A painter received $50 worth of bitcoin on June 2013.

[lienfaye]

Good thing she still remember that she has Bitcoin and didnt forget the keys to access her wallet.

Another success story of holding Bitcoin for years, from 2 digits value now it's worth 5 digits. She's lucky and thanks to the person who gave it to her

Probably the sender didnt also expect the value of Bitcoin that she gave to the painter to reach this high. I wonder if the sender still own some Bitcoin from the time she paid the painter, and if she also managed to hold up to now.

[DapanasFruit]

I would consider this another "windfall" story where luck and time are working together to make the lady painter gained a lot...with just $50 worth of Bitcoin many years or in 2013. That year will always be remembered by this woman for the lifetime. Well, that is life...many times we are surprised to see and hear myriad of amazing stories - including of course with those related to Bitcoin or cryptocurrency. I guess we should be applying for any available painting jobs these days and make sure to be receiving crypto as payment - and yes I am just joking.

[inthelongrun]

Wow! Great story! Good thing that she is not into cryptocurrency thing or she might withdraw it earlier like most people into investing. I believe blockchain.com offers accounts but under their custody. Many exchanges and email providers are now gone. And she did manage to keep her email and password for nearly a decade. That bitcoin was really meant for her and she deserves it.

I started purchasing bitcoin when it was at 3 digits price but I sold most of them when it reached 4 digits. So now, I am back on the drawing board. 

[KaliLinux]

Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/alispagnola


This video was uploaded in early 2021. It was an exciting story and I want to share it here.

This is another way of showing how early investors or believers received their part of cake from their investments , though this sounds like not really a trust but an opportunity and experimental? yet that said painter is a double digit richer now .

and maybe as she continues to see the future? then keeping the said bitcoin will bring Her more confident as the price will continue to progress if she will look deeper to what is bitcoin all about and how this works for betterment of the system and the market.

This is good news and more so for the painter but this might not have necessarily been so if she probably understood Bitcoin from back then in relation to your early adopter's beliefs. Just take a look at the market and how quickly people dump their hodling any time there is negative price action in the market. A good number of early adopters most have also sold the hodlings long before now cos as we know, she didn't even remember she had it but it is a good reminder that HODLin is KEY with BITCOIN.

[worle1bm]

This is really amazing that how $50 turned into really big amount for her after couple of years which she had completely forget about.This shows that how much profitable bitcoin is for the early investors and happy to see that she met the person also in Vegas to thank him and making her life better with that amount.Now if she had sold or even do it now she would make lot of money so believe in the power of btc and your luck.

[Leviathan.007]

There are many 'if' words to say about her story, she was a very lucky person to receive this much bitcoin once she received the bitcoins she could never imagine the price of bitcoin because even the most greedy people will sell the money they got for free when they get a good chance, so we cannot blame someone for selling the bitcoins that this price, however, if she could hold the bitcoin for years and years she could get much more profits over the free bitcoins she received by an accident.

[Lanatsa]

This only is an example of contentment and been patient. She didn't no anything about bitcoin before and she decided to collect it. She didn't mining anything bitcoin and she had got one. I congratulate her for been patient.

Not really that patient but pretty much sure that she had just recently know or been aware on whats the current price of bitcoin and remembered that she had earned something back in the past.

If you do earn $50 worth back on the day then it would be most likely forgotten if you do have other source or payment method was sent into you and with these minimal amounts on that time
for some people wont really give that kind of importance and just simply forget it.

Now, the time has come where bitcoins price is really valuable then you would definitely be coming back and trying to look for those coins.

[Vaculin]

It turned out, it was one the best painting job she did. It's also a good thing she still can access her blockchain.com account. People who didn't mind thier account since the early days forgot about it and recovering is difficult.

$50/BTC is the price of BTC in 2013. That's how fast the price had climbed to 2017. Waiting for 2025, she could get more than $60K.

Definitely, the painting that will definitely bring a lot of big changes in her life. Maybe there’s always a good reward if you tend to forget your investment for a long time and just remember it and start reaping only at the present time. Well, good thing if you are into long term hodling for bitcoin, because if that woman received another coin just like altcoin, then maybe it’s value would have dropped more and might even ne considered useless these days.

[Agbe]

 And someone has emailed her to make a bitcoin painting and the requestor has convinced her to receive his donation in the form of bitcoin. While this woman has no idea of what bitcoin is and is convinced, she just held it until last year and since we knew what was up with last year, she has checked that bitcoin wallet of hers which seems on a blockchain.com account.

This is just one of the stories of success in relation to bitcoin holding. Like, this woman has no idea of what she's about to receive as a donation. Still, after reading the explanation and being educated just through the email, she's in and held it unintentionally for several years which has blown her during the bull run and it could have gone up to $69k if she has held up to that point and sold. I have no idea what's with that bitcoin she holds now if she still has it through the bear market or sold it on high.

This is very nice, we call this kind of blessing "Miracle Blessing". That is why when we are doing something we should do with the whole of our heart, so that the day when you will be blessed, you will go home with smiling. Charity is always from the heart. After the heart then home. That is charity begins at home. She has the heart of giving that was why she was doing free painting works. Not everybody can do what she was doing.
But I have a question. If she was not familiar with bitcoin, and yet the donator sent the $50 worth of BTC, how? because at that stage she was very stranged  of the coin. Did the man (donator) open a wallet for her?
That is, she was not even aware when the the fund was sent to her. I really did not get that bolded part of the story. She did not know what was bitcoin and received it. How? who open the wallet for her?

[Russlenat]

Yeah, at least she has done some research first on Bitcoin before she accepted it as payment and then save the private keys somewhere and the good thing is that she was not hack or something if she has written it in the PC that she has been using for the last 10 years. Or probably buy a new hardware but then back up everything. In a sense she is technical savvy I would say and that save her the problems of other people who have a lot of bitcoin before but they don't know how to save it. And with that, she has a happy ending.

I think she’s just lucky that she never forget the password to his account, otherwise she won’t have an access anymore about his bitcoin investment. Well, the good thing is, she never doubted bitcoin in the first place and just keep it the whole time, and the time she remembered it, the price made her more surprised. This kind of story has always been in the forum, and it’s just so inspiring that those who never expected huge profits in the first place are now reaping a very good amount of profits with bitcoin.

[Sanitough]

And yet, there are people who have invested by actually buying Bitcoin and they have "abandoned" their Bitcoins by losing/ forgetting their private keys or deleting wallets carelessly. It's a good thing to keep stuff saved, you might never know when you will need it like the painter did. Also always good to see that people were accepting or trying Bitcoin way back in 2013, she deserved the surprise.

The fact that they abandoned their investments, simply means that they are not expecting from it and keeping would only be a waste of time or money. Well, the case with the painter is quite different. She received and keep her bitcoin for a long time, without any intention to sell it or throw it away, and now she’s very surprised that her bitcoin value had gone so far. She could have made more profits than that if she have remembered bitcoin that time when bitcoin surprised us with a very significant amount way back 2017.

[Finestream]

It turned out, it was one the best painting job she did. It's also a good thing she still can access her blockchain.com account. People who didn't mind thier account since the early days forgot about it and recovering is difficult.

$50/BTC is the price of BTC in 2013. That's how fast the price had climbed to 2017. Waiting for 2025, she could get more than $60K.

We called it the miracle of bitcoin!

i have once surprised myself by seeing my bittrex account had a balance worth $1,200 when the price of bitcoin hit the all time high in 2020 at $28,000 per bitcoin , that was a little amount of money back in when i opened the account at bittrex and left some bitcoins there it's just worth around $70 as well , i'm excited as hell to try to remember another wallet i left with some coins back in 2014 lol.

Well, for an amazing investment like bitcoin, miracles are not that highly surprising. Good thing that painter never lost her access to her bitcoin, that she patiently saved her bitcoin private keys and now it’s going to bring her a big reward. Kudos to the one who donated or payed it in exchange for the painting, that man certainly knows that bitcoin has huge potentials to reach a very high price.

[tabas]

Lucky painter lol. Curious if she handled Bitcoin properly or has no issue with the Blockchain wallet. We have seen a lot of allegations against Blockchain lately.

Yeah, that web wallet has got a lot of issues and bugs but it seems that she has held it there and had no problems as she has probably kept the credentials or saved it on the web and that PC or laptop of hers is still helpful when she has gained access on it.

However, this story would inspire others who are wondering to enter Bitcoin. Once a time a small bag would lead become rich. But obviously, need enough patience.

It proves that the little investment that one can do right now can be big someday but yeah, it will take a lot of time and patience.

While everyone seems to be focused on the receiving part, I think the hero of the story really is the person who requested a free painting of Bitcoin, gave a $50 worth of tip for it in Bitcoin, and went through all the trouble of educating the painter on how to receive Bitcoin and what it was, etc.

That's a great person.

I agree, little recognition for that guy as one of the early adopters and didn't even want an exposure to her video. I guess that we know why she didn't want to be part of the video for safety purposes and he might be a millionaire now. That guy was patient to her and has spread his wealth to her.

quite an interesting story

how lucky were the people who bought or owned bitcoins at that time,
but now it's never too late
there is still opportunity and hope.

and luckily the painter didn't lose or throw the bitcoins away,
because basically things or things that are not too important sometimes like to forget.

Not too late and newbies that have think that bitcoin is expensive as of this moment, they can look at such story and majority of us when we saw bitcoin's price for the first time, we have probably said the same thing on how expensive it was.

Wow! Great story! Good thing that she is not into cryptocurrency thing or she might withdraw it earlier like most people into investing. I believe blockchain.com offers accounts but under their custody. Many exchanges and email providers are now gone. And she did manage to keep her email and password for nearly a decade. That bitcoin was really meant for her and she deserves it.

I started purchasing bitcoin when it was at 3 digits price but I sold most of them when it reached 4 digits. So now, I am back on the drawing board. 

Very likely that she's into it and saw that the $50 worth of bitcoin becomes a hundred or two or more then she have probably sold it and regretting it at the present that she has sold it years ago. But good thing the story for her is different and amazing.

[Davidvictorson]

Interestingly enough, this is like DavinciJ15 the YouTuber who literally begged people to buy bitcoin at $1. Well, that is not bad since even as of now, bitcoin is still in the nascent stages considering its market cap. If you think 5 years into the future, you will realize that there is plenty of money to be made in Bitcoin. Invest now.

[Lucius]

If you think 5 years into the future, you will realize that there is plenty of money to be made in Bitcoin. Invest now.

It would be good for people to understand that Bitcoin is not just an investment with which you want to make a profit, but also that it is about something much more valuable than few people even understand or want to accept. Investment is not a bad thing, but from time to time Bitcoin should be used as a currency, which was its primary purpose.

As time goes on and the price of BTC gets higher, the players in this game will start to change, the small fish will soon cease to be relevant, and the big fish will dominate the entire market. Money will be earned, but those who already have too much money will profit the most.

[Marykeller]

The happy part of this story is that the said painter still remembers that someone once sends her $50 worth of bitcoin in her blockchain account around 2013.

In life, every little thing given to us by someone as an appreciation for our good deeds should be valued and kept safe no matter how small it is. Had it been the painter didn't remember her blockchain account password, that would have been a terrible ordeal that she will live not to forget in life.

This is supposed to serve as a lesson, that every little thing we accumulate in crypto, will someday surprise us in price when we didn't expect

[Haunebu]

Epic story op. The painter was rewarded in the best way possible though she should be careful with the amount if she is still HODLING it since she is easy prey for hackers who lurk around in the darkness here and there.

Many BTC HODLERS earned big money by completely forgetting about their initial investment in this manner. Lucky people!

[abel1337]

Interestingly enough, this is like DavinciJ15 the YouTuber who literally begged people to buy bitcoin at $1. Well, that is not bad since even as of now, bitcoin is still in the nascent stages considering its market cap. If you think 5 years into the future, you will realize that there is plenty of money to be made in Bitcoin. Invest now.

I've seen the story of the painter who unexpected have a bitcoin on his coinbase account before since as far as I remember it was shared here in this forum. But this story of DavinciJ15 is pretty new to me, What a move he did back then. Imagine if someone did his advise, I'm sure that he will treasure davincij15 advise for his whole life. I just saw the youtube shorts and I think above $100,000 is a good speculation since the community is hungry to reach that price point.

[tabas]

Interestingly enough, this is like DavinciJ15 the YouTuber who literally begged people to buy bitcoin at $1. Well, that is not bad since even as of now, bitcoin is still in the nascent stages considering its market cap. If you think 5 years into the future, you will realize that there is plenty of money to be made in Bitcoin. Invest now.

I know him and also followed him on his YouTube channel but I've just found that video of it too late. He's one of those that have been doing things on his own of promoting bitcoin but most likely only a few listened to his advices. Just like what he has been telling before, if people will do the same thing as what they've done before, there's still space that they can make money on it in the future.

The happy part of this story is that the said painter still remembers that someone once sends her $50 worth of bitcoin in her blockchain account around 2013.

In life, every little thing given to us by someone as an appreciation for our good deeds should be valued and kept safe no matter how small it is. Had it been the painter didn't remember her blockchain account password, that would have been a terrible ordeal that she will live not to forget in life.

This is supposed to serve as a lesson, that every little thing we accumulate in crypto, will someday surprise us in price when we didn't expect

Well, she's indebted to that guy because he insisted that she has to learn about the basics of accepting bitcoin since he's appreciating his artworks and even asked to make a bitcoin logo. It's going to be a different story if she has forgotten his login credentials for her account that contains bitcoin.

Epic story op. The painter was rewarded in the best way possible though she should be careful with the amount if she is still HODLING it since she is easy prey for hackers who lurk around in the darkness here and there.

I guess that after or before posting the video, she's got some enough knowledge already on how to keep it properly and how to avoid hackers that might randomly approach her about the bitcoin she has received years ago.

Many BTC HODLERS earned big money by completely forgetting about their initial investment in this manner. Lucky people!

We're unnoticingly doing the same thing by just simply holding although we don't intend to forget it. :p

I've seen the story of the painter who unexpected have a bitcoin on his coinbase account before since as far as I remember it was shared here in this forum. But this story of DavinciJ15 is pretty new to me, What a move he did back then. Imagine if someone did his advise, I'm sure that he will treasure davincij15 advise for his whole life. I just saw the youtube shorts and I think above $100,000 is a good speculation since the community is hungry to reach that price point.

There could be some other guys that have been doing the same thing as davincij and the same experience that hasn't been published yet just as Ali's.

[Mpamaegbu]

The painter's case is one of the few exceptional cases we've seen about accidental Bitcoin hodlers who profited. There are cases of those who lost their wallets or couldn't remember where they kept their seedphrases or PKey and as such lost every access to their wealth. However, why would the painter still want to locate the man who sent her the Bitcoin is what doesn't make sense to me. She ought to silently and quietly bask in the euphoria of her new found wealth and not expose herself.