My dad sold his Bitcoin in 2017 and still can’t forgive himself

my dad sold a few bitcoin back in 2017 he had been holding them for a couple years before that .... bought early, mostly out of curiosity, just one of those quiet early believers, got in through forums, watched some Andreas Antonopoulos vids, followed a few blogs, nobody around him really “got it” back then but he stuck with it then the 2017 bull run happened btc hit ~$15k and he cashed out made a few ten thousand dollars..enough to feel like he won and back then, he did. for a guy who didn’t come from money, it was big he was proud, used to tell people he “knew about bitcoin before everyone else” told me how important it was to take profits when the market gives you a gift fast forward a few years and man... the regret hits him hard now not every day but in those quiet moments ,,, when he’s alone at the dining table or looking at a retirement ad on TV...he’ll just say it out loud “if i held those coins… i could’ve retired by now” and then it’s silence and i don’t blame him. we’re not talking one or two btc he had enough, enough that if he’d just done nothing and held on he’d be living on a beach or farmland or wherever he wanted but that’s the thing about this space crypto’s biggest heartbreaks aren’t scams or rug pulls they’re the “what ifs” the moments you played it safe and still feel like you lost and the worst part? he didn’t do anything wrong he made a smart move he secured real money it paid off bills, took care of things but in this space… holding wins and taking profit sometimes just leaves you with the itch in the last few months it’s gotten worse especially with all the price talk again he keeps seeing the new ATHs the news the ETFs billionaires calling it digital gold and i can feel it ,,, that slow burn in him like he’s replaying every decision in his head again and again i hate that for him he’s a good man and he did win ... just not in the way people flex now submitted by /u/Weary-Hair-316 [link] [comments]

Jun 11, 2025 - 21:08

my dad sold a few bitcoin back in 2017

he had been holding them for a couple years before that .... bought early, mostly out of curiosity, just one of those quiet early believers, got in through forums, watched some Andreas Antonopoulos vids, followed a few blogs, nobody around him really “got it” back then
but he stuck with it

then the 2017 bull run happened
btc hit ~$15k and he cashed out

made a few ten thousand dollars..enough to feel like he won
and back then, he did. for a guy who didn’t come from money, it was big
he was proud, used to tell people he “knew about bitcoin before everyone else”
told me how important it was to take profits when the market gives you a gift

fast forward a few years
and man...

the regret hits him hard now

not every day but in those quiet moments ,,, when he’s alone at the dining table or looking at a retirement ad on TV...he’ll just say it out loud
“if i held those coins… i could’ve retired by now”
and then it’s silence

and i don’t blame him. we’re not talking one or two btc
he had enough, enough that if he’d just done nothing and held on
he’d be living on a beach or farmland or wherever he wanted

but that’s the thing about this space
crypto’s biggest heartbreaks aren’t scams or rug pulls
they’re the “what ifs”
the moments you played it safe and still feel like you lost

and the worst part?
he didn’t do anything wrong
he made a smart move
he secured real money
it paid off bills, took care of things
but in this space…
holding wins
and taking profit sometimes just leaves you with the itch

in the last few months it’s gotten worse
especially with all the price talk again
he keeps seeing the new ATHs
the news
the ETFs
billionaires calling it digital gold
and i can feel it ,,, that slow burn in him
like he’s replaying every decision in his head again and again

i hate that for him
he’s a good man
and he did win ... just not in the way people flex now

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