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I bought lots of bitcoins when BTC was at 2K$/BTC...
If I didn't spend most of them I could now be RICH! (or even millonaire)

Don't act like me and try to keep the invests as long as possible, I could have earned LOTS of $ but I earned about 500$ instead.
I can't be angry with myself as I didn't lose anything, but I didn't earn as much as I could have earned.

What are your stories about BTC? What do you think about mine?

Have a nice day

I was close to investing in BTC at the beginning of last year, but it didn't look tangible to me then. Now I'm faced with reality. However, I don't regret it because I now have a chance of making some good profit from BTC. The way up is BTC.

stop crying :) i sold all my btc for 250$ each :)

I have almost same experience, same regret with you. I could have earn a lot if I didn't spend my bitcoin. Although when you are on that point, you cant resist the temptation of spending your bitcoin. Also the fear of bitcoin bubble which force you to convert your bitcoin to fiat currency.

You do realise if no one was spending and everyone was sitting on their coins, bitcoin would be worth zero and only few guys would know about it? If not for you (and others) who were actively using bitcoins, it wouldn't get to where it is right now.

And if you've spent most of it, then it clearly wasn't a long term investment for you. So it's just another case of "would've, should've, could've". There isn't a single person who didn't miss out on great opportunities to get filthy rich. Whenever you bring a subject of Bitcoin in public, there's always at least 1 guy with "Maaan, I was so close to buying bitcoins in 2010 but I didn't, I would be billionaire today" story.

Don't beat yourself up over this, life goes on.

In your case I think you didn't realize how bitcoin movement can be back then because no one can predict how the way bitcoin will be back then, Well there is no one's fault it is your own decision you are making and it is your money the only problem is you did not treated bitcoin as an asset but a currency only.

Indeed, who knew that bitcoin would be so great and would have such a price. It is necessary to gain strength and move on)

If no one used bitcoin, it won't be where it currently is today. Also, why are you blaming yourself? Who knew it would rise in price that fast anyway? You should thank yourself and other bitcoin users for actually using bitcoin. If everyone simply kept it as an investment, then shops/stores both physical and online would have closed their bitcoin payment channels due to no one using them.

Hindsight is 20/20.

I stumbled across bitcoin somewhere in 2009/2010 and I could have bought it for about $0.10. But unfortunately I didn't.
I did install the mining software which at that point would have made me a few BTC each day, but I never actually started it.

I had a story of big regret in my crypto currency life. Like when the time that bitcoin was only cost 500$ per btc, i always hesitate to buy. I'm only contented with the free bitcoin that i get. I also sell some of my bitcoin at around 800$ to 1500$ value. If i will calculate i think it was around 2 to 3 btc all in all.

Everythig can be a millionaire but it will be not always like that bitcoin might not rise in the future, you may be hacked etc. It is in fact hard to be a millionaire.

So how much you bought at 2000$ that you could be a millionaire today and in what currency,maybe in your local?Let's assume that you have all BTC you bought at 2000$,to be millionaire in USA $ you need around 95 BTC in this moment.So you say that you invest almost 200 000 $ when BTC is worth 2000$?Even if you sold at 5000$ you would have big profit,but instead you profit is only 500$?

Something's wrong here,that's what I think about your story.

I sold a lot of bitcoin when they were bellow $1000. I actually needed to withdraw them at that time, because I had education bills to pay, and no other way to do it. I am a little sad of course, because I could also have a lot of money right now, that would make my life a lot easier. I won 3 BTC from a casino, and got some good prizes out of directbet tipster competition. They were given 1 BTC as first prize back then. They actually spent a lot of bitcoins with that competition.
I don't really regret selling them, because I had no other choice, but my education ended up being quite expensive though. I don't really need to spend BTC right now, so I try to accumulate as much as possible, but it's really hard to earn them now, even with it's price dropping.

is too risky if we start trading right now, all the market are jiggly right now
stay safe and just wait untill price normal

Don't worry, hope you make another. it is on sale now

Few years ago I buy few bitcoins and after few month i got afraid and I sell them.
This is something I will regret for a long time.

Good for you man! I never thouch BTC, unless I wanted to buy some Altcoins, that's pretty much my story with Bitcoin. The damn coin is too high in value to bring any good benefits.

That is the normal thing that happening in bitcoin, we need to transact even for a little so we can have bitcoin circulating in the market as it won't have any value if there are no users of it, well, the worst thing that happens in me during my first month here where I also bought bitcoin and with just a little pump I sold it immediately without thinking that the profit I earned did compensate only to the transaction fee, well, at least I learned.

"Do you know that 'if' is the middle word in life?"
-Apocalypse Now

Same story as mine but in different scenario of regret.. Someone teach me to invest in 2015 in bitcoin but because of doubt and thinking the bad way as I’m ignorant at that time about technology and it’s power.. I’ve regret it as you do but moving on and accepting that most of the time,, we merely need to do sacrifices for a better good for this community.. God has better plan for us and now is the time..

I know what you feel!
When bitcoin price isn't as high as it is now, i don't really treasure it so much.
I tend to not care about it, and just use it when i want to.
I never think to invest it for a long time, i just want to earn and use, without investing.
But now the price seriously is crazy! I would have double, or triple profits if i hadn't use my bitcoin.
Too late to regret though, but lesson learned.
I'm gonna invest for long time, and don't use it carelessly anymore.

I'm a millionaire now but it will not happen. I started with bitcoins when it was only $ 200 in price. But because I did not believe it I left it until I saw my friend last year just being so rich. I knew immediately where it came from but I can not believe that she is so rich. So now I repent too but it does not return. So I just study carefully the bitcoins to be like my friend

It's the nature of this platform, but it doesn't mean that you are not able to become a rich people in the future. I think this price recession will not last for a long time, I hope within this month, Bitcoin price will come at our satisfactory level and this situation will recover very soon.
I think this type of scary situation could be never wanted for any investor or trader, I am sure that most of them are very disappointed about this time. In fact, they are still trading for getting it as they want.

You know what, I bought some bitcoins when the price was $1000+ and suddenly the price dropped to $400. I thought it was the

end of Bitcoin, but I held on and I even bought more at $400. Some of those bitcoins that I bought at $400 were sold for $18,000+

and still hoarded more than 50% of the coins I bought back then. The secret is --<< NEVER Sell ALL your coins >>--  ;D

It was just a beginning of your holding, if you would have the chance to continue then do it as not everyone has given the opportunity to do it, some wants to but lack of financial, and some are hiding from their fear. If you would hold your coin and convert it after five years then your status would have been 'I am now a millionaire, thanks to bitcoin'.

If I am in your position, then I will do the same thing, because maybe at that moment the only thing in our mind is to make a profit, so there is every chance that bitcoin will be sold.

Well, all is risk. I noticed that people who have money can risk it a lot easier then people who dont. I believe it was harder to put money in bitcoin when he was on 1k then currently on 10k

Almost same stories with you but no investments. Actually, i got.my bitcoin through faucets. That time, faucets are giving largE amount of satoshi. Everyday i claim my satoshis in many different faucets. I am not sure how much or overall total of what i claimed, but to tell you honestly if i just keep it, maybe it will worth a thousands of dollar. There's a bit of regret but at that time i dont have any knowledge about holding bitcoins for long time would benefit me a lot. Still, that experience gain me a knowledge that somehow or some point we need to think long term.

Regret is always at the endnof the story, well for now regrering all those wasted and not-so-good decisions about your bitcoin won't give you any benefit. Just look at it as a lesson learned and keep your "crypto mindset" always on a positive note. Make that yiur learning experience.

It takes a lot of patience and hardwork Sir but someday you could be a millionaire

A friend of mine deceived me and bought my BTC, with very little amount and ask me to go and practice poultry farm, he said ''that is lucrative'' but is not too later i can still make it.

In today's economic environment you may have trouble reaching millionaire status. But the first step is to focus on efforts to increase income gradually and repeat it.

Nice advise from you. IMO, it is best to hold BTC as I believe BTC can make me a millionaire too. I did convert a small portion of BTC to fiat previously when the price was $1600, but I didn’t regret it because I need money at that time. Fortunately, I still keep the rest of my BTC.

Atleast you had the chance to buy bitcoins at that time. I cannot despise you because I am only starting but I don't want to invest my own money to bitcoins. I want to hold my first alt coins that I will gather as long as 3 months so that I can gain the maximum amount of profit that I can earn with my efforts.

When I started  bitcoin very late on that time bitcoin is in prosperity level . In beginning  I got some loss in my bitcoin trading. But I'm not going to blame now because blaming my self will only give us depression . I am very happy in what I'm now.

any investment in crypto is always at great risk. regarding the rise and fall of bitcoin values, I have experienced many dramas for myself personally. If you believe, you can still withstand bitcoin for a long time. you know, bitcoin remains very potential even though its value is currently down.

That's why you will see a lot of members preaching that bitcoin is for long term hold. Because just like what you have been gone through. IF you just have the mental toughness not to dump, then you are one rich fellas by now. Regrets, regrets....... :(

Thanks for sharing,you newbies should learn from your mistakes. Never ever sell your coins unless you really needed fiat money. And do not panic sells.

I bought bitcoin when it was < $1K, then sold some, then goes in the market during dips and last sold some of my stash when bitcoin was above $18K. Continue to hodl what's left, then buying at this perfect time.

I think I am even more unfortunate that you. I purchased my coins when the exchange rate was only around $10 per coin. At one point, I had as many as 70 BTC in my wallets. But I lost around 30 BTC in a ponzi scheme and then misfortune struck me. I lost my job in 2014. I had to sell some of my coins, to take care of the expenses. I sold another 30 BTC, at around $200 per coin.

I think it must be because of greed that people missed the chance when they had it. My understanding was that the people that benefited the most and got rich are the ones that understood the value of bitcoin.
The HODL knowing that the value of it is greater than the then current prices.

As for me my regret is not getting on the action earlier as I had some money in 2015 but ended up using it all up. Could have bought some Ethereum then and I would have been a millionaire too.

The most important thing is to overcome bad situations. Just think how many people don't believe in crypto even today.
You lose yes, but you are aware of the crypto and you have valuable experience and we all know how many chances we have left to earn big bucks.
Imagine those people that still don't know. They will start to invest when Bitcoin reach 500k or later lol

I could have been billionaire if I knew about bitcoin in 2011, but unfortunately I found out about it couple month ago and I am angry only with my stupidity.

Time to move on and make another step to richness. It's not a bad thing that you spent most of your bitcoin if you really in need that time. Besides, it's not yet too late to invest again especially bitcoin's market value is down.
I was investing at 12K USD last year before it skyrocketed to 20K USD and i my profit is doubled and i feel just lucky that time.

this topic doesn't make any sense!

and it is really bad to encourage people to buy and hold bitcoin in order to become rich/millionaires. that has never been good.
instead you should first learn more about what bitcoin (a peer to peer digital cash) means and then encourage others to learn more about it and start using it as they should and enjoy the benefits of using a peer to peer digital cash which is decentralized and censorship resistance.

If no one had spent any bitcoin then the price would not have increased.

Better to keep your bitcoin and safe it into a place where you can forget it all and once you've found it again in the future, you're a millionaire !! ( or not )

For me as investor, I'm keep hold and hold because based on bitcoin graph, it shows a promising uptrend every year so it's just like it happen again and again but there is an increment that makes me sure that bitcoin is my favorite investment that I've ever had !

How could you have become a millionaire if you had hold all your bitcoin till today?  :( Bitcoin prices rose as they were known to a large population of earth over the course of 8 years. If no one were willing to spend those cheap unworthy shit (at that time) then even today Bitcoin would have been known to only a smaller group of people and no increase in price would have occurred . It is really bad about people just saying that I would have been millionaire, billionaire now if I holded a huge amount of coins but those coins would not have raised in price if they were holding those coins till today...

Remember the story of Pizza lover who sold his 10,000 bitcoin for ordering 2 large pizzas right back in 2010... Because of people like them the coin reached this great heights. Link for Pizza lover topic : https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=137.0  ;D ;D

That's a little sad and a lot of regrets. But as you said you did not lost anything. Others suggests that you should sell some and hold some. For me, if the price of any crypto I have if enough for me I'll sell with without hesitation.
But then again, learning a few things on how the prices reacts is a good thing.

Well, i feel your pain ::) There are too many stories about this and many people’s been there at some point. Now, feeling angry or sad won’t help you and others..

Yes, we all understand how you are feeling right now.

I used to have more than 15 bitcoins when the price was roughly at $250 each one of them. It wasn't a bunch of money, so i spent all that money on a vacation on Cuba (it is at 500 KM from me)

I could have more than 120K right now.. I was a dumbass.

Ya i agree it is quite wasted... as money is used to grow money and i do know some friends use money to flip money which is many times the amount. However what done is done dont brood over it, anyway money does not have a limit keep earning again..... good luck to your journey again

of course, hodling is always the best strategy. i have observed many cases and I realized that patience will help us earn money from cryptocurrency.

I can understand how you are feeling but there's no point lingering on it. Just be happy you made some profit or re-invest that money. I couldn't see how the price could rise much above 2500 so I never invested until a couple months later when it had more than doubled

Don't even get me started on how rich I would be now if I had only been smart enough to take a risk. I used to sell Xbox Live codes a few years ago, back when they were in point denominations, and I would have people offering me dozens of bitcoins for an 800 point code. DOZENS of bitcoins, that's right over $100k for a $5 code. If only I had taken the time to read into the technology, I would have understood then that it would flourish like this. Oh well, at least I made it to the party eventually.

I think we all have a missed opportunity story.  It wasn't BTC for me but ETH.  Sold all my ETH when it was 100 because I needed the cash.  If that wasn't the case I'd be sitting pretty right now.  Oh well, keep researching, investing and it'll happen!

A good friend of mine bought bitcoins when they were worth about 700 dollars. He sold them after some time thereby multiplying your capital in 7 times. But now he is very upset if he knew what bitcoin will grow back in several times, he'd been saving them up for a better event

I think that many of us incurred such errors when selling our bitcoins when we thought that their growth potential was limited to certain historical parameters, and this has shown how useless and troublesome traditional technical analysis can be in the bitcoin market.

But fortunately the doors remain open and the opportunity to continue generating wealth through bitcoin and cryptocurrencies has not gone away, but remains more vigorous than ever.

everyone here has similar stories but feeling of missing out of profits is not right strategy, you need to find the opportunities again and again.

I think that now you will not be a millionaire when you buy Bitcoin.
Better invest in some alt coins like DeepOnion.

Wooow reading your story is like my story back in 2017 jan-feb i started to recieve payments in btc from my clients.
And yes i got a toyal of 1.05 btc after i realise its true worh.back then i sold every thing arround 100usd proft.
and now when i look into my blockchain account it fell me very sad.

so many people could have been millionares.

I started buying bitcoin in early 2016 I bought quite a few of them as well ! if I would have saved them I would have some serous money now . but I didn't , I spent them all on drugs  >:( at least I had a good time  ;D

Everyone would be very rich if we did not consume, but what would be the point of having money in this case?

You have to live somehow. Can't live without spending. Still, 2000 is a lot of money. You seem to have lived large.

Almost everyone regretted not investing in btc at the end of first half of January 2017,as that's the period where the price actually shot up and set the base for all cryptocurrencies. I wish I had taken a risk, then I could have earned much more in a shorter period of time but it's not too late to trade with it now.

Lots of my friends are at loss right now as they thought that after reaching to 14000$ point Bitcoin may soon get back to 20000$ and bought many, they are frustrated now and think their money is stuck. If you are not patient enough to wait then better not to invest.

Was looking into BTC at 400 usd, bought ponzi scheme shitcoin for 12.000 usd instead as i thought the train had left the station for BTC. What a fucking idiot.

Who could have foreseen that bitcoin would become "digital gold"? But only the supply and demand moves the cost of the crypto currency and we turned out to be small cogs in this grandiose mechanism of the formation of a new world currency.

At the end of my run with buying off of the silk road, I had about 20 BTC worth about $80 at the time. I sold it and ended up getting scammed on top of that. I still think about it, but I'm over it at this point. Se la vi.

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I could be a millionarire now BUT NOT
I saw bitcoin price reaching $20K then it crashed to below $10K - that was the last time I saw bitcoin trading 4 digits. But everyone at that time said bitcoin might die and it could go to $2K. I didn't buy.
Now bitcoin is at $500K!

Since you had bought bitcoins when it's rate was $2000,you must have holded it for some more time .My story is that i had been in this bitcoin market from two years ago when it's price was just 650 dollars. But i lacked money to buy more bitcoins at that time.I have already read stories of many people who had sold hundreds of their bitcoins in the early years at cheap rates without knowing its potential.

Many people said the same thing as yours. no one can say that the bitcoin price goes up. all of the person that has the same case to you is decides to sell because they need the money and they gain a little profit. Its no ones fault its time to move on. try to invest again and wait for the outcome

Oh I'm sorry to hear that, we all have made mistakes in our life that we'll regret and hunt us forever. But what important is bitcoin is still here and we can still make money from it.

Let's be real here, of course, you still have regrets about not investing in bitcoin when it is still much affordable. I mean you could've earn way more if you did just that compared now when you realized your mistakes and are trying to cope up with it. The rate that you could have earned if you did at the begging of last year is way higher than the chance you now despite the price of bitcoin decreasing a little.

your story really serves as a good lesson for newbies out there that when you enter or venture into something, make sure you know what you are doing, i dont know why you bought bitcoin long ago when you dont have the goal to earn profit by selling it or spending it like what you said. maybe you have consider the price changes way back then, but that's it, past is past, you cannot whine forever because of what you have done, buy now and maybe you can still regain your loss in the past, just be patient in terms of sudden changes of bitcoin price.

The first million is the hardest.   And you'll see that it's really not a big deal.   It's just a number.   

That’s why I advise people to buy bitcoins the moment they have the funds. No more waiting for the so called “right time”. This is to avoid undue stress on why you didn’t invest on that day, week, month or year when the price was _____ .

instead of sharing his experience but he tries to invite us to turn our gaze away into the past with a myriad of stories of regret which will only make the pain
stand to go further instead of running backward. of course, the experience is very valuable and from there we can learn something.
the roots of a stronger experience will make the tree not easily rocked by the wind

I invest in bitcoin when it costs $5/Btc, and my target has been achieved after selling it at the price of $15/Btc, whether it can be spelled out success or not that would be very satisfactory results for me. Now i'm starting to reinvest again because i see the prices are getting down, and hopefully my target can be achieved in early 2019.
Regarding your story, i think maybe you are too hasty to take the decision to sell the Btc you have. My advice when you start investing determine the target that you want, after the target is reached you do not be affected because of the increasing prices. Because Bitcoin is fluctuating then everything can happen, even every minute can change instantly.

because my bitcoin knowledge is missing how to increase the token I hold and sites I do not know I want to be a millionaire but still lacking my bitcoin knowledge

I don't think so if many people are holding there Bitcoin then the process of increasing the price of it is happening as no one is budging to sell there Bitcoin at that price level. But everytime there is a price increase you know that someone will be willing to take the offer when the price is right. That is how trading works if the supply is being hold by the owners of the crypto eventually many buyers don't have any choice but to increase there offer to make it more attractive to the sellers.

Well, you're story and your confession here in the Bitcointalk forum is a good lesson for us. Well, Bitcoin earning is needed. And i know that many of us wanted to have 20BTC. This is a big big money for us and we can't afford to buy 20BTC for real. I hope that many people will inspire to be an Bitcoin millionaire because of you. Hardwork and patience is our need to have a lot of bitcoins in our wallet.

The good old bitcoin millionaire dream. Majority of people did not become rich through bitcoin like me since we never knew about the crypto world and only heard bits and pieces about bitcoin here and there which we dismissed lightly since it seemed like a bunch of hogwash back then. I seriously started looking into bitcoin and the crypto world sometimes during the middle of last year.

Observed that bitcoin price was around $800, but could not afford to buy any at that point of time and the rest is history. No point looking back at the past. Better to focus on earning bitcoins and HODLING them for the future.

Anyone can be a millionaire, some people got a very good luck, some did their very best to achieved what they are now, some people are just only dreaming to become one but never did something, we can also be a millionaire, join campaign,  do your task on your job, earn as much as possible then someday you can invest your money or start a business that interests you most, as for me I'll take first step for becoming a millionaire someday by doing and earning bitcoin....

I'm only short trading in bitcoin and I didn't expect the price will skyrocket that time and I could earned big profit if I going to hold my bitcoin, well bitcoin price is unpredictable but don't worry there are some potential altcoin out there that we can invest skyrocket like bitcoin.

I think most of us have made similar mistakes because this market is so new and disruptive that nobody ever imagined that a revolutionary and idealistic experiment would reach this point, but fortunately we are still at a very early stage and there is still enough time to recover those not capitalized profits.

how i wish i could be a millionaire now (how) in my own i have to do more sacrifice of earning a lot bitcoin and i have to be patience in waiting what will be the result and it could be possible maybe tomorow i will be an instant millionaire.

You can't play coulda, woulda, shoulda while doing things like this.

Yes, you could be millionaire at that time if you earned that all. If you don't spend the money and save it you will be rich. Don't be mad on that mistake because we cannot predict what's going to happen tomorrow. So continue working here to earn again a Bitcoin.

yes we know that all of us want to be a millionaire,but if you want to you have to patience in what you are doing you have a big effort for earning a lot of bitcoin so that you will reach your goal,and someday you will reach your dreams.

Bitcoin is in the dip right now. Don’t you want to invest again? Today is the chance to buy more Bitcoins. You can still be a millionaire if you try again. Just play it smart and safe.

I do not have enough money to buy Bitcoin even when it was at 2,000 US Dollar. I planned to buy at that price though. Now, I’m doing my best in participating bounty campaigns, hoping I will get big amount of Bitcoin by doing this.

Yep, I regret sometimes that I have missed to buy bitcoin when she was at $2000, I use to invest in some share's instead of invested in bitcoin since at that time I don't have much knowledge and understanding of bitcoin and it's concept. Now I know about the concept and the growth of bitcoin but not able to buy even one, but bought some 0.01 and expecting to buy some more.

Haha so you were more advances that I was. I found out about bitcoin around 2009 reading some article in a magazine and I figured out I should buy some.  I can remember finding a block explorer and looking at the transactions happening worldwide at that time. But I couldn't figure how to buy it so I eventually did not :)

In hindsight a lot of probably have a story that we nearly invested in it when it was much lower than it is now or we had a friend or relative pestering us about it but we didnt invest then, but in reality i think a lot of us would have sold at much lower than its peak. Imagine having 1000 bitcoins you bought at cents and then it hits 5k... thats half a million right there i dont think the majority of people would have held out for it too reach its peaks but fair play to the ones that have as they must be rolling in cash right now!

I spend most of my investment for things I needed and going out when I should have bought and kept Bitcoin I would have been rich too. :( The thing is I might have been like you and bought the Bitcoin and spent too many of them. Noone can say if the price will go up.

It seems human nature to keep torturing ourselves with "what-ifs"! I too can tell a many woeful story of how I sold out early with several altcoins and Bitcoin but at least I know about it and the revolution which is happening.

i am happy bcz i inveted in bitcoin.bitcoin is future

I had 3K$ btc when it was about 4k$ and i sold it after 2 months.I regret it now.I will be holding my new BTC for about 1-2 Years.

Sharing this kind of story with a lesson on it is a vert nice and interesting way to educate other base on experience. Although they say that experience is the best teacher, what I think is that you don't have to do or encounter just to learn rather also learn from others story.
Now, in your case, just be thankful after all that you have experienced that kind of pain in losing, at least for now you will be more wise when and when to spend bitcoin

I began to fix bitcoins into fiat at the BTC price 3000$ but fortunately I fixed 2 BTC only (in the price range 3000-6000$). On the other hand fixing in fiat is also good - in this case you gain profit anyway (even small profit).

Till now 4 month after i join in bitcointalk, i dont feel how regret as much as you, i think you should learn more about bitcoin how to be a good trader too, and learn how to be patient when do bussines
I feel sorry about you i hope that lesson make you be more a good trader

 :D :D :D it's funny to imagine when I sell 2 BTC for $ 500.
I keep thinking about it.
but whatever we get should be grateful.
keep working hard to be a successful person.