Regarding luck.. There probably is some luck involved, but like you suggest Cookdata holding and even continuing to buy through the years is not ONLY attributable to luck... even though there may well be some luck involved, since folks are in different places at different points of their lives and in regards to their abilities to spend time, money and energies on something like bitcoin
JJG I read what you wrote above that's why I decided to ask this question directly, those who bought bitcoin when bitcoin was $1k as at then, and they hold onto it for years and bitcoin prices increased along the line less say to $30k and they profited massively from their bitcoin holding, so now my question is, where they lucky to buy bitcoin when bitcoin price was $1k and hold onto it for years or they just make the right decision buy buying bitcoin with believe that it we increase in price one day since bitcoin is decentralized?
Mate I want you to understand that risk and luck may work together but not in all cases, the people you're talking about saw an opportunity and embraced it not minding the risk involved, so to me those people that bought at the price you mentioned took the risk after even though Bitcoin price drop to $1 today some people will not still buy, some will want to see it as the end of discussion in anything relating to Bitcoin, as a matter of fact those that bought Bitcoin at that early stage when some people never know much about Bitcoin are the main risk takers, yea some early investor may have invested in Bitcoin because of it's decentralized nature but I don't think it should be there major reason for investing in Bitcoin because I believe that before anyone that wants to invest in a asset must have in mind to get profit as time goes by in the future although not necessarily immediately.
Buying at $1k is another thing and hodling for a long-term is called descipline, patience and perseverance which is even the risk itself and I believe that, it is not all bitcoiners that got the aforementioned attributes.