...also, piling on to this: the types of people who has a large enough stack to never worry about fiat expenses ever again (not that many, since there are always things to want -- houses, vacation etc -- and that opportunity cost of not stacking is huge) must have iron fucking balls to have held for this long, unwavering.

And then I'll chalk it up to them deserving it. Your ability to hold/stack/amass for long period is proportionate to your conviction, which is dependent on your knowledge and study. So, good on yahs.