It wasn't until 2024 that I truly understood the value of Bitcoin, even though I'd known about it since 2017. Not the price, but the value. Why it exists, why it matters, why it's different.
It was as if I suddenly stopped seeing numbers and started seeing freedom, responsibility, time, and truth. It was as if someone had removed a blindfold from my eyes, but it left me with one question: why did it take me so long?
I've heard the phrase "you arrived late" many times. As if a train had already departed and we had to resign ourselves to it. But that's not the case. In Bitcoin, late arrives those who never buy. Late arrives those who never understand. Late arrives those who wait for approval from the central bank or your digital bank to be able to buy Bitcoin "legally" from within the bank's app.
Every day that passes is a unique opportunity to accumulate. It doesn't matter if it's 10 sats, 1,000, or 100,000. The important thing is to be in it, to have skin in the game, to be part of this silent revolution.
And yes, Bitcoin goes up and down. But if you understand what you're dealing with, each drop isn't seen as a tragedy. It's seen as a blessing. An opportunity the market gives you to accumulate more for less. What other asset rewards you for your patience like that?
Bitcoin taught me many things: to think long-term, to take better care of my money, to question everything, even myself. But above all, it taught me that time isn't wasted when it's built with patience.
If you're reading this and don't fully understand it yet, that's okay. But don't wait to have it all figured out. No one does. Just take the first step, even if it's small.
Because with Bitcoin, the most important thing isn't when you got there.
It's that you got there.