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    Sleeping beauty Bitcoin wallets wake up after 14 years to the tune of $2B

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    191 points aorloff | 12 comments | 04 Jul 25 18:41 UTC | HN request time: 0.464s | source | bottom
    1. MaxPock ◴[04 Jul 25 19:33 UTC] No.44467234[source]▶
    It pains me because I learnt about bitcoin way back in 2010 and
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    2. sixQuarks ◴[04 Jul 25 19:55 UTC] No.44467377[source]▶
    I learned about it here, but everyone said it was a scam and not to buy
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    3. CamperBob2 ◴[04 Jul 25 20:02 UTC] No.44467430[source]▶
    A superposition of wrong and right if there ever was one.
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    4. SoftTalker ◴[04 Jul 25 20:07 UTC] No.44467485{3}[source]▶
    Easy to kick yourself in retrospect but if we could see the future we'd all be millionaires. AAPL was $0.28 in 2002 (adjusted for splits, something like $12 at the time).
    5. pixelpoet ◴[04 Jul 25 20:13 UTC] No.44467522[source]▶
    ... and? What is happening with people's attention span?
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    6. rasz ◴[04 Jul 25 20:18 UTC] No.44467559[source]▶
    It is still a scam. Its just that critical mass of delusional people bought into it like Gamestop or Tesla stock. Even super obvious scams like Nikola take years to register price wise.
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    7. AndrewDucker ◴[04 Jul 25 20:35 UTC] No.44467678[source]▶
    You're supposed to be able to fill in the second half of the sentence based on context. They consider it to be obvious from the first half.
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    8. pixelpoet ◴[04 Jul 25 20:39 UTC] No.44467708{3}[source]▶
    They must be an expert in number theory. I have a marvelous continuation of this sentence which
    9. paulpauper ◴[04 Jul 25 21:08 UTC] No.44467901[source]▶
    You probably would have sold or lost them anyway. Probably a tiny percentage of people from 2011 still held
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    10. charlieyu1 ◴[04 Jul 25 22:54 UTC] No.44468618[source]▶
    I learned about it from my friend, but couldn't bother with downloading a wallet client and mining etc
    11. zoklet-enjoyer ◴[05 Jul 25 04:28 UTC] No.44470067[source]▶
    As someone who has been into crypto since 2012 and isn't rich, yep
    12. toenail ◴[05 Jul 25 10:21 UTC] No.44471632[source]▶
    Why pain? Bitcoin is still there for you.