
“When some of these folks started using bitcoins, they were worth just a couple dollars each. Recently, bitcoins are going for as much as $1,000 a piece. As Pedro Aguiar says, it feels like winning the lottery. ‘I mean, it’s exhilarating,’ he says. People in this community tend to be pretty cagey about sharing personal financial details. So it was hard to get anyone to tell me exactly how many bitcoins they own. But one person did say he invested relatively little back in 2011 when each coin was worth just $6 or $7 dollars. He says today, he has more than 10 times his annual salary in bitcoins.“
http://nhpr.org/post/early-champions-bitcoin-reap-unexpected-windfall
Related posts:
Wall Street Journal’s Chinese version site blocked in China
Shipping container apartment being erected in Washington this week
Former Sheriff Speaks Out Against Federal Gun Laws
Glenn Greenwald Tears Into Toobin Over Manning, Snowden
Retirement Savings Accounts Draw U.S. Consumer Bureau Attention
Bank Advisor: 'Should Your Bank Do Business With Bitcoin?'
Meet Laxmicoin, the desi bitcoin
'Dark Wallet' wants to make Bitcoin even harder to trace
Korean carriers to launch 300Mbps LTE-Advanced network this year
A Citizens Protest Movement Builds in Kuwait
Trump reportedly calls Germans ‘very bad,’ threatens to end German car sales
Supreme Court rules generic drug makers cannot be held liable for defects
VTA can keep transit cardholders' personal data for seven years [2012]
Gold's rebound: Why it's believable this time
Banking will be transformed – by technology, not politics