I got ~10 BTC off a faucet a long time ago, way before it was worth anything really. Then completely forgot about the thing until it started really taking off and slapped myself in the head HARD.
I did try to find the file in an external drive I kept as a backup, but late teenaged me only cared about my pirated music and pictures apparently. I thought "well, I lost around 1500 US". I didn't really think the price would climb the way it did. Then it reached 10,000 US in 2017 - 2018 and that's when it really did suck.
I've read about the guys who gave away 10,000 BTC for pizza in the beginning and I can't help but wonder if the guy who got the bitcoins held onto them and is now living a lavish lifestyle and talking about bootstraps.
lmao.
Fun fact, I made like $200 off of bitcoin once but decided to quit while I was ahead.
I got ~10 BTC off a faucet a long time ago, way before it was worth anything really. Then completely forgot about the thing until it started really taking off and slapped myself in the head HARD.
You mean you missed out on that first huge spike it had? Did you make any money off of it in the end?
Nope. Lost the wallet.dat when my computer's hard drive failed and didn't think anything of it until bitcoin started making the evening news.
Aww geez that must have sucked. I've heard so many stories like that involving crypto.
I did try to find the file in an external drive I kept as a backup, but late teenaged me only cared about my pirated music and pictures apparently. I thought "well, I lost around 1500 US". I didn't really think the price would climb the way it did. Then it reached 10,000 US in 2017 - 2018 and that's when it really did suck.
I've read about the guys who gave away 10,000 BTC for pizza in the beginning and I can't help but wonder if the guy who got the bitcoins held onto them and is now living a lavish lifestyle and talking about bootstraps.