Well, this is not so easy either. There could be a fire where you keep it. I have my keys in two different places but I have a very small amount. If I had 7,000 Bitcoins I would have several hardware wallets and the keys in several places, including bank safes.

Besides, having so much Bitcoin in my case would mean that I would also have millions in real state and in the stock market, to give just two examples, so if I lost the keys to a hardware wallet that had, say, 1,700 Bitcoins, I would still have another 5,200 plus a lot of money, more houses, stocks, etc.

Bu how is he gonna turn those gift cards to real money

I totally get what you mean; you know, buying bitcoin so cheap that it's almost like you're just buying play money. Sounds lovely, ain't it?

But mate, you gotta be very happy getting in THAT early. I'm guessing most of us here came into this space at 2016/2017 or later. You had a 4-year head start! and 4 years is a pretty pretty sizeable amount of time.

Hi, There is one guy in paxful and he is constantly selling btc for xbox or microsoft gift cards. Why would he does that. What's the reason for that. He's just selling for gift cards but nothing else

Meaning you are one of those people who are pioneer about bitcoin if you found out bitcoin on that year, however you are also one of those people who said that bitcoin is a joke and you lose your interest way back then. Because if you have entrusted bitcoin from the very start then probably you are not regretting on what the bitcoin has done on the past years especially this year. You may regret that thing but always remember that your time may come soon so better don't bother on thinking and regretting those memories, maybe it would be a lesson for you so that next time you will not regret on what you have been done.

You missed the pump in 2013. I think, there is nothing wrong with that, because at that time most people were trying to avoid cryptocurrency.
Very few people used to hold or use crypto. At that time there was very little positive news about crypto. So it is not uncommon to miss the bullish candle of 2013-17.
But what about now? Did you able to catch the bullish trend of 2020?  I hope you caught the 2020 train. If you can't, then it's really mater of shame & unfortunate for you .

Well, the funny thing is, many (tech avid) people I know asked themselves late 2017 how they could have missed the Bitcoin train all the years. In early 2018, they were very happy they missed the train and almost forget Bitcoin again. In late 2020, same people asked themselves again how they could have missed the train again A never ending loop.

Why do you think so?

Where have you been all this time
and as a holder, then what have you been holding for a long time, apart from bitcoin for example?
There are a lot of changes, and of course I'm sure you will be the holder because you already know that when you come back things will get a little out of the ordinary.