Topic: My story about bitcoin and my old friend. - page 3. (Read 580 times)

Yes, it happens sometimes. When I first encountered Bitcoin, I was abroad. There were always people discouraging me from getting involved with Bitcoin, even though they didn't fully understand it. They believed that making money online and investing through the internet were things of the past. However, crypto has changed my life in some ways. I have earned a significant amount from providing marketing services, which has been enough to transform my life. I am still actively involved in Bitcoin trading, while those who doubted it are still abroad, and I have settled in my home country.

Well, I don’t have the same story as yours as my friends never really hated bitcoin that much, but they were not interested either. They just don’t want to take risk with bitcoin believing that it may only be a waste of time and money, and in the end it will only turn into scam. So I never convinced them in the first place. However, I still hope  that they’ll be more open to bitcoin one of these days. And maybe by that time, I can gain some significant achievements that will prove to them that bitcoin is legit and will never be directly involved in scams.

Maybe your friend simply isn't interested in bitcoin and there is nothing wrong with that. You didn't have to prove him anything imo. Obviously he couldn't make the same big bucks as you while he was working overseas but some people are just not good at investing at all. You should also know that crypto isn't the only game in town. Some smart people make great returns with forex or/and stocks too. There are people that make a killing from gambling. Your friend couldn't find his "get rich quick" scheme yet. Some people never will and there isn't anything wrong with that. Not everybody can be in the 1% club.

I have friends that I have been telling about Bitcoin, and they are unaccepting about the whole situation surrounding Bitcoin. They feel like bitcoin is a scam, the same way your friend did. They never believed in it. They keep telling me that am wasting my resources on what I can't feel.

Why don't I start up a business than investing in bitcoin when I don't know its future price tomorrow? I should be hoping on the impossible that bitcoin will give me profits.

That's by the way. Am looking forward to the day my bitcoin investment will turn into a success story like yours so that doubters friends who think Bitcoin is a scam will have a regretful mind that they made a very mistake of not believing in bitcoin. I know that it is just a matter of time, I will have my own story to share of how friends belittle my faith in bitcoin

Your story is a nice one because in the end your friend also accepted the fact that Bitcoin is a life-changer and anyone who delves into it will have a better life in future. I would like to thanks Satoshi once again for creating this amazing finance system for us because he has done the best job in the world.

OP, I would like to congratulate you on getting stick with your passion of accumulating Bitcoin and gaining profits from your holdings. Your Bitcoin journey inspired your friend and it has the power to inspire many other users. Anyone who invests in Bitcoin and has strong and firm faith in it will end up making a lot of money in the end.

If your friends starts investing in Bitcoin after getting inspired from your success then he will be a lucky person because in future he could also have a better life if he sticks with Bitcoin and starts accumulating Bitcoin with a long-term holding mindset.

If it were me, I would do the same as OP, I would show off my friend everything, and what I want is for him to know what he missed, that he was wrong in the first place.  for those who are always doubting, we need to show them the truth, and only when they accept their mistakes will they correct themselves and change.  just like OP's friend, he's not mad at OP, but on the contrary, he's started to believe what OP says and believes in bitcoin.

The part where your friend said it's not real actually interests me the most as I have read couple of people say thesame thing. It's possible they say so because it's intangible money (can't be touched) , they think it's not real money or were brainwashed by contents that claim it's not real. Well, you can't blame them too much. The concept of virtual money/assets would be too advanced for people or primitive minds who are used too physical assets/money, which is part of the reasons I tend to encourage the printing of "bitcoins" on physical objects. It will make alot of sense to them since they can touch and easily exchange them for goods and services. Unfortunately, nerds, tech futurists etc are too obsessed with the digit concept with little consideration for people with less understanding.  Bitcoin is more real and better than fiat currencies but alot of people would take the latter more seriously because they have their physical versions, which Bitcoin is also capable of. Besides, the physical version of Bitcoin is much better because it can be printed by anyone & has a verifiable public Ledger.



I have a question for you my friend, in regards to your expenses, are those motor bikes used for business? How about the renovated house? You see, we need alot of productive bitcoiners who can use what they made from Bitcoin for the benefit of fellow bitcoiners and society. We are building an interdependent Bitcoin Network that is independent of centralized world. When the time comes, you could rent out the bikes or house for bitcoins... Afterall, you bought and renovated them with money from Bitcoin. You could use the bitcoins earned from renting them out to pay another bitcoiner to service them when they need to be serviced, or even buy brand new ones from bitcoiners who can manufacture such. This is how we can sustain ourselves and become self-reliant rather than relying on fiat world or buying lots of bikes for just ourselves to enjoy/use without earning more bitcoins from renting out them to others. Learn from Bitcoin miners... they invest in mining equipments probably with their hard earned bitcoins, to serve the Bitcoin Network & earn more bitcoins. I have read of Bitcoiners who produce miners and probably sell them for bitcoins. Let's learn to live for others especially bitcoiners when we succeed with Bitcoin investments or works. This can help in circulating the coins within the Bitcoin economy rather than just holding them.


People I know who probably dislike Bitcoin would be surprised by the influence I have on it

The funny part is, you can introduce and teach your friend everything about Bitcoin and he or she won't be able to keep up, they might expect things to be smooth with Bitcoin, believe me, those who doubt easily are not so disciplined.

Once they find out that you need to keep nursing your crypto portfolio and it's going to take few years to at least get better profits off your investment they will run and hail you that you are a strange being, it has happened to me not once, most people that end up forcing me to teach them about Bitcojn are not serious about Bitcoin even after I thought them all the need to know.

This days don't be surprised that many people are looking for the easiest way of making money and Bitcoin does not grant wishes in a week or two.

I don't have the proof you have so nobody wants to be like me. Maybe in the future when I have made some money from bitcoin and own a house and a car just like you, many people that feel I am wasting my time investing in Bitcoin will rethink. I want to congratulate you for all you have achieved with bitcoin but a newbie might be misled by this story. These new members might assume that Bitcoin is a get-rich-quick investment. I am sure that some members of the forum have lost money investing in Bitcoin. So I would want you to inform your friend that there are risks in investing in the bitcoin industry so that he will be prepared for the worst.

Keeping your investment secret is important if you want to avoid criminals. There is no need to flaunt what you have achieved because even your close friends or relatives can't be trusted. To maintain privacy it is better to keep it on the low at all times because criminals are looking for signs that you have what they want.

So, no merits for the OP?  Bitcointalk, you have changed.

In the end, these stories make me laugh. I have a mixture of tenderness and disbelief. I think a new section should be opened in the forum for personal stories, given the number of people who have stories to tell about how Bitcoin has changed their lives for the better.


In the end, it is that Well, it is that in reality, for buying and holding Bitcoin to change your life significantly, you would have to hold it for a long time without selling at the peaks, something that few people endure. If your personal situation only allows you to buy $50 in Bitcoin per month, after 5 years without selling you would have invested $3K and you would have the equivalent of $6K, which is not bad, but it does not change your life. To do so, you would have to hold out much longer or invest more, and if you can invest more, your economy is better and therefore the number to change your life must be proportionally higher as well.

Well, I had my grandmother who always discredited me for dealing with Bitcoin on the internet. She used to say I was just kidding around and that Bitcoin wasn't real money. Unfortunatelly I didn't have enough time to prove her she was wrong and that Bitcoin could have a big impact on adopters' lives, because she passed away on the turning point between the moment I was bulding my holdings to the moment I started gathering profits from BTC to the real world.

During the rise of investments that offer huge profits, a friend of mine left Bitcoin and chose to join the investment group.
He sold the car he used as a means of daily life and used it as capital to invest there.
Six months on, he made a profit of almost 3 times the amount of capital ^{[from selling the car]} invested in one investment community.

In the following months, he gave me a prospect about the investment he was doing now by indirectly telling me to leave Bitcoin.
In order not to offend him, I said wisely that the path I know here is with Bitcoin and let me live it casually even though I can't buy cars and other equipment like you have so far.

Eventually, he returned to the path I chose to stay on.
Bitcoin doesn't make it easy right away, it doesn't make it profitable in a short period of time, but investing is certain.

I'm a bit confused that you are showing off the things you bought with bitcoin, like you want to show your friend how wrong he was. Going the "I told you so" route is the easiest way to make your friendship more tense and bitter.

I've never had a similar experience because I don't act like you, OP, but I had some friends message me with regrets about not having invested in bitcoin, or owning bitcoin at some point and selling it cheap.
My close friend bought a computer in 2016 when bitcoin was at its lows.

No, I haven't experienced such a situation. From your story, I just hope that your friend doesn't have the wrong impression about Bitcoin as a get-rich-quick scheme. Bitcoin represents more than just renovating a house and owning various motorcycles. Bitcoin provides financial and personal freedom from government control and the possibility of not having to work anymore. Your friend might be discouraged if he invests in Bitcoin today expecting immediate riches. Your task is to identify any misconceptions he may now have about Bitcoin due to your success and correct them.

It is good for someone to stand on his ground on whatever he believed in, if it is legit. If you didn't much believe in bitcoin at the initial time, your friend would have succeeded to talk you out of being a bitcoin investor all because of fear of being scammed.

I'm happy you didn't listen to his advice at that time because if you had, you would now be regretting not investing in bitcoin when you heard about her, just like he is now. It would not be a good idea for your friend to start investing in bitcoin because your circumstances have improved than he used to know you.

Your friend seeking to invest in bitcoin because your circumstance has changed to a brighter one, that he once know you before is not a good idea for him to start investing in bitcoin. He's entering the crypto market with the hopes that his situation will significantly change, just like yours has. If his(circumstance) didn't alter as planned, he will begin to have regrets about taking the risk to invest in bitcoin.

Even though, your friend asks several times before you teach him, tell him that he takes patience to be successful in bitcoin investment. Let him not tremble at her price when it is down, he should invest with his extra money and let him not have imaginary expectations.

To make fun of just because they don't fully understand how Bitcoin works and is a money-making machine.
some of the rejections that occurred were indeed due to FUD spreading and saying even Bitcoin was just a coin that would eventually disappear and be worthless.
That may only be a general reason and there are many other reasons that influence beginners to start entering.

No need to invite friends and relatives we know, they will offer themselves when we are successful and successful in Bitcoin.
Because it happened to me. I am the type of person who is reluctant to explain let alone invite other people to enter, because I already know what will happen.
I only focus on my own success and when I have succeeded many people will ask and wonder how I made so much money.
They will begin to be interested in learning.

Like you I also faced the situation, your friend is really surprised to see your change. I also told my friend about Bitcoin and he ignores and makes fun of Bitcoin.  Although he is now involved in a good job and has achieved much financial stability, I have yet to significantly change the financial situation from Bitcoin. But I am hopeful that one day I can surprise my friend like you.For those who scoff and ignore Bitcoin, I wish for all Bitcoin investors to make a significant change. So that they understand what Bitcoin is and how Bitcoin can change life.

Investing in bitcoin will not guarantee anyone will get a return and change their life. But if you don't try, you will never have a chance to change your life. I don't see anything wrong with OP trying to share the opportunity with friends because OP has experienced and has good results, so there is no reason for us to hesitate to share with our loved ones. But you are also right just because we are successful doesn't mean they are too. So as long as we tell them everything from return to risk when investing, let them decide for themselves.

I would say never to disclose your investments. Whether it's crypto or any sort of investment, it’s better to keep it within yourself. Moreover, if bitcoins or crypto is illegal in your country, then it’s better not to share with anyone regarding your crypto investment. I can understand the OP’s feelings about how he made his friend regret his decision, but to be honest, I won’t show off if I have made any profits from crypto. You did your part, OP, by informing your friend about the crypto investments. Now he didn’t follow your advice, so it’s obviously his fault. I hope your friend now understands the value of the coins.

OP, it's hard to convince someone of bitcoin if they've never been directly involved in it. Many people underestimate bitcoin and its potential in the long term because they never wanted to go deep into it or want to learn about it, but most of them will regret it after other people get good returns.

There are many other people who disdain bitcoin besides your friend, but nowadays their mindset about bitcoin has changed. Even investors in gold and other physical assets have diversified their assets with bitcoins instead of just physical assets, that is because bitcoins can allow them to earn better returns than the potential of their physical assets in the long term.

I don't have the same story, but it had too much going on in the early days of bitcoin. They certainly regretted it, but it would never be of any use if they didn't start studying it and investing in it.