You're right about the underestimating part of what one's Bitcoin may be worth in the future. It isn't just with Bitcoin alone. I believe the warning should cut across the altcoins too. I once left a fraction of Litecoin (around 0.01) in a paper wallet which I discarded completely in my early days in 2017. That was when 1 LTC was worth less than $10 or so. It was nothing then but today that same fraction is worth something and we never can tell what that will be worth 10 years from now.

Absolutely correct, there were times some campaigns paid $6 to $10 in bitcoin back in those days, comparing that to this present bitcoin price. There is nothing absolutely small when talk about bitcoin accumulation on a long term basis becasue i was a result of that. The programmer thought the price of Bitcoin won't appreciate from what he used to see it, but unfortunately to him; 2021 has been the best for the said bitcoin that was once be rejected by so called experts in the past.

In my own opinion, I think what they both had in common is lack of believe in Bitcoin which of course made them think those number of Bitcoin they had was not worth it, but they failed to understand that, many technologies today didn't grow overnight, it took time for it to attain the growth worthy of it. Therefore, although it is a painful experience, but I think they should continue using every forms or steps at their disposal to regain their Bitcoin, at least that will encourage others to dig up theirs and at the long run, bringing more people into the crypto space. Also, I agree with you totally, that irrespective of the amount of Bitcoin we have today, just keep on holding them because Bitcoin is already valuable and the future is already filled with good tidings which means more price increase will be realised moreover more institutional investors are already paying more attention; however, if you are opportune to get more, then do so accordingly and as required.

You are right, back in the "pioneer" days, 2010, 2011, 2012 & 2013 a bitcoin
was only worth cents to $120. Security wasnt as much of a concern as it is now
so keys were most likely stored on HD's as well as wallets.

Obviously if the keys were/are stored securely seperately to the wallets, the
destruction of a HD is not a major issue.



Sound advice from BrewMaster, something I have been practicing for a few years.
Many many small transactions can add up to something substantial even if it isnt
as much as you like its better than not acting at all.

Probably the best way to store a small amount of coins for long time is by making many unencrypted backups that are stored offline. You can put your wallet on an old USB stick that you no longer use, an SD card, a Blu-ray disk, write down a seed on a piece of paper. Put them somewhere where no one would accidentally throw it away, like next to your personal documents or your cash savings.

 People tend to forget that investing is believing no matter the circumstances, those people lost their bitcoin because they stopped believing and that's normal for us humans, but when it comes to crypto investing we all should know that in just a second the chart could turn for or against the holder or the buyer, that should be on every crypto investors mind.
 

The "best way" you're talking about sounds pretty much like dollar cost averaging which is indeed a great tactic in buying pretty much any type of asset. Not only does it minimize your losses while keeping your winnings in check, it also inadvertently allows you to diversify on your buys which then gives you further security in case one of your buys drop in value.

Now it's more than just saying that you'll buy a little bit of let's say bitcoin everyday since you still have to consider multiple factors such as timing and projected price.

I think the same way. If you invest in bitcoin now, then in a few years you'll understand why it was the best decision in your life. So many people write on the forums about their regrets not buying bitcoin a few years ago because now they could be swimming in money.

That's really dirty but I do have to agree with you, satoshi even said that. The articles though, they are more of an hindsight for many of us because we never knew that it will reach this height in the first place, our best predicted peak was 20k but we have reached a double number. The only way I know that works for safekeeping my coins is to have a cold wallet that is inside a case together with a paper with the passwords written on it.