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Title: One mistake means one lesson for bitcoiner
Post by: arzuo on July 02, 2025, 04:41:11 PM
In the Bitcoin BTC world, every mistake creates a story.


# If You Sent to the wrong address?

    $ You learned about step and finality.


# If you bought from the top / high price?

   $ Then You discovered and learned that emotions are not any strategies.


# If you trusted any centralized exchange to much?

$ You found the meaning and learned that "Not your keys, not your coins."!!


# If you Sold too soon?
 $  You have learned about the power of patience and the power of Bitcoin.

# If price go down after your bought  and want to find the reason?
 $ You learned about market manipulation and trading fud / fomo

Bitcoin doesn’t forgive. It teaches you with every mistake. And its never go down we just face market manipulation its always break ATH !!


Title: Re: One mistake means one lesson for bitcoiner
Post by: TheUltraElite on July 02, 2025, 04:47:15 PM
Yeah this asset is unforgiving and that is why buying it comes later, learning how to handle these things like securing a wallet, knowing that transactions are irreversible and that one has to be extra careful when dealing with money in this form.

I can say that someone who does all this properly will become a new type of human who is capable to doing something on their own and not depend on others.

About trading on the market, that is a different ballgame. First one needs to secure their wallet and not store coins on exchanges.


Title: Re: One mistake means one lesson for bitcoiner
Post by: cabron on July 02, 2025, 04:58:21 PM
One mistake that really made someone can't forgive himself is sending a large sum all because of his fat finger. Funny I've seen few threads about this, just couldn't see myself having this mistake even if I have a fat finger myself. Either the guy is in a hurry doing it or his eyes is just not 20/20.

But yep one mistake can really make you regret it. The worse I think when you are scammed by an obvious scammer yet you are convinced to send coins.


Title: Re: One mistake means one lesson for bitcoiner
Post by: Jewan420 on July 02, 2025, 05:05:11 PM
Checking the address while exchanging is very important. Basic knowledge of using a wallet. During each transaction, we should complete the transaction carefully so that you do not make any mistakes and the crypto assets do not go to the wrong address.

Keeping your wallet safe and secure is the most important and main task while trading Bitcoin. Then analyze the market and enter the trade. But I advise you to be aware of the risks of Bitcoin. Another thing is, never store coins on centralized exchanges. Because we are already familiar with exchange scams


Title: Re: One mistake means one lesson for bitcoiner
Post by: Oshosondy on July 02, 2025, 05:05:53 PM
# If price go down after your bought  and want to find the reason?
 $ You learned about market manipulation and trading fud / fomo
You mean market manipulation fud? That is true because there is no market manipulation whatsoever in bitcoin as it is in altcoins. If the price is falling, just be patience and buy more so that when bitcoin price increase back, you will soon start to earn money from it earlier also. What we know is that you do not need to sell you BTC when it falls because it will rise back up and get to ATH.


Title: Re: One mistake means one lesson for bitcoiner
Post by: yhiaali3 on July 02, 2025, 05:33:24 PM
I don't prefer to say, as you do, that Bitcoin is unforgiving. Rather, I prefer to say that it teaches us to be more cautious, safer, and more careful in our investment or financial trading decisions.

Bitcoin teaches us the proper way to properly safeguard our valuable assets: "Not your keys, not your coins." We learned to own our assets in real terms, not in virtual ones, as is the case with centralized platforms and banks.
Making mistakes is not a bad thing, but what is bad is not learning from them, because in the end, mistakes are our greatest teachers.


Title: Re: One mistake means one lesson for bitcoiner
Post by: Nanga Parbat on July 02, 2025, 05:58:31 PM
One person have to keep many things in the mind when he want to invest money in cryptocurrency and Bitcoin.  You are holding the BTC and miners are in profit because they invested a lot money in that. Always double check when you are sending the BTC and you could lose your all money because that is very costly for you . I saw many people who did mistake and transaction was not correct and they lost their all investment. Always analyse the graph which matters a lot because if you bought at high price then price will go down due to market trends and politics.You will face big lose due to less knowledge about BTC ,So always try to learn more things and Invest more money if you have and make sure you have safe investment.


Title: Re: One mistake means one lesson for bitcoiner
Post by: Floxynice on July 02, 2025, 06:05:31 PM
Bitcoin teaches one to be conscious, careful, alert, and active at all times. Imagine unconsciously sending bitcoins to the wrong address or sending more than the amount you actually wanted to send.

Imagine disclosing your seed phrase to other parties whom you assume are friends and family who deserve to know everything about you since you don't keep secrets and they don't either, only to find out that your wallet has been wiped by an unknown sender.

Imagine discussing happily with total strangers who claim they want to help you fix some things in your wallet or double your investment in just a short while. But before then, you must send them your seed phrase or some bitcoins to facilitate everything, only to find out too late that they were scammers and not your helpers.

Investing in Bitcoin has taught me a different level of security consciousness, which I carry around everywhere I go.


Title: Re: One mistake means one lesson for bitcoiner
Post by: mindrust on July 02, 2025, 06:06:26 PM
That’s the idea. Every time you made a mistake you should learn something from it. That’s the only way to make progress. If you cry and get mad just because you failed, you’ll never have a chance to make a comeback. You’ll only keep failing that way.

Smart people are not perfect. They are smart because they rarely repeat mistakes. Dumb people on the other hand refuse to acknowledge their failures. They don’t take responsibility for their actions. You gotta be honest with yourselves folks.

We all live once but most of the time we always have a second chance to get rich.(sometimes there is even a third if you are lucky)


Title: Re: One mistake means one lesson for bitcoiner
Post by: apogio on July 02, 2025, 06:14:05 PM
I only hope it wasn't only Bitcoin that is unforgiving in life :P

But, I am pretty sure when Gold became a thing, it was unforgiving as well. It was easy to lose, difficult to carry around etc.

Everything has its pros and cons, and I believe bitcoin will be established and people will be used to it eventually.


Title: Re: One mistake means one lesson for bitcoiner
Post by: Alphakilo on July 02, 2025, 06:43:42 PM
In the Bitcoin BTC world, every mistake creates a story.


# If You Sent to the wrong address?

    $ You learned about step and finality.
Here, you also learn that you much double check the address from the start and from the end before you hit send. Being attentive and never in a hurry.

Quote

# If you trusted any centralized exchange to much?

$ You found the meaning and learned that "Not your keys, not your coins."!!
In addition, even if the exchange decides to refund monies just as we can see with Mt. Gox , it is going to take a long time and you may have to deal with the emotional trauma and any other negative way it will affect your health. The value of it would have been lost.




Title: Re: One mistake means one lesson for bitcoiner
Post by: Obim34 on July 02, 2025, 07:37:53 PM
This is a well composed thread that matches reality. Most people who fall victim of sending to the wrong address do so because of factors either be in the wrong state of mind, copying wrongly or trying to be fast about the transactions. I have learned from outside experience concerning transferring Bitcoin, i don't send my Bitcoin even when am tipsy everything related to transactions are put on pause.

Mistakes are not supposed to be made for the second time, might not recover from the losses if its dealt on huge amount.


Title: Re: One mistake means one lesson for bitcoiner
Post by: Fiatless on July 02, 2025, 08:20:41 PM
Bitcoin is not like fiat where funds sent to the wrong address can be traced and retrieved since the owner of the account is known. This is why it is important to recheck the address before hitting the send button.

Bitcoin as an investment is a risk. If you are impatient or listen to fud, there is a high possibility that you might not make a profit. Predicting the ATH is difficult. It will be better to have a target and sell when you are satisfied with your profit.


Title: Re: One mistake means one lesson for bitcoiner
Post by: Maslate on July 02, 2025, 08:42:32 PM
Generally, every mistake brings a lesson to ponder. The important thing is, you learned. However, the sad thing is, every mistake brings losses as well, especially in bitcoin where every portion of it is highly valuable. So as much as possible, do not rush into a decision where emotions are involved because for sure, that will only lead into a negative outcome. Think, analyze and study every point of action, that’s the best way to avoid committing mistakes in order to avoid losses as well.


Title: Re: One mistake means one lesson for bitcoiner
Post by: Ruttoshi on July 02, 2025, 08:47:31 PM
If you use money for your needs or important things to buy bitcoin, you will learn that bitcoin is not a get rich quick scheme but a long-term investment.

Any mistake that you make in bitcoin, you will learn in the hard. This is why one need to be very careful when dealing with with bitcoin in order to limit the risk involved.


Title: Re: One mistake means one lesson for bitcoiner
Post by: Questat on July 02, 2025, 08:55:21 PM
This only proves how risky bitcoin is. If you rush into entering bitcoin investment, without getting aware of the risks and how to overcome them, then you will really learned a big lesson after.

However, we should know that mistakes can be sometimes inevitable, but they can also be minimized as well as long as we get familiarized on how to prevent from getting mistakes too often. Either way, all investments have certain risks, that’s why we should be wise enough on knowing when to make the best entry and its best exit.


Title: Re: One mistake means one lesson for bitcoiner
Post by: Lida93 on July 02, 2025, 09:43:30 PM
Hard truths but these are experiences as a new person in cryptocurrency you'll have to encounter if you're not careful but in too much haste in taking actions ranging from funds transfer to an address, to security of funds in wallet and privacy control, etc.

With every mistake you get to understand better the environment you have find yourself. Emotions doesn't pay in this environment and that's why growing a thick skin becomes the only option to be able to survive it.


Title: Re: One mistake means one lesson for bitcoiner
Post by: sheenshane on July 02, 2025, 10:52:23 PM
When making a transaction, always remember that Bitcoin is irreversible.
Make sure that you don't make mistakes during the transaction process, as failing to learn from those errors could lead to costly consequences again.  
So, always be careful when making a transaction, double or triple-check the address to which you are transferring your Bitcoin.

There are numerous potential mistakes you may encounter if you haven't researched the common issues.
Therefore, it's wise to gain knowledge first before using Bitcoin, everything a new bitcoiner should learn is available on this site.
https://bitcoin.org/en/how-it-works


Title: Re: One mistake means one lesson for bitcoiner
Post by: Botnake on July 02, 2025, 11:25:01 PM
I don't prefer to say, as you do, that Bitcoin is unforgiving. Rather, I prefer to say that it teaches us to be more cautious, safer, and more careful in our investment or financial trading decisions.

Bitcoin teaches us the proper way to properly safeguard our valuable assets: "Not your keys, not your coins." We learned to own our assets in real terms, not in virtual ones, as is the case with centralized platforms and banks.
Making mistakes is not a bad thing, but what is bad is not learning from them, because in the end, mistakes are our greatest teachers.
True, such term like unforgiving denotes something negative for me, so I don’t prefer to use it as well, but I firmly believe that every mistake that you’ll commit with bitcoin, it’ll end up something valuable to learn. Mistakes do not necessarily mean they need to be totally avoided, because through experience we end up learning the hard way, and that leaves a huge impact that we all need to have.

However, I don’t say to normalize committing mistakes with bitcoin, it’s okay to create mistake as long as you learned from it and stop creating the same mistake again.


Title: Re: One mistake means one lesson for bitcoiner
Post by: Sanitough on July 02, 2025, 11:45:44 PM
This is not exclusive for bitcoin but this applies in general as well. Every mistake comes with a lesson, that is already your lapse if you fail to learn and keep repeating the same mistake again. Another thing, where there is mistake, losses follow next, so I guess we have no choice but to actually learn from every mistake, otherwise we won’t grow mentally, emotionally and financially if we are fine doing with various mistakes.


Title: Re: One mistake means one lesson for bitcoiner
Post by: mirakal on July 02, 2025, 11:59:32 PM
With bitcoin, your knowledge and patience will be a lot tested as every single mistake that is done, it comes with a consequence right after. If you ended with a wrong plan and decision, the effect will be visible on you as a bitcoiner, that’s why as much as possible, be cautious every step of the way.

No need to rush, but always be careful not to end up doing mistakes. Mistakes may bring good for us, but it will never lead us becoming an effective bitcoiner.


Title: Re: One mistake means one lesson for bitcoiner
Post by: Publictalk792 on July 03, 2025, 12:19:13 AM
With bitcoin, your knowledge and patience will be a lot tested as every single mistake that is done, it comes with a consequence right after. If you ended with a wrong plan and decision, the effect will be visible on you as a bitcoiner, that’s why as much as possible, be cautious every step of the way.

No need to rush, but always be careful not to end up doing mistakes. Mistakes may bring good for us, but it will never lead us becoming an effective bitcoiner.
Exactly investing in Bitcoin truly tests our knowledge and patience as every mistake has quick and clear consequences in this fast moving market. Unlike other investments where errors might take time to show up Bitcoin reacts instantly so bad decision or getting caught in scam can quickly lead to big losses and much of stress. That is why being cautious and not rushing is so important. While it is tempting to chase quick profits real success in Bitcoin comes from making thoughtful well researched choices. Mistakes can teach you lessons but becoming truly effective Bitcoin investor means avoiding unnecessary errors by constantly learning and sticking to disciplined plan.


Title: Re: One mistake means one lesson for bitcoiner
Post by: Marvell1 on July 03, 2025, 04:50:20 AM

Bitcoin as an investment is a risk. If you are impatient or listen to fud, there is a high possibility that you might not make a profit. Predicting the ATH is difficult. It will be better to have a target and sell when you are satisfied with your profit.

Every investment has risks, not just bitcoin, and the higher the risk, the higher the return. Bitcoin used to be considered a high risk investment but I think that is no longer true as bitcoin has become widely adopted globally. The world gradually recognized its existence and it matured when its capitalization reached 2 trillion dollars. Bitcoin has become a fairly safe investment and is no longer as risky as before, but at the same time the profits are not as big as before.

Not just bitcoin, every investment requires knowledge, strategy, planning and clear goals. Investing by listening to others and imitating will never yield positive results.


Title: Re: One mistake means one lesson for bitcoiner
Post by: GigaBit on July 03, 2025, 08:00:25 AM
Bitcoin doesn’t forgive. It teaches you with every mistake. And its never go down we just face market manipulation its always break ATH !!
Sometimes, if you learn from mistakes and act accordingly, it is possible to recover some of those mistakes, but if you repeat the same mistake again and again, there is no forgiveness for that mistake. You must suffer for that mistake. Those who initially learned about Bitcoin and later ignored it instead of buying it will never be able to make up for the mistake they made, but if they try to hold Bitcoin according to their ability, considering the possible consequences, then some of that mistake can be recovered. It is natural for humans to make mistakes, I will not blame them in any way, but if the same mistake is repeated again and again, it is never acceptable.


Title: Re: One mistake means one lesson for bitcoiner
Post by: headingnorth on July 03, 2025, 10:13:23 AM
To be proficient in handling bitcoin transactions or working with hardware wallets, do at least 100 transactions
(buying, selling, sending, receiving bitcoin). Preferably you want to start with smaller transactions and work your way up to larger amounts.

You can practice sending and receiving to yourself very small amounts. Not just once or twice, but at least a dozen times.
If you haven't performed a transaction in a long time, it would be a good idea to do more test transactions to make sure you don't forget
how to do them correctly. Better to screw up on small test transactions than on a large real transaction.

Do things very slowly and methodically. There is no need to rush it. It is not something you can be good at overnight.
Get used to comparing every character of the bitcoin address to verify it is the correct (send or receive) address, and don't be lazy about it.
It may seem tedious at first, but the more you do it the easier it becomes. What works for me is reading the characters 3 or 4 at a time,
verifying that it matches the corresponding characters on the screen, move on to the next 3 or 4, etc.

I deal with a lot of long VIN numbers in my auto business so I'm used to working with large strings of characters, but it takes practice.
Don't just verify the first 4 and last 4, look closely at all of them. Because to steal your bitcoin a hacker only has to alter one character
in the address.

After a while it becomes second nature and you develop "muscle" memory. But even then you don't rush things.
Double check you are entering the correct amount to buy, sell, send, receive, etc. With larger amounts triple check!


Title: Re: One mistake means one lesson for bitcoiner
Post by: DPHOR on July 03, 2025, 10:25:36 AM
Anyone who can keep all this in mind can actually learn alot from the market, and would never be caught up for any reason and even though bitcoin market is very difficult to understand it yet anyone who stick to these things can be able to control himself from emotional damages. As we know there are people who can't watch themselves seeing their assets depreciating below expect or to what they think of but with proper management and right knowledge to handle things they could be able to scale through the market, and of course one mistakes teaches us another ways to make correction and learned from the previous.


Title: Re: One mistake means one lesson for bitcoiner
Post by: Aanuoluwatofunmi on July 03, 2025, 02:09:42 PM
Bitcoin doesn’t forgive. It teaches you with every mistake.

Why would bitcoin not forgive, if you made a mistake in your investment and go into loss, then later got your mistakes and learn from them, reinvest and also make back your lost profits, then it has always been able to render for a second chance which fiat couldn't and has forgiven you, because it renders a second chance.

Obviously, you can learn form your mistakes with bitcoin, but doing this is being done in the hard way, because it is more better to learn from others than by our own mistakes.


Title: Re: One mistake means one lesson for bitcoiner
Post by: TheUltraElite on July 03, 2025, 03:32:27 PM
This is not exclusive for bitcoin but this applies in general as well. Every mistake comes with a lesson, that is already your lapse if you fail to learn and keep repeating the same mistake again. Another thing, where there is mistake, losses follow next, so I guess we have no choice but to actually learn from every mistake, otherwise we won’t grow mentally, emotionally and financially if we are fine doing with various mistakes.
Nicely put, indeed in life we come through so many challenges and each of them are a learning experience for us. There are times when things go bad and we have to get through them - bitcoin is like that only. You need to learn to keep it safe and use it safely. If you are able to do that then you will become unstoppable in the future bitcoin world, when that happens. :D

I know bitcoin is harsh on its newbies, so you have to have some background in technology or cybersecurity to be able to use it easily from the start. Dont be greedy and done store coins in exchanges.


Title: Re: One mistake means one lesson for bitcoiner
Post by: Bastketsrus on July 03, 2025, 05:13:29 PM
Yeah this asset is unforgiving and that is why buying it comes later, learning how to handle these things like securing a wallet, knowing that transactions are irreversible and that one has to be extra careful when dealing with money in this form.

I can say that someone who does all this properly will become a new type of human who is capable to doing something on their own and not depend on others.

About trading on the market, that is a different ballgame. First one needs to secure their wallet and not store coins on exchanges.

Totally agree. Before buying, learning how to handle BTC safely is key. It really does make you more independent. And yeah, trading can wait—first, secure the bag!


Title: Re: One mistake means one lesson for bitcoiner
Post by: KingsDen on July 03, 2025, 05:51:33 PM
In the Bitcoin BTC world, every mistake creates a story.


# If You Sent to the wrong address?

    $ You learned about step and finality.
If you sent to the wrong address, you have enriched someone else.


# If you bought from the top / high price?

   $ Then You discovered and learned that emotions are not any strategies.
If you bought the top, you wait for 4 years and return to profit.


# If you trusted any centralized exchange to much?

$ You found the meaning and learned that "Not your keys, not your coins."!!
Every day trader will have to trust CEX

# If you Sold too soon?
 $  You have learned about the power of patience and the power of Bitcoin.
If you sold so soon, atleast you didn't lose.

# If price go down after your bought  and want to find the reason?
 $ You learned about market manipulation and trading fud / fomo
The reason is that you made a wrong entry.

Bitcoin doesn’t forgive. It teaches you with every mistake. And its never go down we just face market manipulation its always break ATH !!
Bitcoin obeys the natural law of gravity - Whatever goes up will surely come down.


Title: Re: One mistake means one lesson for bitcoiner
Post by: Mrbluntzy on July 03, 2025, 08:09:33 PM
In the Bitcoin BTC world, every mistake creates a story.


# If You Sent to the wrong address?

    $ You learned about step and finality.


# If you bought from the top / high price?

   $ Then You discovered and learned that emotions are not any strategies.


# If you trusted any centralized exchange to much?

$ You found the meaning and learned that "Not your keys, not your coins."!!


# If you Sold too soon?
 $  You have learned about the power of patience and the power of Bitcoin.

# If price go down after your bought  and want to find the reason?
 $ You learned about market manipulation and trading fud / fomo

Bitcoin doesn’t forgive. It teaches you with every mistake. And its never go down we just face market manipulation its always break ATH !!

Apart from using bitcoin to site this example, every mistake made in life can serve as a lesson for us, it could be mistakes we made or someone else's mistake. I hear people saying how they have lost Bitcoin through clipboard virus while some people sent to old abandoned address and they lost their coin, because of this stories and the experiences of others, I am so diligent when dealing on Bitcoin transaction because I don't want to be a victim.

Storing Bitcoin on cex is still being heavily practiced by some investors, probably they don't want to learn from the experience of those victims that lost their coins on cex.


Title: Re: One mistake means one lesson for bitcoiner
Post by: Finestream on July 03, 2025, 08:14:03 PM
With bitcoin, your knowledge and patience will be a lot tested as every single mistake that is done, it comes with a consequence right after. If you ended with a wrong plan and decision, the effect will be visible on you as a bitcoiner, that’s why as much as possible, be cautious every step of the way.

No need to rush, but always be careful not to end up doing mistakes. Mistakes may bring good for us, but it will never lead us becoming an effective bitcoiner.
This is the reason why we have to be knowledgeable and even skillful once we we decide to enter bitcoin investment because with just a single mistake, all our hard-earned bitcoin will certainly go into waste and lose everything. And that’s something I can afford to happen because not only it’s expensive, but because it would mean losing my big hope that would actually change my future, and my family’s future as well.


Title: Re: One mistake means one lesson for bitcoiner
Post by: I_Anime on July 03, 2025, 08:58:41 PM
Well is common in this space we learn everyday . Sending coin to the wrong address can be indeed painful, that’s why you have to always double check the address  before sending the particular coin you planning to send .

And also concerning the buying at the top no one can actually tell which will be the top , so in such scenario the smart thing to do is to keep buying despite you purchasing at the top , because if you keep buying with Dca method and we later create new ATHs you’ll end up with some nice returns , due to fact you have been purchasing at different price intervals.


Title: Re: One mistake means one lesson for bitcoiner
Post by: Outhue on July 04, 2025, 06:24:14 AM
Bitcoin is very risky to handle than your banks, you can be careful with your bank account and still put the blame on the bank and there is a high chance that your problem will be fixed because the bank don't want bad reputation but in the case of Bitcoin every thing is different.

If you do something wrong with your Bitcoin wallet there is no one to blame, you are to be responsible for every silly and stupid things you do, Bitcoin will teach anyone responsibility so fast than your bank account because there is no one to blame.

That's why to advice a newbie about Bitcoin you need to keep warning them about the full accountability of keeping the Bitcoin safe, they need to understand how to do this or there will be no one to put the blame on, this is why I always tell newbies to put the idea of buying Bitcoin aside first and learn everything that's needed to know about Bitcoin wallet first.


Title: Re: One mistake means one lesson for bitcoiner
Post by: Redley555 on July 04, 2025, 06:35:13 AM
In every business a mistake will always be made for you to be better, bitcoin is not an exception. When you make a mistake you can still try again. Staying defeated is where the problem lies.

I’ve made mistakes that took lots of money from me but that didn’t stop me that’s life a lot of bitcoin investors has in one way or the other made mistake that has led to loss of coins, but they still keep pushing
Don’t say because you made a mistake then that is the end of it get up and keep trying


Title: Re: One mistake means one lesson for bitcoiner
Post by: HajiBagi on July 04, 2025, 09:17:51 AM
One mistake that really made someone can't forgive himself is sending a large sum all because of his fat finger. Funny I've seen few threads about this, just couldn't see myself having this mistake even if I have a fat finger myself. Either the guy is in a hurry doing it or his eyes is just not 20/20.

But yep one mistake can really make you regret it. The worse I think when you are scammed by an obvious scammer yet you are convinced to send coins.

One mistake can destroy someone’s life or career and most especially when you mistakenly made a transaction to a wrong address, it is very important to check the address before making any transactions because when it comes to cryptocurrency transactions any mistake when it comes to transactions is very difficult to resolve because it difficult to get the refund back, I know that no one is above mistake but I don’t pray to ever make a transaction mistake.

I don’t call getting scam a mistake because some people are the reason why they get scam, the reason why I said that is because some people are very greedy, they always want to get involved in anything that concern profit and that is why they got scammed quickly, it will be very difficult for some to confuse to send a coin and you do so, what I am saying is that some of us landed ourselves in trouble most especially when we got scammed.


Title: Re: One mistake means one lesson for bitcoiner
Post by: AGogi2003 on July 04, 2025, 09:28:17 AM
In every business a mistake will always be made for you to be better, bitcoin is not an exception. When you make a mistake you can still try again. Staying defeated is where the problem lies.

I’ve made mistakes that took lots of money from me but that didn’t stop me that’s life a lot of bitcoin investors has in one way or the other made mistake that has led to loss of coins, but they still keep pushing
Don’t say because you made a mistake then that is the end of it get up and keep trying

Anything you are doing investment or business sometime you can make mistakes because know one is perfect, but what you will understand is that anytime you make mistakes, you should definitely learn something so that you won't repeat your self on it anymore. If you think you make mistakes and you giveup just know that you won't achieve your goal anymore. Many people have make huge mistakes in life but they are patient and continue chasing there dream and finally they get what they are looking for. Many people that lost there bitcoin dew to some not keeping there private key safe make them lose Alot of bitcoin, but still they didn't give up and they build there self more better, because they learn there lessons and they keep there things more safer to prevent more losing in the futures.

Losing is not a finally decision because sometimes you need to lose to win something in life. Just keep in mind that anything you're chasing you will achieve it in any challenges you face. Bitcoin is long term investment but if you are not patient enough to leave it in long term you will definitely lose when the market is bad and you sold it out. But know that if you didn't give up and try again you can probably achieve profit next time even he didn't reach long term because bitcoin is unpredictable.


Title: Re: One mistake means one lesson for bitcoiner
Post by: DeathAngel on July 04, 2025, 11:29:54 AM
We all make mistakes but that’s not just limited to Bitcoin is it. We can learn from our newbie errors, things like buying high & selling low can be avoided by a simple DCA & long term HODL strategy. Bitcoin is a game of patience & that’s not a virtue everybody has. Security & self custody is the most important lesson in Bitcoin. There are a lot of resources available, stay safe out there.


Title: Re: One mistake means one lesson for bitcoiner
Post by: jackpotmaster on July 04, 2025, 01:10:51 PM
Bitcoin doesn’t forgive. It teaches you with every mistake. And its never go down we just face market manipulation its always break ATH !!
Sadly many people are lazy, because it is not necessary to learn so much by making mistake. If one does proper research and educates themselves before using something, they can avoid most of these mistakes. People can really be stubborn and refuse to sit down and do the work that is necessary.


Title: Re: One mistake means one lesson for bitcoiner
Post by: Ishicryptic on July 04, 2025, 01:41:49 PM
This is not exclusive for bitcoin but this applies in general as well. Every mistake comes with a lesson, that is already your lapse if you fail to learn and keep repeating the same mistake again. Another thing, where there is mistake, losses follow next, so I guess we have no choice but to actually learn from every mistake, otherwise we won’t grow mentally, emotionally and financially if we are fine doing with various mistakes.
Nobody is perfect so mistakes can happen, the important thing is to learn from it and become better, but where problem lies is if a person keeps repeating the same mistakes allover, you can't keep doing the same thing and expect a different result. Bitcoin knowledge is important for investors and traders so they won't make avoidable mistakes, it is better to learn from other people's mistakes and avoid doing the same thing. This is why I am happy to be in a forum like this, I have learnt to avoid many mistakes from discussions of experienced members, I have learnt 'not your keys not your coins', 'keep your Bitcoin in a none custodial wallet' and 'don't save your seed phrase in an online device', just to mention a few..


Title: Re: One mistake means one lesson for bitcoiner
Post by: peter0425 on July 04, 2025, 02:31:18 PM
In the Bitcoin BTC world, every mistake creates a story.
As much as possible, we want to avoid mistakes. But it is almost inevitable as we are not perfect. No human being is capable of not making mistakes at least even just once. The best we can do is that even after we have made some mistakes, we recover and we try to learn from it and not do it again.


Title: Re: One mistake means one lesson for bitcoiner
Post by: Rockstarguy on July 04, 2025, 03:44:15 PM
Mistakes are also forms of learning because no one knows it all and one will definitely make mistakes. Mistakes can be painful but it is important way to learn and it makes one to be willing to take time to learn more to avoid further mistakes. Mistakes can be of good benefits to other people which will be a guide and a lesson which they will learn from to self mistakes.
In the Bitcoin BTC world, every mistake creates a story.
As much as possible, we want to avoid mistakes. But it is almost inevitable as we are not perfect. No human being is capable of not making mistakes at least even just once. The best we can do is that even after we have made some mistakes, we recover and we try to learn from it and not do it again.
It is impossible to avoid mistakes or to even live without making mistakes, life is all about trying and errors and sometimes without mistakes we won't be able to get it right. Sometimes mistakes make people know better and achieve better goes , it has it own benefit too but no matter how we try our best we can't do about it.


Title: Re: One mistake means one lesson for bitcoiner
Post by: YOSHIE on July 04, 2025, 08:04:06 PM
In the Bitcoin BTC world, every mistake creates a story.
For us here never tired of talking about market risks and bitcoin, everyone who wants to do their activities on Bitcoin It is highly recommended about the use of bitcoin, ranging from the market, how bitcoin works, predictions, analysis, blockchain and so on.

With you understanding Bitcoin you will avoid mistakes that might happen without deliberate, for example the wrong address, purchases, sales, exchanges and others that can endanger ourselves in dealing with Bitcoin assets.

It is important to learn more the use of bitcoin.


Title: Re: One mistake means one lesson for bitcoiner
Post by: Jegileman on July 04, 2025, 08:25:56 PM
Every mistake a bitcoiner made will always be a lesson to them and a way for them to improve during the process journey of being an holder of bitcoin. Every mistake has a story to tell for you and those will make part of the story you’ll tell yourself and others that joins the journey later and wants to have a better chance or better outcome of their journey about bitcoin. Only when you’re not ready to make a decision or positive move in your bitcoin journey will you allow same mistake to repeat itself on you again and again. 


Title: Re: One mistake means one lesson for bitcoiner
Post by: Japinat on July 04, 2025, 08:43:57 PM
In the Bitcoin BTC world, every mistake creates a story.
As much as possible, we want to avoid mistakes. But it is almost inevitable as we are not perfect. No human being is capable of not making mistakes at least even just once. The best we can do is that even after we have made some mistakes, we recover and we try to learn from it and not do it again.
I think that’s what’s important there, you learned from it and won’t repeat doing the same mistake again. The only bad thing is that, every mistake is accompanied by a loss, something that we don’t want to experience most especially in a valuable investment like bitcoin.

This is why we have to make sure that prior to investing in bitcoin, we are already aware on how to make our investment works and create some progress, something that an irresponsible investor will make it hard to happen.


Title: Re: One mistake means one lesson for bitcoiner
Post by: Kagaru on July 04, 2025, 09:17:05 PM
In the Bitcoin BTC world, every mistake creates a story.
As much as possible, we want to avoid mistakes. But it is almost inevitable as we are not perfect. No human being is capable of not making mistakes at least even just once. The best we can do is that even after we have made some mistakes, we recover and we try to learn from it and not do it again.
This is true indeed. There is no person who can have a bite of the apple of the Bitcoin world without falling at one time. It may be purchasing expensive or believing there is a misguided project, but all in all each fault ends up as a lesson. It is the after that counts how you handle it. By learning and adjusting you even become more powerful and smarter in the zone. Those, who do not take the lesson, are the ones that will repeat the same circle later.


Title: Re: One mistake means one lesson for bitcoiner
Post by: Oluwa-btc on July 06, 2025, 03:01:00 PM
That’s the idea. Every time you made a mistake you should learn something from it. That’s the only way to make progress. If you cry and get mad just because you failed, you’ll never have a chance to make a comeback. You’ll only keep failing that way.

Smart people are not perfect. They are smart because they rarely repeat mistakes. Dumb people on the other hand refuse to acknowledge their failures. They don’t take responsibility for their actions. You gotta be honest with yourselves folks.

We all live once but most of the time we always have a second chance to get rich.(sometimes there is even a third if you are lucky)

Or better still I'll say one mistake serve as lessons to all bitcoiners.When one person shares his experience, people learn from it and definitely adjust.In Bitcoin,some transactions are unapologetically irreversible and uncorrected that's why when stories of losts wallets and the likes are been shared we see it as a precautions to lean unto,loud and clear!


Title: Re: One mistake means one lesson for bitcoiner
Post by: pawanjain on July 06, 2025, 04:33:21 PM
Bitcoin doesn’t forgive. It teaches you with every mistake. And its never go down we just face market manipulation its always break ATH !!

Fortunately, I didn't send my coins to a wrong addresss ever and fortunately my coins were not stuck on any exchange till date except for Bitconnect.
That reminds me that you can add it to your list as well. May be something like below.


# If you invested in a scam project?

   $ Then you discovered the potential of value investing in bitcoin.


Title: Re: One mistake means one lesson for bitcoiner
Post by: jackpotmaster on July 06, 2025, 04:47:51 PM
Bitcoin doesn’t forgive. It teaches you with every mistake. And its never go down we just face market manipulation its always break ATH !!

Fortunately, I didn't send my coins to a wrong addresss ever and fortunately my coins were not stuck on any exchange till date except for Bitconnect.
That reminds me that you can add it to your list as well. May be something like below.


# If you invested in a scam project?

   $ Then you discovered the potential of value investing in bitcoin.
From what I can see these years, people tend to split in two major groups after being scammed. Some blame and say bad things also about Bitcoin, even though it is very different and has nothing to do with the projects that managed to scam them. Others turn into Bitcoin maximalists and they finally realize just how different Bitcoin is from altcoins and the scams that are made there.


Title: Re: One mistake means one lesson for bitcoiner
Post by: Hyphen(-) on July 06, 2025, 05:43:29 PM
In every business a mistake will always be made for you to be better, bitcoin is not an exception. When you make a mistake you can still try again. Staying defeated is where the problem lies.

I’ve made mistakes that took lots of money from me but that didn’t stop me that’s life a lot of bitcoin investors has in one way or the other made mistake that has led to loss of coins, but they still keep pushing
Don’t say because you made a mistake then that is the end of it get up and keep trying
Some mistakes can be avoided if proper learning takes place before starting your Bitcoin investment.
Crypto is not something one can just jump in and start like any other business of buying and selling, it is something digital that worth your attention and time, you need to learn before you can start investing in crypto if you want to have a good crypto journey, but if you didn’t learn before starting, you might lose a lot of money through mistakes that should be avoided if you have learned earlier before starting your journey.

Sending Bitcoin to another address is a mistake you can avoid if you know that the transaction you are about to made is irreversible, you will have to confirm the wallet by double checking it to avoid mistake.

On price manipulation, I think FOMO contributes to all these because it deals with emotion, and if your emotions guide you, you will definitely buy at the wrong time and since the crypto market is volatile you might lose money at anytime; therefore, always be sure you have adequate knowledge about trading and others before starting because Bitcoin transactions are irreversible regardless of how it happens.


Title: Re: One mistake means one lesson for bitcoiner
Post by: Mahiyammahi on July 06, 2025, 06:52:54 PM
# If you Sold too soon?
 $  You have learned about the power of patience and the power of Bitcoin.

Well you need to sell right? It's not like you can hold your asset for a lifetime. There will time comes when you needs to sell it. You never know what is the right time. As for my perspective the rising of this price is just a number game. This number game won't stop that easily. Purchasing power is decreasing and some bunch of Numbers are adding .


Title: Re: One mistake means one lesson for bitcoiner
Post by: HONDACD125 on July 06, 2025, 07:02:04 PM
Bitcoin doesn’t forgive. It teaches you with every mistake. And its never go down we just face market manipulation its always break ATH !!

Yeah, but apparently, one doesn't need to make all those mistakes to learn because so many people before them have done them and learned the lesson, and they have advised others not to do them, so only if someone does enough research before they get started, they wouldn't need to go through them all. But, as we know it, newbies these days tend to learn only by experience, and they don't believe in "learning from the mistakes others made," even though that's a thing, and it's a very useful thing if we understand it.

Have you ever wondered why whenever you search about a problem you are facing in the internet, you find a solution to it? Or at least, someone else has asked the exact same question as you before you. That's because the problems that most people face already exist, and they don't need to experiment to find out the solution, they can simply search for the solution, and they will get it.


Title: Re: One mistake means one lesson for bitcoiner
Post by: GigaBit on July 06, 2025, 07:22:16 PM
In the Bitcoin BTC world, every mistake creates a story.
As much as possible, we want to avoid mistakes. But it is almost inevitable as we are not perfect. No human being is capable of not making mistakes at least even just once. The best we can do is that even after we have made some mistakes, we recover and we try to learn from it and not do it again.
Yes, it is natural for humans to make mistakes and it is not possible to learn without making mistakes. We should be as careful as possible before making mistakes. We will try to avoid mistakes, especially if we learn about anything or work before adopting the principle, then the level of mistakes can be greatly reduced. Many people knew about Bitcoin after its launch, but they did not give it importance at that moment. They made mistake in the beginning later many people may have adopted and accepting it more. Mistakes are made by humans, so we must learn from that mistake and pay attention to ensure that it does not happen again in the future.


Title: Re: One mistake means one lesson for bitcoiner
Post by: freedomgo on July 06, 2025, 07:45:44 PM
In the Bitcoin BTC world, every mistake creates a story.
As much as possible, we want to avoid mistakes. But it is almost inevitable as we are not perfect. No human being is capable of not making mistakes at least even just once. The best we can do is that even after we have made some mistakes, we recover and we try to learn from it and not do it again.
Much more for bitcoin since we all know the more we keep on repeating the same mistake, the bigger the amount of losses we will sure to endure. That’s why we have to be cautious on our decisions to avoid future mistakes, if not can be stopped, at least we can limit them.

Reality is, no matter how careful you are with your bitcoin investment, still there are some inevitable mistakes that  we can’t prevent. But once we learned from it, losses thereafter will also be limited.


Title: Re: One mistake means one lesson for bitcoiner
Post by: Popkon6 on July 06, 2025, 11:36:21 PM
In the Bitcoin BTC world, every mistake creates a story.

Bitcoin doesn’t forgive. It teaches you with every mistake. And its never go down we just face market manipulation its always break ATH !!

Patience is the root of everything, with Bitcoin investment, you have to participate in Bitcoin investment by combining only patience, strategy and intelligence. Basically, taking risks is more effective, if you cannot take risks and buy Bitcoin at the right time, then you will not be able to hold your Bitcoin investment later. That is why to participate in Bitcoin investment, you have to control your risk-taking patience and your greed because whenever you think about the benefits, there may be a fear of selling your Bitcoin investment.
So whenever you invest in Bitcoin, you can immediately think about future plans, then it is possible to sustain your Bitcoin investment for a long time and I think it can be the only good thing to learn all the lessons through mistakes.


Title: Re: One mistake means one lesson for bitcoiner
Post by: X-ray on July 07, 2025, 02:52:18 AM
That's just how it is with life, you learn from your mistake and you'll most likely learned it hard when you lose your money because of the mistake :P.

As for bitcoin, I think many of us have learned the most important lesson here, not believing in bitcoin enough that it cost us the opportunity of being the next millionaire ;D.


Title: Re: One mistake means one lesson for bitcoiner
Post by: michellee on July 07, 2025, 04:06:35 AM
That will give lessons to those who want to realize the mistake and fix it. But mostly will not realize and still trying to doing the same and make another mistake. They can not stop for a while to introspect what happening to them.

That is why we need to learning more without stop because that is the key that will help us to make more profit. Although market manipulation still happen, we will not be afraid but we can use the situation to get the benefit.

ATH will come sooner or later but we must prepare for the coming. As no one know when ATH come, we should continue accumulating Bitcoin and hodl it until the ATH come.


Title: Re: One mistake means one lesson for bitcoiner
Post by: Sticky Bomb on July 07, 2025, 08:35:02 AM
Bitcoin is strict, accompanied by strong foundational principles that maintains its dominance. In sending bitcoin across to another person, you should validate your address even if you copied it directly from your wallet to avoid the shortcomings of address poisoning if the device has been infected with clipboard malware which would see you send funds to the attacker instead of the supposed destination. Also do not save your seed phrases online or in the device as screenshot since malwares called spycats uses optical characters recognition (OCR) to retrieve characters from images in the gallery and send to the attacker.


Title: Re: One mistake means one lesson for bitcoiner
Post by: death69 on July 07, 2025, 08:59:27 AM
Each error is a rite of passage. No instructor, no mentor, only you and the code. That is something human, almost ancient, in its way: trial, error, adaptation. Bitcoin protocol does not hold your hand, but it never drops the record either. Nobody’s there to sweep up after you.

You encounter irreversibility the moment you send coins to the void. That’s the day you really “get” decentralization. No help desk, no sympathy, it is the math. Buy the top? Now you understand: your fear is costly and the market never pays less. Trust too much in middlemen and you find out, too late, what sovereignty really costs. The phrase “not your keys” changes from a meme to a mantra.

These are what people call as errors, yet they are initiations. Each scar has its context and Bitcoin accumulates them like its proofs-of-work. It is a long apprenticeship. You give up comfort in exchange of autonomy and every bruise is a credential.

Sometimes the price goes down and you demand answers, but all you receive is a cold lesson in game theory and manipulation. This way you learn, again, to see noise for what it is. The pain does not disappear with time but you do not flinch anymore. You accept the code, the mess, the indifference of the market. You go on.

The gift of bitcoin is not comfort. We are transformed by it, sometimes scarred, sometimes sharpened. The story you write in this space is always written in permanent ink.


Title: Re: One mistake means one lesson for bitcoiner
Post by: NotATether on July 07, 2025, 09:45:35 AM
It is sad that these lessons have to be learned each and every time for everyone, because these sound like things that people should tell you once and then you remember them for eternity.


Title: Re: One mistake means one lesson for bitcoiner
Post by: The Cryptovator on July 07, 2025, 10:03:43 AM
It's true every mistake gives us a lesson, but some mistakes would be a costly lesson. If you want to always learn from your own mistakes, then you will have to spend your whole life learning. That means you have to learn from others's mistakes. Often we have been seeing some story on the forum about how other users fall into trouble due to their mistakes. So from that story you have to take a lesson and learn. That's how you can learn quickly and improve yourself.

When you send funds to the wrong address, then it's a costly lesson for you about how you need to double-check your address. We've seen such a story a couple of times. That means we need to be careful when sending funds and double-check the receiver address. Your keyboard would be hacked when you copy and paste. So you can't trust blindly to copy and paste as well. Also, when something we find is scam-related, we have to learn from there how we need to save our funds.


Title: Re: One mistake means one lesson for bitcoiner
Post by: Dr.Bitcoin_Strange on July 07, 2025, 10:28:16 AM
One mistake that really made someone can't forgive himself is sending a large sum all because of his fat finger. Funny I've seen few threads about this, just couldn't see myself having this mistake even if I have a fat finger myself. Either the guy is in a hurry doing it or his eyes is just not 20/20.

But yep one mistake can really make you regret it. The worse I think when you are scammed by an obvious scammer yet you are convinced to send coins.

@cabron, mistakes are inevitable, maybe you can not make such mistake because you are always very careful and you normally crosscheck every address you send coins to but some people can actually be distracted or even just get triggered by a factor that makes them to mistakenly send to a wrong address. Remember that in those threads you are referring to, some people made the mistake because they copied the correct wallet address but a virus on their system changed the address to another address, that was how they mistakenly send the coin to a wrong address. So, nothing is impossible, just pray it doesn't happen to you and be extremely careful too.


Title: Re: One mistake means one lesson for bitcoiner
Post by: GeorgeJohn on July 07, 2025, 12:07:57 PM
The truth is that anything process you make to know bitcoin is a lesson, both the advantages of it and also the disadvantages of it, because in bitcoin, learning is a continuous process due to blockchain is very broad that you can't know about it within a short period of time, so if it's your first time to purchase a bitcoin and after purchasing bitcoin the price drops or collapsed in the market, that will give you the hedge to learn when to purchase and period you're not supposed to purchase bitcoin. So every failure  or disappointment gotten from bitcoin is a lesson.

One mistake that really made someone can't forgive himself is sending a large sum all because of his fat finger. Funny I've seen few threads about this, just couldn't see myself having this mistake even if I have a fat finger myself. Either the guy is in a hurry doing it or his eyes is just not 20/20.
We can't doubt them, it may be that such things happened, but it's doubtable, because anyone who is funding a wallet you the exact amount or value you send and you will type the digits with your system button, except that you want to send everything in that wallet before you will click on MAX, so clicking on a max, it will push everything in that wallet and you definitely see the values of the coin and the change before you inputs your password, so it's difficult before someone could make such a mistake, except that person is not careful.

Checking the address while exchanging is very important. Basic knowledge of using a wallet. During each transaction, we should complete the transaction carefully so that you do not make any mistakes and the crypto assets do not go to the wrong address.
Theirs nobody that doesn't take precautions by crossing checking a wallet address before sending a bitcoin to an address they transaction is supposed to be done, sometimes if such mistake may occur it's due to over curiosity, we all know that every thing concerning bitcoin you most be careful of it.


Title: Re: One mistake means one lesson for bitcoiner
Post by: Versatile_choice on July 07, 2025, 02:18:16 PM
Sure, everything about bitcoin is a lesson, is just like when we are afriad to invest into bitcoin due to the current market value, maybe you're expecting the price to dip before taken advantage you will be surprise to see the price moving upward instead of dipping as you expected then you will know that procrastination is not good at times. Those that also make the mistake of not  setting up emergency funds and backup funds during their accumulating journey maybe due to some reasons they decided to sell their holdings at lost, that is to remind us that is very necessary for us to keep this above mentioned funds available during our accumulating journey, so everything about bitcoin is a lesson.


Title: Re: One mistake means one lesson for bitcoiner
Post by: pawanjain on July 07, 2025, 03:51:18 PM
From what I can see these years, people tend to split in two major groups after being scammed. Some blame and say bad things also about Bitcoin, even though it is very different and has nothing to do with the projects that managed to scam them. Others turn into Bitcoin maximalists and they finally realize just how different Bitcoin is from altcoins and the scams that are made there.

Those people who take such incidents as a lesson and turn into bitcoin maximalists are the one who progress stronger over the years.
The ones who blame bitcoin and call it a scam are the ones who lose the opportunity of their life time.
We should be aware of what has happened, why has it happened and how to prevent it.
We should learn to accept our mistakes whatever the situation may be and try to improvise and only then we can grow stronger.


Title: Re: One mistake means one lesson for bitcoiner
Post by: DPHOR on July 07, 2025, 05:18:06 PM
It's true every mistake gives us a lesson, but some mistakes would be a costly lesson. If you want to always learn from your own mistakes, then you will have to spend your whole life learning. That means you have to learn from others's mistakes. Often we have been seeing some story on the forum about how other users fall into trouble due to their mistakes. So from that story you have to take a lesson and learn. That's how you can learn quickly and improve yourself.

When you send funds to the wrong address, then it's a costly lesson for you about how you need to double-check your address. We've seen such a story a couple of times. That means we need to be careful when sending funds and double-check the receiver address. Your keyboard would be hacked when you copy and paste. So you can't trust blindly to copy and paste as well. Also, when something we find is scam-related, we have to learn from there how we need to save our funds.
You are absolutely correct on what you said and I believe that beginner are always there to make mistakes, although this type of mistakes can never be entirely eliminated by the people because it's something that is very common which we should be mindful when we copy and paste. Of course we shouldn't be so relaxed on our finance or anything that related to our privacy and security.
You know there are people who doesn't want to learn from others rather they want it to befall them or becoming a victim on the process before you could see them making changes. I most prevent things before it happens to me, by then you had already known the disadvantages of not taking instructions.


Title: Re: One mistake means one lesson for bitcoiner
Post by: finaleshot2016 on July 07, 2025, 05:23:45 PM
Yeah, I've made plenty of mistakes back then, but it solidifies my ideas and knowledge about cryptocurrency and that's the reason that I'm not vulnerable to any mistakes today. I mean, of course mistakes are normal but at least I don't act like newbie especially this current time where BTC is pretty high. It's a huge waste if you've made a mistake when the value is very good unlike in the past where it's like a payment for that knowledge. Having mistaken will always lead you to something great and that's why it's better sometimes to act based on what you think, let yourself grow on the space by exploring and experimenting but of course we should do research first before blindly doing something that'll ruin the experience.


Title: Re: One mistake means one lesson for bitcoiner
Post by: _BlackStar on July 07, 2025, 05:43:50 PM
Learning from every mistake and improving yourself is a good thing - but you don't have to wait for your mistake to come to learn, but the mistakes made by other users can also be used as lessons. Anyone can learn from other users' mistakes if they really want to minimize all forms of mistakes - but learning from mistakes is just one effective learning method among several others.

I personally have also made some mistakes - but certainly not financially detrimental. Those mistakes have opened my mindset about how an investor should manage their investment budget and how to minimize the risk of short-term volatility. The wrong investment approach is a mistake I have made - but then I learned and tried to fix it over time.


Title: Re: One mistake means one lesson for bitcoiner
Post by: Accardo on July 07, 2025, 05:50:08 PM
Yeah, I've made plenty of mistakes back then, but it solidifies my ideas and knowledge about cryptocurrency and that's the reason that I'm not vulnerable to any mistakes today.

Certain fulfillments undermines regrets, just like every mistakes comes with a reward in different forms down to the ideas Op. Although it's hard to bear when it hits hard, yet sooner the pains slides along with time. Nobody is above mistakes, and that's the main reason we have to approach our goals with caution. And understand what's too good to be true, and play with ultimate wisdom at safeguarding our gadgets and wallets; cold or hot. Aside the market changes, malwares are also on the rise, which teaches us to be security wise and protective of our decisions.


Title: Re: One mistake means one lesson for bitcoiner
Post by: uchegod-21 on July 07, 2025, 07:05:37 PM
The most mistakes I made since I knew about crypto were way before I got to know about Bitcoin. My bitter experience investing in shitcoins made me wiser when I finally got to know about Bitcoin. I have had no regrets since I started investing in Bitcoin. I understand what it takes and have been very careful with handling transactions, dealing with strangers, and safekeeping my wallet/seed phrase to avoid unauthorized access. I have learnt enough lessons already and I wouldn’t want to risk making mistakes. But if I do, life still goes on.


Title: Re: One mistake means one lesson for bitcoiner
Post by: Bitcoin_people on July 08, 2025, 10:15:51 AM
Everyone needs education about Bitcoin. Knowledge, experience, strategy, patience are important in every field. When you are interested in investing in Bitcoin, you must focus on all these things. You can learn from a little and gradually gain good experience, you can benefit from it, but if you do not have experience, you cannot, so you have to learn first. If you can plan everything properly and invest, you can benefit from Bitcoin. But you must be patient here, otherwise it is not possible, a strategy that will help you take it to a good level.


Title: Re: One mistake means one lesson for bitcoiner
Post by: WhoYouCantKill on July 15, 2025, 06:49:09 AM
Sure, everything about bitcoin is a lesson, is just like when we are afriad to invest into bitcoin due to the current market value, maybe you're expecting the price to dip before taken advantage you will be surprise to see the price moving upward instead of dipping as you expected then you will know that procrastination is not good at times.
I still wonder what makes people think or believe that waiting for the market to dip is a good Bitcoin investment strategy, this is a trader's mindset and it should be purged from a true investor's mind, inasmuch as waiting for DIPs can look like a way to maximise profit within the short term, we should understand that Bitcoin is a long term investment and the market is very very volatile, meaning that no one has the ability to accurately predict the market's next move, so attempting to anticipate that the market would fall before you buy would make you miss out on potential gains. waiting isn't a good strategy, but rather consistent buying is, because one gets to take advantage of every level of the market, whether high or low


Title: Re: One mistake means one lesson for bitcoiner
Post by: Sonia_123 on July 16, 2025, 06:34:13 PM
In the Bitcoin BTC world, every mistake creates a story.


# If You Sent to the wrong address?

    $ You learned about step and finality.


# If you bought from the top / high price?

   $ Then You discovered and learned that emotions are not any strategies.


# If you trusted any centralized exchange to much?

$ You found the meaning and learned that "Not your keys, not your coins."!!


# If you Sold too soon?
 $  You have learned about the power of patience and the power of Bitcoin.

# If price go down after your bought  and want to find the reason?
 $ You learned about market manipulation and trading fud / fomo

Bitcoin doesn’t forgive. It teaches you with every mistake. And its never go down we just face market manipulation its always break ATH !!
Bitcoin is a big teacher that teaches Bitcoinners how to manage their lives and their investment, and not only at the platform but these teachings also affects our daily and live a careful and focus life. If Bitcoin haven't been strict like these, our investments would have being something else that would be nothing to write about.
Bitcoin is also telling you how well you should protect what you have and not being careless with your asset .
In terms of early sales of your investment, Bitcoin has taught us the importance of patience in the sales of our investment because selling early because of fear is not a good idea .
Those that sell Bitcoin early lives to regret it while the patience ones were fully rewarded for their patience and did not sell their Bitcoin as the price dropped saw a drastic increase in price.


Title: Re: One mistake means one lesson for bitcoiner
Post by: coolcoinz on July 16, 2025, 07:04:25 PM

# If price go down after your bought  and want to find the reason?
 $ You learned about market manipulation and trading fud / fomo

This is funny. Do you really care about the price right after buying? Bitcoin swings by 5% and it's completely normal. There's no manipulation here, just traders and bots doing their thing.

If you buy and the price goes down a smart thing would be not to react at all. What matters is whether after that move down it will continue to go down, or maybe bounce back. These bounces are often misinterpreted by people. They get scared watching the slide down and when it goes back up to their entry point they exit the market so they have nothing to worry about. They are so traumatized by the feeling of a unrealized loss that they'd rather be out with no gain than see it again.


Title: Re: One mistake means one lesson for bitcoiner
Post by: Mate2237 on July 16, 2025, 07:12:47 PM
I completely agree with you because in the world of crypto you have to learn with experience which to me is the best form of lesson that anyone can learn there are certain mistakes that you will make that is when you will learn some certain things like selling too soon due to drop in price or buying due to emotion because of a sudden rise in price.


Every lesson is key and important for anyone to be granded in the crypto world so do people should learn and always take corrections from the mistakes made in the past in our crypto journey


Title: Re: One mistake means one lesson for bitcoiner
Post by: Cityhunter34 on July 16, 2025, 07:37:00 PM
In the Bitcoin BTC world, every mistake creates a story.


# If You Sent to the wrong address?

    $ You learned about step and finality.


# If you bought from the top / high price?

   $ Then You discovered and learned that emotions are not any strategies.


# If you trusted any centralized exchange to much?

$ You found the meaning and learned that "Not your keys, not your coins."!!


# If you Sold too soon?
 $  You have learned about the power of patience and the power of Bitcoin.

# If price go down after your bought  and want to find the reason?
 $ You learned about market manipulation and trading fud / fomo

Bitcoin doesn’t forgive. It teaches you with every mistake. And its never go down we just face market manipulation its always break ATH !!
Of course any mistake in this crypto space is a very big lesson. Because I could remember a day I made a deposit into wrong address were I ended up losing my coin, to be honest that day was a very big lesson for me. However, ever since then I have learnt how to be more extra careful when dealing with anything transactions because the most important thing in this space is making a proper use of your past mistake. Though, even till now there are people who haven't learnt from their past mistake, which is very wrong because mistake happens for us to learn and grow.


Title: Re: One mistake means one lesson for bitcoiner
Post by: Agbamoni on July 16, 2025, 08:01:51 PM
All of the mistakes can be avoided if you actually take extreme precautions when doing any of those things. The worst mistake anyone would want to make when using bitcoin is to transfer it to a wrong address. The money cant be gotten back and know one will be willing to return the bitcoin back to the sending address if they see something like that. We personally cannot track the recipients by just using the transaction id alone, unless the bitcoin was sent to an exchange address that has passed KYC.


Title: Re: One mistake means one lesson for bitcoiner
Post by: Sammye3 on July 16, 2025, 08:43:56 PM
In the Bitcoin BTC world, every mistake creates a story.


# If You Sent to the wrong address?

    $ You learned about step and finality.


# If you bought from the top / high price?

   $ Then You discovered and learned that emotions are not any strategies.


# If you trusted any centralized exchange to much?

$ You found the meaning and learned that "Not your keys, not your coins."!!


# If you Sold too soon?
 $  You have learned about the power of patience and the power of Bitcoin.

# If price go down after your bought  and want to find the reason?
 $ You learned about market manipulation and trading fud / fomo

Bitcoin doesn’t forgive. It teaches you with every mistake. And its never go down we just face market manipulation its always break ATH !!
Yes, definitely mistakes are made for the learning process. Bitcoin's price manipulation are not 100% speculated correctly but fundamental analysis are a big means of determining its future price. I remember a time when I had the experience of sending to a wrong address after inputing an extra alphabet, that was a lesson learnt in the hard way and I always go through an address properly before hitting the "send" button.
It's okay to make mistakes but learning from it is growth.


Title: Re: One mistake means one lesson for bitcoiner
Post by: tabas on July 16, 2025, 08:44:49 PM

# If You Sent to the wrong address?

    $ You learned about step and finality.
It's very rare to send to the wrong address because all of the addresses are unique. This means that you don't check the address and never looked at it before sending. It's a big mistake when you do that and somehow most of the people that sends to the wrong address are infected with malware, the copy paste malware that changes the address that you are copying from your own and changes it to the hackers address.


Title: Re: One mistake means one lesson for bitcoiner
Post by: CryptoHeadlineNews on July 16, 2025, 09:14:33 PM
All of the mistakes can be avoided if you actually take extreme precautions when doing any of those things. The worst mistake anyone would want to make when using bitcoin is to transfer it to a wrong address. The money cant be gotten back and know one will be willing to return the bitcoin back to the sending address if they see something like that. We personally cannot track the recipients by just using the transaction id alone, unless the bitcoin was sent to an exchange address that has passed KYC.
And in other to avoid such mistake, that's why it's always good people double or triple check their wallet addresses, in other to avoid sending Bitcoins to the wrong address, because one disadvantage I noticed about Bitcoin transaction is that inasmuch as the wallet address you are trying execute a transfer to follows the standard format of a Bitcoin wallet address (i.e Begins with either 1,
3 or bc1), the transaction will be mined and confirmed on the Blockchain, and inasmuch as nobody has access to it, it will remain unspendable and lost for ever. But in a scenario whereby the address format is wrong, such transaction will be rejected and not broadcasted on the Bitcoin Blockchain.


Title: Re: One mistake means one lesson for bitcoiner
Post by: jackpotmaster on July 23, 2025, 05:12:56 PM

# If You Sent to the wrong address?

    $ You learned about step and finality.
It's very rare to send to the wrong address because all of the addresses are unique. This means that you don't check the address and never looked at it before sending. It's a big mistake when you do that and somehow most of the people that sends to the wrong address are infected with malware, the copy paste malware that changes the address that you are copying from your own and changes it to the hackers address.
It is definitely not very rare. This happens very often these days with different kind of hacking attempts. Remember there are many ways that others try to steal Bitcoin. For example it can be a virus that hijacks your clipboard so after you copy your address and paste it it goes somewhere else. Second there are those that poison your history, they generate a similar looking address to yours. So those people that have learned to check the beginning and end of an address get tricked into thinking that it is theirs. I've also read old forum posts of people who didn't understand Bitcoin asking about recovery after sending to the wrong address simply by copying the wrong one. It does happen! It is a good lesson for those that need to learn things the practical way, I just hope that it is not that expensive for most.


Title: Re: One mistake means one lesson for bitcoiner
Post by: Mahanton on July 23, 2025, 07:59:10 PM
In the Bitcoin BTC world, every mistake creates a story.


# If You Sent to the wrong address?

    $ You learned about step and finality.


# If you bought from the top / high price?

   $ Then You discovered and learned that emotions are not any strategies.


# If you trusted any centralized exchange to much?

$ You found the meaning and learned that "Not your keys, not your coins."!!


# If you Sold too soon?
 $  You have learned about the power of patience and the power of Bitcoin.

# If price go down after your bought  and want to find the reason?
 $ You learned about market manipulation and trading fud / fomo

Bitcoin doesn’t forgive. It teaches you with every mistake. And its never go down we just face market manipulation its always break ATH !!
#1
I havent been able to experience this one out, in all the years I've been here on this market. Always make sure on having that double check with the address
then you would be able to avoid this problem.
#2
Emotions is that the main problem or cause on here, specially when you are that getting FOMO then you wouldnt be wanting to miss out the train.
Somewhat it does need up some luck and timing for you to be able to get in and ride with the trend or else, you would be ending up on buying on the peak and possibly be waiting
for long time for you to be able to recover.
#3
Its always been the golden rule on which actually its the basic but tons of people do goes into the opposite side of things. Well, it would be understandable that
there would be those people who do make out some short term trades on which they would be that parking out their coins into those platforms but always be having that discretion on doing so.
#4
Patience does take up a huge part when it comes to success but it would be depending on what or which coin you've been holding because not all coins will be having that guarantee
on shooting up into the moon. There are those cases that due to extreme or long term holding, we do missed out on taking up profits and wait for another full cycle to do so which is very long.
#5
If you are still a noob then you would definitely panic out and raise up those questions in mind, but on the time or moment that you do become that knowledgeable and having the experience
then you would be have already the idea on what you should gonna do.


Title: Re: One mistake means one lesson for bitcoiner
Post by: Dunamisx on July 23, 2025, 08:13:44 PM
We cant do without making mistakes and also we cannot do without learning, however, we must be able to create time in taking measure to how these are happening, so that we don't get into something else from what we have plans for.

When we make mistake, we should take it up as a challenge for learning more, we cannot do without learning, we also may be unable to know what mistakes we made and how to fixed it to avoid reoccurrence except when we learn more to detect the reason to making such a mistake.


Title: Re: One mistake means one lesson for bitcoiner
Post by: X-ray on July 24, 2025, 04:27:27 AM

# If You Sent to the wrong address?

    $ You learned about step and finality.
Experienced this first hand when I was still so noob I don't even understand how crypto works.

Mistakenly sending to the wrong address, trying to find solution to revert transaction, turns out bitcoin is irreversible which is the reason why bitcoin is considered decentralized aside from the proof of work mechanism and reversible tx sometime gets abused like in some centralized payment services.

A life long paypal user switching to bitcoin and I find it superior.


Title: Re: One mistake means one lesson for bitcoiner
Post by: Fivestar4everMVP on July 24, 2025, 05:21:32 AM
In the Bitcoin BTC world, every mistake creates a story.


# If You Sent to the wrong address?

    $ You learned about step and finality.


# If you bought from the top / high price?

   $ Then You discovered and learned that emotions are not any strategies.


# If you trusted any centralized exchange to much?

$ You found the meaning and learned that "Not your keys, not your coins."!!


# If you Sold too soon?
 $  You have learned about the power of patience and the power of Bitcoin.

# If price go down after your bought  and want to find the reason?
 $ You learned about market manipulation and trading fud / fomo

Bitcoin doesn’t forgive. It teaches you with every mistake. And its never go down we just face market manipulation its always break ATH !!
It is not bitcoin but the market that does not forgive, bitcoin is a currency or asset that is standing alone, the market is what controls the direction that the price of Bitcoin and other crypto assets chooses to go..

And Secondly, if you trusted a centralized exchange too much, something has to happen for you to learn that trusting a centralized exchange is a big mistake, and by this, you also learn that indeed, the phrase "not your keys, not your crypto" is Everly true..

One wise way to learn in this industry is to learn by the experiences and mistakes of other people, thank goodness we have a forum like this where people share their experiences and mistakes and it's repercussions, the wise will do everything possible to learn from stories shared here, while the foolish will wait until they make very same mistake their self before they learn.


Title: Re: One mistake means one lesson for bitcoiner
Post by: davis196 on July 24, 2025, 05:33:17 AM
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If You Sent to the wrong address?
    $ You learned about step and finality.


# If you bought from the top / high price?
   $ Then You discovered and learned that emotions are not any strategies.


# If you trusted any centralized exchange to much?
$ You found the meaning and learned that "Not your keys, not your coins."!!


# If you Sold too soon?
 $  You have learned about the power of patience and the power of Bitcoin.

# If price go down after your bought  and want to find the reason?
 $ You learned about market manipulation and trading fud / fomo

1.Who the hell still sends BTC to the wrong address? This isn't 2012. Double checking is a must and I'm sure that all Bitcoiners double check the address, before sending any BTC.

2.There's nothing wrong with FOMO and buying at the ATH price. The only wrong move is panic selling.

3.The same applies to crypto casinos. Any centralized crypto service shouldn't not be fully trusted.

4.Some people are risk-oriented, while others are security-oriented. There's nothing wrong with both mentalities. Some people will HODL until the end, others will sell when they feel the price is good for them.

5.Having FUD/FOMO on the market doesn't necessarily mean that the market is being manipulated. It's just people's emotions driving the market in a certain direction.


Title: Re: One mistake means one lesson for bitcoiner
Post by: Luzin on July 24, 2025, 06:41:33 AM
1.Who the hell still sends BTC to the wrong address? This isn't 2012. Double checking is a must and I'm sure that all Bitcoiners double check the address, before sending any BTC.

2.There's nothing wrong with FOMO and buying at the ATH price. The only wrong move is panic selling.

This requires a willingness to double check. Another problem is when we unknowingly get a clipboard virus. I've had this before. Luckily, I did some checking. Checking the entire address combination is great but many may be lazy and check only the end or middle.

I think everyone will regret when buying a high price and that price never returns to being high. Actually, I think it's wrong when you're looking for profits at a price that's already high, it's more difficult to get profits.