I first heard about bitcoin sometime in college (2007-2011). At the time I thought about buying a couple just for fun (might have been a few dollars worth? Can’t remember). But I decided it was a waste of money.

And at the time, it was a complete waste of money. I don’t regret it at all.

Only with knowledge of the future would it have been worthwhile.

But today when I see what cryptocurrency has become, I regret my decision even less.

There are countless ways I could have made millions if I knew the future. I don’t waste my time regretting those.

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jonplackett 5 hours ago | parent [-]

I was gonna buy $1000 of bitcoin in 2016 but I couldn’t find my passport to verify my identity with Coinbase and then forgot about it. Ah well.

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rkomorn 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Would you have $100k now or would you have sold it when it tripled to $3000 because that would've felt like a really good return already, though?

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jonplackett 4 hours ago | parent [-]

Yeah this is the story I tell myself to make me feel better. I may well have even more regret! Or thought I was an investment genius and invested loads more and then sold it at a bad time.

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b0bbi 3 hours ago | parent [-]

yeah as Warren Buffett once said: "Our favorite holding period is forever".

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rkomorn 3 hours ago | parent [-]

That is basically my strategy. Everything I buy is with the intent of selling in a couple of decades when retirement comes, at the earliest.

	▲	b0bbi 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		It's a great strategy as long as there's agreement between people and that the "S&P500" (paste your) means something :)

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b0bbi 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

would you keep it till today?