2026-01-18 17:28:28

Bitcoin stands as one of the most significant technological inventions in recent history—though we can certainly argue about whether its impact has been positive or negative overall. What's striking is how systematically overlooked it was during its formative years. For roughly the first decade-plus of its existence, Bitcoin's importance was consistently underrated by mainstream observers and institutional players. The asset's true disruptive potential took considerable time to be recognized and understood by broader markets.

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CommunityJanitor

· 01-21 08:15

How are those who looked down on BTC in the early days doing now? Haha

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SerumSqueezer

· 01-21 06:02

I should have known... Who could have imagined back then that this thing could get so big --- Damn, no one understood it for over ten years, this is the real dark horse --- Mainstream institutions are really blind, those who criticized BTC early on are now all silent --- Honestly, it still takes big players to flood in for it to take off, retail investors end up holding the bag --- This is called a lack of foresight in the era; how many projects have died like this

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LayerZeroHero

· 01-18 17:56

Those early people really had no vision. It's now too late to regret.

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YieldWhisperer

· 01-18 17:55

lol "disruptive potential" — actually the math on early adoption curves doesn't check out half as clean as people pretend. but yeah, hindsight bias is wild when everyone suddenly acts like they *totally* saw it coming

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TokenTherapist

· 01-18 17:55

Being underestimated early on was truly unbeatable; now I regret not getting on board.

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OnChainDetective

· 01-18 17:54

nah the real story is in the transaction patterns from 2009-2012 tbh. most people weren't "overlooking" it—they literally couldn't parse the data. institutional blindness tied directly to their inability to trace wallet clustering back then. statistical evidence suggests deliberate ignorance over actual oversight.

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GasFeeSobber

· 01-18 17:52

What do those early hackers say now? That's hilarious.

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