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Topic: What would you do if you had mined 500 BTC in 2011 and still have it (Read 2156 times)

legendary
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Merit: 1000
Just as a note, 500 BTC is $400k. That might sound like a lot, but really, for the average person, that's maybe 1/4 of life earnings.

I'd sit on 250 BTC, I'd cash out 100 and put into market investments, play the alt-currency markets with 100, and cash out the remaining 50 as play money and to give me the vacation that I feel I deserve.
legendary
Activity: 2156
Merit: 1018
Buzz App - Spin wheel, farm rewards
I'd cash out 100 btc, move to a country with low prices, cheap electricity, great beaches and sexy girls, and then invest the 400 btc in mining and other less risky investments, and live happily ever after.
sr. member
Activity: 490
Merit: 250
Probably this:



While showing off my:


Pet Bear

and


Pet Bull

After pulling up in:


member
Activity: 99
Merit: 10
I'd hold half of them and spend the rest Smiley
hero member
Activity: 630
Merit: 500
sr. member
Activity: 472
Merit: 250
50% held for future use and speculation.
50% converted to fiat to buy scryptcoin mining rigs.

With scrypt ASICs already here basically?

I would buy 13 ANTMinerss for 25BTC and get 2.6TH.

Take the profit you can make burning 5KW of scrypt video card power and compare that to this example of 5KW of ANTMiners.  SHA-256 ASICS win hands down!
legendary
Activity: 1652
Merit: 1067
Christian Antkow
sr. member
Activity: 322
Merit: 250
I would cash out a large amount (like 80%+). Depending on situation it may easier and quicker to make a couple of large purchases on sites that accept bitcoin via BitPay.
That way you will have a large direct payout. And if you keep "just" 50-100BTC you are still nicely in the game in case there is another large rally in the future.
sr. member
Activity: 476
Merit: 250
Being over 12 months old you could get the reduced capital gains tax on the income (if you are in USA). Personally I'd move it all to coinbase and cash out.


Or you'd do it up properly through a corporation; spend all the money through the corp and owe no taxes at all.

It can be done.

My $.02.

Wink
sr. member
Activity: 434
Merit: 250
Being over 12 months old you could get the reduced capital gains tax on the income (if you are in USA). Personally I'd move it all to coinbase and cash out.
newbie
Activity: 56
Merit: 0
Sell 10% a year....
legendary
Activity: 1064
Merit: 1001
Having just found them, I'd probably sit there in a state of shock for a bit.

After I get my mind right, I'd withdraw 5% or so to fiat to cover RL expenses for a while, another 5% set aside for misc. purchases (think Overstock, Tigerdirect, or anyone else accepting BTC), 25% reinvested into Bitcoin projects I've got on the table, and the remaining 65% set aside in cold storage.
legendary
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Merit: 1014
newbie
Activity: 28
Merit: 0
satoshi dice; double o nothing
legendary
Activity: 1848
Merit: 1001
panic sell, hookers & blow followed by wank & cry
hero member
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Merit: 500
legendary
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Merit: 1000
hookers and blow
sr. member
Activity: 280
Merit: 250
I would keep them, and keep on mining.  Smiley
sr. member
Activity: 406
Merit: 252
Loaded question, and it should be considered largely depending on factors relating to one's current financial situation, such as net worth, age, indebtedness, spouse/children, tax jurisdiction, other portfolio assets, risk tolerance, value system, etc etc etc and of course, how many other bitcoins I own.  Smiley
sr. member
Activity: 476
Merit: 250
The title says it all: What would you do if you had mined 500 BTC back in 2011 and remembered that you still have them?

Would you hold? Would you re-invest in mining? Would you convert to fiat spend it? If so, how would you 500 BTC to cash?

I've been wondering about this. I have a few early adopter friends (not that rich though), yet I was never interested in Bitcoin myself that early.

50% held for future use and speculation.

50% converted to fiat to buy scryptcoin mining rigs.

My $.02.

Wink
sr. member
Activity: 308
Merit: 250
Dump them if I could get Tax free cash from them
newbie
Activity: 28
Merit: 0
The title says it all: What would you do if you had mined 500 BTC back in 2011 and remembered that you still have them?

Would you hold? Would you re-invest in mining? Would you convert to fiat spend it? If so, how would you 500 BTC to cash?

I've been wondering about this. I have a few early adopter friends (not that rich though), yet I was never interested in Bitcoin myself that early.
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