately, it feels like the Bitcoin space has been louder and more confusing than ever. Between the massive rug pull last Friday, countries freezing or seizing Bitcoin tied to other nations, and exchanges suddenly locking withdrawals, I can’t help but wonder — is this just another cycle of chaos, or has the narrative genuinely shifted?

For those of you who’ve been around since before 2017, I’d love to hear your perspective:
• Has it always been this turbulent, or has something changed as Bitcoin’s market cap and global attention have grown?
• How did you personally deal with the fear, uncertainty, and doubt (FUD) during earlier crashes or big events?
• Do you feel like this is still the same Bitcoin you believed in years ago — or has the ecosystem evolved into something different altogether?

For newer folks, it can feel like the sky is falling every few months. But I know the veterans here have seen it all — government crackdowns, exchange collapses, forks, bans, bubbles, all of it.

I’m hoping this thread can serve as a reality check and maybe a little grounding for everyone trying to make sense of all the noise right now.

So — to those who’ve held through the storms:
👉 Was it always like this, or are we entering a new era of volatility and control?

Edit: I read “The Bitcoin Standard” back in May and started investing in June. My convictions about the asset are very strong. However, I just can’t seem to get the hell away from any of the news lately.

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Who's parents are mad for buying bitcoin at $125k?
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Daily Discussion, October 15, 2025

Please utilize this sticky thread for all general Bitcoin discussions! If you see posts on the front page or /r/Bitcoin/new which are better suited for this daily discussion thread, please help out by directing the OP to this thread instead. Thank you!

If you don't get an answer to your question, you can try phrasing it differently or commenting again tomorrow.

Please check the previous discussion thread for unanswered questions.

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Idea was born
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It's not much but it's a start
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Bitcoin worth $14bn seized in US-UK crackdown on alleged scammers

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c70jw436n0yo

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200k please
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2nd big short closed

Everybody was talking about that big short guy who made 190 M$ Friday then opened a new big short position on Monday for approximately 500 M$.

This position was closed yesterday and no one is talking about it …

https://hypurrscan.io/address/0xb317d2bc2d3d2df5fa441b5bae0ab9d8b07283ae

Ignore the FUD - keep calm and stake Sats

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Found these in my very old wallet
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Where did all the M2 chart guys go?

That sucker was getting posted 3 times a day a few months ago.

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See you at $150k
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Bitcoin is undervalued based on scarcity.
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BTC is up? BTC is down? Don't know, don't care...
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Bitcoin Newcomers FAQ - Please read!

# Welcome to the /r/Bitcoin Newcomers FAQ

You've probably been hearing a lot about Bitcoin recently and are wondering what's the big deal? Most of your questions should be answered by the resources below but if you have additional questions feel free to ask them in the comments.

It all started with the release of Satoshi Nakamoto's whitepaper however that will probably go over the head of most readers so we recommend the following articles/books/videos as a good starting point for understanding how Bitcoin works and a little about its long term potential:

[Article: The Bullish Case for Bitcoin](https://medium.com/@vijayboyapati/the-bullish-case-for-bitcoin-6ecc8bdecc1)
Book: The Bitcoin Standard - or download a free copy here
[Video 1: An introduction to Bitcoin - Wences Casares](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAFKJVLNVQA)
Video 2: The Stories We Tell About Money - Andreas Antonopoulos
[Video 3: The Bitcoin Standard - Saifdean Ammous](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zbm772vF-5M&t=286s)
Video 4: Bitcoin 101 - Balaji Srinivasan

Some other great educational resources include;

The [Satoshi Nakamoto Institute](http://nakamotoinstitute.org/mempool/) (check them out!)
Swan Bitcoin Canon
Michael Saylor's [Hope.com](https://hope.com/) and ["Bitcoin for Everybody"'](https://learn.saylor.org/course/view.php?id=468) course
Jameson Lopp's resource page
Gigi's [resource page](https://bitcoin-resources.com/#bitcoin-non-technical)
James D'Angelo's Bitcoin 101 Blackboard series
Parker Lewis's [Gradually Then Suddenly series](https://unchained.com/blog/category/gradually-then-suddenly/)
Some Bitcoin statistics can be found here (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7).
A Reading List of [Advanced Bitcoin Books](https://new.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1c5fjhn/advanced_bitcoin_reading_list_curriculum_in_order/)

If you are technically or academically inclined check out;

Developer resources (1, 2)
[Peer-reviewed research papers](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1VaWhbAj7hWNdiE73P-W-wrl5a0WNgzjofmZXe0Rh5sg)
Course lectures from both MIT and Princeton
Future [protocol improvements](http://diyhpl.us/wiki/transcripts/2018-01-24-rusty-russell-future-bitcoin-tech-directions/) and [scaling resources](https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/56nnd8/the_scaling_bitcoin_website_is_awesome_videos/).

MicroStrategy's [Bitcoin for Corporations](https://www.microstrategy.com/en/resources/events/world-2021/bitcoin-summit?CID=7014W0000014yhJQAQ) is an excellent open source series on corporate legal and financial Bitcoin integration.

You can also see the number of times Bitcoin was [declared dead by the media](https://99bitcoins.com/obituary-stats) (LOL!)

## Key properties of Bitcoin

Limited Supply - There will only ever be a maximum of 21,000,000 bitcoins created and they are