You realize that the most that you can lose is 100% of what you had invested into bitcoin, yet there are also chances that your investment could go up in value.
Going by your forum registration date of December 2022 SmartCharpa, you could have had invested into bitcoin heavily in late 2022 and even into 2023 and perhaps even by investing very aggressively for 1 year in 2023, then you might have had been able to get your bitcoin at an average price of right around $25k per BTC,, so depending on how much capital you would have had been able to put into bitcoin (like front loading your investment), then right now your portfolio would be close to 5x in profits.. and not that you are necessarily wanting to trade, but instead you might have just appreciated being able to frontload your bitcoin investment in the first year that you were in bitcoin, and then just let it go from there.
Of course, you could have also supplemented your bitcoin investment by continuing to buy bitcoin after 2023 and even through 2024, and surely not everyone is in a position to front load their bitcoin investment, so then it just tends to take them longer to invest by investing over a whole cycle or two before maybe starting to feel that they are beginning to reach a place where they have enough or more than enough bitcoin.
I guess that part of my point is that if you start building a good stake into bitcoin, then even if you are not planning to sell it, you start to build more confidence and conviction if your BTC holdings had largely gone up 3-5x or more.
The truth is that some people were aware of Bitcoin and its worth before joining this forum, but many people only started to understand it well after spending some time here. In the beginning, it is difficult to believe how much Bitcoin could grow, especially if you have never seen a full market cycle before.
Sure, if someone has started earlier and bought plenty of Bitcoin when the price was about $25k, they might be in a big profit now, perhaps 3x, 5x, or even more, however, not everyone can invest a lot in their first time, some people require time to learn about it and trust Bitcoin before investing more money.
And for many individuals, their only option is to buy little by little over time. Although it may take time to gather enough of Bitcoin, but it can still be done if you are patient. Bitcoin changes in cycles, and if you continue to buy and hold, you can expect good returns in the future. The most important thing is to have a plan and work with it, whether you start big or grow slowly.