• reksas@sopuli.xyz
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    10 hours ago

    I’m happy i never got involved with bitcoin. I remember being mildly interested but decided to not bother. If i had a drive with almost billion on it and i had lost it or just not able to access it, it would dig at me too even if i tried to just let it go.

    Damn, money really is the root of all evil.

    • Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works
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      9 hours ago

      I messed around with bitcoin in like 2011. It seemed valueless because there were very few USD markets for it. Anyway I used to play a game where every action was a gambling mechanic in full bitcoin. Want to kick a coconut tree? It costs 1 BTC and 0-4 will drop. I had 100s of BTC at one point.

      Anyway the computer had issues and then the hard drive was taken by a family member. I don’t get too upset thinking about them because I would have just spent them once they had real value.

      • PrettyFlyForAFatGuy@feddit.uk
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        6 hours ago

        fr, i remember being mind blown when bitcoin hit £240.

        If i had had some at that point i probs would have cashed out.

        My old housemate lost like half a dozen btc in the Mt.Gox collapse

    • FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world
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      9 hours ago

      I have a friend in NYC who searches his entire apartment every year or two because he had a few BTC on an old thumb drive. It is a bummer that he lost it.

      I got some dogecoin at a one cent and sold it in the twenties, which was a nice little gain, but nothing huge like being an early BTC holder.