**13. Bitcoin Beyond the Mind**

13. Bitcoin Beyond the Mind

Once understanding reaches a certain depth, we no longer need to track Bitcoin-related information.

Recently, someone asked me: Why promote Bitcoin saving only now, when the price is already in the tens of thousands? Why not earlier, when prices were low?

This is unfair. Three years ago, when Bitcoin was only 1,545 RMB, I had already published an article on Baidu BaBit promoting Bitcoin accumulation — with proof. Though my thinking was less systematic then, the call was clear.

Yet in the three years that followed, I rarely wrote about it. Fewer than ten pieces, mostly about the block size debate, where bad actors deliberately muddied the waters. Compared with my first half-year on Cailian, when I translated and wrote over 200 pieces, it was almost nothing.

In fact, I had almost completely offloaded my attention from Bitcoin.

I kept one hot wallet (rarely used) but uninstalled all other Bitcoin-related software. I stopped checking prices, stopped reading news, stopped following influencers.

People often ask me to recommend wallets. I can’t. I uninstalled them years ago.

Why do this?

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1. Most information is useless for hodlers

Over 99% of information is irrelevant. No matter what others say, no matter what prices do, no matter whether ETFs pass, hodlers only buy and never sell.

Time and attention are our most precious resources. Wasting them on noise — even if it earns a bit of coin — is rarely worthwhile. Most lose coins anyway.

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2. The “Empty Cup” Mindset

To learn deeply, one must be like an empty cup: forgetting past clutter, approaching with fresh eyes.

If all your attention is locked on Bitcoin, you leave no space to learn anything else. Over time, obsession sets in. Remember: Bitcoin is not all of life.

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3. Once you’ve hodled, you’re already ahead

If you’ve hodled through even a modest period, you’re beyond 99% of people — including most influencers. From mastering private keys to adopting Bitcoin standard thinking, your understanding surpasses theirs. Reading their shallow content will feel insulting.

Financial gurus often spout “correct nonsense”: statements that sound right but offer no actionable guidance.

This series, ​Hodl Bitcoin​, tells you why to hodl, how to hodl, and even what to expect four, eight, or twelve years down the line. Always open to verification.

True insight lies in simplification — grasping the main contradiction. Course-sellers and paid-group leaders do the opposite: complicating the simple so it looks profound, justifying their fees.

Real winners don’t run paid groups. Someone earning big from trading wouldn’t care about your membership fee. Someone who achieved freedom by hodling wouldn’t need to.

And real insights are often free. Many of us were telling you to hodl three years ago, at no cost. People simply couldn’t believe it could be so easy.

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4. Uninstalling makes selling harder

Once all software is uninstalled, selling coins becomes cumbersome: reinstalling, syncing, testing — half a day’s work. That hassle itself prevents impulsive mistakes.

This is why uninstalling everything is a benchmark for advanced hodlers. Hodling requires only private keys, not wallets, not apps.

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5. The “30% Allocation” Revisited

Uninstalling and the 30% rule are linked. Only with modest allocation can you detach your full attention. Overcommit, and you’ll obsess constantly.

• Bitcoin is still an experiment; rational allocation avoids overexposure.
• Abundance mindset requires not overinvesting, or you’ll slip into poverty thinking and poor judgment.
• To truly let go, your position cannot be too large.

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6. What to Learn Next

At this stage, we really have little left to ​do​. But learning should not stop. If you want deeper understanding, expand into:

• ​Critical Thinking​: learn to judge information quality, free or paid.
• ​Economics​: not just Austrian school. Study monetary systems, inflation, savings, investment, and finance.
• ​Cryptography​: probability, Shannon theory, public-key cryptography, elliptic curves, hash functions, signatures, RNG.
• ​Psychology​: cognition, emotion, stress, health, behavior, attitudes.

Forget Bitcoin for a while and learn broadly. Hodling makes study lighter — you’re not studying to survive, but to enrich yourself. With Bitcoin as a backstop, money is unlikely to be scarce.

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7. Protect Character and Health

Capital magnifies dreams. But its contribution depends on the knowledge and integrity of its holder.

Since you may one day be very wealthy, begin now: protect your integrity, don’t deceive, don’t harm others. Once lost, reputation cannot be bought back.

Protecting your body is equally important. Everyone knows the benefits of exercise, but many don’t act. Just as many know the benefits of hodling, yet fail to hodl.

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8. Values Define the Debate

What are values? Simply: personal preferences.

One factory plan may boost the economy but consume resources. Some support, some oppose. Both are based on values. There is no absolute right or wrong.

Similarly, most debates about Bitcoin reduce to values:

• Is PoW worth its energy cost?
• Is personal financial freedom worth the chaos of decentralization?
• Is sacrificing transaction speed worth ensuring security and decentralization?

My answer to all is: absolutely worth it. I hold my values, respect others, and refuse to argue.

My values align with Bitcoin’s. If yours do too, Bitcoin is yours — and you will hodl.

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The advanced stage ends here. Now you know Bitcoin’s value source, when to buy, how to make rational decisions, and how to live under the Bitcoin standard. You did it.

Coins in hand, yet beyond the mind.