Quote from: minerpumpkin on April 29, 2015, 12:15:52 AM

Look at the volumes on www.bitcoinwisdom.com, www.bitcoincharts.com/charts/bitstampUSD, etc. and you might be able to approximately gauge how many BTC could have been bought/sold at that time. Don't torture yourself too hard - for all you know, you could have ended up losing your whole stash in Gox, sold it when it was crashing back to $2 in 2011, or invested it in some scam or Ponzi scheme. Don't be too hard on yourself!

Very, very true. I also took into consideration the fall of Mt. Gox and the thousands that were affected by that. I could have easily been one of those people. Also, knowing my tendencies as far as my stock trading, I probably would have sold it in the $100 range in early 2013, making the total much less than the amount I keep kicking myself with.

Quote from: pedrog on April 29, 2015, 12:45:11 AM

Hey, welcome!

Here's some input from the guy who made the first purchase with bitcoin:

Quote from: laszlo on February 14, 2014, 02:17:19 PM

I spent it all on pizza long ago: https://blockchain.info/address/1XPTgDRhN8RFnzniWCddobD9iKZatrvH4

3-4 years ago there were less than 100 people frequenting this forum, and I was pretty happy to trade 10,000 coins for pizza. I mean people can say I'm stupid, but it was a great deal at the time. I don't think anyone could have known it would take off like this.

Laszlo

Read his last posts: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=143;sa=showPosts

I am indeed aware of the famous pizza trade. I've seen the 'idiot' and 'stupid' comments everywhere but its easy to say that in hindsight. That trade is famous today in alot of ways but mainly for the fact that it validated Bitcoin as a currency.

Thank you all for your insight, all I can do now is look to the future.

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