To me I'll say it was the best decision they made at that moment, it could be that these transactions they made within those periods where part of the catalyst that made a boost to what we are enjoying today in higher value as bitcoin. The price of a gold sold at $100 some 40 years ago may be selling at $10k today, that doesn't mean that those that sold theirs 40years ago made a mistake or that they didn't know the value, what they did was just business at the very value it were.
Now today bitcoin is at $23k and many persons are selling theirs, if the price hits 100k in the next 15 years to come that doesnt mean tht those that sold theirs at 23k didn't know the importance. Based on the times and intervals it was the best value for each of them.

Yes it is true they sold their precious bitcoin for a pittance at the time but I think they are happy that they made history.

If it were not for these big men who believed in bitcoin and sold several hundred or thousands of bitcoins for cents, as well as those who bought pizza for ten thousand bitcoins, had it not been for all these men, bitcoin would not have reached what it is today.

I am sure, at that time they did not care that they were selling Bitcoin at a very low price or not, but all they cared about was that this new invention would work and spread all over the world.

Some people just realize it too late. Someone just didn't believe that bitcoin will go that high. It's always easiest to judge people from this perspective, but when you are at this moment, you can't predict for sure what technology will blow up.

OP, this isn't the first time you've brought this topic up.
https://bt.irlbtc.com/view/5441239.msg61818700#msg61818700

 Why do you care? Tell me, what were you doing a few years ago when Bitcoin appeared? Were you born smart? Knowing that one day you will invest in bitcoin, and it will definitely make you a millionaire. But yeah, you didn't know that, did you? Have you ever lost anything? Do you always know when there will be a natural disaster in your area, and are you always wise? But why do you demand that other people be all-seeing?
Actually, this and the previous topic should be left unanswered. They are directly aimed at the people you write about. But you act like a "sage", calling the people who sold bitcoin for next to nothing stupid.
But if you're so smart, why are you so poor?

I have never heard about this and I am now curious to know what happened, why theymos sold at low?

• He was not certain if bitcoin will rise in the future
• He needed money, so he had to sell
• He wanted to make history as someone who sold the lowest Bitcoin price

The number 3 option above is hilariousandco, what problems could 48 cents would have solved then? Nothing I guess, or there was no inflation then and as such the purchasing power of 48 cents was high.

It's easy to judge in hindsight, but of course it was hardly realistic to imagine in the early years of Bitcoin that it would cost thousands, tens of thousands of dollars. And I'm confident many of us had our own moments of doubt at whichever point we joined the market, thinking that the price is already really high (to me, it was when Bitcoin was worth hundreds of dollars). AFAIK, Laszlo said he didn't regret the pizza deal, maybe the other two don't regret it either. After all, these are amazing stories that show how far we've come, how far Bitcoin came. I don't think they should cause regret.

These people probably knew the importance of BTC more than anyone, why a lot of people think they made bad decisions is because of what BTC price has risen to today, but without these individuals and developers like Gavin Andresen and others, BTC probably may not be where it is today. BTC is a currency, these individuals proved that it is, while Gavin gave people free BTC to promote the coin, these are the people that joined Satoshi to create a history for BTC that we can read today and be amazed.

History is very important, and i think it is wrong to say those who were involved in creating a history for BTC didn't know the importance of the coin, they knew, they knew that it was a currency first before the investment option that many today see it as.

I am getting to know this for the first time and wondering why these guys are not that much active on the forum. 

By the sirius profile link isn’t working and for laszlo and bitcoinfx both links are same profile.

Anyways, coming to the original post I’m pretty sure bitcoin held least importance at the time because most of them just used it as fun stuff or may be just to “try it out”.  But I’m sure nobody ever thought about the future of bitcoin in that way.

We live by our senses. We see what’s happening in our surroundings and accommodate that way. However, at that time bitcoin could have been just not much interesting stuff for them or they had fun sending it and buy something for it. That was their achievement.

I’m still happy those events happened. They gave us big time learning.

First of all i must say, your question would have rub the salt on there wounds. Well i was aware with the Laszlo one but Theymos is totally new for me. and he is the member of Bitcointalk community. well i must say Bitcointalk is full of wonders. Now i am in wondering that maybe some of the old users here would have known Satoshi Nakamoto in person. (maybe).

Now, coming back to your question, we all are humans here and human can make mistakes. as market is full of sentimental signals that urges others to take decisions that they should not have. Well, i say, if they would have aware with the future price of btc then why did they do it? well we all in our history must have done the same things once in a while. Like taking my own example. I mistakenly sell some tokens (not btc) for arround 100$ while few months later they were like around 1500$. i have also lost hell lot of money by following my mis-judgments of market. But all these losses are not go in vain. We all have learnt some lesson from our mistakes.

The real question should arise after the awareness of btc and blockchain. But back in that time we all know btc has faced a lot of limitations and bans that causes price of btc to spike up or down. So overall, its the surprises and wonders of market too that can create millionaire and can make you poor. 

There are many articles on forum related to history of btc and how it bears the ups and downs and how people fall prey these market's ups and downs. Back then, technology was new and less people were familiar with it plus there were less information and tutorials in the market. I am not a past guy because i am Gen-z. Millennials must have grab this opportunity and they were in there great senses back in 2008.

Really, it's best to avoid price comparisons. You're selling now. Once in a while, the new generation will label us as stupid. Considering that Bitcoin would cost $1 million at that time. It doesn't imply that they were unaware of Bitcoin's importance. Instead, they make use of and adapt it. Bitcoin was designed with peer-to-peer, decentralized money transfer in consideration. They had been doing so and also believed in Bitcoin. But they had not anticipated that the price would change in this manner so quickly.