Daily Discussion, December 09, 2025
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I wonder how the small early investors feel right now?
If you had put $1000 into BTC in 2010 and left it alone without further investment you'd have close to a billion dollars right now (before tax, of course). I sometimes sit and wonder if there are people who did that almost as a joke and then forgot their password or whatever lol.
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If you had put $1000 into BTC in 2010 and left it alone without further investment you'd have close to a billion dollars right now (before tax, of course). I sometimes sit and wonder if there are people who did that almost as a joke and then forgot their password or whatever lol.
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Most people holding more than 2 bitcoin here are chill
And most who keep panicking, and those crazy shenanigans fud are mostly from noobs or either those who invest rent money, or worst haven't studied Bitcoin.
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And most who keep panicking, and those crazy shenanigans fud are mostly from noobs or either those who invest rent money, or worst haven't studied Bitcoin.
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OCC authorizes U.S. banks to execute riskless-principal Bitcoin transactions unlocking regulated execution without balance-sheet exposure
https://bitcoincoherenceledger.substack.com/p/occ-authorizes-us-banks-to-execute
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https://bitcoincoherenceledger.substack.com/p/occ-authorizes-us-banks-to-execute
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U.S. Banks Can Now Execute Bitcoin Transactions Risklessly | The Shift Bigger Than ETF Approval
OCC authorizes U.S. banks to execute riskless-principal Bitcoin transactions unlocking regulated execution without balance-sheet eestone that makes Bitcoin bank-serviceable, not just investable
Giant Bitcoin ad spotted in Times Square - "No man should work for what another man can print"
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Fed meeting tomorrow
Hi everyone, FOMC meeting will be tomorrow with the decision about potential interest rate cut. What is your expectation in terms of (a) cut itself, (b) 2026 policy (c) crypto sector (d) btc price. Any thoughts much appreciated!
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Hi everyone, FOMC meeting will be tomorrow with the decision about potential interest rate cut. What is your expectation in terms of (a) cut itself, (b) 2026 policy (c) crypto sector (d) btc price. Any thoughts much appreciated!
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Why did Satoshi select 21 Million as the Bitcoin supply?
Does anyone have an idea, why Satoshi selected the Bitcoin fundamentals in a way, to create 21 Million Bitcoin?
Is there something interesting or historical about the number 21?
Or is it because 10 minutes is a round number, 4 years the Government cycle and 50 Bitcoin per block ... just because?
The simple reason for 21 million Bitcoin lies in the 4 variables:
1. Starting blockreward: 50 Bitcoin
2. Block frequency: 10 Minutes
3. Blockreward reduction timing: Every 4 years
4. Blockreward reduction amount: 1/2
5. (technically it is not 4 years but a certain amount of blocks, but let's ignore that rounding error)
If you change any of the 4 variables, you get a supply different from 21 million:
1a. Starting blockreward: 25 Bitcoin -> 10.5 Million Bitcoin
1b. Starting blockreward: 100 Bitcoin-> 42 Million Bitcoin
2a. Block frequency: 20 Minutes -> 10.5 Million Bitcoin
2b. Block frequency: 5 Minutes -> 42 Million Bitcoin
3a. Blockreward reduction timing: Every 2 years -> 10.5 Million Bitcoin
3b. Blockreward reduction timing: Every 8 years -> 42 Million Bitcoin
4a. Blockreward reduction amount: 3/4 -> 14 Million Bitcoin
4b. Blockreward reduction amount: 1/4 -> 42 Million Bitcoin
Therefore, why 21 Million? Is there any significance behind it? Has Satoshi ever said anything about that number?
I would also be interested in any ideas or guesses. Very likely noone really knows.
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Does anyone have an idea, why Satoshi selected the Bitcoin fundamentals in a way, to create 21 Million Bitcoin?
Is there something interesting or historical about the number 21?
Or is it because 10 minutes is a round number, 4 years the Government cycle and 50 Bitcoin per block ... just because?
The simple reason for 21 million Bitcoin lies in the 4 variables:
1. Starting blockreward: 50 Bitcoin
2. Block frequency: 10 Minutes
3. Blockreward reduction timing: Every 4 years
4. Blockreward reduction amount: 1/2
5. (technically it is not 4 years but a certain amount of blocks, but let's ignore that rounding error)
If you change any of the 4 variables, you get a supply different from 21 million:
1a. Starting blockreward: 25 Bitcoin -> 10.5 Million Bitcoin
1b. Starting blockreward: 100 Bitcoin-> 42 Million Bitcoin
2a. Block frequency: 20 Minutes -> 10.5 Million Bitcoin
2b. Block frequency: 5 Minutes -> 42 Million Bitcoin
3a. Blockreward reduction timing: Every 2 years -> 10.5 Million Bitcoin
3b. Blockreward reduction timing: Every 8 years -> 42 Million Bitcoin
4a. Blockreward reduction amount: 3/4 -> 14 Million Bitcoin
4b. Blockreward reduction amount: 1/4 -> 42 Million Bitcoin
Therefore, why 21 Million? Is there any significance behind it? Has Satoshi ever said anything about that number?
I would also be interested in any ideas or guesses. Very likely noone really knows.
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Tragedy Strikes the Bitcoin Market Today
On December 9th, in an unexpected turn for traditional finance, the price of Bitcoin regained the $94,000 mark, wiping out more than three weeks of losses. The failure of the anticipated failure of Bitcoin, and therefore all crypto, was met with lukewarm apathy by your family from Thanksgiving.
"It's still just funny money," said Uncle Lou, who then unironically bragged about taking out a reverse-mortgage on the home he bought in 1974.
Top analysts' warn that the trend, which they have dubbed an "inverted loss" of Bitcoin's value could continue in the long-term, and lead to a redistribution of financial power and wealth, which, according to my editor, would cause destabilization and volatility in the billionaire who owns this publication.
More updates will be available as adoption makes this opinion obsolete.
Appropriated Press, December 2025.
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On December 9th, in an unexpected turn for traditional finance, the price of Bitcoin regained the $94,000 mark, wiping out more than three weeks of losses. The failure of the anticipated failure of Bitcoin, and therefore all crypto, was met with lukewarm apathy by your family from Thanksgiving.
"It's still just funny money," said Uncle Lou, who then unironically bragged about taking out a reverse-mortgage on the home he bought in 1974.
Top analysts' warn that the trend, which they have dubbed an "inverted loss" of Bitcoin's value could continue in the long-term, and lead to a redistribution of financial power and wealth, which, according to my editor, would cause destabilization and volatility in the billionaire who owns this publication.
More updates will be available as adoption makes this opinion obsolete.
Appropriated Press, December 2025.
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