First time I heard about bitcoins I was 22, but I didn't get so excited and interest about crypto currencies back then. My whole investing career had a very bad timing. The first time i tried to manage my own money was in 2007/2008, right before the big financial crisis. That meant for me that all my positions went red for the next 4 years. I lost completely interest in investing and took a break. In 2014/2015 I got back into investing and that was also when I learned more about bitcoins. Now with hindsight I wish I had put all my money into cryptos back then. Unfortunately we can't turn back time, only learn from our mistakes.