The ownership and future of Mullvad VPN

Re:The ownership and future of Mullvad VPN by IgorPartola on Thursday September 16, 2021 @02:03PM (#28554986)

I remember spending $20 on a plain medium cheese pizza in 2010. If only I instead bought BTC with that $20 and held it until today.

What exactly is the difference between our scenarios?

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Re:The ownership and future of Mullvad VPN by haliskerbas on Thursday September 16, 2021 @02:05PM (#28555023)

“It is better to have loved and lost than to have never loved at all.”

The commenter you are replying to, had and sold, but you never had at all.

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Re:The ownership and future of Mullvad VPN by IgorPartola on Thursday September 16, 2021 @03:11PM (#28555927)

I had and sold at $1k/BTC. Thought I made out like a bandit considering what I paid for BTC/had mined it using free resources.

But my point stands: the idea that just because you had BTC at some point doesn’t really negate the fact that you had no prior knowledge. If you did, I bet you would have spent all your money and took out huge loans to buy more BTC at $2 or even $0.20. It’s a fallacy to think that just because you actually converted $ to BTC that somehow makes your lost opportunity cost more special than if you just held/spent $.

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