I am pretty sure all the early adopters did.
Maybe the guy that sold laszlo the pizza? 10000 BTC is about 3 million right now...
Maybe the guy that sold laszlo the pizza? 10000 BTC is about 3 million right now...
I read an interview with the guy that sold laszlo the pizza. He said he had no big amount of bitcoins when they became worth a fortune. He traded a tiny amount and sold them for $1000. According to him that's all he got out of it, apart from the two pizzas.
I don't know how much laszlo made out of his 10000 BTC though.
Can you report here the link of this interview? I would like to read it. However I have discovered bitcoin few years ago (in 2012) but I thought it was only a 'scam' and never thought it would succeed as a lot of people. So I have never bought or mine it
, but who car es?This is still an experiment and I am here for discover this new economy.Here an interesting thread of : rpietila (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=316297.0)
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TL;DR: As a result of analyzing the "Mt.Gox leak", the number of bitcoin holders is likely 1.0 millions. Of these,
* the 400 bitcoin millionaires with at least BTC2,000 hold 40% of bitcoins.
* 100,000 owners with BTC10-BTC2,000 ($5,000-$1,000,000) hold 50% of the bitcoins.
* 900,000 owners have a holding of BTC0.002-BTC10, valued at $1-$5,000, and hold 10% of the bitcoins
* the 400 bitcoin millionaires with at least BTC2,000 hold 40% of bitcoins.
* 100,000 owners with BTC10-BTC2,000 ($5,000-$1,000,000) hold 50% of the bitcoins.
* 900,000 owners have a holding of BTC0.002-BTC10, valued at $1-$5,000, and hold 10% of the bitcoins
I might have got my facts slightly wrong, or read an earlier version of this article, or a completely different one. However, this article says he sold his remaining bitcoins for $4,000.
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/12/22/disruptions-betting-on-bitcoin/?_r=0
Mr. Hanyecz, for his part, has given up mining. With so many people trying to create Bitcoins, and the entire process becoming more difficult, the cost of running mining computers, in terms of the electricity bill alone, has soared.
Any regrets about those pizzas?
No, not really, Mr. Hanyecz said. He sold the rest of his Bitcoins as the price approached $1, netting him about $4,000. That was enough to get a new computer and a couple of new video cards, he told me, proudly. So Id say I ended up on top.
Email: bilton@nytimes.com
Correction: December 23, 2013
An earlier version of this article at one point misstated the surname of Laszlo Hanyecz. It is Hanyecz, not Hanycez.