i know for a long time on bitcointalk i was in signature projects (dubious) that paid 1/2 btc a month
alas if only i'd known such then
Indeed... I would never have guessed that signature campaigns would become what they did or I probably should have stuck with being a campaign manager. The couple campaigns I did run usually paid a total of around 2 BTC per week, but I do recall being in them before that and earning as much as 0.5 BTC per month. Now I'm shocked to earn 0.01 BTC per month... Had we only known... There were plenty of years I didn't wear a signature. Crazy to think that was probably life changing money left on the table.
When it comes to Bitcoin, most of us have moments we wish we knew better and taken different decisions/actions. Mine was painfully investing in new projects that turned out to be shitcoins and losing money that still pain me till dates. As a newbie in the system, I was conditioned to think that I could catch the next Bitcoin or Ethereum so I invested in a lot of new projects, unfortunately I lost miserably. It took me years to realized that I would have made much money saving those funds in Bitcoin. My only use for Bitcoin then was to pay for services across borders, something I couldn't do with fiat system because we had restriction on FX and PayPal so Bitcoin helped me for which I'm eternally grateful that I could use Bitcoin when every other thing failed me.
Unfortunately, I still regret not saving a good portion of those BTC which would have earned me a fortune by now and I try not to look at my wallets then to avoid the pains of seeing how much has passed through me in terms of Bitcoin yet I couldn't save a lot of them.
Just like they saying goes "it's better late than never"... that is my consolation. Bitcoin will still go higher so I'm just collecting as much as I can to save up for years to come.