Is watching coinbase 24/7 more fun?

Trading is also a job you have to put effort in and one that does not appeal to me at all. I'd rather be programming.

Absolutely not in any single way is it more fun. I miss programming, I miss team members, I miss gut-wrenching production issue debugging.

Sometimes the stress and anxiety of crypto is physically debilitating.

But you're wrong that it's something you have to put effort into. The absolute BEST decisions i've made in crypto were inaction. The biggest regrets I have were all caving to anxiety.

That's when you pay someone to watch Coinbase 24/7. It will show the same to everyone, so there's no need for everyone to keep watch.

It doesn't have to be this way! You're on HN, a lot of us are actually doing what we enjoy, or at least are pursuing that goal.

I recognize that's the result of a whole heap of privilege, but I don't have to work and still do because it fulfills my desire to build things and... well honestly, make money.

The vast majority of investors acquire their investment capital by the same mechanism.