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Hi everyone, it's been awhile, just wanted to tell you that I still haven't sold a bit of BTC since 2013... if I can do it you can do it too!

Some of you may say it's a dumb decision or risky, but I'm all for BTC and positive about it. To the Moon!

Not a dumb thing to do, you're still in profit regardless of how much the peak was. I should congratulate you with this decision of yours. We all do believe that the last peak will be overtaken by the next peak. This is always the cycle that we've been seeing and I'm the dumb one because I've sold early with a remarkable amount of bitcoin for my holdings but that's a lesson. I'm going to be tougher this time and won't allow these weak hands of mine to sell at lower profits, although that decision of mine still made me profit.

@virtualdn, does this mean that you have not made any transactions since then in the sense that you have used BTC as a currency? It is your personal decision what to do with your assets, but Bitcoin is primarily conceived as a currency, and I, therefore, believe that everyone should buy something for BTC from time to time - and then have the right to complain about why Company A or T does not want BTC as a payment option.

I hold most of my BTC, but that doesn't stop me from using it regularly as a currency - or selling a smaller amount if I need some cash at the moment - which I consider a better option than asking for a loan from a bank.

But of course I did, I sold all my Dogecoins to get more BTC  ;D But I know what you mean.

It's very easy, if you can afford it. Most people can't.

It's not easy because I'm not a rich person. But I dream to become one one day and this is what keeps me hodling. It's hard but doable.

With this sentence, your post becomes more valuable. But sometimes people have to sell their BTC, because they have to and most people will reach that point before reaching moon ... that was what I meant.

When you have to, you have to. Honestly I will probably cash out some in 1-2 years too cannot wait forever. Time will tell.

I applaud your courage to hold bitcoin for a long time, 2013-2022 means you have held bitcoin for 9 years, you really are a true holder in my opinion.
I think you can hold on for that long because you have reserve funds in your finances, so you don't have to sell bitcoins when you have an emergency need in your family economic activities, and of course that's different from us who may only have mediocre funds, so like it or not we have to sell the few bitcoins we have to cover emergency needs.
In 2013 bitcoin experienced an increase in price from $ 104 to $ 946 and if you hold just 1 bitcoin today of course you already have a profit of $ 37,098 and of course now you have earned quite a large profit from your decision.

It is all about choices. I told some friends of mine about it in November 2010, and then at various points since then. People chose to spend $5/day on Starbucks or $15/ month on Netflix or $1000 on a wedding trip for mutual friends. Or replacing a phone that is 12 months old instead of waiting for another year or two.  Or deciding to play video games instead of getting a part time job to buy some or to pay for electricity to mine. Or to decide to go out and drinkinstead of spending time figuring out how to set up a CPU - or later a GPU miner. Including a few quite techie people in between spring 2012 and March 2013 who did nothing.

None of them are "rich" but they could've been with a little self discipline and buying just a few hundred or a thousand dollars worth in 2010-2013 or spending the time to set up their own computer to mine..

It is like everything else in the world, everyone gets to make choices for themselves and live with the consequences.

For example, get someone's parents or grandparents to invest $40/month from 11-18 instead of getting that cell phone. (Or get them to start at birth) and by the time you are retired you'll have more than a $ million even if you stopped at 18. Keep it up and increase it and you'll be even better.  

It is the ant and the grasshopper every time.

As far as OP, I'm with you, eventually it may hit fiat equilibrium and then you won't need to sell, just transact in bitcoin.

probably you have good views when it comes bitcoin reason you still didn't dump since 2013 and still expecting a good rewards from it until now. Big thumbs up to you mate just keep it up and for sure you have big amount of bitcoin right now.  ;D to be honest if i have a chance to hold bitcoin or i have free money to invest i will do the same since i don't have problem wih bitcoin and a believer as well, but sad to say all i want is just a quick profits from the beginning. Lol

I applauded you for holding that long, personally, the longest that I've been holding btc is 3 years until I sold some because of personal reasons last April-May of 2021. But I know that it is doable, I have stocks that I have been holding for 9 years already and still not thinking of selling them for the next 9 years.

And yes, if you can do it, then others can, but it will really take a lot of mental toughness and discipline in your end.

You're already multiply at least 40x from your beginning capital and you still not sold it? I'm just wonder in which price you want to sell your coins?

It's a good reason to keep hold, but to whoever you've sold his coins in the past (and now) you're not totally wrong. It depends on you spend though, if you spend it for seminars and got educated to learn become a good businessman, you're already "investing" too. Even you're not getting a reward, but you're getting experiences.

That’s pretty impressive my friend! I wish I had diamond hands that strong. At this point I’m quite sure that I’ve sold several million dollars worth of bitcoins and of course wish I hadn’t done so but with so many ups and downs it was hard to know where bitcoin was heading next all these years and when you have several thousand percentage gains it’s hard not taking some off the table.

BTC climbed 2 times to the 65-69K range and then fell to the 30-35K range. These 2 were great opportunities to sell and buy back. But you never know before so I don't regret a thing. There is no guarantee for anything.

A real btc maxis you are, even when btc hit ath of 69k you still held through and was not tempted to sell not even a small amount!
I guess if you are determined to do something plus you have the capability (meaning another resource) you can do it, you are the real definition of a diamond hand,
May I ask if you ever thought of selling at some point in the future or it is just going to be hodl till the end?

I'd love to sell and buy back but what the price will be I have no idea: a new ATH that's for sure (I think we will have this 100%). I probably have to feel it's time and act accordingly. Even if I won't be able to buy back still not a bad deal.

I wonder how many bitcoins you have since 2013. Do you buy more or just hold it from a long time ago?

I think that is not dumb but you are the real holder and I salute you because many of us who has many bitcoins will tempt to sell our bitcoin at least two times at the highest price. But you did not do that. Can I know how much your target price is to sell? I am sure you will become a rich person because I believe in bitcoin like you.

If you really do, I applaud you.
Not many people have the patience like you. Most of them want to enjoy the profits they make without waiting long. And you became one of the people who showed people including me, that patience is the key to success.

Good for you OP. I didn’t sell hardly anything since 2015 but I have to admit I sold significant amounts of my hoardings in 2021 (less than 50%) when we went over $50,000. I changed my life doing this, I don’t regret it. I will probably be able to buy them back below $30,000 so I regret nothing.

Good job OP. I wouldn't be able to hold for that long without at least taking some profit.

I'm a holder since 2015, but I feel that celebrating each ATH with some spending is the way to feel even better about it. Each time BTC reaches a significant level for the first time like $10k, $20k, $30k, I turn some of my holdings into a physical object and this makes me feel good even when the price falls. That said, I  know that I will never be completely out. If we go to 100k net year I'll just sell another 10% of my portfolio and keep holding the rest. I'd like my daughter to get BTC when she's old enough to understand it.

Good Job OP, but i am not certain everyone can do what you have done. You must have a great and steady source of income and be really disciplined too, 2013 to 2022 is like nine years. You really haven't sold any btc? have you been adding occasionally to the initial sum you invested in 2013 or you've just been HODLing the amount you invested then?

Damn , how i wish that i can keep calm when the price of bitcoin striking x2-x4 lol.

Imagine seeing your coin/investments multiplied by 3 or 4? i will surely sell so there is yeah I can never do the same attitude as yours.

but congratulations mate, now you are x1000 richer lol. keep it more mate till 20 years or more.

Even when the price runs up to 68,700 dollars? instead of selling you keep the coins on hold? because you said that even a single Satoshi  is still sitting in your wallet?

I Admire you mate , I always Look Up to people that has this perseverance and trust in crypto most specially in Bitcoin.
you have seen the increase i 2017 yet you denied, and now the 2021 still denied .

Unfortunately I don’t have BTC anymore. I gave them up last December 2020, but ended up regretting when it moons all the way up to $20k+ and almost touched down $70k too. Only ETH so far I have bought at cheaper price under $200 and holding it until now.

Right now it’s on a up and down trend between $34k to $37k, so I might be planning to do some DCA on this every month.

that is a great achievement my friend, because holding on for quite a long time like what you are doing is something that is quite difficult and only a few people can do it and it can be said that you are a person who is lucky enough and very patient in holding your assets .
because what I believe until now is holding is harder than buying or selling but holding on

I take my hat off to your achievement, it's great.
I don't think I can do that, but it's true what you say. If you can do it, why can't I. I am very motivated to be more patient in holding bitcoins.
Actually we have great power to do that, but greed is always the main enemy in investing.

Your choice is right, my friend. I didn't expect you to be so strong in protecting your assets from the price temptation that touched the fantastic ATH last year. But no one expected the price that would happen in the future.

like when people looked at 2013 ago.
If I can get it from the bounty, maybe I will also keep it. If I exchange it for fiat money, I can't invest up to an unspecified limit, it's too risky.

people who think you are stupid, he will be more surprised when he finds the fluctuations in prices beyond his senses and will mumble

don't you want to take a little profit? it should be profitable now compared to the purchase price in 2013. mhehhe

Instead of saying this is a stupid decision, I actually think your decision is very right and what you do is something very brilliant and very worthy of emulation.
the increase in btc from year to year is always significant and you are strong enough to withstand it for about 9 years now and I am very sure that your current assets are enough to make at least for your future life.
i appreciate what you are doing right now and it is an action that not everyone can do and maybe only a few people can do that

I like your positivity. As well as motivating topics that you create regularly. I accidentally found your similar topic, but written last year.


Your message history is permeated with a deep belief in bitcoin, it expresses great respect. Unfortunately, not everyone has such endurance, there are a lot of temptations to spend bitcoins.
But I support your idea with the motivation to trust people in bitcoin. If we see more crypto enthusiasts like you, bitcoin will probably do even better.

How do you resist greed? You have said you are not a rich person? How do you resist not clicking sell? Hit your hands? Slap yourself? If it not a big secret, then how much Bitcoin have you been holding since 2013? If you have at least one or a lot of them, then I envy your patience not selling it in 2018 when the price hit 20k. But if you have like 0.0001 Bitcoin, for example, then it would not be that hard to hold it for such a long time. I think everyone has 1000-10000 satoshi left or forgotten on faucets, projects dashboards, exchanges, wallets and etc.

If until January 2022 they didn’t really sell a drop of bitcoins that they bought then back in 2013, this is at least worthy of respect! I think having gone such a long way with bitcoin in your hands, you have convinced yourself many times that your strategy is right and the belief that it is right and right has only strengthened with time. Unfortunately, not everyone is as smart and wise as you - but a wonderful example remains only to kindly envy your patience and endurance. Congratulations!

Well damn, glad for you OP. Pretty sure it was rather hard, especially during peak seasons I reckon. Still, it probably was a bit easier in the following peak seasons after the first, but it doesn't mean that it was still easy to hold after all of that. Might've been better to buy sometimes during dips? But oh well, if you're satisfied with what you have now, glad for you! Still, you might want to withdraw some every now and then to spread your portfolio, after all holding for that long should give you enough leeway to actually invest on something else.

2013 is a year that until now can only be called a winner. The proof that the holder is the victor is right before our eyes. I'd rather say it's a decision that makes us envious of what you did.

The waiting, the patience and everything you've been through makes you laugh at the end and makes you more confident. Honestly, you become the only happy person. Wait for Bitcoin at 6 digits. Let us know some gifts you'd like to share. Lol  ;D

Cheers BTC

Same here. I haven't sold since 2014 apart from what I got from signature campaigns over the years. I have 2 bitcoin stashes one for long time holding and one for spending. The one that I used to spend from was all the money from altcoins, trading, signature campaigns, giveaways. I spent it all on alcohol, electronics and other shit.

Keep hodling guys. In 3 years what you see now all the fear and doubt won't even matter when in another cycle you'll see bitcoin bottom out at 70k.

I congratulate you for the great strength of patience you have, it is never easy to hold Bitcoin for that long especially after it has reached big peaks several times, I am a believer in Bitcoin and I am sure it will go to the moon someday but my main problem is impatience, if I keep some Bitcoin and I saw the price reached a big peak I sell immediately. I have this defect and I hope to be able to overcome this problem in the future.

The bitcoin you holding is still profitable no matter what happens is there's a profit when you pulled it out it depends on you now if you are going to sell because you need some money or just keep holding and wait for the market to make a good movement and trying to achieve the price of 100k USD. Congrats to you certified holder good luck with your decision to earn profit.

I think those who said it was a stupid decision were people who really didn't understand this because it was only stupid people who said your actions were stupid :D
I'm actually jealous of what you did because indeed I made a mistake by selling just btc a few years ago and you can say I started back from the beginning about my investment there.

I would argue that of the very least Bitcoin Hodler here are rich people. Nevertheless, there is a difference if you have a good job on the side and can support your life/family on that alone or if you lost your job in the crisis and now have to sell your cryptos with a heavy heart to make ends meet.

Awesome 
It is not easy for people like us to be in the position you have been in for many years. Perhaps we were mostly tempted in the few years when ATH happened. I'm quite amazed and can hardly believe anyone is still actually holding onto it. You have come to dispel our doubts. Bitcoin is still Bitcoin and you still own it. I don't know how many times the profit you missed? and how long do you plan to keep it?

Say it out loud to everyone and make sure, that there is nothing to lose if we become Bitcoin holders in the long term.

Wow thats awesome, you must have really good nerves and a strong stomach :D I am also a HODL investor but sold some BTC in the past. My biggest regret was selling all my coins back in 2016. I don't even remember why I didn't keep at least some coins in my wallet. Not going to make the same mistake again. Even if I need money urgently in the future, I will always keep holding some bitcoins. BTC is the main crypto coin for me and I do believe the things will be positive again. To the Moon is a good target, lets hope  bitcoins are going to recover quickly this year.

I agree with you. BTC price has not been such that the price of this coin has been declining for a long time.

Kind of wished that I didn't have the misconception on Bitcoin back in those years. I was like a little shit thinking that Bitcoin is some sort of an "illegal" currency only used by hackers and some criminals in the dark web.
If I didn't had that kind of misconception, I could have been owning more than 1 coin for obvious reasons.

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I recall you a lot in this board being a strong holder, and I feel happy for you, OP.

I salute your courage and patience for hodling your BTC for quite a long time since 2013 next year will mark a decade, this is indeed remarkable feat and achievement even a time when bitcoin reached several ATH you remained steadfast and resolute and hodl on, I believed that some others hodlers would also want to share their own experience and testimony, however majory of them must exchange some of their bitcoin to fiat during ATH bearing in mind that they had already earned some decent profits.

I envy your commitment OP and how you show dedication to your stored bitcoins. Although i want to do it as well, but this lack of funds sometimes push me to sell my bitcoin especially when there's a new ATH achieved. But honestly, i never regret my decision because i had used it to my own advantage and i benefited the profits i have made that time. So it's still not a loss for me. Hopefully, i can hold longer the next time.

It seems to me that you either A) Don't have a big holding of Bitcoin or B) You have a privileged enough lifestyle that your Bitcoin holdings are relatively insignificant within your overall asset portfolio. You certainly passed up on the opportunity to sell at all time high, or even in the $50-60k range which held for quite some time. If Bitcoin did make up a bit portion of your wealth, which is highly unlikely considering your flippant approach, then you have wasted a lot of opportunity. Diversification is a solid strategy and what the richest people in the world do to maintain their wealth levels. Periodic rebalancing and taking sensible profits while the opportunities are their make a good invester, rather than someone bragging that they left a lot of money on the table.

More likely, OP has a gold spoon on his table and he's lucky enough not to experience financial problems that almost all of us are struggling to survive. But on the other hand, i can sense that he's posting this just to inspire others to do as well, not really on bragging himself. One thing is certain, he can make more profits if he was able to sell them in the previous bull run and buy back again at this bearish season. That way, there is always a progress on his current income.

We always have our own preferences when it comes to investments and usually, we set our goal price when to sell. So in times when bitcoin has reach an impressive value, we always yearn for profits. And that's most of us here are really practicing it. But i think OP has also its own plan maybe to use it for his retirement or to leave it as an inheritance to his children if there are any. But whatever it is, he is just doing what's best for him in the future.

Well thats reality on which there are people who are really on that state on which it isnt really needed for them to sell since they do have other source of income on which they could really sustain theirselves without

the need on selling out their investment which is good but for those people who do mainly relies on their crypto investment then it cant really be avoided on where you would definitely actively made out these
kind of decisions.

Good for those who do have diamond hands but if you do really able to sell into those ATH's then it is a good decision if you do ask me.

As we have our own needs and priorities, he is lucky that he doesn't need to touch his btc during these challenging times.
A lot are selling once they see the price is good for their profit because some have financial needs to address.
But I commend those who can just let their btc sit and wait for years and years.
They may have plans on their own and they are just following it. Maybe he is financially stable even without his btc holdings.

That is some diamond hands display for sure.

I can only imaging that the OP HODL's "a few" bitcoin and to see it climb through
$1000, through $5000, $10,000, $25,000 and so on and not cash some out to
buy a Lambo or holiday home is quite remarkable.

Its true that not all of us can leave everything untouched, many of us have to
seell and buy back.

Of course, it's not an easy thing to have to resist the urge to sell where other people have sold it and get big profits. But it will pay off later if the price soars because we know the price of bitcoin from year to year is increasing. Just need to wait for the time for bitcoin to rise in price according to your expectations. Of course, at that time you will get a lot of benefits, happy to hear that. I just hope that bitcoin can bounce back and recover so that we can utilize and manage it well again and make a profit.

You are one of the real holders. Well, this may not be easy for some people. Selling Bitcoin doesn't mean that they don't really want to hold them, but maybe because of some crucial reasons, emergency, urgency, and others.
But, as long as we don't need cash urgent and emergencies, I think that we can also do what you are doing right now, holding your BTC.
1BTC in 2013 may not be worth high, but now? Well, that's an awesome amount of $. Moreover in the [revious months where BTC can exactly touch its ATH.

I admire his way of thinking, in fact it reminds me of Jesse Livermore's books, that he always said that profits must be seen physically, they must be felt, because profits must be enjoyed, what he did was travel on ships and clear his head of everything that was a complicated market at that time, and I am very happy that your daughter has such an excellent inheritance, one day I will have BTC and I will leave it to my children too, I believe that in the future 1btc will be a life guarantee for an entire complete family.

Am Not sure mate if I can handle the temptation , I don't Know where do you get that so much trust in crypto ?

You are Unbelievable mate, because the desire to Make Huge profit is what we wanted here and since you bought your Bitcoin back in 2013 meaning in 2017 Bull market you already earn more than multiple times of your capital right? yet you denied selling ,, and then there is 2021 that made you more than x50 profit yet did not decide to sell?

Man you are really a Bitcoin Supporter .. SALUTE for a one of a kind HODLER .

Yeah, that's a tough thing. not everyone can maintain his principles when the bitcoin price is rising, especially when he has a lot of bitcoins. to be honest i've known bitcoin for a long time, however, since i first made bitcoins, i've been selling the bitcoins i got a lot.
Yeah, I'm very sorry for that. to be honest i also want to hold one of the popular coins right now. maybe it's good enough to hold in the long run

OP, you must have balls of diamonds to resist the urge not to sell some at $60 000!

I have to admit, I bought my first bitcoins when the price was about $400+ and I have sold most of them when the price reached $1000 / $17 000 and then again at $30 000 and $60 000.

I do not regret the decision at all, because I was able to destroy my debt that was hanging over me like Cancer... and I have since used the money that I paid towards that debt ..to buy back more Crypto currencies.

Being debt free and actually having paid assets and money in the Bank are liberating to say the least....  ;) 

It's hard to believe that you haven't sold anything for 9 years.Can you show us a valid proof? ;D
I wish I had your emotional stability during the last few years.Unfortunately I've sold lots of BTC. ;D
I had to sell a quarter of BTC back in 2019,because I was running out of cash and I didn't have a stable income back then.I had no choice,but that was definitely a wrong decision.
Anyway,it's good to see that many Bitcoiners are confident about the future of Bitcoin.To the moon!

If you've taken the ride from $200 to $30,000 without selling, might as well see how high it will go.  A smart man once said to run your winners long and cut your losers short.  Bitcoin has been a long running winner for quite some time now.  Not selling is better than many people who have purchased Bitcoin during that period.  I can imagine though if you are sitting on a big stack and will owe a ton of money in taxes, you have to be toying with the idea of moving to Puerto Rico right?  I've never been myself, but I have to admit that spending 7 months there to save a bundle on taxes is more than just a little tempting.  I think if Bitcoin did go parabolic before summertime hits, I might find myself there.

I mean, how much was a Bitcoin then, Less than a $1k :o and still haven't sold any Sat even in all this ATh that has happened over the years, that is really some Diamond Mind. I understand that there are peoples out there that are on this level but I definitely know I can't resist taking profits from the ATHs besides, there are real-life situations to take care of too.

Hey, congratz. I dare say you are within 1% or less. How many people haven't sold anything since 2013? I believe 99% have sold some, if not all. But great efforts yield great rewards and you are an example of someone who has a clear plan and executes it come rain or shine.

I hope that in a few years you will open a post telling us how you have reached your goal. Although I hope you never sell 100% of your bitcoin, and seeing how you have followed your plan, I guess that will be the case.

I can not imagine how big your profit is if you are not sold your bitcoin since 2013 because that is too big a number on your wallet ;D

We must learn from you to become a real holder that will not impact the fluctuation of the price because it is not easy to manage our emotions when we see the price move. If you have other sources of income from 2013 until now and you always get an income, I am sure you will be easy to become a holder. But that will be different if we do not have much money and still struggle with our lives to fill our needs. That will make us spend our bitcoin to fill the need.

If it is about BTC, I also have positive thinking that this willl be still a very worthy investment. But unfortunately, I have no big amount of BTC to hold  :D
Only few
I am sure that it is not only about the amount but also about the trust to BTC for long-term investment, if worthy or not. Some people may say shit of this. but I do the same as you, I believe in Bitcoin that will always have great value, with worthy investment, without any hype promise or expectation. the value will be always continuing. Although this coin has been experiencing some bearish and bullish time periods, this will still have that value and worth

Means for 9 years you are still holding? as in never sell a single Satoshi? You are an amazing person mate because I could never take that waiting if i see my investment increased x5 . but you ? carry to hold the multiple increase happened in your funds.
also this mean that your trust in crypto is indeed that high that you can risk more value from your investments.

But I know that you will still hold for long but at least you have already let some close to you to learn about your wallet keys? because there are incident or some unexpected things may come and you must be ready and let them have your funds if things happened .

How on earth that you afford to Keep holding mate? meaning you are a wealthy person that denies taking your big profit because you can still afford holding while you are one to be considered as Early Adopter ?

Man you are so great and this post is worth sharing, How i wish i have the guts to do how you portray your role being a Bitcoin Holder.

I'm not rich but at the same time I'm confident that I may never win the lottery, so BTC is probably my only chance to become rich and live a worry free life so until I see it happening won't sell a bit :)

Good mindset mate, I think I will go with it and hopefully I can be a good holder just like you.

Yep for those who are thinking of hitting a lottery, the chances are slim. So instead, it's better to invest on bitcoin, by all means possible, DCA or if you have capital from time to time and then just hold and protect it in your wallet. Maybe a good wallet like a hardware wallet will be a good one if you are thinking of doing what @virtualdn has done in the last 109 years.

At some point, if Bitcoin continues to rise or potentially stabilises in the future, then one can probably assume that most places are accepting Bitcoin at this point, and therefore there might not actually be any point in converting it back to fiat, considering the inflation that fiat will forever be plagued with.

Seems like everyone that has a little bit of money goes there. What's the tax there 11.5% regardless of your income or is tiered depending on the amount of income you earn? Personally, even if I was in the position of being an American Citizen, and having a boat load of money, I'd probably not get on with the climate over there. I guess its a no brainer for most people though, the only issue would be healthcare not being free, but I guess most Americans are already paying for healthcare anyway.

Bitcoin is the real lottery, the actual lottery is a poor mans tax ;).

But now u must have become a rich person if you are holding even a single bitcoin. Since in 2013, the bitcoin was so cheap, so can you tell us how many bitcoins are you holding at the moment?

Its rightly said that crypto rewards to those who can hold it for maximum time. What are your plans for when you will be selling your savings ?
You much have a target selling price in mind.

Being rich depends on anyone's target. A poor person may think he is rich if he holds $10,000, but for some it's just a small money, that's because we have different satisfaction and for me, although 1 BTC is big enough already but I don't call myself rich if I own at least 1 BTC.

It was his desire to keep holding and enjoy seeing his portfolio grow which people can't certainly imagine doing it in real life. And I think it was not hard for the rich people which probably he is but for us who just have limited resources and we sometimes just rely in crypto, that is really impossible.
Now, he become legendary and I'm sure he can do hold for more years.

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Well, OP, I was truly amaze of what you've done. I want to be like you but it can't...wish you goodluck then.

You can be a good hodler like OP if you can manage your finances well and won't end up lacking funds most of the time. But honestly, i find you OP as a very resilient person. Its hard to persist when you can make a lot of profits if you sell your coins instead of hodling them. I guess being you will definitely earn a huge profits in the future when all your sacrifices will paid off. Keep hodling.

Its not dumb but a privilege. Being financially stable or in control enough to not have to spend all the bitcoins you are saving, you are very lucky and I am pretty that if you ask anybody here, no one will ever sell their bitcoin unless necessary or in a tight emergency. Had I been in such a situation, I would only accumulate and would not care about trading, even more so after seeing the increase in value as time passes. Anyway, congratulations on holding up to this day. Having enough money is also considered as a personal trait. If you have an advantage, why not use it, right?

I'm sure that it wasn't easy for you. You really have the patience to hold for such a long period. I hope everyone would have the same capability wherein there will be no need to spend your long time investment for your necessities. Not everyone has the same capability yet we could also have the courage to hold for a long time.

Its my wish to hold bitcoin as long as i want, but until now it was never realized. Good for you OP that you were able to do the right thing.

"Investors that have strong convictions and have done the research are able to hold for long periods of time, riding out rocky market events." That is according to Prince Alwaleed Bin Tala, a well known in the investing world.

To whom you gave it? That person can be the happiest person living on earth if he still holds that btc you gave until now and if ever he solds it I think he will still gave you something so cheer up man. You may loose your btc but what important is that you helped someone. That is a rare trait and not all people can do that.

In the end you still have your eth with you and your already seeing the fruits of your efforts, just hold on for it a little longer because I believe that there is a bright future coming from eth. Holding btc or eth is not a dumb decision but holding junk coins are, however holding btc and eth is risky due to their volatile nature.

If I had to bet, I'd say his BTC went to Brian Armstrong or maybe Changpeng Zhao - are some things clearer to you now? ;) Maybe he mispronounced, but I'm sure he meant that he sold his BTC probably because he thought that was the max price he would achieve. I agree that his move made someone happy (billionaires who have become even richer), and I also agree that not everyone can do it - selling BTC just months after halving and missing ATH last year is not a smart move.

What you have done is definitely good. There are many more like you for whom the unfulfilled future will be bright. But it's very easy, if you can't afford it. Most people can't because they sell for half the trouble.

Very cool and amazing and I can't imagine how you can do it from 2013 to 2022 you still keep your holdings and at that time if I'm not mistaken bitcoin price was still around $1,150 at the end of 2013, if multiplied by ATH yesterday it was around $65,000.
I can't imagine how much profit you can get if you do it yesterday, although I don't know how much you hold but at that time the price of bitcoin was still very easy to get in large quantities, because the price was still cheap.
and if you plan to continue holding it I think it's a very good choice because even though the downside is always there, the bitcoin price will continue to rise from the previous ATH, and I wonder what kind of strength and patience you have if it continues.

Am not sure I can be as tough as you to hold btc through these years and through all different ath without being tempted to sell, you are one true holder bro, 2013 till date is a long period of holding and it looks like you will continue, you have made yourself a fortune, congratulations for your determination.

 The only thing I can't help but imagine right now is how much profit you would have made, the difference from when you bought to BTC's current price is very clear. And then I ask, when do you have plans of selling them up or are you storing them for a purpose???

Anyways, that you can do it doesn't mean everyother person would be able to afford it to. They're many persons with different problems that doesn't permit them hold funs, but it's fine, I believe with determination every one can store value.

You are not tempted by anything including luxury goods at the price of bitcoin being skyrocketed but you are strong enough to hold on until now and in the future, I admit you can't do that.

How can you do this if you never see the market at all?
Or be silent and try to hold it, try to imagine when the price of bitcoin ATH $68k and you have been holding it since 2013 how many hundreds of thousands of percent of your profits at that time were sold.

Are there plans to sell? what year is it?

This is an extraordinary decision and I believe no genuine cryptocurrency will see your decision as a dumb one.
I will be happy to have the ability not to sell a bit of my Bitcoin in this downtrend season but to be honest, if we want to see Bitcoin as a currency we also need to make use of it as a currency not just as an asset.

Only a few people dare to make decisions like you do now, holding bitcoin for a long time is not an easy thing for some people to do, because sometimes we will be a little shaky and panic when we see bitcoin experiencing a significant decline in the market, so also when the price of bitcoin rises, of course people will prefer to sell and take profits even if only with a small percentage, if it is converted to the current bitcoin price with the price of 2013, I believe if you have earned a large enough profit, and it seems the risk of loss if experiencing a decline in prices in today's market of course no longer applies to the bitcoins you have, because you might buy bitcoins for only $600-$1000 at that time.

This is one of a rare story that I've encountered, I mean I believe everyone has the ability to hold bitcoin but knowing that OP is hodling btc for 8 years now I'm speechless on his patience. For all of the chances that passed which he can sold a bit of bitcoin in the all time high of bitcoin he didn't even dare to sold it. I'm wondering, does he didn't come to time that he has been tempted to sold it, imagine he was a self made millionaire if he'd sold it at ATH. But, this is just my curiosity, I do respect OP's decision.

Thats crazy and thoughtful however, you could have sold them at ATH and they rebuy more bitcoins when we are surfing through the bearish movements right now. Courage and all is fine but have you ever thought of multiplying your own bitcoins with above strategy? Since you are already in enormous profits, you have nothign to loose.

I am not telling you to sell them because you have held them since decade+ but I am telling you to be proactive with your bitcoin which are literally valued a lot and you can simply keep on adding more bitcoins with this investment.

Your signature says 1 BTC = 1BTC, but what would you do when you are out of 1 BTC? You need more, sell, re-invest and keep growing.  :)

Rather than keeping it idle for such a long term, Op could've done something to increase the holding. From the statement of Op he has never sold bitcoin which is really appreciable. Everyone isn't able to do it, because of the difference of understanding about the market as well as the difference in financial status..

Myself too very confident about the bitcoin growth though I believed it without any big understanding at the beginning. Due to the financial need I wasn't able to keep hold for long term. As said, if OP can do others can also do which is true. Maybe users who have good sum of money after meeting all needs can keep buying bitcoin forthe long term profiting.

Now those are the "Diamond Hands" I am looking for. Although I don't hold much BTC I kepp trying to accumulate as much as I can every year.
I also withdraw them when I "need" to but otherwise they stay in my wallet. So far I am happy with the investments I have made in crypto.
But these dips are really tempting. I wish I had more fiat to buy these wonderful and lustful dips but unfortunately I am out of cash and I don't plan to get a loan to buy bitcoin.

We have people that hold their BTC for more than 8years but what I am speechless about is the OP not selling any portion of his BTC portfolio which is totally strange.

She probably set a certain year she will hold the BTC before selling it or maybe she's planning to wait till all 21 Million BTC are mine.

This shows the degree of her discipline.

Thats interesting, a lot of people would succumb to the enticing prospect of owning
luxury items but they all pretty much lose value and you can only sell an amount of
Bitcoin once. I like the idea of HODLing for longer and being more considering to
when and what you buy.

We could able to identify which one does really raises up its value as years go on comparing into those things in the world which do depletes or becomes have no value
as the time flies by.For those who do able to see some potential and this is the result on where you could really be able to have that investment type of mindset
whether you do hold your assets for long term but if you are really on situation where money is somewhat a problem then it cant really be avoided
on having this kind of behavior.

Well, all you have to do is to hold or let it rest like you don't care at all.
Besides, it's best if you can just don't care or keep watching it every now and then if you see a pump because I'm not sure if you can hold that longer if you do it very often.
Be like what OP did, has a very tough decision to let it hold for years, I can't imagine how tempting it was if I was on his side.
Imagine, during $60k he never touched a single penny from his wallet, that's very tough since most human would be greedier to just sell some or dump.

Yes, that's really admirable that.  You have been able to do this.But not everyone can do it. someone can't because of his poverty someone can't Because of there panic and someone can't coz of there Impatient. Those who are able to hold on to Bitcoin like you will get huge profits in the future and go to the moon. good luck dude

Congratulation mate for the successful Holding , and still keeping it On  so What I can only say is Goodluck and keep it up , you admired me mate as I am also a Holder for some time.
but Can't believe that you are still Holding and you did not manage to sell a single part of your investment.

Hope you will update this for long years more till Bitcoin reaches a Million bucks.

Yes indeed but in this case it seems the OP may not have over extended themselves
by spending what they couldnt afford, although back in 2013 that would have been
difficult to get heavily into debt as the price peaked at around $30!

https://www.sofi.com/learn/content/bitcoin-price-history/

It's very impressive and inspiring, actually, that there are people like you who have enough patience and have been through many ups and downs with Bitcoin without selling. That being said, I think it depends on one's financial situation: are you living a very moderate life and hodling BTC or are you enjoying a pretty good level of life financially without your Bitcoin hodlings, so you are not really motivated to sell? If you're not travelling, spending money on hobbies or big purchases like an apartment (if you don't have one), kids' education (if you have them), a car (if you need it), then I don't fully support you. Hodling for the sake of hodling makes one's funds effectively worthless because they only mean something when they make a difference to one's life and can improve it.

Profitable stupidity is the right term in my opinion ;D,those who initially thought the OP was stupid but now have to regret not following what the OP did, like people who underestimated the OP, it seems we also have to regret it for not having the courage and stupidity to hold bitcoin all this time :'(.
In my opinion, must us here have known bitcoin since the beginning of knowing this forum, but maybe only a few people have done like the OP has done so far, we have continued to discuss the bright future of bitcoin long ago, but otherwise we don't have the guts to hold bitcoins long enough, and if if everyone who has been on the forum for a long time did what the OP did i.e. held bitcoins from 2013 or even longer, I believe we all on this forum would have become millionaires right now :D.

Not want to judge if it is dumb decision but what will i give is my salute. I know it is hard to resist to sell bitcoin, even when price pumped only $600 i already happy and then sell my coins because never expect it will pumped like nowadays. For me $200 to $600 is a big forward and then i sell my coin at cheaper price before big dump.

That might be a dumb decision but I guess, he loves doing it, and he never cares about profit when selling during the ATH. It was his passion to do the holding and only a few people do. I can't do it, for sure, maybe just months of holding but saying years, that was exemptional.
Well, just to have a two thumbs up for OP of doing it. I don't want to question OP what he do in life for that long coz for me, seeing the market and checking the price every day could add temptations.

Let's just say, OP is very tenacious in reaching his goal, and its very rare for most of us not to sell for that long. For me, there's no wrong in selling as long as there is profits every time we sell, but selling in a cheaper price could only mean losses in the end. If i were in your shoes OP, i will sell some of my coins when there is bull run and leave the rest for future profits. So that i can also buy again bitcoin when bearish season comes to add more on my hodlings.

Depends on how many BTC you have. I personally use BTC for my lifestyle. Traveling around the world and spend some BTC around the world.
But it’s always a good decision to hold BTC.
But what’s the price you will sell some of your BTC? Never ever?

I don't think it's stupid that you actually invest in bitcoin not because you want to get high profits from 2003 we year the bitcoin price in that year was very worthless compared to now, and I believe you have a target when you release your bitcoin at a certain price so that until now you haven't let go

There are things that others could do while others can't,
It doesn't work like that there are some who have the privilege to do what they want while others have to work hard for it.
You might have the funds to keep on ignoring BTC even though your funds have sky rocket already others couldn't ignore it due to their needs and financial status.
I know that you're intention is good but I just need to say that not everyone could do it just because someone could .

Neither he doesnt have target price but rather minding on target year on where he should released those coins or would be converted to fiat since each one of us
does have that kind of target or goal in mind but there are some which would really be situational or does depend on self preference and he do have the full control
or decision on when he would really be making those steps.Its good that since 2013 you havent sold out but considering on how many ATH's had passed
then its not a bad idea on selling out into those points.

In my opinion people who are able to hold Bitcoin in the long term should be appreciated, because it is not easy to do so. Moreover, the volatile Bitcoin
price sometimes makes us panic. It takes a good understanding of the crypto world to be able to make decisions to invest in Bitcoin in the long term,
and very lucky if true OP hasn't sold Bitcoin since 2013. What is certain is that even if it is sold now, the profit is very large, but I am sure that everyone
has a different selling target. So the OP has his own target, which is for sure Bitcoin is very profitable for a long term investment. So for people who are
just starting to invest in Bitcoin, there is still a great opportunity to be able to generate large profits from Bitcoin. Because with limited supply and
increasing demand, it is certain that the price of Bitcoin will continue to rise. So don't hesitate to collect as much Bitcoin as you can.

I've been waiting for the right moment for the last 8 years. So, hold on tight, because there will be worse times.

Congratulations Op, you're a good example of discipline and indeed a true bitcoiner.
But could it be that you never sold any ? Hopefully you're still buy more of Bitcoin ?
Most bitcoiner's lack patience and self discipline, the little bitcoin they have can be sold, take a good look at the folks in El Salvador, I don't know why I feel those that Invested will panic sell.

Now and then  bitcoin price hige different. Because 2013-2014 bitcoin price was $400-500$ but now around $37k+.Decentralization will be never stable It's pump and dupms.Bitcoin price already touched $65k+ in 2021.I hope bitcoin price will be more increase in this year.You can hold long time i hope you will be get good profit from it.

I think when I look at bitcoin it doesn't fit to be said with pump and dump because even though this is indeed talking about fluctuations but on the other hand they can't be manipulated that easily so I don't feel like the phrase pump and dump for bitcoin.

as long as you believe in bitcoin why not, I think by looking in the mirror from last year when bitcoin reached $29k after that it rose to $65k then why this year you don't feel confident with them. 2022 is still early and it's only in its first month. So, there's still plenty of time for bitcoins

Late to the party, as usual, if you haven't sold anything since then, I expect you must already be sitting on a pretty nest egg. Reading all your posts now, so if you do exit in one or two years, you'd have waited an entire decade. Also found it interesting you only looked into alts in 2021 -- glad you missed out on the alt exodus in 2017 huh?

I actually only ever met 2 people who exited, both in 2017, pre ATH. They never came back, to my knowledge, good for them. I don't ever see myself leaving, but if I do, I'll be sure to add another thread here for posterity.

Whoah, that is some serious dedication that you have OP!

Given the fact that you have not cashed out your BTCs yet, I am assuming that you are somehow financially comfortable with your situation? If I were in your shoes, I would probably cashed out my BTCs when its price reached an ATH on the last quarter of 2017 ($20,000). Since you also do not see the need of converting them to cash, them HODLing them is definitely the way to go.

Generally, I see BTCs as a form of investment and money. The only time that I see the need to cash them out is that if I am in a situation where I need the money for some emergency purpose.

I'm really amazed if you haven't sold BTC till now. Selling now maybe you've got a lot of profit, but maybe you have a target that you must achieve. Bitcoin ATH will still continue. You are really DIAMOND HAND, able to hold bitcoin from 2013 till now. you have firm belief and are not tempted to sell bitcoins immediately.

So i am just curious, to what price will you eventually sell your bitcoins? Selling at the previous ATH was already a huge profits for most of us, even if others are not really in need for money, but they always see to it that every time a new ATH achieved, its a good time to sell so we can prepare for the next bear season. For me, that defines a wise investor. Until i heard your story, you are that one of a kind. So keep hodling, but always remember that selling at peaks is also a wise thing to do so you can roll your profits and buy back again.

Not everyone has the money to be able to make sure that they're totally safe from hodling, some people can't do that I think unless they have a job to sustain themselves and not rely on their bitcoin then probably there's a possibility that they might be able to do it. Also, wouldn't it be better to at least convert your bitcoin when it's pushing for ATH and then waiting for it to go down again so as to increase what you're currently hodling?

It’s never too late for anyone who wants to start the same thing. Although it is going to be very difficult, because our mind would always make use feel that it is too late for us to start the same thing now, but it is quite possible to be done by anyone.

I believe that when the op started this back in 2013, he also had some little doubts and some thoughts about whether it is going to be a right decision, and something in him kept telling him that’s the best decision and it did work out for him. So anyone who has such thoughts should as well go ahead with it.

Well, I started in 2015 and after the bull run in 2017, I learnt not to be selling all my Bitcoins. This time around what I’m doing is to be selling a part of the coins I have in my wallet and making sure that there is still a part that is left in the wallet always. That way I’m sure that there is an amount that is there in my wallet and always increasing in value over the years as the market continues to gain more and more value. It’s very important to make Bitcoin part of your savings because we already know that the Fiat currency is inflationary and would be losing value; as it loses its value, Bitcoin will continue to be gaining more value.

Not a bad idea if you do put up your savings in crypto and just spending out some portion of it when you are in need and its true about that fiat inflation but wont really be that totally risks free if you do

save up all of your money in crypto but since you are benefiting and able to save up yourself in times of need then it wasnt a bad idea since from the start.Hodling does benefit out someone

but it is only good for those coins which does really have that kind of potential but if not then you would really be doing gambling.

Volatility would be always there and selling decisions will really be a personal choice because we do have different target with our investment and if you haven't sold for a while

then its your choice and since its your money then someone couldn't really give out their advices on what you should gonna do.If you had able to held it for long term then its

good but just as said by other members on this forum that not everyone doesn't need to hold and they do have different priorities that's why situations would really vary.

amazing thing I don't think it's stupid I think, where you can hold your bitcoins until now, even though seeing the current price is not comparable with the price last year I believe you have a purpose in this case why are there still holding your bitcoin

FIAT is the worst thing to keep your money in. If you cash out BTC buy a house right away, buy a property, but don't leave FIAT in the bank. Those are wasted money. BTC is safe and will give you back 100x compared to the inflationary FIAT. I wouldn't keep more than $50,000 in FIAT money ever. Those will lose their value with every passing year.

It's the nature of bitcoin and that's because it is highly volatile. It recovers quick and goes dump fast too. But about selling, when someone is pressured and he wants to sell due to panic, he has to avoid that temptation if he wants to remain holding.
Yes, we're the same on that. It's unavoidable to sell and if you see that the price seems to be good already and you're happy with the profit that you'll be getting, it's hard not to sell so, those that are holding for so many years, they've endured the temptation.

I don't sell my BTCs either. I just swap (https://freewallet.org/blog/chinese-new-year/) ​part of them for other coins, and then I sell them :) But more often I just use them for their intended purpose, of course

clearly what he did was certainly very convincing because he did not budge even though at the last ATH $69,044.77 was quite high that was acceptable. not everyone is able to be able to do things like that because of obstacles where there is a great desire to be able to take and use for other things. This is what he may not have because he still doesn't need it and will keep it until his main goal at a preferred price can be achieved.
I really appreciate what you've done and it's certainly not easy in any situation.

lol you are accumulating bitcoin just to sell? then what is your point about OP's post?

op's topic is about not selling a single satoshi but what you are saying is to collect and sell? you should understand the OP first before setting your post .

so you still release your Bitcoin so what is this about the OP? you are just posting your link and shitposting here lol.

if you don't have an urgent need for money that is too important, I think saving bitcoins as an investment asset is a better option than we invest in other fields that may provide relatively small returns a few years later, but to save value for money, of course it is possible to save gold it would be better than us saving fiat money right now, because I feel that the gold price in the next few years will not be too affected by any conditions in the world, besides that we are all here, of course, have experience of urgent needs, thus forcing us to sell the assets we have it even at a very cheap price, that's why it's better than now for us to arrange better financial management, so that when an emergency comes, we don't have to touch investment assets to cover those emergency needs.

Every investor has their own goals and it must be done. Some people will probably regret not selling last year, we know last year bitcoin hit ATH.
The year 2013 is not a short time, it takes more patience for that, but this is a lesson for us bitcoin users, that holding bitcoins in the long term will make us profit many times over. And it can be done if we intend to do it.

Everyone can be like OP if we really intend to. Its just that we fall into weak hands every time we'll witness a new ATH, and we always have time to sell. But i'm not saying there is wrong with that, of course we should always sell when their is good opportunity to make profits, and then buy again when the market is dumping. But i believe OP has his own target price when to sell, and he has strong hands not to be tempted easily with the current peaks. It's definitely risky, but with bitcoin, everything is worth hodling for the longest time.

^ But OP was right, 1BTC will remain 1BTC even if you are holding on to it nothing will be lost.
Holding BTC for too long is possibly your way of exercising self-discipline. Probably you have positive thoughts about BTC, which is why you have still held it since 2013 and are still expecting big returns from it, very impressive. You have a level of patience that not everyone possesses because the vast majority of people want to enjoy their assets as soon as possible, and there is nothing wrong with it. Keep up the good work not to become a weak hand.

The OP is a rich person to do that. Some people are trying to see some money for food, shelter and clothing but they don't have. It is when you have enough that you will leave investment since 2013. I remember when I bought btc so many years ago, I lost them. The remaining I could have I still sold them to take care of my rent. I don't use to regret of not keeping the btc because there was no other money to use and sustain.

I'm impressed to know that someone had the guts to "hodl" Bitcoin since 2013, even with the constant ups and downs in price. Not many people are capable of doing this. If you keep "hodling" without selling a single satoshi, then you'll be on a road towards becoming an multi-millionaire person. Those who get into Bitcoin now, will have to wait a little bit to become rich as market prices are still down.

Knowing that the pioneer cryptocurrency's supply is extremely limited, tells me that it'll keep crossing new All-time-highs over time. As long as you don't invest more than what you can't afford to lose, you'll have nothing to worry about. Cheers, mate! :)

Wow you are an exemplary role model, how can you do that? this is really interesting. do you not want to be rich because the price of Bitcoin in 2013 compare with the price in 2022 is very profitable if you sell it now. HOLD : The key to success and you've been through it. That's great dude !!

Surely he didn't went in financial troubles during among the past years. Otherwise, i don't expect him to hesitate cash some of them out.
Also there is no problem using some of them at any time if he is holding a large amount of bitcoin. This is why i expect him to have a portion which got price doubled many times but still not that significant amount.
Whatever, op represents the great example for all of us, especially those who didn't hold their savings when the price was below $1K .

not a problem rich, I believe it has to do with consistency in investing. consistency and trust are must-haves for those who invest long term in Bitcoin.
who would believe Bitcoin could be as expensive as it is now in 2013? only those who have full faith or maybe those who have forgotten the assets they own are most likely to experience all of this.
Everyone's emotional abilities are different. how we deal with the bull and bear markets is of course important for long-term investment. but holding assets for a dozen years is certainly something very difficult.

I'm not rich. But I dream becoming rich. BTC is my only real option in this life as I doubt I'll ever win the lottery. This is why I HODL BTC and don't plan selling more than 10-15% even on the next ATH. BTC has the potential to reach 6 digits and it's only a matter of time in my opinion.

What would make you not sell at those points, especially if you started holding when you said you did? I do not think it is a wise decision. Something makes me feel there is a missing information that you have not sold anything from the bitcoin you have since 2013 or is the amount you are holding something very small that can not do anything for you? I find it hard to swallow. I can be wrong on my feeling, i can also be right. Is there any evidence to prove this? That will also help to make more people believe in long term holding if you can provide us this.

I won't sell even if will reach $70,000 this year. But I consider selling 10-15% if it will get into the $1xx,000 range... to be honest I will only sell when I feel it's time to sell it. It just wasn't the time yet.

Holding for you is not risky anymore. You can already make enough profit if you sell even if the price crashes. Why are you still holding though? Do you have a certain profit goal that you wish to reach or you just like holding and see how far the price can take you?
Based on your early posts, it looks like you were a doge coin enthusiast. Hope you were holding some doge coin too haha.

I've sold all my Dogecoins once Elon Musk started promoting it and turned it into a shitcoin. I only own BTC now and a few Litecoins. I will never sell all my BTC as I plan to leave some to the future generations as well. Might sell something like 10-15% once I feel the price is right, but now it's not, BTC deserves a 6 digits price. Once you sell them they're gone.

Safe and profit assurance is somewhat we reconsider upon holding but OP did something amazing. He can really make that HOLD thing despite many ATH had come. Not I think that he wants to sell his Bitcoin at a higher price but probably, he is doing this for something much more important than just selling.

Actually, it doesn't matter how long we hold if can manage to sustain our financial needs and if we don't rely upon crypto. And I think OP had and so he did without bothering himselves.

HOLD Bitcoin for quite a long time is not something that is easy to do, almost 9 years the OP holds the bitcoin he owns without the slightest temptation to sell it when ATH comes several times during this time, I don't know how the OP can do this?
Because in my opinion, other people will definitely be tempted to make a profit by selling their bitcoins, but unlike what the OP has done so far, I'm very curious how long the OP will hold bitcoins and whether the OP has a certain target price for selling the bitcoins he has?

This is not dumb, it is really great since a lot of people now are into bitcoin and also regret that they sold their bitcoin earlier. You have now really enough money to invest more hoping that you can hold it more but i think this is easy on you. I also regret selling my bitcoin earlier but i really in need money so it is still okay

I really congratulate you, I see that you have very good conviction and you are also right, because I have seen that BTC is in a very good stage of buying, and that according to Wyckoff's theory when I do my personal analysis it still tells me that it is in trend bullish but in the long term, which means that it is very difficult for the price to fall, a small re-accumulation may be generated, but that is just a scenario that can easily occur, but I do not leave aside the option that in any At the moment it doesn't reach $100k or more, because everyone is shorting and sometimes the opposite happens to what the crowd expects.

I get your point there mate. Actually, I also hold a few dogecoins last year but sold it right after with the same reason. I really commend you for the fact that you're still holding those bitcoin since 2013 without even selling a bit and planning to leave something for your successors. I really envy your patience! I think 6 digit price will come after the 2024 halving.

Really nice and love to do the same but regular commitments make us spend the bitcoin we earn. Yes, have seen so many here gaining profits from holding Bitcoin for a longer period and selling them off when there was an ATH in April 2017 and in April 2021. It has even happened with altcoins as well. Will start to hold a percentage of earnings henceforth.

Are you sure about altcoin?? I know hundreds of altcoin who have a great value in 2017-18 Bull Run but in 2020-21 they are out of the market, even some of them are no longer exist like XRB.
It is not right to judge the whole altcoin with a few good altcoins.
It is never the right plan to choose altcoin for long-term holding. However, I'm not opposed that the altcoin is suitable for short-term trading. But Bitcoin should always be preferred for hodling.

Really? It's crazy and amazing. I cant do that. I have sold in the last year.

But I feel amazed at you. Because you really become a good person with great patience. I have to get an education from this.

and indeed I am a little sorry. because selling btc at a price that is not as high as now.

I hope this motivates me

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I totally agree with you.
because indeed our mental and feelings will be awake if we do as you do. I also think it's the best way to sell btc at the moment of gold or at the highest price at a certain time. and enjoy the profit.

and you are a loving person for thinking about your daughter's future. I am amazed by your thinking.

I have also made bitcoin my long-term investment, I saved it on a lending platform...

I've earned quite a bit of bitcoin from the campaigns I'm participating in and 70% of what I earn, I won't sell. lucky that now there is a lending platform that is trusted and has a pretty good reputation, so I'm not worried about putting it there, because apart from being able to hold it for long-term investments, I also benefit from the results of my lending.

You were lucky to sell DOGE when it was soaring like crazy. I guess you've made substantial profits during early 2021. Converting the DOGE to BTC would've been the smart decision to make. I would've done the same if had I many Dogecoins in my possession back then. As far as "hodling" Bitcoins without selling, I'd say that's very brave from your part. Not everyone is capable of "hodling" Bitcoin when prices continue to rise at a very fast pace. There's always the temptation to sell BTC at higher prices in order to cash out profits.

Believe me, you've seen nothing yet as the best is yet to come. Many experts predict Bitcoin will go to $1m, so if you "hodl" it non-stop, you'll be on a road towards becoming extremely wealthy in the not-so-distant future. Good luck! :D

There's nothing dumb when you hodl, it's simply the best decision in the long term, unless you're a great trader. I read several times articles and they all agree that in the long term hodling is the best move. Congratulations for hodling for almost 10 years now, that's actually impressive!

"Hodling" for the long haul is only for those who can afford doing so. People who need the money right away to survive, won't be capable of doing this. The OP is brave enough to "hodl" Bitcoin for such a long time, even with the temptations to sell at higher market prices. If he keeps up, he might become more wealthy than any of us.

It looks like Bitcoin won't stop growing in terms of mainstream adoption, so it probable prices will be a lot higher in the future. We should do the same thing as the OP in order to achieve long-term success. Who knows if you become the next lucky person with an ever-increasing Bitcoin price? Just my opinion :)

Just like me on which my crypto earnings are really actively been converted to fiat because i do need it for me to survive or having an add up aside from my dayjob earning which is insufficient on daily living expenses

If you are on a situation like this then you could really hardly able to accumulate or hold bitcoin for too long or even with altcoins that you've been holding thats why its very situational kind of aspect for everyone.
Lucky for those who could able to sustain theirselves without minding their holding coins for long term.Yes, its true that it would really make big benefits but only to some who could able to do so.

I've only bought goods and services with Bitcoin, and each time I just bought the same amount or more with fiat to put it back into Bitcoin savings.

It would make no sense to me to buy fiat with Bitcoin.

That's very impressive. I unfortunately sold all my 2013 and 2014 Bitcoin in 2015 at the bottom of the bear market. Had to start accumulating from scratch again starting in 2017.

Back in '13/'14 I thought of it as an interesting high risk experiment, so like 18 months into the first multi-year bear market I was just like well I guess it didn't succeed (and of course I heard about and started buying Bitcoin like 3 weeks before the $1100+ 2013 peak lol so all I had seen at that point was a year and a half of watching my investment go down).

A couple months into 2017 I randomly checked the price and to my amazement it was back above $1000 and I realized it hadn't failed but was simply going through growing pains. I immediately understood it was here to stay and Bitcoin was the future. From my first 2017 Bitcoin buy it only took me another 28 months before I retired off my Bitcoin, going from no savings or investments and a bunch of student loan debt to no debt and retired! Of course, I wish I still had the ~17 BTC I had bought back in '13/'14. But oh well  :P

So very impressed OP has been holding all that time. It's easy to hold these days, but definitely was very hard to hold through that very first multi-year bear market in 2014/2015.

That's the truth :) I know Vietnam has always been a leading country in terms of trends in this market, but their product technology is bad. Although I don't want to say this, the crypto space in Vietnam is still too young. Many people are still stuck with knowledge or dragged into trends. If the fact that Vietnam is legal for BTC, I think there will be more information. If I remember correctly, they have also been researching CBDC. This part is a bit off topic, but Vietnam is the most livable place on the planet :)

Its a long years and thats amazing. Refraining yourself to not sell even the price is already at peaked is hard and probably tempting, but you overcome it. So now even you keep holding its not too risky anymore because you're already in profit. In my experience I failed to do it, because at the early years of Bitcoin I was tempted to sell and never thought the price would increase drastically.

How long do you plan to hold or do you have a target price?

Yeah course if you don't have any particular economical problem hodling is easier, but I know several people who don't actually need to make more money and yet at the first 2x they sell everything. A gain is always a gain, but if you don't need the money then why selling? I wouldn't do it, but everyone is different.