In the certain circles of the cryptocurrency community, there is a belief that the Bitcoin market has its roots in early Christianity, and is documented in the scripture as an incident when two disciples of Jesus, Peter and Judas, were the counter-parties in a market transaction worth of 30 coins.
Thus, both Peter and Judas are revered by the crypto groupies. So, when a groupie says, "For Pete's sake!", he is expressing surprise, exasperation, and annoyance about the negative (and as such unholy, blasphemous) views of the crypto-currency markets.
Very interesting posting! One of the rare.
So crypto's exist already over 2000 years and are still in a "developing state"?
What would be the return if you calculate the actual value against the starting value +2000 years ago? That would probably show that buy and hold is not working.
Let's play and make a small calculation:
- the bitcoin is at $7,000 today
- if 2000 years ago the value of that same bitcoin would have been $0,0000000000000000000000012
- the yearly compounded rate of return would have been 3.25%
It is then clear that HODL bitcoins was not a great investment.
Holding over 2000 years gives a complete other meaning to the word "HODL".
PS: the calculation is meant as a joke. Don't kill yourself because you realize buying bitcoins was a bad decision made by your over, over, over, over, over, over, over, over, over, over, over, over, over, over, over, over, over, over, over, over, over, over, over, over, over, over, over, over, over, over, over, over, over, over, over, over, over, over, over, over, over, over, over, over, over, over, over, over, over, over grandparents.