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Just did the math on Bitcoin's journey and it's honestly wild. Back in 2008, the bitcoin price in June was sitting at just $0.06 - if you'd thrown $100 at it then, you'd have grabbed around 1,667 BTC. Seems crazy now, right?
Fast forward to 2012 and things started moving. Price bounced from $4.22 in January to peak at $266 in April before settling around $13 by year end. Then 2017 happened - that's when everyone woke up. Bitcoin price went from under $1,000 in January to nearly $20K by December. If you held from the beginning, your $100 would've turned into like $32 million.
2021 brought another explosion, hitting $69K in November. But then 2023 was interesting - started the year at $23K, recovered to $45K by December. And here's the thing about 2024 - we saw it push well past $60K, and now we're looking at Bitcoin hovering around $80K. That $100 investment from 2008? It's worth way more than most people's houses now.
The pattern's pretty clear if you're patient enough to watch it play out. Volatility along the way, sure, but the long-term trend has been something else.