I was there early days (2010+). At the time I couldn't get passed the slow transactions, threat to middlemen,  and more significantly the inability for it to work effectively in a disconnected state. Yes I deleted coin back then. Formatted drives with wallets. I live in a disaster prone and seeing people trying to pay with cards was always bad. What I failed to realize was that people just wanted good enough not perfect. I also failed to understand that people could trade signed transactions just like they would personal bank checks during those times.

I think by the time I realized this the BTC price I deserved was $10k. That's when I started hodling and using BTC.