The wealth legend and regret behind Bitcoin: the story of a Hangzhou woman

An old news from 5 years ago: A Hangzhou woman spent more than 3 million to buy about 60 BTC bitcoins. When her husband found out, he sent her directly to a mental hospital.

Just think about it, 3 million, how many things can you buy, and how stable your life can be. But this woman had her own ideas, and she saw the mysterious Bitcoin.

As a result, her husband found out about this. Hey, her husband's reaction was so strong that he sent her to a mental hospital. This was like a bomb that exploded at the time. Tell me, how much this husband didn't understand his wife, how could he do this?

Let's not talk about whether the husband was right or not, let's talk about Bitcoin. At that time, the woman spent 3 million to buy about 60 Bitcoins, which means one Bitcoin is 50,000 yuan. If calculated according to the exchange rate at that time, which was about 7, it would be equivalent to 7,142 US dollars per Bitcoin. At that time, many people might think that the woman was crazy to spend so much money on such an invisible and intangible thing.#Whichcryptocurrency projects will lead the trend?#​

But who would have thought that time flies, and it is November 17, 2024. Guess what? The price of Bitcoin is rising. Just today, the highest price of Bitcoin has reached more than 90,000 US dollars! According to the current exchange rate of 7.3, one Bitcoin is equivalent to 657,000 RMB! You can calculate the Bitcoin in the woman's hand. She bought 60 Bitcoins for 3 million yuan at the beginning. Now it is worth a lot of money, almost 39.42 million! This is really a big profit. In 5 years, like magic, 3 million has become such an astronomical figure.

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 at that time 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, it's really regretful, it's equivalent to throwing away more than 160,000 yuan in vain! Tell me, where can I go to seek justice for this. #EthereumBitcoin#​

Another netizen also said that in 2010 to 2011, his boss 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. However, Bitcoin was not valuable at that time, only a few dollars each, and it was very 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 stopped mining after mining a few hundred. His boss was even more ruthless. He mined for half a year and seemed to have a few thousand, but he also stopped mining later. #中本聪#​

As a result, his boss's company went bankrupt, owed more than 300 million yuan, and was involved in hundreds of lawsuits. If his boss could still remember where those thousands of bitcoins were, he wouldn't be in such a mess!

You see, this is the wealth story brought by Bitcoin, with 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 it is too late."

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 go back to the Hangzhou woman. I don't know how she is doing now. Has she been discharged from the hospital?

Has her husband's attitude towards her changed now? 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. It depends on whether we have the ability to catch it. Bitcoin is a living example. It tells 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!