Someone asked: Is the person who bought $BTC ten years ago happy?
If they bought and held on, they should be happy;
If they bought but didn't hold on, they might be even more unhappy now.
Back then, in early 2016, the price of BTC was around $400,
Today it's $91,000,
A ten-year increase of 22,650%, more than 200 times higher,
If you had invested 10wr back then, it would now be 2275wr,
Definitely a millionaire.
Very few people managed to hold on. Selling after doubling, maybe selling at 5x or 10x, or even at 20x or 50x, it's hard not to be tempted.
Holding on is extremely difficult; many sold early and thus missed out on the surprise of over 22 million.
Even harder is the question of how to actually hold on.
Back then, Binance $BNB hadn't launched yet, the exchange landscape was different,
Many exchanges have disappeared or run away,
If you happened to keep your BTC on a defunct exchange, you'd be completely out of luck now.
Even if you didn't keep it on an exchange but in a blockchain wallet,
Did you properly store your wallet's mnemonic phrase? Was the phrase leaked?
Managing your own digital assets is a challenge that requires learning.
Another bigger possibility is that most people couldn't hold on,
Selling at 50wr or 100wr, leaving with a happy heart,
Using those gains to invest in other industries,
But those industries didn't bring profits—instead, they lost all the capital;
Not only did they miss out on BTC's recent massive gains, but their investments also turned to nothing.
These early players might be the most heartbroken,
They had a golden opportunity right in front of them, but didn't cherish it,
And ended up depressed and miserable.
Fast forward to 2026,
How can we seize today's opportunity,
So that ten years from now we can look back and feel grateful for acting now?
Would you spend 100k to buy BTC today? 😂