Today i want to share my experience with Bitcoin.
Probably everybody knows that the publication of the Bitcoin whitepaper was the beginning of the whole crypto space. It's whitepaper was published 2009 by Satoshi Nakamoto, an alias for an unknown person or a group of persons who developed the core code of the BTC blockchain.
I wish i would have discovered Bitcoin earlier because i bought my first 2.8 BTC in early 2017 for 7000$.
Like everybody else, the altcoin hype end of 2017 also ignited me and i invested in several promising projects. Various disappointments during 2018 and 2019 led me to call myself a Bitcoin maximalist today.
The most important thing for me is that BTC is independent of companies, the economy and countries. BTC still the most decentralized currency out there and wasn't created by any foundation or company.
The high standard of decentralization and security leads to a lack of scalability (also called the Bitcoin trilemma). The developer groups of bitcoin are working steadily to improve this aspect and there are already several side projects and chains which try to solve it (Liquid by Blockstream, Lightning Network,...).
For me, security and decentralisation is more important than the scalability aspect, that's why i hold more than 75% of my crypto assets in BTC today.
I also believe that Bitcoin will always play a role in the crypto space. If Bitcoin fails, every other currency will suffer major setbacks. With a current market cap dominance of ~65%, most people in the crypto space probably think that way. In addition, the fact that Bitcoin will always enjoy the highest level of awareness among cryptocurrencies cannot be neglected.
There are people who are calling "Proof of Work" outdated and a waste of energy. Several projects have better consensus algorythms, for example "Proof of Stake". This is a fact i can't deny, but nevertheless most of the other projects out there still are unable to solve the trilemma on a better way.
I always would recommend to hold at least 50% of your crypto holding in BTC! :)
Thank you for reading my review.