Buying Bitcoin and hold, then you will not lose anything.
I am not down as I lost. As I have been trading(forex) and know that lose and profit are part of the game.
Using your own spare money to invest, don't loan anyone.
The key and most common reason people lose money in crypto are: they think they are expert even they just join crypto some weeks, or some months. People who have never witnessed crypto crashes and crypto winter are definitely naive guys in crypto.
I have not witnessed the crashes of course but, I was aware of the price at that time. The sudden raise in the price during dec 2017(roughly) took my attention but, I had least knowledge on crypto so was scared to spread my roots.
I completely, agree with you. I still have a though back of my mind that the traders how have been through the crash have the skill sets that I do definitely lag off. Trading on forex and crypto is not the same.
This is the reason I keep my eye and ear open here to know and learn from the experienced one.
Every thread has a discussion so deep and knowledge full that I understood there are soo many thing that we can go and explore and earn enormous knowledge. I felt like a stupid that in this 3-4 months I never channelled my time in right direction.
It is good that you felt guilty after several months, many high-ranking accounts only visit the discussion section/campaigns and then more and more of Spam.
To take an example, I have not benefited from the mining section, although it is one of the most informative sections.
In short, you can learn a lot, expand your thinking and think outside the box. don't be shy to ask questions.
Will definitely ask questions as and when I get struck.