#question for #nostr and #damus community. What is the your biggest cringe story about how you lost money with crypto? (Poor investments. Early pulls. Falling for schemes. Missed opportunities)
If it’s too embarrassing DM me! Just curious to hear from others journey within the blockchain space!
In 2012, my HS best friend started talking to me about bitcoin. As graduation approached he started saying that I should buy some with my graduation money and skip going off to school. I didn’t listen.
I spent all my money on having the absolute cutest coziest dorm room I could design… just to transfer home the next year.
Then in 2016 I dated a guy who purchased bitcoin for illicit items on the dark web. He put a wallet on both our phones loaded with some bitcoin. I can’t remember how much … which is always in the back of my mind. The seed phrases were written into a love note for me to keep. The items purchased ended up taking his life and I was so pissed I tossed the card and deleted the wallet app.
It would take a few more years for someone to explain the cantillon effect to me for me to truly understand what bitcoin meant to my life. Once I got it that was it. No shitcoining, no horror stories… yet 🤞🏽
Just a series of being dense, not listening, and misplacing blame 😂😂
That’s for the detail! My condolences to the family and friends of your late boyfriend. 2012 Bitcoin for dorm room decor- yikes That Hurts! Similarly…Moving expense/ buying furniture on overstock.com via crypto in 2018 is something I am guilty of. I laughed at the time and thought I used fake money to fund 7,000 bucks worth of a real expense. Had I held on I would have had over a million by now in various coins.
