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...or am I just getting trolled here? (not kidding).
Ok, I figured it out. Here are some quotes from Wendell, from the following interview:
https://soundcloud.com/epicenterbitcoin/eb22
[1:45]
I...got a little bit obsessed with bitcoin starting in 2009...
Well, I mean, the unfortunate part is that I simply followed it as a curiosity, and not not so much as like oh well this is a great investment opportunity.
...
So I missed an opportunity to be one of those guys who like, you know, 300,000+ or what have you. But...I, you know, just didn't have the vision, I suppose, to see that it would really become something real.
[3:25]
I didn't think for a minute that it would actually be successful.
Bingo! Good catch.