You open your eyes, its 2010
For some reason you can’t possibly comprehend, you’ve traveled back in time. But your memories—the last 15 years—are still intact, untouched, and as clear as can be.
Not many people know about Bitcoin at this point. You’re not even sure where to look yourself. What was that website? you ponder. The exchange, yes, the scandal, the one that almost killed Bitcoin in its crib. Mount Gox?
It’s trading at 30 cents right now. Using a dial-up connection and a Netscape browser, you find yourself searching on Yahoo for the first forums.
How did people even buy BTC back then? you ask yourself. Were they even buying? Then it hits you. Yes, you used to be able to mine these things with the crappiest hardware. A Raspberry Pi could do it, right?
Where do I buy that? There’s no Amazon yet, is there?
You’re confused, frustrated. Everything is slow—painfully slow.
There’s no way our computer was this slow, you think. But then you realize there’s no reason it wouldn’t be.
I’ve been trying to open a forum for five minutes, and it won’t load. What in the hell is going on?
Truth is, you never learned how to mine Bitcoin. By the time you got involved, mining made no financial sense. It was better to just buy it with cash or a card.
Then you notice a countdown appear in front of your eyes. Your mother walks by, but she can’t see it.
“Mom… what is that?” you ask, bewildered.
“What is what, son? Are you okay?”
It dawns on you: this is a two-way ticket, and the plane’s about to leave. You’ve got thirty minutes. Can it be done? Can you do anything at all? It’s only thirty minutes!
In desperation, you run outside. Your father’s there, working on the car.
“Dad… Dad… listen to me!”
“What is it, Jake? I’m busy right now.”
“Dad, wait, listen. You have to find a way to buy Bitcoin.”
“Bitcoin?” he replies. “What in the world is that?”
“Dad, listen… soon I’m going to forget this conversation we’re having. You need to remember. Tell me about it later… don’t let me forget. We need to buy Bitcoin.”
Your dad sits up, totally confused. His face shifts from annoyance to deep worry.
You glance at the ticker—only 10 seconds left.
“Dad… trust me, please.”
“I trust you, son, but I don’t know what you mean by Bitcoin.”
“Dad, if you don’t let me forget, we’ll be rich, we’ll—”
Everything goes dark. The clock finally hits zero.
You wake up. It’s 2025. You’re sitting in your apartment, the same one you remember. Everything seems normal.
The phone rings. The display says: Dad.
“Dad?”
“Hey, son… I was just watching the news. Turns out the Trumps are doing that Bitcoin thing…”
“Remember you mentioned Bitcoin to me a long time ago?”
“What is this thing? Can you explain?”
Hmmmm
Not Funny scenario
Even in 2025, this is some persons 2010
People who don’t invest would look back in 2035 and we have the loop play out
Bitcoin and crypto is the future
its fun to imagine, tho... right?
more torturing than fun😂
Interesting thought experiment, @meno. For those who actually knew about Bitcoin and bought some in 2010, I wonder how many of those people HODLed? If that data could possibly be pulled together, I would imagine very few people bought BTC in 2010. And, of those, very, very few HODLed through the roller coaster ride since.
Maybe some day, we'll hear the story of one of those very, very few. It would be a great read, to get their firsthand experience of what it takes to be that diamond-handed, for that long.
There's a few that did... Da'Vinci i think its the name of one of the earliest people who made youtube videos on bitcoin.
Which I assume indicates he actually bought some BTC back then. If there any indication he has HODLed them since?
Let me find the guy... you might even recognize him.
https://davincij15.com/
Okay, thank you. No, I do not recognize him, but I appreciate you investing your time to bring up his website.
Look him up, he's got super old videos.
Only one song on my mind. I wish I had a time machine lol. 30 cents for Bitcoin, of I knew it, I’d buy so much there would be no whales hahaha and no Saylor. Dial up was so slow back then, just no time to mine
your handle here would have bit TheBitcoinTuber
hahaha damn it Meno now I feel like creating a new account 🤣🤣🤣🤣 with that username
Wow, hahaha! I think it would be very frustrating, and my dad isn't very technical, so it would be even harder for him to remember that or to do anything about it. But imagine buying a lot of bitcoins and causing a bad chain of events, and when you wake up, nobody remembers Bitcoin anymore because you ruined it.
the butterfly effect... you know. It is a possibility that you would.
hahahahah