Regret and depression

[Btcvilla]

OP sounds like a baby crying .. all of us wish we had gotten into the game in 2009!

This is very true i can only imagine how easy life would be right now if i did but the thing is life is not meant to be easy and gain riches easy, it would destroy the little good we have in this life the struggle it is good for the soul. Cheer up OP it is only a computer program and it is not worth crying over  

He is seeking for attention, this is click bait, People like this should be ingored and not to "cheer up". Its stupid.

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[leex1528]

I am a little shocked so many people on here are yelling and screaming at this person.  Why is it such a big deal even if he is seeking attention, does it take so much effort to just say, hey times can be tough, get up and move on and look at the future?  It doesn't kill you is what I am getting at, to be more nice.

[GingerAle]

im glad im getting in now rather than later!!! And there are many more opportunities to be had - financial technology is changing.

[BillyBobZorton]

Some people seem confident that the price of Bitcoin will go up to $10k+ and anything below $1k is a deal. I don't see it. Bitcoin may be deflationary but it's not the only system in place. Unless a large part of the population of the world were forced to used Bitcoin could this happen. And altcoins essentially are deflating the market.

Bitcoin is already the strongest computing power network in the planet surpasing all super computers working at once, this should give you a hint.
Once we surpass the credit cards we going 10K.

[TaunSew]

Some people seem confident that the price of Bitcoin will go up to $10k+ and anything below $1k is a deal. I don't see it. Bitcoin may be deflationary but it's not the only system in place. Unless a large part of the population of the world were forced to used Bitcoin could this happen. And altcoins essentially are deflating the market.

Bitcoiners hate $Fiat but the only thing they hate more are alternates.   


There might be viral coverage of Bitcoin but the masses are still ignorant about it and/or refuse to use it.   There were estimates from last year from reputable people like Jeffrey Robinson that there was only 250,000 unique persons using Bitcoin (yes there might be millions of addresses but addresses are not people and most of them are empty).  This is compared to where people are definitely interested about crypto currencies but something about Bitcoin if off-putting for them.

Add in the $2 million a day which the high class mining whores are dumping, and early adopters from 2009 who are still selling, I can't forsee Bitcoin going up anytime soon or even years from now.   

[Btcvilla]

Some people seem confident that the price of Bitcoin will go up to $10k+ and anything below $1k is a deal. I don't see it. Bitcoin may be deflationary but it's not the only system in place. Unless a large part of the population of the world were forced to used Bitcoin could this happen. And altcoins essentially are deflating the market.

Bitcoin is already the strongest computing power network in the planet surpasing all super computers working at once, this should give you a hint.
Once we surpass the credit cards we going 10K.

That is gonna take alot of time though, but I think one day it should beat debit/credit cards, one big issue is confirmation times.

[CoinCidental]

OP sounds like a baby crying .. all of us wish we had gotten into the game in 2009!

think about how many times you probably would have gotten goxxed if you had thousands of coins from 2009 until now

many early whales got fleeced in various scams and had nothing or a small fraction by the time btc went to the moon ($1200)

[Bitware]

If anyone should have become an overnight millionaire it should have been me. I've been involved in virtual economies for many years now (mmorpg gold exchanges) and if anyone should have had the foresight to become an early adopter of bitcoin it should have been me but instead I was wasting my time fucking around with virtual gold. I wake up every morning feeling depressed.

I go out and bust my ass every day working. I save and invest a percentage of my earnings. When I retire I will be well off. That gives me a great feeling of accomplishment and increases my catalog of knowledge-based skills and experience that increases my confidence levels as well. Stop being depressed and get mad at it, dig deep, bootstrap yourself, stick your nose to the grindstone and go earn and invest wisely, and maybe someday you will be that millionaire. In other words, anger is more useful than depair.

[AtheistAKASaneBrain]

If anyone should have become an overnight millionaire it should have been me. I've been involved in virtual economies for many years now (mmorpg gold exchanges) and if anyone should have had the foresight to become an early adopter of bitcoin it should have been me but instead I was wasting my time fucking around with virtual gold. I wake up every morning feeling depressed.

I go out and bust my ass every day working. I save and invest a percentage of my earnings. When I retire I will be well off. That gives me a great feeling of accomplishment and increases my catalog of knowledge-based skills and experience that increases my confidence levels as well. Stop being depressed and get mad at it, dig deep, bootstrap yourself, stick your nose to the grindstone and go earn and invest wisely, and maybe someday you will be that millionaire. In other words, anger is more useful than depair.

True, im also trying to retire as soon as possible, but the thing is, all these pre 2011 investors are now retired for life. It's pretty devastating knowing it could have been us too, I understand OP's frustration.

[dothebeats]

Regret in one's life is definitely bad. Bad experiences should have been a lesson to oneself and should be use for the better. Don't feel sad. You are not alone.

[dothebeats]

If anyone should have become an overnight millionaire it should have been me. I've been involved in virtual economies for many years now (mmorpg gold exchanges) and if anyone should have had the foresight to become an early adopter of bitcoin it should have been me but instead I was wasting my time fucking around with virtual gold. I wake up every morning feeling depressed.

I go out and bust my ass every day working. I save and invest a percentage of my earnings. When I retire I will be well off. That gives me a great feeling of accomplishment and increases my catalog of knowledge-based skills and experience that increases my confidence levels as well. Stop being depressed and get mad at it, dig deep, bootstrap yourself, stick your nose to the grindstone and go earn and invest wisely, and maybe someday you will be that millionaire. In other words, anger is more useful than depair.

True, im also trying to retire as soon as possible, but the thing is, all these pre 2011 investors are now retired for life. It's pretty devastating knowing it could have been us too, I understand OP's frustration.

The question "What if I knew bitcoin way back 2009" and "what if I got in early?" seems to be recurring in my mind. But nah, there are far more better ways to be a millionaire, too. It's just that the earliest adopters caught that luck that would have been in me when I get in that early.

[Bitcoin12345]

Why are you basing your happiness on whether or not you are a millionaire, that is silly. There are so many more worthwhile things to pursue than just the acquisition of money such as the pursuit of noble causes and helping others. This is the only sustainable source of happiness and being a millionaire of itself would certainly not make you happy so you should not wake up feeling depressed every morning for this, you should wake up every morning and think how you could make the world a better place for both yourself and others in your own little way, that will bring you far more happiness than a pile of meaningless paper or numbers on a screen in your possession.

[BillyBobZorton]

I was sightly suicidal for a while after finding out I missed the biggest boat ever seen (realizing I could have been investing in BTC back in 2009) but things do get better OP. We have to deal with it and searching for that lucky strike.

[gambit1]

You ok OP? Is it getting better? 

[Bizmark13]

Don't spend your time regretting and spend it finding the next best thing, a lot of people don't think the early investor ship has sailed for Bitcoin yet!

We are still the early adopters of cryptocurrency. So there is no need to regret.

Early adopters era is long time gone. I guess early adopters were people who buy/earn/mine  bitcoin under the price of $100.

Ignoring the possibility that everyone here today will be early adopters if Bitcoin's market cap reaches trillions, I think there are different phases of early, mid, and late adopters.

The very early adopters were those who knew about Bitcoin before it started receiving mainstream attention in the run up to the June 2011 bubble. Before then, very, very few people knew about Bitcoin and its price was measured in cents. In fact, it only reached dollar parity just 2-4 months before the first bubble burst. Some of these very early adopters were involved in the cypherpunk community, some had conversations with Satoshi, and many - if not most - were libertarian computer geeks. These people mined BTC on their CPUs and later GPUs although there weren't many places to spend them at the time.

The rest of the early adopters came during and after the June 2011 bubble. By then, Satoshi had long gone and bitcoins were being mined using high-end GPUs. The price was in the single digits for most of this time.

The distinction between the latest early adopters and the earliest mid adopters is quite blurry. Despite staying under the mainstream radar for all of 2012, numbers of Bitcoiners were still growing and the price was steadily rising, albeit slowly. By early 2013, references to Bitcoin were beginning to rise again and the run up to the April 2013 bubble could be considered the transition point between early and mid adopters. Mid adopters bought their coins in prices at the double digits and low triple digits. Early 2013 was also when the first ASICs were introduced.

As for the late adopters, I think it's fair to say that they were the ones who came after the November 2013 bubble.

A bird in hand is worth twice in a bush. There is no point in regretting about something one did do or dint think about earlier but there will be more chances in future. Bitcoins are worth more now and investing these bitcoins in a legal website or trade will be a wise option.

What do you mean by "investing these bitcoins"? Do you mean that he should set up his own website or trade or that he should invest his bitcoins in a website like a dice site?

Why are you basing your happiness on whether or not you are a millionaire, that is silly. There are so many more worthwhile things to pursue than just the acquisition of money such as the pursuit of noble causes and helping others. This is the only sustainable source of happiness and being a millionaire of itself would certainly not make you happy so you should not wake up feeling depressed every morning for this, you should wake up every morning and think how you could make the world a better place for both yourself and others in your own little way, that will bring you far more happiness than a pile of meaningless paper or numbers on a screen in your possession.

I'd hate to sound negative but if it's "meaningless paper" and "numbers on a screen" that puts food on the table, clothes on your back, and a roof over your head, then I would say that it's pretty important.

[funtotry]

I dealt with depression for a bit when I lost about 1btc on a 90% bet. Over time you forget it, that's how I overcame it. Just think of other things, spend time with family, try to forget whatever is making you sad and you will eventually overcome it. Good luck

[leex1528]

I dealt with depression for a bit when I lost about 1btc on a 90% bet. Over time you forget it, that's how I overcame it. Just think of other things, spend time with family, try to forget whatever is making you sad and you will eventually overcome it. Good luck

With Gambling there will always be highs and lows, same goes for investing.  Heck almost every aspect of your life can be up and down.  This is great advice by funtotry, time heals all wounds, it will get easier and easier.  Just hang tough and you will get through whatever you need to.

[funtotry]

I dealt with depression for a bit when I lost about 1btc on a 90% bet. Over time you forget it, that's how I overcame it. Just think of other things, spend time with family, try to forget whatever is making you sad and you will eventually overcome it. Good luck

With Gambling there will always be highs and lows, same goes for investing.  Heck almost every aspect of your life can be up and down.  This is great advice by funtotry, time heals all wounds, it will get easier and easier.  Just hang tough and you will get through whatever you need to.

You over think the problem and say "oh my life is so bad im so sad" but as time goes on you think less and less of it, and now I realize how much from giveaways I made, more than 1btc probably, and all the times I actually won. How much OTHER people have lost, much more than my 1btc, and they are probably laughing at losing 1btc.

[futureofbitcoin]

I dealt with depression for a bit when I lost about 1btc on a 90% bet. Over time you forget it, that's how I overcame it. Just think of other things, spend time with family, try to forget whatever is making you sad and you will eventually overcome it. Good luck

With Gambling there will always be highs and lows, same goes for investing.  Heck almost every aspect of your life can be up and down.  This is great advice by funtotry, time heals all wounds, it will get easier and easier.  Just hang tough and you will get through whatever you need to.

You over think the problem and say "oh my life is so bad im so sad" but as time goes on you think less and less of it, and now I realize how much from giveaways I made, more than 1btc probably, and all the times I actually won. How much OTHER people have lost, much more than my 1btc, and they are probably laughing at losing 1btc.

At least until bitcoins are worth 1mil each... then you can open a thread about how if anyone deserves a million dollars, it's you :p

[funtotry]

I dealt with depression for a bit when I lost about 1btc on a 90% bet. Over time you forget it, that's how I overcame it. Just think of other things, spend time with family, try to forget whatever is making you sad and you will eventually overcome it. Good luck

With Gambling there will always be highs and lows, same goes for investing.  Heck almost every aspect of your life can be up and down.  This is great advice by funtotry, time heals all wounds, it will get easier and easier.  Just hang tough and you will get through whatever you need to.

You over think the problem and say "oh my life is so bad im so sad" but as time goes on you think less and less of it, and now I realize how much from giveaways I made, more than 1btc probably, and all the times I actually won. How much OTHER people have lost, much more than my 1btc, and they are probably laughing at losing 1btc.

At least until bitcoins are worth 1mil each... then you can open a thread about how if anyone deserves a million dollars, it's you :p

Haha but I lost when btc was at around 500, now I can buy 2 btc for the value of 1btc and now I feel like a winner. Also when btc reaches a million you will think "damn I actually lost 1 million back then" but then you realise I also won 2 million right before.