My story about bitcoin and my old friend.

[KiaKia]

The funny part is, you can introduce and teach your friend everything about Bitcoin and he or she won't be able to keep up, they might expect things to be smooth with Bitcoin, believe me, those who doubt easily are not so disciplined.

Once they find out that you need to keep nursing your crypto portfolio and it's going to take few years to at least get better profits off your investment they will run and hail you that you are a strange being, it has happened to me not once, most people that end up forcing me to teach them about Bitcojn are not serious about Bitcoin even after I thought them all the need to know.

This days don't be surprised that many people are looking for the easiest way of making money and Bitcoin does not grant wishes in a week or two.

[Ucy]

The part where your friend said it's not real actually interests me the most as I have read couple of people say thesame thing. It's possible they say so because it's intangible money (can't be touched) , they think it's not real money or were brainwashed by contents that claim it's not real. Well, you can't blame them too much. The concept of virtual money/assets would be too advanced for people or primitive minds who are used too physical assets/money, which is part of the reasons I tend to encourage the printing of "bitcoins" on physical objects. It will make alot of sense to them since they can touch and easily exchange them for goods and services. Unfortunately, nerds, tech futurists etc are too obsessed with the digit concept with little consideration for people with less understanding.  Bitcoin is more real and better than fiat currencies but alot of people would take the latter more seriously because they have their physical versions, which Bitcoin is also capable of. Besides, the physical version of Bitcoin is much better because it can be printed by anyone & has a verifiable public Ledger.



I have a question for you my friend, in regards to your expenses, are those motor bikes used for business? How about the renovated house? You see, we need alot of productive bitcoiners who can use what they made from Bitcoin for the benefit of fellow bitcoiners and society. We are building an interdependent Bitcoin Network that is independent of centralized world. When the time comes, you could rent out the bikes or house for bitcoins... Afterall, you bought and renovated them with money from Bitcoin. You could use the bitcoins earned from renting them out to pay another bitcoiner to service them when they need to be serviced, or even buy brand new ones from bitcoiners who can manufacture such. This is how we can sustain ourselves and become self-reliant rather than relying on fiat world or buying lots of bikes for just ourselves to enjoy/use without earning more bitcoins from renting out them to others. Learn from Bitcoin miners... they invest in mining equipments probably with their hard earned bitcoins, to serve the Bitcoin Network & earn more bitcoins. I have read of Bitcoiners who produce miners and probably sell them for bitcoins. Let's learn to live for others especially bitcoiners when we succeed with Bitcoin investments or works. This can help in circulating the coins within the Bitcoin economy rather than just holding them.


People I know who probably dislike Bitcoin would be surprised by the influence I have on it

[Texac]

I'm a bit confused that you are showing off the things you bought with bitcoin, like you want to show your friend how wrong he was. Going the "I told you so" route is the easiest way to make your friendship more tense and bitter.

I've never had a similar experience because I don't act like you, OP, but I had some friends message me with regrets about not having invested in bitcoin, or owning bitcoin at some point and selling it cheap.
My close friend bought a computer in 2016 when bitcoin was at its lows.

If it were me, I would do the same as OP, I would show off my friend everything, and what I want is for him to know what he missed, that he was wrong in the first place.  for those who are always doubting, we need to show them the truth, and only when they accept their mistakes will they correct themselves and change.  just like OP's friend, he's not mad at OP, but on the contrary, he's started to believe what OP says and believes in bitcoin.

[SamReomo]

Your story is a nice one because in the end your friend also accepted the fact that Bitcoin is a life-changer and anyone who delves into it will have a better life in future. I would like to thanks Satoshi once again for creating this amazing finance system for us because he has done the best job in the world.

OP, I would like to congratulate you on getting stick with your passion of accumulating Bitcoin and gaining profits from your holdings. Your Bitcoin journey inspired your friend and it has the power to inspire many other users. Anyone who invests in Bitcoin and has strong and firm faith in it will end up making a lot of money in the end.

If your friends starts investing in Bitcoin after getting inspired from your success then he will be a lucky person because in future he could also have a better life if he sticks with Bitcoin and starts accumulating Bitcoin with a long-term holding mindset.

[JoyMarsha]

Do you have the same story, I mean a close person, relative or friend who used to dislike bitcoin, and they became regretful after seeing a significant change after meeting again.

I have friends that I have been telling about Bitcoin, and they are unaccepting about the whole situation surrounding Bitcoin. They feel like bitcoin is a scam, the same way your friend did. They never believed in it. They keep telling me that am wasting my resources on what I can't feel.

Why don't I start up a business than investing in bitcoin when I don't know its future price tomorrow? I should be hoping on the impossible that bitcoin will give me profits.

That's by the way. Am looking forward to the day my bitcoin investment will turn into a success story like yours so that doubters friends who think Bitcoin is a scam will have a regretful mind that they made a very mistake of not believing in bitcoin. I know that it is just a matter of time, I will have my own story to share of how friends belittle my faith in bitcoin

[mindrust]

Maybe your friend simply isn't interested in bitcoin and there is nothing wrong with that. You didn't have to prove him anything imo. Obviously he couldn't make the same big bucks as you while he was working overseas but some people are just not good at investing at all. You should also know that crypto isn't the only game in town. Some smart people make great returns with forex or/and stocks too. There are people that make a killing from gambling. Your friend couldn't find his "get rich quick" scheme yet. Some people never will and there isn't anything wrong with that. Not everybody can be in the 1% club.

[Japinat]

Well, I don’t have the same story as yours as my friends never really hated bitcoin that much, but they were not interested either. They just don’t want to take risk with bitcoin believing that it may only be a waste of time and money, and in the end it will only turn into scam. So I never convinced them in the first place. However, I still hope  that they’ll be more open to bitcoin one of these days. And maybe by that time, I can gain some significant achievements that will prove to them that bitcoin is legit and will never be directly involved in scams.

[The Cryptovator]

Yes, it happens sometimes. When I first encountered Bitcoin, I was abroad. There were always people discouraging me from getting involved with Bitcoin, even though they didn't fully understand it. They believed that making money online and investing through the internet were things of the past. However, crypto has changed my life in some ways. I have earned a significant amount from providing marketing services, which has been enough to transform my life. I am still actively involved in Bitcoin trading, while those who doubted it are still abroad, and I have settled in my home country.

[Bazzu]

I also have experience and in the past I asked my friend to invest in BTC and at that time it was his economy
more advanced than me and when I asked him to invest in btc he refused and finally at that time I decided to invest in btc and a few days ago I met him and he was surprised because he saw that my economy was progressing more than him. and finally i told him this is my result of investing in btc. and at that time he also wanted to invest in btc, but I also told him, if he wants to invest in btc, learn his knowledge first and also have to learn about the risks of investing in btc.

[Wimex]

How incredible something similar happened to me today, I have a friend who is not a fan of Bitcoin, this morning when we were on our way to the university I told him about how good it is to invest in Bitcoin. He told me that he would not like to invest in this at all... I asked him why. And I just argue that not too long ago Bitcoin was priced at 60k and now it's oscillating around 30k values that a lot of people must have lost a lot of money and preferred to invest in stocks.

I told him that investing in stocks was a good idea, but that he should consider investing in Bitcoin as a great opportunity to earn a lot of money, I told him to see it as an investment in the future, that Bitcoin had great potential, arguing its benefits... Although you are still reluctant on the subject, you may be able to change your investment outlook later on.

[landheer]

this is an interesting story, and you are a successful btc investor and also you have proven to your friends that investing in btc is something that can make you profitable, indeed in this case everyone has a different opinion in seeing bitcoin yes maybe for some people are the reason and it could be because see people who invest in BTC suffer losses so the impact is that some people don't want to invest in BTC.

[SOKO-DEKE]

Believe that not everybody will be interested in bitcoin, despite whatever way you may try to explain it to them, because they always believe that anything online is likely to lead to a scam,so they are unlikely to pay more attention to it and find time to learn and do their own research to find out the truth. So people who easily get convinced by some people's words without finding out the truth themselves hardly have a good opportunity, especially people like your friend.
 
Many people in the crypto industry nowadays have also seen Bitcoin as a scam once before, but with time they try to understand when they start seeing their close friends or other people making good things out of it. So for your friend to first see Bitcoin as a scam and never believe in it easily, there is nothing bad in it.

And proving to your friend what you have made from your Bitcoin investment is not a good idea because he may think you are trying to mock him, which may lead him to start thinking negatively and try to take bad action against you.

[GreatArkansas]

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Do you have the same story, I mean a close person, relative or friend who used to dislike bitcoin, and they became regretful after seeing a significant change after meeting again.

Same experience as you that you met again a person got regrets, I don't have any experience with that.
But a person who hates Bitcoin before and for sure regrets it but in silence, like they didn't talk it to me again about Bitcoin.

For me, people who are telling negative things about Bitcoin must first do research and have their basis for why they hate Bitcoin, it's like accusing a person for some crime without evidence.

[LogitechMouse]

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and he admitted his mistake at that time, but that was also my motivation and I had to prove it and he also felt sorry, because he was not involved with bitcoin at that time and instead mocked him.

Do you have the same story, I mean a close person, relative or friend who used to dislike bitcoin, and they became regretful after seeing a significant change after meeting again.

None. I don't have anybody that's my relative who used to dislike Bitcoin. Those who already known cryptocurrencies actually liked it even though they lost money into it already.

I don't have a similar story like what you have OP, but I'm ready to show it to other people the results of me investing into cryptocurrency. I mean I might not have as much as what you have OP, but I think I can say that I have enough to share it to others once they will boast me, and will spew bad things about Bitcoin for some reasons.

TBH, I would like to involve my relatives, and share what is cryptocurrency for them, but the problem is not a single one of them aren't involved into investing, or not a single one of them ever think of investing into different assets. What's worse is that there are some who doesn't have any savings account still for their emergency funds that's why I'm not sharing any information with regards to cryptocurrency to them because I find them not interested on it because of their background.

Nevertheless, guide your friend now that he saw the results that you got investing into crypto, and as for me, I would still be happy to share my knowledge if there will be anybody here in our place who will be interested in learning crypto.

[LittleBitFunny]

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And proving to your friend what you have made from your Bitcoin investment is not a good idea because he may think you are trying to mock him, which may lead him to start thinking negatively and try to take bad action against you.

Why don't we think in a more positive way? That's not mocking, what OP meant is that if his friend wants to be like him, then change yourself and take the chance instead of letting it pass again. What I'm seeing is that the OP is more open to his friend and more willing to share the opportunity with him. If he wanted to show off and piss off the other guy, they didn't talk for long, and the OP didn't share his success.
For me, this is not bragging but proof to skeptics and the best advice, nothing more practical than giving them the evidence they need.

[slaman29]

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And proving to your friend what you have made from your Bitcoin investment is not a good idea because he may think you are trying to mock him, which may lead him to start thinking negatively and try to take bad action against you.

Why don't we think in a more positive way? That's not mocking, what OP meant is that if his friend wants to be like him, then change yourself and take the chance instead of letting it pass again. What I'm seeing is that the OP is more open to his friend and more willing to share the opportunity with him. If he wanted to show off and piss off the other guy, they didn't talk for long, and the OP didn't share his success.
For me, this is not bragging but proof to skeptics and the best advice, nothing more practical than giving them the evidence they need.

I prefer to think in a more negative way. That all these stories are fake and mean nothing, because they're just made up. I mean, are we all really going to sit around believing that in normal life we talk with our friends about investment and showing off how much money we made? Man, I don't even do that in real life with real money.

I hate showing people bitcointalk these days in the Bitcoin discussion because of this nonsense. My friends read all these posts, they'll think I'm one of these guys.

This is not proof to skeptics, this is proof so many posters are bullshitters and not real Bitcoiners.

[Fuso.hp]

In just five years, you've made so much progress with Bitcoin that it's shocking to everyone. Your friend thought you would be in the same state as your friend left you in the country but he did not think for once that you could improve so much in the meantime. His expectations were not the same for you that's why he directly asked you through which job you have improved so much. This is how people usually change. Some wait for opportunities while others make their own efforts.  
I don't know how serious your friend is about this, but if he wants to invest in bitcoin, help him and not only tell him the positive aspects of investing in bitcoin, but tell him everything. You tell him all the things that are likely to happen and then you can help him if he is interested in investing.

[Reatim]

there are some of them at least 2 of my friends admit that they blame themselves from not believing in what I try to lure them back then , specially in 2016 when both of them are my officemates and tries to ask them to invest with me.
then 2017 comes and they regret the decision and then came 2021 when they still did not invested.
the lesson here is never regret things that you think will give you benefits specially when you have seen this happen first time and denied the second time.

[southerngentuk]

Indeed, this opportunity should not be missed. Sometimes, when something groundbreaking happens, it can be very beneficial to get in early. This is why so many people regret missing out on the opportunity to invest in Bitcoin. Once we become believers and participants in cryptocurrencies, we can enjoy the technical and economic benefits that they bring. Constantly learning and updating knowledge. Cryptocurrency technology is constantly evolving, and we need to continue to learn and keep an eye on new trends. The world of cryptocurrency is changing rapidly, and updating our knowledge will help us better understand and realize its full potential.

[Silberman]

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Do you have the same story, I mean a close person, relative or friend who used to dislike bitcoin, and they became regretful after seeing a significant change after meeting again.

I think that stories like that are incredibly common, because even if bitcoin has gotten a lot of popularity during the last years, if we go back to 2017 or before we will see that there was a lot of awareness, but most of those that found out about bitcoin through the mainstream media were against bitcoin as what they heard about it was extremely negative, and the 2018 crypto winter did not help either, however your friend has nothing to feel remorseful about, as even if he invested in bitcoin I doubt he had what was necessary to keep holding their coins.