{"id":3758,"date":"2017-12-27T10:24:10","date_gmt":"2017-12-27T17:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mikesenese.com\/DOIT\/?p=3758"},"modified":"2026-03-08T21:04:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T04:04:06","slug":"bitcoin-versus-kickstarter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mikesenese.com\/DOIT\/2017\/12\/bitcoin-versus-kickstarter\/","title":{"rendered":"What If I Had Bought Bitcoins Instead of Backing Kickstarters?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bitcoin is red hot right now. Like everyone, I&#8217;m full of silly regret for not having put all my savings into it when it was\u00a0super new and dirt cheap \u2014 even a small investment at the start would be worth a fortune now. Instead, I waited a few years and bought 0.1 bitcoin for $100 when its price was at a then-peak of $1000. It promptly plummeted.<\/p>\n<p>Then, years later, it skyrocketed.<\/p>\n<p>With\u00a0Bitcoin&#8217;s price flirting with $20,000 over the past month, I got curious to what could have been in various scenarios, mostly one where, instead of putting money into another platform that launched around the same time, Kickstarter, I had put the same amount of money into buying Bitcoins.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>We all know how much Kickstarter has transformed the world for creators and makers since it came out in 2009, allowing\u00a0people to finance and market their ideas and help bring them to fruition. I&#8217;ve been a regular backer since 2011, with a collection of novel, backed items to show for it.<\/p>\n<p>But what if I had put that money into Bitcoin instead? How much would my wallet be worth now if I had bought bitcoins at the corresponding prices to the dates I made my pledges? I\u00a0wanted to know, so I made the following sheet, based off the value of Bitcoin\u00a0about\u00a0now \u2014 $14,454:<\/p>\n<table dir=\"ltr\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<colgroup>\n<col width=\"100\" \/>\n<col width=\"100\" \/>\n<col width=\"100\" \/>\n<col width=\"108\" \/><\/colgroup>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Date&quot;}\" data-sheets-numberformat=\"{&quot;1&quot;:5,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;M\/d\/yyyy&quot;,&quot;3&quot;:1}\"><strong>Date<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;KS Amount&quot;}\" data-sheets-numberformat=\"[null,4,&quot;\\&quot;$\\&quot;#,##0.00&quot;]\"><strong>KS Amount<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;BC Price&quot;}\" data-sheets-numberformat=\"[null,4,&quot;\\&quot;$\\&quot;#,##0.00&quot;]\"><strong>BTC Price<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;No. of BC&quot;}\" data-sheets-numberformat=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;0.0000&quot;,&quot;3&quot;:1}\"><strong>No. of BTC<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:40617}\" data-sheets-numberformat=\"{&quot;1&quot;:5,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;M\/d\/yyyy&quot;,&quot;3&quot;:1}\">3\/15\/2011<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:20}\" data-sheets-numberformat=\"[null,4,&quot;\\&quot;$\\&quot;#,##0.00&quot;]\">$20.00<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:0.88}\" data-sheets-numberformat=\"[null,4,&quot;\\&quot;$\\&quot;#,##0.00&quot;]\">$0.88<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:22.727272727272727}\" data-sheets-numberformat=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;0.0000&quot;,&quot;3&quot;:1}\" data-sheets-formula=\"=R[0]C[-2]\/R[0]C[-1]\">22.7273<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:40654}\" data-sheets-numberformat=\"{&quot;1&quot;:5,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;M\/d\/yyyy&quot;,&quot;3&quot;:1}\">4\/21\/2011<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:5}\" data-sheets-numberformat=\"[null,4,&quot;\\&quot;$\\&quot;#,##0.00&quot;]\">$5.00<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:1.18}\" data-sheets-numberformat=\"[null,4,&quot;\\&quot;$\\&quot;#,##0.00&quot;]\">$1.18<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:4.237288135593221}\" data-sheets-numberformat=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;0.0000&quot;,&quot;3&quot;:1}\" data-sheets-formula=\"=R[0]C[-2]\/R[0]C[-1]\">4.2373<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:40666}\" data-sheets-numberformat=\"{&quot;1&quot;:5,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;M\/d\/yyyy&quot;,&quot;3&quot;:1}\">5\/3\/2011<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:60}\" data-sheets-numberformat=\"[null,4,&quot;\\&quot;$\\&quot;#,##0.00&quot;]\">$60.00<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:3.32}\" data-sheets-numberformat=\"[null,4,&quot;\\&quot;$\\&quot;#,##0.00&quot;]\">$3.32<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:18.072289156626507}\" data-sheets-numberformat=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;0.0000&quot;,&quot;3&quot;:1}\" data-sheets-formula=\"=R[0]C[-2]\/R[0]C[-1]\">18.0723<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:41262}\" data-sheets-numberformat=\"{&quot;1&quot;:5,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;M\/d\/yyyy&quot;,&quot;3&quot;:1}\">12\/19\/2012<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:30}\" data-sheets-numberformat=\"[null,4,&quot;\\&quot;$\\&quot;#,##0.00&quot;]\">$30.00<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:13.6}\" data-sheets-numberformat=\"[null,4,&quot;\\&quot;$\\&quot;#,##0.00&quot;]\">$13.60<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:2.2058823529411766}\" data-sheets-numberformat=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;0.0000&quot;,&quot;3&quot;:1}\" data-sheets-formula=\"=R[0]C[-2]\/R[0]C[-1]\">2.2059<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:41383}\" data-sheets-numberformat=\"{&quot;1&quot;:5,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;M\/d\/yyyy&quot;,&quot;3&quot;:1}\">4\/19\/2013<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:27}\" data-sheets-numberformat=\"[null,4,&quot;\\&quot;$\\&quot;#,##0.00&quot;]\">$27.00<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:118.48}\" data-sheets-numberformat=\"[null,4,&quot;\\&quot;$\\&quot;#,##0.00&quot;]\">$118.48<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:0.22788656313301822}\" data-sheets-numberformat=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;0.0000&quot;,&quot;3&quot;:1}\" data-sheets-formula=\"=R[0]C[-2]\/R[0]C[-1]\">0.2279<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:41383}\" data-sheets-numberformat=\"{&quot;1&quot;:5,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;M\/d\/yyyy&quot;,&quot;3&quot;:1}\">4\/19\/2013<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:39}\" data-sheets-numberformat=\"[null,4,&quot;\\&quot;$\\&quot;#,##0.00&quot;]\">$39.00<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:118.48}\" data-sheets-numberformat=\"[null,4,&quot;\\&quot;$\\&quot;#,##0.00&quot;]\">$118.48<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:0.3291694800810263}\" data-sheets-numberformat=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;0.0000&quot;,&quot;3&quot;:1}\" data-sheets-formula=\"=R[0]C[-2]\/R[0]C[-1]\">0.3292<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:41517}\" data-sheets-numberformat=\"{&quot;1&quot;:5,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;M\/d\/yyyy&quot;,&quot;3&quot;:1}\">8\/31\/2013<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:159}\" data-sheets-numberformat=\"[null,4,&quot;\\&quot;$\\&quot;#,##0.00&quot;]\">$159.00<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:129.46}\" data-sheets-numberformat=\"[null,4,&quot;\\&quot;$\\&quot;#,##0.00&quot;]\">$129.46<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:1.2281785879808433}\" data-sheets-numberformat=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;0.0000&quot;,&quot;3&quot;:1}\" data-sheets-formula=\"=R[0]C[-2]\/R[0]C[-1]\">1.2282<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:41519}\" data-sheets-numberformat=\"{&quot;1&quot;:5,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;M\/d\/yyyy&quot;,&quot;3&quot;:1}\">9\/2\/2013<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:45}\" data-sheets-numberformat=\"[null,4,&quot;\\&quot;$\\&quot;#,##0.00&quot;]\">$45.00<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:127.36}\" data-sheets-numberformat=\"[null,4,&quot;\\&quot;$\\&quot;#,##0.00&quot;]\">$127.36<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:0.3533291457286432}\" data-sheets-numberformat=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;0.0000&quot;,&quot;3&quot;:1}\" data-sheets-formula=\"=R[0]C[-2]\/R[0]C[-1]\">0.3533<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:41539}\" data-sheets-numberformat=\"{&quot;1&quot;:5,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;M\/d\/yyyy&quot;,&quot;3&quot;:1}\">9\/22\/2013<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:100}\" data-sheets-numberformat=\"[null,4,&quot;\\&quot;$\\&quot;#,##0.00&quot;]\">$100.00<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:122.65}\" data-sheets-numberformat=\"[null,4,&quot;\\&quot;$\\&quot;#,##0.00&quot;]\">$122.65<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:0.8153281695882593}\" data-sheets-numberformat=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;0.0000&quot;,&quot;3&quot;:1}\" data-sheets-formula=\"=R[0]C[-2]\/R[0]C[-1]\">0.8153<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:41615}\" data-sheets-numberformat=\"{&quot;1&quot;:5,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;M\/d\/yyyy&quot;,&quot;3&quot;:1}\">12\/7\/2013<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:119}\" data-sheets-numberformat=\"[null,4,&quot;\\&quot;$\\&quot;#,##0.00&quot;]\">$119.00<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:800.57}\" data-sheets-numberformat=\"[null,4,&quot;\\&quot;$\\&quot;#,##0.00&quot;]\">$800.57<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:0.14864409108510185}\" data-sheets-numberformat=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;0.0000&quot;,&quot;3&quot;:1}\" data-sheets-formula=\"=R[0]C[-2]\/R[0]C[-1]\">0.1486<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:41627}\" data-sheets-numberformat=\"{&quot;1&quot;:5,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;M\/d\/yyyy&quot;,&quot;3&quot;:1}\">12\/19\/2013<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:40}\" data-sheets-numberformat=\"[null,4,&quot;\\&quot;$\\&quot;#,##0.00&quot;]\">$40.00<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:702.03}\" data-sheets-numberformat=\"[null,4,&quot;\\&quot;$\\&quot;#,##0.00&quot;]\">$702.03<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:0.05697762203894421}\" data-sheets-numberformat=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;0.0000&quot;,&quot;3&quot;:1}\" data-sheets-formula=\"=R[0]C[-2]\/R[0]C[-1]\">0.0570<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:41718}\" data-sheets-numberformat=\"{&quot;1&quot;:5,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;M\/d\/yyyy&quot;,&quot;3&quot;:1}\">3\/20\/2014<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:54}\" data-sheets-numberformat=\"[null,4,&quot;\\&quot;$\\&quot;#,##0.00&quot;]\">$54.00<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:583.48}\" data-sheets-numberformat=\"[null,4,&quot;\\&quot;$\\&quot;#,##0.00&quot;]\">$583.48<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:0.09254815931994241}\" data-sheets-numberformat=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;0.0000&quot;,&quot;3&quot;:1}\" data-sheets-formula=\"=R[0]C[-2]\/R[0]C[-1]\">0.0925<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:41934}\" data-sheets-numberformat=\"{&quot;1&quot;:5,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;M\/d\/yyyy&quot;,&quot;3&quot;:1}\">10\/22\/2014<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:25}\" data-sheets-numberformat=\"[null,4,&quot;\\&quot;$\\&quot;#,##0.00&quot;]\">$25.00<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:379.96}\" data-sheets-numberformat=\"[null,4,&quot;\\&quot;$\\&quot;#,##0.00&quot;]\">$379.96<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:0.06579639962101275}\" data-sheets-numberformat=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;0.0000&quot;,&quot;3&quot;:1}\" data-sheets-formula=\"=R[0]C[-2]\/R[0]C[-1]\">0.0658<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:41946}\" data-sheets-numberformat=\"{&quot;1&quot;:5,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;M\/d\/yyyy&quot;,&quot;3&quot;:1}\">11\/3\/2014<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:5}\" data-sheets-numberformat=\"[null,4,&quot;\\&quot;$\\&quot;#,##0.00&quot;]\">$5.00<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:323.56}\" data-sheets-numberformat=\"[null,4,&quot;\\&quot;$\\&quot;#,##0.00&quot;]\">$323.56<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:0.015453084435653356}\" data-sheets-numberformat=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;0.0000&quot;,&quot;3&quot;:1}\" data-sheets-formula=\"=R[0]C[-2]\/R[0]C[-1]\">0.0155<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:42000}\" data-sheets-numberformat=\"{&quot;1&quot;:5,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;M\/d\/yyyy&quot;,&quot;3&quot;:1}\">12\/27\/2014<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:26}\" data-sheets-numberformat=\"[null,4,&quot;\\&quot;$\\&quot;#,##0.00&quot;]\">$26.00<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:315.91}\" data-sheets-numberformat=\"[null,4,&quot;\\&quot;$\\&quot;#,##0.00&quot;]\">$315.91<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:0.08230192143331962}\" data-sheets-numberformat=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;0.0000&quot;,&quot;3&quot;:1}\" data-sheets-formula=\"=R[0]C[-2]\/R[0]C[-1]\">0.0823<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:42060}\" data-sheets-numberformat=\"{&quot;1&quot;:5,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;M\/d\/yyyy&quot;,&quot;3&quot;:1}\">2\/25\/2015<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:30}\" data-sheets-numberformat=\"[null,4,&quot;\\&quot;$\\&quot;#,##0.00&quot;]\">$30.00<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:237.99}\" data-sheets-numberformat=\"[null,4,&quot;\\&quot;$\\&quot;#,##0.00&quot;]\">$237.99<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:0.12605571662674903}\" data-sheets-numberformat=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;0.0000&quot;,&quot;3&quot;:1}\" data-sheets-formula=\"=R[0]C[-2]\/R[0]C[-1]\">0.1261<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:42131}\" data-sheets-numberformat=\"{&quot;1&quot;:5,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;M\/d\/yyyy&quot;,&quot;3&quot;:1}\">5\/7\/2015<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:59}\" data-sheets-numberformat=\"[null,4,&quot;\\&quot;$\\&quot;#,##0.00&quot;]\">$59.00<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:237.29}\" data-sheets-numberformat=\"[null,4,&quot;\\&quot;$\\&quot;#,##0.00&quot;]\">$237.29<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:0.24864090353575793}\" data-sheets-numberformat=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;0.0000&quot;,&quot;3&quot;:1}\" data-sheets-formula=\"=R[0]C[-2]\/R[0]C[-1]\">0.2486<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:42206}\" data-sheets-numberformat=\"{&quot;1&quot;:5,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;M\/d\/yyyy&quot;,&quot;3&quot;:1}\">7\/21\/2015<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:100}\" data-sheets-numberformat=\"[null,4,&quot;\\&quot;$\\&quot;#,##0.00&quot;]\">$100.00<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:275.78}\" data-sheets-numberformat=\"[null,4,&quot;\\&quot;$\\&quot;#,##0.00&quot;]\">$275.78<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:0.36260787584306337}\" data-sheets-numberformat=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;0.0000&quot;,&quot;3&quot;:1}\" data-sheets-formula=\"=R[0]C[-2]\/R[0]C[-1]\">0.3626<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td 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style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>$746,645.87<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>A 74,400%\u00a0gain \u2014 not too shabby, although with the current fervor I thought\u00a0the final dollar amount would\u00a0be even higher. You can see the best conversions were the earliest, of course, but would be way more if I had gotten in during mid-2010, when Bitcoin prices sat in the $0.06 &#8211; $0.08 range. Just the first $20 pledge done a year earlier\u00a0would be worth\u00a0over $4.8 million at today&#8217;s prices.<\/p>\n<p>(I&#8217;m also surprised to discover I&#8217;ve spent over $1000 on Kickstarter at this point.)<\/p>\n<p>This is nothing but a hypothetical exercise, unfortunately. Like all investments, there&#8217;s a huge element of chance involved in trying to boost your money through Bitcoin or any other high-risk cryptocurrency. Take it from someone who&#8217;s perpetually struggled with the stock market, there are no\u00a0guarantees!<\/p>\n<p>And\u00a0I really don&#8217;t have regrets backing Kickstarters (except for the Peachy Printer, which evaporated with my money and everyone else&#8217;s).\u00a0Some of these have been friend&#8217;s projects that I have been happy to be a backer of, and some of the items I&#8217;ve gotten have been useful on a daily basis. Most importantly, it&#8217;s good to support the economy of individuals who are pursuing endeavors not as easily possible before the platform existed.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;d be pretty\u00a0interesting to make a tool that could automatically calculate your theoretical Kickstarter-to-Bitcoin (or APPL\u2014BTC, GOOG\u2014BTC, etc) wallet value, although I&#8217;m not sure Kickstarter has an API that would support the export of that info. Meanwhile, if you want to tally up your own amount, I found this chart to be most useful for finding daily Bitcoin prices, and I&#8217;ve put a <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/19sKhWOD7JXjP-jcY7NwORJ9elXOWWFZq4zwThRpELZ4\/edit?usp=sharing\">blank version of my spreadsheet here<\/a> \u2014 just make a copy for yourself and input the data.<\/p>\n<p>Let me know what yours would have been!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3762\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3762\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mikesenese.com\/DOIT\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-21-at-9.45.03-PM.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3762\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3762\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mikesenese.com\/DOIT\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-21-at-9.45.03-PM-640x632.png\" alt=\"Here's some money I wish I hadn't spent.\" width=\"640\" height=\"632\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mikesenese.com\/DOIT\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-21-at-9.45.03-PM-640x632.png 640w, https:\/\/www.mikesenese.com\/DOIT\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-21-at-9.45.03-PM-160x158.png 160w, https:\/\/www.mikesenese.com\/DOIT\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-21-at-9.45.03-PM-320x316.png 320w, https:\/\/www.mikesenese.com\/DOIT\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-21-at-9.45.03-PM-55x55.png 55w, https:\/\/www.mikesenese.com\/DOIT\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-21-at-9.45.03-PM-365x360.png 365w, https:\/\/www.mikesenese.com\/DOIT\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-21-at-9.45.03-PM.png 693w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3762\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Here&#8217;s some money I wish I hadn&#8217;t spent.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bitcoin is red hot right now. Like everyone, I&#8217;m full of silly regret for not having put all my savings into it when it was\u00a0super new and dirt cheap \u2014 even a small investment at the start would be worth a fortune now. Instead,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3768,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1],"tags":[50,49],"class_list":["post-3758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-diy","category-uncategorized","tag-bitcoin","tag-kickstarter"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>What If I Had Bought Bitcoins Instead of Backing Kickstarters? &#8212; DO IT: Projects, Plans, and How-tos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Explore the author&#039;s Bitcoin regret versus Kickstarter backing decisions. 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