“I was 24 in 2017, fresh out of college, scraping by on ramen and side gigs. A crypto-savvy coworker convinced me to throw my entire savings—about $8,000—into Bitcoin. I ended up with roughly 2.1 BTC at around $3,800 avg. Felt unstoppable. Then 2018 hit: price crashed to $3k, I freaked out thinking it was a scam bubble bursting. Sold every single one to ‘cut losses’ and pay off student loans + buy a used car to get to a better job. Used the cash for real-life adulting. Fast forward: 2021 peak at $69k, I calculated what that would’ve been… over $140k gone. 2022 bear, I tried buying back scraps but could only afford 0.3 BTC. Now in 2026, with BTC way higher, that original stack would’ve been life-changing—house down payment, financial freedom, maybe even quitting the soul-crushing 9-5. Instead I drive the same beat-up car, still renting, and every time I see the price chart I feel physically sick. Worst part? I told my family it was ‘smart’ to sell. They still bring it up as my ‘biggest L.’
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My biggest Bitcoin regret: Sold 2.1 BTC in 2018 for student loans and a used car—now it would’ve been life-changing money
byu/LAOGE1 inBitcoin
Posted by LAOGE1
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Spent what would now be millions of dollars worth of BTC on a personal recreation amount of darknet market weed in 2012-2013. I don’t dwell on it or let it bother me. You can’t live in the past and you can’t know the future.
All I know is that if I knew then what I know now, I’d be worth about 80 million 🤣🤣
Dont worry, I have more than 3 bitcoins and it’s not life changing money.
Sigh* hindsight is one of those things that can really mess with you and distract you. Let it go and plan for moving ahead.. Also, I don’t recommend everyone buy bitcoin but I plan to hold some of it if possible for 20 years based on what it has done up to this point. I wish you luck. Be sure to diversify into IRA’s and other retirement platforms.. If you think Bitcoin was a loss than you will really freak out that you havn’t been investing after seeing what investing does over time. It’s almost its own kind of Bitcoin in the way that IRA’s and other retirement accounts grow over time.
I bought 300,000 doge for $150 and sold them for $200.