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I saw something online and it was a statement by From Michael Saylor, i never believed he once had doubt on bitcoin. This is the statement.
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This same person that was having doubt on bitcoin is still the same person that now own a firm Strategy that accumulated and holding 671,268 BTC, setting records among public companies.
Michael Saylor is now one of the people that is advocating for bitcoin and promoting it.
If you are still doubting you are alone and those forming a team with you when it comes to doubting bitcoin some of them may even be accumulating and holding bitcoin consistently.  ;D

We have a number of those that have talked all manners of things about bitcoin in the past and today they are in support of it use, sometimes people are moved with emotions to react even when they lack the basic facts to what they are saying, but die to little or no idea and their kind of myopic mentality upon that same thing, they tend to fight against it and also discourage others from investing on the same opportunity, we will still keep learning about different versions of people.

People are still doubting Bitcoin, and they always will. Dig up enough old posts and you'll find almost everyone had at least one "well that's probably dead" moment back when the space was smaller.

LOL, he was not only wrong about Bitcoin, he was also dead wrong about 'Online Gambling'  ;D. I must say he was wise enough to see the connection though as a major part of Bitcoin's success story is indeed because of online gambling.  

It is normal for people to doubt Bitcoin in its early stage of development, but hey, its already more than a decade and Bitcoin is still growing. I think it is safe to say that many people are trusting Bitcoin now, but it is also safe to say that there are still people who do not understand Bitcoin and is still doubting it.

But for sure, those educated, who already know Bitcoin and still hate it are just holding on to their ego.  Who knows whethere these people are already invested on Bitcoin secretly.

Saylor was once a critics of Bitcoin and now he is one of biggest advocate of Bitcoin. He has only done good to himself by accepting the Bitcoin revolution and investing in it. It's natural thing that every new innovation faces resistance in the start and same happened with Bitcoin. With every passing day, more and more people are understanding and accepting Bitcoin. Those who still doubts about future of Bitcoin and is not investing in it then he is only doing loss to himself.

 :D wow so Michael Saylor said all this about bitcoin interesting, this is an example of Paul in the Holy Bible who was persecuting Christians and when he got an encounter with Jesus, he was the one that started preaching about same christ he was persecuting others of talking about. Michael Saylor is now one of the great Preachers that bitcoin has right now and he is not only preaching his also doing it by accumulating always and he's even accumulating with huge amount of money. If you are persecuting and doubting Bitcoin this is your time to come back and preach about bitcoin ;D

Yeah there are many folk that doubted bitcoin also that’s now in to it now , even myself but was due to lack of proper knowledge or information. Now many have seen the beauty of investing in bitcoin and the potential in it also , strategy (micheal saylor) that once doubted bitcoin is now among the top holders of bitcoin , and that’s how many are still going to change their mindset of about bitcoin especially those  doubting it now , with time bitcoin going to gain more adoption.

When you're ignorant or skeptical about bitcoin, you will doubt it. I'm not surprised that people who doubted bitcoin in the past are currently bitcoin enthusiasts because they have understand the exponential value and the power law of bitcoin. Most government doubted it in the beginning but look at them now setting up a bitcoin reserve. Bitcoin price movement is enough to clear anyone's doubt who is open to new technology.

Yes, people still doubt Bitcoin. For some, it is coming from the place of illiteracy or lack of exposure. This people will condemn what they don't understand or have poor knowledge about. To others, they are just being ignorant. They know about bitcoin but are too scared to risk it, so they express their fears and doubts by showcasing their ignorance openly to console themselves. Many of these people are beginning to realise that they've been the losers all along. They've watched bitcoin grow, there's no need fighting or doubting it anymore.

For others that are still on the other side of bitcoin I will say it is actually none of those things you have mentioned rather it is actually at a place of pride. There are people at the other side of bitcoin that are to me too knowledgeable to actually be ignorant of bitcoin neither can they tell me it’s too risky to get involve with when they are actually promoting things that I feel they know is more riskier than investing into, one example that comes to my mind is Peter Schiff.

I feel the likes of Peter Schiff are actually just against bitcoin simply because they weren’t supporting it from start and even after it had prove them wrong they don’t want to eat their words back, and it is simply on this ground that i actually respect Michael Saylor even though I am not his biggest fan but he swallow his pride to actually get into bitcoin.

That's not strange, we can't make everyone sure about what we realize with Bitcoin, even whoever talks about Bitcoin, not everyone will believe it because from a human perspective, humans have different ways of digesting the brain and emotions, resulting in different outputs of understanding, you don't need to argue about it and waste your energy, like the sharp sentence from Satoshi "if you don't believe it, I don't have time to convince you" if I don't forget the sentence like that.

When they are afraid to invest in it because they have no certainty of return of investment they make others doubt with them but however it's good that at the end of the day he has realised that he is dead wrong about bitcoin. but about your title that if people still doubt bitcoin, yeah 100% I still have someone I know that doubts everything about making money online, they usually think everything has to be done the old ways, time has changed and bitcoin is now stronger even Micheal has more bitcoin as an individual than most people. doubt will always be in everything bitcoin not exclusive.

Trump did the exact thing to doubt Bitcoin in 2021 when he was the American President. That same year Bitcoin gave an ATH.

What do we see Trump do in 4 years later, he promoted Bitcoin in his presidential campaign of 2025. He even went ahead to have his own coin. That's to show you what Bitcoin can do, to make you promote what you once castigated to be bad.

More than 10 years ia a lot of time, so people can change their opinion completely and yes there are still lot of people still got their doubts especially when the price drops. They claims this is going to be the end but bitcoin always surprised how big it can rise after falling hard so do nothing, just keep HODLing bitcoin then you will know the real value.

Bitcoin can change and those who have doubted it, they're the ones who are now pushing for it. We've seen plenty of those change of hearts.

Many still doubting it but eventually, we'll see on how they'd start loving that because that seems easy to them to hate it. When their sole basis is their hate towards in it.

That's going to stick for quite a while until they've realized that they are wrong and there shouldn't be hate on it.

I still have friends that make fun of me for owning Bitcoin.  It's ok...  This cycle I have seen a few people go from thinking Bitcoin was a joke, to regretting not being involved.  I even know a few people I've been trying to get on the BTC train for 14 years that are finally saying they're going to buy the next bit multi-year dip.  That's progress...  These are people that I've been showing the benefits of Bitcoin to for over a decade.  There are a lot of people who will come on board over the next 10 years that think it is a scam today.

Not only him, but Trump also used to look down on Bitcoin, but now he's the most enthusiastic supporter of it... and there are many others who initially didn't support Bitcoin but have now turned to investing in it. Sometimes people can do rather foolish things in the past, only to realize they were dead wrong about it all along and change their views on Bitcoin. Many people are like that, and we should not be surprised if there is someone like that, that has become something normal nowadays, especially as Bitcoin continues to grow, more and more people will change their views and start thinking that Bitcoin is worth investing in.

i wonder if trump actually understands the tech or if he just likes that it is a 2 trillion dollar market he can use to leverage the us economy, either way having a crypto champion in the white house has definitely pumped the bags of everyone on this thread, but we should stay cautious because politicians can change their minds just as fast as they changed them in the first place, always keep your keys in cold storage and do not trust any single leader to protect your financial freedom, xd

People can always doubt bitcoin at first, but they changed eventually when they have seen the real potentials of bitcoin. I think that's normal because faith isn't established as easy as it is, it needs more proofs and evidences before these people will start to acknowledge and appreciate the real essence of bitcoin why it needs to be there at its current position. And that' what happened to  Michael Saylor who is now an unstoppable bitcoin advocate, who never fail to amaze us with his massive purchases of bitcoin from time to time. No wonder why he is one of the big whales at the current market.

You can’t really doubt BTC especially at this point today, BTC is showing its true potential and already at global adaptation. As long as BTC is still the leading crypto, it can’t change the fact that the growth is unlimited that’s why some experts and financial celeb already admitted they made a mistake call about BTC. But even if you made a wrong decision in the past, it’s never too lage to embrace the power of it as the leading crypto.

Just believe and everything will lead us to success.

He doubted Bitcoin, and he doubted online gambling and even this day both Bitcoin and online gambling are there with us. We see new casinos each week or each month and those are increasing in number, and we can see that Bitcoin is also getting many new investors and MS is also one of the biggest investors of Bitcoin these days. Bitcoin survived back in 2013, and in 2018, and in 2021, and now it's going to survive no matter if everyone says something about it. It's the top crypto currency and it's going to be there even in 22nd century.

There are still a lot who until now who are still hesitant to trust and invest into bitcoin. But there are also a good number of people who have admitted they have been wronged at first but now, they have come to see the true colors of bitcoin, and its more irresistible than ignoring it and eventually miss the opportunity to be in profits.

Trump is indeed a clear example. Just imagine how he cursed bitcoin so much before, but in the end he use it to win his Presidential candidacy, that made us believe that he is just a big user of bitcoin, pretending to be a big advocate. Michael Saylor on the other hand is undeniably making his best towards bitcoin investment this time, can't imagine how he hate bitcoin so much but now he's very optimistic that bitcoin is the future.

We will keep on hearing about different opinions from people around the world concerning what they feels about bitcoin, before now, people have been attacking bitcoin with all manners of misconception, misleading others about what it is not, but today as we may have it, everything has worked together for the growth and establishment of the decentralized network and nothing could bring it down.

You made a great point and that’s true. Bitcoin has always attracted mixed opinions, especially when it first started when misconceptions and misinformation shaped the public view, but overtime people begin to understand and see its true importance then it increased adoption, better understanding, and continuous development and it has helped clarify what Bitcoin really represents. Its decentralized nature and resilience have played a major role in its growth and acceptance, despite the doubts. While debates will likely continue, the fact that the network has endured and evolved shows that it has established itself as a lasting part of the global digital economy.

At least he repented and is now showing a good example of what people should be doing with bitcoin instead of filling their ears with interest blasphemy.

People indeed changes their mindset overtime and saylor must have gone deep into bitcoin, understanding what it really is for him to take the bold step.. many people don't want to learn and that's why the still have those negative thoughts about bitcoin which doesn't seem to be fading off.

The bitcoin train is moving and it's moving fast, I don't expect anyone in the next couple of years to still be holding back from Investing into bitcoin..

Bitcoin has received a lot of backlash in the past but that doesn’t stop it from growing because those that talked against it are now part of the highest holders of the cryptocurrency and have embraced it fully and preach good about it for many others to also take part in it. Bitcoin is not a technology to be doubted at this point. The times of doubting are over and I think those that doubted it have learnt their lessons about it and we’ve also seen the truth about the technology. Anyone still doubting bitcoin is just click baiting and looking for popularity, but time will tell them what they’re missing in the long run.

We have experienced less attack in the last few years because the Bitcoin market has change it interest of investor. I remember how Bitcoin was slashing down when Bitcoin was banned but it came back stronger. When the Dokwon and FXT did their thing back in the days, it's affected huge number of people but today, we have had  more times than what it were that time, even now I don't think such can hurt this market like before, we have more diamond hands now than weak hands.

My take home to OP, accept it that it's not everyone that is going to like Bitcoin, if price slash down to $30k, some people are going to doubt, ihey will watch it grow back to another all time high and they will never do anything. That's how life is for some people. Out of context, saw an interview of a lady to choose between 50 Bitcoin or a first class award and she choose first class, I was boiling inside even though it's a joke but I guess education is better than anything isn't. :D

Most so called Bitcoin enthusiasts that proclaiming Bitcoin everywhere once doubt it. I am talking about people like President Donald Trump once called it "a scam against the dollar", BlackRock Ceo who called it "index of money laundering", etc.

Back to your question. Yes, there are alot of influencer, common and powerful people that still doubt Bitcoin and it is normal since the samething always happen to every innovative technlogy that's always introduce.

Change is constant as many would say, he had not put down his mind to learn about Bitcoin, that was why he thought just as many others thought that Bitcoin was going to crash, little did they know that Bitcoin was just starting it's journey then, although micro strategy must have accumulated 671,268 Bitcoin but I think once in a while, Micheal would remember his opportunity to have bought that same amount of Bitcoin at a very cheap price during 2013 when he never believed in it. I really admire his strategy towards Bitcoin and it was good that he had a second thought, because he already have made so much profit since they also bought a lot of Bitcoin when the price was still around $20k.

What influenced his early assumptions about the two most envolving market in current time at that time is lack of knowledge and understanding and he allowed his ignorance couple with attacking mindset since both are financial market and he have a company dealing with financial services and analysis he sees Bitcoin way back as a rivals to his business instead of an opportunity, but right now he filed up his bag with thousands of Bitcoin and still buying, I am sure he is regretting his earliest comment about Bitcoin and even gambling as it stands.

There are still doubters and there always will be most of them don’t hate Bitcoin, they just don’t trust the volatility or the long wait.

Yeah, they don't like Bitcoin's volatility that could dump as hard as it can be and skyrocket as much as it can.

They've been stuck to the low volatile of the trust funds and bonds that they've used to grow up. Nothing bad with those but slow growth for them is better.

For me, it's also good but after seeing how volatility can change our lives through Bitcoin. It had changed my perspective in any investments and only bitcoin can give that legitimate gain through its high volatility.

A lot of the people who are top bitcoin pros today once had their doubt on bitcoin and we can't blame them in all honesty, because it is unlikely for anyone in their right senses to rush and believe and even start investing in something they do not understand, the only problem is that some are too quick to give their opinion before they eventually decide to sit down and carry out a thorough investigation.


Do you know that even Donald J. Trump, the current president of the United States of America today once doubted bitcoin as well, but came 2024, his support for bitcoin was the major reason he won the US presidential election.
So yeah, it's nothing new, people doubt bitcoin and later change their mind and it's absolutely normal.

Without critics, a business or idea cannot take deep roots and that's why many of those people who oppressed it, are now fans of Bitcoin and even own investment in it that isn't a public knowledge.
Those doubting Bitcoin success may secretly have a longing to own it, but because they die in silence due to their castigation of it, it becomes hard if them to learn how to use it their advantage and when they are forced to do so, they end up fumbling and losing much more due to their laxative and carelessness and trustlessness of the digital gold, Bitcoin.

Obviously a lot. We can't force the people to like bitcoin especially that majority of the countries are still seeing it negatively rather than seeing it like a digital gold. But gradually, we have seen more and more people start to notice and get amazed with how bitcoin performs in the market, the reason why despite of its price fluctuations, bitcoin continues to impress people not just of its high value, but also the high convenience that bitcoin can offer to every user or investor that decides to favor bitcoin.

Changes are coming in, and by 2026 I expect that there will be more numerous people who will start to believe bitcoin despite of its high volatility in nature.

A person can change drastically in a few years, financially, economically, and even in terms of assets. Especially when Bitcoin has been proven for years that it's so promising. So, if people are aware of it and start trusting Bitcoin and actively promoting it, isn't that actually a good thing? At least there will be one less Bitcoin hater, haha.

However, for some reasons, in my country, there are still many people who are truly anti-cryptocurrency, and it's difficult to argue with or explain them, because their mindset is still difficult and closed-minded.

And there are also people who like to pretend that they are seriously against about the existence of bitcoin because they don't want to go against the belief of majority, but deep inside they are very aggressive in buying bitcoin and secretly hodling to gain the same profitable experience like those early investors of bitcoin. We cannot blame them for that, but eventually when global adoption becomes more possible and clearer, I believe a lot of people will definitely rush to invest in bitcoin and some will use it freely as an alternative currency for fiat.

There are for sure still doubters of Bitcoin and there are many reasons
or excuses which backs up their doubt.

The biggest reason behind doubt is lack of understanding and a prime
example is posted in the OP. Michael Saylor back in 2013 obviously
didnt fully understand Bitcoin.

He even said it himself, after studying Bitcoin he became 'enlightened'
and understood what Bitcoin can offer.

There ought to be some doubters and those who don’t take to the Bitcoin innovation at all. It’s actually okay to have these persons.

It doesn’t make no difference though because, when they eventually decide to come invest, they would be the reason why we would have some hike in price to the benefit of those of us to have owned a good sum at some point. Not everyone was meant to own Bitcoins though, some are really comfortable with the traditional financial systems which still serves good purpose.

There will always be doubters. Bitcoin can't convince everybody. But it's normal to witness former unbelievers getting converted one after another. I myself doubted Bitcoin at first when a family member introduced it to me. I thought it was some kind of a dirty investment scheme, which the world is overflowing with. You can't just embrace something new without suspicion.

However, while it's all right to admit being wrong and become a supporter, I guess it's also fine if you aren't convinced and choose to stick with the status quo instead, especially if you're benefitting so much from it. The issue it seems is with those who already saw the value of Bitcoin but can't swallow their pride.

In fact, the people most enthusiastic about Bitcoin today are those who once doubted it.
They've actually dug deep and researched everything about it; they know everything. Even when their doubts and even hatred for Bitcoin fade, their knowledge of it remains, putting them one step ahead of those who simply enjoy it. And the evidence is abundant; look no further than our own community,
how many people used to criticize us and now pay for our coffee at the cashier.