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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 | 5 comments | 04 Jul 25 18:41 UTC | HN request time: 0.82s | source
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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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1. 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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2. 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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3. SoftTalker ◴[04 Jul 25 20:07 UTC] No.44467485[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).
4. 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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5. 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