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[โ€“] wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Around the same time I almost bought around 250$ worth of BTC. I was broke rent was coming up, it would have made my month difficult so I passed. Could have never paid rent/mortgage ever again.

[โ€“] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I made six months' worth of rent off the 2017 surge. I sold in the 18k range, because people's greed at the time was legit scary. I knew a guy who took out a second mortgage on his house to buy more $18,000-priced BTC.

[โ€“] bizarroland@fedia.io 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

And if he still had it now he would have tripled his money lol

[โ€“] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Or been unable to pay his bills and been forced to sell at 4k / coin.

Crypto's too volatile to put that much risk into it, if you ask me.

[โ€“] wazoobonkerbrain@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Or been unable to pay his bills and been forced to sell at 4k / coin.

I'd default on the bills and keep the bitcoin.