To share you my journey, I started joining this forum in 2017 where the price of 1 BTC was equivalent to roughly $4,000 at that time. I was earning 0.005 BTC/week (roughly ~$5 at that time) from my participation in campaign signatures. I was a rough college student back then and every week, I would convert those BTCs to my local cash in exchange for the purchase of school materials.
I recently stumbled across my old account in my local exchange and discovered shockingly that the 0.005 BTC/week that I was receiving back in 2017 is now roughly around ~$450 at today's BTC price. Do I regret my decision for not HODLing during that time? Absolutely. However, it taught me a valuable lesson- that time is gold in cryptocurrencies.
I do think that roughly 10-15 years from now, we will all look back to the glory days of BTC where we would regret lots of the decisions that we made for short-term gain. That is why the time is now- invest long term and reap the rewards in the future!
What an inspiring story! Just thinking out loud; can anyone really intentionally HODL Bitcoin for 1520 years? Fifteen years is quite a lot of time. So many events must have happened within that period, including the possible death of that HODLer. Although it is strongly advised that investors HODL for the long term in order to see significant growth in their investments, if by chance they sell off their Bitcoins to take some profits during that short period, they should never feel bad when they see the price of Bitcoin skyrocket in the following years. To even think of it, they wouldn't even be patient enough to wait till that time. Their investment goals that time will decide how long they hodl. Regrets after realising some gains seems like greed acting.
I am a great believer in Bitcoin. Although it hasn't been too long since I started benefiting from Bitcoin, I must confess that in the coming years, we all believers in Bitcoin, will be glad we invested in it. We've already seen the signs; in the future, the value of Bitcoin will be massive.
