skilliard7 t1_ixnuwgs wrote on November 24, 2022 at 9:57 PM

Reply to comment by CutDiscombobulated95 in WW3 starts at the dinner table by Wise_Reception2672

I was hyping up Bitcoin my senior year of highschool when it was like $100. Telling everyone that it's the next big thing. Had to come up with post graduation plans to get my degree(was a requirement). I said I wanted to mine a bunch of Bitcoin and develop blockchain software. Was told I needed a "real plan" to either go to college or join the military.

Shortly after I graduated, my Bitcoin wallet got corrupted, and after I managed to salvage it, I got frustrated and decided to just spend everything to buy games because I was frustrated, and move on.

When Bitcoin ran up to $50,000, I had a lot of people reaching out to me to ask me for money, crypto advice, etc. Was awkward to explain that no, I am not a crypto millionaire, and didn't follow my own advice.

slvbros t1_ixp295n wrote on November 25, 2022 at 4:21 AM

Man I remember using like 2.1 btc to buy some drugs back then

Wish I hadn't done that

Chad_Fundercock t1_ixpxs7s wrote on November 25, 2022 at 11:18 AM

Dude spent 10,000btc on a pizza

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/bitcoin-pizza-day-laszlo-hanyecz-spent-3-8-billion-on-pizzas-in-the-summer-of-2010-using-the-novel-crypto-11621714395

SatoshiNakamoto21 t1_ixnz4dc wrote on November 24, 2022 at 10:31 PM

That’s an interesting story. Thanks for sharing it. I think that such stories have an important role in the Bitcoin ecosystem, since they are contributing to the ethos.