When I entered bitcoin, I do not have that much expectations. I just knew that if bitcoin price can grow overtime, then regular buying of bitcoin will not be wasted in the long run. That's just my thought about bitcoin. So everything that is happening today comes a big surprise for me.

And what makes it highly surprising for me is that after all the attacks that the government and anti-bitcoin did, and claimed that bitcoin is already dead a lot of times, but look at bitcoin now, even getting more valuable and sustainable. Lucky are those who believe in bitcoin without doubt, sorry for those who ignore bitcoin because they think bitcoin is just another get-rich-quick scheme.

Its almost 18 years old actually. And until now, I still can't believe that bitcoin remains a good store of value for long term, and may even surpass other digital and traditional assets if bitcoin progress will be unstoppable.

But what makes it surprising is that bitcoin never fail us no matter how volatile it is. The uncertainty of the market makes us even more attached to bitcoin, because slowly we realized that bitcoin's volatility isn't a threat, but a precious gem for bitcoin.

That is true, it's surprising that even we've believed for so long that this is a great asset. The milestone that it has reached is amazing and incomparable.

The usual stocks like Nike just recently is about to get kicked in the S & P 100.

Whilst for Bitcoin, it's being adopted and have some ETFs and being talked about by governments to be added as part of their reserves.

Looking back, what part of Bitcoin’s journey has surprised you the most?
I'm not surprised with Bitcoin that is framed as a bad thing, but it still can survives and keeps rising till now. What I am more surprised about is the term "never sell your BTC" used by many people, including on this forum, while they also rarely or never use their BTC. These people, for me, are self proclaimed BTC number #1 supporters, but in fact, they transact more in stablecoins and use chains that offer lower fees and faster speed. Sorry guys, a bit emotional when typing this

And what do you think someone from 2010 would find hardest to believe about Bitcoin today?
Price and adoption for sure. But some others, maybe it's hard to believe how the ideology and movement have shifted. BTC was made to fight against the banks, fiat, and an unfair financial system, but now it's more like friends with them.

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Unfortunately,I wasn’t into the crypto space precisely bitcoin back then,so I literally don’t have full knowledge about the challenges it faced when it came out newly or during it’s early stage of adoption.Though I do read articles about bitcoin in the past and I’m also made to understand that bitcoin went through thick and thin during it’s early stage of adoption but nevertheless it came out strong because of the power of decentralization.If bitcoin isn’t a decentralized digital currency the government and it’s critics would have devised an alternative to put an end to it but unfortunately it isn’t possible as they expected.Even when I joined the crypto space in 2024 I witnessed a few oppositions from the government against bitcoin and it’s enthusiasts but currently in my country that phase has subsided.

For someone from 2010, every single thing will be surprising, starting from its survival, current price and all-time high, institutional adoption and overall, adoption, the level of trust people have in Bitcoin, and every other thing that people back then couldn't even imagine. Someone from back then would also regret why they didn't buy a few thousand bitcoins at that time and kept holding them until now because that would have changed their life forever based on how much Bitcoin has grown in all these years value-wise. Of course, this isn't for those who actually did this and bought and kept some bitcoins from the early days, but most people didn't.

For me personally, I think the most surprising part for me was the institutional adoption, because I literally didn't expect it to happen this quickly. I used to think that it is going to take a very long time for institutions to step in and start buying and adopting Bitcoin, but very early, firms and institutions started working on getting their ETFs started, and that onboarded a large number of people from the corporate industry who might have been hesitant to invest in Bitcoin before that, but once they saw that even institutions are now getting involved, their trust increased as well.

Yup! The government adoption is something I never would’ve expected either. Now I’m more interested in where Bitcoin’s utility goes from here, especially as more companies and institutions start building around it. I think that side of Bitcoin still has a lot of room to grow.

Adoption and Pricing has been one of my biggest surprises through the journey of Bitcoin. At the time when Bitcoin was first introduced to the Public, only a few would believe the price Value by this time would be at this point it is now or the Adoption would have been this wide, because little understood the vision and saw the possibilities around it, while a vast majority taught of it as one which may not have lasted this long before it will be forgotten or maybe come to an end, but so far, Bitcoin has proven beyond reasonable doubt that it can still last for some years ahead and even more and it will likely gain more adoption and the value will even scale up above what it currently is. The price and the adoption will always be a great point of surprise to me because i understand a lot of persons possibly didn't see this coming and may as well not even see the after now future that will be coming.