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We've all been there, that moment of realization when you remember selling your precious Bitcoins years ago and wonder if you missed the boat.  Well, take a deep breath, because im here to remind you that in the world of crypto, time is always on our side!

It might sting a bit to think about what could have been if you held onto those BTC, but let's not forget the golden rule of crypto: it's a marathon, not a sprint. The market is dynamic, and opportunities are ever-present.

There are quite a lot of more important things in life than Bitcoin, if you sold your coins to handle something important in real life, then that is fine, if you sold it to have some good time with family and loved ones, that's also great. You basically just have to find the right balance between what you sell and what you hodl.

Remember that Bitcoin is money and spending it or exchanging it for fiat isn't a bad thing afterall. You cannot also hodl it forever so there is no point regretting anything, as you can always buy some more again if you desire to do so.

One thing i will say is there will always be regrets in this crypto space because of the volatility attached to it. You might be regretting why you sold early because the price went up significantly above where you sold or you might be regretting another time why you didn’t sale because the price started dumping, these two are part of the space. But the best regret is always that doesn’t make you to be in loss that’s selling with a profit. How do one over come this i will say don’t fix a time to take profit rather fix a price to take profit.

If a coin gets to a price where you can take 75% holdings including some profit and maybe the invested amount too then take them. Don’t sometimes be too greedy for a high pump that you leave your coins most especially if it is Altcoins. Although the most important thing is to invest in what you can afford to lose so that there won’t be any regrets regardless of the decision made. Hodl bitcoin for long, take profit when necessary and you wouldn’t be in regret

It's normal to regret selling your bitcoin early but the big issue is what did you sell it for? And have you imagined what will happen if you did not sell it then? What matters here is you were lucky to have bitcoin to sell when you need back up. Just like the first comment above said, you can not hold it forever. In fact, the greatest regret is to hold for too long and eventually die without being able to sell. The way the technology is designed, at whatever price you sell, you'll definitely regret later.

This is why it's very important to have a reason/target as to why you are holding. If eventually you sell to accomplish your mission, you have nothing to regret and even if you do, you regret in a good course. Opportunity never seize in crypto and you can start again when you wish.

I would have given you merit if i had , clear and concise answer ty!

Yeah of course I did, as was probably everyone else. Luckily for me, it mostly happened in the early days when I didn't have a lot of bitcoin so I coulnd't sell much even if I wanted to and on top of that it was usually when I really needed the money so it wasn't like I was selling it out of boredom.

Nowadays (after years of experience) I have no regrets and I don't look back thinking how much bitcoin sold would be wroth and I simply spend some when I need/want to.

Yes and that's true, many would have sell in the past just for one or more other important reasons needed for them to be able to make release of what they are holding to settle some other things since they were left with no alternative, but the good aspect of it all is that they sold it then to be able to get out of those situations they might face that warrants selling, but the opportunities for bitcoin is never ending, we can still have another again e even now at the moment, holding the coin and waiting for halving to take place could be another means to never loose out.


Exactly, it's not a one way chance, if we once missed out, we could actually melake it up to another at any time as long as we are still interested to invest and hold this currency for a while.

I had an experience that was not pleasant to remember. The price of Bitcoin was dropping and I became scared that it would keep dropping so I had to sell my coin. A few months after the price bounced back and I regretted my actions. But I have learned to let the past pass by because it cannot be changed. 

There are great opportunities in buying and hodling Bitcoin. Bitcoin is still in its infant stage so anyone who invests now still has the chance to achieve their targets. When I see how the price of Bitcoin has increased these few months, I usually regret why I sold my coins but we still have the chance to utilise the opportunity Bitcoin provides today to make our future more financially stable.   

It's very normal for most of us to regret selling off your Bitcoin on time but one thing about Bitcoin is that it's never too late, you can always start all over again and still achieve everything you want to achieve, I will never regret selling it because I sold it for a good reason and it feels good to always know that I have an asset to help me out anytime I need to solve an emergency.

I got hold of bitcoin as early as 2012. And selling bitcoin at that time is one of my most regrettable financial decision.
I don't want to do the same again with both bitcoin and the alts. Hold till the bull.

The question is, does it even matter to the dead right now. Whether they made profit whilst they sold their bitcoin at lesser value when they were alive? Or to the sick person on the sickbed who sold his bitcoin to save his life at a lesser value than it is now? Or even, a student who invested in bitcoin at a time to later use it to pay for his/her house rent and tuition fee?

I think in life, so many things mean different to others and the purpose and intentions behind why people invest is what matters the most to them. it does not matter whether the value of bitcoin faced a decline at the time someone took it out or not. And yes, this does not also have anything to do with the so-called "golden rule of bitcoin" which you said it's a marathon, not a sprint.

 In real sense, the entire life is a marathon and not a sprint and I feel like the rule applies to all aspect of life not bitcoin alone but you can not also use this rule to negate the intentions people use to invest.

There's a saying that "life happens." It's a natural feeling to be regretful of one's own decision about why he or she sold their coin too early. Perhaps there were no old investors who did not have that feeling after selling off their Bitcoin at $5–$10 and seeing that, a few years later,a piece of the coin sold for $5 is now worth $40k. The profit they made when they sold so quickly was also helpful to them, and that's a fact they can't dispute.

If one can still keep accumulating gradually for some years, they will be able to achieve a large portfolio.

I have regretted many times of selling my BTC in the market when I was new in hodling, but since I came to discovered that, it never too late for someone to make profits from BTC investment and all you need to do when you Missed it in the first bull run, just continue hodling because another bull run will surely come in the market. If you look at the market very well, you will see that people are still trading their BTC to earn little money to settle down things but long term hodlers don't allow any challenges to make them sell their BTC because, they always wait for the massive bull run to come before they will sell.

 New new year, new system, I don't think I will regret in this new year because there are still some signs from the crypto market that this year will be more favourable than last year that was full of bear run.

We mostly regret most times when we remember the amount of bitcoin we hold in the past; but sometimes we sell due to conditions that we cannot bear without selling the bitcoin we have.
Everybody will be happy if we don't have any problem that will come our way which will lead us to touch our savings, because mostly what we sell to solve some of our problems is becoming very valuable after a while.

It is always good to have extra source of income so that you can hold your bitcoin for long, and that is when DCA method will be favorable so that you will be able to forget about your bitcoin.

There was a time where I regret selling my bitcoin because the price increased at that time but there's nothing I can do since I really need money which I use to pay for installing the electricity and other expenses that is important or needed. Well, since there's nothing we can do about it since it already happen and if it's for you then it's for you and if it's not then it's not. It only explains that it wasn't meant for me just like when I received free money from an exchange platform just by using it and exchange some crypto.

Regretting selling one's bitcoin is something that everybody must do at a particular time. But what I always advise people is that those that sold their bitcoin earlier who did so because they were urgently in need of funds have nothing to regret because it has helped to solve their problem at that particular time. I only blame those who just sold and did not use the money for any important thing because they really do not need such money at that time.

But the most painful aspect of it is when you own bitcoin but do not actually have access to it. Which means you cannot recover it or do not even remember the platform where you will save the Bitcoin. This is exactly the case of many people while others still see their past transaction, on how they lost their bitcoins to scammers and Ponzi schemers.

There are circumstances that cause some of us to regret owning Bitcoin in the past. Sometimes we intend to store Bitcoin for a long time, but if something very significant or an emergency arises while we don't have any other options, we have to sell it to get the money we need to get through the situation. which will return us to the starting point since, although we were relieved that we could hold some Bitcoin, unforeseen issues arose.

However that is the source of regret. For this reason,having a backup source of income is beneficial for those who intend to store Bitcoin for an extended length of time. This way, in the event of an emergency, we will always have a means of covering our expenses not until we can withdraw our Bitcoin holdings.

This is a universal crypto truth – the struggle between holding and selling, the perpetual what-ifs. Everyone has their reason or target for holding or selling. With all its unpredictability, truly tests our nerves. I didn't feel regret about it back then because I was able to benefit from selling the satoshis I had accumulated. Bitcoin doesn't necessarily have to be held; sometimes, we also need to spend it to make it circulate. Perhaps it would have been a missed opportunity if you had prevented the sale; the profit could have been larger. However, when you see that the value has dropped, you can just say, "Luckily, I sold it."
But every decision is a lesson, right? The crypto journey is full of twists, and who knows what the future holds? It's not about the destination, but the journey.

Upon seeing the total spent on my Bitcoin wallet, yes, I felt regret.
But I already accepted it, because selling our Bitcoin helped us when we at the time we badly needed it. 

At least we helped Bitcoin circulation as a way of payment.
Regular spending on Bitcoin helps promote its adoption to become a legitimate means of payment.
The more people use Bitcoin for everyday transactions, the more it becomes accepted by merchants and by many service providers.

On multiple occasions I have regretted selling off some amount of my Bitcoin starch at one time or the other, and this feelings are not always the best for me and that is why I choose to not sell more than I can accumulates, sometime I tried by all means never to go that road again or going through anything that will put me in a position to sell my Bitcoin.


But then investing in Bitcoin is Alston an investment for rainy days and if that day comes that you have a need for the money, is not a bad thing to change some to take care of bills and when you do that, you don't need to beat yourself for doing so, and you are not losing , but best advisable to invest and hold for a lot ng term.
It might sting a bit to think about what could have been if you held onto those BTC, but let's not forget the golden rule of crypto: it's a marathon, not a sprint. The market is dynamic, and opportunities are ever-present.
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Not quite about selling but not buying them in the past is regret we all have that we have discussed on forum many times.But I would say it's not about bitcoin particularly any other investment that we have missed or sold at less price turns out to be a big thing in future gives us a feeling of regret that we should have hold it more.But for me I have sold my bitcoins for profits and when I was in need of money but still hold some stash.So not too much of those bad feelings.

Well spoken, OP, instead of sitting down and regretting why we sold at an early stage. The solution to it is to actively buy it now that we can afford it while we learn from our previous mistakes. There is always an opportunity for every investor, but if he or she does not use the opportunity wisely, then they will regret it. However, the reason why i like cryptocurrency is because there is always a second chance to hop on the train before it reaches a price where our financial strength cannot purchase it. Thats when there will be a much more intense regret for not participating when others were.

No since I only spend my Bitcoin on important things, like when my mother is hospitalized I have no other choice, but to act fast, there is no second thought since on my mind I can earn that bitcoin even if it takes too long, but my mom life can never return even if I have 10,000 bitcoin, that is my view about selling those bitcoins.

I guess this is always a thing with those people who sold their bitcoin early and regretted the possible potential profit they can get more if they waited for some time. I myself regretted selling my bitcoin at many points, I remember that I sold 3 bitcoins @400USD each just to buy a new phone. It is a regret that I have in spending so much money on a mobile phone that currently, I can't use because of old age. There are many stories like this and this is common with the old timers.

I wonder if the people who is listed on the VIP or have a donator position in this forum regretted that they donate bitcoins back then when it is still cheap. Though the custom title/position they have is pretty legendary given that the worth of that "donator" role rank increases as bitcoin go up.

Don't cry over spilled milk.

We can't erase some thoughts that if we never sold our bitcoin before for sure we can currently earn a million of dollars at current rate. But if we also think about what are the things we bought for those bitcoin we sold for sure there will be no regret to happen in our side since it goes on right thing and we are happy at that time we sold our bitcoins.

But if it goes to those unimportant thing and you got broke today then struggle to earn bitcoins back again for sure that you would provably regret your past decision for selling bitcoin and would ever think about you are so lucky before then get stressed for remembering those good thing happen on the past. Maybe much better if we live on current situation and erase those past event especially those we think we commit a mistake since we will give a stress to ourselves on those unimportant matter.

I started investing it when It everyone knew about it so I don't think It made me regret

Having bitcoin is the means to an end and not the end in itself. Regrets of selling will only make things worse and will not make any difference. At the time of selling your bitcoin for whatever reason it may be was done, was done with the best information you had at that time and with the best intention. Instead of having regrets, your focus should be increasing your income, more studying more and researching more about bitcoin, having a solid plan and strategy for re-entry into bitcoin.

The bitcoin community is not discriminatory. You can sell and re-enter at anytime and you will still be welcomed with opened arms into the community. I will quote a line from the holy book, go and sin sell no more.

I started selling Bitcoin from the year 2022 and personally I have not regretted to sell them because whenever I sold them I know that the period I am selling them, it is a bear market period and I sold not like that so there was no regret for that. Though friends around me have experienced regrets of saying that if they would have known they wouldn't sell the Bitcoin they sold. And I normally told them that if they can't beat the lose because of it volatile nature of Bitcoin they should not sell and hodle for the ATH. So that there will be no complain or regret.

While I don't have much insight and experience in Bitcoin investment. I once had regrets when I sold bitcoins that I had accumulated and was going to keep for the long term. At that time, I was tempted by the increase in Bitcoin and I decided to sell it and buy it again if the market price experienced another correction. But at that time I panicked because the price of bitcoin was actually increasing and exceeding the price I sold it for. So I started to panic and regret my actions, trying to improvise by selling bitcoin temporarily so that I could make a little profit and buy it again. But a few weeks after I sold the bitcoin price continued to rise and went sideways. So at that time I was almost going to buy at a high price. Luckily I created a topic on a local board (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5457044.msg62436906#msg62436906) and got some advice so I didn't panic and stay calm. So I learned to be patient and finally BTC a few months or weeks later corrected again and I was able to buy again at a lower price than the price when I sold.

From there I learned to stick to the initial plan and separate trading and long-term investment.

This is the function of using money management strategies. Talking about what you asked, I think everyone feels it too, but maybe there are Altcoins too, especially BTC which has been bought at low prices. I think everyone is ready for the consequences when they sell.

If you look now at whether the trend is towards the negative or negative side for BTC, I think it is not an obstacle anymore if you already know its potential and what you have to deal with is buying dips at this time so that it provides some practical advantages in your current trading.

I have an unconfirmed opinion that everyone who sells bitcoin (both at low and high prices) all regret it. :) No matter what price you sell bitcoin for, it will always seem to you that you are selling for a very cheap price, because over time it can be sold for much more. Whatever price tag hangs on bitcoin (10.000$, 100.000$ or even 1.000.000$ or higher), it will always not be enough for you. Whatever price they give you, it will always be less than 1BTC. You remember that their number is strictly limited.

The market is dynamic, but it is more likely that with the growth of bitcoin capitalization, this dynamics will slow down, which means that there will be fewer opportunities.

Why should I regret because I used currency as currency? I spent Bitcoin when it was worth about $200, I still spend it today when it is worth more than 200 times more and I will never regret it. Some people act as if they will live for hundreds of years, they give up the things they want all their lives, and then one day they find themselves in a situation where someone else spends all that money on stupid things.

I'm not saying that you should waste your money, but if you want something for a long time, it's not bad to spend a little BTC here and there.

Regretted everyday  :'(
When btc price 150 usd I have 2+ btc on my Coinbase account,earn from faucet & btt micro earnings now I have zero 😓.

Money could be the problem. If I may share one thing I've learned, it's to get something done before making a bitcoin investment to avoid having to sell it later. Apologies for the operator for selling his bitcoin, as he still has some time to purchase more, assuming he has the funds. Your statement that he will have learned from us is the nicest part. He witnessed the price rising after he sold it. And he will have to wait for another chance if this one is gone. and will experience depression as a result of acting. It is not at all entertaining to see others cash out when you have already sold yours.

I am so sorry for your mother's condition. It is better that the money was later utilized to care for your mother than it would be disastrous to have money and be unable to care for your own mother. For this reason, find a job and set aside some cash for emergencies like this so you won't need to use your bitcoin for anything other than medical expenses. I also hope your mother gets well soon.

No one is able to look into the future to know what will happen there. Few people thought in 2010 that bitcoin would be worth as much as it is now and naturally, when the price of bitcoin rose high enough, many people sold their bitcoins, for various reasons.

Of course! I even remember most instances when I sold. The most significant was when I got my first large profit. At that time I bought some bitcoin for $600 and it went to $3k. I was so happy, I thought I was a master investor. Then it went to 20k later that year. I still have some of those $600 coins because I did not sell it all, but at that point I learned an important lesson. Traditional look doesn't work for bitcoin. If you get it to sell a year later with 2x profit, you underestimate it and don't get what it's capable of. This market can easily go 2x from its old ATH and people get euphoric because it went from 45 to 49k and then they get depressed because it went back to 45...

I wasn't too disappointed or regretful because at that time I had sold bitcoin, even though after I sold it I should have made a bigger profit. Because I was forced to sell bitcoin due to urgent needs and at that time I had no money at all because for me life was more important than bitcoin at that time. Note: I didn't sell bitcoin at a loss, but I made a profit, but if I kept it, maybe my profit would be bigger than before.

But at least I can learn from this, when investing in Bitcoin we must have an emergency fund of 40% of the funds invested. And this is what I do now, own bitcoin for the long term without having to be afraid of selling it because I already have more emergency funds than before. In every investment journey, sometimes we have to be smart in learning from mistakes and taking lessons so that they don't happen again.

Bitcoin is meant to be spent for easy circulation, this is why when I spend my bitcoin, I don't regret it because itost be that I sold it to take care of something more important instead of keeping it. I don't sell due to panic or to make profit but when it is necessary.

Taking care of health challenge and saving a life is more valuable than keeping idle coins for the future, because it is only a healthy man that will live to enjoy his bitcoin assest. Those that sell some part of their bitcoin and start regretting their actions are those that trade for profit or aikd their coins for irrelevant reasons.

I never regret selling my bitcoin. All you regret is not knowing about bitcoin earlier than when I knew about it. How I wish I was able to accumulate lots of bitcoin when it was created immediately. That will have been the best thing that happened to me, but that’s gone, and there is nothing that can be done about it again. I have been accumulating bitcoin for the past few years, and I will keep on accumulating bitcoin because I haven’t hit my target yet. Even if bitcoin keeps on increasing, I will keep on accumulating it when I have free money.

If you bought your bitcoin early in 2012, then you should have been in a good profit by now. Even if you end up selling your bitcoin right now, you will have made a reasonable amount of money as your profit, so you should never regret it. But it won’t really be bad if you keep on holding your bitcoin because bitcoin is still going to go higher than the current price, I still see the current price to be very low.

Well, for me as long as I sell for a purpose, I never regretted my decision since I also benefited from it. And to think that I don’t sell at a loss, so there’s really nothing to regret. But even if you come to sell your bitcoin at a low price, the fact that you also use that money wisely and serve its own purpose, then regretting is not a smart move. Instead, be grateful that you have your bitcoin investment than can always save you whenever you have unforeseen financial problem that suddenly arise.

You know one thing about those who sold there bitcoin earlier? I think the sold it because they see no future in It. As at the time when dey sold there bitcoin they never thought of bitcoin ever coming any closer to this current price today. Who would have believed That what worth less than$1 would hit $69k? or even at the current price of $42.8k of today price. not talk more of what it will be in the future. Although when they used the money they realise from BTC, I think they also used it for a better thing. Butbfor me, the only thing I know will be the reason for someone to sell bitcoin should be saving a life or selling to get an appointment. Apart from that I dont see any good reason to sell bitcoin.

I once regretted of selling my Bitcoin back then in 2017 as newbie in the space and the reason is that I discovered that I bought Bitcoin at the top and ended up selling my BTC at a loss because after that, I decided to exit the market, few months later the price started going back up, and we entered a recovery phase of the market, where the price keeps going up, and I was afraid to even get back in because of the huge lose I already incurred.

I have sold some of my bitcoin holdings in the past before and I never regretted it till date that I took that action. Sometimes I sell at profit and sometimes at loss, but all that didn’t matter to me because of what I need to use the money for which is more precious than keeping that money in investment without using it. I know that opportunities will always come to buy again at a lower price because of the nature of volatility of the market. And if you’re use to the DCA method of accumulating, you won’t have problem to hold more when you’re ready to buy again.

I never think again about what I have sold in the past for the present, because I do this based on my own considerations and my own decision to sell without any advice from other people. So why feel pain and regret it if what we did was based on our own thoughts without other people's interference. So I think there's no need to take a deep breath if you just want to tell that little thing and imagine it now that basically it will never come back now, except for someone who still keeps it very well.

Sometimes you may want to hold for longer period of time but when the challenges of life hit you in the face. For instance, sickness, accident etc, you'd have no other option than to sell. If you sold your Bitcoin to safe the life of a family member, then it's something you should be very proud of. On the other hand, if you're a weak hand who sold early, but realises it now and wishes to start all over. There's always a second chance.

All the time! Whenever I had to sell my Bitcoin I regret later. But you can't hold everything forever, everybody have mandatory expenses. What I regret the most are the impulsive purchases I made and the coins I lost while betting. If I could've protected them, I would be in a much different financial position. Still, it's never too late. I spend less Bitcoin now. :)

Well, not in my case because despite having sold and spent Bitcoin, my economic situation has continued to improve, and if it is true that if I had not sold any of the Bitcoin that has passed through my hands, I would now have a little more wealth, it would not be a very significant difference compared to the current one. Those who regret it are usually those who knew and had Bitcoin very early on, where the returns were more spectacular. In any case, if you see that you have made a mistake and you regret it, it is better to move forward and not make it again than to focus on the past.

It happened to me last two years for me to regret when the price hit higher to $69,000, after a long waiting, the price of Bitcoin increased to $50,000 that made me rush to the market to released all  my Bitcoin for sale but the price of Bitcoin continue increasing till it got to $69,000 before it started decreasing to allow investors to buy again. But some time you can sell at the right time for you not to regret in your transaction, because the moment you sold your coins in a high price and the market price begin to decreasing down for those that refused not to sell will continue holding and regret for missing the opportunity. Anytime you missed any opportunity, don't regret for such mistakes because with time the price will still increase higher more than the previous price that made you feel you have miss it forever.

First, see the bitcoin price during 2017.

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I remember those days when I also sold my Bitcoin for general survival costs. Bitcoin was 2k - 3k USD only (start of 2017). and now it's around 42k and it went 69k, so if I try to remember now how much BTC I spent those days, of course, there is grief that will come even if I don't want to regret it :).

I don't have regrets in life, and that includes Bitcoin. I just find it unhelpful to dwell on the past. What matters is which lessons we learn from it, and how we act later on. I usually sell Bitcoin when I need the money, and looking back, I realize that not selling would have been very difficult. I strive to save up Bitcoin, but often struggle with it. However, I don't focus on the negative sides, on the lost opportunities, etc. I just try to do better, and hodl when it's possible for me to do that without it having a negative impact on my life.

One thing I have learned in my life is that never regret what you have done right. If you have sold Bitcoin for some useful things then you should not regret it but I used to play bit of gambling with my Bitcoin & result was negative this is where I regret

I have a regret but it's not that hard to move on. Because even I do sell my Bitcoin for a cheaper price before, it didn't go to waste since I still gained from it somehow. Big or small, what matter is you're in profit when you sell.

Moreover my decisions in the past serves as a lesson for me to not repeat the same mistakes again for not having a long patience and trust. I think if there's a situation that I really regret, that is not buying Bitcoin when it's just few years old and the price is quite cheap. Who would have thought that it will became this big now. Anyway, it's all in the past, so let's just move forward.

Maybe you can regret that you didn't think long-term, so you could spend one and save the other for the future. In addition, at that time it was quite easy to earn Bitcoin through faucets, especially if you also promoted them through ref links - I used to collect 500 000 satoshis a day, which were worth almost nothing at the time, but considering that I saved them, they really paid off.

Don't forget also the stuff you bought when you sold your Bitcoin before, because it made you happy and helped you with life. We shouldn't treat Bitcoin as the center of everything. Let's make a life and not just focus on holding and earning it and forgetting what happiness is. Regret is there, like selling it early but if we do have that mindset that no matter what price you sell it at and you used that money to purchase those things without Bitcoin you aren't able to afford it. So be thankful no matter what.

I regret it a little because I sold Bitcoin in the past. However, I was forced to sell my Bitcoin because of a sudden need for money. And that's why I sold Bitcoin. If not, I still have more Bitcoin because when I sold at its last ATH, I could have bought more when it hit its lowest price.

But that's all in the past and there's no need to regret it. We still have time to buy Bitcoin. We sell Bitcoin and there must be a reason behind it, so we don't need to regret it, especially if we sell Bitcoin because of urgent family needs.

And if selling Bitcoin can meet our family's urgent needs or buy our necessities, we shouldn't regret it. We can tell others that we sell Bitcoin to buy things we want or meet our needs. We should be proud because we have succeeded in meeting our needs, helping our family or other people financially, or buying our personal needs.

Makes sense. Selling Bitcoin can be a bummer, especially when you could've made more. Life happens and money needs can be urgent. It's like playing the financial survival game and not always fun, but necessary. Just remember, you're not alone in facing these money twists. Atleast you can always comeback in bitcoin

Yes, bitcoin is not the center of everything and it is not the only thing we care about in life. If I have regrets, there are more regrettable things than selling my bitcoins, so I don't see anything to regret about selling bitcoins in the past. To me, as long as bitcoin and the cryptocurrency market still exist, we will not lack opportunities to make money, so there is nothing to regret.

Our biggest regret is that if we had known better about the potential of bitcoin and if we still didn't make money from it, it would have been our biggest regret later.

The answer to the question has been asked in the title. Yes, I have regret selling my Bitcoin. I entered the market in the last bull run and bought Bitcoin at the 50K to 60K range and then I didn't cash out my profit when it touched the ATH. I have waited and then the bear market begins! I didn't sell it at that moment because I wanted to hold it for as long as I could. I didn't know that Bitcoin might fall back to a price range like 15K anytime soon. But that happened. Bitcoin touched the 15K range and I still tried to hold my Bitcoin tight. However, due to some personal reasons, I had to sell my Bitcoin at the 18-20K range while I was 70% down. I had some financial problems which was the reason I sold my holdings. But I am glad that I have acquired a good portion of Bitcoin at the 27K range and now we are in the 42K range.

Many a times I've had reasons, I mean genuine reasons to sell my bitcoin and I did sell it , though it is always a painful decision, but imagine if your wife was about to give birth to your baby, and the doctor said she can not deliver the baby on her own, that she needs to he operated on, and they need a deposit of a huge sum of money before they can commence the operation - what would you do? Would you watch your wife wallow in pain while you run around looking for who or where to borrow money from, or would you just sell those bitcoins to raise the money required to save your wife and your baby's life?

Well, the above have been my experience on three different occasions now, that is to say that, I've had to sell all my bitcoin on emergency three good times, I always regret it, but the joy of my new baby and my wife being alive always over-shadow every atom of regret, what I do is just start accumulating bitcoin afresh again, which I believe is the normal thing to do after all.

I think a lot of people faced some bumps along the way which made them sell their bitcoins let us take the past years when the pandemic started everyone basically lost money rich or poor everyone was extra in need of support and supply

I know people who had no choice but to sell their investments just to survive through the pandemic and now that we have gone back to normal i hope a lot pf us get to keep the things that will for sure benefit us in the long-term

I think Bitcoin is my problem solver when I am in financial trouble and for whatever I have to use it, and I consider Bitcoin a life companion that is always with me and maybe until the end of my life. I mean, Bitcoin will always help me in financial problems or emergencies and Bitcoin will also help me in my old age.
Me using it doesn't mean I use it all, and I only use it when I really need it. And don't focus too much on Bitcoin because we will never know what will happen to us so we will definitely take advantage of it, and I know the potential for Bitcoin in the future will be greater and will also be more profitable. So the best thing for me is Bitcoin is that when I need it I will use it and also for the future, and I will also use some of the profits when ATH happens for things that I really want and Bitcoin can make it happen.

Cutting losses or selling bitcoin earlier than expected is something no one wants, but I think if we sell bitcoin to solve a more important job, there is nothing to regret. You should think more positively that if you don't have that bitcoin, where will you get the money to solve that emergency situation? So I think you should look on the bright side and not regret cutting your bitcoin losses.

For me, I have never regretted anything in this market from selling bitcoin early, participating in scam projects...all are valuable experiences and lessons. Thanks to those lessons, I become more and more mature and earn more money in the market.

Have never felt disappointed and painful when you can't hold BTC for a long time because you have to sell it because of something important.
Bitcoin is worth selling if it's not yet time. When circumstances require me to sell even though it is not yet the time to sell, there is no feeling of being forced or regretful about selling.
It's true that Bitcoin is not a get rich quick scheme but Bitcoin is a marathon that needs to be passed from person to person to reach the finish line.

I've reluctantly made withdrawals because I needed urgent financial aid to situations that I did not make plans for. I would not say I really regret it, but I would say that I'm thankful that I had a place where I could get money to clear out myself. At a time, it was two choices for me, to either take a loan or sell off some bitcoins. Taking loans would yield interest that may make it difficult to pay, so I decided to sell off some bitcoins and work towards replacing them later (which I am doing now). If I sold bitcoins for some unimportant reason or expenses, I will be regretting by now, but because I sold some for a better reason, I do not regret it.

It is true. I also never regretted to sell my Bitcoin for urgent needs. Even I sell the Bitcoin for losses, I don't feel disappointed because it solves necessary problems. Selling the Bitcoin should be the last option to solve the problem, I will always prefer to keep my Bitcoin as long as I have another option. Sure, it is not easy to lose my Bitcoin whenever it doesn't reach the target for selling. However, solving the urgent needs will be the priority every time. If I must sell my Bitcoin, I am proud to my Bitcoin because it can be very helpful in my life.

Experiencing the moment of selling bitcoin is indeed the most painful thing to remember, but of course we don't need to regret it for long. Because I always believe that it is never too late to invest in bitcoin, even though I have sold it now I can buy it back and hold it for the long term, especially since this year is the year where the bitcoin halving moment will occur. of course buying bitcoin now is the right choice because as you said time will definitely be on our side. It hurts, yeah. But time can't be turned back, we have to wait and try not to miss the train again when Bitcoin reaches a new ATH.

Thats will be never a regret, its the moment, who could say when btc will hit ATH, even for the guy who bought 2 pizzas for 10.000 btc , i mean the moment/situation when something happens matter a lot, life still running dont forget that!!

In dynamic crypto market who will capitalize the opportunity he will be the winner so we should not give up if we miss one opportunity. Because when one opportunity is gone, another opportunity will come but that opportunity should be utilized properly. This is suitable time for those who have not yet collected Bitcoin.

Very beginning after learning about Bitcoin I invested more money and sold it at a small profit but then Bitcoin became so bullish that it made me feel remorseful. But I forget that reminder and try again so that I don't miss the next train.

Very true. It's a marathon. Also, even if we sell then we should remember that somebody is buying on the other side.
You are taking the profits and enjoying your benefits of holding bitcoin and so you should not regret about selling your coins.
The only thing is don't sell at a loss but stay content for the profits you get when selling.

One shouldn't feel sorry for selling and exiting their positions at a time when they needed the money or felt it was time to sell. This is an economy that works in cycles. After a high there is always a low where you can stack up again and even recover from past losses. If the money you got from selling years ago was for a good use and spent intelligently, there is no need to feel that you have missed out on more profit and be sad about it.

It is very common for an investor to regret selling his investment. Usually when we trade and sell the coins after making some profit from trading then when the market goes higher then we regret that we should have waited some more time. It has happened to most of us who are investors that the value of certain days has increased after that investor sold his investment. But if you repent, it will not be of any use, so there is no use in repenting. If the value of that coin increases after we sell it then we have to assume that the extra profit was not for us. Or we regret that after selling the investment the value of the coin increases, which teaches us that it is better to be patient and that we will get better if we are patient. You can't get excited by investing but you have to be patient. Hope if you are patient the market will return something good.

If everyone saw the potential of bitcoin from the beginning, there would be many rich people, but life is not that easy, the journey does not end in the present and the lessons of the past are only nourishes the body for strength. Yep, I also regretted selling some bitcoin a few years ago just to spend money on items that weren't really useful. But looking back, I see it as joy and am truly grateful that bitcoin is still alive and growing, and that there are still many opportunities.

Regrets should not be held back, but instead acknowledge the present and prepare for the next plan. It's like we still celebrate "bitcoin pizza day" every year, and sometimes regret it, but if we put it in that field, we would do the same.

If you've been "around" bitcoin for long enough, I think everyone likely regrets selling bitcoin at some point in time.  I certainly regret selling the bitcoin that I had bought when the price of bitcoin was roughly $250.  Now that being said, nothing is ever guaranteed so at times I have the feeling that it sort of is what it is, I didn't know, no one knew when bitcoin was going to blast up to nearly 70k.

Well said bro. it really hurts to think that we missed the gold time when we could have earned and saved bitcoins that now worth thousands of dollars. but it is also true that Crypto is merathon and there will always be new opportunities for everyone getting into it.
I also regret some time that why I didn't stack up bitcoins when I had the chance and when it was very cheap. but we must understand and move on from that. and buckle up for new rides in crypto world.
All we can do now is earn as much as possible and HODL because there will be even bigger bull market than before previous one.

All the people I know regret selling. We all had bitcoin in 2017 and some of us sold some as we approached 20k, while others held it and later panicked in the bear market, selling lower.

I bought a lot of electronics in the last 10 years using bitcoin gift cards. I still have most of it, but not all were essential purchases. I could use without some of them and have more bitcoin, especially that I thought myself smart and sold in bull markets. The problem of that was that there were more bull markets coming.

The truth is, holding without spending anything for years is boring. It's important to give yourself a treat from time to time.

To be honest, I sometimes regret some sales that were for trading purposes. But those I sold for my needs—I don't regret that. During trading, sometimes I miss the boat. After I sold my bitcoin, the price moved significantly, and I wasn't able to buy it back at all. So when I remember that, I regret it, of course. This is life; it always won't be in my favour. But still, I want to accumulate and make money from the volatility. Regretting and being hopeless won't help us gain anything. We have to focus on the future.

There are always opportunities in the Bitcoin market. To take advantage of these opportunities, we need to learn from our mistakes. Some of us heard about Bitcoin much later, and some of us learned about it very early. The common point of all these stories of meeting Bitcoin may be the sentence "I wish I had not sold my Bitcoins and waited."

Bitcoin has offered and continues to offer many opportunities to all of us. There are many times I wish I had known about Bitcoin earlier, but we can't change the past. It is necessary to take steps towards the future.

Me, on the other hand, regret selling it when I want to gamble and then lose those precious BTC, or even if I won, I didn't convert my fiat or local currency to Bitcoin so that it will remain intact. I don't regret when something very important is happening in my life that I really need to sell it because of the circumstances, but gambling? when I think about it and reflect on what I have done mostly in the past? yeah, I feel disappointment with the way things unfolded.

So probably I think you will agree that it's the same situation with you in trading, you missed the boat, or your timing is off when selling then. Prices move on the opposite direction and you just wish that you didn't make that mistakes to sell and then just lose them in trading. But I guess for everyone though, this kind of regrets should be a lesson to us and not let it consume us and overthink about it.

At first... I felt that regret too, but what you're saying is true. The past shouldn't be a reason for us to be afraid of moving forward. I did sell BTC at a low price, but the thing is, there's always a chance to welcome another day. Making today part of the past isn't a bad choice. Even to profit from the Bitcoin market conditions, there's still a wide opportunity.

At times like this, I think many people would prefer to HODL. Not just because of past experiences, but also with the upcoming halving, who wants to miss out on the bull run journey, right?

Everyone of us here might have sold bitcoin at a low price, and that is inevitable especially if we needed the funds so badly. But regretting of selling, I guess not since it also save the situation that time. Bitcoin is not meant to be hold forever, so you really have to spend it at some point so it will also serve its purpose, that is to enjoy our profits after months or years of long term hodling.

I sold 100 btc for around 20 bucks in 2011 being there but yes i am still very active today things have changed a lot but never lost faith in btc  ;D

When it comes to regret then i have already tons of regret on which it isnt really just that limited to Bitcoin but also in other coins as well on which i might really be that rich now if i hadnt made out those
mistakes in regarding on cashing it out. Wayback into those ICO days on which there are coins which i have been able to invest into, i did held and when bull kicked in then i did make hundreds of thousands
but what did i have done? I did simply hold because i do really wish that i do able to hit up the right amount before cashing out until the price did really make out that go into the bottom.

As for Bitcoin holding then i have been here when its still $200 as far as i remember, why i havent been able to save up? because into those times i do really need to convert
those coins into fiat because of additional income aside from my job earnings on which it did really give out that huge regret because i might be rich
now but well its better to move on and never tend to look back, it would really be that so damn stressful.

True! I have also sold quite a bit of bitcoin because I get excited. Yes, I entered bitcoin in 2020, and there is a bull run in 2021. I get excited and thrilled because even though I have just a few satoshi, I gain a lot from that, and I didn't think twice. I converted half of it and cashed it out, and then I brought the things I needed and wanted. Do I regret that? No, maybe at some point, but at least I brought the things that I couldn't afford in the past, and I still have another half, so I continue investing in them and managing to grow more. So instead of regretting what's happened, spend the time to think about how you will earn and ride the market. Investing in bitcoin is still not too late; you just have to create your own opportunity. If you really want to earn, then be resourceful and stop regretting the past opportunity.

of course I have, not just once but several times. The first is related to altCoins. Yes, because I was not sure about continuing to hold the coin and in the end took profit at a certain price rate at that time, which in fact many people actually predicted that the coin would rise. However, I personally think that it is better to get a profit that is not too high than to regret the coin. However, after selling it, it turned out that the price of the coin had actually soared even higher and almost doubled. regret? what we can be certain of is. but it has become a decision and there is no need to regret it anymore. What is certain is that at least we have got the profit we wanted.

But unfortunately this happened again several times hahaha even when selling Bitcoin. I thought at that time Bitcoin would only reach its highest point at $40k and after that it would experience a market correction, so at least I could take it at the lower price again. However, it turned out that the price of Bitcoin at that time actually increased until it reached $42k and apparently did not fall again below $40k.
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What’s the use of regretting when you have all the chances to buy and hold bitcoin again. Although it’s undeniable that there are certain points in our lives that we regret our decisions but regretting does not really help at all. And besides, when I sell bitcoin, there’s always a valid reason for that so I don’t see any reason why I do have to regret.

For newbies, regretting might be a common thing, but certainly not for long term investors and traders in the crypto space. There’s no space for regretting when you consider bitcoin as your jewel.

Exactly, you are selling Bitcoin for a reason, especially when it comes to emergency purposes and you really need to use those funds. Bitcoin helps you financially to sustain your needs so there's nothing to be felt bad about selling them, maybe selling it for the reason of buying unnecessary things which can be temporary and the person would realize his loss. We all have different target prices of Bitcoin as well have freedom when to sell, you would be the one who's gonna take responsibility for profiting and losing money after all. Bitcoin existed for decades already so people still have the chance to still invest in Bitcoin whether long-term or short-term investment. 

That's a good reminder for everyone of us and to answer if I did regret my sold BTCs, somehow I did. But when I realize that it did helped me during those hard times upon selling them, it gives me a relief and thankful to Bitcoin.

There are moments of our lives that we have to force sell the Bitcoins that we held in the past. This time, we're not going to do that again, as long as we're able to endure the situation and there are other solutions on it, that's what I am going to do.

But for those that can't find any solution and your only solution is to sell, think of it if it's going to give you relief and no regrets.

I feel you! I sold some for $150 in 2015. Had a nice gain though but with todays prices it was a bad decision :D
Same for Ethereum which I cheaply bought at $0.94 and sold for $11 a year later when Buterin stated he sold most of his stake because he thought the price is too expensive. In hindsight, what a misjudgment on his part.

I have not been there but I'm here now but if was there back then because it seems you have been here since 2016. If I have bitcoin in my wallet and then decide to sell or sell part of it for something then it must be something genuine maybe like health, school bills like textbooks and school fees, help a friend in health situation then I don't have anything to regret because these things are something that don't have any other solutions but to solve them in that time, you can't cheat nature and you need good education; I will not regret anything doing it.

However, if I gamble and sell my bitcoin for things like to go place like club, give money to women, give money freely because I want to impress people, I will not be happy about that because it shows I don't value my life and my future. If anyone has 10 bitcoin from 2016 to now should be comfortable about life with such amount of bitcoin today, those golden days will never come again.

Not always, I get that you're being optimistic and reassuring people that they shouldn't live in the past but plan for the future and own the present although not all the time that you can let go of your Bitcoin and get them back at the same price or a cheaper price. Sometimes as you sell you can't own that quantity of Bitcoin anymore unless you'll be willing to spend more to own that same quantity. Nothing is impossible for Bitcoin but there are some prices that seems impossible for Bitcoin to retrace to that doesn't mean it can't happen. If you sold your Bitcoin, you don't have to wait for that prices to get back into the market as sometimes you can never see those price again. Start a fresh and let go of the decision you made in the past as they were reasons for that decision to be taken.


If you sold your BTC in profits you don't have to regret selling, just get back into the market and learn from the previous decision of selling because I won't call that a mistake that you should start regretting What makes you become better at investing is when you can learn from the mistakes you made in the past and better those decisions as you make better ones in the future. If you sold too early, this time don't be in a rush to sell but take your time and only sell if there's no other sources to get the money you need urgently.

If people sold their Bitcoin assets for real, valid reasons, they won't look back and regret the decision. Personally, I don't think it would be cause for alarm if I sold my Bitcoin because of an obvious and urgent issue because the initial issue that prompted the sale has been resolved. In fact, if the price of Bitcoin has risen to five times worth the time I sold it and I have nothing to regret about. My main goal in investing in Bitcoin was to make money and create an inflation hedge so that I would have money in the future to deal with any problems. As a result, selling my Bitcoin holdings and using the money made to address certain problems makes sense as a smart plan of action.

Those who have sold their Bitcoin assets without a good reason in the past usually feel regret for doing so. People who sold their Bitcoin holdings for petty or illogical reasons will probably feel bad about it later on, especially if there is a spike in the price of Bitcoin. The secret is to make sure that the benefits of the liquidation much surpass any potential regret about lost market profits by coordinating the sale choice with specific and logical goals.

I am feeling super pissed on certain decisions that I made prior to now. I believe they were hasty and short-sighted, one of which was selling my Bitcoin.

If I go through the entire Bitcoin sold over the years before it became a major attraction for financial institutions and its latest price appreciation, I can say, for a sure, that I would have sold what has a future value of millions of dollars, considering the "it's a marathon, not a sprint" proverb.

I hope not to repeat such mistakes every again.

Indeed, holding is not always good, and why we should miss the chance to sell them if we see a profit already?
I have no regrets about selling my Bitcoin earlier and I have no reason to do that because as an Investor, I have to take advantage of the roller coaster movement of the market (the up and down). I'd just even realized that I've earned more rather than holding for 4 years. It is how we strategies our investment and the volatility of the market seems to be the way it helps us.

Maybe if we have a busy life that we can't spend a few hours in the market, then holding must be applied but just like me, I'd rather have to play around and take the opportunity of the up and down situation of the market.

I regret about not selling my Bitcoin in 2017-2018 during that pump and then crash era. I thought the price would had come back because that's the nature of Bitcoin but I didn't know when to stop back then and it might've been better if I just sold my Bitcoin and saved my investment to wait for another time to invest. That's my biggest regret, if I sold my Bitcoins then I'm pretty much have no regret but I can't say that if I insist to sell it.

If you owned Bitcoin in 2017-2018 and still haven't sold it until the era of destruction ends or after the pandemic ends, you should also be happier because you can still own Bitcoin in a more successful era with the ATH moment in 2021. Because some people selling their Bitcoin during the crash era in 2018 also really regretted it when they saw Bitcoin experiencing ATH in 2021. So you should be quite happy if you didn't have time to sell your Bitcoin during the market crash era at that time because you could still get more profit. in the halving era in 2021.

I haven’t ever regretted selling my Bitcoin because if I sold my Bitcoin for whatever the price be, I must have needed it to do so. Aside a really pressing need that I have to fall for, I do not rush when it comes to Bitcoin as I have come to understand that it has not even gone up to half of what it will. Of course it could hurt a little if you sold it out when it was worth a lot less, but it also depends on what needs it solved for you at the time.

No no not at all, since I bought bitcoin at 36000 and sold bitcoin at 47000 in this case I got a profit of good amount due to which I don't regret selling my bitcoin. I am waiting for the opportunity again when the market goes down further I will buy back bitcoins with the capital left over from my profit and wait for a good bullrun. Of course, in this case, you have to wait for the good time and if you use the good time properly, there is definitely a good chance of a profit. But for now, it looks like the best time to buy Bitcoin.

I did sell most of my bitcoins too early, I have to admit that. But it could hardly have been different. It was a different time and we didn't know much about the market. We can say that with our trades and unsuccessful deals we paid for our training, our experience in the cryptocurrency market. You know, experience is the most expensive thing in the world. It is much more valuable than any assets you have. Now I think that significant funds cannot stay in the hands of a person who does not have experience and, first of all, the experience of losses from which he has learned the correct knowledge.

There will always be a feeling of regret, just with Bitcoin, but also with other investments. Sometimes even though we have made a lot of profit from our Bitcoin investment when we sell it, we still feel regretful afterward if the price continues to go up. I think this is a bad mentality that we should get rid of. Many people think that we will not have the opportunity to buy cheap Bitcoin anymore. I think it's true but it doesn't matter to me if we have a good investment strategy, no matter how high the Bitcoin price is, we can still make a profit from it.
My goal is how much profit is the end result, not necessarily how much Bitcoin is stored in the wallet. The market is always there, opportunities are always there, the important thing is whether we know how to grasp them or not or just sit and regret what has passed.

This is something that many people don't realize so they just complain and regret about the past. Like you, I think that as long as the market exists, the volatility of bitcoin is there, there will always be a way for us to make a profit. Making profits in the financial market is based on knowledge, experience, skills... and not just on the fact that you have the opportunity to buy early although buying early will have more benefits.
I also feel a bit regretful if the price continues to increase after I sell, but instead of wallowing in regret, I come up with a new plan to make more profits because I know opportunities will always be there and the work we are to grasp it.

No, I have never regretted selling my bitcoins. Because I sell bitcoins for the needs I have. So why should you regret it if the purpose of selling bitcoin is to use it for positive things. Maybe if the context you mean leads to regret, "why didn't hold bitcoin until now (the price was higher)". If you mean it in that context, I wouldn't call it regret, but just a lesson. Because regret will be useless when you are already in that position. It's better to start again and avoid all the mistakes that have been made before (return to investing in bitcoin)

Apart from that, the mistake I made in the past was that I used hot money to invest in bitcoin and as a result the money was forced to be used for necessities.
Therefore, cold hard cash is required to invest in bitcoin. So the risk of using this money will be very minimal. Because if you use hot money to invest in Bitcoin, the risk of these assets being disrupted will be very large. So in detail, this is what I learned from my experience selling bitcoin when the price was still not high (low).

Apart from that, coincidentally when I sold the bitcoin,  I made a small profit. So basically there is no reason for me to regret this. Because even though it's small, I make a profit.

We often experience that after selling, the price actually goes up, but I neutralize the psychology by remembering that I have already pocketed the profits from the sale, and if we always remember that it will actually arouse our greed. Therefore, it seems as if everyone experiences it and we must be able to respond to it for our future progress, so that we can always maintain our psychological stability.

op It is normal for those of us who work in crypto currency to have such regrets because when we trade in crypto currency many times we see and maybe hold for a while and get a good profit but we sell before then so many regret. But we can't hold on to crypto currency for life, at some point we have to let it go, so there's no point in regretting it. Many times we sell them for the sake of our family, but we still feel regret.

I indeed sold my Bitcoins because there was something more important. But I could have managed that money in another way if I wanted. But I didn't care too much about it and thought Bitcoin wouldn't recover anytime soon. But, I didn't think that I would be selling it at a huge loss. This is the main reason I am saying that I regret selling that. There was a time when I was gambling as well and losing my bitcoin again and again and wanted a permanent solution. I wanted to lock my bitcoin for a certain period of time and found an article online that has a tutorial on how to lock my bitcoin using coinb.in. I remember that o_e_l_e_o helped me a lot in a thread regarding how should I do that. Off-topic but Leo is too ill for now and he may leave us anytime soon.

i have a great regret of selling my bitcoins years back when i build my physical business i sell my bit coins and invest in a restaurant.

That’s one area of we need to be aware of there is actually nothing someone can do when your dear needs coming knocking and the only funds you have to turn to is those invested into bitcoin that’s why we see many investors selling at a loss, not that they planned to do that but emergency arises. Personally I will advice any one who try to invest into bitcoin to use funds they are not going to need for at least a minimum of 6 months or year. That money shouldn’t even be part of your savings.

While investing into volatile assets like bitcoin it is even better to have an emergency investment aside bitcoin again, not that you will save all in bitcoin because you think you don’t need it but at least half should be invested into fiats so one can fall back to it at time of emergency. This buys more time for bitcoin before one runs out of option. Also it is very ideal to actually take profits as the market grows and diversify them into another asset too, this reduces unnecessary pressure on selling of bitcoin just any time

Nice play! I like the way you are trying to rekindle hope in people, but do not also forget that some opportunities if lost can never ever be regained again. This is why we should do the needful at the right time and stop the mindset that there is still time, my friend, time is not waiting for anybody. Those who purchased Bitcoin in 2012, you can't ever compare them with those who purchased it this year, or do you think those who purchased it this year can still be able to actualise the potential of Bitcoin like those who purchased it in 2012? Never. Those who purchased it in 2012 have the better advantage and some might still be having a substantial amount of Bitcoin by now. While some had bought their dream car and house with it, or even started a flourishing business with it, or diversified their portfolio with some other assets and properties.

Do you think it will be easy now? Well, what I believe you should say is inform or encourage them that they should take heart and that they can still make money through it but it can't be much. This is emphatical enough as far as I am concerned. Except for those who are trading and good at it. The amount to be made through Bitcoin can't be as much as before whether we like it or not, that is the missed part and the most painful part at the same time. But as it is, let us continue to enjoy the little opportunity we can make from it while it lasts, after all, it is better to gain little than not to gain anything at all.

Very tough situation if you are really that having those kind of moment on where there's nowhere that you could really be able to run on which you would really be likely be that spending on the money
into those investments you do have. I've been into this situation on which i dont really have no choice but to deal up with that tough situation on which you do know that you do have the money that could be used
and there's no other way that you could get those fundings then it would really be that so hard that you would really be just ignoring even if you do know that you do have the money and we are talking
about our loved ones on here on which it is really just that normal that we would really be spending up for the sake of our loved ones and money would really be just second in priority.
This is why when it comes to regrets then i dont really tend to look back on what i have

i have never regretted selling my bitcoin because i used the money not for something useless but for my various needs which were a priority compared to my investment. moreover, i didn't sell it all, only a few portions so it didn't have a significant impact on my investment portfolio, and if i wanted i could recover the amount when i get more money in the future, so it wasn't too much of a problem for me.

I think every investor have feel regretted selling their bitcoin unknown to them that the market will increase which they felt so bad for missing the opportunity of gaining profit.  Normally investors usually sell their  bitcoin at of fear beginning of their bitcoin journey, when the market is still strange to them. And sometimes while some people sell their bitcoin is as a result of solving financial challenge and when they see how the price of bitcoin added value they regret the opportunity they miss.

If we really need it and don't have other funds for needs that we can't postpone, of course there's no harm in selling some of the Bitcoin we have in order to fulfill what we really need, because if we still choose to keep Bitcoin and don't fulfill what we need. we need it. I think this is very wrong because we have collected it so it is natural that we use it because we need it.
Yes, of course we won't sell everything we have, of course we will sell it according to what we need and will also reinvest when we have income to replace what we have sold.

If you invest in bitcoins you have done a very smart thing. If you can keep bitcoins now for few years then you can get many times more profit after few years but you have to wait for long time. Investing bitcoins is very safe i  I think that's why I choose Bitcoin most of the time. You can never make a profit by investing in Bitcoin for a short period of time. So you have to try to hold Bitcoins for a long time.

Some of a time I'll remember my bitcoins and ask for my self what if I hold all my bitcoins maybe now I have a lot of money but I don't regret it cause I'll sell it by porpuse I'll use  it to buy some of my needs in my house like smart TV refrigerator and washing machine and many more. So in short selling Bitcoin is it's up to us if we gonna sell it because we are too scared of price but ik the future we will regret because the price is doubled or even trippled.  But if you sell your Bitcoin is porpuse then you will not regret it .

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I was one of the folks that sold too early before the 2021 bull run. I regret it but can I do anything with that? there's no rewind button for the mistakes that we made and that's why we just have to carry on and move on with that mistake along with the lessons that it has. I am sure that it's not only me that have done some early selling in the past for some certain things that we need. Although I can say that it was able to sustain my need for that sale, it's still a different feeling if I am still holding those BTCs that I've sold.

I'll just use the term BTC but it's not as whole as it was but it's a big amount already for me. So with everyone who's managing to hold it until now, don't be hasty and wait for the right time. But if some unforeseen things happen and you're required to do the sale, you'll have to do it no matter what especially if it's between life and death so you choose life and just restart somewhere else or if you're not required to sell everything that you have, that's what you can do and choose to decide.

definitely have, who has never regretted selling Bitcoin at a cheap price if you look at the current price of Bitcoin. I even sold Bitcoin that I held for several years. sell when Bitcoin reaches the price of $30k before the final ATH is reached. That was a pretty high price in my opinion, but it actually jumped to $68,000. it makes me regret selling early. If I had just held it for a few months I could have gotten a high price. But now that's just a thing of the past, now just focus on collecting bitcoins and selling at the next new ATH.

I don't regret selling Bitcoin when the price is low but it is not unusual to regret it when the market is bullish. Because if we could hold till that time then we would get more money with Bitcoin. People sell bitcoins for two reasons, one is to fulfil their basic needs and the other is to get a chance to sell at a higher price than if they bought at a lower price. Those who sell bitcoins to meet their basic needs will have no regrets in selling bitcoins but when someone sells bitcoins for a small profit there can definitely be regrets in selling bitcoins.

Great post op! I definitely regretted selling some of my stash which was around half of its value sometime back though it's alright since I didn't really lose anything and just missed out on bigger profit.

I feel for the people who sold their BTC when it was far lower in value many years ago honestly speaking.

I can't lie, I really regret that I sold half of what I got from my campaign fees to meet my needs, if I still held that then I would have had enough bitcoin, but everyone has their own financial difficulties and I sell to help with my monthly expenses, if I have enough income to cover my and my family's monthly expenses then I don't need to sell half of the bitcoin I get.
In fact, every Bitcoin holder must have a target price at what price he will sell his Bitcoin because that is what investment is needed for, if he doesn't have it then the investment he made is in vain.

This is something that you wont really be able to easily forget on the time that you have missed the opportunity on becoming rich on which you would really be keeping on thinking
with those "What if?" kind of line into your mind on which this is something that most people will really be thinking and imagining about being rich with those previous holdings but its true
that this is really that situational because we do know that its never been something simple on making decisions yet who doesnt really like on becoming rich?

There are really indeed situations on which there's no choice but to sell out those tokens for good specially if its an emergency where life is at risks then you wont really be having those
kind of doubts when we do speak about family's safety or whatsoever those kind of situation on which you do see that it is really that something that you would really be
needing to make such kind of decision.

When you sold Bitcoin, I don't know what you sold it for. But if you sold bitcoins for your own luxury at that time, it is normal to regret it. And if you sold for your family problems or some important work then there is nothing to regret. Let me tell you, if you are ready to invest right now then you can start again. And by investing in Bitcoin you try to hold for the long term. Long term investment in Bitcoin will never let you down. Because Bitcoin is one of the most high-value currencies in the crypto market. You have proved it yourself through your regrets.

Probably, you regret the first time you sell your bitcoin since you still don’t realize how valuable it will be in the future. And I believe a lot of us have been through the same situation but as we keep on buying and holding, we realize that selling is not actually a wrong move, we all need to sell to be in profits, even if it’s only small profits. The thing that we should be regretting is that if we sell at a lower position than what we bought it, it’s really something that will make us frustrated at some point.

Agree. If we sold our Bitcoin for something unnecessary, it is normal if we will regret it. But if we sold our Bitcoin for urgent needs, we mustn't regret it because we have done the right decision. So, it depends on what the purpose of selling the Bitcoin and what for the money got from selling it. For example, if there is our family member who needs money because they want to go to the doctor, but we only have the option to sell our Bitcoin. I think selling Bitcoin is a must in this situation. We don't want there is a bad thing to happen with our family members, so we must help them by getting the money from selling the Bitcoin.

First of all, thank you.
I completly understand you, my case it is very similar. But you know what!  WE still have time to correct our old mistakes by HODLing !!!

Each of us has a story about how he sold earlier than he should have and the coin began to rise. For some it was Bitcoin, for others it was Ether, this is not so important, the most important thing is to understand what the mistake was, why there was such a decision to sell earlier, draw conclusions and never repeat it again. First, we must gain enough experience to be able to retain and increase even greater funds in the future. It was difficult to understand then, but now when you understand it all, it becomes easier.

Although I have known about Bitcoin for a year but I have come to the Bitcoin forum for less than a year. I don't have any memorable events that I currently regret. But I regret it now because at the moment I have to sell bitcoins to pay for the family sometimes. Because we know that bitcoin will generate its new ATH very soon if I can hold the bitcoins without selling then I can make a lot of profit during my bitcoin new ATH.

Like my experience in the past I thought Bitcoin would not be this great, plus at that time unstable needs required me to take advantage of every profit that had value to cover my needs. We often come across many stories of regret due to selling Bitcoin early. However the past is still the past and from there we can learn valuable lessons to be able to restrain ourselves and have other anticipations such as looking for alternative income other than investing in Bitcoin in the long term. Everyone now has their own investment plan and their own method for continuing to have a share in holding Bitcoin.

I don't just sell my Bitcoin needlessly there must be cogent reason for the sale thus I have no regret for selling some of the coins, there are times when I had exhausted every possible means to get some fiat to pay for some bills, buy important stuffs etc I had no alternative than to resort to selling some Bitcoin via P2P, of course if I had I other means of solving those financial needs yet I didn't utilize it rather sold some of my Bitcoin it would have been a big regret to me, moreso it is a privilege to among or being a Bitcoin enthusiast it has opened a door of opportunities for me and solved a lot of financial issues that I had no other means of solving.

That's easier said than done these days since BTC price is pretty high due to which it's quite tough to purchase even a single BTC and HODL it for the long-term. It's a whole lot easier for whales basically.

That's completely understandable. I do the same whenever required honestly speaking and it's what most crypto investors do.

Nope.

Instead, I am so proud since I can buy all the things I want and especially my needs without asking money anymore from my mom since I was 20 years old. We're not rich, not even in the middle class, that's why I knew that she appreciates it big time that I'm helping her with something. Bitcoin is money, since we should convert it first to fiat for us to pay our bills, buy foods, clothes and other things that we need.

I don't spend it on my wants, but mostly on my needs so I don't regret anything 'till now.

Sometimes it appears in my mind "What if I hold my Bitcoin until today, I may be gonna rich already". But honestly, I do not regret selling my Bitcoin in the past because it was also used for some important things. It is somewhat to say that not all the time we just hold, sometimes also we need to let go for some reasons. Maybe, if we only knew that Bitcoin would reach $60k, $50k, or at the current price, I was certain that many people would hold but because we're not, we simply just take the opportunity given while it still has high value.

Well, crypto investing is not just all about holding but also selling, so we don't need to regret it unless we sell it low.

Oh yes I definitely regret my decision of selling my BTCs back in 2017-2018.

Back in those years, 0.0075 BTC was only around $5-$10 at that time. I was earning that amount of BTCs weekly from different campaign signatures and I used those money in order to purchase study materials back in college. In hindsight, I should have definitely saved at least 50% of those BTCs as I was not expecting its price to reach our current price of ~$41,000.

Moral of the story: Always anticipate that the price of BTC may increase in the future. Given that there is another fork happening in a few months from now, it is definitely recommended to HODL your BTCs either for short or long-term investment.

I have gone through it all... I sold some too early, I had to sell some too early and I lost some or got some stolen many years ago. It wasn't that big of a deal, but still very painful. However, if I look back now it probably cost me an invaluable fortune down the road. When some of my BTC got stolen back at the time, I was so frustrated that I turned my back on Bitcoin (and this forum more or less) for quite some time. I also was offered a new job, quite well paid and I thought it would be safer to take the opportunity, stick with the job and save that way. In retrospect, I sold some of my BTC too early. Some of them because I made a bad decision and some of them because I needed some liquidity.

But there is nothing you can do about the past. The hack was stupid as I am IT literate enough to set up the required security measures, but it was negligence on my part. The sale of some BTC, I sometimes think about that but I guess I am one of countless of people who would now say they sold way too early. It is also a question of the overall exposure and where someone is coming from.

If you are filthy rich, then you are probably less likely to run the risk of selling early. There is no need to take those 200% or even 500% ROI when there is enough of a monthly income stream to live a great life. But for someone else, like me, I couldn't ignore these ROIs. I couldn't ignore it because from some other minor investments I had, I was used to making some % here and there and I wasn't a penny stock trader or something like that.

So yes, I sometimes do regret it, but I am not in a bad life situation. I can't complain. I think there are people who feel worse sometimes, especially when they face some financial obstacles that they would otherwise not be facing today.

when you sold your bitcoins, you probably needed the money badly. And it is best to sell Bitcoin in times of need and use the money without any regrets later. Because after you solve the present problem and survive, you can later recover losses of your past. So you should never regret selling something if necessary.

i used to hold XX BTC back in  mid 2016. after beeing down for almost 2.5years i finally break even and 3y after my first purchase i was up about 50% on my initial investment. Even though I alrdy understood its potential i decided to then cashout on my initial fiat investment and keep only my profits in. meaning i had sold about 2/3 of my btc holdings. through the bullmarket in 2017 i managed to collect some more satoshis but never the amount i used to have. Do i regret selling? yes. I didnt need the money. i didnt need it for school, no one got sick, i had almost the same amount in FIAT on my bank account laying around. i sold my btc with 50% profits after 2.5y of waiting just for it to do 2800% the following 12 months lol.

Today i could have sent most of my family into retirement instead im here still hoping to one day get back to the BTC amount i used to hold via altcoins but all it essentially did was burn more btc's lol. If it wasn't for my early investment in BNB i wouldnt be close to break even but more like down a lifechanging btc amount

For everyone else who used to hold btc and hat so sell them all or partially, if it changed their life they should not regret it. Thats the point of it to change people's life. wether that be surgery costs cause you live in country without healthcare for everyone, or a house property business opportunity whatsoever doesnt matter.

I think its important to not overleverage urself into it, if you're young like i was back in the day, it might still be a good idea to just go all in now , even if it wont work u still have ur entire life ahead of you. But if you're 60 and u always dreamed of owning a house or whatever and couldnt do it till now unless u sell ur btc, its completly understandable that one might think about selling his precious btc.

Yes, if you look at my journey so far, then I will regret selling the bitcoins I have so far. However, in the course of life, we have conditions that make us sell the assets we own to meet life's needs, and that was the decision I took at that time. Although I regret it, it will not happen again. So, all I can do now is try to collect it again, and try to hold it again for a long period of time.

This is the Only regret that keeps lingering in my mind up to now , not mentioning my losses in ICO and IEO , not telling my losses in some shitcoin i bought and sold at losses, but yeah when I kept selling my Bitcoin back in 2018 upto 2023 now I completely regret those days.
that if I kept all of those(not spending in gambling) maybe I am more than 5 bitcoin richer now but year need to accept that reality yet I cannot erase completely in my mind, promising not to do it again as a reminder for me.

Same here on which i did make active sells and dont save up a partition of those coins on which considering on how easy to earn or accumulate 1BTC on that time on which i might be able to save up
but well past is past and there's no way that we could really take it back and it is really that hard to turn back the time. Well into those times which Bitcoins price is still cheap on which accumulation a whole coin
would really be that easy but now in todays price and that ATH then we can really be having that kind of regrets that we should have save up more into those early days on which we have started.
Most of people on this forum does have that long experience into this market and seen out this Bitcoin journey.

For those who had missed out that golden train then they would really be trying to catch up their luck with those new altcoins and this is why they would really be trying to catch up
with those cheap prices and this is why it would really be ending up on getting rugpulled and bagholding tons of shitcoins. This is why its better to stick
to Bitcoin for long term aspect and some L1 coins in the market too on which it would really be worth on holding too.

Yes many times I would say. I have always sold the Bitcoins when I am in need of emergency money. Else I never sell Bitcoins regularly. After selling the Bitcoins, I notice that always Bitcoins have gone up. And for that I regret that, If I would have sold it later in time, then I could have made some more cash from it. Nevertheless it’s human nature, we never gets happy with the things we have, we always wants more.

I guess for every newbie, we all have our first mistakes of selling bitcoin at a wrong time. Not because we need urgent funds, but because we really think that it’s the peak of the price and the best time to sell bitcoin. But afterwards, bitcoin price continues to move upward leaving us regretting why we sell earlier.

It’s never bad to regret but one thing is important, we should learn a lesson from there. And realized that bitcoin has unlimited price increase, we just have to determine whether there are factors pulling or pushing the price itself.

Yeah the regret is always there but priorities will be on top specially if it was well spent for the family's needs. But yeah as long as we're here with Bitcoin it is always possible to fill those gaps.

Sad but true mate, Sometimes I asked why when after selling my bitcoin the price will grow and brings sadness to me but kept happening and nothing we can do because we need money and have to pay bills and to eat.
so what can we do but to sell and regret tomorrow as how many times we have done this.
at least you know what thread are you posting? we are talking about regression here and not of how and when to buy.

Sure, I had bitcoin when price was 100 dollars, but I decided to buy coke.

I have regrets when I used to only focus on trading Bitcoin but always didn't leave any money to specifically buy Bitcoin to save for the long term. But that's in the past because in the past few years since the bearishness started after the last halving I started to learn how important it is to have bitcoin to keep for the long term. So I started always setting aside profits from trading to accumulate bitcoins using the DCA method. And I continue to do it every time I have a profit from a trade. And now I am happy with the steps I have taken. because anyone here who has started accumulating since the price was below 17k will definitely feel the pleasure I mean. But because the goal is for the long term, I choose not to care too much about the multiple returns that already exist in my portfolio and stay focused on trading and my DCA.

I think it is not a wrong decision to sell Bitcoin, but when the opportunity to buy Bitcoin comes again we are not taking the right opportunity. If one needs fund or not, but if good profit is getting then selling would be right.No one has ever seen a complete top in any season. The current price of Bitcoin has not reached this point due to constant upswing, but rather the Bitcoin has always fluctuated in its value. A good investor is one who waits for a low price again after making a good profit and buys Bitcoin again when the opportunity arises.

People who didn't sell Bitcoin at $67,000 compared to those who sold Bitcoin around $60,000 and bought back when the market dropped below $20,000.I think those who sold bitcoin made a better decision than those who still hold bitcoin. This means that those who are buying and selling are at a higher profit, while those who are holding are at a lower profit.
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If he has sold the bitcoins because of his need, he has done the right thing. If he has sold the bitcoins without any urgent need, then he has done the wrong thing.  We have to wait for a long time. But after investing, I think it is natural that we have to sell the invested bitcoins if we face any big danger.

That’s the disadvantage if you don’t have a stable flow of income, you will most likely sell bitcoin most especially if you are having sudden financial problems. However, no matter how often we hear advice like saving for emergency funds, I guess people still find it hard to follow. We may save at its first days or months but eventually we end up using the funds.

Thankfully, we have bitcoin on one hand that can save us from having financial issues. But it would bring more advantage to us if we can hold our bitcoin and only sell it when it reaches our target price. Such easy to say but actually hard to follow when you’re actually hodling bitcoin.

For me it is normal when beginners do it because they don't know how bitcoin can increase to infinity or they just want to try it for the first time in bitcoin so selling so fast even though the profit is, for example, 20% and then after selling the price goes up it is clear that there is a solution and can be a lesson for those who are beginners.

From the beginning of regret they will learn how important it is to hold bitcoin longer, I think that they will do in the future to get better and analyze quickly carefully about the next profit target.

If you sold bitcoin to solve more urgent and important tasks, why would you regret it? Suppose if you don't have bitcoin, how will you have money to solve those urgent tasks? Therefore, there is nothing to be sad about selling bitcoin, bitcoin is only valuable when it can serve our lives better, not something that can be held until death without using it. Furthermore, we will always be able to buy back bitcoins whenever we have the money, so I don't regret selling my bitcoins.

I sold my Bitcoin and purchased ETH, but then the price of ETH dropped. Subsequently, I regretted this decision and sold part of my ETH to buy back BTC, only to see BTC's price drop as well.

Wrong move at the wrong time~

If I did not do anything, I think I can rest on the beach now

Every so often threads with similar questions appear to be asked by newbies and the cycle starts again. The newbie gets a few merits and members start posting versions of events that might be economical with the truth.

I think most people do at some stage have regrets but it is a fact of life. Those that are able to easily move on and look forward to what else could be achieved in Bitcoin (as they participate in campaigns or buy small amounts of BTC regularly) probably have a better chance to enjoy what comes next. Having regrets will not help anybody unless they use that regret to ensure they do not repeat their mistakes.

Beginners who invest in Bitcoin generally only choose the safest assets. they are not afraid that the project will fail like a new project. So when they see profits in a short time, beginners tend to panic sell. Problems may also occur when there is a significant price drop.

more beginners are making Bitcoin purchases without a price target to achieve. they make purchases on the exchange and hold them until the price rises. there is no market analysis or time frame planning for their internship. provided a satisfactory price is achieved, they will sell Bitcoin.

regret will be felt. but at least they should have better planning for future investments. and they will know what to do when Bitcoin dumps or pumps.

Nope. I didn't experience that.

What I experienced is that, I regretted "NOT" selling my Bitcoins. That happened on 2021 where the bull market started. I'm holding Bitcoin and some altcoins at that time, and I'm constantly watching the market going up. I have a mindset at that time where I say that "I will continue to hold it, and will wait for the next bull run." To cut the story short, I didn't took the profits that I might got if I sold all of my tokens during the bull run. I think I was x3 or even x4 at that time already. I can just buy it during the bear market, but I made a wrong decision.

Well, it's a lesson learn for me. I will sell all of my cryptocurrency holdings when the bull run starts, and I will never regret selling those Bitcoins because I can just buy it when the bear market starts. There's nothing regretting when it comes to selling tokens especially your Bitcoin.

True, but if we make use of it wisely—as you mentioned, in an emergency—there is nothing wrong with it as long as we understand that we are in dire need of the money and that selling your bitcoin is our only viable alternative. Of course, you also need to believe that this will truly benefit you in your life. Since time cannot be stopped, conditions will always arise. Nevertheless, we should be grateful that, even in the worst of situations, we can always sell our bitcoin and use the money earned to potentially address our current issue.
Though we may come to regret it later, we can always start over, as we never know when we might hang onto our Bitcoin and end up with a larger profit.

Selling my Bitcoin has never been a decision I regret, as each transaction served a purpose dictated by presing needs or essential financial goal . I approach Bitcoin with patience, recognizing it potential to surpass its current value by leaps and bounds . While the thought of having sold it for less than its peak value might sting  momentarily, I understand that my decsions were driven by immediate requirements . I refrain from impulsive actions in the Bitcoin market , confident that its true potential is yet to be realized , and any past transactions were essential steps in navigating the evolving landscape of digital assets.

Bitcoin just a asset and life if all of yours. you can survive without bitcoin became there are many asset available to maintain financial conditions so bitcoin is not only your financial backup. so if you are sell your bitcoin to manage your emergency moment then it was not any wrong decision then. but if you sell your bitcoin for your bad habits like gambling, drugs etc then it was your big mistake to sell your bitcoin. do everyone's matter is not same

Life is full of experiences and priorities that extend far beyond the price of Bitcoin. Selling it to navigate life's curveballs, whether it's a medical emergency, a family celebration, or simply a well-deserved vacation, is not a sign of weakness or failure. It's a testament to recognizing the intrinsic value of living a fulfilling life, one that transcends the digital realm.

The concept of "hodl" has its place, fostering patience and long-term investment strategies. However, clinging to an asset forever without considering its role in your broader life goals can be detrimental. Bitcoin is ultimately a tool, a means to an end, not the end itself.

Bitcoin is, at its core, a form of currency is crucial. Spending it shouldn't be viewed as a betrayal of the cryptocurrency revolution, but rather as an opportunity to unlock its potential and integrate it into your everyday life. Every purchase made with Bitcoin strengthens its use case and paves the way for wider adoption.

And let's not forget the beauty of Bitcoin's accessibility. Selling it doesn't mean burning bridges; it simply allows you to re-enter the market when the time is right. The ability to buy back in, to adjust your holdings based on your evolving needs and aspirations, is a powerful advantage unique to this digital asset.

But selling it due to urgent decision and at that time is a bearish moment. It still hurts. Getting less cash than usual will certainly make people feel regret, even if they manage to maintain their appearance in order to remain a strong person.

If that doesn't make you the least bit sorry, it's probably a very small amount compared to your main assets. Or maybe you are in a good mood after winning the lottery or something.

The point is, normal people will still feel a little regret if they sell it too cheaply.

Regrets is there if we do make out some calculations into those coins that we have bought,accumulated into those early years comparing these things as of this moment.There's no way that we could really be able not to look back but well just like been others saying that past is past and there's no way that we could really be able to take it back. This is why it would really be that important that you should really know
on how to move on and deal up the things on whats in front of you. Experience would really be the main thing that you could really be able to gain and would be able to make use into your future endeavours.

This is why it would really be that important that you should really know on what you would gonna do and make those targets or goals on which you could really be able to make yourself
that having at least the idea on what you should really gonna do with your coins not only limited to Bitcoin but also in other top projects as well.
It would be hard on not to diversify if you do really seek for multipliers.

I honestly believe every cryptocurrency enthusiast was once in this situation and if the purpose of selling your Bitcoin is due to emergency needs there's no reason for regret because at some point some situations or things we find ourselves in are more important than what we wanted.
If the market uptrend after you sold your BTC is the reason why you regret your decision, the current phase of market correction has paved the way for you to make up before the rally market starts.

When bitcoin was created, most people didn’t really know its worth, so some people who bought it sold it early. They never believed bitcoin was going to be so great in the future. If you made the mistake of selling your bitcoin so early, then you have the opportunity to buy it back. If you keep on looking at bitcoin, complaining that the price is already high, then you will end up regretting why you didn’t buy it right now because you think the price is already high. If you have made mistake previously and you are regretting, you shouldn’t make another mistake which you will end up regretting later in the future.

Yes I have been in that situation myself. It's not as bad as the guy who bought pizzas for BTCs, because after eating the pizza there was nothing left of his investment. My story is a bit different, I came to crypto currencies back in 2016 when I was trading a lot of CSGO skins. And bitcoin was the cheapest option to get the money out of the skin exchanges online. After looking into bitcoin I used it exclusively, but my problem was that I never really stored the Bitcoin properly. It was just another tool to quickly transfer money back into fiat money. It's really sad thinking about if I had kept every single Satoshi that I earned over the years and never sold a single one until today. Unfortunately we can't turn back time and we need to live with the mistakes we made. The only solution is to learn from our mistakes and to not repeat them.

In so many times I have come across some people who sold their Bitcoin and they regret about it because they have not understand the basic concept of Bitcoin before they sold their Bitcoin, some people always be in the haste to sell their Bitcoin because they have seen the price of Bitcoin dropping in the market and do the panic to say and after selling they began to regret because, bitcoin price have appreciated so that is why so many of them do regret selling their bitcoin whenever the price of Bitcoin increases above there expectation

Are you talking about Laszlo Hanyecz who bought 2 pizzas for 10k bitcoin? Why call it a bad move when he was the one who confirmed to the world that bitcoin could function as a currency? I bet if you knew about bitcoin at that time, you wouldn't even believe in bitcoin, let alone you would invest in bitcoin and hold it.

It's unfortunate for those who sold their bitcoins too early, but if it weren't for those who made those first bitcoin transactions. I think we will not have a prosperous bitcoin market like we have now. Therefore, we should thank them rather than criticize or ridicule them.

And I won't blame you because you won't have a problem and you have funds and you do not want to sell just because you want to invest I might not know the nature of your emergency but an emergency is always something that is serious and if not for that I know you would not have sold it and that is why they said to get another means of income to make your investment journey smooth because there is always one thing or the other that you need money for so, if you have a job and a side hustle then you will hardly take not of your investment. wow I know exactly how you feel, the only thing is that if the price comes down a little you can still buy. you will still make your gain when the time is right, you don't have to feel bad.


I know there will be people who no matter what the situation maybe they won't sell and they have denied their self-access to their wallet and access and they will rather go and source for money when they are in need than sell, and I feel every have the limit they can reach for somebody like me if I have and am in any kind of situation I will sell because I would not want to take a loan when I have bitcoin. the way we are different so are our personalities and we all handle situations differently. but we should learn to be disciplined and try as much as possible to hold. it will always be heartbreaking when you have already sold it out and surprisingly maybe when you sell that is when the price will even start going up.

Yes, it is very painful to think back to the past when Bitcoin was available to everyone.  And then it was not so expensive.  I would have given it away now if I had them there would have been a lot of profit.  I wonder why I sold them then.  But Bitcoin was once much cheaper.  But now it costs a lot.But a few days ago, the price of Bitcoin dropped a lot.  So the price of Bitcoin will never remain constant.

I really like this sentence "time is always on our side" but there is one thing that is still gray "luck is not always on our side". There are many unexpected expenses that need to be prioritized when needed over maintaining Bitcoin such as paying hospital bills, paying accident compensation and loss of main stream income due to a company going bankrupt or being fired from a job.

Maintaining Bitcoin is very important as long as there is no urgent need for money, but the reciprocity of the two needs to be maintained, if there is no other way, selling Bitcoin will be better than selling vehicles or other assets such as houses. There is nothing to regret as long as the decision taken is in accordance with the circumstances and needs being faced, sometimes you need to change your investment plan to prioritize other more important things.

Honestly speaking, Yes! I had some regret but then I realized that it was part of the evolution and I have done my part to further push the others to invest because it is always a domino effect just like the other guy who bought the Pizza. You just need to know that whatever is not yours will not ever get close to you and whatever is yours will come to you no matter how far you are. As simple as that and you gonna easily move on with that scenario. Most likely what I'm doing right now is light investment with bitcoins because I'm not rushing it and as long as I have some bitcoins in my wallet, I'm completely fine, and maybe someday, I'll be able to get my rewards from my patience.

Imagine been stuck in a situation where you can't get out so easily cause there are no other options than to sell, What would you do? Sell. We face different situations and circumstances at some point, in the end we can always make up for it by that I mean, is to seize the opportunity when its right before us to buy and hodl.

That's great that you didn't think twice about buying for that amount. If that happens to others, I'm sure they will regret on why they are late, that there are better buying price than it. This can result for them to wait instead because they also know it's possible for the price to go down evenly. But what if not? Their regrets will only grow. Anyway mate, since you already have an experience of buying Bitcoin at a not so low price, why won't you do that again?

We aren't still in the bull run and there is a chance for the price to grow huge. Also, the price of Bitcoin right now is only retailed at $41k, which was still lower than your selling price last time.

This certainly isn't the first time this question has been asked in the forum, but anyway. At some point, we've all sold some bitcoin. It's inevitable; you can't keep holding it forever. I'm not going to regret what I did five or more years ago; it's of no help. I've certainly made some mistakes that could have been avoided or could have been handled better.

The most recent sale of bitcoin I did was in late December 2020 to early January 2021. I sold approximately 0.05 BTC. The sale was somewhat of a failure; I sold too early and pumped in the upcoming few days. I don't regret selling them because I reinvested that money into staking and made a decent profit that's still reinvesting through Binance's Launchpool, but I regret panicking and selling at the wrong moment; had I waited a few more days, I would have sold for a significantly larger amount.

Selling bitcoin because I was forced to meet emergency needs, I think this is understandable and there is no need to regret it. Because in fact, in this situation, you are actually saved because you @Nrcewker have bitcoin in your wallet. Imagine if an emergency situation comes but you don't have any bitcoins to sell. Then it would definitely be much more difficult. So in this situation you should be grateful because you have bitcoin that you can use in emergency situations.

And it's true what @suzanne5223 said, that most of us who are crypto fans must have experienced the situation you are experiencing. You don't need to regret it and you just have to take advantage of the current bitcoin correction to collect it again. And start over.

i regret not buying them... i was just kid... that is really sad!

humans fail...no one has the power of clarividence. Theres no shame in that. Please forgive yourself and move on.

However, when one made a mistake he or she will ever want to bring an excuse so the he can justify him or her self.
I would say that if one sells his or her coins because he or she do not have an emergency funds, that might be because he or she didn't save money for emergency cases. As one can not tell when there will be a problem that will make them to spend money it will be more better if they start saving money for emergency before thinking of hold and accumulating bitcoin.
Moreover, not everyone can understand the meaning of having an emergency funds but it is good to do so because it will help an investor in to hold more longer than selling earlier because of some slite money situations.

You cant help but consider missed opportunities. I too have contemplated my early investments and what-ifs. It unites investors. You're right - the past is closed, therefore we must look forward.

I've learnt that experience is the best teacher. Each decision - good or bad - teaches us and shapes our financial methods. My trip has taught me the importance of setting objectives and targets. Its important to know why we're diversifying between Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Are we spreading risk, following trends, or trusting project fundamentals? Clarity has guided me.

I favor a balanced approach. We must combine our expertise with a long-term strategy. Whether its Bitcoin or other projects, each move should go toward our aims, never forgetting why we're playing. When done well, diversification is about developing a resilient, adaptive portfolio that matches our growing investment philosophy, not just finding multipliers.

This will depend, actually on what you sold your coins for. Was it worth selling your coins that moment but if is not then it is regrettable because Your investment on bitcoin would have improved. Investing in coins, is a long-term investment that requires patience to yield. Most times it's regrettable selling your coins but such situations are meant occur in other to gain more experience since their is more chances and opportunities to still invest in bitcoin those regrets can be useful.

I don't get it why people would regret selling their Bitcoin?
It is same as asking did you regret spending your money?
If you need to buy something then buy it, if you need to sell something then sell it.
People take profit from selling their Bitcoin or maybe they have other reason for doing it.
But surely they did it because they need to or they want to.

Well, if you are one of the long-term holders of bitcoin, even if you are not a rich person in the field of crypto, if you have a goal 5 to 10 years from now, you will save Bitcoin through DCA is for sure in those years of your goal you will be able to save a large amount of Bitcoin if you do it weekly.

And it's also true what others say that those who sold Bitcoin now because of impatience or carried by their emotions are also sure that in the end they will always regret it and for those who think that maybe they are too late, I can say that it is not yet they are late to accumulate Bitcoin.

regret will continue forever if we keep looking back, it hurts, yes it hurts but what has been sell should never be remembered again, consider our fortune only at that point, and after it is sell let's look for bitcoins again to collect and target at the highest price what we want

You're right. Some people who sold their bitcoin were not patient for the long term, they simply bought it to profit quickly because when they heard that bitcoin was increasing, they rushed to buy because they wanted to profit quickly rather than keep it for the long term, which is not how an investment should be, because anyone who invests cannot simply sell anything they invest in without making a significant profit. You can't just benefit from bitcoin without being patient, and it's all about the long run, but I've seen some people sell their coins for whatever reason because they can't sell them, such as emergence. other individuals simply sell because they are unable to take risks. Because people will be thinking that if they leave the currency for too long, it will most likely drop and they will lose, and no one can forecast how bitcoin will be in the next 5 to 10 years because it can increase and decline so quickly is just to apply your knowledge and profit from it.

Right, we should learn to be disciplined but selling Bitcoin for an emergency purpose that needs attention is not an act of indiscipline, and the people you said they won't touch the BTC while they also denied themselves access to the BTC wallet. They already have plan B for settling things that have to do with a financial emergency.
Let's be sincere, if someone has an investment plan and you don't add an emergency financial plan there's no way the person will achieve their investment plan.

Totally situational and this is something that we can blame all the time if we do speak about spending our coins because there are really that situations or conditions in life on which it is really that important on saving up
rather than on saving up your coins specially if you dont have the funds left for you to make use of or simply doesnt have any choice. This is why we cant really totally blame out someone on why they have sold out their coins and not be able to save up. Well there are really things in life on which we cant really be able to control no matter how well we do able to make ourselves loving on saving up for long term
but there are really situations in life on which we cant really be able to avoid.

For those who do able to save up then its a good thing and something that beneficial but for those who havent then it would really be ending up on having those kind of regrets but just
like been said but if it is for the sake of our loved ones or important things in life then it wont really be that much of an issue and we can
easily move on.

If an investor allowed an emergency to arise with the sale of bitcoin (probably with losses of varying degrees), then this only speaks of his lack of foresight and strategic errors in planning. There will certainly be some regret here.
 
Every normal investor should have such a plan B to solve emergency financial problems in order to avoid violation of the investment plan. Which will undoubtedly again lead to losses.

I would say that such a person has no place in investing. This is not child's play, as many believe, and requires a serious approach to any other business related to money.

Those people who sold thier bitcoin, maybe there is something important need that they spend or convert it to cash and that BITC was  well spend and serve its purpose.Bitcoin is a good investment but if you have played well and profited from those ups and down, its a best decision you have made.

If you're looking at things financially speaking only, of course you could say you regret selling your BTC.  Who knows what would have happened though.  If I didn't pay off my house and held my BTC instead, what other things would have happened in my life to potentially destroy my BTC holdings?  It's easy to look back and say you'd have more money now if you did this, but you never know the butterfly effect of some things.  Sure, I wish I hadn't spent thousands of BTC on retail purchases and bills back in 2011-2013, but who is to say if Bitcoin would have been a success without early spending, or what the effects of not making those purchases would be.

No one regrets selling his Bitcoin holding in the early years, even if he remained a Bitcoin holder until one of his ATH times, and indeed, Bitcoin prices from 2011-2013 were golden investment opportunities. Still, there are requirements and life circumstances that differ from person to person that may force him to decide on a sudden sale without his desire. Each of us has his own life and the necessary supplies to continue life. Indeed, whoever has been able to hold Bitcoin without selling large quantities of it until now is a fortunate person, or perhaps he has an additional source of income sufficient to pay for all of his life’s affairs without touching a single piece of Bitcoin in the long term.

Naturally, no one knew that Bitcoin would have achieved all these successes now. The vision of its future was almost blurry in the past, and the people who spread negativity and FUD were more than the positive ones. Indeed, the consequences of not making these purchases would have been dire, but the good thing is that Bitcoin is not devoid of opportunities, even if its price seems high now. Let us say goodbye to regret and thank the past for the lessons learned from it.

Good point.
Everything we have done with consideration does not need to be regretted because in the end it is an absolute decision for us and the most important thing is how we do after that.
The past is over and we just have to focus on what we have gathered now. I don't know if this is an expression of regret or not but certainly I personally have even almost often sold bitcoin alone but I don't really experience regret about it because I already got the benefits I expected before and until now I still think that it is an important thing because apart from it being an experience, things like that are also memorable for changes in my life so I wouldn't say I regret selling my assets at that time.

for me, it's normal that we have regrets especially when we sold our bitcoin hodlings but I just thought that all the bitcoin that I  sold went to the right place and didn't run out anywhere. I really regret every time I remember that day, especially now that the price of bitcoin is so high. Well, past is past, the important thing is that I have learned what to do and prepare the actions to be done in the next years that will come with bitcoin.

Regret is never something bad and it is all about understand why we are regretting for the decision we made that might not worth it. Once we understand different ways we can make money from investment, we would always look for opportunity to balance everything. I had regretted about selling my Bitcoin as a price that does not worth when I should have made a fortune from Bitcoin investment. That teaches me to be always patient whenever's I am planning or have the intention to sell my holding. We might not know what could happen in the future that is what we needed to be calm and make decisions that would not make us ever regretting.

But it shows how difficult the market can be for investors. You never really know the perfect timing for buying or selling. I didn't anticipate that Bitcoin would drop in price again now and I thought it would keep the positive momentum and rather head towards $50k than towards $40k, but again it came to be different than what I expected.

That is why DCA is a good approach for everyone who wants to be in the market and not be too concerned about single buying decisions. It's the best approach I guess unless someone has a lot of money and wants to get in with a lot of money.

When you look at your Bitcoin history and how much of Bitcoin you might have withdrawn or spent, compare that with the current Bitcoin price, you would be wowed at what you might find but, either you should regret? I think not!

Why should you regret in what could have been an only option at that time. What could you ha e dine differently? Was there really a different way?
If there was then, it becomes something regrettable but in the event that they wasn't another way, I think you could look at yourself and see reasons not to regret about nothing.
Your welfare would be just the reason for your spending and that's why you are investing. Having to spend the little you could to keep up with yourself isn't something regrettable.

If we regret what we have done, of course this is a good thing for us to learn from so that we don't make inappropriate decisions in the future and we have to correct this so that we don't make the same mistakes in the future and will do more. Well, when we decide to sell, of course it has to be in a situation that is profitable, unless we really need it and don't have other solutions that can delay us from selling it.
It's true that we don't know what we will experience in the future and we have to decide what we will do under conditions that can truly benefit us.

Many people are regretting what they did with their bitcoin; some are regretting that they sold it at a loss since they didn't think the price would grow to this level. Many people are regretting their actions regarding bitcoin, but some people are still regretting the fact that they were unable to buy bitcoin early because they believed people could lose money while they invest. If anyone sold their bitcoin because they had to sell it quickly to pay for an emergency or to solve other problems, they shouldn't have regretted it because buying bitcoin has conditions that can result in both gains and losses.

We should let the past go by because, in my opinion, many people who sold their bitcoin early are still considering the current price to invest. We should try to learn from our mistakes and buy now while there is still a good chance to do so. We are still in the right time, so let's be patient and buy so we can hold for a long time.

 
You are correct that life cannot be returned, but you can recover by purchasing more bitcoin. This is a wise decision. However, I would advise you not to depend only on bitcoin and to have another source of income as you may sell it even at a loss. If you have another source of income, still, you won't have to sell your bitcoin in an emergency, which will hopefully prevent us from selling the bitcoin we hold.

If we don't have a reserve budget to live our daily lives, it will be difficult to keep Bitcoin from being sold when we need money. That is why it is highly recommended that when someone invests in Bitcoin, they must also have savings for daily life, because if we need money or when a recession occurs, there is no need to sell the Bitcoin we have so there is no regret when the price of Bitcoin soars high. We are the highest authority who controls investments and sells them, but when we are unable to balance our finances well, investments are the only income we have so that when we need money we will sell some of the assets we own.

The market will always be dynamic and uncertain regarding rising and falling prices, so we need to take several steps so that the investments we make do not encounter problems regarding fulfilling our daily lives. We determine the time for investment and we will also try to hold Bitcoin until it reaches a significant price increase or in other words the next ATH.

There could be regret and there may not be any regret depending on the gravity of the emergency and how important it was.
Nevertheless, the only regret that I believe will be here will be the investor not having provision for funds to take care of the emergency.

This is the reason why it is good to read investment books that provide an insight about to make good investment plan.

Lol. That doesn't mean he/she doesn't have a place in investment the person just lacks the needed knowledge and I believe everyone was once on the same road before learning from it.

Regret will depends on situations as if you are selling your bitcoin for emergency purposes which is essential for life then you will be thankful for having bitcoin and will not regret for your idea of selling it but if you sell it without using money in useful thing then whenever there comes a time when market show increase then you will regret for what you have done in past.

One should keep some fund for emergency but who knows that what amount he will need during emergency so sometimes it become a responsibility of individual to use the amount of investment. I don't agree with the idea of people who say that not sell your invested amount during emergency because life is more important than money as money can come back but life never.

The legends in bitcoin supposed know that bitcoin is volatile in which you can sell it at anytime if your need. If your needs fall under the time when the price is down, it is your choice not sell or not and if you sell at that time, you don't have to regret because if you want to keep it and wait for the next bull before selling them it is your choice but you have to look for a way to settle the need at hand at that time.
And that it is good to invest in two or more projects. If you invest in altcoins it might be beneficial to you because they are not volatile like bitcoin so you can use them to solve the problem at hand and keep hodling the bitcoins.

Apart from that, it will seem like we are not moving forward if we only think about the decisions we made in the past. We should accept this and try to be better. If we look back now, of course we will regret a lot of what we did at that time.
In addition, the circumstances at that time may also make us pressured to sell the bitcoins we have collected, and think that we can easily make them back. However, we are aware that as time goes on, it will be difficult to accumulate such value again. However, we must continue to move forward, and learn from our past.

Thanks for this comment. I feel that sometimes I'm so afraid about buying and buying that I forget that we just own it to have more freedom and good moments with the ones we love.

I think that we know the first part, but forget frequently the second one

But the "be better" part of the post is an important when we are talking about investment strategies and long-term approaches to mastering a market. My first lesson was to refrain from trying to catch certain price points and to time the market. As soon as people engage in this day trading, they either have all the time in the world to analyze the market 24/7 or they will often times lose out eventually. Trading your holdings back and forth hoping that you can either maximize your total BTC holdings or the total USD value never really worked for me. There were some good decisions I made and some bad decisions and it isn't actually worth it in my opinion.

Every Bitcoin I spent, every Bitcoin I gave away, was a small contribution for the expanse of Bitcoin. So no. I do not regret it.

It was certainly in support of Bitcoin when you used it to buy goods and services or in some way to get other people involved and help the network expand. But I think this question by OP rather refers to some decisions that haven't been necessary at all cost, but was done because of wrong assessments of future market movements.

I think almost everyone who has been involved with Bitcoin for some time knows what this thread is talking about. I have been wrong for sure in the past. The longer I have been in the market, the more I sticked to good old HODL.

I sometimes regret selling bitcoins to meet the urgent needs of my life when I think about it in my free time. Regret selling my bitcoins because when I invested bitcoins I wanted to hold for long term plan but I couldn't do that. In order not to prolong my regret, I started investing in bitcoins again and this time firmly decided that I would continue this investment for a long time no matter how hard times came.

We all still have a great time buying Bitcoin. If we look at the price of Bitcoin two to three months ago, the price of Bitcoin was much lower than it is now. But now when we see the price of Bitcoin going up, we regret why we didn't buy Bitcoin when the price of Bitcoin was low. Also the price of bitcoin will definitely increase from here and if we don't buy bitcoin now we will regret it again.

Here's a pro tip so you don't ever feel like this again, don't spend it all at once even if you're selling at some point because of a bull run, remember to always leave some you're not zeroing out of your investments and it's also a way to trick your brain into thinking that you're not regretting what you're doing or that you're going to feel bad about selling your bitcoin because you've got an excuse that you still have a bitcoins left that you can sell in the case that the price goes up again. My first time investing in bitcoin and selling it for profit is probably the first, a lot has happened from then on but I definitely regretted that because I was selling when it's still in the middle of the price going up and I could've made more if I just waited but then I grew and mature when it comes to investing and knowing myself that it's going to take time to make myself think that I'm not going to be regretting doing something with my crypto, I started to trick myself into thinking a different way than expected, it's difficult because I don't have a background in psychology so it took some theory of mine and then test myself if it works.

  If you sell at a profit, you should never regret selling. The future is inherently unknowable. You can only make a decision with the information you have at hand. Even if it does go up, how can you have known that now? At this point it’s equally likely — I’d say much much more likely! — that it’s going down. Tracking your positions after they’re closed and saying “if only…” in the financial markets is a fool’s game. Take your profits (or losses) and move onto the next trade.
   Re-reading this comment, I should have said “you should never regret selling,” period, regardless of whether it’s at a profit or a loss. If you’re losing money and you decide to cut your losses and later the market or whatever goes up, so what? How were you supposed to know that? Again, you make the best decision you can under the circumstances. You may sell and it could go down further — you could be saving yourself from an even bigger loss.

Yep.  I've written it probably dozens of times over the past few years that I feel like a complete dunce for not holding onto the cheap bitcoins I got my hands on years ago--and even more so for not believing in bitcoin and its ability to appreciate in value like it did.

But I could write pages and pages kicking myself for not being bitcoin-rich.  Instead, I'm just going to say that when it was worth $200-500, $1000 seemed so very far away.  And then when bitcoin finally reached $1k, I thought there would have to be some apocalyptic event before it ever reached $10k.  And then it reached that milestone, and all was relatively well in the world.  After that, it still seemed far-fetched that $50k would ever be a reality....and then it was.  I don't think my thought process and skepticism was so out of whack that I ought to be flagellating myself, but just looking back at what happened vs. what I predicted, I just want to forget about all of it or at least not think about it too much.

And then threads like this pop up.  Thanks, OP!

I have read many stories about why people sold too early or did not hold on to their Bitcoin for longer. We all made the same mistake for different reasons. I am one of the group that sold early too but there is no reason to keep kicking oneself over it.

Looking back, I remember when Bitcoin reached $1000, I never thought I would see it reach $10,000 (that seemed far away) but it happened and now I am thinking I'll probably see it reach $100,000 one day therefore there is still time to reap benefits if I invest wisely ;D

The lowest level of Bitcoin price I witnessed is something around $120, you can imagine selling BTC0,1 BTC at that time was just $12 and when you look today it is $4112 approximately. For sure I am disappointed and regretting selling with $4000 loss but when I do a transaction that's mean I need it at that time and life is opportunities to take or let go, just pass and don't look back.
I assume everyone who joined early are regretting selling his coins at a cheap price but it is life after all and we need to do that.

I hope that $4000 you could have made is not going to hold you back. I like the fact you have that positive outlook on life. It has happened therefore let it pass and do not look back, there will always be opportunities out there but you have to find them and when they are presented to you that all important decision has to be made: to invest or not to invest

And another all important decision that cannot be avoided and has to be made by all investors: to sell or to hold

You made a call at the wrong time, I made a call at the wrong time and many of us did it. It is life.

The OP managed to get 5 merits and considering he had received tags for trying to buy merits and using AI, he did well because does not deserve them. I will unwatch this thread now.

I have regretted on one or two occasions, last December I sold some of my holdings to solves immediate needs after two days of my actions, bitcoins rise very high and I regretted but what kept me going is that, I remembered that I didn't take such action I wouldn't have solve that problem because it was an urgent situation that needed to be attended to, I just thought of something though I have replace the said amount of bitcoin that I withdraw from my holding but one thing is for sure, once one is alive opportunity continues coming, is just for one to be ready at anytime to embrace it, let make sure we keep emergency fund aside so that withdrawing our investment wouldn't be a final option to go for.

Yep, it's the common regret that most of us here share. To be honest my selling reason is a bit unworthy, imagine selling my bitcoin before to buy an iphone that I can't use to this date because of it's old generation. It's a mistake that make me regret as I can still remember the number of bitcoin I sold before for that iphone, the worth of it on this date is tremendous. Well, we should just move on and accumulate bitcoin as much as we can as there are chances that bitcoin can hit $100k.

I think it really depends on the situation: if someone decides to sell its bitcoin for a quick profit and maybe a few hundreds dollars, then yes, I would say you need to regret that. On the other hand if you sold your bitcoins because you actually needed money for whatever reason (school, medical reasons, buying a house, etc etc), then I don't think people should regret that, they've been spent with an actual reason, something that you needed to do.

I think that Bitcoin will reach 100k in this cycle, we have not yet reached the halving, but at the same time we were almost able to reach 50k. After the halving, the growth will continue, this has always happened and I am almost sure that the same will happen this time.

Until this moment, I probably would not have sold my bitcoins. By the way, I have never had an iPhone and I’m not worried about it, I know that I have Bitcoin, which I will keep as long as I need it, because in the future, if of course I want it, I will be able to buy as many iPhones as I want.

We feel regret because we saw the price of Bitcoin keep on growing but many years ago, we felt worries about its future and decided to sell them earlier as possible. I see that negative thinking mostly influences us all the time, especially when a crisis comes.

Even though we talk about holding as the key to success, it is out from realization as people still sell their Bitcoin. I'd think that selling is normal because not all are long-term holders, some are impatient, and some always live in doubt which is pretty hard for them to hold.

Oh yes, I regret it every time I think of how much I have sold for any amount. Always wanting more is in our nature as humans. Recently I am definitely kicking myself for having to sell a few hundred dollars worth just to make ends meat and have all of my bills paid. It was a very sad day indeed but I have to do what is best for my family. If I don't pay the bills I get penalized in some other way. I think the trick is to figure out how to truly HODL and find your money engine so to speak: your business your money maker, whatever that may be, use that to live off of and bank the rest > and don't forgot to stack more SATS  8). If you don't have one build one, if you don't know how to build one then google it LOL. We have no excuse these days! Don't forget to believe in yourself, positive thought mixed with belief is the secret sauce and your future successful self depends on it so don't be lacking in any of that!