When newer people ask me how to start, I tell them three things: first, understand that Bitcoin's four-year cycles have held for 15 years—this isn't luck, it's embedded in the protocol's halving schedule. Second, don't time the entry; instead, map where we are in the current cycle and size accordingly—we're in a different phase than 2017 or 2021. Third, study one previous cycle deeply before deploying capital, because pattern recognition beats prediction every time.