Well, most people here on this forum, which is the original bitcoin forum
This forum is not an original forum. See
Bitcointalk's important historic changes.Originally it is at
http://bitcoin.sourceforge.net/boards/index.phpdated back to the beginning are all holders.
Not all beginners are holders, exited when they were not holders or they have never had plans of becoming holders.
A lot of them have long term goals, some bought bitcoins back in the days and till date still not touched even a dime. I don't think it was that easy considering the challenges that exist as an investor in crypto.
Nothing is easy in life including holding job of Bitcoin holders. It is only easy when we look back historical and see anything on paper, in theory with many assumptions to succeed while in practice, many things are uncontrollable and become no longer easy.
Many of these challenges which includes, choosing the right storage, avoiding getting scared of when the market dips "FUD" and for a very long time, refuse to continue it's bullish direction, scams and now things like kidnapping of crypto investors is becoming rampant.The Bitcoin og's understood that true wealth in bitcoin often comes from patience. While many altcoins offer fleeting pumps, Bitcoin has consistently shown its longterm value and resilience.
They knew of
The bullish case for Bitcoin and actually absorb lessons in it.