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I signed up on this forum in 2014 with minimal knowledge of cryptocurrencies and a restricted ability to comprehend their concept. Being a young teenager, you'll understand. On top of that, I had no way of acquiring it myself. Thus, I missed the opportunity to buy at ridiculously low prices (compared to today's). I gave up shortly after and reappeared on the forum in 2017 for about a year or two at most, abandoning it again and kicking some great opportunities once again.

I've seen an increasing trend over the past few months, mostly from newer BTT users striving to acquire as much Bitcoin as possible as soon as possible. Some even claim to sell their jewelry or other personal belongings in an attempt to acquire more capital to use towards a Bitcoin purchase. Other newbies claim that they found wallets filled with Bitcoin in the early stages, in an attempt to impress others, while a few days ago they'd be asking how to sign up on Binance or whatever. It's unclear whether any of these stories are true, but that's not the point.

The majority of us missed the boat when Bitcoin was cheap, and now acquiring a whole coin isn't affordable anymore. The average wage in Greece is approximately €800 (about €10,000 per year), while Bitcoin's price is at $27,500 as we speak (about €25,000), which means that I will need 2.5 years to acquire the requested amount of money, in the condition of not spending a single Euro, without taking into account any price increases. Thus, purchasing a whole coin would effectively require up to 6 or even 7 years for the average person in Greece.

I currently have less than 0.20 BTC, which is still a semi-decent amount for myself, the majority of which are from signature campaigns (huge thanks to Cryptobrainboss and Hampuzz for having me in their campaigns), and I'm totally okay with the idea of never owning a single Bitcoin; it's not the end of the world. So far, I'm earning an important side income through it, while spending time on the forum is like a hobby of mine now. This is what matters most to me.

To summarize, my point is that many of us won't become rich or earn a great deal of money through Bitcoin, but that's okay; money isn't the greatest goal in life. We missed the early stages, but that doesn't mean that we don't have a chance in the future. There's no need to regret anything, coming from someone who was here during the first years and missed the boat. It's completely unnecessary to stress over how to acquire more and go above and beyond by selling stuff or exceeding the budget you can afford. Stick to what you can afford to spend and stick to that plan; don't go to extreme measures; and remember, there are no guarantees in investments.

As you try to invest and get bitcoins, you still have to try to enjoy your life and not go to extreme measures to get bitcoins. We should be happy with whatever amount of bitcoins that you can get and keep and not focus on the portfolio of others that you hear are bigger than yours, so you do not do the extreme to get bitcoins or even die in the process of trying to sacrifice some things just so you can get bitcoins.

Acquiring bitcoin is good, but you should have a life while trying to gather bitcoins.

Do not reveal your personal holdings in public. This advice does not only apply to those with multiple bitcoins in their wallet, but should be a practice for any bitcoiner. Build that habit of safe browsing while on the internet.

Never borrow or invest more than you can afford to lose. If you want to increase your Bitcoin holding; increase your income.

It's certainly true that most of us have missed the early days of bitcoin when it was still cheap because we ignore that opportunity. But then, as time passes by, we have understood that bitcoin's potential is endless and even if you're saying that you'll never own a single bitcoin but owning around 0.2BTC. You may quite that far from reaching half and its whole, don't doubt yourself. We just need to DCA until we reach that goal of having 1 bitcoin. And through accumulation in any means that you can, you're just enjoying the journey and no pressure at all. Even it might take a year or two or more, just be consistent on it and we're all gonna be there.

Most of the people here with huge experience in this forum had lost their chance to buy the 1 Bitcoin to their wallet. As we know bitcoin price was below 5k like 3-4K dollars in the 2016. In 6-7 years their was huge difference in the price of bitcoin and most of us not expected the value of 68k dollars.Because most of the people from forum before 2017 had criticised the price not reach the 20k dollars.But one day had answer for most of the traders negative comments on bitcoin price.I had trade some bitcoins in my trading history,but my maximum trade at a time 0.7 bitcoins during 2016.Then I had used that bitcoin when the price of bitcoin crossed 19k dollars in 2017.

It is too early to tell, Bitcoin Industry is still in its early phase, we still have long road ahead so I do not think that people who are not rich today don't have the chance to get rich later.  As long as we keep our dedication on fire, work smartly and hard, do preparations and smart planning, have financial knowledge, had the skill to work with different people, and put in more effort and time, I believe in due time, we can achieve the status we are dreaming of.  Just don't lose hope and enthusiasm, strive for the better, and step by step I believe we can hit the mark and accumulate the whole BTC we dream of.  :D

As a newbie, then, if you had just stuck around a bit, I believe you would not have missed out on at least buying Bitcoin at a very affordable price of just about $800–$320 for 1 bitcoin. but again, you probably would have sold when the price was bullish in 2018.

Some people had the money to invest in Bitcoin in the early days, but they were not informed; they lacked the knowledge of Bitcoin then, and their regrets today are that they would have made a lot of profit if they had bought them and held them until now. Despite the fact that the Bitcoin price today is so high, like you explained to the minimum wage in your country, if you still believe in the vision of accumulating 1 Bitcoin, you will definitely archive it one day, even if it takes you 4 or 5 years to do so. Just gradually buy and hold. Also, the DCA strategy has helped some people accumulate a significant fraction of Bitcoin.

News flash, Bitcoin wasn’t created for anyone to make millions out of it for free, if as a crypto-currency enthusiast I don’t get rich from it I would not necessarily blame Bitcoin for that.

Many people has made great fortune from bitcoin already so that’s solidify the fact that Bitcoin is a good investment so if one can automatically buy one bitcoin they can atleast make use of their services into earning in bitcoin.

The number of people which were able to get monster profits out of bitcoin are very limited, most of us will have to make do with way less than that, but it does not matter as even a small investment can help you to make your life way easier, for example if right now you only hold 20% of the amount needed to buy a house and that money was invested on bitcoin, then I think it is very possible bitcoin could grow 400% and allow you to buy that house without getting a mortgage, saving you a lot of money and stress over the long run.

It's true, money isn't everything, but everything needs money even in larger amounts when inflation continues to rise.
Many people failed to take advantage of the opportunities in the market when the bitcoin price was very low in the past. Inexperience, lack of optimism, and price uncertainty have kept people from buying them a lot. But that's not a problem because it's better to have 0.xx than nothing.

But now many people are starting to change their mindset about the potential of bitcoin, some even really want to sell their house, car or jewelry to invest in bitcoin. This is a testament to how mindsets have changed about bitcoin as the bitcoin economy has strengthened.

It is always a regret when one missed out at something that actually gained profits but don’t appreciate the fact that we might have also avoided some lose. Almost everyone coming into bitcoin post 2018 will actually find it hard to accumulate a bitcoin except someone reach or someone obsessed with having a bitcoin. But it’s not entirely bad to have satoshis. More so I don’t feel we are late already into bitcoin when we forecast at what could possibly happen in the future. Imagine having bitcoin at 500k while you invested at the 25k mark. That’s somewhat a high price. So bitcoin isn’t all about having it full but how long you can hold on to the fractions you have

We may have people who invested early and held on to Bitcoin without rashly selling, therefore, having 1 to any amount in their possession. The most important thing to learn here is that there is no amount of Bitcoin you have that you shouldn't be proud of because of the dedication you put into it.

I agree with what you say, it is absolutely not important or should not be necessary to own a full digit bitcoin.  For many it can probably become a psychological wall to break down to see a figure with so many zeros but in reality it is an excellent exercise to become familiar with the satoshi

Earning 1BTC is not far from happening with you but it takes several years to fill it especially, if we are just reliant on signature campaigns. However, it doesn't really matter if we could reach it or not, the most important is that we already save some fractions of Bitcoin which is even better than those who have nothing and missed the opportunity.

But I would suggest you OP find a way to help grow your earned BTC. Because for now, it is not how much we save or hold but it is how much we grow our finances as inflation keeps on increasing.

It's understandable that many of us missed out on buying bitcoin when it was cheaper than it is now. I joined the community after learning about bitcoin and with the excellent information I obtained from this forum, I will not be sorry for the decision I make on how to acquire and store bitcoin for future investments and use.

I've decided to only invest what I can afford to lose, which is fine with me because that is one of my driving tools. I'm not troubled or disturbed by accumulating more when my income cannot support it. We all want good profits in the long run, but what is meant for you will not pass you by if you work towards achieving it.

Mate, don't worry about how many bitcoin you have right now, but worry about when you have nothing to invest. Even if you missed the best times to buy bitcoin at cheap price, you don't have to regret it now. The real regret is if you have nothing now because you have known bitcoin since almost 10 years, but you are still lucky to own 20% of 1 bitcoin.

If you are consistent to invest, then I'm sure sooner or later you will get it, even if you have decent income, then try to accumulate during this correction. It's an opportunity to buy more bitcoin before the halving, and hold them until a new ATH.

I think with any value even just having 1 satoshi one should be proud because it shows one has the will to accumulate it someday.

Bitcoin is not a new parameter to measure one's wealth, instead there are many rich people trapped out there with a centralized system. This is the pathway for anyone to a certain level of financial freedom.

Just continue on what you are doing and if you do want to hold for long term then go ahead.Dont rush up yourself on owning 1 Bitcoin because we should accept the fact or reality that this doesnt always
happen because of real life conditions or scenarion and lets just accept that fact and be contented on what you are doing.We dont need to rush up and as long we do see progress on what
we are targeting then we are just on the right track. Missed opportunities and chances is common because we arent all knowing person which we are really that able to miss
up something.Important thing is that you arent really that getting left behind and at least on having that savings up for long term.

We are not required to do so. Owning an amount should be with initiative. Profit potential is there indeed but always be mindful of the risk. The bigger the amount, the larger the risk. And as cliché as it may sound, invest only an amount you can afford losing. Some people might just be confused; owning one bitcoin is the same as owning half of it. It just depends on your financial capabilities and risk tolerance. Any amount could result to profit. Just continue with what you are doing, instead you should be thankful of yourself because you are making a move for a better future-, engagement with investments and assets, which is in the first place already a good trait. Being open to investment is not all people could do, therefore you are in the right path.

That's okay, everyone of us have each goal, sure money or getting rich is not the greatest goal of everyone. But you cannot get that greatest goal without spending a dime or being unfortunately poor, unless its not a money related goals which are rare nowadays.

And yea, you dont need to have a whole bitcoin since its value is increasing and increasing, well unless it drop to again to 2-3k but it means that most are in us loss too.

It is not mandatory to own one bitcoin. But if you've been living on this space or have been part of it for a long time, you'll understand why people are aiming to have one.

It's not that bad to be content with what you've got but it's not that an ambitious thing to think of having more in your own methods that are approved to most.

It is fine, but it should be one of the goals that you must still have even if it looks and feels like it'll be hard to get that 1 bitcoin. That used to be one of my goals until I attained it. Not having 1 whole bitcoin doesn't make you any less of a bitcoiner. You have the knowledge and the experience in this facet of the economy, and I think that is also something that you can be proud of that not anyone can really have.

You will eventually get that 1 bitcoin when you have more money, but you can't really go back in time to know bitcoin that early on anymore.

I am a bit surprised to see you able to collect your week's payment almost 0.2 BTC, I want to learn a lot from you how to collect it and how not to spend it. I admit, I enough difficulty to save my week's payment and always spend it to meet my needs, i tried many ways like storing private keys in hard-to-reach places, but still I have to spend it. So that situation, until I read your thread I feel that the world is finished. I really regret was spend it all to meet my needs, maybe I have to focus to manage my btc salary, like spending it in half and keeping it as saving for the future as you did.

Hey my man, I think you have made a reasonable assessment of your financial situation and your life in general, and I agree with that. You have accumulated bitcoin to the best of your ability. This is not about getting rich overnight as if you won the lottery, it's about accumulating bitcoin as you are doing will give you peace of mind and financial security. Now just imagine yourself in a couple of years with the price of bitcoin at €150,000 and you having accumulated a little more, say 0.3 bitcoin. It doesn't give you enough to retire, but it gives you security.

Keep at it.

I disagree if you say you will never own a whole Bitcoin, as you mentioned above you've earn through side income and signature campaign, that's possible even though you're need to fulfill your daily life. I think you've use your money to buy unnecessary thing and quite expensive, so that's make you can't save as much as possible. But if you're currently become a sandwich generation, I wouldn't argue anymore because it definitely will make you to spend more money.

After all I like your honesty, not like the other brand new account claiming if Bitcoin saved their life from nothing to own 5 houses, 10 super cars and 5 pretty girls.

Don’t worry mate, not only in Greece but in many countries the situation is same. I read your whole post and find out that you have earned those coins. Earning 0.2 Bitcoins is really a great deal. Many people invest a lot in Bitcoins and still don’t able to earn that many profits, but you without investing anything already own some part of this valuable coin. If you can manage to accumulate like this more, then hold it for as long as you can, then at last when the price gets high due to the increase in demand, sell the coin for high price. At last I liked your quality that you are happy with what the amount you have or got.

I can see your sincerity; posts like this are much more soulful than posts by some newbies screaming that they are building a business thanks to the forum and Bitcoin. There are many people among us who could, but did not, become investors in the early years of Bitcoin. When I tell my loved ones that I had offers to pay for my work in bitcoins a few years ago and that I regret that I did not accept this offer but preferred other payment options, they reassure me. We cannot foresee our future; we must accept and enjoy what we have.
In the same way, for you, OP, there may come a moment when you can suddenly get a nice amount. The main thing is to soberly assess your capabilities, but also not to go crazy, recklessly investing all the money, because no one knows the future.

Opportunities come in different form. Bitcoin might not be the solution to becoming rich at the moment for average and low income individuals but yet it is still a sure deal for the rich. The early birds had the best offer from Bitcoin and those who managed to hold saw the power of patience. As it stands no one can tell for sure where Bitcoin is heading to in the next 3 years as such it shouldn't just be about risking what can be affordable but also risking an amount that won't have any useful need in the future. Bitcoin is best appreciated on a very long term goal base. The longer the patience the more rewarding it becomes.

Just do the best you can and don't bother yourself too much with the amounts. You will never have one full bitcoin, so what? Do you know how many millionaires and billionaires there are in this world? Many of them will never own 1 BTC either because they are scarce and only 21 million units will exist.

Use any amount you have to make your life better and easier. Don't compare yourself to anyone else. Regardless if it's to a person with 100 BTC, or one with 0.001 BTC. It can all turn around in the blink of an eye.   

Sometimes we feel sad when we think we lost opportunities to achieve something. I have read some old threads where Bitcoins were given out for free and I also regret that I didn't locate this forum on time. For you OP you indeed missed a great opportunity but I know you have been blessed with so many things that are greater and better than money. So many millionaires committed suicide because they lacked so many things that money cannot buy. For me, I have been blessed with a good family that showers me with so much love and care and I cherish this affection more than riches.

But I am sure that we are not still late in the Bitcoin journey because we still have a long way to go. And there are still millions of people that will regret not joining the Bitcoin space.

Striving to have one bitcoin shouldn't be what anyone is thinking of because there are other investment that one can still invest in and not only on bitcoin. Money isn't everything in life,having the little that you can acquire and sell at your targeted price will still benefit us. If you sell almost all your property to acquire bitcoin, what happens after you have sold it. It means that you will continue selling more properties to acquire bitcoin when the time is close to the bull run. I don't buy bitcoin,neither have I sold anything to purchase it. All I do is to keep on accumulating my signature campaign bitcoin till when I feel that it is time for me to sell some fraction of it.

The right thoughts, I adhere to this concept, everything should be a pleasure, first of all, we should make our life comfortable, provide the family with everything necessary, and only after that think about investments.

If you have a strong desire to buy more bitcoin in a bear market, then you can always find additional opportunities to earn money, but this should also not be a burdensome undertaking for you. Many here missed the opportunity when bitcoin was much cheaper, but I'm sure that the adoption of bitcoin is still ahead and this will allow it to reach a new level. 1 BTC is a great target for anyone who doesn't own a whole coin yet, but it's something to aim for.

I agree with your opinion that becoming a rich person is not ultimate goal of life, there are many more factors that can make you happy and satisfied, such as engaging in social works to help needy people can also make you feel sense of purpose and satisfaction.

Regarding Bitcoin, you are right that in stead of regretting over missed opportunities to buy Bitcoin in early day when its price was at few dollars, we should explore new opportunities to accumulate Bitcoin with a workable plan within your financial capability, and adhere to it to achieve goal of financial stability without taking undue risk and exceeding your financial limits.

Most persons here missed the opportunity to grab bitcoin early at cheaper prices, and some persons might have been taking advantage of the bear market and be buying to achieve their goal of having 1BTC. I know having 1BTC might come with some sorts of special feeling, and I'm not saying you should give up but I believe in life anything is possible. While you've not been able to achieve this via signature campaigns and buying, you never can tell, you can actually hit a fortune and decides to invest in bitcoin and finally actualizes your dream of having 1BTC.

That's exactly my though, but I've stopped thinking about it since as you've already mentioned, I would have sold somewhere between 2017 and 2018, or even earlier.
That's unfortunately true, I'm also struggling with the increasing inflation and I understand your point. The most I regret the most because it was all on me was giving up on the forum in 2018.
I actually don't worry anymore, I'll accumulate as much as possible and whatever happens. I'm generally satisfied with my small but meaningful portfolio that I've developed throughout these years, despite not taking advantage of many opportunities that I came across. I don't own 0.20 BTC yet, but I'm hoping that I will soon enough.
It's actually quite simple, don't spend it. Leave it in your wallet and don't even open it. Actually, I don't even have access to my wallet right now, nor the computer that provides access to it.
Thank you, so far, despite the lost opportunities, I'm pretty satisfied with my journey. I may acquire one Bitcoin in the future, or possibly not, but that's okay, I appreciate what I have and what opportunities have been presented to me.
Indeed, I've stopped bothering and I'm okay with the concept of not acquiring a whole Bitcoin anytime soon or anytime in the future. I'm happy with what I have.

Now that the next BTC halving is less than a year away, i believe many people would wrongly become concerned about the amount of BTC's they have in their wallet, they'll try to sell some of their properties or borrow money to increase what they have in their wallet, many other people who do not have anything at all in their wallet and do not know too much about BTC would also want to buy some for themselves, because everyone thinks that after the halving they will immediately become so rich.

People should cut down on their investment and only invest money they feel they can lose, neither is borrowing or collecting loans a good way to buy BTC, for people that have the knowledge they would know that dca is the best way to buy BTC, and they will start doing it early, waiting for a few months before the halving to invest most of your savings is a bad choice.

I understand and understand what you are trying to convey in your post, because I also felt the same way when I first got to know bitcoin. I got to know bitcoin, at the end of 2021, at that time I knew bitcoin from my brother and from my neighbors. Because at that time I often gathered with them, I happened to be unemployed at that time, due to Covid 19. At that time I was very short of money, I just survived and tried to save money with the remaining savings. once upon a time my friends and sister offered something interesting, namely about bitcoin. At that time I asked them a lot, what is bitcoin, and what is it used for. It turned out that without me knowing, my friend and brother had been investing in bitcoin for quite a long time. And the two of them at that time could already be considered successful, at first I thought that success was purely from their usual work, even though most of the results came from investing in bitcoin.

After that incident, I started researching bitcoin myself, I learned from the basics about bitcoin / crypto, about two months more. After I quite understand how it works, I have a problem, namely capital. When I was confused, whether to continue, or stop because I had no capital. But I decided to continue, until I found this forum, but I wasn't registered at that time, after that I started working again, and got another monthly salary. if I'm not mistaken, my salary at that time was around $110 in dollars, and from that money I started buying bitcoins, not much, once a month I set aside my money in dollars, around $30. And the habit is still running today, I continue to buy bitcoins, even with that much money.

LOL, is funny how some people are ruled by greed. Some are selling real property to rush into Bitcoin without even taking a seconde to think about risk and if maybe the market becomes volatile and the price is falling, they may not be able to hold any longer so they may be forced to sell. I have seen someone that bought a coin, after he lost by almost 70 % due to price dump, he just sold, when I asked him why he sold at that very big loss and he said instead of him to lose everything, he just had to sell to avoid lossing everything, lol, very funny.

Is not really a bad idea to sell some properties to buy Bitcoin, but some people are doing it out of greed, they just want to turn rich over night or even within a short time, after conceiving that rich feeling in their mind, they become blinded that they don't even care to know the risks involved and even if some people would sell a property or take loan to invest, they don't do the DCA because they don't really even know how it works.    Not even as if they sell some of their property and still reserve some, most of this people are selling everything and at same time they my still fall in the category of selling under pressure of market manipulation.

Just as you have mentioned that some will want to buy Bitcoin because they are aware that halving is close, you are correct because that's what some people will do, specially some greedy newbie outside this forum.

That's how it should be, to enjoy every day that we have in our lives, and then if we are long-term investors we won't see if the value of Bitcoin increases, we should every time we have the opportunity to buy Bitcoin let's make it save.

Because we know that Bitcoin's future is really good and a lot of people are really expecting it, so probably the 100k$ that most people expect can be more than that when the bull run starts.

The true that many people missed out on the early stages of Bitcoin when it was cheap and could have potentially made huge profits. But that doesn't mean that it's not worth investing in Bitcoin now.

In my opinion, it's important to remember that investing in anything always carries risks and no investment is guaranteed to make you rich. It's also important to remember that money isn't the be-all and end-all of life.

For me, there are many other things that are more important than just making money, such as spending time with loved ones, pursuing hobbies, and making meaningful contributions to society.

With that being said, I do think that it's important to have a plan when it comes to investing in Bitcoin or any other asset. I suggest that people should invest only what they can afford to lose and stick to that plan.

Going to extreme measures, such as selling personal belongings or exceeding one's budget, is not a wise decision and can potentially lead to financial hardship. I also think that it's important to do thorough research before investing in anything and not to blindly follow others' claims or stories.

As an older user than me, you should know more about how you can grow your portfolio in the long term. You can also save signature campaign revenue as part of a long-term bitcoin accumulation plan, which I believe many other campaign participants are doing as well.

If you have good source of income from your real job and you can afford to save, then you can also do additional accumulation to make your portfolio even better. Diversify if you want, or you can do it with just bitcoin.

This is certainly one parameter to take into account. The upcoming halving is getting hopes up for many investors, some of whom believe that they'll turn rich within the week after the halving. There's a decent chance that Bitcoin will thrive then, but there isn't a guarantee, and it won't happen in a matter of a few days.
I've always saved my signature campaign earnings, even from the very first campaign. Most of my revenue was kept intact until 2021, if I remember correctly. That was sold somewhere around Christmas to start staking, which was quite an impulsive move now that I'm thinking about it. It turned out fine, but it could have gone a lot better.

I always had a steady source of income, so I didn't resort to using any of my Bitcoin. However, I currently don't have the budget to invest myself and prefer sticking to saving any signature campaign earnings for long-term holding.

First of all you should be grateful that you discovered bitcoin way before many other people and, especially, you understood why bitcoin is important, not everyone gets it. And I wouldn't compare yourself, your salary and your bitcoin to other people's , everyone is different, everyone has a different background and a different story. For you 0,20 BTC is a small amount, I'm sure there are a lot of people out there that can only dream of owning that amount. But I get it, it's part of the human nature, the more we get, the more we want, and of course we make comparisons towards people who have more than us, no less.

Stop thinking about the amount. Be grateful with what you already have. The more you run after something, the further it goes. This kind of thing happens when you compare yourself to others. Stop doing it and focus on what you have. It will become more precious to you, even it's a very low amount.
Everything takes time. If owning 1 BTC is your goal, then take your time, you will reach your goal for sure. The more you want to get close to it, the more you will find yourself away from it. If you can learn to not focus on the results and keep working for it, you can even surpass that goal if you can do it.
Trust the process.

This thread reminds me when I was new on Bitcoin and crypto currency communities and at first I did not understand completely the need we all had to implement sub-units of Bitcoin on Wallets and even on exchanges. But nowadays I understand that using excessive decimals while dealing with assets can awake a sense of urgency on people to feel acomplished and be onwers of a single unit of the asset they trust.

That also happens with gold and there is a similar phenomenon with the FIAT, people used to fix their attention on the "1 million dollar" amount.

It is okey to want to have 1 coin, we are talking of money after all. Who wouldnt like more money? But we should not belittle ourselves over it and be aware that a handful of Satoshis are worth hundreds of shitcoins. That is why Bitcoin is still the queen of this market.  :)

A little bit defeatist but as the Buddhist teachings go, contentment is the way to success.

If you're diligent enough, pretty sure you'd get more than the .20 BTC you have right now, these signature campaigns we're in pay good money anyway, so there's a high possibility that, provided that you don't do anything with your bitcointalk earnings, in the future you may earn your first bitcoin too, but I know that's not what you're shooting for anymore.

At the end of the day, there's still other ways to earn more money in the future, something that wouldn't involve earning a whole bitcoin to be successful, you seem like a decent guy, and your reputation in this forum is good enough for you to be entrusted with a campaign that pays handsomely. Just keep at it and you'd be able to reach your financial goal (I believe so), whether it be earning bitcoins or not.

We know that human beings are ones who doesnt really have that contentment and if they do saw someone who do own lots of coins then its neither they would really be getting jealous or would really be

making it as an inspiration for them to reached out and accumulate 1 whole coin on their entire life.Yes, the amount involved isnt anyone could be able to easily to accumulate with and this is why

we do really end up on other options on accumulating in fractions which is something not a bad thing at all.Dont make yourself that get desperate on getting a whole coin because
even on small fractions would only do and the most important thing is that you do able to hit up something when it comes to target and goals.

I like your honest take on this which I believe comes from a place of deep self-awareness. You seem like an easy-going person who doesn't see the accumulation of bitcoin as a "I must get it by all means." People like you eventually no matter how long, would get it 1 bitcoin.

And what you said is the truth, it is a statistical destiny that most of us won't become rich or earn a great deal of money through Bitcoin. However, bitcoin will be able to make some positive changes in our lives. Such as helping us to meet an urgent need, help us to bypass country-restricted border transactions.

Summarily, we should diversify our portfolio - a little bitcoin here, a little stock there, a little real-estate investment here, a little other investment there. That's how it should be. And everyone lives happily ever after.

I think it's not quite right to calculate in how many years you will save up only for bitcoin. After all, in addition to your salary, you also get a subscription (if you, like me, also have a full-time job). Plus, it should be taken into account that you can engage in trading - those who know how to do this will save up for bitcoin much faster than others. Plus, you can participate in contests where you can win good money in cryptocurrency.
And of course you need to take risks - someone will be able to get rich quickly, someone will spend everything. Also, the price of bitcoin is changing, and tomorrow it may start to cost 100k.
The main thing is to work with cryptocurrencies in a convenient, reasonable rhythm, and not to set strict goals for yourself.

I enjoyed your post summary and the angle with which you presented your candid thoughts, OP.
I too doubt, if I will ever hold or own a whole Bitcoin. It is quite true how most of us would have owned some if we had the early initiative, while it was Still cheap. Right now, even if I can't have the whole Bitcoin, earnings from BTT campaigns has more than compensated for that and with the knowledge I have gained so far here, I can easily invest in other areas, mostly acquiring shares and trades, of which is sure to yield interest over time.

The point is indeed here. When we want to get rich from investing in Bitcoin, this actually can happen. The question is how rich do we want to be, how long will it take us to be rich, and also how much money do we invest so we can become rich? Because the answer to this question will certainly be different for everyone. Bitcoin is one of the more reputable crypto investment choices not because we want to get rich quicker, but because we believe in Bitcoin, in how Bitcoin will be able to reach high numbers again and with this we can take advantage of the bearish and bullish momentum. This is widely used by people to make high profits by taking advantage of these two moments. And Bitcoin is also reliable compared to investing in altcoins, which in my opinion is more risky.

I can literally relate to the most part of your story and whatever you said. I was also in the same situation back then, came to know about Bitcoin very early, when the price was only about $400 but didn't have any funds to buy, tried my best and earned some back in the days but then spent them not having any idea about the future.

Just like you, I have seen the price soaring high in front of my eyes but could never use it in my favor since I was too young and didn't have any money to buy or anything that I could sell and invest in Bitcoin. Now when things are different, the price is obviously too high.

Being late to the Bitcoin party can feel like a punch to the gut, like the chance of a lifetime slipped away. But as you astutely observe, cash isn't life's crowning achievement; fulfillment can be found elsewhere.

Indeed, by embodying Bitcoin's philosophy and the broader crypto ethos, you might uncover a sense of purpose and camaraderie that outshines simple financial gains. Decentralization, transparency, and innovation—cryptocurrency's pillars—are awe-inspiring. Dive headfirst into the community, join the grand debate, and unearth a profound sense of purpose.

Money isn't insignificant, naturally. However, adopting a holistic and philosophical perspective in your crypto endeavors could lead to a gratification that outshines mere wealth.

I had also missed the early stages of Bitcoin because of the doubt and lack of knowledge about crypto currency. I feel a bit sad of missing that stages but those times is not really meant for me. Though we cannot invest a single bitcoin now because of the high value, but it awakens my inner self to strive harder to find other source of income to be able to acquire or invest in Bitcoin and of course i will never ever get a loan just to acquire it. There are still a lot of time to pursue to be able to invest in bitcoin. We need to work hard to earn more to be able to invest. 

Don't try to limit your self OP, there's opportunity out there waiting to happen in the future that might make you eat the words that you're saying right now and I think it helps a lot if you're optimistic, if you have other means to make money to slowly accumulate more bitcoin then I would respectfully disagree with you.

People who are only just starting to get into bitcoin now will struggle to ever get a whole bitcoin, especially if tgey are not in a First World country & earning a good salary. Like you say OP though, that is OK. It’s said very often but there are only 21,000,000 to ever exist so there isn’t even close to enough for each millionaire in the world to own a whole bitcoin, let alone the entire population.

Just save what you can because every single satoshi is precious. Bitcoin is the best money to ever exist, get as much as you can because over long term the price is only going up.

Everything takes time; some people missed out on early Bitcoin investments due to a lack of knowledge about the entire process, but after gaining that knowledge, they return and continue to invest in Bitcoin even as the price has skyrocketed due to their faith in the overall financial freedom Bitcoin has brought to us.

Though I regret not being among the early investors, I am grateful to have invested in Bitcoin at this stage because the price is below my expectations, so I am happy with what I have and am willing to buy more; I hope the price remains in this range for a while before shooting up .

Regardless of the fact that you've missed some opportunities in the past, trust me it's not too late to own 1 BTC one day, but only if you're ready to embark on that journey today. Of course, that would require a little (perhaps a lot) sacrifice and maybe another job on the side and a good investment strategy. Whether it's classic DCA, accumulating fiat and waiting for a big crash or selling your BTC on the way to ATH and then reinvesting in it at several times lower prices.

Let's say that the next ATH will happen sometime in the second half of next year and that the price of 1 BTC will be x5 from today, which would mean somewhere around $150k and that you have around 0.25 BTC to sell, which would bring in around $37k. If you consider that the correction that follows the ATH usually wipes out about 70% or more of the value of BTC, for the money you got selling 0.25 BTC you could buy a whole one or at least close to it.

It's not high math or anything like that, but at least it's something worth thinking about when looking at historical data related to Bitcoin ;)

I agree with the general idea of the responses.  One should not become obsessed with owning 1 BTC. It is a round figure that fascinates many of us because of its present value and possible future value, but everyone should acquire as much or as litte as they can, as they are sure to be better off in the future if they have accumulated some BTC than if they have not.

Most people on earth will never own a whole bitcoin, and that's okay. 21 mln.BTC purely from mathematical calculations are not enough for everyone, especially since whales have a large proportion of them. So you don't stand out in any way (Except that a lot of people don't have 0.2BTC and never will).

The Greeks are still lucky to get $10,000 a year. In many other countries, accumulating 1 whole bitcoin can take 2-3 times longer than yours. Your conditions are not the worst yet.

Not being able to own 1BTC is not the end of the world. You shouldn't dwell on it.

Worrying about past missed opportunities is useless. I prefer to look to the future and I agree that trying to jump beyond your capabilities will not succeed and a balance should be found between investment and comfort.

You never know what happens in future. Acquiring 1 whole bitcoin sounds like a big deal today and you say you have around 0.2 BTC which is good.
May be in future there will be people who would say I cannot acquire 0.1 BTC but that's okay. They will consider you among the wealthy ones for owning 0.2 BTC.
So never consider yourself small and never think of a particular amount as a big deal because that will keep changing.
Even now as we speak, I am sure there will be many people around who would consider you wealthy for owning the amount you have now.

I just don't get it sometimes on why there are other people obligating others to get a whole Bitcoin just to call themselves an investor to Bitcoin.
"uR nOt a BiTcoiNer if u dOn'T hold 1 BiTcoin"

Back then, I always thought that Bitcoin was not like an investment but more of like an currency used by criminals especially in the deep web. While part of those are true, I just found out in the early 2017 that I was wrong about thinking it as just a illegal currency then I just decided that day to why not find a site to discuss Bitcoin then I found this forum. We all do have our learnings and now that I am holding less than a whole Bitcoin (but quite near the whole) make me think that I had been into this so far.

Having an obsession with having 1 BTC is natural because it can motivate us to keep trying hard. Even though owning 1 BTC right now is not easy, we must keep trying because of the potential for a very high increase in the price of BTC in the future.

That obsession will also be the target of the dreams we want to achieve. And when we have succeeded in having 1 BTC, we must have the next target that we want to achieve and be sure that we can achieve it.

That way, we will always be motivated to try hard, even though it may seem difficult. But by trying many ways, we will find ways to think it's possible to have more than 1 BT and achieve it one day.

2014, hmm it's really impressive buddy in my knowledge at that time there were only a few people who knew about cryptocurrencies at that time and you are one of those lucky ones which refers that you might have decent experience because most of the people on the forum + in the Bitcoin market entered after 2017. This is really unfortunate that you still don't own a Bitcoin as you are one of the early market grabbers. Other people regret about their late joining of the market because they were unaware and uneducated with the technology.

Anyway, you should believe in yourself and start making DCA may be at some time you will get Bitcoin and your dream comes true. But this is a big regret that you've missed the chance two times back to back. There is might be some more opportunities for you again in the future.

The majority of the members here with significant forum experience missed their opportunity to add 1 Bitcoin to their wallet. As we all know, in 2016 the price of bitcoin was below $5,000, about $3–$4,000. Because most forum members had criticized the price not reaching the 20k dollar mark before 2017, most of us did not anticipate the value of 68k dollars.

If you keep stacking sats, OP, you will eventually make it to 1 bitcoin, although I'd try to make it before the end of this year, while the market is still full of undecided people who don't know if it's still a bear market, or the beginning of a bull market. When they all see what's going on the price will double in an instant, pretty much the way it went from 10 to 20k in 2020.



Let's not be too paranoid, especially with small amounts of bitcoin that anybody can see if they check a public address.
For example anybody can check OP's campaign address and see there's a balance of 0.169 BTC. This isn't something we have to protect like some secret knowledge.

I think you missed the point. With this thread I'm referring to newer members that are rushing to purchase Bitcoin and resort to extreme measures in order to achieve that. I'm not comparing myself to others nor am I not grateful for what I have.
You're indeed right. It is possible but requires huge sacrifices that not everyone can handle. Opting for a second job, even a part-time one, and using that money towards Bitcoin would greatly assist the cause, but it's not something I can do at the moment, even though 0.25 BTC, which isn't a goal too far to set, is decent money if you think about it.
Eventually, it may happen if you're consistent. I wasn't back at 2018 and this is why my chances are currently quite low.

Bitcoin as you've also mentioned isn't anonymous and our addresses are public information that anyone can easily search. It's not like someone can do something by knowing my address and the amount of money I hold.

Don't write yourself off, there are many ways to earn Bitcoin these days. Who knows maybe you earn that 1 Bitcoin quicker than you ever imagined and then you set your sights on joining the 1 in a million club and owning 21 Bitcoin.

Assuming that you will never be financially strong enough to acquire a whole Bitcoin at this price, it is quite likely that if Bitcoin enfolds its full potential it will only get harder from here to make it to a whole Bitcoin. As I hope that you don't hope for Bitcoin to crash to the ground because then you could perhaps buy a whole Bitcoin, my feeling is that this would be the only way for you to make it 1.0 Bitcoin one day.

But as you said, it is more an ideological goal or rather a symbolic goal than a necessity to own a whole Bitcoin. Whoever already does and whoever can afford to buy a whole Bitcoin as of now, that's awesome. But for those who want to be part of it but can't buy a whole one, it doesn't matter. You have still understood the relevance of this technology and you can still benefit.

It also depends where you live. I think half a Bitcoin can get you quite far if we see another bull run.

I will never own a whole Bitcoin and that's okay

from time to time you can try your luck in solo mining and you may hit a block which contains more than one bitcoin

if you can't do it alone try joining a blockparty (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=216582)

This is true- I also regret the time I failed to invest and purchase BTC when its price was barely noticeable. But this is the reason on why we invested in the first place- what if the price of 1 BTC today is considerably cheaper than it will be 5-10 years from now? Better invest now and HODL it for long-term. Do not lose hope as in this kind of venture, anything is possible as the sky is the limit in reaching prices.

Just think of this situation, in a few years from now, anything is possible. Just keep on investing even if it is a relatively small amount and focus on long-term HODLing.

some of us who are participating signature campaigns here are constantly earning funds but this is just a tip of bitcoin.
though the value may grow high in the future if we will continue holding.

people has their own need daily, meaning even if they are earning weekly there is always a chance that they will spend or convert their bitcoin specially in emergencies


OP:

While everyone has this dream of owning one whole bitcoin yet only few succeed but since you mentioned that it is OKAY then indeed that why need to pressure yourself from having one when you can have what you can afford to lose?

I think the world as of today does not revolves only with cryptocurrency. It is still in its early phase where most are aware of it but do not really engaging with it. Cryptocurrencies have a lot of potential and those who makes most of that potential are the winners. This does not necessarily mean that you have to own a specific amount of crypto. You yourself can only dictate what amount you should invest in it since that is the amount that you take the risk and can afford to lose it. I agree that there is still a chance for everyone to invest and there are many ways for you to do that, it just takes for you to really take the risk of it. Just always go with what you can afford to lose, so that if someday something goes wrong, you don't lose those important things in your life in terms of financial.

Buying bitcoin at the beginning of his journey was not so easy, we now see how he grew up, and then no one could know this. But in the past, it was possible to buy a few bitcoins for a much lower price than is possible now.

Now, to afford to buy one bitcoin, a simple guy like me needs to work very hard, and given the costs of my daily expenses, it will take more than one year. But I like bitcoin, I believe that it will continue to grow in price, so I invest in it and hope for a good profit in the future.

actually whatever we have we are grateful for 0.20 BTC is a great value for now if cashed compared to 5-7 years ago,
Wherever you produce btc, it's actually normal, but friends have pressured you before, don't ever go into debt to buy btc, following signatures on this forum will also be able to reach 1 btc if we have patience and persistence

You are true OG  ;D Im also member from 2014 and in total in and out I have around 5 Bitcoin and happened in year 2015-2016 after that I never had single bitcoin again after the bitcoin price reach 20K+ it very hard to even touch 1 Bitcoin at least if I buy with my local currency.

1 Single Bitcoin can buy 1 brand new car or even cheap house in my country so buy it will be hard task  hahhaha but thats okay we still have time continue DCA or buy little bit till reach 1 Bitcoin while holding till touch new ATH

That's more than okay, OP. The idea for most of us regular folks is to just stack as many sats as you can, for as long as you can.

I did get over 1 BTC some years back but was forced to liquidate. And while I've certainly earned many, many coins, it is my income so I have to sell the bulk of what I earn. It's what I can save every now and then that eventually is moved to a cold wallet.

There will be plenty of dips, and crashes, to come. DCA ensures you are positioned to take advantage. You never know...

My story is very much like yours. I registered in this forum in 2014 too but I think I was after something else back then. Computing hashes with graphic cards and hashcat but in the context of cracking passwords, just for fun. But I soon realized that my graphic cards weren't good enough for the job and I quit. Only back in late 2018 I came back to this forum with the goal of pursuing Bitcoin and learn and join a community deeply related to Bitcoin. I also don't have enough funds to be already in the !BTC club, but who cares? I don't. I buy Bitcoin monthly and according to my possibilities. And that's all we can ask from ourselves. Do out best and move on!

Yup, I am as pessimistic as OP, thinking owning 1 bitcoin is impossible for me because my income is too low to think about. But life is full of surprises, even now, I own several bitcoins, not just one, which I never dared to think about. Let's stay optimistic and always try, everything will pay off.

Yes, at least we can still do it today to be able to invest in bitcoin, even though basically we can't collect a lot of bitcoins and have all the bitcoins, looking back I also feel a lot of regret that happened why didn't I hold on longer at that time because constrained by an urgent need.
Why don't you save your earnings from this forum in bitcoin, especially since bitcoin is already on a cyclical journey towards a positive trend and prices are still fairly cheap, it is likely that your investment in bitcoin will yield better results and make up for past mistakes.

Yes, of course, it must be a firm grip that bitcoin always gives wealth to those who are patient and courageous, in short, the risk will be directly proportional to the profit and also accompanied by consistency in investment which is a general law in the world of investment and finance.
Altcoins are not the best means of investing in crypto.

I'm not sure how financially strong I'll be in one, two or three years from now but my main point is that the average person is likely to never afford to acquire a whole Bitcoin. Personally, I'm aiming to hold 0.25 by the end of the year, which I'm not sure if I manage to succeed but it's worth a try.
The most I had acquired in the past was approximately 0.40 BTC, somewhere in 2014 or 2015; I don't exactly remember. It must hurt knowing that you had 5 Bitcoins in the past, but the truth is that there's no point in looking back; you couldn't have known, and the majority of us would probably have sold in the first bull market available.
Certainly, I'm generally satisfied with what I've accumulated so far. There's still a chance to perhaps at least own half of Bitcoin some time in the distant future. There will be more opportunities to come, definitely not like the ones 4-5 years ago, but with enough patience, we might as well succeed.

Wow I wish much more people can get to see this post and stop putting themselves under unnecessary pressure and I've always believed that there is no wrong time to invest in Bitcoin and seeing your story@op, I got encouraged because I'm not bothered over how much Bitcoin someone else's has and the only time I go to check the Bitcoin accomodations of others is just to read about the journey of people I see doing well in the industry and trying to learn from them rather than wanting to compete to own a whole portion of Bitcoin.

There is nothing wrong with not owning one full Bitcoin and the bitter truth is that not everyone will be able to own 1bitcoin no matter how rich they are and there are alot of rich men who are not involved with cryptocurrency and people stop making it seem like not owning cryptocurrency or Bitcoin is a sin.

As a person, you cannot set yourself obstacles, because if that is the case, you will always be Limited,one person can say that to another and I would Feel strongly to say that I will not agree, because it may be that you do not have the means to buy bitcoin right now, but you cannot limit your brain to the fact that you will not have it because you will not have it, on the Contrary, you must think about how to obtain more bitcoin and have that search always, it is the only way to do it, otherwise you will not be able to,be a very positive person.

1 BTC out of signature campaigns? It would really be a tough one or simply that cant really be that possible unless if you have joined campaigns on year 2016-2018 then you might be able to
accumulate considering that it was still cheap then and each sig camp pays decent amount of bitcoins on the time and if you do able to accumulate coins on that time then it would really be that
good to see and possible on making a whole coin but of course we would be likely on spending out those coins because we know that we do have other expenses too.

DCA if you do have the money and if you are really that serious on accumulating one coin and wont really be that a huge spender or impulsive buyer on things because this is one of the most common
behavior on why we dont able to reach out our goals just because we are really that having that kind of behavior on which it isnt a must thing to be done.
Also you should really be knowing on how to get contented even though you wont be able to reach out 1 whole coin.

Also, as a person who have goal, we should know the possible obstacles that we will face.  We have to plan ahead and think of ways to face these obstacles with ease.  I think whether @OP can own 1 whole Bitcoin or not depends on his capacity and dedication.  If he had decided himself that he will never have 1 whole BTC, then it will mostly happen but if @OP thinks that he can accumulate whole Bitcoin the that will serve as motivation in his journey to 1 whole Bitcoin.

I also agree that we shouldn't limit ourselves of any possible potentials in the future.  Even though it may look hard to accumulate BTC but with dedication and willpower, we will able to accumulate it even in a small part.  

While the price of Bitcoin become expensive, people got it hard to accumulate more, unlike when it was just $100. But it was not because of its current price or because we don't have the motivation to save them. It was noticed that when Bitcoin was also accepted as payment, it was easy for people to use it and spend like fiat money. The behavior of the people changed as the development continue because before we think that Bitcoin is precious than gold but for now, it was just a normal thing - it comes to us and then just passed by.

I never buy Bitcoin back then I only got it from the bounties and the highest bounty that I got is from Lisk which pays me around 2.1 Btc  :o . and yes as an old member like us, it will be very hurtful when we can see today price  ;D but just like you have said there is no point in looking back.

The best thing is learning from the past  8). I remember I had to sell all my holdings when Bitcoin price is around ~$500 what a crazy hahaha


There is other way if we don't have money to deposit or to buy the bitcoin by participating bounties like signature and HODL

Considering how much more popular can Bitcoin get in the future and the level of adoption in those times, everyone won't even be able to have any Bitcoin since the supply is not enough for that, and that is what will drive the price too high since the demand will be too high and everyone will be willing to pay a lot of money only to get a small portion of a whole Bitcoin.

That is the beauty of Bitcoin, limited supply, and high demand, thus a very high price in the future, unlike altcoins which have almost unlimited supplies and very less demand, and that is the reason why Bitcoin has never got any competition at all.

Well, I am here to give you some hope. First of all... the idea was never for everyone to hold one Bitcoin, that is just a pipe dream for many people. You should collect as much as you can and then hoard it, if you are planning to use it as an investment option.

So when I started out, the Bitcoin price was around $300 to $400 ....and to be honest, I did not have enough money to buy a lot of coins. I bought small amounts every time the price dropped and then sold them when the price spiked.... and doing that continuously... until I had enough money to buy a few coins.

I eventually collected enough to buy a few coins and then sold them for a massive profit at $5000 and then at $18 000 and once again at $55 000.  ;)

Those who are selling their stuff to buy Bitcoin are not doing it because of desperation and it doesn't mean they can't afford it, most of them did it because they can afford it, there is a bus driver on YouTube that got rich with crypto in 2017, till date he still sells a few of his cars, Lamborghini and others to buy Bitcoin back, in every Bear market he said.

Bitcoin has never failed to amuse us, if you can sell your stuff to get one Bitcoin and by a year and a half Bitcoin turns to 100k you will be able to buy back your stuff and have many profits left that you can use to change your life. I know it's not a good strategy for many people but it's worth the risk.

My father built his house in 1991 and today the house is not in a very good shape, we the children keep spending money on the house to make it retain its old strong shape, it costs us a lot to renovate, what I am trying to say is properties appreciates over time, the worn out as time goes on, even if you build for business sake, most of the money is going for amendment of the house or property.

That's actually decent enough, I think you should try to speak about that in-front of investors who have acquired less compared to what you have and surely you will hear some comments that will make you think twice because they envy you more than you envy the other investors. I mean, we all have our own difficulties in life and so as acquiring cryptocurrencies because we felt that we are already behind and haven't boarded the first boat. It may sound cliche to you and to others but this ain't a race my friend.

My advise is, you should keep on holding and acquiring if you have any spare funds. Don't compare yourself to others and stop limiting yourself because you'll just be discouraged.

It's great to have 1 bitcoin in your wallet, but it shouldn't be the goal of a lifetime, you know.
You can slowly go to your goal accumulating coins and live a happy life. In fact, most people don't even have 0.20 Bitcoin. It's a good amount.

I think it is fine to realize that, I mean price is a lot and we may not reach there but at the same time altcoins could make this happen one day too, we need to remember that. I had a friend who already had a few bitcoins, but he made a lot more bitcoins, about 100 to be exact, and he made that thanks to his altcoins investments and he made that happen.

This is why it is important to keep in mind that you may not invest a lot and get it there, but you could always end up with a good altcoin investment that could turn into something much bigger as well. I hope that it does happen eventually to everyone and everyone gets richer thanks to some coins and we all live happily, but some will fail while the others will make that work. I hope for that now, I am doing as well as I could in saving category, now I need a good investment.

Having 1 Bitcoin in your wallet can be one of your greatest achievements, especially at today's price. But for starters and for average people like me, it will really make me happy if I will have a chance to earn 1 Bitcoin a year. But you know that having 0.20 bitcoin is a really good amount, especially if it's your hard-earned money. In life and in crypto, it's okay to dream big and work hard until you get insanely rich, learn to be contented sometimes for you to learn how to save and not lose your hard-earned money in stupid stuff.

Sounds impossible, at least nowadays that Bitcoin is worth more than $30,000, a few years ago, I'd say that it was very possible. Personally, it would take me over 6 to 7 more years at best, if you take into account that the price is likely to increase in the following years.
Nothing to do with being optimistic, I'm just being realistic with the data I currently have, it doesn't necessarily mean that there's no possibility of them changing, however, the parameters that make the acquisition of a whole Bitcoin are many and quite volatile (wages, salary, Bitcoin's price).
I'm talking about a few newer members that claimed that they were selling their own possessions in order to purchase Bitcoin. I'm also supportive of selling and getting rid of items you no longer use or need, but going in extreme measures is unnecessary.

I agree. 1 Bitcoin is massive and most people won't be able to gather it now even in years and that's fine, not everyone can afford this. I don't even have 0.2, but I'm doing everything to get there and have at least half of a coin before it hits $100k.

Every great things that happened to a man, is a function of information and divine wisdom of understanding, while taken the risk at initial stage to buy Bitcoin with a low price, base on your capital and most not be a complete Bitcoin before investing, but some fraction can be bought and hold for a long term investment, to achieve or get Gain as a cryptocurrency investor.

Many people missed the opportunity to buy Bitcoin early on.  Although Bitcoin was not well known then.But then the value of Bitcoin was very low like in Satoshi. As the popularity of Bitcoin began to rise, the price began to rise.But later the trend is increasing.  Very few people held Bitcoin back then.  Little did anyone know then that Bitcoin would one day become known throughout the world.  And Bitcoin will be the king of cryptocurrency.Those who held bitcoins at that time became rich.  But then the investor unknowingly sold the bitcoins.  It was the biggest mistake of their life, otherwise they would be rich today.  But nowadays it is very difficult to own a bitcoin.

Not many people believe in Satoshi Nakamoto's dream and it's ok, I was one of those who never believe that Bitcoin could do anything noticeable in the world, I know Bitcoin at a very earlier stage but I failed to believe in it, until when it's almost too late, if I had no good amount of money I won't be able to have the amount of Bitcoin I am currently holding right now. My dream is to have more Bitcoin because I don't see how to retire with a good amount of money and wealth if you don't have Bitcoin today, and I doubt there will be a better valuable thing like Bitcoin again, even if there is another it will take another decade to get there and I won't exists anymore anyway. 

OP do what is withing your reach, don't chase what you can't get your hands on, some scammers made 135 ETH yesterday from scamming people through a fake meme coin, he rug pulled on the investors, imagine this person bragging that they bought Bitcoin at a very early stage when they steal from others. BUy the amount of Bitcoin you can right now, it will be extremely hard to get 0.5BTC in another 4 years so I don't believe that it's too late.

I personally also think the same thing, indeed in this case the desire to be rich is very clear and I am aware of that, but the context for other things also exists, of course. even though we really can't get rich with it, living with enough is already better for me and indeed while I was in bitcoin my life became a little different and that is a fact that is felt by myself. so I don't care about other people's views whether it's about wealth or indeed being here is a bad action, as long as I feel comfortable and my life is fulfilled then I will still be here.

It's never too late to still make a better future out of it, those that missed it then were never aware of how it may turn to later in life, maybe they would have risk it all and invested, now our turn today to choose whether to invest or watch things happening again for the second time, but for everyone who have heard about bitcoin this time and yet not invested stands on his own, the future to come will say the rest.


The wrong mentality many have is that they must have to buy bitcoin which is wrong, it's a currency that should be earned as well just as you got paid in fiat from the job you do, you can earn bitcoin in many ways and not necessarily till you exchange your fiat for it or sell some of your asset.

There are many important things that someone misses that makes them fail to grasp the opportunity to get rich, your past is also experienced by several other users who are here. You still have a chance to make up for the small mistakes you missed in 2014 and 2017, during your time here there have been many developments that have made you know Bitcoin more closely.
Mistakes and failures are valuable lessons, after this you will always be monitoring the market movement to get a small portion of bitcoins to earn a few extra dollars when the price has increased.
I do not agree with the words that there is money is not the goal in life because to survive requires money.

You actually provided what is mathematically set in stone already. There are more average persons in the world than there are Bitcoin! ;) Which means that not every average person will ever be able to hold an entire Bitcoin. Psychologically I think this is an important aspect to consider when you are getting into Bitcoin. Avoid FOMO because you set some idealistic investment goal like "I need 1.0 Bitcoin no matter what and as quickly as possible". If your cash flow only allows for slow and steady, then stick with slow and steady and just by sticking to that you are probably better off than the average person in the long run.

Being an average person in terms of income does not necessarily equate to being an average investor as well. Sticking to principles, continuously revising your investment strategy if necessary and persistently sticking to what you set up as your strategy can get you further than some of the higher income persons.

Also as you said it depends on where you are in the world. This thread by LoyceV (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5366161.0) is labeled "What can 1 Bitcoin buy in your country?" and the result to that question can be very different. Now the thread doesn't adjust for time differences in Bitcoin's price I think, but still 0.25 Bitcoin can get you very far in one country and not so far in another. But owning 0.25 Bitcoin is aways better than owning none, and a lot of people in the world own none (yet).

It is very common for everyone to hope that bitcoin can help him financially regardless of whether they can be rich for it or just have enough. Of course it doesn't matter if you never get rich with it, but you should of course be grateful for what you have so far from bitcoin. Bitcoin in general has helped a lot of people get a decent return on investment and trading, but that return is by no means guaranteed.

Just like most people, I also want to make a lot of profit in bitcoin. Obviously this doesn't have to make me feel too greedy for my desires, to be honest all of that needs a process and of course the process is never instant. Buy as much as you can afford to lose, hold on long term and enjoy the returns.

I personally can't say in this case rich or anything because everyone's standard of wealth is obviously very different and in this case we have our own perspective of wealth with it.
What is clear, the point remains the same as before as long as we are grateful for what has been given with the adequacy achieved from bitcoin then it will still be very good.
There is no real guarantee because this is not something that has a clear guarantee but this is precisely what makes bitcoin even more interesting because if there was a clear guarantee price fluctuations would not be like this and would feel monotonous of course.

btw I completely agree with this point. Process is one very important thing because of course this can support yourself in a better direction if you want to process.
It's just that there are still many people who always don't expect something like this even though this is a series that cannot be separated.

what matters here is you're already contented of your life right now and it's your choice whether you want to achieve something more. the desired of being rich is what we all wanted there's no person in this world that doesn't want to get rich i think there are some people not into but majority is we all need money. as long as you are happy of what you have right now then there's no need to care about others point of view in their life.

never say never. Wealth can fall on you at any moment. The second moment, if you set yourself the goal of earning 1 Bitcoin, you can handle it, there are a lot of opportunities for this now and I think you yourself know this. Thanks to the forum and the companies that spend here, as it is possible here get new knowledge and profit, and if you combine all this, you will have a positive result.

In my opinion, there is a certain life rule - if you say "I can't do it", then you are right.  If you say - "I can do it!"  - then you are also right.  It all depends on your attitude and your desire to achieve the goal. 

If you set yourself the goal of saving 1 Bitcoin, then you will save it.  A friendly universe fulfills the desires of people. 

At the same time, it does not matter what the average salary in Greece is.  People receive income not only in the form of wages, there are many ways to become a rich person.  On the other hand, perhaps wealth is not your goal. 

At the same time, if in the future the price of Bitcoin rises to $1,000,000, then 0.2 BTC will also become a large amount of money ($200,000).

That's correct; the average person isn't aiming to acquire Bitcoin, but I believe that you understand my point: someone who's willing to acquire through purchasing by earning an average wage In theory, it will take years, but in practice, due to its volatility and the expected increase in price in the following years, it'll take way over a decade to achieve it, and it's still not guaranteed by any means.
I know that I sound like a pessimist; however, I find it completely unrealistic, at least for the following few years. I'm not in a hurry, nor am I satisfied with my progress, although I've come to terms with the fact that there's a decent chance that I won't ever accumulate a whole Bitcoin. It might happen, but most likely it will not.

It’s not an issue if you don’t own a whole Bitcoin. It’s more an issue if you don’t know any bitcoin at all. If your net worth for example would be 10.000 USD you would be very well off if you own 0.3 Bitcoin. If your net worth however would be 1.000.000 USD you would be not so well off if you just own 1 bitcoin for example.
So in my opinion just adapt your bitcoin portfolio to what you can afford. If bitcoin doubles your investment will also double, no matter what you have invested. Always remember that.

And no less important point should be the ability to fix the profit, because until this moment it will be just numbers on the screen, which can decrease as much as they increase. I don’t know if it’s worth holding any coin for 5 years or more, so far it has worked for bitcoin, but no one can know the future fate of any investment, so taking profits in a bull market is a good habit, and as for bear markets, this is up to everyone what to buy and how much is in investment, and it doesn’t matter how much you have half a bitcoin or more, you need to proceed from the situation on the market.

It’s Really Like A Dreams Because Still Now 1 Bitcoin = Upto $30k USD And My Country Money Value Of 1 Bitcoin = Upto 3 Million Our Country Local Money It’s So Far And I Hope It’s Not Possible To My Owning Ever 1 BTC In My Wallet But I Have Little Amount Of Bitcoin It’s Okay For Me But Still Now I,m Trying To Increasing My Value To BTC And Working Hard If Possible Anyhow To Make Half BTC In My Full Life That's Enough For Me And Than I Success My Life And Fillup My Dreams Everyone Pray For Me.

You are judging tomorrow based on today and that's unfair, if 0.2BTC is all you can afford this year, what makes you think you won't do better than this next year? There are many opportunities in crypto space that can change everything in a short period of time you only need to learn.

I have read about how many people make a lot of money by investing in altcoin gems if they find them early. If you find them early, you can have more BTC fast. With altcoins, you can do pretty well and then use that money to buy Bitcoin, so you can have one Bitcoin within one year or two.

There are too many "gems", most of them won't provide you too much profit even if you invest in them early, and some will cause you to lose money. Trading is a good way to make money, but it's hard and I think it's not for everyone. Accepting your limits is fine, trying to break them is also acceptable, but you shouldn't overestimate yourself too much.

With that being said, you already create a limit within yourself. We all can become rich if we decided to become one. The problem with today is that people do not think on how they can get increase their current income, that is the reason why they are still on the same place and not going anywhere. If you decided to work hard and get own a 1 bitcoin or more then you will come up a plan on how to do it. People are creating limits by saying they cannot do it, it is like what you did by saying "I will never own a whole bitcoin", there are a lot of ways to get a bitcoin all you need to do is to decide to have 1 bitcoin. Human mind is the most powerful thing that we have, it can help us to manifest our desires so better if we should have a positive vision to ourself and to what we can do.

We live in the world with a lot of opportunities, I really mean it when I say a lot because all we need to have specialized knowledge and high income skill in order to earn money without investing money or using capital. If we train our mind to see opportunities, you will see that there are so much abundance in this type of market. Remember that it is all in our mind, if you start deciding that you can have the amount of money you desire then it will finally come in to you. IT IS SIMPLE AS THAT!

There are too many altcoins and most of them are scam projects, but if you are good at doing research you can make some good amount of money, this is not a financial advice though because investing in altcoins exposes you to more risk than investing in Bitcoin, but honestly, many people have made over 10x from altcoins in this bear market, through AI mostly and today those AI projects are still standing strong, I think AI may lead the next bull market in 2021, projects like Althea, Singularity NET, VAIOT, Chain GPT have given early investors incredible amount of gains, it's easier to diversify on altcoins that to trade and make money, trading is riskier to me, I may be wrong but this is just me, still Bitcoin is the safest digital asset in crypto space today.

That's why when people ask for guidance about investing in bitcoins, I always told them the best thing to do is quit their bad habits and instead of buying cigarettes and alcohol, they should try to consider buying bitcoins with that money and look for the differences. especially those who wanted to quit these bad habits and they wanted to spend their money on something useful and productive. Bitcoins are always a good answer for that and they really need to start right now if they wanted some changes in their life because the more they spend it on something unbeneficial the more they are wasting their money.

Isn’t that the beauty of cryptocurrency? You don’t really need to own a whole Bitcoin but that doesn’t stop you from being a proud owner of you though you might own a fraction of it. I see a lot of people people complaining about how they missed the chance of buying cryptocurrency way back when the value was really low but they don’t see the fact that there are even properties and other investments that have grown in the past few years. What I’m trying to say is unlike Properties,Gold or stocks etc which require you to own in full unlike these Bitcoin let’s you invest and grow with any desired amount you are comfortable with spending.

Maybe you have a point but I understand why some people are saying this because they are already contented with their achievements. Maybe you think that achieving and storing 1BTC is easy for you but never think that others have the capability to own it as well. Might say it was our mindset and the urge to get but can't hide the fact that some people choose not to get but instead, they make their money rolling - buy and sell. Actually, to be here in the crypto space is not all about owning 1BTC but we are here to make money every day as possible.

I believe we've been all missed something big in cryptocurrency world or even in the real world, but that's okay, because we can't have it all, we can win always, we can't be happy always, everything should be in balance to grow more, so we have to experience bad things as well in able to learn something from it, and be a better person.

Not owning a whole Bitcoin after so many years is not a big deal, because maybe you're spending your profit in your daily needs, like paying your bills, buying foods, maintenance inside your house, and your wants, etc. That's amazing already, and that's the purpose why we are earning money, to spend on things we needs and wants.

Oh geeze do I feel this post. Hang in there fam. This is a real toughie. I can personally say that I dropped the ball in owning 250 Bitcoins I had the chance to acquire in 2010 for $20. One day you CAN own one who BITCOIN. Shoot, you can own 100 BITCOIN! You limit yourself in the belief in yourself to change your circumstances, don't underestimate yourself! YOU CAN DO ANYTHING YOU PUT YOUR MIND TO!

I never expected to be very rich from Bitcoin, I enjoy every moment in this forum because it has become my hobby, I can even say this forum is my second home. I've seen a lot of impatient people in their lives (especially members on this forum who got banned), so they do negative things to get rich quickly even though they never get it at all.

I'm also still very grateful to have my little investment in the form of Bitcoin that I got from a signature campaign, for daily needs, I have a small business in the real world that can support me so I don't have to sell the bitcoins that I get. The point is that right now there are many opportunities and there is no need to rush, just focus and be patient with what you are good at and comfortable with.

Not owning an entire Bitcoin is the statistical reality for the vast majority of crypto owners ;) It is not possible given that there are only 21 million and a lot of those Bitcoin is held by single hands already. The ownership isn't as centralized anymore as it was claimed to be, but as Bitcoin gets more and more adopted globally I think the unit of account that will be more relevant is probably going to be mBTC instead of BTC. For as long as you can still get your hands on an entire BTC, go for it! ;)

For many countries, the price of one bitcoin now seems too high, and it can take many years to buy it, if you save some part of each salary for buying it. But so far, the 1 bitcoin goal seems to be quite achievable for and I think it's a good goal to try to achieve.

If the trend continues in the future and there are more people who want to own bitcoin, then this will contribute to the growth of its price, since demand always leads to an increase in the price. So while its price is still not that high at the moment, you can try to buy as much as possible so that in the future it will bring good profit.

I wonder what percentage of people don't even know bitcoin exists... Maybe one day a single bitcoin will represent a real fortune ... I've seen bitcoin go up to $800 and I thought it was very expensive... Instead of investing in bitcoin, I loaned money that I lost. Other people have bought a lot of stuff with bitcoins bought at 10 cents, sold them at 3 dollars, and were very happy to have made a profit. There are so many stories about bitcoin. By the way, I'm still looking for a site, in English, where people were telling their bitcoin stories.