"The altseason is the child of greed. You swapped your BTC for altcoins seeking to multiply dollars quickly... and ended up with less BTC. Bitcoin is not for making money, it is for being money. Everything else, over time, loses against it."
The greed that drives altcoins is no different from the euphoria that central banks provoke when they flood the market with cheap money: having more makes us care less, invest without research, and finance fragile projects. When credit or hype runs out, the crash arrives.
In the crypto world, the same happens: the boom of 2021 was fueled by the massive printing of dollars during the pandemic, which led many to see Bitcoin as a refuge. But, as long as the mentality continues to measure gains in dollars, the rise of BTC awakens the same temptation to exchange it for 'quick' altcoins. Thus, the altseason is born, which ends when insiders sell and newcomers lose.
The key is to understand that Bitcoin is not for 'making money', but for being money. Altcoins, lacking the same saving incentive and limited supply, end up losing value against BTC. With only 21 million possible, Bitcoin becomes the solid benchmark for measuring value, and that's why, in the long run, all altcoins end up depreciating against it.
