Not the only one who missed the boat. I first heard about Bitcoin when it was like $2. I sort of wrote it off and didn't really hear much about it till it was like $100. I bought a bit but should have loaded up. I then proceeded to get scammed out of about half my BTC. So yeah lots of woulda, coulda shoulda but it is all a learning experience. At least I didn't lose money.
After getting scammed I sort of stopped paying attention to crypto for awhile and missed Ethereum. So I swore to pay attention to crypto and at least be involved in some way going forward. That's how I ended up on Steemit.