Unavoidable > Inevitable

I work in finance. When I first heard about magic internet money in 2018 I thought it was a scam. We all did. I couldn't stop hearing about it from cryptobros, fast money chasers and gamblers at work.

None of those dipshits could actually tell me what Bitcoin was. So I did my research to beat these knobs with intellect by picking apart the argument for buttcoin and how stupid they were for investing in something volatile and non-tangible.

Then something unexpected happened. I understood the problems Bitcoin solved and its immaculate conception. By 2020 I knew that Bitcoin or something like Bitcoin is INEVITABLE. So I bought a smidgeon as a side to my diversified portfolio. On the principles I learnt in my research I was not slightly tempted by any other like technology as an asset.

Fast forward to 2025: I sold a lot of my shares in between to buy a small house but knew to never sell the Bitcoin -it had afterall 6x'd and I had been tempered with a full cycles worth of volatility. I finally get around to managing the remainder of my shares. Then I realised I had more vested interest in Bitcoin than I thought.

My ETFs, managed funds, superannuation and even some individually picked stocks all had Bitcoin in their ledgers. I had vested interest in Bitcoin doing well so my assets can do well. This is when I realised that my situation was way past Inevitable. Bitcoin is UNAVOIDABLE. And I was under-exposed. Naturally, I sold and became a maxi.

I like to point this out to more traditional investors that they have a vested interest in it whether they like/understand it or not. Not in a smug way but in a "wouldn't you want to own your own?" sort of way. Hopefully that starts them on their journey.

Tl;dr: Bitcoin is beyond being inevitable as part of your portfolio as a traditional investor. It is now unavoidable as institutional investors add it to their ledgers. So wouldn't you want to own your own?