🚀🚀If I had bought 1000 USD worth of Ethereum in 2014
1️⃣ 2014: A "crazy" experiment
In 2014, Ethereum was just born, priced at less than 0.3 USD per coin, 1000 USD could buy 3333 ETH!
At that time, many people thought: "What can this thing do? Isn’t it just virtual code?"
As a result... I quietly stuffed ETH into my wallet and continued to grind.
At that time, I:
"Blockchain? I don't understand! But what if?"
2️⃣ 2015-2020: From “fear of zero” to “bull market shock”
• 2015: ETH dropped to 0.4 USD, I almost sold: "Is this thing going to zero?"
• 2017: ETH soared to 1400 USD, I frantically checked the market: "Should I sell? Should I sell?" In the end, I couldn't hold back and made a little money before running away 😭
• 2020: The crash on March 12, ETH fell to 380 USD, I cried while buying more: "Long live the bottom buying!"
Heartbreaking comparison:
• Purchase price in 2014: 0.3 USD
• Lowest price in 2020: 380 USD
• Increased by 1266 times!
3️⃣ 2024: The moment I opened my wallet, I was shocked!
Assuming I never touched these 3333 ETH:
• At the 2024 price (assuming 2500 USD per coin): 3333×2500≈8.33 million USD
• At the historical high (2021, 4800 USD): 3333×4800≈16 million USD
4️⃣ Regret medicine recipe: Three key moments I missed
❶ 2016: ETH rose to 1000 USD, I sold out of “fear of a drop.”
❷ 2020: DeFi exploded, I missed out on staking profits because I “didn’t understand.”
❸ 2021: The NFT craze, I got trapped buying altcoins due to “FOMO.”
Lessons learned:
• Long-termism > short-term speculation: Those who HODL have already achieved financial freedom.
• Understanding > luck: Not understanding DeFi or Layer2, you can only be a retail investor.
5️⃣ Advice for newcomers to the crypto world
✅ Dollar-cost averaging strategy: Buy a little each month to avoid missing out.
✅ Learning is key: Understand smart contracts and DeFi before entering the market.
✅ Don't trust “experts”: In 2024, there are still people saying “ETH will go to zero,” hilarious.
✅ Stay calm: Don’t be greedy when it rises, don’t panic when it falls, sleeping is more important than watching the market.
Conclusion: If I could do it all over again...
I would:
1️⃣ Delete the exchange app after buying in 2014;
2️⃣ Use part of my ETH to buy Bitcoin in 2020;
3️⃣ In 2024... continue to relax and wait for ETH to reach 100,000 USD!
Interactive topic:
If you had bought ETH in 2014, what would you do now?
