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In March, 2010 -- a person offered 10,000 BitCoins for sale for $50. No one bit.

Posted by Will Hunting (aka JoeMetz) Jun 12 '17, 08:39

Those 10,000 BitCoins are now worth more than $30million given BitCoin just topped $3,000 a coin.

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News articles about bitcoin are one of those jarring things that move me instantly into melancholy - it was the mechanism our son used to buy the - landbeck Jun 12, 09:40 2
- I'm so sorry. I have posted a couple articles and I didn't know this. You have my deepest sympathies -- nm - crash davis Jun 12, 10:06
- :( -- nm - Epiphany Jun 12, 09:55
The caveat here is that there have been issues with Bitcoin wallets. Even if you bought those coins... - Mop Jun 12, 09:23
Let's pretend that's not true. -- nm - Reagen Jun 12, 08:47 15
- How many did you have a chance to buy at one point? -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 12, 08:50 13
  - That was me...and I don't want to talk about it. -- nm - David Jun 12, 08:55 11
    - Oh, many of us poo-pooed it over the years. - Will Hunting Jun 12, 08:56 7
      - I still don't "get it" -- nm - mud Jun 12, 08:59 6
        
        It's a perfect currency for wealthy people in "communist" countries, criminals, and people who want to live off the grid. -- nm - David Jun 12, 09:00 5
        
        I have a guy who shops here, and he always has a ton of money I once asked him what he does and he said he does the bitcoing thing... - Remlik Jun 12, 09:12 4
        
        huh -- nm - Andie Jun 12, 09:14 3
        
        plus there is other crypto currencies that you can work on now as well -- nm - Remlik Jun 12, 10:03
        
        bery gonna shut down ST and convert to grinding. -- nm - Spawn Jun 12, 09:21
        
        You invest in bitcoin hardware. Article below says it isn't unreasonable to be able to mine 0.5 coin per month -- (link*) - oblique Jun 12, 09:21
    - Let's definitely pretend that's not true. -- nm - Spawn Jun 12, 08:55 2
      - At this point, we're talking about more than $100 million. - David Jun 12, 08:56 1
        
        Like a good Dark Universe film! -- nm - Reagen Jun 12, 09:05
  - I don't think I ever seriously looked in to it - Reagen Jun 12, 08:52
- Easy since I already pretend Bitcoin isn't a real currency. -- nm - Qale Jun 12, 08:49
Ouch. "On 22 May 2010,[137] Laszlo Hanyecz made the first real-world transaction by buying two pizzas in Jacksonville, Florida for 10,000 BTC" - Will Hunting Jun 12, 08:41 1
- Let's definitely pretend that's not true. - Laszlo Hanyecz Jun 12, 08:49
Where was this? -- nm - David Jun 12, 08:41 2
- Looks like it was on a bitcoin message board. -- (link) - mara Jun 12, 08:57
- From Wiki -- I don't know particulars. -- (link) - Will Hunting Jun 12, 08:42

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