I only got into crypto a few months ago, so im probably years from any potential real money, if ever.. As for you, it’s huge that you got in early, but i guess whether or not your gains would be considered ‘real’ $$ would obviously depend on how many hundreds or thousands of traditional US dollars you threw at it originally.
ETA to be a little more specific, at least to me, i guess ‘real’ money will be any money i can make in the tens of thousands.. ie if i only make $5k or $8k over the next few years, that’s nice but not real money.. if over 10 years i make $40k or $75k , that to me is real, at least for one singular investment.