02-08-2021, 08:48 PM
In 2012 I refused 200 btc because I thought they were useless
<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Sorry if it's considered spam but this story is taunting me and I wanted to share it with someone.</p> <p>In 2012 I was in university studying Computer Science.</p> <p>There was a classmate who was obsessed about bitcoin, always talking about it. </p> <p>I remember him talking to me every day about bitcoin. He even gave me some software to mine bitcoin by myself, I didn't even try it because I didn't care. I don't remember a lot because I just thought it was boring so I didn't listen to him. </p> <p>On summer 2012 he decided to quit the university and to move to East Europe to open a mining farm. </p> <p>He offered me to move with him and become business partners but I refused. So he offered me to go there just for one month to help him to set up the infrastructure. </p> <p>He offered me about 2000€ so I initially accepted. But there was a catch: he didn't have cash because he spent everything on this project. He offered me the equivalent in bitcoin: 200btc for working 1 month. </p> <p>I asked him why he couldn't convert btc in euro and he said it was quite complicated, so I thought that if it was complicated for him, it was impossible for me. </p> <p>I told him I was sorry but I wasn't interested in working 1 month and getting paid with money I couldn't spend. </p> <p>I never cared about bitcoin in these years. I even almost forgot about this story. </p> <p>Last week I saw my ex classmate on a TV show where a reporter interviewed him about bitcoin. I discovered that he actually opened that mining farm and he became an entrepreneur. </p> <p>After I saw him I remembered about this story and I checked how much is worth a bitcoin. </p> <p>If I understood well, if I accepted and kept those 200btc now I would be a millionaire. I even discovered that there are now a lot of websites where I can easily convert bitcoins in euro or just trade bitcoins. </p> <p>I'm literally shocked, I feel stupid and I would like to do something about it but clearly I lost the train and now it's too late.</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> submitted by <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Trevigol"> /u/Trevigol </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/lfavqt/in_2012_i_refused_200_btc_because_i_thought_they/">[link]</a></span> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/lfavqt/in_2012_i_refused_200_btc_because_i_thought_they/">[comments]</a></span>Kind Regards R
<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Sorry if it's considered spam but this story is taunting me and I wanted to share it with someone.</p> <p>In 2012 I was in university studying Computer Science.</p> <p>There was a classmate who was obsessed about bitcoin, always talking about it. </p> <p>I remember him talking to me every day about bitcoin. He even gave me some software to mine bitcoin by myself, I didn't even try it because I didn't care. I don't remember a lot because I just thought it was boring so I didn't listen to him. </p> <p>On summer 2012 he decided to quit the university and to move to East Europe to open a mining farm. </p> <p>He offered me to move with him and become business partners but I refused. So he offered me to go there just for one month to help him to set up the infrastructure. </p> <p>He offered me about 2000€ so I initially accepted. But there was a catch: he didn't have cash because he spent everything on this project. He offered me the equivalent in bitcoin: 200btc for working 1 month. </p> <p>I asked him why he couldn't convert btc in euro and he said it was quite complicated, so I thought that if it was complicated for him, it was impossible for me. </p> <p>I told him I was sorry but I wasn't interested in working 1 month and getting paid with money I couldn't spend. </p> <p>I never cared about bitcoin in these years. I even almost forgot about this story. </p> <p>Last week I saw my ex classmate on a TV show where a reporter interviewed him about bitcoin. I discovered that he actually opened that mining farm and he became an entrepreneur. </p> <p>After I saw him I remembered about this story and I checked how much is worth a bitcoin. </p> <p>If I understood well, if I accepted and kept those 200btc now I would be a millionaire. I even discovered that there are now a lot of websites where I can easily convert bitcoins in euro or just trade bitcoins. </p> <p>I'm literally shocked, I feel stupid and I would like to do something about it but clearly I lost the train and now it's too late.</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> submitted by <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Trevigol"> /u/Trevigol </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/lfavqt/in_2012_i_refused_200_btc_because_i_thought_they/">[link]</a></span> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/lfavqt/in_2012_i_refused_200_btc_because_i_thought_they/">[comments]</a></span>Kind Regards R