Everyone makes a mistake when they first discover bitcoin. Most make the mistake of thinking they’re too late.

I made the opposite mistake. I knew I was early. Very early. So early that it might not work and thus only worth casual effort.

I could literally be a billionaire if I knew then what the average pleb knows now…but back then nobody understood what bitcoin was and we didn’t have the Saifs and Saylors to lay it out in concrete terms.

Bitcoin reveals all mistakes. While I regret mine, I have benefited from this simple rule: the best time to correct a mistake is as soon as the mistake is discovered.