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Quote from: KingsDen on April 09, 2024, 12:48:15 PM

Quote from: Rikafip on April 09, 2024, 10:54:47 AM

Quote from: LoyceV on April 09, 2024, 10:31:00 AM

Chances are many of them sold their Bitcoins when it went x10 or x100.

I would say that chances are pretty high.

I know two early adopters cases (close friend and friend of that friend) where they cashed out way too early, at around ~$200. They both got back in later but at the higher price and interestingly they are not bothered much with the fact they could have been millionaires now, which is a healthy attitude ofc.

Yea, the chances are very high and I do not also blame them for selling early because as at then they were also in good profits. Imagine someone who bought at $0.45 and sold at $10, that's such a large margin of profits. During those times, just a few would believe that bitcoin will one day clutch $1,000.

That's sort of the beauty of Bitcoin... Those who came in to get rich quick made a quick investment profit and bought dumb shit (remember Goat buying a Lamborghini after selling his 1000 BTC coin, where is he now?) while those who actually believed in Bitcoin and weren't in it for the money found themselves as integral parts of various organizations that kept BTC coming their way even as it appreciated far beyond anyone's expectations. This is a trend that always continues and the market is great at separating the two classes. Try and earn interest on your BTC, lost. Try and use leverage to trade, lost. Try and cashout to buy a dream home thinking you're a genius and the gains will always continue to pay a crazy mortgage, lost. Try to get involved with Bitcoin because you care about freedom and want to build new use cases, well... those folks are still here.

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Quote from: KingsDen on April 09, 2024, 12:48:15 PM

During those times, just a few would believe that bitcoin will one day clutch $1,000.

The thing is - even the early developers (of Bitcoin white paper ) themselves never thought it'd go as high as it has gone so far. The validation and adoption globally has made everything even more easier... I doubt we still have people that don't know a thing about cryptocurrencies in general - like I normally say, unless a person lacks basic computer skills or they're practically apathetic towards digital science, they would eventually have a clue what it is... They might decide to not indulge innit.

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Quote from: Rikafip on April 09, 2024, 10:54:47 AM

Quote from: LoyceV on April 09, 2024, 10:31:00 AM

Chances are many of them sold their Bitcoins when it went x10 or x100.

I would say that chances are pretty high.

I know two early adopters cases (close friend and friend of that friend) where they cashed out way too early, at around ~$200. They both got back in later but at the higher price and interestingly they are not bothered much with the fact they could have been millionaires now, which is a healthy attitude ofc.

Yea, the chances are very high and I do not also blame them for selling early because as at then they were also in good profits. Imagine someone who bought at $0.45 and sold at $10, that's such a large margin of profits. During those times, just a few would believe that bitcoin will one day clutch $1,000.

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Quote from: LoyceV on April 09, 2024, 10:31:00 AM

Chances are many of them sold their Bitcoins when it went x10 or x100.

I would say that chances are pretty high.

I know two early adopters cases (close friend and friend of that friend) where they cashed out way too early, at around ~$200. They both got back in later but at the higher price and interestingly they are not bothered much with the fact they could have been millionaires now, which is a healthy attitude ofc.

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Quote from: Kushath on April 09, 2024, 09:11:42 AM

I met someone who told, there was this one user on bitcoin talk, who gave out an idea which eventually solved a major problem and was rewarded with 100 btc and the donor was someone who was working on the project.

I don't know about that but the forum has a security bounty and rewards, highest one is $50,000 now.
https://bitcointalk.org/sbounties.php

Do you mean this?

Quote from: theymos on October 13, 2013, 09:15:23 PM

This is probably the highest security bounty of any forum. It's only a little less than Google's security bounties. After this attack, the forum spent over 100 BTC on security-related stuff. Prior to the attack, the forum spent 40 BTC on password hashing improvements which significantly mitigated the damage of this attack.

Wayback machine https://web.archive.org/web/20140420064832/https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=309785.0

Rewards are in gold, converted to bitcoin.

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Quote from: LoyceV on April 09, 2024, 10:31:00 AM

Quote from: Rikafip on April 09, 2024, 09:40:15 AM

even though, being an early bitcoin adopter doesn't automaticlaly make you filthy rich

Chances are many of them sold their Bitcoins when it went x10 or x100. So if someone sold all their Bitcoins at $1, $10 or $100, I can imagine they don't want to be reminded of what-could-have-been anymore. It's also the reason I like to say: "never sell everything!".

I agree with that, I think that very few people from the past keep their bitcoins to this day, especially because a purchase of 1USD per BTC... when it reached 1,000 was something incredible, unimaginable... something that very few people expected to happen. .. Very difficult not to sell.

After all, for many it was a REAL life-changing opportunity at that time of exploding prices.

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Quote from: Rikafip on April 09, 2024, 09:40:15 AM

even though, being an early bitcoin adopter doesn't automaticlaly make you filthy rich

Chances are many of them sold their Bitcoins when it went x10 or x100. So if someone sold all their Bitcoins at $1, $10 or $100, I can imagine they don't want to be reminded of what-could-have-been anymore. It's also the reason I like to say: "never sell everything!".

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Quote from: Pokapoka124 on April 09, 2024, 10:06:35 AM

Quote from: Kushath on April 09, 2024, 09:11:42 AM

I’ll tell you a bit of the truth why? What happened was I working with someone on the idea of some sort, I met someone who told, there was this one user on bitcoin talk, who gave out an idea which eventually solved a major problem and was rewarded with 100 btc and the donor was someone who was working on the project. So even I thought why not give it a try. I know you got the answer, but just I am a small time tech guy with interest in writing fiction, nothing much.

Never heard that story. It’s possible that might have happened in the past, there are still accounts with the donator badge who are still active on the forum that can verify those stories. You do know the story of how meme bees got the donator badge right, you could add that to your article. I think readers will find it interesting just like people are fascinated by the Laszlo pizza bitcoins story.

It was this guy from my workplace who told me this, me and my mate were thinking to make this erc-20 meme coin and got this story from him.

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Quote from: Kushath on April 09, 2024, 09:11:42 AM

I’ll tell you a bit of the truth why? What happened was I working with someone on the idea of some sort, I met someone who told, there was this one user on bitcoin talk, who gave out an idea which eventually solved a major problem and was rewarded with 100 btc and the donor was someone who was working on the project. So even I thought why not give it a try. I know you got the answer, but just I am a small time tech guy with interest in writing fiction, nothing much.

Never heard that story. It’s possible that might have happened in the past, there are still accounts with the donator badge who are still active on the forum that can verify those stories. You do know the story of how meme bees got the donator badge right, you could add that to your article. I think readers will find it interesting just like people are fascinated by the Laszlo pizza bitcoins story.

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Quote from: Hazink on April 09, 2024, 05:43:57 AM

Most of them are very active here, but they might not show themselves as early adopters; they choose to remain anonymous; it’s safer that way.

On what exactly you base your assumption? Looking at the LoyceV list, that's obviously not the case. Majority of regular members loose interest in being regularly active, let alone someone who is a multimillionaire (even though, being an early bitcoin adopter doesn't automatically makes you filthy rich).

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Quote from: tranthidung on April 09, 2024, 08:51:25 AM

See

Quote from: Kushath on April 09, 2024, 08:43:52 AM

if you like the idea, you can PM me and also donate to this address. ___
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I’ll tell you a bit of the truth why? What happened was I working with someone on the idea of some sort, I met someone who told, there was this one user on bitcoin talk, who gave out an idea which eventually solved a major problem and was rewarded with 100 btc and the donor was someone who was working on the project. So even I thought why not give it a try. I know you got the answer, but just I am a small time tech guy with interest in writing fiction, nothing much.

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Quote from: Kushath on April 09, 2024, 08:43:52 AM

if you like the idea, you can PM me and also donate to this address. ___
___|

bc1qqml0wa2xxhs2rzy27cqs5n43zww3ddrchty72u

Let's guess reasons to find forum OGs. I could be wrong. Cheesy

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Goonies never say die.

To get the most active, you could check BPIP's most active profiles report, and filter for various registration date years, like "2010", "2011", etc.

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Most of them are very active here, but they might not show themselves as early adopters; they choose to remain anonymous; it’s safer that way.

You can also go to WallObserver. A lot of the early holders are the ones keeping the thread busy, but don’t expect them to disclose their assets or how long they have been in there.

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I am curious to find out, do the early adopters of Bitcoin (now multi-millionaires ) still come here on the Bitcoin talk forum, you know generally speak or talk with users here and stuff, like do they still visit? and also if i want to start a thread of stories as posts here like everyday, do you think that is a good idea and also not to get banned from here what page should i choose to post them?

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