If i kept

[Gozie51]

my 328BTC, I'd have 29 million USD worth.

eh. 

If you didn't lose your btc or forgot your wallet passphrase then always remember the problem you used it to solve at the time you sold it. You probably used it for something very important to you either health issue, shelter challenge, support, care etc of evening for personal craving like Laszlo Hanyecz sold his 10,000 btc for 2 pizza.

So like I said, the only time you can regret is if you lost those btc but if you didn't then you decided to sell it for some purpose at that time. Move on from the past, there are opportunities for fresh investment as btc is still speculated to get to $500,000 in the nearest future.

[passwordnow]

my 328BTC, I'd have 29 million USD worth.

eh. 

It hurts more to see folks who have bought a lot earlier and then sold it immediately. Well, I did held a few in the past and have to sell it for a purpose. I am in half of it, regret and thankful because it helped me during that situation when there is no other people and assets that I can come to ask for help but only Bitcoin. But at the same time, it's regretful because if I can keep that until now obviously it's more profitable.

You did it for a reason, not because you didn't want to hodl further due to.. I even don't know losing trust in BTC.

So you may regret it, but you did it by choice and rationally, so it's alright.

There's a purpose and that's what I am looking at. But that mistake can be corrected but continual accumulation at this point. While we're might still be in the bull run, the continuous DCA is the better choice for someone who wants to stay invested in Bitcoin because we have a vision of what it will become in the next years to come. So, it doesn't stop there even that regret is already there, we can always move on and do something better after that forced decision.

[betswift]

There's a purpose and that's what I am looking at. But that mistake can be corrected but continual accumulation at this point. While we're might still be in the bull run, the continuous DCA is the better choice for someone who wants to stay invested in Bitcoin because we have a vision of what it will become in the next years to come. So, it doesn't stop there even that regret is already there, we can always move on and do something better after that forced decision.

I agree.

Regret leads to nowhere. Proper analysis and new actions or thoughts on the processes - do.

[arzuo]

Share with us how you achieved it so that we can also achieve success like you. I want to know your Bitcoin life story, and I am looking forward to hearing it. Your first buying time and Last buying time
 

[betswift]

Share with us how you achieved it so that we can also achieve success like you. I want to know your Bitcoin life story, and I am looking forward to hearing it. Your first buying time and Last buying time
 

I don't think it would differ that much from the rest, you know.

Maybe we would be able to find answers in OP's history of posts.

[HITTI2]

Use to mine em in 2011 on Radeon GPU's, before AMD bought radeon. Then I believe difficulty became to hard for my gpu's cuz asics, then I switched to mining litecoin, then stopped mining all together. Now I am mining Monero "XMR" with a 9950x@26,000k h/s with a rtx 3060tife@1,000k h/s and a z600 workstation@3.500k h/s, and trading XMR for BTC. I have few rigs I need to put together and need to pick up another 9950x CPU for a B850 new board I have sitting in a box to add to mining XMR.

I was able to access my old wallet which in my post history in my profile, I have btc in it from left over = some where @ $81, but just got a transaction for mining and trading XMR of equal at the time of $15 converted to BTC.

https://www.blockchain.com/explorer/addresses/btc/12NcNYb2oEh6ANo95AakEjPqQdgbcxh4m9

First transaction

Code:

ID:e0b3-de92
7/26/2011, 17:10:34
From2 Inputs
To2 Outputs
0.05950000 BTC•$5,322.05
Fee50.0K Sats •$44.72

Latest transaction

Code:

ID:cc6b-2b3e
1/19/2026, 04:24:41

Have 0.00090451 BTC in my wallet now.

XMR around $500 atm or so or down a bit.

If BTC hits 1mil, I'll have $904.51, if a billion a BTC, then $904510.

Time will tell the next 40 years.

[xbetz.io]

A lot of people underestimate context. Most early sellers didn’t sell because they didn’t believe in Bitcoin, they sold because life happened: risk concentration, no liquidity, no playbook. The real lesson isn’t “never sell”, it’s having rules before price goes parabolic. Without rules, hindsight always wins.

[macson]

Not many people have managed to hold onto their Bitcoin since its inception. I'd say those who have managed to hold on for that long are either confident in its value or simply lucky enough not to be tempted to sell.

But I personally don't think it's something worth dwelling on. While it's a bit frustrating to see, it's not something we can change. So, it's best to stop dwelling on it and take advantage of the current market for accumulation.

While the returns may not be as substantial as they once were, it still offers the opportunity for long-term growth.

[HITTI2]

Use to mine em in 2011 on Radeon GPU's, before AMD bought radeon. Then I believe difficulty became to hard for my gpu's cuz asics, then I switched to mining litecoin, then stopped mining all together. Now I am mining Monero "XMR" with a 9950x@26,000k h/s with a rtx 3060tife@1,000k h/s and a z600 workstation@3.500k h/s, and trading XMR for BTC. I have few rigs I need to put together and need to pick up another 9950x CPU for a B850 new board I have sitting in a box to add to mining XMR.

I was able to access my old wallet which in my post history in my profile, I have btc in it from left over = some where @ $81, but just got a transaction for mining and trading XMR of equal at the time of $15 converted to BTC.

https://www.blockchain.com/explorer/addresses/btc/12NcNYb2oEh6ANo95AakEjPqQdgbcxh4m9

First transaction

Code:

ID:e0b3-de92
7/26/2011, 17:10:34
From2 Inputs
To2 Outputs
0.05950000 BTC•$5,322.05
Fee50.0K Sats •$44.72

Latest transaction

Code:

ID:cc6b-2b3e
1/19/2026, 04:24:41

Have 0.00090451 BTC in my wallet now.

XMR around $500 atm or so or down a bit.

If BTC hits 1mil, I'll have $904.51, if a billion a BTC, then $904510.

Time will tell the next 40 years.

Just got this put back together last night, few hours. I5-10600k@5Ghz, watercooled. @5.4k H/s XMR.


This is my main, pumping 26k H/s XMR, Delidded and bare die seated watercooled 9950x, & watercooled 3060TIFE pumping 1k H/s


My z600 and the 10600k machine, z600 pumping 3.5k H/s, dual xeon.


Like I said, want to get another 9950x to add as I have a board for one.

What I'd love to get for XMR mining is AMD 9995x WX 96 core, 11.5 thousand USD for it, bet it would pump 500,000k H/s.

Probably save one XMR, and will trade the rest for BTC.

I get 0.00237123 XMR a day. @33.400k H/s. I have solar panels. Take little bit over a year to gain 1XMR@ this slow rate.

[HONDACD125]

I get 0.00237123 XMR a day. @33.400k H/s. I have solar panels. Take little bit over a year to gain 1XMR@ this slow rate.

Isn't solo Bitcoin mining useless now, considering the difficulty of the network? And for the XMR, if it takes a year to complete 1 XMR then XMR mining is also not profitable unless someone spends a lot of money buying new and latest equipment but then it will take a lot of time for them to even recover what they have spent on the equipment. So in my opinion, it's better if someone spends that money in buying cryptocurrencies simply instead of spending it on mining equipment and then waiting years to reach ROI.

Why did you stop mining back in 2011? Sorry if you have already mentioned it and I have missed it, but I wonder why you did that and then sold all your bitcoins. If you had kept only a few bitcoins from back then, you would be able to start a mining farm of your own with so much equipment and everything, and then maybe you could get good profits out of it since you mentioned that you have solar power for your mining operations which means you don't have to pay for electricity.

[HITTI2]

I get 0.00237123 XMR a day. @33.400k H/s. I have solar panels. Take little bit over a year to gain 1XMR@ this slow rate.

Isn't solo Bitcoin mining useless now, considering the difficulty of the network? And for the XMR, if it takes a year to complete 1 XMR then XMR mining is also not profitable unless someone spends a lot of money buying new and latest equipment but then it will take a lot of time for them to even recover what they have spent on the equipment. So in my opinion, it's better if someone spends that money in buying cryptocurrencies simply instead of spending it on mining equipment and then waiting years to reach ROI.

Why did you stop mining back in 2011? Sorry if you have already mentioned it and I have missed it, but I wonder why you did that and then sold all your bitcoins. If you had kept only a few bitcoins from back then, you would be able to start a mining farm of your own with so much equipment and everything, and then maybe you could get good profits out of it since you mentioned that you have solar power for your mining operations which means you don't have to pay for electricity.

I would think solo btc mining is worthless as the difficulty is extremely hard.

It's a hobby as to mining. Something to do. Nearly free electric.

As previously stated, when I stopped mining BTC, difficulty was to hard because of asics so I switched to LTC then all together fell out, I had a fury and 6 gridseeds for LTC mining, two RPI's to run the one fury and 6 gridseeds, I should have kept the equipment.

2014, shitty photo.


A better photo.


Yea, I am grateful enough that I have little bit left over when I opened my old wallet, $81 worth BTC. but I would have shitted if 2 BTC was in it.

As for the solar panels, the problem with my home is that there is only one outlet that has ground in my home. And running a farm could be very dangerous, "fire hazard". If I had 220 ran, of course it would be grounded.

[Faisal2202]

my 328BTC, I'd have 29 million USD worth.

eh. 

Never seen a post before with fewer words than this and possessing such a deep and heart-touching meaning. I don't know how or what to say. But $29 million is really a huge amount, and I feel really sorry for your huge loss. I also sometimes think if I had not sold my bitcoins, I would have around $30k or maybe less. It is enough for me, but bro, $29 million and $30k have a huge difference, and that's why I said I can't imagine.

I once learned that those who can bear such a loss are probably going to face it. I know it sounds stupid, but it has no meaning. It was meant to cheer you up. I hope it does.

Won't ask at what rate you sold, but just out of curiosity, as these days everything feels emotional, and maybe you would have sold them during the last bull run. Hehe, so did you make anything or not?

[john_egbert]

OP, you just wanted to share your path toward that regret and experience reflection?

What's the point for it in the end for it

[Alonso_]

my 328BTC, I'd have 29 million USD worth.

eh. 

Now this is why patience is a virtue, Considering that you have been buying bitcoin for a very long term, you’re always advised to buy bitcoin and hold for a very long term period, you’re meant to be buying bitcoin for one or two circles time intervals, then you could’ve had enough profits in your bitcoin portfolio right now, but you shouldn’t get disappointed you can start buying bitcoin again if you don’t have a bitcoin, considering that you have a discretionary income you can start buying bitcoin immediately and be holding for a long term period and you will stand more opportunities of having more profit in your bitcoin portfolio.

The number that you have mentioned is very massive and huge and not so many people will get over it, but I don’t really know what must have happened that you lost that huge amount maybe you sold or something else must have happened, but considering age and health you can still hold and achieve that by buying and accumulating once again.

[fikrett]

my 328BTC, I'd have 29 million USD worth.

eh. 

Now this is why patience is a virtue, Considering that you have been buying bitcoin for a very long term, you’re always advised to buy bitcoin and hold for a very long term period, you’re meant to be buying bitcoin for one or two circles time intervals, then you could’ve had enough profits in your bitcoin portfolio right now, but you shouldn’t get disappointed you can start buying bitcoin again if you don’t have a bitcoin, considering that you have a discretionary income you can start buying bitcoin immediately and be holding for a long term period and you will stand more opportunities of having more profit in your bitcoin portfolio.

The number that you have mentioned is very massive and huge and not so many people will get over it, but I don’t really know what must have happened that you lost that huge amount maybe you sold or something else must have happened, but considering age and health you can still hold and achieve that by buying and accumulating once again.

The times where you could get what we discuss now is gone.

But the opportunity remains. And the potential of that opportunity too.. Just on smaller, muchhhh smaller scale.

[AbuBhakar]

OP, you just wanted to share your path toward that regret and experience reflection?

What's the point for it in the end for it

He probably wants to share the wrong decisions he made in life and why he couldn't hold on to them for long. That's what he should be explaining right now. What mistakes did he make? Why didn't he protect what should have been his lifetime investment? And please, he should also answer how it feels to have a chance that will change your life, but you let it go. It seems like he's very upset inside, but he also needs to accept it, especially since he has no control over it anymore.

The times where you could get what we discuss now is gone.

But the opportunity remains. And the potential of that opportunity too.. Just on smaller, muchhhh smaller scale.

You're right, you can still start saving. Don't expect to save that much right now, but at least there's still a chance. Because that's not the final price of BTC, and it could still increase even more in the future, just save little by little.

[CroverNo01]

my 328BTC, I'd have 29 million USD worth.

eh. 

I'm just trying to figure out the essence of the thread and maybe I should send my addy so you can offload some of the coins if it's already too much that you can't keep it private anymore

[Majestic-milf]

Wanna offer any more details? Maybe we can learn a thing or two from your experience. Did you sell immediately? Was it for any emergency or just you thought you were done with taking profits?

 Well I'm assuming he sold it all off probably cause he became bored with the novelty of holding Bitcoin. Either that or he urgently needed it for something. My thoughts though. I'm curious, fa; you hold a lot of Bitcoin then decided that it's not worth it anymore and just offload it. I really wonder what got you to hold in the first place .

[Asiska02]

my 328BTC, I'd have 29 million USD worth.

eh. 

I'm just trying to figure out the essence of the thread and maybe I should send my addy so you can offload some of the coins if it's already too much that you can't keep it private anymore

The OP doesn’t have that amount of bitcoin at his disposal anymore, he has longed sold them and just reminiscing on the past and how rich he would have been today if he hasn’t sold them. This is one of the story of many old time holders of bitcoin who got to mine them easily or earn them easily. It was very unfortunate that not many of them could hold them till now and for some of them that hold till now, they mostly forgot their seed phrase and never knew how to have access to their wallets, if not, they could have also sold off. It is not really easy to find a currency like bitcoin without looking to be prospective in years to come and hold for more than a decade. All hail those that hold till now and found it worthy of being held till present day.

[GiftedMAN]

A lot of people underestimate context. Most early sellers didn’t sell because they didn’t believe in Bitcoin, they sold because life happened: risk concentration, no liquidity, no playbook. The real lesson isn’t “never sell”, it’s having rules before price goes parabolic. Without rules, hindsight always wins.

Having rules is one thing and following those rules judiciously is another. It’s not like many investors dont have rules, sure they do, the problem is that many investors lack the discipline to stick to these rules they set by themselves when the need arise for them to. So it’s pretty much not about the rules itself, but the discipline and willingness to follow them till they reach their goal.