- Doing BOINC projects with my laptop's i7 CPU back in 2011. I remember Googling to see if I could make any money by doing something similar. Never found Bitcoin mining. So close... . But I don't really feel bad about this though. If I started mining back in 2011 I would probably have made worse mistakes like selling my mined BTC at a few cents, losing my password, or deleting my wallet.
- Closely following Bitcoin news when it had a run up to $266 and not buying in after the crash, even though I posted on another forum that I intended to. Finally bought in when it got media attention in November 2013 at slightly higher prices than today's.
- Waiting too long to buy a desktop PC to do scrypt mining, missed out on some good profits. I'm pretty sure I won't even make my investment back now (not considering possible market movement, because then a better option would be to actually buy the coins). I do have a nice desktop PC now that I consider to be bought with a 'discount'.
Currently still investing in crypto's so I don't miss out on the next rally/'bubble' if there is one, as a hedge against inflation or another financial crisis, and because I believe in the ideology.
Topic: Worst bitcoin decision you've ever made? - page 81. (Read 97039 times)
www.butterflylabs.com
april 12th 2014 customer service: you will get it by the end of may
nov 24th 2014 actual time I would have gotten my 65mm product likely not to ROI so being
optimistic deperate and stupid due to no bfl refunds upgraded to a monarh 900gh worth of
vaporware
BFL: monarch will be out in Dec er no I mean Feb er no I mean March er
you get the drift
so it don't matter just buying from them last april with a no refund policy was the
mistake the rest of this drama is just them making excuses to get other noobs today
to buy from them...the circle of scam turns on
live and learn out around a bit over 8K to bfl
("every time a bfl product does not make ROI an employee gets his horns!)
Searing
I figured I would have read many more horror stories of BFL on this thread. But yeah, anytime some has done business with BFL, it usually has ended up being one of their worst Bitcoin decisions.
www.butterflylabs.com
april 12th 2014 customer service: you will get it by the end of may
nov 24th 2014 actual time I would have gotten my 65mm product likely not to ROI so being
optimistic deperate and stupid due to no bfl refunds upgraded to a monarh 900gh worth of
vaporware
BFL: monarch will be out in Dec er no I mean Feb er no I mean March er
you get the drift
so it don't matter just buying from them last april with a no refund policy was the
mistake the rest of this drama is just them making excuses to get other noobs today
to buy from them...the circle of scam turns on
live and learn out around a bit over 8K to bfl
("every time a bfl product does not make ROI an employee gets his horns!)
Searing
This post make me feel bad, as I am the newbie and after reading this post I am lost in thought about how many mistakes will be in future with me before I become a mature bitcoiner
Selling too soon last summer
Don't fully trust. I personally have a serious plan, it should last for at most a year. I think the decision can help you on early stage, not for later stage.
Trust hashrack. Luckily this is not so important as That time, April 2013, I only test the schematics before further decision.
Selling too soon last summer
not holding my coin 
Buying another $1K today 
saving all my btc in a blockchain account and forgeting the password because i never use passwords that big and i lost all btc
Not buying more in late 2012 when I had the liquidity
all last year i heard about bitcoin but never followed up I should have been daytrading
Dropped $20 to "play" with Bitcoin when they were a few cents. Saw what I wanted to see, got bored and frustrated that I'd lost like $3. Sold for my $3 loss and forgot about it. If I'd have kept that, $500k easy...
I cashed out 10 BTC in September so that I could make a down payment on a car I wanted. Doh!
If I only waited two months like I originally wanted. Meh, love...
If I only waited two months like I originally wanted. Meh, love...
Played just-dice.
Played ponzi.
Mine was failing to buy in when my buddy was repeatedly telling me to. He had received 500 or so BTC as a wedding present from his brother in law (Roger Ver), back when they were under $1, I believe. If I hadn't heard about bitcoin, then I wouldn't care, but since I had the opportunity, plus I was actively looking for things to invest in, I totally blew it..
Same!
My good friend told me to get into bitcoin in late October 2013. I thought it sounded pretty good and I decided I'd do it. . . when I got around to it.
LATE OCTOBER 2013
*weeps*
I didn't 'get around to it until mid december.
me too if instead buy a miner I could easily buy BTC and I would be in better shape from financial point of view, but at the time I was thinking in help the network by adding hashing power to it. Well at least I have some virgin coins and said that, I shall not sell cheap ...
investing BTC in bitcoin mining companies with most of my bitcoins... most of the companies turned out to be scams...
my second biggest mistake was trying to make fiat profit by trading btc... yes I made lots of fiat.. but had all my money in fiat when the price of btc shot up.... doh caught with my pants down lolz.
my second biggest mistake was trying to make fiat profit by trading btc... yes I made lots of fiat.. but had all my money in fiat when the price of btc shot up.... doh caught with my pants down lolz.
Accidentally selling 350 coins at 100 instead of 100 coins at 350.
Trusting someone to sell me a tablet back in the early days. Every bad decision is a lesson learned though, no regrets.
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