16 years ago, someone tried to auction 10,000 BTC for just $50, but no one placed a bid. Today, it's worth almost $790 Million.

Sep 10, 2026 · 10:45 PM UTC

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Replying to @AshCrypto
Never underestimate the offer
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Replying to @AshCrypto
I'd like to go back to that day and slap myself on the face
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Replying to @AshCrypto
This is why Bitcoin’s early history is so important. The market has a habit of completely mispricing new technology before it understands what it can become. The hardest part was never buying Bitcoin. It was believing it was worth owning when almost nobody else did.
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Replying to @AshCrypto
Sixteen years later, the bid finally arrived with a few extra zeros.
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Replying to @AshCrypto
Bitcoin history is full of moments that look unbelievable in hindsight
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Replying to @AshCrypto
imagine being alive for the cheapest 10,000 BTC ever and deciding $50 was too much
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Replying to @AshCrypto
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Replying to @AshCrypto
the auction site probably had a "no bids yet, be the first!" message sitting there for weeks like it was begging someone to become a billionaire.
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Replying to @AshCrypto
Everyone thinks they'd have bid. Nobody reading this would have held past $100
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Replying to @AshCrypto
10,000 BTC for $50 = $0.005 per BTC. No bids in 2010. Today 10k BTC = ∼$790M = $79,000 per BTC. That's 15.8 MILLION x return. In forex terms: 1,580,000,000% ROI. The guy who didn't get a $50 bid is why we HODL. This is why you don't sell your swing low.
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Replying to @AshCrypto
bro was sending 5k btc on trust lmao😭
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Replying to @AshCrypto
Does the offer still stand?
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Replying to @AshCrypto
I placed a bid but it never went through 🙄🙄
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Replying to @AshCrypto
16 years later and that $50 starting bid looks like the best deal never taken
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Replying to @AshCrypto
10,000 of me. not one raised hand. awkward.
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Replying to @AshCrypto
He must have been glad that bid didn't go through.
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Replying to @AshCrypto
$50 for 10k BTC with zero bids… the most expensive “pass” in history
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Replying to @AshCrypto
The real story isn't the price appreciation, it's that market discovery was broken back then.
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Replying to @AshCrypto
liquidity creates legends because conviction always arrives a decade too late
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Replying to @AshCrypto
Should’ve taken the L, now it’s an L of a lifetime 💸🤦‍♂️
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Replying to @AshCrypto
🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣
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Replying to @AshCrypto
$50 to almost $790M.... Bitcoin history is insane. 💀
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Replying to @AshCrypto
Wouldn’t of reached $1000 before selling it 😂
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Replying to @AshCrypto
i'm sorry i wasn't aware of it. now it has come to my attention, i would like to bid.
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Replying to @AshCrypto
ignoring free bitcoin was apparently the strongest conviction trade
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Replying to @AshCrypto
You can’t buy the past. You can only recognize the next one. History rewards conviction before consensus.
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Replying to @AshCrypto
I CAN NOT LOOK BACK AT MY OLD FORUM POSTS IT GIVES ME DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY. WE LOST MILLIONS ON EARLY EXCHANGES AND BS. GOD BLESS THE TECH
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Replying to @AshCrypto
Passing 10,000 BTC for $50 bcos $0.0005 felts more expensive in generational CT lore. This is one the reason Voice really place tracking conviction
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Replying to @AshCrypto
13 years ago 🍀
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Replying to @AshCrypto
Good to know
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Replying to @AshCrypto
yeah I would've fumbled that bid too tbh
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Replying to @AshCrypto
That missed auction aged incredibly well. @DigiMaaya sees Bitcoin’s history as a reminder of how early the ecosystem really was.
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Replying to @AshCrypto
Wild how someone looking for a quick fifty bucks missed out on a generational fortune.
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Replying to @AshCrypto
Bro was forced to diamond hand 🤣
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Replying to @AshCrypto
You can feel when a community is serious. @RealTrollinHood has that energy. No unnecessary noise, just chads showing up and getting shit done. Take a look for yourself. 0xa206753eb19D8E3F9Ae3313ADb467BdC2a7a4d90
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