Your Worst/Unluckiest noob mistake with BTC

[Acidman]

Tried to see how much I could get for all of my coins on gox and accidentally hit sell at 90.04 now they are at 98

[freedomno1]

Sold some at 97 today as the market starts its revival back to 130

[lukemarshall]

^^^
Too early to tell on that one Mate!

[jaromil]

Knowing about it in 2009 already and thinking it wasn't interesting enough to waste electricity and CPU on it.

[aurefos]

Knowing about it in 2009 already and thinking it wasn't interesting enough to waste electricity and CPU on it.

That's my biggest mistake also

[S110RE]

luckily my biggest was buying just beofre the recent crash but managed get rid of them all bar 1btc, so all in all im still in a +ve . I tend to play with money im prepared to lose. So im enjoying the ride so far

[eretron]

Not believing in it earlier....

[mrtg]

I certainly regret not investing more into BTC back in 2011 when I started mining. But I don't see that as a mistake -- back then, I made my calculations, and decided that a sum of X was what I was ready to risk on this venture. It's always easy to hit yourself over the head when looking at the past, but when you are in the moment decisions are all about managing risk and reward.

To put things into perspective -- right now the price hovers around $100. It could go up to $1000 next year, or it could go down to $0. How do you invest? It's the exact same spot you were a year ago when the price was $10 and then it went off the charts. All you can do is carefully evaluate your own situation and decide how much is too much. One thing though -- watch out for scams, they do seem prevalent in this community (like any pioneering "wild wild west" place); I feel sorry for everyone who fell in pirate40's trap, just keep alert!

[za8bit]

Same as most people, knew about it since it's beginnings and didn't believe in it, could've been a millionaire now if I invested 100 $ in it before, I also mined for a bit but gave up and lost the wallet, again, thinking it wouldn't really go anywhere, if only i would've taken the risk 

[bitleif]

Another one: forgetting to switch to the "sell" tab in Mt. Gox, so accidentally buying instead of selling <facepalm>

[Cyberdyne]

Bought high. Crash. Sell low. - Repeat x3. Lost only about $1k but that's a lot to me. I have terrible luck despite watching clark.moody before trading.

Happened to me. Bought BTC when it was $255, and then the crash happened. I didn't sell. I invested in cheaper bitcoins to bring my average down.

You are indeed a wise newbie. Hope you managed to catch some near $55.

[Coinbanker]

i sold my most of bitcoins very cheap a year ago.  5$ for each.

[ThatBitcoinGuy]

i sold my most of bitcoins very cheap a year ago.  5$ for each.

Ouch!

[sunshine_sid]

leaving too much fiat and BTC on Bitcoin-24

looks like I have a fair chance of having it returned but the stress was unwelcome.

[Lorren]

Not getting into it when I first heard about it.

[darkry]

Sold my 100BTC back when they were worth 5$ each. 

[Cyberdyne]

Sold my 100BTC back when they were worth 5$ each. 

Yeah in that respect I missed out on the boom too. I once had 17,000 BTC but most of them sold for $5.

[pintoo]

biggest mistake is spending the money on mtgox

[lysr]

I often succeed in cutting gains but fail to cut loss

[Inedible]

I had ~400 coins between Pirate@40 and Hashking T-T

~6000 here -.-

To have a time machine to go back and kick myself in the balls, I had faith in bitcoin back then I should never have handed them over to anyone (There is a lesson here newbies, If your coins aren't in your wallet, they are not your coins)

I will probably never have near that many again.

-Blinded by greed.
*back to quietly licking my wounds*

Sweet Jesus.

It'd be worth your while finding the guy and getting them back or offering a bounty of half your recovered coins to someone? Heck, why not create a thread and offer that bounty here. I'm sure someone looking for up to 3000BTC would be happy to do it.