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by b0bbi 108 days ago
You are 100% right about survivorship bias. That's actually exactly why the calculator already supports a status "BULLET DODGED"!
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Do you account for all the factors of the worldwide market? Because there are certainly more busts then there are crypto level books.

The whole pre-tense of your site is flawed by survivorship bias to the point where it has no value, and you suggesting you’ve accounted for that proves that you’re ignorant to economic realities.

Either I misunderstood the question, or you misunderstood what this project is about. All I consider is historical data. Based on this data and the dates entered, I calculate the result. I don't need to consider economics.
> The whole pre-tense of your site is flawed by survivorship bias to the point where it has no value, [...]

As far as I can tell, the site is purely for entertainment.