Early 2022 , while hanging out with friends, I impulsively bought Bitcoin ($20.000/ BTC and some shitcoins. They all mocked me, called me a fool, and said it was a scam. They laughed because they were all investing in gold at the time while Bitcoin was crashing. They told me, "A poor person like you shouldn’t invest—better to buy land instead."

By 2023 earned commissions from work and kept grinding nonstop. To this day, I still work hard and run my own business to buy BTC ($27.000).

I’ve saved most of my money in Bitcoin and a few altcoins. In April 2024 , when Bitcoin hit $60,000 and BlackRock Asset Management was pushing for a Bitcoin ETF, I bought more. They mocked me again: "Just wait—it’ll crash and you’ll be ruined!"

Now, those same friends are stuck working minimum-wage jobs in Jakarta (UMR). It seems like even by retirement, they’ll never catch up to the compounding interest returns from my investments.