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![BitPaine Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:24/cr:twitter::1441450123263832071.png) Bit Paine ⚡️ [@BitPaine](/creator/twitter/BitPaine) on x 48.4K followers
Created: 2025-07-24 17:25:18 UTC

some of you managed to become bitcoiners without learning the *basic principles of saving / investing / financial markets.*

X. you can only invest long term. anything short term (especially trading and doubly so for options trading) isn’t investing. it is gambling.

because…

X. no one can consistently and reliably time financial markets.

and, pursuant to (2)

X. a company cannot consistently and reliably control the forward multiple of earnings / assets at which the market values its equity.

And therefore,

X. the most responsible long-term wealth retention strategy for a company is to exchange said forward multiple, as aggressively as possible, for productive / non-dilutable assets, provided shareholders retain title to an increasing per share quantity of that productivity or those assets.

And that means: 

X. mNAV is speculation. BTC/share is value creation.


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