Looking back at the past, one of those statements gained respect over time.

[davis196]

Damn, this guy had predicted the future of Bitcoin 10 years ago. He kinda looks suspicious with all those pictures, bragging with private jets, expensive cars and luxurious lifestyle. All the online scammers brag about their wealth and success.
However, I wouldn't take his advise about buying 1 USD worth of BTC seriously. What was the BTC price back in May 2013? Several hundred dollars? If you have bought 1 USD worth of BTC back in 2013 and current value of this 1 USD worth of BTC would be 100USD at maximum.
I have had many moments, when I've missed the opportunity of making more money, but there's no point of feeling regrets. I guess that it wasn't my destiny to make lots of easy money at the earlier stages in my life.

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[Hamza2424]

One thing I don't want to be doing is been regretful, although sometimes I actually think back replicating myself as one of those early investor that actually Bitcoin during the time at which the price was very low but yet again I start to think many people who were at that time also bought Bitcoin but failed to hold because not much people actually believe that Bitcoin would get this much reputation and expansion.

Exactly, OP thinks if he had bought BTC back then he would be rich by now, no, to be rich you have to take that opportunity for granted means you have to trust the potential of it. You can do research invest a small amount and get some BTC. But the real struggle will start after buying the BTC. This is to keep them safe because at that time, many types of scams were common and one of them was sim swapping but scams like these mean the old ones are not used in the current era.

At that time, many people lost and sold their BTC and they were also regretting their decisions. But those who bought or earned BTC at that time, and forgot about it or kept it intentionally by knowing the potential, are the real BTC-rich guys. Just like this dude, who trusted BTC and was begging people to buy it, if we have done some research and know that BTC is not some ownership of this dude he will get some profit out of that buying of ours. Then we might not consider it as some phishing scam.

[TheUltraElite]

I saw what the youtube channel is all about and I do recommend people to get in early. However reading the OP I thought some things should be made clear.

There are a niche of social media influencers who in short have the habit of "showing off" or faking it and not actually being rich. They make money by promoting brands and the rich lifestyle but all that is rented or faked, targeting the younger generation. People should be careful of this.

Bitcoin will not be something that gets you rich overnight and neither will any altcoin do that, unless you hit some jackpot, and like jackpots they are unreachable.

This is why I advice people to not follow influencers of crypto-based social media because of the shill it carries. Build your own concepts and live by them and obviously buy bitcoin at the bear markets.

[bluebit25]

There are many opinions above but I think a simpler way is to look at their reactions to this story.

I saw what the youtube channel is all about and I do recommend people to get in early. However reading the OP I thought some things should be made clear.

There are a niche of social media influencers who in short have the habit of "showing off" or faking it and not actually being rich. They make money by promoting brands and the rich lifestyle but all that is rented or faked, targeting the younger generation. People should be careful of this.

Bitcoin will not be something that gets you rich overnight and neither will any altcoin do that, unless you hit some jackpot, and like jackpots they are unreachable.

This is why I advice people to not follow influencers of crypto-based social media because of the shill it carries. Build your own concepts and live by them and obviously buy bitcoin at the bear markets.

The story of 2013 is completely different from the story of 2023, as the title introduces a retrospective. Ask yourself if you heard about bitcoin from 2013 to 2014 and I admit that I am confused, as well as the knowledge resources for me to access, or the direction to access that knowledge is very different with the current social context.

I also very much agree that currently, while the media and social networks help knowledge to be transmitted well, there is still a system of false knowledge being spread. But that doesn't have much to do with what I want to talk about, simplifying the whole story and not wanting to overcomplicate, I have had happy and miserable times with bitcoin but at the end of the day I Realize I'm really stupid.

I have talked about it clearly, hoping for fun.

(...) Look back a bit on the past, but don't be immersed in that regret, how we will approach this opportunity in the present and the future.

[Z390]

We all have our regrets with Bitcoin but lucky to Davinci for believing in Bitcoin at a very early stage still I don't want to keep regretting that I have missed the biggest opportunity of a life time, life goes on, the opportunity in Bitcoin today isn't as big as the past but who are we to know what will happen in the future? A part of me still believes that Bitcoin can worth 500k in the future, so the opportunity is still here, I would rather take the risk than drowning in my past regrets over Bitcoin, ETF could get approval in the end and it will bring in more money and trust.

My advice for everyone reading this topic is to learn from it, there is no future in anything if you don't believe, if you believe that something have a chance of surviving or doing well in the future you should take the risk and hold firmly, it's investment advice that you are to invest only what you can afford to lose, if this is what you are doing why fear taking risks?

The ICO price of ETH is even more hilarious than the value of Bitcoin at it's earlier days, you would have make a fortune from buying ETH when it was first listed on exchanges years ago, I believe that opportunities like this isn't gone forever, always do your own research and make sure you believe in yourself, opportunities in crypto space is bigger than any other places in the world today.

[Chato1977]

I don't know if you still know or know this man,

I don't even know Him not until you posted this , and also i am not attracted to what he achieved because of these photos of how luxurious His life now from all of His successes in life.

and also want to congratulate Him for what he have made .

[bitLeap]

I have no regrets about my delayed investment in Bitcoin. There were several reasons why I initially missed the opportunity: my skepticism towards online investments, a lack of readiness to comprehend or learn, and no one to guide me. Despite these reasons, I stand today as a testament to Bitcoin's true potential.Bitcoin has the power to unlock more than it was created to do. I don't think anyone should be regretting why they didn't invest in Bitcoin now because it still isn't too late. You can start now any still enjoy what it entails.

It would be very naive if anyone said they didn't regret the delay in buying Bitcoin in the past. Because that's just an excuse not to admit that at that time you still didn't understand Bitcoin. Anyone in the past and having the opportunity has definitely said they want to buy more Bitcoin. So I say don't be naive.

Sometimes we need to regret the past because it can provide valuable lessons for every decision we take in the future. That doesn't mean just lamenting because you said it was too late to buy Bitcoin. Hey, Bitcoin is still available and if you still think it's too late, the person actually doesn't know Bitcoin. Because in the end we see the profits made by people who succeeded in going through a long process when Bitcoin was still cheap.

[lovesmayfamilis]

Yes, when I saw this video, and it was a long time ago, I didn’t believe it. Recently, I watched this video again with completely different eyes. It's amazing how people can sometimes predict, but we miss what one day becomes history. I never pay child support for regrets. You can't predict every step. Just do it now, when you understand the things you are talking about, so that in the future you really won’t blame yourself for regular mistakes.

[Z-tight]

We all have our regrets with Bitcoin

I don't have any regrets, i feel people who have regrets are only focused on the price of BTC and how much money they could have made if they had invested in BTC in the early days. If not that, what is there to regret? BTC is and has always been a decentralized, permissonless and censorship resistant currency irrespective of when you buy or use it. BTC is volatile and returns can be made from it, but if we all have this idea, what will happen when adoption is so high and BTC is no longer as volatile as it is today, would you spend it as a currency?

[Lucius]

What is the point of crying over spilled milk? The man (like many others) realized what Bitcoin can do for him and he (allegedly used it), and now he is using his video to promote some tokens and shitcoins and people should believe him that what he is promoting today will be successful as what has BTC been successful in the past 10 years?

Besides, who says that these planes, yachts and whatnot are actually his? You shouldn't believe everything you see, and to me all this seems like just one big deception...

[TimeTeller]

What is the point of crying over spilled milk? The man (like many others) realized what Bitcoin can do for him and he (allegedly used it), and now he is using his video to promote some tokens and shitcoins and people should believe him that what he is promoting today will be successful as what has BTC been successful in the past 10 years?

Besides, who says that these planes, yachts and whatnot are actually his? You shouldn't believe everything you see, and to me all this seems like just one big deception...

That is absolutely true, we can't trust anyone these days as more than likely he has personal motive why he's doing such move.
We also can't judge what we see on our own eyes as we don't know exactly the stories behind what we are seeing.
But in any case, we can never tell that what we predict today will be true in the near future.
We can only tell it afterwards, but you are lucky if what you are doing today will bear positive results later on.

[Smack That Ace]

And you, have you missed any opportunities with bitcoin?

As you also said, don't dwell on past regrets, so I think it's inappropriate for you to ask people about opportunities they missed in the past. We should look to the present and the future, stop thinking about things that we will never be able to fix. Bull season is approaching and we should focus every resource we have on not repeating the same mistakes of the past.

I don't like thinking about the past because it doesn't bring any benefit. In life there are thousands of things we regret, not just bitcoin, and if I have time to think about the past, I would rather think about better things.

[Die_empty]

What is the point of crying over spilled milk? The man (like many others) realized what Bitcoin can do for him and he (allegedly used it), and now he is using his video to promote some tokens and shitcoins and people should believe him that what he is promoting today will be successful as what has BTC been successful in the past 10 years?

Besides, who says that these planes, yachts and whatnot are actually his? You shouldn't believe everything you see, and to me all this seems like just one big deception...

When people begin to flaunt wealth in public, I usually suspect that they have ulterior motives. They know that people are gullible and can be enticed by these shows of luxury. They end up introducing a get-rich-quick project that ends up becoming a scam. If I had seen this video before now it would have discouraged me from investing in Bitcoin because this has been the strategy of many Ponzi scheme operators in my location. One of the reasons why I accepted bitcoin was because I was told that it was a long-term investment. People would join the bitcoin ecosystem without all these fake displays of wealth.

[posi]

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The ICO price of ETH is even more hilarious than the value of Bitcoin at it's earlier days, you would have make a fortune from buying ETH when it was first listed on exchanges years ago, I believe that opportunities like this isn't gone forever, always do your own research and make sure you believe in yourself, opportunities in crypto space is bigger than any other places in the world today.

But ETH is an altcoin and so far, besides ETH, do we have any other trustworthy ICO projects? I think we should continue with bitcoin and maybe ETH even though it will be riskier than bitcoin. Your advice can easily make newbies misunderstand that instead of investing in bitcoin or ETH, we should look for new projects to invest in. But I believe that no project will ever become like ETH, let alone bitcoin. Altcoins today are more like trash and gambling than real quality projects to invest in.

[Don Pedro Dinero]

He was one of the few who was able to take and maintain such a long-term view of bitcoin, which should teach us a lesson. Although future returns will probably not be as high as those of the first cycles, accumulating bitcoin for the very long term is something that our future selves will be very grateful for.

[Antotena]

To start with, flaunting such a luxury and expensive lifestyle online for someone who is given financial advice is not advisable. Many people might have a wrong picture of those successes; they might believe that if they just invest a small amount of money into bitcoin and hold it, they could sometimes be able to get a large profit that can get them as wealthy as their mentor, or even close to that, making bitcoin appear to look like a money-doubling currency or Ponzi scheme that gives 1000 times the reward.
 
For the regret part, I don't remember ever misusing any opportunity to buy bitcoin when I had the time, and I don't think about my past mistakes either, as I take them for what they are and also think about the negative possibilities that could have come of it, not just thinking in positive ways just because Bitcoin has made it this far. I know if there is no risk, there will be little gain, but then again, who knew the risk was worth taking back then when fewer people believed in it?
 
Join the train wherever you meet it and keep going; that's the idea. No matter the time, it's never too late to start on bitcoin.

I get scared when I see people display wealth because they invested money on bitcoin. Out of 100, 99 of them are always scammers that are just using random pictures of influencers and celebrity to scam new people that want to invest in bitcoin, I see many of them on Instagram and Facebook, anytime I see them, I will just report and move from their pages.

One of the statements I have personally pick interest in and I will love to hold into is Not your keys, not your bitcoin. Only the affected victim of private keys will understand what I'm talking about. If you have never lost a private key in your journey of holding bitcoin, no way you will understand this statement especially when you are viewing the wallet address, seeing it but helpless on how to move it.

[kryptqnick]

Wow, the video's actually really popular, I'm surprised to see 4.3 million views. But I don't remember seeing this guy before, to be honest. The video was made 10 years ago (or reuploaded 10 years ago, perhaps, but I'll go with assuming it's the original), so let's see. The price was around $100 per Bitcoin at that time, so $1 would've been around 0.01 BTC. In today's money that's $345, at ATH it was around $690. So, while a huge return on investment, $1 wouldn't have changed much and wouldn't have made anyone rich, unless the video actually isn't from 2013 and is from a much earlier time.
I just wanted to point that out.

[Ale88]

I don't know if you still know or know this man, but for me it was one of the memories when I first searched for information related to bitcoin and accidentally saw his analysis. I also used to think that what he said was ridiculous because, at that time, maybe my understanding of the banking system or the economy was too silly. The things he said at that time made me just think that maybe bitcoin is a ponzi project and hires some people to spread it.

I remember watching this video some years ago, I wish I would have known about this back in 2010 but it is what it is, I'm still happy that I managed to understand bitcoin's power after the first researches I did. And the main reason for me to invest in bitcoin was the possible future regret in case I didn't, I was very aware that there was the possibility to lose that money but the risk was absolutely worth it.

[Gaza13]

One thing I don't want to be doing is been regretful, although sometimes I actually think back replicating myself as one of those early investor that actually Bitcoin during the time at which the price was very low but yet again I start to think many people who were at that time also bought Bitcoin but failed to hold because not much people actually believe that Bitcoin would get this much reputation and expansion.

I like to think that anyone who has missed out on this opportunity still has a second chance to make their investment count because the Bitcoin market still holds many opportunities to actually gain profits depending on how serious and committed you are in making this a reality for yourself.

Yes, many people regret why they didn't buy it at the beginning of its launch, I also had that thought because at that time there was no knowledge about investing. And of course many people doubted the timing of its initial launch, many were skeptical that this was just a joke.

Yes, it's true what you say, there's no point in regretting it's better if we get up, yes we have a second chance in owning this asset, after studying it more deeply even though the price has soared too much, this is the best time to accumulate as much as you like. we are entering a bearish phase. and soon we will enter this bull phase, which occurs once every four years.

[Nwada001]

It's really amazing how there were so many people over a decade ago who actually knew the true potential of bitcoin even before it gained as much popularity as it is right now.
 
I watched the 6-minute video, and I must say the guy really saw the future of bitcoin and really advised people to take the right part. Even those who don't believe in it should at least sacrifice a single dollar in the form of a donation and lock the bitcoin with someone so they can come back to check the price after some years.
 
If there was anyone who did that as of the time of the video, which is May 2013, when Bitcoin was $100-$113, investing 1 dollar back then (was worth 0.01 BTC at least) could have given someone at least $300 with the current price of bitcoin, and if the person sold when it hit an all-time high, that would have really been a massive profit beyond expectation. There is really a chance that the OP was already a wealthy man before the time of bitcoin and could have used his wealth to embrace bitcoin. As of that time, investing even if it's $10,000 alone would have given him a fortune.
 
@bluebit25 A lot of people will get confused over your thread as there will be different mindsets based on the picture you presented. It's a case that happens on different occasions, and those luxury images were not part of the 6-minute YouTube video, which means that picture was probably taken some years after he was more successful than he ever was, so adding the link to where his success was celebrated to reference the image would also be appreciated. Reading from the comments from others, there is already some convincing fact that the guy used such luxury to promote bitcoin, which makes it appear as if it's a Ponzi scheme.