From a penny to $99k: how Bitcoin ruined skeptics and enriched believers

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While BTC is reaching new highs, come on, let's calculate how much those who didn't believe in 2009 missed out.

Brief chronology:

October 5, 2009 - the first Bitcoin trades. Price: $0.00764 per coin. With 1 dollar, you could buy 1309 BTC.

An investor who dared to invest $100 at the beginning of 2010 ( when BTC was priced at $0.30):

  • At the end of 2013, I would have $1.65 million (growth of 16,500 times)
  • In December 2017 ( when BTC reached $14k ) — already $4.72 million
  • Now, at the price of $96k — about $32 million

But there were also corrections that scared newcomers:

  • 2014: a drop of -57%
  • 2018: crash by -74% ( from $14k to $3.7k)
  • 2022: minus -64%

Main conclusion: 10 BTC purchased in October 2009 are now worth approximately $960k. This means that the first investors received x125,000 over 15 years.

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