In less than 2 weeks, the Electronic Cash Conference will finally begin in Barcelona, Spain. We will hear from several of the eCash developers, as well as others, who will be talking about things like why eCash is the best network for stablecoins, and a highly anticipated overview of upcoming eCash features.

Looking at the schedule, it seems like a golden opportunity for builders interested in building on the eCash stack. In person attendees will get to meet and hear from some of the brightest minds in crypto.

But of course not everyone is a builder, and for investors, I think the conference represents something else: a potential inflection point.

Investors are wondering if this event can trigger the kind of price volatility that XEC hasn’t experienced in quite some time. Obviously I have no idea. I can’t see the future. But here’s what I see as my three options: (1) Buy more (2) Sell some (3) Hodl

Behind the paywall, you can read which option I chose and how I came to my decision.

Buy more

100% of my net worth is not in XEC. I could sell some other assets and buy more, but the reality is that I already hold more eCash than I ever thought possible. And because I’m earning staking rewards of 5.9%, that number just keeps growing even without buying more on the open market. While it would be great to double my XEC holdings, as a father and husband, I have to at least maintain a little bit of financial responsibility. For these reasons, I won’t be allocating any more fresh capital into XEC.

Sell some

I would never sell all my XEC, but I admit I did consider selling some in order to take off a bit of risk. This goes back to the whole being financially responsible thing. I’ve always said I don’t know if eCash will succeed. It’s possible that pre-consensus is announced, and the market dumps on the news. Anything can happen, but the reason it was so easy for me to decide not to sell any XEC is because I still believe in this project, and its team, and its vision. I also think the potential upside far outweighs the potential downside at this point. The price can always go lower, but I am betting my hard earned capital that XEC can go much much higher. I guess you could say that at this point I’ve decided I’m pot committed. I think I’m holding a strong hand, and now is not the time to fold. Maybe this conference will reveal what the next card looks like.

Hold

This is basically what I’ve decided to do. I’m going to just keep holding, and staking, and waiting. Of course I hope the event surprises us in a good way. That whatever is unveiled helps put eCash on people’s radars, and the price does go up. I hope the redesign of the new e.cash website attracts new people to the project, and the improved libraries and developer tools will show developers how incredibly easy is it to build on eCash.

Ultimately, I hope that one day people all around the world are actually using eCash to improve their lives. What happens is anyone’s guess, but for me, I’m still holding XEC because I still believe in this technology’s potential, and I hope that we can one day look back on this conference as a kind of turning point for the eCash project.

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