@JoelHodlman I used to think so. The way it's been looking the past five years, though, and the amount of fuckery I see with paper BTCs, combined with the newcomers' trend of wanting/caring to self custody less and less, I'm leaning more towards no and that we would continue to underperform.
@JoelHodlman Strong possibility. Do you think bitcoiners back in 2013 could have predicted this trend would happen today? Or would they also be flabberghasted? What does this look like it will do in the future?
One of the most common critiques I hear these days is that Bitcoin is "just high-beta equity exposure" and no longer provides diversification.
But this completely misunderstands why Bitcoin's correlation with equities is rising and what role it serves in a portfolio. 🧵👇
@BernardoFariaJJ My instructor says: Be the one asking the questions. Because if you let your opponent ask the questions, he's going to pose his hardest ones.
ALWAYS Choose to Attack
There’s a quote that says, “The best defense is a good offense.”
I think that’s even more true in Jiu-Jitsu.
Let me share a personal story.
The toughest opponent I ever faced was Rodolfo Vieira. I fought him more than 10 times, and I never beat him. In fact, every opponent I competed against more than twice, I managed to beat at least once. Rodolfo was the only exception.
In the Open Class final at the 2012 Europeans, I was actually winning the match without realizing it.
I thought I was losing.
Because of that, I kept attacking. I attacked, attacked, attacked, and never stopped moving forward.
With about a minute left, someone yelled from the sidelines:
“Bernardo, you’re winning! Just keep going!”
I was ahead by a couple of advantages, but I had no idea.
The moment I heard that, my mindset changed.
Instead of thinking about attacking, I started thinking about protecting what I had.
I started thinking about holding the position and waiting for the clock to run out.
That’s when everything changed.
Rodolfo started attacking, passed my guard, and won the match.
The biggest lesson I learned that day was very simple:
Attacking was my defense.
While I was attacking, I was winning.
The moment I stopped attacking, I gave him the opportunity to attack me.
I learned that lesson the hard way.
So the next time you train, roll, or compete, remember this:
Don’t focus on protecting what you have.
Focus on creating the next attack.
More often than not, attacking is the best defense.
What do you think? Let me know in the comments. 👇
Willingly turning your back to an aggressor is peak retard, doesn’t matter how trained you are. Bro is lucky the other dude didn’t take the cheap shot.