<oembed><type>rich</type><version>1.0</version><title>Trey wrote</title><author_name>Trey (npub1m6…ue2p9)</author_name><author_url>https://nostr.now/npub1m6y9qq06c74trgs60ya320pgmhz6099grra5lw04akyuxvcz7lvq9ue2p9</author_url><provider_name>njump</provider_name><provider_url>https://nostr.now</provider_url><html>The 4% rule was built for portfolios of stocks and bonds, not a portfolio with a large bitcoin allocation. That doesn&#39;t make it useless. It means the withdrawal rate can&#39;t be changed by looking at expected returns alone.&#xA;&#xA;A higher long-term return could reduce the portfolio you need to fund your expenses. But bitcoin&#39;s volatility increases sequence-of-returns risk: a deep drawdown early in retirement can force you to sell more bitcoin when the price is low, leaving less to participate in a recovery.&#xA;&#xA;So the first step isn&#39;t choosing 4% or 8%. It&#39;s writing down what you&#39;ll do during the first bad market after leaving full-time work. Which asset funds your spending? How far can you cut expenses? Would you take part-time income instead of selling into a drawdown?&#xA;&#xA;A bitcoin retirement plan should be judged by how it handles a bad first few years, not only by the average return you expect over decades.</html></oembed>