Thank you for that candid honesty. Everybody talks about how they wish they got into Bitcoin in 2011 without realizing how bleak it was in Jan 2012. People were talking about the coin going to 0. I had invested several thousand into hardware and I held until it recovered to $7. It's easy for people in hindsight.
Looking back it is clear to me the best strategy would have been to just buy coin every month and set up a BTC accepting business.
You were smarter (and braver) than me, i thought the crash was the end.
And it doesn't matter if you mined it early or you bought it you just needed to hold into them. it's always gonna be tricky knowing where/if to sell.
If held into the last cash out (6 coins -i think-) which was nothing in $$ if i just kept it i would be in a different place today
But i actually have no remorse or regret it was a great experience.
I still have a 1 gram silver coin (i bought for 1BTC) that kept reminding me of it, and how revolutionary the idea is.