Even a solid 5x would be a great deal. That was the whole reason Laszlo traded his Bitcoin.
I don’t think laszlo sold for monetary profit. I am not sure, but maybe 10,000 bitcoin for 40 USD could have been barely the cost of producing those bitcoin accounting for hardware and electricity.
No, the real reason was the same as the bitcoin faucet for Gavin Andresseen: the need to make bitcoin circulate in the community.