Bitcoin as a currency is meant to be spent. Those 10,000 BTC made it back into the economy fairly quickly, around the time they were worth some $400. A ~10x ROI from simply trading in a different currency is quite good, even if that factor could have been higher had I held on to said currency longer. Naturally there will always be people hoarding coins, trying to get rich, and quite a few people did get quite rich, but they wouldn't have got that way without economic growth allowing it.
Hats off to both laszlo and jercos, that's a spirit we don't see often these days anymore. I wish greed wouldn't have become such a big part of crypto.
I get your point man. Thing is that's just the way things are, not that I am agreeing to hoarding but, in the shoes of people who barely have the capabilities to collect even a few bitcoins back then or a single Bitcoin today together with those who spent money that are essential for their survival, this is they only way for them to make money off of this. Besides, even children are encouraged to save money and most of the time, these children hoard money by putting them all in a piggy bank or something.
Things are just not as easy for others compared to some lucky few both here in this industry and outside of it. And yah, at some point, these people who hoard, will always have a time that will come for them that would force them to sell or use the coins they saved at some point because everyone has needs.
