He saved himself, or BTC saved him??

[Luzin]

Please understand that I don’t like discussing my family online, but this experience has been surprising and provided a valuable lesson. It's a reminder for those who are taking care of their families without planning for their own futures. Your partner can leave you, your child can become indifferent, so always have something set aside just in case.

He was lucky to have known Bitcoin. But he is also smart because he mines Bitcoin even though he left because the price is too cheap and may focus on his work with the government. But we can't know the future, we can only prepare with a plan that may fail as well. I thought his wife was not a true life partner, so God separated them.

About Bitcoin he owns, it doesn't seem to be a plan for the future, but because of the circumstances he remembers what is valuable and has been done. So that is very helpful, hopefully he will be able to take advantage of Bitcoin. At least he can manage it so that it doesn't run out and continues to grow to finance his life.

Regarding children, it is bad that he should understand his family. He without a father would not be able to be in the position he is in today. So the best thing is to repay the father's kindness by taking care of him like he did to his children when he was a child. The things we must understand are to provide a future plan starting from you being healthy.

[Agbamoni]

Please understand that I don’t like discussing my family online, but this experience has been surprising and provided a valuable lesson. It's a reminder for those who are taking care of their families without planning for their own futures. Your partner can leave you, your child can become indifferent, so always have something set aside just in case.

True facts. I can relate to this experience because i have had similar experience to this. I dated a girl for 4 years, everything was moving smoothly. We planned dour future together, she never spend on anything i was the only who spent on things we need, housing, clothing, feeding and everything. I had in mind i planned for our future together not until she left me at a time when things were indifferent. Lucky for me those few years i invested in a tech startup and it was growing now i am a founder of the startup and things becoming to fall in place.

Life continues as long as we are still breathing. In the end, it is just us that will be left alone if things dont go as planned it. Everyone can leave but you can never leave yourself. I am happy for your uncle as well i am happy for anyone who might have been in this kind of situation before. We always come out strong. 

[SatoPrincess]

Bitcoin didn’t “save” him, your uncle was saved by the decisions he made in the past. If he hadn’t mined bitoin back then, there would be no “bitcoin saving” story, let’s not pretend that Bitcoin is a superhero that’s flying around saving lives. Bitcoin is exactly what the Bitcoin whitepaper says it is. It’s okay to accept that Bitcoin has evolved over the last decade but let’s not deviate from reality.

[As-Soon-As]

Please understand that I don’t like discussing my family online, but this experience has been surprising and provided a valuable lesson. It's a reminder for those who are taking care of their families without planning for their own futures. Your partner can leave you, your child can become indifferent, so always have something set aside just in case.

Life cycle is very difficult because no one knows what happens to each person at the end of the day. That is why it is necessary to keep some of the Bitcoin as a secret treasure, it is most important to save for the future by having a strong wallet and some money in reserve. Because Bitcoin alone protects the most privacy and helps to meet the shortage of money in the future.
Especially everyone should have savings, such as those who work in the government and buy Bitcoin with their future savings and save it for a long time, it will definitely play the most important role in protecting privacy. And the price of Bitcoin will go up from the present time to the future, so Bitcoin should definitely be ensured for the future.

[Lida93]

yeah 0.48 back then would have been very cheap but now it is almost $40k usd with the price of bitcoin now it’s really fortunate that he was able to still access his bitcoin because a lot of people were not able to do so anymore due to carelessness and lack of technological knowledge

Just while I finished reading the OP it in a way pricked me with the thought that sometimes it's a good thing to have to forget about certain valuable assets of ours somewhere to later recall about it in the future, for by then it would have grown in much value and a better gain for us. Because am very sure the man would have sold those mined BTC the very first period it grew in value to use the money to handle a pressing family needs as a husband without him thinking what the future of the asset could be today.

It reminds me of a thread in the forum that talks about how people should go dead on their bitcoin investment as it's one way to avoid FUD and panic,  so as to be able to reap great profit in the long term.

[Woodie]

Quite a touching story,  but just to add my 2cents..
Firstly, I think the accident that happened that left him physically challenged is the reason that the wife left because people of our generation think everything will be rosy not until life happens.

Secondly,  I think the bad relationship between Uncle and the kids could be that they feel he didn't fight for them to be with family, but I know for sure there must be some other reason...probably cheating Husband when he was okay and kids knew about it to the point of feeling betrayed.

As of the find from the "7970" mining rig it's a start but being a working person I expected benefits came after the accident   And from that find on his old Bitcoin address let him invest in learning how to trade things will get better for him financially.

[Zanab247]

He saved himself through his BTC op, assume he didn't have the knowledge of mining BTC would he think about some BTC he mined some years ago, that is why we keep spreading the advise to people not to depend on only one source of income because it will not going to help you in case there is an emergency.

If not that your uncle have the knowledge of mining BTC, his life would have be useless with that condition op because what is life without two legs, no wife and children around you, I guess many people will learn lesson from this your uncle experience.

[alastantiger]

His son doesn't look back, the daughter married to another man and they are out of the country. I hope we don’t end up having children who will never look back and take care of us in the future.

I don't like to get into family matters because I don't have the true story of what happened that made the family to fall apart. There's always two sides to the story and then the truth of what happened hence unless the truth is opened to the public, I don't like to get involved but what I want to say is that, when the parents treat their children rights, the children won't turn their back against them. It's always the situation of the parents being bad first to the children that makes the children turn their back against them in their old age.

Bitcoin saved him and he also saved himself because without him mining some Bitcoin when nobody believe in Bitcoin, he won't be receiving the money he just got and also if Bitcoin hadn't become successful, it would had being a waste of his efforts hence he saved himself and Bitcoin also saved him, it was a joint effort.

[Iranus]

Just while I finished reading the OP it in a way pricked me with the thought that sometimes it's a good thing to have to forget about certain valuable assets of ours somewhere to later recall about it in the future, for by then it would have grown in much value and a better gain for us. Because am very sure the man would have sold those mined BTC the very first period it grew in value to use the money to handle a pressing family needs as a husband without him thinking what the future of the asset could be today.

It reminds me of a thread in the forum that talks about how people should go dead on their bitcoin investment as it's one way to avoid FUD and panic,  so as to be able to reap great profit in the long term.

Once we call it forgetting, it means we accidentally do not remember it and trying to forget something that has no value is quite easy. But planning and intentionally forgetting something worth hundreds of thousands of dollars is not easy. How can we stop caring and thinking about our investments when we have put so much money into them and many people even consider it the only way for them to become rich? This idea sounds great and easy to say, but I bet no one will do it.

[Plaguedeath]

I don't like to get into family matters because I don't have the true story of what happened that made the family to fall apart. There's always two sides to the story and then the truth of what happened hence unless the truth is opened to the public, I don't like to get involved but what I want to say is that, when the parents treat their children rights, the children won't turn their back against them. It's always the situation of the parents being bad first to the children that makes the children turn their back against them in their old age.

You have a good point, but don't forget his wife can play like a victim by acting like his dad is a bad person or she threaten his son to not looking back/help his father, otherwise all benefit given by his wife would be stopped. Let's say, you as a son, will you choose to become poor just because you want to stay with your father? assuming you know your father is really a good man, however your mother also a good person too.

Your mother looks bad on your father's story, not on your story.

[justinlamode]

In those days when we used to discuss technology, he mined Bitcoin (BTC) in an old pool. He referred to his mining rig as the "7970." However, since the value of Bitcoin wasn't very high at the time, he just left it in an old wallet.

is this 7970 a reference to Radeon 7970 HD that is a graphics card by AMD released back in 2011? is so, the story is plausible

we have seen many times here in the forum people sharing inspiring stories that sound a bit too good to be true but this one seems really legitimate

The legitimacy of the story should not really be your problem rather the lesson conveyed in the story should. After reading reading the entire story, I got inspired and the same time convinced that I did the right thing getting involved in Bitcoin because I know that in the future, what I'm doing now might just be the best thing I could do for myself. Although I was not too happy with the aspect of the family ditching him when he needed them mots but my consolation is the fact that the man have something to survive on and will be living the rest of his life in comfort and who knows, the children may come back to him when they notice that he is living comfortably.

If this were in my country, 0.48 BTC is a big amount to keep him comfortable for more than a decade. If he even hold some of those funds in Bitcoin, he might realize more money upon the rising of Bitcoin which is something we anticipate. 

[john_egbert]

Bitcoin didn’t “save” him, your uncle was saved by the decisions he made in the past. If he hadn’t mined bitoin back then, there would be no “bitcoin saving” story, let’s not pretend that Bitcoin is a superhero that’s flying around saving lives. Bitcoin is exactly what the Bitcoin whitepaper says it is. It’s okay to accept that Bitcoin has evolved over the last decade but let’s not deviate from reality.

Agreed.
He is still the champ for doing so and remembering what he did in the past 

[Wexnident]

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He saved himself. I mean it was his decision to mine Bitcoin after all. While I know Bitcoin was the one that went up, we HAVE to stop thinking of Bitcoin as some sort of an omnipotent, omniscient god that would save the world from destruction. Exaggeration aside, I feel that's how people see Bitcoin and that's how they introduce it to others, leading them to this stupidly blind belief that they just have to buy Bitcoin and they're set for life lol.

Anyway, a prenup is probably something that'd prevent this. Guessing they didn't have one for some reason.

[hero_the_bossman]

He saved himself. I mean it was his decision to mine Bitcoin after all. While I know Bitcoin was the one that went up, we HAVE to stop thinking of Bitcoin as some sort of an omnipotent, omniscient god that would save the world from destruction. Exaggeration aside, I feel that's how people see Bitcoin and that's how they introduce it to others, leading them to this stupidly blind belief that they just have to buy Bitcoin and they're set for life lol.

Anyway, a prenup is probably something that'd prevent this. Guessing they didn't have one for some reason.

He is the hero of his own story.

And, truly, BTC is no magic wand or stone.
It's a tool to be learned , cherished and used, just like the rest.

[Donneski]

His son doesn't look back, the daughter married to another man and they are out of the country. I hope we don’t end up having children who will never look back and take care of us in the future.

Please understand that I don’t like discussing my family online, but this experience has been surprising and provided a valuable lesson. It's a reminder for those who are taking care of their families without planning for their own futures. Your partner can leave you, your child can become indifferent, so always have something set aside just in case.

I read it second to the last paragraph of this post by the OP and because very emotional. Life can decide to take a toll on anyone but in situations like this, it's one's investments can aid his/her when family and friends decides to turn their back — that's the big big lesson I've learnt from this topic. I'm happy the man finally found help from you and his investments. I hope he spends the money wisely or better still make more money from the money.

This is a wake up call for everyone here to invest their earnings today as we can't decide what happens tomorrow and also to be kind to everyone around us just like the op was to the affected man

[moneystery]

i said that he saved himself by using bitcoin. just imagine if at that time he did not think of mining bitcoin, surely today he would not have 40k usd which is still quite a lot of money. and luckily he still had the mind to secure his old wallet and did not share it with his wife who left him. man, this man is really lucky, i can say that god really protected him and gave him help when he was in such a difficult condition.

[Outhue]

Please understand that I don’t like discussing my family online, but this experience has been surprising and provided a valuable lesson. It's a reminder for those who are taking care of their families without planning for their own futures. Your partner can leave you, your child can become indifferent, so always have something set aside just in case.

True facts. I can relate to this experience because i have had similar experience to this. I dated a girl for 4 years, everything was moving smoothly. We planned dour future together, she never spend on anything i was the only who spent on things we need, housing, clothing, feeding and everything. I had in mind i planned for our future together not until she left me at a time when things were indifferent. Lucky for me those few years i invested in a tech startup and it was growing now i am a founder of the startup and things becoming to fall in place.

Life continues as long as we are still breathing. In the end, it is just us that will be left alone if things dont go as planned it. Everyone can leave but you can never leave yourself. I am happy for your uncle as well i am happy for anyone who might have been in this kind of situation before. We always come out strong. 

I am sorry something similar happened to you, I've never seen this happened around me maybe because I was just lucky? My parents never for once have a bad dispute even when my father was down badly in his business, my mother was there through and through, and she never complained.

Hard times reveal fake people around us sometimes, which is why I don't look down on life challenges, if you are smart you will be thankful because you will never know what you will learn and what will be revealed, like I've said, hard times reveal fake people.

OP's uncle is the OG, master of his own game, he saved himself, I am sure that he believed so much in the future of BTC for holding that long, or maybe he just forgot for a while and the present life challenge made him remember.

I will keep holding and scoping up some BTC for the future sake, I don't know what the future might thrown at me either, let's just be prepared.

[sokani]

He saved himself by investing in Bitcoin and not the other way round and I can only imagine how things has been for him as a result of his predicament. This story is a lesson to us all to make hay while the sun shines because there may come a time in a man's life when you may find yourself at rock bottom and that good decision you made way back may just be your life saver.

[Patikno]

There are so many lessons that can be learned from the story, the first is the importance of doing things that can help us in the future, which means that whatever we do for the future is not in vain and must have meaning. Second, from the story we can learn the importance of having assets or finances personally, and I think your uncle is lucky to still have some Bitcoin from the mining that was done in the past, and I hope it can help him now and for the future. The last is, we can't rely entirely on humans, and we have to think more about ourselves, because it is clear that if our closest people just leave us, then we can still survive. So the overall point of the story is I think he is the one who saves himself, while Bitcoin is the driving force for him to survive, because I think it's all about internal factors at his will so the results come from him.

[promise444c5]

Personally the lessons I learn from this story is do what others are doing in terms of new technology even if you don’t see the need to do it and always keep valuable things save,

Well it could be  a good practice but not everything is worth doing, it could just endup been a total waste of time and money but for sure there are other ones that might endup been fruitful ,yet crowd could be wrong sometimes.. and with the way technology is going there are even some you might want to completely avoid as they could ruin you.. but generally you can have knowledge about it that could be very useful..