I agree with you that among the people who are on the forum there are those who have significantly enriched themselves during this time. And today these are not the same people who participate in subscription campaigns. Therefore, I doubt that they will simply read such topics. I really like to read the message histories of accounts with early registration date. And yes, I meet people who bought bitcoin or participated in giveaways back in 2013. And since then, their bitcoins, which were not numerous at that time, have grown. But they still remain loyal holders.
Speaking about myself, I am very sorry about those bitcoins spent earlier. Moreover, they were spent on the most common nonsense.

I haven't come across a lot many people, who have held their assets for more than three years. Extremely long term investments (>5 years) is common only in real estate and bullion sectors. In most of the other sectors, the average duration of the investment is less than 3 years. Even among the earliest Bitcoin users, only a small minority has held on to their coins from the pre-2013 period.

This may be true who knows as if whales will admit this manipulation,But indeed that people will Sell their Bitcoin knowing that in 2017 the price multiplied and everyone who Holds bitcoin for at least 1 whole year are the one who take the opportunity to Say "That Was a real Bull run" so they might replaced their coin in more cheaper because after months the value drops half or more so Buying again may double.triple or even quadruple your holdings.

Like that the account you Quoted, admittingly That in any instance you may release your coins either intentional or not yet it will Gone partly in our hands.

Yes, it is the case. Yet the best scenario would be buying it not in 2016, but even earlier, but yes - from 2016 to ATH, and then buying again this year, is still decent ROI. And no, its not impossible actually if you don't simply trade, or HODL forever, but rather analyze markets, trends, hypes, news (including fake ones - what has been pushed to masses), mining activity, etc., etc. Over time it gets natural without too much efforts.

I entered Bitcoin in 2013 by mining. I was doing mining with my PC and I had earned through faucets too. At the time, faucets paid an amount of bitcoins which is today, worth around hundreds of dollars. I kind of abbandoned Bitcoin in 2014 and sold most of my BTC. I re-entered the crypto world in 2016 and couldn't recover my coins. I am now a web dev and I do pay per job stuff. I accept Bitcoin as a method of payment and prefer it over all other payment methods.


What the hell are you saying

I am a daily wager. so I really couldn't got any chance to hold bitcoin for very long time.. I make bitcoin and crypto for living. i hope one day I'll earn additional money than my needs. so I could hold them for long time.

about others in this forum I don't know anyone personally who hold bitcoin for more than 5 years. but I am sure there would be a lot of bitcoiners holding for long time. including all the forum staffs and admins. and core devs. and all the old miners.

I am definitely not one of them who held Bitcoin for iver five years but I did earn Bitcoin when it was roughly between $300 to $400 I believe and then I had to sell those when the value of Bitcoin reached $1000 and again I earned more bitcoin's through signature campaigns before the 2017 bullrun which I sold during the peak. I wish I would have held some bitcoin's when it was $300 to $400, but those who have stored heir Bitcoin from last 5 years have lot of patience and they would be really rich by now.

I know someone who still holds his bitcoin for more than 5 years.

He is currently out of the country and is unable to sell because he migrated to the US which has some restrictions in using bitcoin. I was told that if he withdraws his funds it will be known and it is against the regulation. For now, he does not have any plans yet, the only thing he said is he will decide once he goes back to our country again.

it looks like someone has held bitcoin for more than 5 years. but there are also those who sell bitcoin after knowing the price of bitcoin has increased. so it is not easy to speculate who and why is holding or selling