If you had a time traveling machine, then?

[salad daging]

Forget about time machines, that's impossible and now try to be realistic about the future and what you can do now with bitcoin which historically has given its investors worth returns.

Time that has passed will never come back, we will only see it as a memory, but you are right, being realistic will be a good thing for our future instead of having to look back, even now bitcoin still provides benefits to everyone who have it.

I can't remember how many assets I sold at rock bottom in 2016, 2017 and after, but I can't regret it because I know there was no point other than just taking the time now to grow a portfolio for the future. Remember, bitcoin are still very low compared to previous ATH, so take advantage of this opportunity to get bitcoin and hold with it as long term as you have a budget for your long term investment.

We never count the total of selling bitcoin prices when they are still low, that is normal and common because selling first is of course still profitable even though it is not as high as the current price.
Develop a much better portfolio to continue to accumulate bitcoins as much as we can and it is clear that this is still at its lowest point and now is the time to buy more bitcoins as our investment in the future.

[Silberman]

If you could travel back in time today, what would you do?

First thing I will do is buy a bunch of Bitcoin which is obvious that this post is on bitcoin discussion. But there are so many possibilities that one can achieve if they get their hands on a time machine. But that is a fairy tale. If we think too much about the past, we will forget to enjoy the present. As we have seen, multiple times, that bitcoin has the ability to jump back to the top after facing some downs. So all we need to do is buy and hodl.

This is an interesting thought experiment but at the same time it is a useless one, because this is something that we are never going to experiment and it is even likely that this is not even possible at all, so like always we need to learn to live with the decisions that we took while at the same time we learn from our mistakes so we do not repeat them again, this is the only realistic solution that we have at hand, and even then there are many people that never apply these principles into their lives at all and keep making the same mistakes.

[tjtonmoy]

we need to learn to live with the decisions that we took while at the same time we learn from our mistakes so we do not repeat them again, this is the only realistic solution that we have at hand

Mistakes are good as long as you are learning from them. If you keep on making the same mistakes over and over without learning from them and improving yourself, then those mistakes are harmful. Past is past, and we can't turn the time back. So our focus should be on our future. What we can do now is to improve ourselves, rather than thinking what we could have done. If you think that you were able to do certain things in the past, you are able to do it now too. Taking the first step is always difficult, but when you do so, everything becomes easy as you go forward.

[Josefjix]

Mistakes are good as long as you are learning from them. If you keep on making the same mistakes over and over without learning from them and improving yourself, then those mistakes are harmful. Past is past, and we can't turn the time back. So our focus should be on our future. What we can do now is to improve ourselves, rather than thinking what we could have done. If you think that you were able to do certain things in the past, you are able to do it now too. Taking the first step is always difficult, but when you do so, everything becomes easy as you go forward.

Another way to improve is to make mistakes and learn from them. Traders and investors make critical mistakes on a daily basis, and while some learn their lessons, others continue to make the same mistakes until their accounts are depleted. It's critical that we understand the negative and positive consequences of our market decisions; I can't afford to lose any money right now. Every day, I work on improving and studying the market; a day does not go by without me opening a crypto-related PDF to read; as the expression goes, "practice makes perfect."

[adzino]

Yeah, guys that are saying that they will travel back to time and buy bitcoin for cheap doesn't realize that if they starts buying all the bitcoin, most likely the price of bitcoin won't be what it is right now. Maybe no one would want to use bitcoin becase most of the supplies will be controlled by some specific group of people (the time travelers) and they would be manipulating the market. Maybe after few years there won't be any bitcoin, and bitcoin would be considered as a "failed" currency and people would instead be using some other currency. Those that travelled time to buy bitcoin would lose all their investment.

[Road21Bitcoin]

If you could travel back in time today, what would you do?

Well, if I could travel back in time I will obviously buy a lot of Bitcoin, hold on to it, then sell when it peaked in the present, profit, etc.. But that did not happen, so now what? So many what-ifs, and so many uncertainties as you have said yourself but what happened already happened. We can speculate about the past as much as we want but we cannot live in the past, just learn from the regrets and lessons it holds. Besides, even if one can go back to the past, will they remember the future they come from? Will they retain the knowledge they have now? What if one single action causes a domino of a different future, like a butterfly effect? So many possibilities, but no assurances.

In the far future, this question will be asked again and the many answers will be the same, many repeating sentiments of "what-ifs" and "if only's" but the past will remain unchanged and you can only go forward.

[Litzki1990]

It is only a hypothetical matter. We can only imagine it but it cannot happen in reality. The future is controlled only by the Creator. Even if for some reason we could know the future, it would never be good for us. 
A person is getting to know about his future and he gets to know at some point that there is a big danger ahead of him then there will be an uneasiness about what he will do at that time or that person will get to know through his special power he will die after a few days then that person How will he feel at the time? That is, knowing about the future can never bring anything beneficial to people. Maybe you just asked to imagine. 
Instead of trying to know the future, we should try to know the market. We will be successful only if we know the market well.

[spiker777]

if I had a time traveling machine I would have travelled back in past to the time when bitcoin was first launched and it was free to claim with Bitcoin faucet and that faucet was giving thousands of bitcoin per claim. I would've claimed that  faucet again and again and earned more than a million Bitcoins. and then travel back to present time and enjoy my billionair life. hahaha.
the thing is there is a lot of things we can imagine and wish but it is good that we don't have time mechine. because the world would not be same if we had time mechine and probably bitcoin would not be where it is today..
but that's good to dream about. lol

[Ultegra134]

You need to realize that if it wasn’t for those selling Bitcoin at such a low price then Bitcoin might of not had the same success as it did.

Looking back the Pizza was a bad deal however it wasn’t the point. It basically proved that Bitcoin has a purpose and can be used to pay for transactions. And after that it become more and more popular. And shortly after it was used to trade goods and services.

Unfortunately, we all probably have similar deals to the pizza one. I had purchased a Minecraft account for the equivalent of $1,500 by today's standards. I don't blame myself for spending that money back then; I couldn't have known, while the most I had acquired in Bitcoin was 0.40 BTC and was spent immoderately.

Supposing I had the opportunity to go back in time, I would go back to 2018's market crash, keep myself composed, and not give up on Bitcoin. There were an abundance of things that I could have done differently, that would have changed the course of my lifetime. That was my biggest mistake—not that I hadn't bought from 2014; I didn't have the means to do so, had no card, and was under 18.

[LogitechMouse]

I want to think... but I can't think of any because at first, time travelling isn't possible (at least for now).

Those people who sold their Bitcoins at a lower price is the reason why we are here now. They showed that a new currency like Bitcoin is there, can be transferred without any third party involved, and it can be an alternative mode of payment to fiat currency. Now with the Pizza Guy, I guess he already said that he doesn't have any regrets on his decision because at first place, he doesn't know the future, and he don't know the future of Bitcoin.

Bitcoin way back in 2009 is like any other shitcoins currently. We don't know the future that's, and these people who sold their Bitcoin in the past proved to us that it can be used for whatever reason it is. Many here have said that they might've bought it, but did you know what the future of Bitcoin is way back in 2009? If you missed the opportunity to buy Bitcoin, buy those shitcoins out there. Buy those new projects out there, and see if you can do it.

Sorry, but I'm just being realistic OP so... don't mind my words I guess.

[coinerer]

if I had a time traveling machine I would have travelled back in past to the time when bitcoin was first launched and it was free to claim with Bitcoin faucet and that faucet was giving thousands of bitcoin per claim. I would've claimed that  faucet again and again and earned more than a million Bitcoins. and then travel back to present time and enjoy my billionair life. hahaha.
the thing is there is a lot of things we can imagine and wish but it is good that we don't have time mechine. because the world would not be same if we had time mechine and probably bitcoin would not be where it is today..
but that's good to dream about. lol

Nice plan but you don't have to go too far back through the time trouble machine to earn huge amounts of money from cryptocurrency.  As every exchange has an option called futures trade.  And offering 125x leverage for Bitcoin there.  So it is possible to become a billionaire overnight from here just by knowing the bitcoin future of one hour. But in this universe it is not possible to create any time travel machine.  So this is just our false assurance.  It is possible only in our imagination

[Marvell1]

I want to think... but I can't think of any because at first, time travelling isn't possible (at least for now).

Those people who sold their Bitcoins at a lower price is the reason why we are here now. They showed that a new currency like Bitcoin is there, can be transferred without any third party involved, and it can be an alternative mode of payment to fiat currency. Now with the Pizza Guy, I guess he already said that he doesn't have any regrets on his decision because at first place, he doesn't know the future, and he don't know the future of Bitcoin.

Bitcoin way back in 2009 is like any other shitcoins currently. We don't know the future that's, and these people who sold their Bitcoin in the past proved to us that it can be used for whatever reason it is. Many here have said that they might've bought it, but did you know what the future of Bitcoin is way back in 2009? If you missed the opportunity to buy Bitcoin, buy those shitcoins out there. Buy those new projects out there, and see if you can do it.

Sorry, but I'm just being realistic OP so... don't mind my words I guess.

If we had a time machine to go back to 2009, but it would also make us forget all about the present. I bet you that no one will dare to buy 1 bitcoin, let alone buy 1 million bitcoin, as many people are saying. Because at that time, bitcoin was given out for free, and no one cared, let alone spent some money to buy it. Right now, the future of bitcoin is as clear as ever, many people remain skeptical and dare not invest. Then don't say we would dare to buy it when it has no value and no clear future.

[Assface16678]

Bitcoin is such an uncertain future currency that no one can say for sure what will happen in the future. Hundreds of predictions are constantly being made around Bitcoin. Predictions were made about this valuable currency in the past as well but some have gone down in history by selling this precious currency at a low price.

Martti Malmi sold 5050 bitcoins for $5 at a rate of just $0.00099 in 2009, setting the record for the lowest bitcoin sale in history.

Laszlo Hanycez made history by being the first person to buy a product at the lowest price in exchange for Bitcoin. He made history on May 22, 2010 by selling 10,000 Bitcoins for just $40-$45.

Our forum admin sir has sold his 160 bitcoins at a rate of only $0.003 on exchange for $0.48.



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Not only here but also in the past hundreds of Bitcoins have been traded which is amazing to see today. Those who traded Bitcoin at that time are now only regretting it and those who bought and held Bitcoin at that time, it is amazing to think how much their fortunes have changed today.

If you could travel back in time today, what would you do?

If i can travel back time maybe i can make a new timeline and i will fix myself and also i would go when the bitcoin is super low then travel to present just to sell and travel back again and again like infinite money haha. In reality, I will travel back when my mom is still alive, I will cherish my mom day after day until the time has come so I have no regrets because in present I didn't focus on my mom health so I'm regretting that time and I'm blaming my self why my mom died. Sorry for the sad story, good day to all !

[Obito]

Well, it's obvious that all of us want to go back during the time that bitcoin is priced in as centavos and, we'd buy for sure a lot of it and will just have to wait until the right time comes to sell and we'd all be millionaires or even billionaires. But, I don't want to dwell in the past anymore and I know that this is just a situation discussion but then we should be moving on and it's hard to get stuck in the past and have all of those regrets get us reminded on where are we during those great times.

That's right but that's not the point of the original topic, it talks about the could've been things for many of us, it indulges our fantasies even just for awhile and I think that what OP is trying to point out here is that even if we have the machine, there's still uncertainty and we won't be able to predict accurately what could possibly happen.

[Sanitough]

Well, it's obvious that all of us want to go back during the time that bitcoin is priced in as centavos and, we'd buy for sure a lot of it and will just have to wait until the right time comes to sell and we'd all be millionaires or even billionaires. But, I don't want to dwell in the past anymore and I know that this is just a situation discussion but then we should be moving on and it's hard to get stuck in the past and have all of those regrets get us reminded on where are we during those great times.

Precisely. It’s the time when bitcoin was still very cheap and everyone can afford to buy. If I have known and believed in bitcoin earlier, probably I could have made the maximum purchase of bitcoin store in my portfolio and might have gained massive profits way back 2017 when it’s price had surged to its highest peak. But in reality, there’s no time machine wherein you can correct your mistakes. What’s more crucial is now, and take advantage of every opportunity that comes in the market so we won’t keep reminiscing and regretting about the past.

[Silberman]

Mistakes are good as long as you are learning from them. If you keep on making the same mistakes over and over without learning from them and improving yourself, then those mistakes are harmful. Past is past, and we can't turn the time back. So our focus should be on our future. What we can do now is to improve ourselves, rather than thinking what we could have done. If you think that you were able to do certain things in the past, you are able to do it now too. Taking the first step is always difficult, but when you do so, everything becomes easy as you go forward.

Another way to improve is to make mistakes and learn from them. Traders and investors make critical mistakes on a daily basis, and while some learn their lessons, others continue to make the same mistakes until their accounts are depleted. It's critical that we understand the negative and positive consequences of our market decisions; I can't afford to lose any money right now. Every day, I work on improving and studying the market; a day does not go by without me opening a crypto-related PDF to read; as the expression goes, "practice makes perfect."

Another method is to learn from the mistakes of others, I have never invested in a meme coin and when I saw the results the majority of them have gotten with their investments in those coins I decided long ago to never invest in them, a decision that probably saved myself a great deal of money, because as we know those coins can experiment periods of extreme volatility and during those periods investors can lose a great deal of their capital in just a few weeks.

[DeathAngel]

If I could travel back in time there are so many things I’d do & if I’m honest, buying bitcoin earlier probably isn’t one of them. I have done well in bitcoin, sure I could have bought earlier. If I could travel back in time though I would probably spend more time with relatives who are no longer here (sorry to be boring).

[DaNNy001]

If I could travel back in time there are so many things I’d do & if I’m honest, buying bitcoin earlier probably isn’t one of them. I have done well in bitcoin, sure I could have bought earlier. If I could travel back in time though I would probably spend more time with relatives who are no longer here (sorry to be boring).

Lol, good one mate you caught me there. When reading your reply I thought you would say something similar to buying as much as you can as the price has suddenly risen ten times since it early years. But if am I to go back I would definitely sell my whole stuff which is not useful and my little land I inherited from my dad and put it all in an investment in bitcoin but that if I knew the price is going to rise this much.

[tjtonmoy]

Another method is to learn from the mistakes of others, I have never invested in a meme coin and when I saw the results the majority of them have gotten with their investments in those coins I decided long ago to never invest in them, a decision that probably saved myself a great deal of money, because as we know those coins can experiment periods of extreme volatility and during those periods investors can lose a great deal of their capital in just a few weeks.

It is a good practice to learn from other's mistake. But the impact to the lesson will not be as heavy as what you have learned from your own experience. As long as you don't suffer from your own mistakes and learn from them, then it will have less impact to your learning and experience. Because it is just another knowledge to you. But when you are the one to face it, you will gain experience. And experience is always ahead of knowledge. People hit the iron to make it strong. This has the same concept. But you need to track your improvements too.

[molsewid]

It is a good practice to learn from other's mistake. But the impact to the lesson will not be as heavy as what you have learned from your own experience. As long as you don't suffer from your own mistakes and learn from them, then it will have less impact to your learning and experience. Because it is just another knowledge to you. But when you are the one to face it, you will gain experience. And experience is always ahead of knowledge. People hit the iron to make it strong. This has the same concept. But you need to track your improvements too.

Yes, unless you experience the same thing you will not fully understand or feel what the other person is feeling. But yes we can also learned from other people experience, and we can have an advance thinking that we should avoid this thing etc. But if I could turn back time, I will save some of the money I earned here in bitcointalk and I will reinvest it in btc. That's one of my biggest regret.