Managed to recover what was lost?

[KiaKia]

How many of you have lost your Bitcoin many years ago and came back stronger only to get to where you left off? Assuming you used to have a BTC or 2 in 2017 and one thing lead to the other you lost them.

You learnt from your mistakes and this is 2026, have you been able to make back all you have lost?

Making back what we've lost in crypto space is most times like easier said than done, when you are close to 2BTC it was because of value and cheaper at the time, to make such amount back in today's world is far more tasking.

I have lost good amount of Bitcoin too, but the truth is I've never made that same quantity of Bitcoin that I have lost, it's easier to move on and learn the mistakes but making that amount back is near impossible, you think I am wrong then answer the question. You don't have to name the figure for security reasons, just yes I have made it all back or no.

[_act_]

It will be difficult to make the amount of bitcoin back if you are unable to make almost all the money back when bitcoin has not increased significantly or when bitcoin was falling in price, but after a long period of time like 2 or more years, bitcoin would have increased more and it might have increased more than 5 times. Just what happened between 2020 and now that it even increased more.

If bitcoin was $8000 when the coin was lost in 2020
Bitcoin is now $87000 which is 10 times more now
Bitcoin price was far lower in 2017.

So to make the same amount of bitcoin back, you need more than 10 times of the money that you lost.

[noorman0]

I've never lost anything, and I don't think it's important to chase past losses; most of them were unintentional. Just learn from them; the lesson value of a smaller loss today can be substantial and will also save your bigger Bitcoins in the years to come.
The only regret you have is selling Bitcoin for something that could have been postponed or canceled.

[lovesmayfamilis]

I think chasing after what's already been lost is a crazy and hardly worthwhile idea. More often than not, these losses weren't our own doing, not due to any malicious intent. It's just how things happened. Some needed to sell their bitcoins, some sold them out of ignorance and a misunderstanding of their value, and some simply lost access to them.
It's better to look at it from a different perspective: what can I learn from this situation? What lesson is hidden here? That's what's truly valuable. Those who didn't stop, and perhaps started over, embracing their experiences, will inevitably regain, to some extent, what they lost in the future.

[fikrett]

You probably won't be able to get the same amount of BTC back from these times.

But what you got is the experience and knowledge - those things cannot be measured in funds or BTCs.

[Marvelockg]

I have lost good amount of Bitcoin too, but the truth is I've never made that same quantity of Bitcoin that I have lost, it's easier to move on and learn the mistakes but making that amount back is near impossible, you think I am wrong then answer the question. You don't have to name the figure for security reasons, just yes I have made it all back or no.

Are you praying to loose your bitcoin to even start with? there are things that should never happen and part of it is putting yourself in a situation whereby you end up loosing your bitcoin. if for any reason whatsoever you end up loosing your coin, your next plan of accumulating more bitcoin should not be tied to the amount of coin that is already lost. except you have the means of recovering it and then we can talk about it if not, what is gone is gone for good and there is nothing you can do abut it.

it is easier and better to be focused on what you can accumulate based on your current financial level rather than trying to make unnecessary comparison of what you already had before.

[nemesis_incarnate]

I have lost good amount of Bitcoin too, but the truth is I've never made that same quantity of Bitcoin that I have lost, it's easier to move on and learn the mistakes but making that amount back is near impossible, you think I am wrong then answer the question. You don't have to name the figure for security reasons, just yes I have made it all back or no.

Are you praying to loose your bitcoin to even start with? there are things that should never happen and part of it is putting yourself in a situation whereby you end up loosing your bitcoin. if for any reason whatsoever you end up loosing your coin, your next plan of accumulating more bitcoin should not be tied to the amount of coin that is already lost. except you have the means of recovering it and then we can talk about it if not, what is gone is gone for good and there is nothing you can do abut it.

it is easier and better to be focused on what you can accumulate based on your current financial level rather than trying to make unnecessary comparison of what you already had before.

Especially when we know that the amounts of BTC in that era and now are two completely different situations.

We should live in the present and act accordingly.

[Fivestar4everMVP]

I have lost good amount of Bitcoin too, but the truth is I've never made that same quantity of Bitcoin that I have lost, it's easier to move on and learn the mistakes but making that amount back is near impossible, you think I am wrong then answer the question. You don't have to name the figure for security reasons, just yes I have made it all back or no.

Assuming what we are talking about is the dollar value of the bitcoin we've lost in past and making it back today, I would say that this is absolutely possible, with the right strategy and terms of investment and trading, you can make what you have lost back and even much more..

But in terms of bitcoin itself, that is the number of bitcoins itself and not its dollar value, well, it will be surely hard since the value of bitcoin have significantly increased from what it used to worth, and so long as we are earning in dollars instead of in bitcoin, it will be likely impossible to make back the number of bitcoin we lost previously, except we manage to invest in a project that ended up succeeding and turning us into millionaires, then this is a different thing altogether.

[Lida93]

2017 is such a long time tbh and with the value of bitcoin at that time compared to now I don't believe anyone of retailer category can be able to make a recovery to same value despite how aggressive they get with accumulation. I can't recall losing my bitcoin in much value as that which the op is particularly about, but I know that should that have happened the regret would still be in there whenever I remember how much value it would have become currently, regardless to what quantity I am able to regain in stack again.

[Dave1]

How many of you have lost your Bitcoin many years ago and came back stronger only to get to where you left off? Assuming you used to have a BTC or 2 in 2017 and one thing lead to the other you lost them.

You learnt from your mistakes and this is 2026, have you been able to make back all you have lost?

Making back what we've lost in crypto space is most times like easier said than done, when you are close to 2BTC it was because of value and cheaper at the time, to make such amount back in today's world is far more tasking.

I have lost good amount of Bitcoin too, but the truth is I've never made that same quantity of Bitcoin that I have lost, it's easier to move on and learn the mistakes but making that amount back is near impossible, you think I am wrong then answer the question. You don't have to name the figure for security reasons, just yes I have made it all back or no.

I would say that I'm late in the game so I didn't lost a big amount of Bitcoin, maybe just a couple of dust amounts. But there could be some of us here that you describe, as there are a lot of OG Bitcoiners that are still very active in this community although majority might have left or don't post here anymore.

I understand what you mean, if you like lost 1 or 2 Bitcoin way back, then it's hard to recover it as the current time because the price obviously has increased a lot since. Maybe though if you have big money, but for the most of us that are average joe investors and might have lost a good amount, it could be very hard to recover.

[kotajikikox]

When you say you’ve lost bitcoin, do you mean you lost it or you sold it? Or the price went down and you never recovered? Anyway I have not really lost a significant amount of bitcoin that I regretted so much. And even if I lost anything I am on the path of accumulating more.

[henry_of_skalitz]

When you say you’ve lost bitcoin, do you mean you lost it or you sold it? Or the price went down and you never recovered? Anyway I have not really lost a significant amount of bitcoin that I regretted so much. And even if I lost anything I am on the path of accumulating more.

That's the right thing to do.

Focus of what's in front of us, not the past 

[EarnOnVictor]

I carefully understand you. This is about self-reflection and evaluation, and possible accountability about how you use your Bitcoin over the years and the efforts made to recover the loss, which are good.

The best way to stay firm and hold on to your Bitcoin is to buy it and forget you did. Even if you would not forget it there, and perhaps withdrawing at times, your Bitcoin will remain your Bitcoin, and you might be possibly removing part of the profits at times. But the moment people start trading and gambling with their Bitcoin, the true losses come in.

Well, for me, I could say I haven't lost my Bitcoin, but rather missed the opportunities to invest early in the coin. However, things are now better.

[flapduck]

The real question is whether you mean recovering the same number of BTC or the same dollar value. 'Cause those are very different things.
Dollar value? Totally possible with enough time and discipline. Same number of coins? Much harder when you sold at $8k and now it's way higher. You'd need to put in 10x the fiat to get back to the same stack.


Honestly though, obsessing over "what I used to have" is a trap. The market doesn't care what you held in 2017. Focus on building from where you are now, not chasing some old number that'll just make you take dumb risks trying to make it back...

[nemesis_incarnate]

The real question is whether you mean recovering the same number of BTC or the same dollar value. 'Cause those are very different things.
Dollar value? Totally possible with enough time and discipline. Same number of coins? Much harder when you sold at $8k and now it's way higher. You'd need to put in 10x the fiat to get back to the same stack.


Honestly though, obsessing over "what I used to have" is a trap. The market doesn't care what you held in 2017. Focus on building from where you are now, not chasing some old number that'll just make you take dumb risks trying to make it back...

Agreed.

Those would be no dumb risks, but they won't lead to the same amount of coin.

You work toward getting more fiat - you get to turn more of it into BTC, easy as that.

[Darker45]

Nothing to recover because nothing was lost. It was all spent willingly, whether wisely or not, whether with great foresight or not.

While I don't have regrets, there are times when the number of coins we had in the past are discussed and we would wonder what it would be like if we just hodled everything until today. We'd all be a lot richer, of course, but perhaps what we did with our coins back then contributed in one way or another to adoption and to where Bitcoin is today. 

I'll never have as much coin I had in the past. However hard I may try, I can't have the same amount back. But that's easy to accept.

[john_egbert]

Nothing to recover because nothing was lost. It was all spent willingly, whether wisely or not, whether with great foresight or not.

While I don't have regrets, there are times when the number of coins we had in the past are discussed and we would wonder what it would be like if we just hodled everything until today. We'd all be a lot richer, of course, but perhaps what we did with our coins back then contributed in one way or another to adoption and to where Bitcoin is today. 

I'll never have as much coin I had in the past. However hard I may try, I can't have the same amount back. But that's easy to accept.

We didn't know it at the time, so we shouldn't bother and regret it now.

It's the past. The present awaits

[HONDACD125]

I've never lost my bitcoins, but I had sold a good amount back in the day when the price was way too low, and I still regret doing that because if I had that amount until now, I could be considered rich in my locality or country, because that amount could have been a life-changing amount today. However, I wouldn't call that a loss specifically, because I needed funds at that moment and I sold them at a profit and used the money, and besides, we didn't know that Bitcoin is going to be worth more than a hundred thousand dollars one day, who could've guessed?

Talking about the current times, I'm trying to accumulate as much as I can whenever I have some funds to spare, but as you said, it's not that easy to accumulate a good sum anymore because of the price being very high, but as they say, something is always better than nothing, so I'm trying to stay relevant and buy and hold as much as I can so that I can also get some profits in the future.

Those who have been holding their bitcoins from before 2017 or so are blessed, and the market will bless them even more in the future if they stay patient.

[sunsilk]

How many of you have lost your Bitcoin many years ago and came back stronger only to get to where you left off? Assuming you used to have a BTC or 2 in 2017 and one thing lead to the other you lost them.

You learnt from your mistakes and this is 2026, have you been able to make back all you have lost?

Not really lost them but spent them when it was cheaper. I cannot say that much about the amount but it's nothing compared to the big holders here.

But can say that I am satisfied with the accumulation that I did for the past years, it's all worth it.

Making back what we've lost in crypto space is most times like easier said than done, when you are close to 2BTC it was because of value and cheaper at the time, to make such amount back in today's world is far more tasking.

I have lost good amount of Bitcoin too, but the truth is I've never made that same quantity of Bitcoin that I have lost, it's easier to move on and learn the mistakes but making that amount back is near impossible, you think I am wrong then answer the question. You don't have to name the figure for security reasons, just yes I have made it all back or no.

As time goes by, it's harder to have the same amount that we've got in the past. We have to move on but, it's never too late to accumulate.

[AbuBhakar]

The real question is whether you mean recovering the same number of BTC or the same dollar value. 'Cause those are very different things.
Dollar value? Totally possible with enough time and discipline. Same number of coins? Much harder when you sold at $8k and now it's way higher. You'd need to put in 10x the fiat to get back to the same stack.


Honestly though, obsessing over "what I used to have" is a trap. The market doesn't care what you held in 2017. Focus on building from where you are now, not chasing some old number that'll just make you take dumb risks trying to make it back...

Maybe not on a dollar basis, but the same amount of BTC. Maybe, to be honest, if it were only based on the dollar, it would be easier to get it and save it again. There are others who really regret the things they used and benefited from, even me. In 2017, I also used up the BTC I saved and converted it to fiat, and then I used it to repair the house to be used for business. I can't even get it back completely, but at least what I was able to use also created money, which is a win for me. Of course, I would have made more money if I hadn't sold it, but that's how life is. We should learn.  The important thing is that it's not wasted.