How a Software Developer Turned a 50% Loss Into 17x Gains

In March 2020, the world felt like it was falling apart.

Markets tanked, fear spread like wildfire, and bitcoin wasn’t spared.

Its price plunged from $8,000 to $4,000 in days. Panic was everywhere. People were scrambling to sell anything they could to get cash.

James, a software developer in his late 30s, sat at his desk, a photo of his two kids smiling back at him. He’d promised his wife he’d make this wacky bitcoin investment work. She was used to his harebrained ideas but this time, he knew he had to show something for all his work.

Now, with half of their $8,000 wiped out, she wanted him to sell.

His gut told him she might be right. Headlines screamed that bitcoin was dead—again. Every instinct told him to pull the plug and salvage what he could.

But James paused.

He thought back to why he’d bought bitcoin in the first place. It wasn’t a gamble—it was a belief. A belief in its scarcity. A belief in its independence from failing financial systems. A belief that Bitcoin could become the global reserve asset for the digital age.

He made a decision—not to sell, not to panic, but to hold.

Nine months later, Bitcoin hit $30,000.

By November 2021, it reached $69,000.

His $8,000 investment had multiplied 17 times.

Meanwhile, his friends, who panicked and sold, wondered what might have been. James didn’t just make money—he proved that conviction through volatility pays off.

Who Can Afford the Pain of Volatility?

A few days ago, a Moonshot Minute subscriber named Eddie emailed me the following question: