<oembed><type>rich</type><version>1.0</version><title>lifeisjustreplication wrote</title><author_name>lifeisjustreplication (npub14s…h84lk)</author_name><author_url>https://nostr.now/npub14s5umqdr9rcc8js76w6rf8mf2arsnr8tjwykfld4zfjwsm4m4gnsuh84lk</author_url><provider_name>njump</provider_name><provider_url>https://nostr.now</provider_url><html>Sure, your assumption that velocity will be low seems reasonable.&#xA;&#xA;But I doubt that whales will just hold onto their BTC through all time.&#xA;I instead assume that at different increasing valuations, most large holders will eventually become sellers of at least a part of their stash.&#xA;&#xA;Because the value is at some point so high (measured in touchable goods), that possession of some of the touchable goods is more valuable than keeping _all_ BTC.&#xA;&#xA;And because Bitcoin (thankfully) doesn&#39;t earn interest, anyone that wants to benefit from the increased value by having some touchable goods _must_ spend.&#xA;&#xA;Sure, we can assume, most whales/rich folks usually have other sources of capital/income to spend on buying stuff, but if they never sell BTC, they never actually benefit from its increased value, right?&#xA;&#xA;And as to the scheme of dumping and crashing the price and buying back at a lower price, is there evidence of that actually working?&#xA;I mean, as long as there are many stubborn DCA&#39;ers out there who just don&#39;t stop buying, they should set a pretty solid price floor and they also stack more when the price drops and they DCA for constant amount of fiat/time.</html></oembed>