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I don't imagine anything else that you'll be able to get for free or pennies and then value million times more. I just can't. No lottery will ever give you that. I admire the early adopters and wish I've been one of them, unfortunately no "friend" told me about it and I only joined in 2013 when I've found about it alone, still not bad but could have been better.

Even in 2020, there are a lot of people who recently found bitcoin and I would say that they are not late as well. We can say that they will be a bag holders in the next 10 years or so. You joined in 2013, so you are still consider on lucky guy if you have bought bitcoin that time and remain a holder. Definitely, for majority of us, bitcoin or crypto in general is a game changer. The potential to become a self made millionaire is there.

It's definitely a once in a lifetime opportunity. One of those internet-like life changing new inventions that we're really fortunate to have the opportunity to watch it grow from nothing to now being an asset held by institutions.

But yea, I wish I found out about it earlier as well, but I was the first to learn about it in my circle of people so yea; I'll definitely take what I can get. Also taking note that if I read about it pre 2016, there's a good chance that I might've ended up just laughing at it due to my ignorance and due to the far less beginner content people had before, compared to today.

Not all early adopters keep their bitcoin safely. Many of them lost their bitcoins by losses of private key, hard disks, passwords, hacks (on exchanges) or from stupid tradings.

It is very common to hear stories that I used to own 10, 100 or 1000 BTC and now I only have one tenth of that amount. I would have been a billionaire if I had not lost my bitcoin.

I knew (just knew vaguely) about bitcoin many years ago. I don't remember when but a bit later the Mt. Gox hack. Back in that time, local newspapers (under control and censorship of governments) use the term "virtual currency" to mention about bitcoin. That term and the huge loss from Mt. Gox keep me stay away from bitcoin. I did not spend 30 minutes to make my research about bitcoin. My deeply regret honestly.

At the same time, don't let that get in the way of you getting in now. It's never too late, that's the singular lesson of the past 12 years. Missed the 2010 boat? So did 99% of us. Missed the 2014 boat? So did 90% of us. Missed the 2017 boat? So did the majority of us. Missed this 2020/21 boat? So will 99% of the world.

Don't keep letting regret get in your way =)

LOL. Found it in 2013 and you still blame the friends?? How many friends did you tell about bitcoin. Not just bitcoin, people who have been in crypto since that long have made money not only from bitcoin but from all the other phenomena that sprung up around it.

Still, people from 2013 are surely better off than people from 2017 like me. It is obviously one of those crazy lucky bastards who forgot about a 100 BTC and re-discovered them when it hit >10K. So many sold along the way that I don't think there are any accidental millionaires. Most of these people probably had the smarts to end up rich anyway. Take the Winklevoss twins for example. Weren't they the ones that Mark stole the idea of facebook from?

I also would enlarge the definition of that "opportunity" to not just bitcoin but to crypto in general.

You have to accept the truth that you were not one of the early adopters and appreciate what you did in the past. 2013 still a early year for any investor. Many people who join the 2020 rally still earns a huge amount of money. And they are obviously optimistic about the current situation of cryptocurrency, blockchain and NFT

I was sudden find the existence of bitcoin while reading some stuffs about deep web and things related. I think it was around 2014. Although I lose a big amount of money, I never regret because it gave me a lot of opportunity and experience in which I believe no one can teach me.

and our task today is only to continue the long road of bitcoin, from generation to generation. until they get to know more closely what Bitcoin is and its future uses. The beginning of bitcoin arrival was already a point where we couldn't be there at the time, and what we need to do is to remain a part that continues to introduce bitcoin to our descendants. at least with the financial education that finally brought them into contact with bitcoin.

It seems that from all the friends above I am the most recent to know Bitcoin. 2015 I know Bitcoin Maybe the price is very expensive in my opinion because at the time I just graduated from college. But at the time I was sure that with my capital I could multiply it more than 10 times. Maybe a little regret that I am not the holder.
Regarding learning and opportunities due to the very high votality of bitcoin an said to be an opportunity, I totally agree. Seeing Bitcoin is seeing the future. I have read from the Bitcoin.org  that the probability of bitcoin failure is less than money due to the predetermined amount of supply. Apart from that, it is supported by the confidence of big investors like Tesla, Paypall, etc., which makes me even more confident it is a long term opportunity.

Bitcoin is really special thanks to its incredible price level (of course it's not the only thing makes it different from other cryptos  ;D). And its adoption also is going on very positively. But I'm not so sure about whether we could see another crypto do the same or maybe even better in the future.

Besides, I also discovered Bitcoin after a very long time it was released. But I never think as "it is too late to invest into it, get rich" etc. . We don't know which level we will see the price reaching in the future. Maybe 500k, or maybe 1 million dollars...  ;D

Since you have been here 2013, you must have a ton of BTC you've experienced that 2017 bullrun which gave you more opportunity. When BTC started, only few started listening and understand it. They were the ones who truly are the early adopters, they are the ones who got the first opportunity. The ones who come in after the first bullrun in 2012 I think, this is where the new believers started coming in to collect BTC.

2013 was still a super great year to start investing in Bitcoin. The price is super cheap compared today and even knowing Bitcoin that year would trigger you to also know altcoins that would be the tops in the ranking. I started in early 2017 so you're really fortunate to know Bitcoin at that year. But still, the fact that we are here, knowing what Bitcoin is, is still a fortune for all of us. Those who don't know Bitcoin are the unfortunates.

There's no need to be greedy and to focus on what didn't happen. Bitcoin is still here, it's still rising and, more importantly, it still offers to have money and make transactions without the help of a bank and without using a national currency. It also still allows to avoid the inflation which is necessary for fiat to function properly, and allows to have money which cannot be traced back to your real identity if you're being careful. So it remains a great invention of humanity and possibly a good investment opportunity for those willing to take the risk.

Bitcoin is a life-changing opportunity for anyone who bought it at a low price that is safe to make a profit when looking at today's value. What if you buy Bitcoin today and it drops in price tomorrow? I call today's price the risk for tomorrow. So remember to buy at a low price and sell at a premium.Please do not bury your belief in anything as it may harm you. There should be principles in every transaction to ensure risk.

The OGs don't care about short time price fluctuations, because such price volatility has been existed since bitcoin started. :P Timing the markets will end you up with less bitcoin than you initially have if you don't know what you're doing(whereas most people don't).

Dollar. Cost. Average. https://dcabtc.com/

If you were in since 2013, you would have made a lot by now if you kept the faith all the time. Even if you bought at the top, you would have made a decent amount or held a decent lot of bitcoin after all these years. It's never late IMO, though I do agree that it is indeed once in a lifetime chance to get in so early and stay all throughout this years. While most of the early adopters are gone by now, those who managed to pull through and are still at it by now are really impressive. If I had known bitcoin a lot earlier than 2014, perhaps I would have been one of the whales but eh, that's just wishful thinking by now.

Of course, what currently exists with Bitcoin is a unique opportunity, in fact, a person who has savings and bets to put it in Bitcoin is much better than starting a traditional business that will give an ROI after 3 years, while Bitcoin can give you an ROI in less than 3 years at Hodl.

Many still do not see the potential, but when a traditional business is set up, they expect an ROI of at least 15-20% and with work of at least 12 hours in a row getting up early, exposing themselves in this pandemic and fighting against the restrictions and confinement that exist global level, and this percentage of ROI is made in Bitcoin quickly, in fact, it is a great time for investment.

Bitcoin has been a silver lining for many people who want to get rich. And many people who have been HODLing for a long time have already become one. And I think Bitcoin is still a big opportunity for investors. The key point is being patient and even waiting for some years if necessary.

I agree that there’s unlikely to ever be an asset that gives such a huge ROI & will continue to do so due to the finite supply of bitcoin. Bitcoin is a once in a lifetime opportunity, some of us are very lucky to have got in so early but it’s not too late. Noobs can still buy & protect their & their families futures.

I agree that this till now and in future does not seem anything could come like bitcoin or so which could just change the entire way the remittance and other stuff happens, along with obviously the rise that has happen in just few years. Not to mention the roller coaster ride it has seen from high of 2017 and crash and then 2020 which just changed the game so far for all the holders who has it.

Not only early adopters got high profit thanks to investment into Bitcoin. Of course those who did it at the very beginning nowadays they have got good results, at least those who holded and had the access to their wallets))) but if you had learned about Bitcoin in from your friends earlier than in 2013 you would might be too sceptic or just not ready to accept this information like lots of people were those period of time in the past)))

Likely.

As bitcoin's price gotten higher, we might finally say that it's too late for a newbie to invest on it. And we that we have it a few years back had always heard that it's never too late.

But that's a sad day if it comes when it's too high and if someone asks and the answer would be, too late.

Well I would wish the same, OP.
But it doesn't mean I would regret that I am here now rather than I regret not doing it back in 2017 :P .

I guess it isn't that bad at all that I was late to know the existence of Bitcoin, because there aren't that much means of buying it anyway in my country since I don't use credit/debit cards to provide myself one from popular exchanges like Coinbase anyway. Unlike today, I could just walk up to my convenience store and just scan a barcode to buy myself a BTC.

I thought this to myself hundreds of times that we will not have anything similar to Bitcoins in terms of ROI neither people before us but who knows. God is great and life can surprise us in a way nobody expects. Maybe a pill will be invesnted to keep us young for very long time, maybe teleportation will be invested soon or something even greater than these thing above.
meanwhile all we have to do is just enjoy our Bitcoin journey. at this moment it is one in a lifetime event for us :)

Good thing for you that you do able to get or been aware of this market in year 2013.Whom do really thought that this market will really boom up in a decades time?
We do all have those kind of emotion of regret that we should have at least deal with bitcoin when it was just cheap and now we had just missed out the opportunity
but honestly theres no point on having this kind of thinking because it will really just stress you out.

You are right. We are all early in the game and being early does not guarantee big profit.

There are screenshots of people's tweets and posts about how they sold their coins when they reached 3x or 5x profit on their sub $10 bitcoin investment. Would you rather be one of those people OP?

I'd prefer to have joined in 2019 and held than in 2010 and sold after a year.

I also think that I am very lucky to be able to get to know Bitcoin in my life, which might just be the chance of my lifetime. Therefore I am
sometimes jealous of early adopters who are lucky to be able to buy Bitcoin at low prices. But that doesn't mean buying Bitcoin in 2021 is late,
because we see the potential for Bitcoin, which might increase its price much higher in the next 10 years. If it is true Bitcoin will be much more
expensive in the future, means buying now is not late. Therefore,  even though the price of Bitcoin is very expensive right now, I am not desperate
to continue to collect as much Bitcoin as I can afford. Hopefully the predictions of many people are correct, that the price of Bitcoin can go up
very high in the future.

This is beyond my imagination. When the price of $ 20k in 2017 made everyone really think about BTC or that it was a bubble. But everything seems to have separated from messages of its true nature. Bitcoin now crosses boundaries to become a thousand-dollar asset that anyone craves to own. Coming late but maybe still in time to have a little.

its always a good chance to have found out early but i believe no time is late for anyone who can hodl for long. one thing that bitcoin does is to present opportunities to buy everytime. as long as this will continue to happen, then everyone will still have the opportunity of buying bitcoin and hold by choice. its indeed a rare lifetime opportunity.

Well,some stocks can have similar price patterns.Tesla stocks were valued at around $60 three years ago,now they have a price of around $850.This is 12 times price growth.It's not the same as Bitcoin or ethereum,but it's still pretty significant price growth for such a short time frame.
I was in the same situation as you.Nobody told me about Bitcoin.I discovered it in 2012,when a website called Twiends was accepting BTC payments.I thought that this is some kind of scam and didn't pay any attention.
I got truly involved in BTC,when I discovered this forum in 2015.

It is kinda true, but the idea of starting from pennies to going to millions could still come from other ideas, but it just takes more effort and the like probably. I'd have to agree that there'd probably be nothing else like Bitcoin, where you could've just held a few BTC back then and waited for a decade to earn millions, but presenting and developing something yourself could also provide such an opportunity. Still, being early doesn't really guarantee profit, heck a lot of people probably regret about selling their BTC's for pennies back then, but hey, those are in the end just what if's now.

similar opportunity might arise but definitely not as explosive as bitcoin's price rise. People back then who knew apple stock after finding out the stock has gone to the moon saying it's only once in a lifetime opportunity turns out there are a lot more similar stocks that skyrocket just like apple stock, but right now we have crypto, maybe in the future we gonna see some potential coin that could atleast rise as much as bitcoin has. it's just matter of finding another opportunity. but of course it's not gonna be as easy as finding stone on the ground.

Joining at 2013, you can still be considered as one of the pioneers with Bitcoin and if you were able to gather as much as BTC as possible as most probably you are already seeing the delicious fruits of your labor or hard work right now. I am sure that not many of us here in this forum are lucky enough to have saved a lot of BTC and there can be some who unfortunately gave up when the value of BTC was at the doldrums. Now, that is it surely rising and valuable, many of us may have some regrets. Anyway, I am happy for you. I do consider Bitcoin as a great opportunity to participate in a big revolution and whenever there can be sweeping changes those who are toiling are always getting the benefits later.

and we found it with ETH too. there will be another pretty sure it will be looked at negatively by other users but they are going to still rise. ADA seems to be stable but fud spread for this project. i'm not sure if this is going to work for them but i better buy a ticket to the ride before i lose the opportunity. BSC is getting huge too.

BTC was more than $250 when i finally decide to try it. sure enough, i manage to grab a few. an opportunity lost when i already heard BTC when it was just starting in 2009.

You are already lucky that you have discovered bitcoin year 2013, unlike to so many newcomers of the crypto world wherein they only discovered bitcoin just a months ago or a year ago just like me, I not into technology so I don't even have the chance to discover cryptocurrency, I am just thankful to my friend who introduced me to this community. This is a good opportunity for everyone who discovers bitcoin, there is no late here because cryptocurrency will never get end.

:D you shouldn't admire any adopters becasue you were early on the technology, 2013 was still very much early for those who went into the technology comparing to those who just made their first step into the technology. Even those who made it into the technology around the 2017 still very much early except when the price skyrocketed and crashed back again before some of us find their way in. I standing before you went into the industry somewhere around 2018 and have made something good for my future and that of my family, basically, there's always a chance for everybody even those yet to venture into this opportunity.

That's what I thought too, I mean 2013 is a good year because the prices weren't as big as 2016, no sense wallowing about the things that you didn't do in the past. The important thing is that you are still here and you are reaping the benefits of bitcoin, just be grateful because there aren't a lot of people that knows about bitcoin and yet here you are getting financially stable. I really am grateful to my friends for introducing this to me because if it weren't the case, I wouldn't be able to buy the things that I really want to buy.

I have to admit that it is strange for someone to talk about 2013 as something that was too late, in this case for cheap BTC - but considering that OP registered on the forum at the end of that year at a time when the price was around $1000, which was then a really big deal. That year was really fruitful, because at the beginning of the year the price of 1 BTC was only $22 and the jump to as much as $1000 was amazing.

Of course everyone would wish they had been able to buy 100 BTC for $100, but is anyone other than ourselves to blame for this not happening? Let's not be greedy, especially those who learned about BTC 5+ years ago, because anyone could easily accumulate at least 1-2 BTC to date, even if it was just a claim on faucets or participating in signature campaigns - let's consider ourselves lucky for this opportunity.

Yes, this is an almost never second chance, many lucky people have become millionaires because of bitcoin.
However, there are still a lot of new coins and they are very cheap, if we can choose correctly then everyone can still make a great deal.

that's the point, be grateful for the current growth of bitcoin, and we can still be in a healthy state. able to contribute tirelessly. we've come a long way to get here. then you will really not get anything if you are not grateful. because many people out there still want to know bitcoin but no one guides them. and we, as active players who still interact with bitcoin, should provide education related to bitcoin in the way we understand it so far.

So far, we are very grateful to have received great benefits from bitcoin, buying a house, getting married, having a vacation and most importantly all for the intervention of services from Bitcoin.

I absolutely agree with you that bitcoin is a lifetime time chance. You got in on the train in 2013 which makes you one of the early adopters. I only got to know bitcoin in 2017 and yet I still wouldn't say I'm late. This is really no particular perfect time one should get in. Believe me when I tell you this, that there are folks who only got to know about bitcoin and bought a few coins in this year, yet it would be unfair to tell them they are late because their coins would worth quite a lot 10 years from now and they would be glad they got in now. I should also mention that in 5 to 10 years from now, you shouldn't be surprised when you hear some people are just buying bitcoin for the first time.

I completely agree with your opinion,BTC will always be that once in a lifetime opportunity that millions of people missed.The history and the way it has single handedly revolutionized markets and introduced crypto currency in such a brilliant fashion to the world is a tale of its own.

There's a lot of token that showing performance as BTC and if you are talking about the current price. There is so many new project that already outperform Bitcoin in terms of growth for a period of 1 to 2 years. As long as many new altcoins is sprouting with new cutting edge idea, I'm sure there will be a lot of opportunities like BTC growth in the future.

Even the ATH price in 2013 was approximately $1000. The current price is at 58x times more than that.
I would consider 2013 itself to be an early adopter only since it's just 3 years since the launch on the first exchange.
May be the people entering now are also early adopters since bitcoin has the potential to cross $500k easily.
For people entering at $500k, we would definitely be the early adopters. So it's just a matter of perspective and there's no right time to enter the bitcoin community.

- There are a lot of second opportunities coming to us in the future but that era will probably be out of our reach because a phenomenon like bitcoin is really difficult to emerge, it takes decades and the brains of geniuses come together to come up with such wonderful initiatives. Therefore, I am very interested and spent more time on this opportunity, a lot of people here have gone a third of their lives, their lives in the future will be greatly affected by bitcoin, good or bad, regretful or happy, it will all be determined by our decision and the method of placing our orders.

I suggest you look at Dogecoin.
 :)

There are thousands of other chances. Stocks, commodities, some other alt coins... The opportunities are nearly endless if you know how to look. As long as  the FED keeps printing money (which they will) it is guaranteed that everything will go up in price against the Dollar as long as it is not a total scam. Maybe it won't go from $1 to $100k but most people around didn't hold any asset that long anyway and you won't be an exception.

During the days of DOS, nobody thought of any images and graphical display. During the early stage of internet, there were absent of design that makes a good look and presentable, just a plain text. Before 2009, nobody though a decentralization that cannot be shutdown will emerge until Satoshi invention. All in all, new opportunities and inventions will still come that will amaze the world as we are presently having with blockchain technology

Opportunities may come and go, when people heard about Bitcoin in early days they only see the negative side thinking that its only used by criminals but many fail to realise its potential value including me. But I don’t regret for not jumping in early before. I believe we are still in early stage, it will be a sin if I don’t hold any sats in my wallet now.

Although many here have missed the opportunity to get rich from Bitcoin, but do not regret the past. The crypto market continues to be active and growing, if we can seize the opportunity at this point it can still bring a big profit.

There are always people luckier in life than others, but I think opportunity still exists for everyone.
  success will definitely come to those who work hard

Well it could be but we wouldn't know for sure if there could be another crypto that would give us the similar opportunity.
It was really a life changer but who knows maybe an alt-coin coin also do it in the future.
Bitcoin really change so many life and I could proudly say that I am one of those who has been changed by it,
Maybe not like others who became really rich but it did gave me financial freedom and alot of time to spend with my family.

It is not impossible for some of these shitcoins to succeed in the short term in the sense that their price is inflated - but then we are only talking about the classic pump/dump scheme, and the skills of individuals to make a profit that way. But that only means that the minority will profit from the ignorance of the majority, and this could easily be called a fraud if there was a global regulation of the crypto market. Someone creates something that has no purpose, is based on a false promise and requires an investment - but in 9 out of 10 cases it leaves the majority in financial loss.

Bitcoin is far from all the false agenda of "our coin is the best - we will solve all problems", and it is also the only one that is not centralized, so on that side it is really unique.

That crypto has to prove something big and have to fit in a really big shoe if they want to replace bitcoin as the reigning cryptocurrency. Maybe we will see or not but we will know when that kind of thing happen. I think that everyone who was introduced to bitcoin have their lives changed or at the least improved their life.

It is beneficial to know Bitcoin earlier, because if we look at Bitcoin's performance this year. There must be many who regret not knowing Bitcoin
earlier, even though in my opinion it's better to be late than never. If based on my prediction the Bitcoin price could still go up even higher, so buying
now is not a bad thing. Collecting Bitcoin now can still provide a chance to get rich, all it takes is a commitment to keep collecting Bitcoin. So there is
no need to hesitate to buy Bitcoin at the current price, as long as we buy Bitcoin for long-term investment. Then the possibility of making a very large
profit could have occurred if the price of Bitcoin could rise much higher than the current price.

That is the reward of early adopters of Bitcoin. If they held their Bitcoin that they bought in the early days of it until now then they are Millionaires and a few of them are Billionaires too for sure.

I can say that I'm lucky that I saw this kind of opportunity and at my young age (early 20's), I have given the opportunity to change my life with the help of crypto. I know that there are some who sees crypto as their life changing tool too. I know I know but still we need to learn it in order for it to change our lives :). I joined 2017. Kinda late if you will ask me but still lucky that I learned crypto at my young age :).

I see what you mean, I can only suggest you'd content with what you have. If it helps, don't think all the early adopters have kept their hodling consistent throughout the years.
Holding and managing bitcoin has probably been on of the hardest thing in my life. I'm grateful I've built a good position myself but it's been hard to keep up with all that it requires.
Being #stronghands is no easy task.

Forget the past, your mistakes and etc because its part of our journey and no one is perfect in this world . Wherein keep believing instead that you still have a ability to correct thus mistakes, indeed bitcoin still existing and promising nowadays so you still have a chance to become successful in the future. I suggest never let your self down when there's a mistakes because its normal.. Much better to fix it as soon as possible and lesson learned so that it won't happen again.. Keep believing in your self mate just keep moving on.

I recalled an encouraging thread here before that says that the best time to invest Bitcoin was back in 2009-2013, now the second best time to invest Bitcoin is right now. :)
I hope that encourages you to still find opportunities by tomorrow or in the next day to invest one :) .

If bitcoin continues to grow, I think that the idea of anytime is the right time to invest is going to apply to it, my reason for saying that is either you wait for it to go down which is unlikely to happen right now considering there is a lot of positive happening in the bitcoin scene and if you wait for long and the prices gone up, you will end up getting less bitcoin for the money that you were planning to invest or you can buy now and hodl it and wait for it to grow.

In my opinion, it is never too late to collect bitcoins because the price continues to increase. although in a few years there will be a decline, the value will recover and be even higher. I started my career in cryptocurrency in 2017 and I have made a lot of money. I thanks the creator of bitcoin (Satoshi Nakamoto) for creating technology that makes people become millionaires independently.

I fully share your opinion and I think that it would be really difficult to find something that could bring us such a high return and growth in the price of our assets.

Like you, I would like to learn about Bitcoin sooner and get into this experience sooner, but the good thing is that we are here now. Cheers.

Yeah, we're not lucky enough because we were not able to recognized and encountered cryptocurrency at its early stage but still, we should be thankful because we are now into the crypto community and keeps exploring ourselves into it, more experience and more knowledge, these are the things that we can have upon spending our time in the crypto community. Still, we are not too late because bitcoin is still there, we just lost the opportunity to buy bitcoin when its price is too low.
Yeah, because past is past and we cannot bring the past back anymore, so instead of regretting or minding the past we should focus on what is happening right now, this is not too late to invest, buy now and hold it until you can.

Many people have become rich with Bitcoin. In the past, it was easy to make Bitcoin. Many people have sold off Bitcoin thinking it has no value. Some people have been given Bitcoins and have kept them for now. In the past, many bitcoins were forgotten because users forgot their wallet passwords. I think 3-4 million bitcoins are forgotten in wallets.
Bitcoin really is a life-changing opportunity for the people who have kept them for many years. Currently, the value of Bitcoin has increased hundreds of times, thousands of times. I've never seen something go up so quickly.

Yes that's true, even i think that bitcoin is my lucky lottery, finding bitcoin is winning the lottery already.
My financial life was absolutely terrible before i found out about bitcoin, can't even describe how my life will be without bitcoin. I might be going to college worrying about money every single time, losing so many opportunities just because i don't have even bare money to do that, and my life will be so much miserable. And i found bitcoin only in 2017. I wonder how lucky people who discovered bitcoin far before me, when the price is still low, and how rich they became when the price skyrocketed that much.

I can't believe as well that I'm being a part of this. If nobody tells me about Bitcoin, I'm just also one of those who never believe and saying crypto is a scam. But now, we are fighting this kind of assumption and helping people to know more about crypto. If someone says it was just a scam, I can't argue with them also coz that was a feeling when you close your mind and never have the courage to try.

I definitely consider this as a lifetime opportunity because billions of people exist, we are lucky to know about this thing.

You are lucky to get to know bitcoin in 2013, of course you would be a millionaire if you bought bitcoin at that time and hold it to this day. But I am sure, you don't do that, and regret has always enveloped you until now. Yeah, who knows what will happen in the future, but bitcoin has taught us a lot, from coins that have no selling value to be one of the most sought after coins in the world because of they are soaring prices. You're still not too late to change your future destiny, maybe 10 years from now you will be one of the new millionaires after getting something in bitcoin.

I am still grateful for getting to know bitcoin in 2017, at least I have witnessed the first pump for bitcoin price movement. At that time, I hadn't know what should I do, I didn't have money to buy it so as I just witnessed many people who are excited because they get a very satisfying income.

At least for those who sell bitcoin at the high price will be a millionare at that time. But, yeah greatfully I learned from that situation that bitcoin is really worth to be priced. At that time I started to collect bitcoin as much as I can especially when its price drop to $3500 and I bought it with my own capital.

Indeed, many people will regret not knowing bitcoin especially at very low prices like $ 100 and below. However, I would also doubt that they would believe bitcoin would have a price tag of $ 60,000 as it is today, which was impossible at that time.

are your friends involved in btc earlier than you ? because if their not ,
 why blame them but your lucky because you joined btc earlier than the many and 2013 start date is a verry good year , dont say "not bad " because you will be hated for that .
  lottery can gave out millions but the odds are higher than btc going for millions because of how rapid its value climb but their only difference is the retail pricing .

There will always be the opportunity for the newer ones but it won't be the same opportunity and advantage that we've taken a years ago back.

It's prolly the opposite of what you're saying. You have more chance to be struck by a lightning than winning the lottery.

In the subject you wrote "BTC was a lifetime chance" which is not true indeed. BTC is a lifetime chance and its not too late to invest in bitcoin. Even if you invest at current market prices, you will be in lot of profit by the end of this year. Bitcoin will reach the marketcap of gold and therefore it has a lot of room to grow.

NO doubt that Bitcoin investment is not an opportunity that we have to ignore and consider this a chance.
If we can just imagine having in here on its earlier days and start accumulating since we believe that BTC will reach this price, you will be now one of the richest people in the world. But it was very unfortunate that nobody is thinking that way, and most of us here are rejecting such an opportunity then. It is just now that Bitcoin becomes hot because its value keeps rising.

No one knows on what would happen into the future but still be grateful that you had entered into this market a way more earlier than on most people on here which is already a bit late
which i do believe. Risk taking is something that a certain person or investor will really be considering to make and not all would have the same insight if something is really having the
chance to become big in the future.For those who risk then they are the ones who would really be rewarded and for those who had just sit and stare who do make out hesitation
then the ones neither they would be safe from disaster or would really end up on regretting on missing out the big opportunity.

Well, you perhaps very lucky if you have even 1 whole number of bitcoin in the wallet. If you are an early adopter during 2013, the price of bitcoin in the market at that time is really cheap and you can buy a huge number of bitcoin, and perhaps, you will set like a king. But the problem is we're a late adopter and bitcoin is already on the mainstream now. This was expected that bitcoin price will grow continuously and it is hard to jump in when the market is a pump moment. Those who believe in bitcoin will perhaps start to pack their bag during this

If we look at the price of Bitcoin which is currently very high, indeed many people hope to get to know Bitcoin earlier. But in my opinion there is
no point in regretting it, because we cannot possibly go back to the past. We must learn to face the future, in my opinion it is never too late to
invest in Bitcoin. Because if we start investing in Bitcoin now there is still a chance to get a big profit, what we have to do immediately start collecting
as much Bitcoin as possible. Then HODL in a period of 5-10 years, I believe we can all be rich people.

Even if its too late doesnt mean that its not worth to engage with this market.We can still make money or profits even though not the same into those who had entered the market
early but at least we do already able to know that this opportunity does exist.We can neither deal with it actively or on passive scenario by just simply holding.
Each person is different on what they do saw on a particular thing if they rather see it useless or some good chance to make profits in future.

I heard about Bitcoin and Blockchain technology in 2016 and I didn't still join because there was a Ponzi i involved that failed. Based on this, I didn't join on time but I am grateful that I later join.
Bitcoin (Cryptocurrency) was really a blessing to our generation. Congrats to those that joined on time!

also, not all early adopters let their BTCs sit for long time and just cash out when we are already in the 50k level. who knows that we will reach this level and gain massive support from financial institutions?guess, a lot of people are saying to themselves that they should have joined this market a long time ago. but if crypto market doesn't get into this level, are they still going to say that they should have bought btc or joined in crypto much earlier? i dont think so.
so just accept what you have today, and make the most out of it. if you believe that 10 years from now, btc will still be on top of things, why not invest now? and dont wait again for another 10 years, and say that you should have done that 10 yrs ago

Let's start by saying that Bitcoin still is a lifetime chance. It's not over yet, but it's not the only one out there.

We had similar opportunities in stocks years before Bitcoin.
One of them were oil companies, then IBM then Microsoft and Apple, then Google, Amazon and Tesla.

There are going to be opportunities after Bitcoin. You can be sure of it!

The lucky few ones are early adopters however lot of those early Bitcoin adopters must have sold lot of their assets when the price of btc pumped to an appreciable value thinking that they had earned enough profits, while a very few of them kept faith and hold till 2017 those hodlers really had a one chance opportunity even more opportunity for present day hodlers.
More so there more chances to come in the nearest future for the present hodlers as the price of btc continue to grow more profits will be earn however it can never be as massive as early adopters.

2013 was still is pretty good year to come to the market, obviously you will not get bitcoins for just a few cents anymore but back then it was still very affordable, however while you are right since there is almost no chance that anything like bitcoin ever happens again, that doesn't mean that there are not going to be many opportunities in the future to make big gains with other type of assets, you just need to keep your eyes open and go all in while others are doubtful about the future of such projects.

Luckily those who entered this industry were already involved with bitcoin before 2017 and step by step has a very good advantage, especially now that they can get rich if they still hold back from the start.
like me although it doesn't make me rich but it can make my life better than before and i am very lucky to be here and make it my priority to be active here because here is my source of income.
and this is the opportunity of a lifetime if the industry is eternal, and there are always unexpected opportunities that should not be missed.

Those who joined Bitcoin in 2013 can still consider themselves lucky. Anyone who joined him earlier in 2017 and purchased bitcoins at those prices, so it's a sin to complain that they joined too late. These are already those who turn their attention to bitcoin, when it has already soared in price to $ 60,000, there is reason to think. The price is very high, so the risk of losing your funds has increased.
Yes, we must agree with the statement that we most likely will not have the next opportunity to get rich in this way. There will still be many good projects and promising cryptocurrencies, but all the same, there will be no similar case.

Well, no one doubts about the uniqueness of Bitcoin.
However, you don't need to regret not buying bitcoin in the first place, we still have a lot of good and cheap coins in the market. With careful research and a little luck people can still make a big profit.

Count yourself among the early adopters still, right now in 2021 there are many people who are just finding out and joining and many more haven't even find out yet, maybe it will take them another 3 to 5 years to be part of this space,
I sometimes also imagine what it would have been like if I had known about btc in 2009, would I have taken the bold step and accumulate some or would I have just ignore and let a good opportunity pass by! I guess I would never know the answer.

You will need to change the world 'was' to 'is'. Bitcoin is still a great and life changing opportunity for people who really believe on bitcoin and hold it for long term. Life is full of great opportunities and bitcoin is not the only one but the problem is we don't usually see these opportunities. Maybe soon after a few years we will see another great investing opportunity like bitcoin. I believe a successful will see and hunt the opportunity That's what usually the reach people do, they hunt the opportunities and earn profit.

Indeed! I regretted not knowing about Bitcoin during the time 10,000 BTCs were paid for 2 pizzas. Also in 2014, I think the price of BTC was around $600 or less, in which I ignored it for a few years because I didn’t fully understand it. In mid-2017, that’s where I slowly began transitioning from a network marketer/freelance data entry specialist to a passionate cryptocurrency enthusiast, trader, etc., where I usually bought tokens from ICOs and participating in airdrops and bounty programs. And then in December 2020, I missed the boat where BTC has grown from $12k to $30k+.   

If you regret about these things, then for your rest of your life you will keep on regretting without doing anything productive. The most important thing to note here is that we are still in the early adoption phase. Bitcoin is actively used by less than 2% of the world's population. Just imagine what will happen, when the user base increases to 20% or 30% of the population. I invested in Bitcoin for the first time in 2012. I can also say that I regret about not doing at in 2010 or 2011. But that's how things work. We need to move on and concentrate on the future.

It is indeed that most people see Bitcoin as a big opportunity that seems to be incomparable and cannot be attained by doing any other jobs that we can see to be giving out earning profit possibilities out there. It turns to be the main reason why many people have soon to realize the existence and importance of getting into Bitcoin now that it have gained that much popularity because of the price growth that it have come to attain ever since the last year that exceeds couple of price marks compared to what it have attained ever since it have existed long years ago. People specially the early adopters have seen it all and even the late ones are appreciating it now. There is no room for regrets and late realization for there is no such thing as late as long as Bitcoin is there grab every opportunity possible and soon enough you can get along with the flow.

You're only late if you haven't invested yet. Yes the early buyers and adopters rake in millions by now, but what are the chances of a dirt cheap coin rising to one of the biggest assets in the market as of the moment? Really low right? So cut yourself some slack, buy more when you can and hold, then profit. A similar project could come around in the future, so as a wiser investor it's your duty to do your own research vigilantly and wisely to never miss out on something great yet again.

Putting yourself into that anxiety state would really do no good into you specially if you do tend to make out investment and have these kind of mindset and impression.

Its not really late to make ourselves engage and give out the probabilities on making tons of profits.It might not be the same compared into those early adopters but

at least we do have chance or probabilities for it to happen.We might have missed the train but there are still some opportunities that could really give out those
chances again but it isn't simple for you to engage or spot on.

There's already a lot of people that had changes in their life when they met bitcoin.

Bitcoin is full of opportunity especially that if you know how it works and why it is existing in the market.

This is the most famous cryptocurrency and the first coin to have the largest value in the market.

Most of the crypto investor are relying on bitcoin and now they are also seizing the opportunity in fiats and altcoins.

Bitcoin will allways be the safest investment in crypto, will it be your best return on investment maybe not but it has gained a  minimum of 200% in value each year of its existence,. Some people did not like btc because they cannot buy full Bitcoin. My advise to tjos,you dont need to own a full token, loose that mindset be more focused with the percentage gains

While Bitcoin's current price might be considered to be too high especially for those that just got started with crypto or are still making plans to, I feel that more opportunities are still abound in this space and it's never too late to join the bandwagon whether it's bitcoin or elsewhere in altcoins. Even at current prices, one can still get some piece of BTC even in smaller denomination and then continue buying at every pull backs to reduce their average buy price. According to numerous forecasts, we can still see another 100% to 300% increase in this bull run.

Anything can happen, that's what I learned after several years of being involved in this ecosystem. What we need to do is maximize the opportunities that exist, continue to learn and adapt to developments in the cryptocurrency ecosystem.
Thus the opportunity to take a profit is even greater, and we can enjoy surprises that we never even imagined before. I always tell anyone who is just learning cryptocurrency, don't just be interested in big profit opportunities, we also have to be prepared to lose, because anything can happen, profit many times, or lose a lot.

whenever the year of joining if you are sure you will get bitcoin, you joined in 2013 I'm sure you already have more than 1 bitcoin right?
why blame friends? I think none of my friends know the end of the value of bitcoin reaching 60k $ to date, stop blaming friends and people around, try if you want to get what you want

Lot's of people have being saying bitcoin price is to high so they are not going to buy must of them are expecting dump before buying but have being telling people bitcoin price is still very low to buy, lots of people have being complain and regretting why they did not buy bitcoin few years ago and those once that sold there own early have being complaing why they sold early. But currently bitcoin price is still very low to buy In the next few months to come I don't think you will see bitcoin in this price range again and lot's of people that have been regretting now will still regret later why they did not buy now and why where they expecting dump. So if you are not having bitcoin in your wallet this is the best time to Buy a hold.

There is no doubt about that and everyone who seizes the opportunity as soon as they hear about it is now living the way they want it. what I meant by that is they are now having some good time with their earnings and they are now free of any hard work to make any money from doing a boring job or hard job just to get some food on the table. Things have changed a lot for them and many more will come if they don't give any doubt about investing their money with BTC. They still have a chance even though the timing is not like those who got their BTC last 8 years.

That's why don't waste your time and trade now!

It’s in vain that you are so worried. Life gives chances at every stage of our development, at least for me. I also regret that I started to study Bitcoin thoroughly only at the beginning of 2017. But I am sure that life itself knows what and when we need most of all - gifts of fate or tests of strength. The past cannot be returned, you need to learn from experience and move faster and more deliberately, because the main events are ahead - good luck to everyone.

That is why there are some people blaming themselves why they never trust Bitcoin earlier and why they just ignore it? This means that not all of us are seeing Bitcoin as a great opportunity, not all of us thinking that it have a bright future. Because if we only know that this will be the situation, I'm for sure that many were getting crazy to invest Bitcoin at the start. But unfortunately, we can no longer be getting back to the time it starts. But anyway, we are not too late then, Bitcoin still in the growing phase and so we still have a chance. Better too late than never.

You are very luck man to join 2013.I think you have more BTC.Then bitcoin get many free ways.You can learn cryptocurrency to get more BTC. .I joined 2017 when bitcoin price average 3k$-7$,Now 59k.I think it will be stabled this year.

You are not alone, many people regret this fact. After all, you could get rich at the click of your fingers, and it would be wealth for life ... Therefore, you should not regret it, here it is simply not lucky to be at the origins of bitcoin, like many others.

No doubt back then there are many free ways to collect Bitcoin.

But most of those who collects Bitcoin from free ways already sold it up when the value spikes last 2017 when the record for new amazing
hype really triggered most of the holders, and others sold it up when the value fall up to $8K.
Nowadays, the price bounce and reached another ATH and seems that there's no stopping now, opportunity back then already a memory of the past better to move forward and save your asset now.

I hope Bitcoin Future is very Bright we see btc pump & again pump day by day  if you want to more profit you need to hold, BTC give best opportunity for make money.

I consider BTC as an Asset and it's more or like a fixed deposit for me to secure me and my family financially in the future. I also came to know about BTC in the year 2016 but did not trust that time So I also missed the BTC as an early adopter but I would say one more thing I never expected such a huge growth of BTC but now I am sure it will go long way. It's just the beginning of the growth of BTC. Still, it's a lifetime opportunity for me.

I've always seen people regretting the decision of not buying and holding it for so long until today but nothing will happen even if we do that. There's a lot of opportunities similar to BTC specifically Alternative coins but people tend to ignore it and focuses only on BTC. Yes, it's not on the same level as BTC now but we can't possibly tell what will it be for the next few years. Maybe the time may come it will be on the same level as BTC.

I found btc long time ago. But, i miss perfect opportunity to buy btc. When i see btc at $5k, I was think it’s high price. When i see btc at $10k, I was think it’s already high price. But now, When i see btc at $58k, I think price of will be increase more. :(

I think that the idea expressed in the OP, is fulfilled not only for bitcoin when you already have some life experience you know that it is not a minimum investment to obtain results that change your life, sometimes not having been part or taking the initiative in certain businesses that we ignore, they would have allowed us to obtain very profitable income.

Examining or evaluating oneself, for example in periods of 10 years is an acceptable time variable to examine our economy. In that sense, it is worth saying that although there is no minimum investment to obtain large profits as it was 10 years ago with bitcoin, there is an investment even in millions of satoshi if the BTC are not within the reach of your economy. In fact, if the more conservative 10-year forecasts are fulfilled, we could obtain very good profits, so the investment is today, we do not have to wait any longer.

Lucky me my friend told me to join in this field at 2017 period, my first impression on this field is so amazed because this coin gonna be our future payment, replace Fiat maybe (Who knows?) and it gonna be so usefull in the near future.

You shouldnt really be that confident because nothing is assured when it comes to future aspects so better take those current situations we are currently experiencing.
Im aint saying that Bitcoin couldnt achieve such situation but better to be focused on how you would gonna benefit out this progressive market.
It isnt too late for us to get involved because potential is really high likely to happen in the future.Be smart or be wise on securing everything that you do able to gain.

Lucky those who got in year 2020 as they still bought Bitcoin at a lower price before it went up to USD50,000 and above. This is a very good opportunity to earn and change your life given the fact that we are still suffering financially from the impact of pandemic. Despite of that, people who believe in Bitcoin and other coins have the chance to earn lots of money now. May we continue to take profit while we are waiting to go back to our normal life.

Every day is a opportunity, re-read what you just wrote!

I appreciate your thinking and there was no doubt with bitcoin.Many people are now became millionare because of btc.

That's the reason if there's an opportunity for it's better to grab an investment we cannot tell the future but some of those coins already pump for a bigger price but take care because not allll of the coin are getting to what we imagine.


Only people who have strong believes to their coin will reach the million dollar price. Let's say you have a bitcoin right now but due to it's crash you want to sell it out by that you already skip or quit being a millionaire.

I was able to experience getting lots of profits from bitcoin during the 2017 bull run and I would love to go back on that time over and over again. If only I would be given a chance to go back to that time, I'll probably do things differently like holding the half of my earnings till bitcoin's value keep on increasing. I actually lost hope when the price dumped and it went for too long that's why I lost my commitment towards crypto. Little did I know that the value of bitcoin would once again go high and it was more than what many people expected. Indeed, bitcoin is a once in a lifetime opportunity and if you were able to know about it a long time ago and decided not to bother what good it can bring, you're probably regretting a lot right now.

It has the best opportunity but there will be arguments that others might tell you that they've found better opportunity with altcoins that they've held.

For us, it's always bitcoin as the best choice and we have it at a good time.

Just like them, they've bought it at a low price and then luckily, they got into a surve.

Whoever is Satoshi Nakamoto, he is a blessed man for life for creating bitcoin to fight capitalism and redistribute Wealth to common people who cares to believe the vision of decentralization. I have never thought life could be this easy.

Indeed, Bitcoin is a lifetime opportunity, no more, at least for the few 5 to @0 decades will such an innovation erupt such as the Bitcoin blockchain technology. We should be grateful for tech innovations and their solutions.

Those who did not believe in Bitcoin like banks want to get into the game, and currently have a value of more than half of the Banking system in the E.E.U.U:

https://i.imgur.com/gEGokn1.png

JP Morgan himself has advised to invest in Bitcoin, and that institutions should not be expected to buy to buy, he also said:

Source:https://dailyhodl.com/2021/04/09/data-shows-bitcoin-is-now-worth-more-than-half-of-entire-us-banking-system/ (https://dailyhodl.com/2021/04/09/data-shows-bitcoin-is-now-worth-more-than-half-of-entire-us-banking-system/)

There is still a very good opportunity to enter the Bitcoin market.

Bitcoin looks impressive with this comparison of the banking system in the USA.
Sure enough, there is still good opportunity for investors interested in bitcoin. The projections of the price of bitcoin that come from JP Morgan ($ 130,000) would be on par with the investments of the private sector, in that position bitcoin could be a rival for the gold investment sector.
Public opinion is already talking that bitcoin is eating the gold.

These sort of opportunities are rare and Bitcoin has been the biggest I've seen so far, but they are taking place on a smaller scale every day. Dogecoin rocketed in value after tweets by Elon Musk and it was easy to buy hundreds of thousands, if not millions of them for fractions of a penny only a few months ago. You could have made 20x your money since then. It's hard to judge what people will want in the future - if you look at stocks like Amazon, they were losing tons of money for years and finally conquered the online shopping market. The key thing is not to restrict yourself to one type of investment and hold on to it for a long time if you see it going up, because many people sold out at $5k, $10k and are probably kicking themselves right now!

With much wider investment sooner or later it will happened, this really a good chance as most early investors are saying
bitcoin is an opportunities.

Back then when the value still cheap you'll always see this same words, buy now and thank them after.. What happened from
the  past are very likely to happened again in the future.

The same thing happened to me when I first learned what crypto is, at first I was hesitant to follow it but with determination and high intention to buy I decided to invest in the long term and see now the price of bitcoin is very high. Our role as holders of Bitcoin assets keeps prices up, and invites our colleagues to enter the world of crypto. Because the more demand, the higher the price.
It's never too late to start ...

I hoped you looked at Dogecoin, it looks like Musk will be building that doge moonbase after all.  :)
People still have a chance to get in below a $1 for the moment.

I'm just happy some are already testifying good things and at least to say the future of bitcoin is bright, in addition, bitcoin is here to stay, I also keen to admiring the early holders as they should be the richest among others, but we can't loose hope because the opportunity is still open, bitcoin keeps rising as long as you keep holding while the masses keeps on buying, so many people are saying in the future, bitcoin will be for the richer while the poorer acquire altcoins like BNB and others. What keeps me stronger some of the times is that, many trials to stop bitcoin by the government had done nothing than to make the price more high.

I suggest you look at Bitcoin NFT:
https://bitcoinnft.org

 :)

No there won't be any other similar opportunity like that of btc, of course there are cases like eth too but compare to btc, the opportunity was massive,  both early and mid-early adopters has gain immensely from btc, even those of us who can be considered as late comers or semi late comers also have benefited alot being part of this space,
Am always glad to have known btc and crypto as at the time I did, it was and is a life changing experience.

I don't think there could be any crypto opportunities that can stand the test of time and make people really wealthy like Bitcoin. Bitcoin is the king here so we'll should embrace it cos not crypto could even dance along with it.

Bitcoin was one of those assets that gave huge returns to those who invested in it during a very early phase. And it is not the first such asset. In the stock market, there are hundreds of stocks which gave 1,000x or even 10,000x returns to those who invested in them. A few examples are the stocks of DELL, MSFT, AMZN, TSLA.etc. Anyway, those who invested in 2016 or before in Bitcoin are lucky. I don't think that 10x or 20x rise is possible with BTC now.

Congratulations that you have time to participate in a long bitcoin. I also think like you. As soon as I knew my friend participated in Bitcoin investment and became the rich. Bitcoin gives them a huge profit that this profit is not available at any other investment. I immediately learned along with your enthusiastic guidance to help me enter the electronic money world. I'm still very happy now. I succeeded and earned money thanks to Bitcoin. I don't intend to give up Bitcoin.

I think you are so lucky that you already joined at 2013 but look the recent data where you will find many people are joining newly. Some of my friends just joined two or three months ago. Btw, as an old user, just look at the price now. Hopefully it will be $100k in this year. So, I must agree with you that Btc is still a lifetime Chance.

If the OP joined last 2013 and hold his bitcoins, I believe, he should be doing okay right now. But like most of us, maybe he also sold already some of his stash that's why his tone is not so great. Just like others said, even if you joined last year, you already got a very good profit if you keep your bitcoins up until now. This is really a good opportunity, and I think, even if you invest today, the chance of getting good profit in the future is still high.

JP Morgan died in 1913.*



Even OP, who found out about BTC in 2013, had plenty of time to get involved.  In 2013 bitcoin was between $10-$100 (I think around 30 in April 2013 - I had lunch with some engineering friends who I'd mentioned bitcoin to back in November 2010, then in 2012 and again then.  Neither of them did anything at that time or at least through 2018).  I told people about the internet and internet domain names in 1993, 1994, and 1995, it was a similar scenario where people talk a good game, but often decide to do other things instead of taking a few hours or days to follow through.

Even now, in April 2021, if adoption continues as it has, there is still 1 or two orders of magnitude (or maybe more) left in usage and fiat growth.  Since many people don't understand orders of magnitude, that means there is room for 10 (one order of magnitude) or 100 (two orders of magnitude) times increase in fiat price.  

I would venture that almost everyone who has attempted to trade bitcoin over the last 7-10 years would've done better to just buy and hold.



* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._P._Morgan
* His son, died 1943:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._P._Morgan_Jr.

True, I also believe that. Even the people who are joining today can hold their assets from now. It will also give them a good returns as profit and they will be happy to see that. Still the best opportunity is waiting for you who are not a Btc holder. I believe that the real beauty can be felt by the holders only.

I know a story of a dude who kept his approximately 2.5 btc on his old Samsung Galaxy S5, which he unfortunately lost several years ago.  He was packing stuff up since he was planning to move to a new apartment and found the phone under an old refrigerator.  After a nerve-wracking time waiting for the phone to charge, he fumbled through his pin code but was still finally able to log back in to his wallet.

Sure enough, his 2.5 btc was still there, untouched and ballooned to over 12,000% in value. This was just last March. Once in a lifetime indeed!

If you truly believe in bitcoin and it's rise to infinity as predicted by the Simpsons.

Just buy a few million satoshi and wait for 1 satoshi to equal $1.
That way you did not miss anything.  :)