Luckily I'm in Texas, so no additional state taxes. It isn't just the change to the capgain rates, it's also the pass through changes too. We're looking into setting up either a charitable remainder trust, some other type of trust, or some shell corporation bs to reduce our burden legally. I've heard from several cpa's in the past that once you cross the 5mil barrier suddenly you can do Mitt Romney type of stuff. But whichever way we go, it'll be good to have a plan sketched out well in advance of selling.

I realize I missed the peak recently near $20k, but I was never in this game for easy money or trying to time anything. If it never goes up again, oh well I'll be selling on the way down. But I really hope bitcoin continues to grow, for ideological reasons I think it will bring a lot of good to humanity if it does.