For me, it's a long and great journey many ups and downs but still rewarding I am not an early investors but I made a good profit from trusting the technology, buying on dip and selling at its high it's a proven formula, and you can also get free coins by participating in various bounty campaign.
I agree that bitcoin somehow is a new hope of humanity especially when you are down. It keeps you stronger to face obstacles through your journey to success . Its volatility gives encouragement to invest and to have enough profits at its highest price. On the other hand you can earn and dig coins through hard working in mining by bitcoin projects and joining campaign .