03-08-2021, 09:39 PM
My crypto mistake in 2016 cost me about $6,850,000 with current prices. What was you
<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>No Cap Invest checking in with my oopsie. </p> <p>I discovered Ethereum when I was 19 still in college. I tried mining it but didn't succeed. (Nowadays I'm mining $2k a month and I'm building a solar powered bitcoin mining farm. I know, just like vosk.)</p> <p>ANYWAYS</p> <p>I bought an ethereum mining contract for $300 when Ethereum was at $0.07.</p> <p>I got basically nothing in return, and had I just bought instead, I would have 4,285 ETH. Or about $6.9 million dollars.</p> <p>it messes with me every day, but I learned my lesson. After working for the largest bitcoin exchange in the world for over a year, I only grew even more in love with blockchain. it keeps me up at night. I catch myself day dreaming of the possibilities and applications, and how things will develop geopolitically, philosophically, and of course, technologically. </p> <p>EDIT: When I said 'it messes with me every day' I don't mean I'm suffering. I'm doing great and its probably the best thing that ever happened to me, as it lead to me to learn more and eventually get a job working at a crypto exchange. Yeah it sucks but that's life, can only keep your head up and keep going. </p> <p>Edit 2: To all the people saying that i would have sold at 20, 30, or 100k: i bought and held btc before that and still have not sold. i have about 10 altcoins that i hold and earn interest on through DeFi. So knowing myself, its highly unlikely. I even went and sold some of my btc and bought more eth so i ended up having several eth, but not thousands.</p> <p>3: a lot of people dming me asking about my work stuff. id love to chat with all yall but its too much. i have a youtube <a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=YhOicihaeUk&feature=share">channel</a> where I talk about stuff related to this if you are curious;. thanks and take care</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> submitted by <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/koct"> /u/koct </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/m06nrf/my_crypto_mistake_in_2016_cost_me_about_6850000/">[link]</a></span> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/m06nrf/my_crypto_mistake_in_2016_cost_me_about_6850000/">[comments]</a></span>Kind Regards R
<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>No Cap Invest checking in with my oopsie. </p> <p>I discovered Ethereum when I was 19 still in college. I tried mining it but didn't succeed. (Nowadays I'm mining $2k a month and I'm building a solar powered bitcoin mining farm. I know, just like vosk.)</p> <p>ANYWAYS</p> <p>I bought an ethereum mining contract for $300 when Ethereum was at $0.07.</p> <p>I got basically nothing in return, and had I just bought instead, I would have 4,285 ETH. Or about $6.9 million dollars.</p> <p>it messes with me every day, but I learned my lesson. After working for the largest bitcoin exchange in the world for over a year, I only grew even more in love with blockchain. it keeps me up at night. I catch myself day dreaming of the possibilities and applications, and how things will develop geopolitically, philosophically, and of course, technologically. </p> <p>EDIT: When I said 'it messes with me every day' I don't mean I'm suffering. I'm doing great and its probably the best thing that ever happened to me, as it lead to me to learn more and eventually get a job working at a crypto exchange. Yeah it sucks but that's life, can only keep your head up and keep going. </p> <p>Edit 2: To all the people saying that i would have sold at 20, 30, or 100k: i bought and held btc before that and still have not sold. i have about 10 altcoins that i hold and earn interest on through DeFi. So knowing myself, its highly unlikely. I even went and sold some of my btc and bought more eth so i ended up having several eth, but not thousands.</p> <p>3: a lot of people dming me asking about my work stuff. id love to chat with all yall but its too much. i have a youtube <a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=YhOicihaeUk&feature=share">channel</a> where I talk about stuff related to this if you are curious;. thanks and take care</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> submitted by <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/koct"> /u/koct </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/m06nrf/my_crypto_mistake_in_2016_cost_me_about_6850000/">[link]</a></span> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/m06nrf/my_crypto_mistake_in_2016_cost_me_about_6850000/">[comments]</a></span>Kind Regards R