I first heard about Bitcoin in 2009, I thought it was a wonderful idea but no one would ever adopt or value it and forgot all about it. Then in 2011 Bitcoin peaked at $31, made the news and re-ignited my interest in Bitcoin.
I decided in 2011 that we were going to hold 100 Bitcoins, because I felt that being one of 210,000 people in the world was rare enough. Sheri and I had agreed to spend $50,000 on Bitcoins that year which would have meant that we would have had about 25,000 Bitcoins but I couldn't do it, it felt it was immoral to be that Bitcoin wealthy.
Then in 2013 I decided no, we were going to hold 420 because I wanted generational wealth and thought we could do some good in the world with it so I acquired a total of 420 bitcoins that year.
This next part is hard to explain.
I lost 100 Bitcoins in an exchange called BTC-E where I was effectively gambling before it got shut down. I lost my last 100 in the QuadrigaCX exchange when it got shut down because I was using it as bank. Not your keys not your Bitcoin. I forgot this basic rule of Bitcoin ownership.
Prior to this I had always been a holder, I had my own wallet and I stored my bitcoins in them religiously. Not your keys, not your wallet. I forgot this basic principle and basically lost the rest one way or another. I did buy a house and gave my ex-wife, Sheri a bunch.
And that is the short version. The long version will take some time...
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