My ten cents worth is that it is good to have one partner who is risk averse and another who is happy to take risks. That balance in important and if you can agree a percentage of salary and dollar cost average on Cryptocurrency, stocks etc.... That money is completely separate from the family savings. If you build enough up in that separate account to buy 2 bitcoins or a house or whatever, then great. However risking money that you can't afford to lose would always have alarm bells ringing for me. Sure, with hindsight on your side now, it would have worked out very well for you, but I can also see it from your wife's point of view.
Separate out the family/renovation/family holiday/etc money from the investment money and get her to agree that you make the decisions in that area due to your experience.
Also spare a thought for Laszlo Hanyecz and his €429,650,000 pizzas🤣🤣
Burn 🔥🔥🔥
It is the balance that is lacking at the moment :D
I can too, but it wasn't "that much of a risk" considering we are both working (I have two jobs myself) meaning that we would have been able to cover it - it just would have given us the lumpsum when we needed it.
I wonder if people donate to him - he started a revolution by proving trade was possible :)
Ok, I hear you, the balance is a must here and compromise on both sides. As you said in the original post, maybe buying 1 Bitcoin or even 0.5 of a Bitcoin could have been a nice compromise. Hopefully the next opportunity that you unearth will be given fairer consideration.
Hopefully he held onto some of it and is at least a Millionaire today. I'm sure he does receive donations every now anf then for innovation he helped to kickstart.