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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GoldFinger1969, post: 3877556, member: 73489&quot;]Yes, but those axioms come from the financial world of investing (somewhere I do have expertise <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> ) <span style="color: #00b300"><b>where you are in a position to HARDLY NEVER be underwater after a 10-year (rolling) period.&nbsp; Time is your ally in investing.</b></span></p><p><br /></p><p>That has NOT proven to be the case with coins, as the market is much less illiquid...does not pay income/dividends....is not as transparent as financial markets...and has seen a few bubbles distort the market and take years/decades to &quot;burn off.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Very true Doug...but because of my caveats to your axioms (above), it&#039;s all the more reason to treat our little world as a HOBBY and not as INVESTING.&nbsp; Or maybe a compromise...SPECULATING.</p><p><br /></p><p>Really ?&nbsp; I don&#039;t recall inputing my age or Bday when I first joined, maybe I did.&nbsp; Thanks for that tidbit.&nbsp; Stands to reason that years ago the average age would be the older folks, more into the hobby and with much more invested in it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Do you have any figures on total registered users, average daily users, postings, etc. that would indicate how the site has moved over time ?&nbsp; If CT was around even before that (2000-05) that would be even better.</p><p><br /></p><p>Even anectdotal information from you is very useful, so have at it ! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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