An old news from 5 years ago
I remember a shocking incident in Hangzhou five years ago: a woman spent more than 3 million yuan to buy about 60 Bitcoins (BTC). Her husband found out about it, and he sent her to a mental hospital. This incident caused a stir on WeChat Moments and social media, and everyone was talking about it, thinking that the husband didn't understand his wife at all. How could he do this?
The situation at that time
Cost: RMB 3 million
Purchase quantity: About 60 bitcoins
Unit price: about 50,000 RMB per Bitcoin (about 7,142 USD)
At that time, Bitcoin was still a mysterious thing. Many people did not understand it at all, let alone spend 3 million to buy it. The woman's decision was simply unreasonable in the eyes of many people. Her husband even thought she was crazy, so she made such a decision.
The passage of time
In a blink of an eye, time has come to November 17, 2024. The price of Bitcoin has changed dramatically. On that day, the highest price of Bitcoin reached 90,000 US dollars per Bitcoin. According to the current exchange rate of 7.3, one Bitcoin is equivalent to 657,000 RMB. You can calculate how much the Bitcoin in the woman's hand is worth now. She bought 60 Bitcoins for 3 million RMB. It's almost 39.42 million RMB! This is really a big profit. In 5 years, 3 million has become 39.42 million. It's like magic!
Netizens' feelings
This incident reminded me of the experiences shared by many netizens. One netizen said that when he registered for a certain game, someone gave him 0.2 bitcoins. At that time, he didn't take it seriously because one bitcoin was only worth 2,000 yuan, so he sold the 0.2 bitcoins for 200 yuan, and he was very happy at the time. But now looking back, I really regret it, which is equivalent to throwing away more than 160,000 yuan in vain! Where can I go to seek justice!
Another netizen also said that in 2010 to 2011, his boss at the time asked him to mine while he was at work. At that time, mining was easy, and you could mine at least one bitcoin almost every day. But at that time, bitcoin was not valuable, only a few dollars each, and it was difficult to cash it out in China. In the United States, you can only use bitcoin to buy a pizza or a cup of coffee. This netizen felt that it was useless to mine, and he stopped mining after mining a few hundred bitcoins. His boss was even more ruthless. He mined for more than half a year, and it seemed that he had thousands of bitcoins, but he didn't mine them later. As a result, his boss's company went bankrupt, owed more than 300 million yuan, and was entangled in hundreds of lawsuits. If his boss could still remember where those thousands of bitcoins were, he wouldn't be so embarrassed!
The revelation of wealth
This Bitcoin wealth story has both surprises and regrets. Just like what Jack Ma said, "Many people lose because they first fail to see new things, then fail to understand them, then look down on them, and finally fail to catch up." When Bitcoin first came out, how many people took it seriously? Most people thought it was nothing and unreliable. But those who really had vision and courage joined the game. Although there were few of them, they seized this opportunity.
Let’s think back to the Hangzhou woman. I wonder how she is doing now. Has she been discharged from the hospital? Has her husband’s attitude towards her changed? If her husband knew that Bitcoin is worth so much now, would he regret sending her to a mental hospital?
There are so many unexpected things in this world. Wealth is like a naughty elf, dangling around us, and it depends on whether we have the ability to catch it. Bitcoin is a living example, telling us that in this fast-developing era, we must learn widely, study deeply, be brave and resourceful, and keep pace with the times. Only in this way can we get closer and closer to wealth, instead of waiting for the opportunity to slip away and then regret it!
I hope this story can bring some inspiration to everyone. I wish everyone can seize their own opportunities and realize their dreams of wealth!
