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This topic means an unrealistic story to us now, even though it was real 16 years ago. In October 2009, one dollar could buy 1,309 bitcoins, which is currently worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

https://www.talkimg.com/images/2025/10/05/UGIFWb.png

As time goes by, Bitcoin is now becoming like a golden deer to people, where people cannot buy another Bitcoin even if they want to. Whereas in 2009, 1309 Bitcoins could be purchased for $1.

Well, if someone had the opportunity to travel to 2009 in a time machine, what would you do?

There's even a gem hidden in that fine print.

They are giving the average cost of electricity in the US as a point of reference used to estimate the value of 1 bitcoin. That cost is now 50% higher than it was in 2009.
Just an interesting little thing for those who haven't noticed inflation eating their savings. And people like Powell will tell you that inflation is transitory and losing 5% a year is completely fine. Then 10 years pass you by and you've lost half of your purchasing power.

As for buying BTC in 2009, it was a great opportunity, but how many people even knew about it? I sure did not. I heard about it first in 2014 when Mt. Gox went bankrupt.

When Bitcoin was created by Satoshi, only a handful of dozen investors understood the value of Bitcoin. The value of Bitcoin is slowly increasing and people around the world are realizing its popularity, but when Bitcoin first started, it was an unknown name in the world. No one understood its value and no one was interested in Bitcoin. We learned to understand the value of Bitcoin after 2021 and we have lost the ability to invest in Bitcoin even though we understand about Bitcoin. Now if I were given the opportunity to go back in time with a time machine, even if it is an unrealistic fantasy, I would still fill my basket with Bitcoin.

Took me a while to notice! What's even more interesting is that Bitcoin could be mined with CPU back then, and would yield (for today's standards) a decent amount of Bitcoin. The mining difficulty was extremely low and even the average computer could be used. Good ol'times, I wish we had a forgotten wallet since then.

I learned about Bitcoin a little before I signed up on this forum, somewhere between 2013 and 2014, if I remember correctly, it costed less than $200, or was ranging at that level. As much as I could regret not taking action, 99.9% couldn't have suspected such a growth or if we did, we would have sold at previous milestones, such as $1,000 or $20,000 etc. The only way someone could hold Bitcoins from the early days would be if they were forgotten on a random wallet and somehow recovered now. What are the chances of that?

Most likely everyone would try to hoard as much BTC as possible (sounds familiar?), which would basically destroy BTC, since so many coins would sit on a few hands... altcoin founders do the same with their shitcoins and they even try to amass USD to buy more BTC.

It's a good thing time machines don't exist (another theory suggests every time someone travels back & forth in time, a new -bubble- universe/branch of reality is created, totally separate from our universe).

This type of images or comparison are what makes some people keeps regretting and wishing the price could turned back then when it was far way cheaper but then, things has changed and we can't really get back of time that we have already past. If people were told to buy Bitcoin then they wouldn't have believe becoming they don't know the full configuration and usage ( it's value) but, many people are really regretting for their lack of knowledge and trust towards Bitcoin.

If you were around in 2009 October that year, I'm not sure if you are going to have a single Bitcoin even if you hear about it. Most of us today are attracted to Bitcoin because of how it has turn well, if it is not here yet I'm confident that many of us will not want to be close to it, we will be scared like how people were scared back then anytime market collapse but today, it's a spelling market.

No asset can match the rise of bitcoin, right?
1309 BTC = $1 now $161 million dollars... I can't imagine how bitcoin became the wildest asset and is now loved by many investors.

In 2009, I knew nothing about BTC.

Buy as much bitcoin as possible.

If I am from the future, then I'd certainly will because I know the value of Bitcoin. But let's be honest that we don't even know what we're doing by  that time and where we were. I guess that we've been so young trying to do things that we like to do and enjoy life. It's now part of the history that a dollar of bitcoin can change your life after a couple of years. And it takes guts to buy and use real money for something that no one knows the future will be. That's also an era where internet scams were rampant when most people don't have an idea how to avoid them.

Come to think of it,  in 2009 what was I even doing?
Nothing serious with my data that to play some symbian games, visit wapking and waptrick to download games and other related stuffs.
Visit the cyber café, buy time and do some elementary stuffs online to show my guys that I was computer literate, no knowing that there's another works elsewhere.

Of course gonna buy so many 2nd hand server hardware to mine bitcoin aside from buying it LOL.

You could easily become billionaire just by doing that. Probably buying bitcoin off of people as well. But well it's just a big IF.
At this point even bitcoin is good for investment sometime outperforming gold by significant margin, so I'll just continue to accumulate. I know we aren't at the top yet.

I can not share any chart from 2009 but Bitbolo has a chart since January 2013 on satoshis per dollar.
https://charts.bitbo.io/satoshi-per-dollar/

This chart gives us information on how many satoshis we can buy with $1 with time, since 2013 and the chart shows us how quick change on less satoshis we are able to buy with $1 over years.

The chart is another visual information on rise of Bitcoin price over time, but this one is on satoshis and is like an inverse chart of satoshi price chart.

If we could all travel back to 2009 without an inkling as to what would unfold in the future, I'm afraid many of us won't be buying and keeping so much. Even solid believers of Bitcoin sold when the price was only in cents.

Our regret only comes from the fact that we're already fully aware of the price that Bitcoin would eventually reach. But if we're not certain of it, everything would still be the same.

Today, if Bitcoin corrects all the way to $25,000, would we interpret it as a huge opportunity and gather all our savings to buy the dip, or we'd even sell what little we have because of strong emotions and doubts?

Our world is very colorful and there are thousands of other things that we still don't know, not just bitcoin. So there is no regret that we did not know about bitcoin earlier or did not invest in it from the very beginning.

Many expressed regret and vowed that if they had the chance to go back in time, they would buy bitcoin without hesitation. But trust me, we only dare to make statements and do it when we know the future. If we had the chance to go back to the past but forget everything in the present and future, everything would remain the same. We were still skeptical, disdainful and unwilling to spend a dime on bitcoin at that time.

 

If I had a time machine, I would not tamper with time ever because whatever happened happened for a reason and the lesson learnt is what should be should be given importance to.

Because bitcoin was so undervalued yesterday, we find its worth today. And that is why we wish we could buy it back then.

But truth is we can still buy it and still make money from the upcoming future but we become hesitant to do so. Since the past has already happened we are not scared at the thought of changing it but we are afraid of the future. This is fundamentally wrong.

I wish I could travel back in time to NY central park 15 years ago this month and finish my first bitcoin transaction that never happened because I let someone tell me that it was a scam! I was gonna put $20 in and let it ride lol. Probably would have lost the paper though.

Bitcoin was unusual at that time, and many people thought it wouldn't survive for many years. So they took advantage of the opportunity to sell at a low price since they believed it would vanish after a few years.  

Would Bitcoin ever drop to $25,000? I don't think so. It should be seen as a golden opportunity to accumulate if the price ever drops $65,000.  

Exactly as long as the future remains unknown we will never be able to predict what will happen in future and that will most definitely continue to leave us in reggret, there is absolutely no way we can actually get away from the fact that there will be regret, if at $100k plus price today tyere will be regret, from those who think they shouldn’t have waited for the dip and should have bought when it was at this current to those who would be saying they should have hold on to their holdings and never to have sold because they thought it was the top. It will always continue to be an endless cycle of regrets we can not change that.

Question that I have alway asked is are there still people that have hold form this price in 2009 till date and yet to sell, I think this question will be tricky to answer because in every ATH bitcoin creates there is always a urge for people to sell

Another fact is, it is true that we can still buy it now and still make profit in the future. But the days of getting rich quick with bitcoin are over, we will not be able to make millions of percent profits or become millionaires with just a few dollars or even a few thousand dollars in capital. Bitcoin has a market capitalization of over 2 trillion and is now one of the largest assets in the world. That means that bitcoin growing 2x, 3x is also a problem and takes a long time, let alone it can grow millions of percent in the next 16 years. That is why many people always look back and regret what has passed.

Some people are regretting not knowing about Bitcoin before and some people are now afraid to invest because of the wild price hike. The biggest thing here is that people are being deprived of real knowledge and ignorance. Due to the wild behavior of BTC, many people see it as the wildest asset, but the good news is that some people used to invest without knowing and now they invest after knowing. It is very easy to understand now and its adaptation is the biggest proof of this. However, those who are not investing in Bitcoin yet despite having money, I think they prefer to watch the game on the field as a spectator rather than playing it themselves.

Unfortunately, there is no way you will travel back to 2009 and the current reality is that bitcoin is not going back to the price it sat in that year. it is always easy for us to make assumption on what it will look like buying bitcoin at a very cheap rate in the past and at the same time w are not ceasing the opportunity of doing same at the present. the past is gone and obviously gone for good and there is nothing anyone can do about it. what we have to think of is the future and with regards that, it is only by reason of what we do at the present that tells what the future holds for us.

Rather than mere looking at how far we have come, it is even better to consider how far we can still get to, going forward.

Rather than thinking about impossible scenarios, I prefer to learn from the past in order to plan for the future. In this case, it is normal for Bitcoin to have lower percentage returns over the next 16 years than it did over the first 16. But if you think you would like to travel back in time to buy Bitcoin and hold it for 16 years, you would be wise to buy today and do the same for the future.

In 2009, people could buy 1 BTC for $1. But now, people can still buy Bitcoin for $1 and get 0,00000821. The differences are big so it is normal if people now regret seeing this. They underestimated Bitcoin at that time and decided not to buy Bitcoin.

But when they see the Bitcoin price now, they are shocked and do not imagine that it really happened. If people had the opportunity to travel to 2009 in a time machine, they would buy as many Bitcoins as they could and hodl till now.

They will not think much and that is what I will do. But unfortunately, we can not do that. We can just let it happen and prepare for our future.

I would buy some BTC and be happpy with what I've got.

What else should we do? ;D

If $125k is the top of this cycle and if bitcoin falls to $25k, that would mean bitcoin would be down about 80%. This is a big drop and no one believes it at this point but looking back at previous bear seasons it is a normal drop for bitcoin.


This is unlikely to happen because people think that with the involvement of ETFs, institutions, companies, they will not let that happen but in my opinion, anything is possible. If a crisis similar to 2007 happens next year, the price of bitcoin may fall below $40k-30k.


But as Darker45 said, do we see this as another great opportunity, or do we panic and dump? I believe that not many people will dare to buy when bitcoin price drops to $25k, just like when bitcoin price drops to $15k in 2022.

That would their loss, just like the rest of opportunities left out of the scope due to fear for BTC gone / dead.

If I had a chance to travel back to 2009, I would never have the chance to buy Bitcoins, because back in 2009, I was a teenager and I didn't have my own savings, my own Paypal account and a bank account under my name. ;D This makes the whole topic pointless to me.
If the people really had the chance to travel across time, the human civilization would've most likely collapsed already. Do you even realize what kind of chaos could time travelers cause? If you managed to travel back to 2009, wouldn't you just meet your younger version? How can this happen in the real world? Wouldn't the entire universe just collapse? ;D
This is yet another "Bitcoin was incredibly cheap back in 2009-2010" forum thread. OP, there were 1000 forum threads about the same topic before your thread. Yes, we all know that BTC was very cheap back in 2009. So what?

Only a historical journey is a reflection for every Bitcoiner who is still alive until Bitcoin reaches a price level of $125K.
Since from there with $1 can get thousands of bitcoin, so those who are still alive now and their wallets cannot be accessed or their wallets have been lost, they only lament that they are rich people who fail to be realized.

Just like you.
If the answer is different, it means we are not healthy in mind. Cook not wanting to buy Bitcoin at the price listed.

That's how much the adoption of Bitcoin has grown all this time and we still haven't even reached mass adoption yet despite all the mentions of Bitcoin everywhere, majority of people have not yet bought it. That alongside the dedollarisation and adoption means price can go a lot higher.

P.S. Today 1309 satoshi is a little higher than 1 dollar by the way ;)

You're right, only fools regret the past. Although I've imagined the impossible, it would be wise to think about the future. It is just an unrealistic regret that in October 2009, one dollar could have bought Bitcoin above 1300. Now we have the opportunity and if we buy some digit Bitcoin now and hold it for 20 years from now, it will definitely give us a lot of profit, but instead of thinking about the future, we regret the past.

That is why the wise say in a proverb, "Thinking about the future is the work of the wise."

This is a hypothetical question, actually at that time this currency was an experimental technology, so I think in the early days of Bitcoin, the number of people who could accurately analyze its future was often rare. However it is true that if someone had the opportunity to go back to 2009 in a time machine, they would probably choose Bitcoin first Because it would be possible for anyone to own a billion dollars by investing a small amount of money.

To be honest when we look at the list of Bitcoin price patterns, it seems that if we could have bought Bitcoin when it first started, the wealth in the invested wallet would have increased much more and billions of dollars of wealth would have been built, as is currently happening in the case of Satoshi Nakamoto.

Even this kind of comparison is causing regret among many people these days because the price of Bitcoin is currently out of control, the amount of money currently spent to purchase small increments was initially equivalent to purchasing dozens of BTC.

Well, now you can't buy even 13 bitcoins with $1m, that's how it changed within these 16 years, probably the most iconic growth of an asset in the history of mankind. There might be another asset like Bitcoin that could beat this record, but we might not live to see that. The thing is, when something is new, people won't believe in its potential or even have the slightest idea about where it could go in the future. Those who had so many bitcoins at that time, I'm sure most of them didn't hold any of them on purpose even if they had some left here and there because they didn't touch them for not being valuable at all.


Obviously, even if you are sent back in time in your same age or condition as that time while knowing that you came from the future, you will do anything to get some money and buy Bitcoin because you know it's going to change your life in the future. Well, there is basically no point in discussing things that are logically not possible.

You made a very valid statement and I so much believe your insinuation is nothing but the truth. We all are sounding positive in this thread because bitcoin has proven to be a great success. If we are taken aback without the memory of the future, let's assume that we know nothing about cryptocurrency and its volatility. Then bitcoin is offered us, the majority of us will not buy bitcoin.

It is just like using your money to buy one worthless internet of a thing stuff. It is only a few and curious tech savvies that will just take the risk. So, we need not regret  that we didn't know or trust bitcoin from the early stage.
Besides, if bitcoin is to last for a century, centenary or forever, now is still the early stage. Yes, $125,000 is an early stage if $1,000,000 is in view.

We should never regret thinking about these things because maybe we were not there then and even if we were, we might not have been able to hold that Bitcoin till now. Although in 2009, 1309 Bitcoins were available for $1 people may not have imagined the future of Bitcoin like this. Moreover, at that time, some websites gave 5, 10 and 15 Bitcoins even if they filled in the captcha, which many people missed even knowingly. So it would not be right to think about regretting like this. Imagine for a moment that if the person who bought two pizzas with 10,000 Bitcoins could use a time machine to get back 10,000 Bitcoins, then of course he would have tried to get back 10,000 Bitcoins. So we will not regret. We are satisfied with the way we see it now.  So that we don't have to regret it later and go back with a time machine, we should buy as much Bitcoin as possible because 10 years from now, we might regret it and wonder why we didn't buy Bitcoin when one Bitcoin could have been bought for 126,000 dollars.

We cannot rewind the past, going back to 2009 will be a blessing but we can't do that, hence should be focused on what we have present and how to make the best out of it in the future. Our new target right now is Bitcoin to make one million price all time high in the next two cycles, it won't be much compared from 2009 an ten years later but it would be worth the resource and time wait.

We can stop with the imagination, back to 2009 is never going to happen, instead of sleeping and waiting, we can keep investing in full confidence, most of those who bought Bitcoin when it was 1 Bitcoin = 1 USD happen to sell early, just a few of them were able to hold their Bitcoin until recently when Bitcoin grew this figures, lessons are learnt and understanding our future ATH, this moment can be utilized.

AFAIK bitcoin have global price starting 2011 at mere cents. But New liberty standard have it's own way to buy and sell bitcoin with paypal at the very early stage even just months after bitcoin transaction was made. This means as early as 2009, online people especially those OGs really see through what bitcoin will become.

If I could go back to 2009 with a time machine, I might not have gotten any Bitcoin because many people would have bought all the Bitcoins long before me. However, it is better to invest in Bitcoin based on reality than to go back to 2009 with a time machine, even if it is with a very small amount. Imagine for a moment that in 2009, 1309 Bitcoins could be obtained for one dollar. Maybe we were not there at that time, which is why we can easily accept it without any regrets. But if we do not invest in Bitcoin and miss it, then 10-15 years later if the price of Bitcoin is 1 million dollars or 2 million dollars, we will not be able to accept it because we are seeing it directly now. So it is reasonable to rely on reality and invest rather than relying on a time machine.

Yeah I never read the part how they calculated the price. So its based on 1331 kwh per year on a CPU. However if my math is correct that is like 150 watts per CPU. Which seems pretty correct because if you ask Grok. The fastest CPU in 2009 was the Intel Core i7 975 and it had a TDP of 130 Watts. When you add in power supply ineffiencies and motherboard power usage, you get a pretty accurate number.

When  GPUs came out the story would of been different. I remember back then each GPU could pull something like 350 Watts. And you could put in 4 of them in each rig. So you would easily max out the 15A breaker in your house. Then when ASICs came out they were crazy power hogs, they even used 240V AC power and could pull something over 2KW for a single ASIC miner.

Whenever I’m watching a sci-fi movie talking about time travel, all I think about is Bitcoin. I was going through a few post in the forum and discovered there was actually a time where folks here were playing around with Bitcoin (not sats), I bet no many knew it’ll get to where it is today. I just can’t help but wish I could get the chance to travel back in time with just a few dollars, get as much bitcoins as I can and come back, But if wishes were horses right? :D :D

But the truth is that, even if it’s not exactly the same, I believe the same opportunity folks had back then is the same we’ve got today, just that the approach has changed, back then you just had to buy and hold, they even had a few faucet sites that gave out free bitcoins, but now, you gotta engage in a consistent accumulate and HODLing, because a couple more years later, a lot of people who didn’t use the opportunity today would also wish they did.

If a time machine had really been invented, there would have been no Bitcoin left to buy. And the reality is that since people could buy Bitcoins so cheaply, they would have devalued them and started selling them without maintenance. Or they would have tried to find the source and inventor of Bitcoin, so Bitcoin would not have been decentralized. As a result, people would not have had the confidence in Bitcoin that Bitcoin has gained in the past. We have nothing to regret about the price of Bitcoin now. If we had known about Bitcoin back then or if more people had known about Bitcoin in the beginning than we do now, then the price of Bitcoin would not have been so low. In fact, very few people were aware of Bitcoin at that time, so Bitcoin had a low price. Now some people around the world are aware of Bitcoin, so the current price of Bitcoin has exceeded one hundred thousand dollars. So imagine how much the demand will increase when the majority of people around the world are aware of Bitcoin, when people learn about the financial security of Bitcoin and the method of maintaining the value of assets? So there is still time for those of us who are aware of Bitcoin to buy as much Bitcoin as possible.

Regarding the regulatory issues for each country, however, large companies have started buying Bitcoin.
However, manipulation always happens, whoever has more money he can manipulate the price as they please and some media that has powerful power can make News and FUD as they please to make the price of Bitcoin volatile or the price of the order possible.

Bitcoin is still not 20 years old and its development is very rapid, If the price of $1 can get 1039 BTC in 2009 then the increase in the price of Bitcoin from $0.000764 ($1=1309 BTC in 2009) to $125,000 (ATH 2025) is around 16,366,129.080%, this is an incredible increase and no one can match it.

and, 1309 Satoshi are currently around $1.62

https://www.talkimg.com/images/2025/10/07/UGVS1f.png

Time traveling is just a fictional feeling that has never happened or existed in reality. Or suppose time traveling exists, in which case if you go to the past for a temporary period of time, then just as you can buy Bitcoin as much as you want according to your ability, consider the case of others who will also want to go to the past and buy Bitcoin. If everyone time traveled back in time and bought Bitcoin, the supply of Bitcoin would run out. That is, if the supply of Bitcoin were exhausted, the creator of Bitcoin, Satoshi, would increase the supply because if you were to go back to 2009, Satoshi would not have been hidden.

Let's not imagine it. We should let that thought be, because the thought of it will not be a good one for those who bought and sold their Bitcoin at a lesser price, thinking that's the high price Bitcoin can go. They didn't know that much magnificent ATH will give rise in the future.

It will be heartbreaking to think of now. Let everyone focus on the future, not the past, because the past is full of regrets that could make one keep hating themselves for letting an opportunity slide away from their hands when they are to be patient not in a hurry to sell their Bitcoin

what if 1 Sat = $1.25 in year 20xx. that is a 983.73 times increase from current value of $1 = 813 Sats.


Here are the main outcomes if 1 Satoshi equals or exceeds 1 US dollar

- Real estate and traditional assets would see declining demand, as Bitcoin would offer superior savings and earning potential compared to physical assets.[10][11] (refer to 10,11 below)
- National borders could become less relevant as countries compete to attract Bitcoin holders by offering citizenship or residency based on wallet size, not traditional criteria.[2][10]
- The concept of wars waged over monetary or reserve currency dominance would fade, as Bitcoin’s global standard eliminates fiat competition and makes funding wars via inflation impossible.[12][10]
- Enormous wealth redistribution would occur; early Bitcoin adopters would become a new ultra-wealthy elite, while non-adopters might face relative impoverishment.[11][13]
- Global financial inclusion would increase, as the unbanked and underbanked could join global commerce through decentralized digital wallets without banks.[2]
- Extreme deflation may discourage borrowing and consumption, shifting business strategies and consumption habits globally.[14][11]
- Governments and central banks would lose traditional tools for steering national economies, including money printing and interest rate control, undermining their sovereignty.[12][2]
- Economic, legal, and technical adjustments would be necessary; new approaches to crime, taxes, accounting, and asset registration would develop.[14]
- Fiat currency would lose nearly all value, making “$1 = 1 satoshi” mostly a nominal event; a massive societal and economic upheaval would occur during the transition.[13][10]

[1](https://bitcoinmagazine.com/markets/what-does-hyperbitcoinization-look-like)
[2](https://ndax.io/en/blog/article/what-is-hyperbitcoinization)
[3](https://paybis.com/blog/glossary/hyperbitcoinization/)
[4](https://www.bitamp.com/learn/hyperbitcoinization.html)
[5](https://d-central.tech/understanding-hyperbitcoinization-bitcoins-path-to-global-dominance/)
[6](https://phemex.com/academy/what-is-hyperbitcoinization)
[7](https://www.citadel21.com/hyperbitcoinization)
[8](https://bitcoinmagazine.com/hyperbitcoinization)
[9](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pwrsGP6Brk)
[10](https://digitaloneagency.com.au/what-happens-when-1-satoshi-equals-1-usd-a-bold-look-at-bitcoins-future/)
[11](https://bold-awards.com/when-1-satoshi-becomes-1-dollar/)
[12](https://www.forbes.com/sites/digital-assets/2024/07/29/bitcoin-as-reserve-currency-a-new-geopolitical-force/)
[13](https://keeganfrancis.substack.com/p/when-will-1-satoshi-equal-1-dollar)
[14](https://www.reddit.com/r/BitcoinBeginners/comments/1bhso6u/potential_problems_with_hyperbitcoinization/)

Yes, if this story is told to the current generation, they will definitely think it was unrealistic, but it is a real reality. In 2009, the price of Bitcoin was very low where just one dollar could buy BTC1309 Bitcoins, which was really unbelievable. But in the present time, the price of Bitcoin has increased so rapidly that it is a skyrocket. Today, if you buy a dollar of debit coins, you can get a fraction of a Bitcoin. Currently, we know that the price of one Bitcoin is $126,000, it has continuously increased to the highest level and we are also hoping that it will enter higher heights in the future.
https://www.talkimg.com/images/2025/10/08/UGceRq.png

The important thing now is to focus on buying and holding Bitcoin. It does not matter if we missed buying in 2009. We still have time now. We should let go of regrets and use this opportunity, because prices may not stay this low in the future. Those who act now are lucky to be able to accumulate Bitcoin. In the future, it may be difficult for people to buy as many satoshis.

If it were possible, I would go back to 2009 and buy Bitcoin, although it's impossible, we can only imagine, haha.

However, we should not regret the past, those who think about the past can never improve. We need to learn from the mistakes of the past, so we should always focus on the future, because currently the price of Bitcoin has exceeded $ 125k dollars, so hopefully in the future it will be $ 1 million dollars at some point. So we should continue to try to accumulate Bitcoin according to our ability. So it is wise to forget the past and focus on the future.

Bro, don't let us remember this again, seeing this will always open the healing wound. I just don't like to see the opportunities that I've missed, not only in Bitcoin but also in other investments. It's tantamount to living in the past, and dwelling in the past changes nothing, it's the present and future that we should work harder for to avoid the further hurting caused by the past inactions. Unfortunately, Bitcoin cannot bless people as before, but we can still build our smartness around it's trading and investing over the years to improve the situation.

Definitely with you on that - BTC is not something that is concrete, it's everchanging here and there, and the stance of the world on it changes too.

Sooner or later, it will become something much bigger than what we envision now 8)

This is what they say that we can not revert things that already occurred before but we can still be able to change our life if we will not repeat the same mistakes again. I don't know but it also reminds me of another saying that instead of thinking about the problem, why not think about the solution? But that is because it is also applicable on here.


There are still people that are afraid and then there are those that just accepted their faith that they are not built for it.


I think they have no rights to regret. It is also fine to wait for the price to drop first before buying if that makes us comfortable because BTC can still drop a few of its value sometimes.


I don't think it is good. It is risky investing on something you don't know but some are lucky for their investment to go well. The other is also late but as they say, it is better late than never. None is forced here in BTC but I still think it is a waste just by simply watching BTC explode (in a positive way).


I think the difference is not only about the BTC price or on how it grow so big but we can also include the inflation here. It is where we can have less for what we are buying now than compared to before for the same amount of money we use. Apart from those who underestimated BTC, there are also people who completely misses it and yet they also regretted it.


I'm also shocked at that. Why will they be shocked? Are they away to not noticed that BTC seem to rise time after time? If they are only there, they shouldn't wait any longer or repeat the same mistake they did before. That should have lessened their regrets.


Yes, this should be it in all things. There must be gratitude. It is only easy to be happy if we have a contentment in life. On to your question right there, are you referring about BTC? If it is, then after buying, we usually hold until we get our desired selling price. If you want to, you can also venture the world of trading. The money there is much easier but the risk is also a bit high.

Those who learned about Bitcoin in 2009 but did not buy it, I think, are the ones who have the biggest regrets to date and will regret it for as long as they live on earth. The opportunity to buy 1,309 Bitcoins for 1 dollar is unimaginable. The demand for Bitcoin is increasing day by day and will continue to increase. Since the supply of Bitcoin is limited, its demand will also increase with time. Those who had the opportunity at that time but did not buy Bitcoin will never have that opportunity again, but those who know about it today but are not buying Bitcoin will regret it even more at some point.

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In 2009 (https://bytwork.com/en/articles/btc-chart-history), the Bitcoin price was so low, but it's sad that I didn't know about Bitcoin at that time. If I had known about Bitcoin at that time, I would have tried to buy it. However, those who had the opportunity to buy Bitcoin at that time but did not buy it made a mistake without knowing it, but those who make a mistake at this time will regret it more than those people.

We shouldn't expect something less from people like Powell and everyone involved because their monetary policy is among the reasons Satoshi created Bitcoin, as they implement it intentionally to devalue fiat currency, and importation becomes more expensive while they boost wealth for their masters when there is global instability.

Honestly, I am one of the people who never knew about Bitcoin in 2009 until 2016, and it is sad because I usually used Liberty Reserve to buy something overseas from 2004 - 2011. But never hear anything about BTC, which I am sure i would have a fraction of it based on how I use electronic money like Liberty Reserve then.

The end results are always full of regrets, and that is why we should stop regretting and start doing investment at the right time before it is also late. People should learn to accumulate bitcoin when its down and hold for future because we can never tell what the future may holds, this year is cheaper and we can't tell what next 3-4 cycle could turn out to be, maybe who know if then buying a bitcoin could cost 500k or $1m whereby people would start flashing back this year why they didn't buy as well just as what his happening currently and they are thinking about the past years why they didn't buy more and hold, now, 2009 seems to be a year that people would never forget in their life's.

Bitcoin (hidden in 7 letters is the light of the future) is the dream of millions of people, Bitcoin is the most important thing to hold for the future, it is hidden in it an opportunity to build the future. However, Bitcoin is still possible to buy, if your ability is low, then you can follow the DCA method, not just one Bitcoin, you will have the opportunity to buy several Bitcoins if you follow the DCA method for a long time by adopting a strategy.

But yes, if I could enter the time machine, then I would definitely buy Bitcoin with all my money, and I would buy all my money and fly to the future by buying Bitcoin. And I would close the Bitcoin sell button, and I would fly to the future for a long time.

OMG.
What's really surprising would be that, looking at today's price estimates and the amount to be used to buy some Bitcoin and expect such profits to come would be tough for many investors. It's up to 16 years today right? Can $20k purchase a good quantity that can profits millions of dollars in 16 years to come?

And almost, only the rich can purchase this amount, is that why people saying Bitcoin is only for the rich now, could be the reasons.

I think there is no need for a time machine. Those who have not bought and held Bitcoin in the past are afraid to hold Bitcoin at the present time. Those who are brave and have the ability to take risks have basically accepted Bitcoin and held it for a long time. Every person should hold Bitcoin for the future, because if you pay attention from today, you will see a big difference compared to the time machine.
Because in 2010, the price of Bitcoin was very low, those who bought Bitcoin at that time have become financially successful today. However, there is still enough opportunity in Bitcoin. If you follow the method, then you can definitely hold Bitcoin according to your ability only by taking risks.

While bitcoin isn't as cheap as it was 16 years ago, it's still for everyone, not just the rich. Anyone can own it for any amount of money. But it is no longer for those who want to get rich quick, those who want to make millions of dollars with just a small amount of money. The days of bitcoin growing exponentially, increasing billions of times and making millions of dollars for many people are over.

If we wanted to make millions of dollars these days, we probably would need a similar amount of capital. We won't be able to turn $1,000 or $10,000 into $1 million or $10 million like we used to.
This is something we should accept, not be stubborn and still hold the notion that bitcoin will be able to increase thousands of times from now and make us rich.

It is a very strange question that if a Bitcoiner had a chance to go back to 2009 in a time machine, he would have bought his wallet full of Bitcoins. If I were him, even if I didn't have any money, I would have bought Bitcoins at any stage. However, in 2009, we saw that the price of Bitcoin was so low that it was unbelievable, but now it has increased so rapidly that its price is the highest. Currently, Bitcoin is the only digital gold where people can invest and get high returns in the future.

It's a great thing that in 2009, the price of Bitcoin was much lower, where one dollar could buy 1,309.03 Bitcoins.
And it has increased a lot nowadays, where one dollar can buy only 0.00000825 BTC.
In 2009, 1,309.03 Bitcoins were worth just $1. And if I had the same amount of fractions as there were after BTC 1309, I would be able to own a lot of dollars.
1309.03
BTC0.03= $3,635

If ever theres a chances that i knew the bitcoin through that time for sure i will grab the opportunity have at least and hold up until now so i can enjoy the current price of the bitcoin but sad reality for sure most of us have the regrets like this well its part of the time no one knews bitcoin will surge upto like that unexpectedly.

I know those days are over, but actually over to some category of investors is what I mean, if a rich investor can use over $200k or more to buy at the current price, how much profit would he get in 16 years time if Bitcoin hit like $500k per one. That's my point.

The rich can only purchase with this amount of they mean to take this risk.

True Many people didn't give Bitcoin a chance as of 2009 when Bitcoin was starting to gain attention, I believe that one thing that Made people not to invest in Bitcoin even though when Bitcoin was almost free people were not give in to the idea of bitcoin.one thing when it comes to business is your ability to see beyond the present situation and seeing the benefits of a product.



Today many people are regretting why they didn't invest in Bitcoin back then. Well that chance is not possible again because one Bitcoin now cost thousands of dollars and as of those who invested in Bitcoin then will be smiling.what people can do is to make sure that they don't regrets further by so the best thing to do is to start investing in Bitcoin today no matter how valuable that the price of Bitcoin has become.

This tell us how time flies especially now that $100k can not buy one BTC. This is why investment is all about timing. When you can invest in the future, you are not going to have much problem about what people think about now. People that were able to buy Bitcoin then are already in millions and billions of dollars because they saw value in what the invested in even when people were saying that Bitcoin is going to crash to zero. Now everyone wants to own a Bitcoin because of how volatile the price can go.

Laszlo Hanyecz story alone is even enough to cause a goosebump because talking about when 1309 bitcoins was just worth a dollar, it was literally in the early stages of bitcoin when it wasn't given so much attention then. Bitcoin was like some of these altcoins we are seeing now as at that time when it was introduced. I can even bet that no one knew bitcoin will reach this height, i can even argue that Satoshi Nakamoto who is the founder of bitcoin never knew it will grow this huge because if he knew, he would have still been here with us now. Why moving on to other things when what he created has this potentiality. Let us just forget about the fact that he needed a life of privacy but how are we even sure that he hasn't been discovered probably by the US government and they decides to hide him off the media.

For the question you asked if someone gets back to 2009 that what would the person do, who wouldn't buy bitcoin then if our future was to be played like a video that we will get to this level we are now. I even used to hope that i will come across any news of an early hodler who have been hodling since 2009 till now, such person will be the latest hero if there is any.

That will depend. If we had the opportunity to know about bitcoin and buy it during that time, we could only hold until now if we knew about the future. On the contrary, even if we had a bitcoin opportunity in 2009, but we would not know about the future. I think maybe we will sell it as soon as it increases by x2 or x10, we can't hold it for now.

The future is unpredictable and holding an unproven asset is not easy. That is why not many people can hold bitcoin today even if they bought it very early.

Laszlo Hanyecz is an example of that, although he understands bitcoin better than any of us, the future is unpredictable. So he did nothing wrong and has nothing to regret.

We should not think about the past, but we cannot think about the future without thinking about the past. Thinking about the past, I went ahead to invest in Bitcoin, because Bitcoin was very cheap in the past and will be very expensive in the future. However, it is better to invest in Bitcoin thinking about the future. If we think about the past and take the opportunity to go back to the past, then it will not work, but we have to learn from the past and move forward with the present. If we can move forward, then we will definitely be able to forget the regrets of the past. However, if we can go back to 2009 in a time machine, then everyone will be interested in going because who would not want to take this opportunity.