It is good amount of Bitcoin only now.  Back then, it was as worthless as claiming tBTC from faucets is today.  Nobody imagined Bitcoin becomes this big.  Otherwise, do you think some body would have given away 5 BTC so easily back then?  Imagine you think you can not claim too many Satoshis daily from Bitcoin faucets today and in one decade a Satoshi is worth $1.

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