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What is your "I could have been rich" story? (lemmy.ml)

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

35 Bitcoins back when they were $3/coin.

I bought some camera equipment off of some short-lived Bitcoin eBay clone, and decided my credit card was easier.

Did a little bit of buying/selling since for a mild profit, before swearing off all Blockchain tech as useless.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

When bitcoin first came out I looked into out of academic curiosity. I owned a high end video card. I never bothered mining because "I don't have any desire to buy drugs on silkroad."