The emotional and psychological challenge of holding Bitcoin from $100K to $1M.
There’s a pattern every Bitcoiner seems to follow.
You discover Bitcoin. You get excited. You buy some. You hold it. Then the volatility hits — you sell some, panic a little, maybe jump into altcoins, get wrecked, and eventually find your way back to Bitcoin… or leave entirely.
Almost no one who bought Bitcoin at $100 held on to their full stack until it reached $100,000. I didn’t. I’ve probably lost half my original holdings to misplaced beliefs, distractions with altcoins, or thinking I could trade Bitcoin to grow my stack.
It doesn’t work that way. And it’s never easy.
Let’s be clear — going from $100 to $100,000 is a 1,000x return. That’s a mind-bending journey of volatility, conviction, and psychological endurance.
Even so-called long-term investors rarely hold without taking profits or adjusting their strategies during bear markets, bull runs, and macro chaos. And just like that journey from $100 to $100K, the path from $100K…