Originally Posted by
CryotriX
Of course, but BTC was so low back then that it wasn't even worth my electricity costs, even less my actual real money. Of course, I was wrong, as time proved. No need for regrets as there's no returning the time back.
Do keep in mind that I have invested very little in this. I don't think I mined for more than a few months. It was just like having money dropping from air, and I'm too cautious to risk it just for better margins of profit. Screw all that, I'll just take something, and I will fight greed off, this is my mentality, and it served me well over the years. If I was far richer, I would probably risk proportionally, but for my limited means, I will just take the less risky path even if it means I will never be truly rich.
My story was meant as a curiosity, and how interesting things can happen to humans (rarely). At times, it helps to be a computer geek that loves to experiment and plays with new technologies, like BTC used to be back then. I am not saying BTC will not grow again, it actually might, as it gets harder and harder to mine even with ASICs and it reaches max (if the below remains true):
"Eventually, the reward will decrease to zero, and the limit of 21 million bitcoins will be reached c. 2140; the record keeping will then be rewarded solely by transaction fees."
I don't have the time or patience to wait until that, nor would I ever take the risk to assume it would grow sooner. Might as well just disappear. I know the price drop left a lot of people near suicidal, bitter and disappointed, but you really should put the blame on the actual whales that moved hundreds and hundreds of BTC and exploited the markets, not on small miners like I was, having a few BTC is absolutely an irrelevant amount compared to what these people have.