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Considering you could have used the money to buy bitcoins and essentially double your money instead, what purchases did you make this year that you are now regretting?

If you knew what you know now, would you have been more frugal with your money?

I have bought a new laptop on middle of this year when price per bitcoin was around $400 and i spend $800+ for that new laptop. However i already had one laptop working just fine, so i think that was my mistake to spend those $800 in one laptop, i should have bought 2BTC around with it so that i can now have both laptop and $800 sitting in my balance.  >:(

I blew $2000+ on a vacation earlier this year. I could have easily postponed it by a year and bought bitcoins with it.
This probably would have been enough for 3-4 vacations.

No regrets at all. I am happy with everything I have bought till now. I am not going to live forever anyways.

Spent way too much money on Poker  :D

I have no regrets!
Good investment made on the forex exchange
Having worked hard, I have invested in a beautiful horse.
For pleasure and I do not regret :-)

A car, repairs, whores and coke. I should really have cut the car and repairs out and that is what I regret this year.

i don't have much regret mainly because i never overspend my money and always act within budget :)
but the only regret i have is investing in a couple of altcoins in bad time which lead to some bitcoin loss because i had to dump at lower price.

I should not have bought some electronics so soon, I could have bought it later. But what I really regret having bought, are some altcoins. It took a while for me to realize that the vast majority of them are just pump and dump schemes, to fill the pockets of developers, and some insiders.

I regret it, that i spend money on Online Casinos.

I thought it would be a good idea to registret on casino sites,
take the bonus there and cash out the money that i win, but at the end i lost everything, about 1.500 Euro.

That would be now about 1,7 Bitcoins.
I can not change the time back, but iam still angry about that.

You want people to develop depression? :D
I didn't buy anything valuable this year, so no regrets :), im happy even when i sold most of my bitcoins @ 700$ range

i regret buying a new smartphone for about 200$ and that was in April a month after that many new phones in that price ranges came out that were better then my phone also i was thinking to buy and store about a bitcoin of bitcoin at a price of 410$, 420$ per bitcoin but i didn't do it if i done i will sitting on extra 500$.

I invested much in Ponzis because of lack of knowledge!  :(
I could have just hold that BTCs then they automatically doubled my amount without any ponzi.  ;D

I regret too much spending on unnecessary things, if i could turn back the time and fix my spending habit, but 2017 will surely be a different story, will follow good savings and spending attitude.

I guess there are some small regrets, but to small to remember. In hindsight it is always easy and i guess everyone of us would have sold as much of his stuff as possible to invest into Bitcoin, but how could you expect such a price rise?. However i do have regrets on how i have spend my time, but hopefully this will change in 2017.

Well, I guess I was too wasteful in my personal matters. to be honest, I actually spend the money I have for things that are not necessary, and I am aware of it at the end of the year. Well, I hope that in 2017, I could be better in managing my finances, because I really wanted to buy a house on the money that I collected myself.

Ya, I bought way too many Namecoins. I wanted to invest in an alt coin that I really believed in and would love to see distributed domain names but others do not appear to feel the same way.

i sold some bitcoin :( that is the only regret i have in 2016
i used to joke around saying as soon as i sell bitcoin the prices are going to go up and what do you know, it actually happened. facepalm

i sold a small amount after 2 years at $880ish and price broke $900 resistance the next day. next time i wanted to sell anything i am going to announce so others can use it as speculation ;D

p.s. i am still a BitcoinHodler though.

The one that i regeret was i exchange my bitcoin into fiat to purchase laptop, just a few days after, bitcoin price rise up and it keep on rising, if i was more patience i will be able to buy a better quality laptop and i think i spend too much bitcoin in the early year

0.02 BTC for a Ponzi scheme as I thought I'd be quicker to retrieve the money before they quit for running away.  Pah!

//alex

I have no regerts

I spent too much on random sports matches which I dont generally watch. Ice hockey, Water polo, Fencing. Ive bet on all these testing my luck and guess what happened? :P

I am not regret because of doesn't buy bitcoins use large of money on 2016 because on the end of year becomes double price.
In my opinion bitcoin is one of many instrument of investment and i have spent my money on 2016 to other instrument of investment except bitcoins, and my plan for 2017 I will save my profit from real business on bitcoin.

Wail, if you look at it like thet, I regret dang near evverthang I bought in 2016!  I guess specifically I regret buyin gifts fo my extended family,  cuz they a bunch o' no-good,  crusty ass, knuckle draggin' ingrates, an its tha last holiday I so much as spring fo a postage stamp onna piece of crap birthday card.  Imma buy cryptp instead in 2017, y'all mark my woids.

I had some scammed ICO project in this year, I felt very sad when I met those ICO Ponzi projects.
I have regreted spending money on scammed Projects  but I have got more experiences in finding good projects in the future.
I hope I will get many lucks in the new year and seek some good ICO project to invest.

alt coins on poloniex, i regret buying them heavily.

I regret spending my btc and money in fail ico.

In fact, this year, I tried in letting income very much, and saving for future college costs. but I have a lot of use the money for investments, and the advantages of it has not been felt until now. I just thought that I was doing the investment and cooperation in the wrong place. it makes me regret spending money on the site.

I was extravagant on food and spent my savings too.
I consider it as general expenses and no regret at all.
If you ask why I wasn't bought bitcoin, I thought don't have much money to buy it as I do not have a job now.
Maybe later in the future I will buy more bitcoin, consider the price always increases, it is a good savings.

This year seems to be better compared to the past. I haven't made unwanted expenses, myself happy to be good in money management. Past year I spend on various things unnecessarily, hoping to have a better living in the upcoming year with a day job as expected and with the help of bitcoin as an additional source for my needs.

Well, it's very good question.
I started one online business this year.
I didn't have enough funds to cover all expenses, so I sold some Bitcoin funds from my wallet.
My business failed but BTC value is much bigger now :(
My bad luck!

The invest regret about spending money this year was buying a mobile phone that I didn't realy need and that it turned out in the end that it wasn't so good as I thought. It would be much better that I bought some bitcoins instead. But the man learns on mistakes, that is the price.

I have no regret about spending money on the bitcoin ecosystem, the only regret I got scammed twice with bitcoin programs on my smartphone. When you ask for a withdrawal and you wait for a payment, but in the end you know you will not receive it, it's frustrating.

At least a good thing happened this year, my bitcoin blog is growing slowly ;)

People that think this way are never content. You make your choices and move on.
"Gee  I could have bought bitcoin instead of this boat." robs you of the enjoyment of the boat and gains you nothing but regret.
Enjoy the boat.

I do not have any specific regret but I am quite sad that this yer I lost a lot of money while gambling and more upset because the price got a real hike now a days and I really wish I saved them rather than wasting. Anyways just the end of another year with bad experience ;)

Usually I don't spend much bitcoins but I am a bit upset that this year I spent some big amount of bitcoins for my enjoyment. I actually converted them to cash and had a vacation journey, anyways this year 2017 I will make sure I don't sell bitcoins too early.

To be honest actually same case was happened with me.Couple of month ago in fact middle of the year me was buying too a smartphone using bitcoin.Now I'm realize that if will stake it future that's must be better.However I Should Regret Spending Money on buying a laptop on this year.

I regret selling 2 bitcoin at $350 to purchase a phone and some other stuffs. if i'd held those coins i would've bought at cheaper price lol.

no regrets about more bitcoin. i had a limit and i hit it. nothing would've tempted me to go further. i do regret not getting into shitcoins. they've had an absolutely unbelievable year.

For me i am not regretting what i spend from 2016 even we are seen that the price was increase i am still happy that i am still get the benefits of the price increased.. it is still not late to get more profit with the price movement.. i always just use my bitcoins for important things and paying bills for my internet monthly..
It is a normal for me that we are spending bitcoin that i think i am also contribute for bitcoin just let other people to know that i am using bitcoin for online shopping or motivate other business to accept bitcoin.

I regret that I can not have the Irish this year, so I made a lot of ambitions in the bets, I lost so much loss that it was my worst regret. If I had a chance in this matter again I would really like to turn it down. I have invested in a couple of pounds and this is my other regret.

The only regret for this year happened this month, when i invested all my capital into stellar, and i went into lending at poloniex, the rates were 1-3% daily, i had lended my coins and stellar reached 400 satoshis i had bought them cheaper and those would mean something like 0,06-0.09 btc as profit. My regret even doing a good income with the lending rates were those one i ended loose a great opportunity.

The only thing for me are the cigarettes, if I gave them up I could have bought a bitcoin a month!

Stop smoking by starting to vape. Diy your liquid and save tons of money to invest to BTC.

//Alex

if i know in today bitcoin price reached $1000+- i want back to last year where the price of bitcoin is still $ 500 + - and I would buy as many bitcoin with the money I had

Well, if I could go back in time, I would surely go back to 2009. I think the people who saw the potential of Bitcoin at the time should be very happy right now. Even today, many people still call of bubble the Bitcoin phenomenon, but it becomes increasingly clear that what we have seen so far was the result of organic growth.

I'm not in regret, though I bought some new android phones and flute worth $200 before the price hike on November but its  okay to me, because I will not live forever tho ;D

I'm not in regret that I have spend bitcoin but I'm more in regret that I wasn't able to buy bitcoin when the price was much cheaper than now.
I hate spending bitcoins but sometimes I should we have a life, but risking on investment sometimes need patient and courage.

Alcohol  :-[

These are the things that I regret spending my bitcoins.

1. I lost 0.3 btc on mining, I thought it was forever but after the halving the mining sites I invested has gone bad.

2. I lost 0.5 btc on gambling. My greediness has caused sleepless night since I lost my months or earning in just hours of playing.

3. Hyip and onpal. Though in the beginning it gave me hundreds of dollars worth of bitcoin but in the end they scammed me and took everything in my btc wallet.

I promise by next year I will not be losing bitcoins this way as part of my new years resolution.

would be much better if you quit smoking, healthier and of course your cigarette money could you save to invest anywhere, including in bitcoin. because usually a day everyone can wear a few cigarettes smoked in the absence of course it would be very beneficial for you

Well.. I have no regret because I don't overspend on 2016. When I buy something pricy, I always consider whether I really need it or not. If not I won't buy it, because I don't want to waste my money for something I don't need to.

a little regret when i buy a new bike when price still $400 , but it is already happen and i can't do anything about it, just need to be grateful with what we have because that is better than regret what we've already did

I between regret and do not,regret over the loss of money for investing,and I lost most of my money
happily getting pretty good profit ,so that I can return the money that has been lost

regret not to remember forever friend!!! :) . If indeed you are sorry for losing money where you are doing something wrong in it, so from now on you should be able to get the right thoughts and learn it so that in the future you do not get caught up in it, the benefits you can get in it is when you can learn your mistakes. So start now and berpikirkan you must rise from the error
 

The thing that I regret most was when I bought a new sala set last May instead of buying a bitcoin, actually I save it for me to buy bitcoin but when our sala set is already torn I replaced it first thinking I can save again to buy bitcoin on the next 2 months but 'till now I haven't save any.

I do not remember much what I have bought that I regret for. but I think I used my money (some months ago) to buy useless stuff like clothes and bag because I already have many of them enough.

I also used my money to fixed my laptop a few times. I think it would be better if I buy a new one.

Actually I spent a lot of bitcoins in gambling and more in buying domains, actually I am a seller of bitcoins and earn some fine profits with this but honestly had I just saved the bitcoins rather than buying domains with it for people then I would have earned much more.

Steam sale  :-\ Like every other year I buy some games during the steam winter sale and only play 1 or 2 of them this year was no different seeing those extreme low prices I think I should buy these, thinking I would play it later when I get time but I hardly get time. Its not much, what I spent on games can't even get me 0.1 bitcoin at today's rate.

When i do decide to withdraw my money/encash my bitcoins i dont really make some regrets as long i do use or purchase it on right things.On year 2016 i do bought some things like mobiles,laptops and other digital things and i didnt regret at all as long ive used them the thing that regrets me is wasting of my money on investments which turns into scams.

Whatever i had this year were all in bitcoins and i did not use any of them for a reason that should make me regret it. I did not have any cash as i'm not on any job and a student and i spend my bitcoins on only important things this year.

No... I mostly only buy what's absolutely necessary. Wouldn't be able to switch buying that for Bitcoin. Also buy some goodies from time to time, only if they're on discount. Wouldn't switch that for more Bitcoin either (most of the goodies are even bought with Bitcoin)

last year i was collect bitcoin to purchase PS4 but because there is no electronic online shop accepting bitcoin as the payment in my country so i decide convert all of my bitcoin to my local currency at august and indeed i could able buying PS4 with my bitcoin even it is not indirectly but for now i regret my decission because if i have more patience and holding my bitcoin untill today i might be could get more profit because the price jump with pretty fast since last month

Always been frugal with my money ever since and not really buying stuff that doesn't really interests me in any way. But there actually is one thing that I regret using my money to, and that is buying an expensive shirt only to wear it in a single occasion. Ever since, I haven't used that shirt. Only if that $100 shirt was directed into buying more bitcoin, it could be of $200+ value now. :/

I don't have any regrets when I spend money for something I don't like. Maybe that's why I'm not rich, I don't know how to save money, and not spent it on stupid things.
I hope this year I will have more money for spending, it's all about it, and if I could start to save money somehow that would be great for 2017.

You are right because if we just keep on saving money then a time would come when we would be aged 80 years and we will have like 1000000$ in wealth but all those millions dollars would be useless since neither we have the teeth to enjoy food nor the stamina to enjoy vacations. I just regret my gambling and nothing else really.

no i never spending my money because there is a lot of people adopting bitcoin in huge amount through their money because they want to hold some bitcoin for the future and they know that bitcoin will be more profitable .

Yeah gambling losses hurts a lot more than spending because spending at least was our decision and our need. But gambling was our desperation that costed us much more than what we actually lost, hehe I guess only gamblers are unhappy when the bitcoins price rises.

a small speculative investment in Lisk

What I regret most is buying shit ton of hyper nutricious cereal bars. I've bought like 70$ worth of them in preparation of a one week trip on bike in mountains, for me and my friends. 3/4 of those weren't even ate and I think it even went to trash ! Also, buying a coat at 275$ or two pair shoes at 155$ each could have been postponed without much problem I think... However I doubt I would have bought Bitcoin instead.

I don't regret any because I am spending my money wisely. I spend my money on my personal and family needs.  Any excess i save them either in bitcoin or in money.  As much as possible I don't want to buy bitcoin and get bitcoin thru my effort.  Then trade it with altcoin and possible exit with a profit.

I was holding a good number of coins in the beginning of 2016. Unfortunately, I had some financial issues to solve and saw myself forced to sell most of them. Now, when I look back and think that I've sold them at less than the half of the current price it even brakes my heart :\

I made a lot of investment in shitcoins, that gives me a negative return  ;D .  Though it was even out by investing into another shitcoin and  i managed to exit at its peak, the only regret i have is by holding shitcoins too long especially when I am aware that it is actually a shitcoin.  So I guess lesson learned and I am still not discourage in investing at them, I just need to time the exit perfectly. :D

I also did not spend my money on any thing and kept my money in bitcoin. I was already aware from a few months that the price of bitcoin will increase much higher at the end of 2016 and at the beginning of 2017 so I am now much happy with buying bitcoin at good time.

If selling bitcoin and spending that counts, the worst thing I did was sell over 5 BTC and gamble it away on a fiat casino while bitcoin was only $300-$400. I could have kept those coins and sold now and I'd actually have a good use for them. But mistakes are made to be learned from, right? Life goes on!

I assume we're not talking about 2017 because it just started :D what I regret the most is that I actually did not spend my money on Bitcoin. I just kept my money in fiat and that was a bad decision, and I regret it because now I would have had doubled that amount (a few hundreds bucks).

This year i would not regret about spending money because during new year we spend less together with my family, and talking about what I regret most is using fiat currency money is at last year's spending history. I am able to spend fiat money to some happy hours buying alcoholic drinks and uncertain lottery gambling which spends fiat money which i regret most spending and big thanks to bitcoin because beyond regretions there is hope from bitcoin which made me learn how to earn out of it.

As always, all my purchases are attentive and conservatively planned. In this way, I moved last year when I bought bitcoins. Perhaps I should sometimes be more risky. In this case I had more fiat money to afford and I could have to buy more If I believed on the potential of the bitcoin. On the other side who can surely predict the future events?

I think even though the price of bitcoin will be high in the future. does not mean you have to continue to hold your bitcoin for you to bring in a profit. What about when you're in need of money or goods, surely you must do the spending, do it wisely

Definitely on gambling and treating gambling as a way to earn easy and fast money, instead of as entertainment. Gambling is a -EV game and people don't realise that. They think that there is a strategy to beat the house, but the reality is that the more bets you make the more likely the house edge is going to catch up with you in the long term and make you lose.

I won't gamble again this year. Not after the losses that were incurred last year...

To be honest regrets are for losers, Although i have spent alot off money on some crap this year, lol  ;D  one thing that i dont regret buying this year is my bitcoin, i have even purchased alot at current prices, which i believe will be worth alot more in a few years.  ;D

Bought a video game with bitcoins around May so as you say I could have great profits if I did not purchase that video game that at the end turned out to be not as good as I though it would be.

Yeah and then you could have enjoyed a lot more with the same amount since the bitcoins grew quite significantly recently. Though I won't blame you hehe because come on spending bitcoins on vacations is like a dream come true. Spending our earnings on vacations sounds great to me.

I will say that spending money on repairs for a car that is 30 years old would be the biggest regret this year.
I could of just as easily have spent that money on a new car and not be trying to revive this old one.
It is costing more everytime to fix something that is just having it inches away from being sent to the junk yard. It is a never ending cycle once you start putting money into a dying car.
Might as well just buy brand new and bypass all the guilt later in what you have done. :-[

I don't have any regrets when it comes to spending money last year. I've planned everything well with my wife and I've sticked to our plans, thus I've been able to do well and invest a little into Bitcoin every month too.

Repairing a car that's been so old is simply waste of money, but you cannot get it back in future if you sell this. Because those were like precious memories. Better try selling it for bitcoin you might get additional profit.
Same as one of the user my regret is too gambling, even after getting few winning I was unable to make a good saving. So have given a small break for it.

if the car was of his need then it is not bad that he spend some money on that but as he is regretting so he may not that much need of it. By the way sometimes people spend on extreme needs and when they see the price of bitcoin much higher they regret that why not they bought bitcoin instead of spending on their need.

I don't really spend money too much, but I regret buying a few plugins and website themes / services. Although I lose a bit here and there I tend to learn off everything I purchase.

In most cases, it looks like i'm not alone and more people are affected by this than I thought. Most people in all countries throw out more than they use or get scammed along the way, but nothing takes away forgetting pain in life when growth exceeds the norm.

Everything digital is ahead of time and BTC surely has failed startup opportunities just like the dot com bubble, losses are always an expectation... Especially when moving into the development aspect in life.