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Title: 10-29-2013 The Guardian: Man buys $27 of bitcoin...forgets...finds..worth $886k Post by: vokain on October 30, 2013, 06:37:11 AM Quote from: http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/oct/29/bitcoin-forgotten-currency-norway-oslo-home Kristoffer Koch invested 150 kroner ($26.60) in 5,000 bitcoins in 2009, after discovering them during the course of writing a thesis on encryption. He promptly forgot about them until widespread media coverage of the anonymous, decentralised, peer-to-peer digital currency in April 2013 jogged his memory. I know it was released earlier tonight, but this article should be one of the more bullish adoption catalysts as more press outlets pick up the story and everyday Main St. investors become more incentivized to participate in the Bitcoin market. Things like this really resonate with the common man. |