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October 19, 2013, 08:37:30 PM |
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holding on to 20 bitcoins when it spiked to 28$.... shortly before spiking to 260$  And then not selling all at 250-260 XD Of course, selling was still smart, I had no idea it would go that high, and I made 280% profit (purchased those 20 bitcoins at around 10$) but who knew it could have been so much? |
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Pruden
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October 19, 2013, 08:58:21 PM |
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Not looking into it when I first heard about them on "The Perfect Boobs" back in January'12. The words used were: "Donating is easy tho-only 10 euro for a year or 1 bitcoin from your computer (free basically from what I understand)."
Who wouldn't look into it, right? Well, I didn't.
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Cablez
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I owe my soul to the Bitcoin code...
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October 19, 2013, 08:58:30 PM |
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Biggest bitcoin mistake by far has been BFL.
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2GOOD
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October 19, 2013, 09:24:54 PM |
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Not buying ASICminer shares at 0.01 BTC when I had the chance. I mean, I could spend a year whining about not mining in 2011, but I wasn't even involved in Bitcoin back then so that's that. But the shares, I was there and I was thinking about buying.  Buying only 5 shares and sold them for 4.5 BTC (net profit 4.33 BTC), still my best investment but could be better... and much more mistakes like selling at 20$ ... some coins gambled some lost at bitcoinica, bitcoin24, btcserv etc. Maybe the worst mistake - not buying at 2 USD you lost btc on bitcoin24 ? i thought they were refunded? Bitcoin24 gave no refunds at all, they just refunded fiat and vanish. I lost around 14 coins there.... |
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leoragraves666
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October 19, 2013, 10:24:29 PM |
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Trusting BFL  |
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600watt
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October 19, 2013, 11:25:15 PM |
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Not buying ASICminer shares at 0.01 BTC when I had the chance. I mean, I could spend a year whining about not mining in 2011, but I wasn't even involved in Bitcoin back then so that's that. But the shares, I was there and I was thinking about buying. Buying only 5 shares and sold them for 4.5 BTC (net profit 4.33 BTC), still my best investment but could be better... and much more mistakes like selling at 20$ ... some coins gambled some lost at bitcoinica, bitcoin24, btcserv etc. Maybe the worst mistake - not buying at 2 USD you lost btc on bitcoin24 ? i thought they were refunded? Bitcoin24 gave no refunds at all, they just refunded fiat and vanish. I lost around 14 coins there.... sorry to hear that. i thought everyone got refunded, especially the btc accounts (like in my case more than 60 btc) |
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Digicoiner
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In Crypto I trust.
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October 20, 2013, 12:48:03 AM |
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Reading one of the early Slashdot articles on Bitcoin which piqued my interest. I then researched it a bit more but dismissed it as too complicated and not worth the effort (when it was worth about .05-.10 dollars).
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2GOOD
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October 20, 2013, 12:52:33 AM |
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Not buying ASICminer shares at 0.01 BTC when I had the chance. I mean, I could spend a year whining about not mining in 2011, but I wasn't even involved in Bitcoin back then so that's that. But the shares, I was there and I was thinking about buying. Buying only 5 shares and sold them for 4.5 BTC (net profit 4.33 BTC), still my best investment but could be better... and much more mistakes like selling at 20$ ... some coins gambled some lost at bitcoinica, bitcoin24, btcserv etc. Maybe the worst mistake - not buying at 2 USD you lost btc on bitcoin24 ? i thought they were refunded? Bitcoin24 gave no refunds at all, they just refunded fiat and vanish. I lost around 14 coins there.... sorry to hear that. i thought everyone got refunded, especially the btc accounts (like in my case more than 60 btc) lol sorry my mistake i meant bitcoin7 (Bulgarian exchange), not bitcoin24 ... get confused with the numbers.. yes btc24 returned the bitcoins, only a friend of mine had a withdraw of his 6 btc and still nothing and no reply from the support. I on the other hand have some 30 Euros there not a big deal. With that said be very cautious when you use sites with names bitcoin 7, 24, 168, 256, 365 etc. xD |
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SaltySpitoon
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Welcome to the SaltySpitoon, how Tough are ya?
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October 20, 2013, 12:55:56 AM |
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My biggest regret is selling thousands of coins sub $1. My initial $900 investment would have set me up to never have to work a day in my life.
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October 20, 2013, 12:59:13 AM |
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My biggest regret is selling thousands of coins sub $1. My initial $900 investment would have set me up to never have to work a day in my life.
Damn that's rough. Luckily I think if you have coins now you might still be in the same boat - just don't sell anytime soon. If bitcoin takes off, which it appears to be slowly doing, we could see some crazy prices. |
Bitcoin: The currency of liberty
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October 20, 2013, 01:40:57 AM |
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selling at the wrong time, buying at the wrong time, selling at the wrong time.
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October 20, 2013, 03:08:31 AM |
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Solo mining 100 BTC back when you could still CPU mine, rebooting and forgetting to restart Bitcoin.. for six months.  |
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600watt
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October 20, 2013, 08:13:13 AM |
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My biggest regret is selling thousands of coins sub $1. My initial $900 investment would have set me up to never have to work a day in my life.
woah. would you mind giving some more details. how it happened, what was the reasoning, when did you realize, how did you rationalize ? when will you sell your coins ? ever ? epic. |
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HeliKopterBen
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October 20, 2013, 01:15:01 PM |
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Panic selling during the March fork. Thankfully, I only sold half.  |
Counterfeit: made in imitation of something else with intent to deceive: merriam-webster
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Jenger
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October 20, 2013, 01:19:06 PM |
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Well when I first ran into bitcoins, they were $8 a piece. A couple months later, when the train really took off I literally watched them climb from $14 to $200+ without investing a single dollar. I had posted a bitcoin thread on a coin collecting forum and 90% of the community talked me out of it by saying how volatile the market was.. Fkin noobs, I could of made bank *** EDIT: Now that I think about it, It would be to go back and use 2FA for everything btc involved. IF YOU ARE NEW TO BTC, RUN A ANTIVIRUS SCAN AS OFTEN AS YOU CAN. I WAS HACKED AND LOST 10btc IN THE MATTER OF 1HR. Google Authenticator was something I kept reading about, but honestly had no clue how to use it. The 10btc was unexpected really for me (won a poker tourn) but after that I realized how vulnerable an online wallet could really be. 2FA is a mustttttttttttttt! *** |
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wachtwoord
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October 20, 2013, 03:43:39 PM |
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Well when I first ran into bitcoins, they were $8 a piece. A couple months later, when the train really took off I literally watched them climb from $14 to $200+ without investing a single dollar. I had posted a bitcoin thread on a coin collecting forum and 90% of the community talked me out of it by saying how volatile the market was.. Fkin noobs, I could of made bank *** EDIT: Now that I think about it, It would be to go back and use 2FA for everything btc involved. IF YOU ARE NEW TO BTC, RUN A ANTIVIRUS SCAN AS OFTEN AS YOU CAN. I WAS HACKED AND LOST 10btc IN THE MATTER OF 1HR. Google Authenticator was something I kept reading about, but honestly had no clue how to use it. The 10btc was unexpected really for me (won a poker tourn) but after that I realized how vulnerable an online wallet could really be. 2FA is a mustttttttttttttt! *** The market was volatile. If you have the stomach for it and have no urgent need of the cash, volatility should not be an argument against investing though. |
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October 20, 2013, 04:06:12 PM |
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Hm tough one. But lets say selling few K some 2.5 years ago. I did made a lot of $$$ but i could have made much much more if I have waited.
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Inkvor
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October 20, 2013, 04:11:38 PM |
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i sold 500 coin when its $8
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CryptoPH
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<3 Crypto
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January 03, 2017, 03:35:36 PM |
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That hurts, 1 BTC is now $1,000++.
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QuestionAuthority
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You lead and I'll watch you walk away.
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January 03, 2017, 04:11:00 PM |
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I forgot about this thread. What a blast from the past.
I have a new regret. My wife just reminded me about the cheap boots I got her as a part of a party costume when I told her btc was over $1,000 again.
I used to talk this guy named Jeremy West on the forum, way back when, and he convinced me to use a service he started called Spendbitcoins. They sold Amazon gift cards for btc. I tried his service and bought a little gift card to buy my wife some cheap high top costume boots to wear at a party we were going to attend. She only wore them once. At today's exchange rate those flimsy cheap vinyl boots cost $7,800. FmyLife
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