Years back when I started hearing about bitcoin, I used to think that it was very easy and a shortcut to success. This perception was informed by the way people projected bitcoin, that if you want to get rich quick, you should just go into bitcoin.
A lot people started from that angle especially during bull market. I was lucky to start from this direction as mine was entirely based on needs. So rather than see Bitcoin as a means of getting rich quicker, I saw it as a means of solving the problem of the cumbersome process of sending money across borders. Regrettably, if I had seen Bitcoin as a means of making money when I started, I would have had a huge stash of it by now