My dilemma's between Silver stacking and Crypto Stacking - Can you relate?
This is a post i have been looking to write for a while but i have been putting it off because i am admitting that silver has taken 2nd place over crypto's for the past 4-5 months. I am still stacking the same amount of silver but it has become a little boring compared to playing with crypto's. Maybe i am entering the mindset of a long term stacker and needing something fresh to get that dopamine hit we all love and enjoy. As an example, owning EOS the past few weeks has been a ride. I can see crypto spreading all over the place and it's starting to get everywhere, we can not block it out almost to the point were i might start teaching my kids about it the same way i teach them about silver and gold because crypto will play a bigger part in their lives than it will mine. With that said, i would sell my crypto stack before my silver stack without a second's thought any day of the week if needed funds.
Steemit from then till now
Ive been stacking 5 years but im on Steemit from last July. When i first joined up i was doing 2-4 posts a day, everyday and good posts that were all silver related. I did alot of good informational posts, stacking for starters and my daily silver meme series. I was taking pictures of coins from my stack everyday and researching them coins everyday so i could write something good for people to read but i only have so many different coins. I was able to carry on posting 2-4 times a day until about November. I also stopped my silver meme series around this time and replaced it was a bitconnect diary. I tried doing posts about weed but quickly ran out of things to talk about. I mean, i smoke it, get high and then eat pancakes with nutella. Nothing interesting there. In the some month crypto's were starting their bull run, i had taken on a mod role in the group and hitting writing block for silver content. Since then i have been mainly posting about #steemsilvergold related stuff and not really so much silver stuff. And on top, i am only posting 1 time a day which is not enough. I almost feel guilty being a mod and not posting that much about silver are gold. Maybe i need to get back to roots and remember why i am here
Silver stack vs Crypto stack
Silver win's hands down for loyalty but crypto's are just way more fun at the minute. I mean, silver jumps up and down a few cents a day and crypto's bounce is double digit percentages daily. A new crypto coin release is also more exciting than a new silver coin release (steem round not included). I love the whole researching part of it and there being so many to pick from. Im like a kid in a candy shop with a pocket full of small change that cant decide what to try when it comes to crypto's. With silver, its stored away almost forgotten about. I already know 80% of what im buying each year will be to keep up with date runs so silver is sorted. With crypto's, there is no plan, i cant plan, it's too crazy. For now, pretty much all of my silver time has been replaced with crypto time and after buying into 8-10 tokens, im hooked. Maybe a stackitis alternative for crypto's called Crypitis is forming and i see it spreading. I love silver as a fundamental investment and core of my portfolio but it's comparing the wife to the mistress. Which one gets more attention and in a way it does feel like cheating as well. I am worried about how my thoughts about silver and crypto's will change as my crypto stack's dollar value is catching with with silver stack. I do see a time when it overtakes and i dont know if i can sell off crypto to buy silver to balance things out and reduce some risk. It''s hard for us stackers and hodl'ers to sell what we got. It is a pickling thought indeed.
Ps, i dont have a mistress as i dont have the extra $ are freedom to hide it, lol
How knows? Could someone in 30 years from now come back and drop a comment.
What's next for SSUK?
I always plan to buy at least 100oz per year but avg 150+ so i will be sticking with that until i hit my weight in silver. As for steemit. Im gonna try and do at least 2 silver bullion posts week from now on and just keep on doing what i am doing with the group posts and group buys Im posting for @ssg-community as well which is fun but takes time. Sometime i think i have bite off more than i can chew but i like the challenge and it keeps me busy and behaving. I'll keep playing with crypto's and hope Steem continues to do its thing and build me a nice addition to the retirement pot. Im having fun with it but i do feel like silver is the old toy. I hope i dont get blasted for this, haha
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I can understand how you feel, personaly i invested WAY to much into silver, the truth is had i bought crypto back in 2013 instead of silver well..id be a millionaire. But hindsight is easy. For now I feel crypto is the way to go and so stacking has taken a big back seat for me, that said i still love to look at gold and silver and will acquire it if any opportunity presents itself.
I sold a lot of silver back in july last year and moved into crypto, that turned out to be a good move. but i never sold me gold.
Crypto is the future, and im betting a large portion of my holdings on NEO and NEP-5 tokens.
I did buy BTC back in 2013 and they went missing with mtGox so i was ass hurting for a few years until i found steemit which got me back into it. Im ith you and crypto's are the way forward i thinking as well. Neo is my 3rd biggest holding so im with you there again
Great post uk! I totally get it!!!
Ironically, i went so hard and so long and so deep down the crypto hole — oh my — that i blew a few million (neurons) on it. Now i am just dabbling, but stacking like a motherfucker! It ebbs and it flows grasshopper, but they’re both great waves to be riding 🌴🌞🏄🏻♂️
I dont have alot of crypto's but the deffo consume alot more of my time. If the wife could be half as interesting, lmao
When i am day dreaming about buying nice cars, spoiling the family and going for nice holidays, im thinking about selling crypto to fund it. When im thinking how monay years i can retire early, im thinking about silver. That's pretty much sums it up for me.
Thanks for your comment bro, we did not mind getting wet :D
There is nothing wrong with stacking both. I wish that I understood crypto and the wallets and all, but I don’t and really have the time unfortunately. I barely understand this platform still, but I’m doing my best. Just never forget cryptos could all go to zero, silver and gold with never do that. Cheers🍺
Doing the crypto group buys get me into alot of that stuff so im always learning.
I'll never sell my silver, it the core :)
I’m sure it does. The only crypto I own is the group buy and this steem. I’d hope not.
PS- I’m putting the finishing touches on what will be our SSG song....👍
We gotta’ have a crypto-sesh dudester!
Whenever you’re ready Captain.
Well that sums up how I feel about the whole situation also, my crypto stack is catching up to my silver stack by leaps and bounds, thanks(EOS).
It just feels silver is what it is and cryptos are new kid on the block. It's good to know im not alone.
I have the same problem. Cryptos are definitely more exciting but the shiny has made it through every cool thing in history that was considered money. I'll continue to stack both but also am not good with selling any of it. Maybe we could start a stackers anonymous group. :)
I have only been stacking for the last 5-6 months and cryptos for just a little longer than that. I am right there with you in that cytptos are taking up a lot of my time with research and acquisition. So I think if we could even balance our time 50/50, then we will all be loaded and driving our fancy sports cars in maybe 10 years :)
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