https://x.com/pete_rizzo_/<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n Usually, buying Bitcoin is a joyful process. I\u2019d have the satisfaction of picking up at least a bitcent<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n As someone who had that chance to buy Bitcoin at $50 (but thought better of it, LOL) it’s been a bitter time over the years, dutifully stacking away in an attempt to undo my mistake. <\/p>\n There\u2019ve been milestones, leaps of progress, as even numbers were chipped away. I have to say, though, this purchase was particularly deflating. <\/p>\n Yes, with the price soaring over $88,000, I knew I was buying the top, and I have every ounce of confidence that this purchase will be meaningful someday.\u00a0<\/p>\n I\u2019m sure in 10 years someone will look back at this post and laugh, marveling about how you could buy 500,000 satoshis for $500. Hell, my purchase is already in the green.<\/p>\n This is the process of Bitcoin\u2019s Great Monetization, a steady step on its progress from random digits on a computer that were worth nothing to the next global reserve currency.\u00a0<\/p>\n I get it, I\u2019m, as you would say, \u201cbought in.\u201d I have every intention to keep buying Bitcoin. After all, it\u2019s where I spend every waking moment of every work day.<\/p>\n What is this piece about? Call it an ode to malaise. <\/p>\n I\u2019m sure people are out there furiously stacking, afraid the Bitcoin price will run past $100,000 without them having any. Same with institutions, same with nation states. Seriously<\/a>.<\/p>\n What do they look at these bitcents and see? Are they buying happiness? Relief? <\/p>\n Bitcoin, you great mirror. With every buy, we take our place in the long arc of history.<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/.image\/c_fit%2Ch_800%2Cw_1200\/MjEwMzI1OTk3NDk5NzIxMjk0\/pete-rizzo.png\")