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2012: I mined five shiny Bitcoins on a dusty desktop and felt like Tony Stark discovering a new element. Then on a random e-commerce website which was accepting Bitcoin flashed a “Deal of the Day”. 512 MB pen drives, barely bigger than my thumbnail.

The timing makes this even worse. 2012 was literally the perfect entry point - after the first bubble burst but before mainstream adoption. Anyone who held from 2012 to now is basically set for life. Your story is every early adopter's nightmare scen