Many late adopters of Bitcoin usually lament the very fact they missed out on the prospect to buy cash when the worth was below $1,000, $100, and even $1. Nevertheless, one Redditor says his personal scenario is even worse as he’s compelled to match his “dumb” determination to put money into silver towards his twin brother’s a lot wiser determination to again Bitcoin. 

The story — which can be apocryphal given the supply is a throwaway account named “TheDumbTwin” — claims the 2 brothers every received a $100,000 inheritance in 2013 however took drastically totally different monetary paths.

“I’ve been a silver bug, and I argued that silver was, IMO, the perfect different funding to shares and bonds,” stated the Redditor.

“He had simply realized about Bitcoin and was adamant that the return may be exponential. I had vehemently argued towards Bitcoin, saying that it was pure hypothesis and could be a complete waste of cash.”

TheDumbTwin claimed that regardless of his protests, his brother invested roughly $50,000 in Bitcoin (BTC) when the worth was $100 (the crypto asset stayed under $200 till late October 2013) that means he could have bought round 500 BTC. With Bitcoin lately topping the 2017 (former) all-time excessive the cash could be value roughly $9.6 million at present.

The dual claims his brother’s investments are actually valued at greater than $10 million, whereas the $30,000 he selected to place into silver has dropped to $26,000 in worth. In January 2013, silver was value greater than $30 per ounce, whereas at present the valuable metallic is roughly $24 per ounce.

“His wealth in Bitcoin alone is greater than 100 instances higher than my whole web value,” he stated.

“He had simply realized about Bitcoin and was adamant that the return may be exponential. I had vehemently argued towards Bitcoin, saying that it was pure hypothesis and could be a complete waste of cash.”

Whereas the story can’t be independently verified, the idea of missed alternatives is one which Bitcoiners are accustomed to, given the crypto asset is inside placing distance of $20,000 for the primary time in three years. Redditors had been fast to supply their ideas and recommendation:

“Just about each single day of your life, you miss out on an funding alternative that would make you hundreds of thousands,” said jackgundy.

“By no means put your whole eggs in a single basket,” said spatialsilver88. “You did not have to decide on between silver and crypto. You can have executed each.”

In contrast to well-known twins within the crypto area like Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss whose wealth seems to have risen in tandem given they based Gemini collectively, the “dumb” twin claims he “can’t recover from the overwhelming thought” of why he didn’t take the identical monetary path as his brother.

“I attempt to be grateful for what I do have, and I attempt to be grateful since I do know that many different individuals on this planet have it method worse,” he stated. “However I don’t know if I’ll ever recover from it.”

Redditor folkwoodswest, summed it up best with a quote attributed to U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt: 

“Comparability is the thief of pleasure.”