My Bitcoin experience so far...

I first heard about Bitcoin back in 2014. It sounded… strange, like a fantasy currency for hackers or criminals. I couldn’t see what made it so special back then, so I just let it be. Fast forward to 2017, and suddenly, I’m seeing Bitcoin everywhere. It wasn’t just the news, but something about it finally clicked for me. This wasn’t just some fad, it was a new type of money, a kind that no one could mess with. A light bulb went off, and I decided I was going in.

In 2018, as the price took a nosedive, I bought my first Bitcoin. It wasn’t an easy time to get in. Imediately after my purchase the bitcoin price dropped alomst 70% from my buy in. The crypto market was crashing, and almost everyone I knew thought I’d lost my mind. My friends cracked jokes, my family made comments, and my girlfriend… well, she thought I’d gone off the deep end. She used to say it’d be smarter to invest in “real stuff” like a house, or at least something I could hold in my hand.

But I wasn’t backing down. I was going all in. Over the next few years, I poured everything I could into Bitcoin and refused to sell even a single sat. HODL became my mantra, no matter what the market did. My girlfriend wasn’t a fan of that, either, and in 2023, she left me for someone else. It was one of those rock-bottom moments: I’d lost the relationship, nearly everything else, and even had to crash on a friend’s sofa for a while. I felt like I’d gambled and lost.

But I held on.

This morning, I checked my Bitcoin wallet, and there it was: $200,000. I couldn’t help but just stare at the screen, thinking about everything I’d gone through since that first buy. Looking back, every moment of ridicule, doubt, and sacrifice feels worth it. And the best part? I know I’m still just getting started.

I'm now in my early thirties, fit and single looking at my future with childlike wonder.