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I am sure that 50 BTC back then wouldn't have sounded very surprising to them either as it does for us today.
Just keep accumulating as much bitcoins as possible so that we can be called as the early adopters by the younger ones in the future.
50BTC or even 100BTC a few years ago did not sound surprising. Now hearing just 1 BTC there are a lot of people interested,
and it will be a huge amount of money.
It's indeed a matter of time and price of Bitcoin itself
See the list of Members who donated to the Bitcointalk Forum at the time,
50 BCT and 10 BTC were quite small amounts when they donated,
but it was something amazing.
https://bitcointalk.org/donate.html
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At the end of the day all any of us can do is make the best decisions we can with the information we have at the time and i try not to dwell on the past or beat yourself up over it. You took a reasonable action back then that made sense given your situation. Sure you think about what could've happened, but that kind of speculation doesn't really get you anywhere. But you also know playing it safe isnt always a bad call either. It's about finding the right balance for your own needs.
The decision in the past was the best decision, even though some people say that their decision to sell was the wrong decision because they did not hold back in part.
Being in the past when I had a lot of Bitcoin and selling it at a very good price at that time did not make me regret it.
It was a journey and experience that shaped me to this point in the crypto space, getting better and better.
And yes, all this is about finding a balance, no one will be satisfied despite getting more profits.
Those who have been able to hold until now, have gained tremendous profits and are great enough to be able to hold up to the highest ATH.