if i had just held everything.. but meh. if no one had actually used btc it would be a failed experiment by now. and i didnt replace my early btc because it was all just majik internetz moneyz anyway..
Yes. There's no point in trying to think how things would have been if you did a single thing differently (ie hodling more or buying more) as if that wouldn't have influenced your own behaviour or even the whole echosystem. Maybe Bitcoin would have failed, or maybe you would have lost it some time later, or maybe....
Same as there is no point for laszlo thinking he shouldn't have bought the pizzas because: I am sure he had plenty of additional BTC, what did he do with them? Why didn't he mine or buy more after the trade? The price didn't suddently skyrocket right after the purchase.
Let the past be past. Think of the future... it's bright.
Yep, earlier in 2010-2013 period it probably was like being a super early VC round or angel investing.
2014-15 was more like a follow up VC round.
Now were are, hopefully, at btc IPO where public en large will start participating.
Re pizzas-great idea first time around, but later on the light bulb should have shined on (not sure if it ever did for that particular historical figure).
It did for Trace Mayer & other OGs, no doubt.
actually for us sorta early hobbyist miners btc were continually trickling in, so we replaced some as we went anyway.
i dont recall the price point (EDIT: more the ROI point, not btc price point) where i actually considered btc as possibly a real investment as opposed to pure experiment, but once it hit that i started to pay more attention. early on though the chance of it all crashing down to zero was much higher than today, so i didnt bother replacing any aside from my mining them. but now? nope, while it still may fail in some way hodl or use and replace is the name of the game until set goals are achieved. even then i will always try to have a reserve to call on.