I am pretty confident we are the new wealthy elite, gentlemen.

[Nana99]

I'm not aiming to be a millionaire, I only want to be able to help cover bills etc

[boddy.dy]

A big Yes, of course we are the new wealthy elite. There are a lot of opportunities that open to us thru bitcoin. I read some articles that by bitcoin the path of their life change as it went better. And yes indeed as they say we can be wealthier thru this because we can make this as a job, investment and even business. And am starting to also be with them that become financial stable because of bticoin. Bitcoin helps us a lot and that is what I am so thank about, also to the persons who inspired and enlighten to bitcoin.

[theymos]

I (still) wonder how Atlas is doing - hopefully well after all the drama from years ago.  I wonder if he held through all the ups and downs or if he went on to something else.  Must be in his 20s now.

I heard from him a year or two ago, and he was OK.

Although he did sometimes annoy me (especially that time he threatened to commit suicide and I had to contact his local police), I miss the pure passion that he and many others had at the time. It's become pretty diluted now.

[bitcoinisbest]

I'm not aiming to be a millionaire, I only want to be able to help cover bills etc

It is possible that if you keep investing in the cypto currency and the prices keep rising like 2017 you will not only be able to pay your bills but also will become much richer if you invest some money in it. Only thing you should be able to keep investing regularly i different coins to make some multiple times returns during the year.

[arlington]

I hope you are right and we will be the new wealthy elite, gentlemen but the gentlemen in the stock market have the amount of money enough to collect all the btc in market and if they get involved I think we would be more rich if we hold.

[JayJuanGee]

I (still) wonder how Atlas is doing - hopefully well after all the drama from years ago.  I wonder if he held through all the ups and downs or if he went on to something else.  Must be in his 20s now.

I heard from him a year or two ago, and he was OK.

Although he did sometimes annoy me (especially that time he threatened to commit suicide and I had to contact his local police), I miss the pure passion that he and many others had at the time. It's become pretty diluted now.

Thanks for the update.

Surely there has been a lot of speculation in this thread that Atlas might have followed through with his threats of self-destruction, so nice to hear that he was able to make it through that period and circumstances (even threatening such can be a telling sign of needing help).

Regarding passion, I would imagine that such passion is harder to maintain when the diversity of the bitcoin community has grown so much, including involvement of many suit types in the space and even some of the severity of attack vectors on bitcoin and attack propaganda that seems aimed at purposefully misleading regarding bitcoin and desires to divide and fracture the various crypto camps.  Frequently, also, it can be difficult to identify shared goals and aspirations that some alt coin (ICO) pumpers might have when they are considered as attacks on bitcoin (and I am even guilty of having difficulties in that regard, too).

[Mr.John19]

Yes yes we are the new elite because we are using the bitcoin and we are will be the future millionaires someday. I notice that Bitcoin user change their life, because of the impact of the bitcoin to their life. I read some people help their family with the help of bitcoin and others reason. I happy that bitcoin have a good impact to the many people user on it.  Bitcoin is Blessing to us.

[pavingyucky]

Bitcoin is a new revolution when it comes to cryptocurrencies. Being part of the first wave of users itself is already a feat considering how far btc has come.

[aannnttoo]

I believe Bitcoin. with Bitcoin, I am sure I can be rich through it and I'm sure that the world financial system will soon use bitcoin and we will be successful and rich because of bitcoin.

[Rules85]

http://astrohacker.com/ahc/bitcoin-is-the-economic-singularity/

After reading this, the scale of black market and digital economies and the effect Bitcoin will have on them I am pretty certain we are going to be very wealthy men -- even with a sum as small as 10 Bitcoins. It's just so hard to believe. We are only in the beginning storms with these significant rallies from 10 to 20 dollars. I will not be surprised to see prices from hundreds to thousands in the coming months.

The world just isn't going to be the same and we have been blessed as the pioneers.

What are you going to do with your Bitcoin wealth once your coins hit upwards of $10,000 a pop?

Now that we've arrived, it's true that people who entered the cryptocurrency market early on are making a profit, and I'm proud to be a bitcoin trader.

[freshm4ker]

If bitcoin is not banned during silk road failure, I think it is very unlikely they will ban it now because it is accepted by companies like microsoft, eBay and others. Plus many other companies and billionaires are investing large sums of their money in it. However, the nature of digital and anonymous currency transactions will always appeal to money laundering activities because I think it does not matter. 

[MWesterweele]

http://astrohacker.com/ahc/bitcoin-is-the-economic-singularity/

After reading this, the scale of black market and digital economies and the effect Bitcoin will have on them I am pretty certain we are going to be very wealthy men -- even with a sum as small as 10 Bitcoins. It's just so hard to believe. We are only in the beginning storms with these significant rallies from 10 to 20 dollars. I will not be surprised to see prices from hundreds to thousands in the coming months.

The world just isn't going to be the same and we have been blessed as the pioneers.

What are you going to do with your Bitcoin wealth once your coins hit upwards of $10,000 a pop?

Now that we've arrived, it's true that people who entered the cryptocurrency market early on are making a profit, and I'm proud to be a bitcoin trader.

Yes we are to new wealthy elite right now if we continuous using and earn bitcoin. Also bitcoin is has big effect to our life and can change our living style. And since bitcoin is rising its value so if we are into bitcoin right now we can earn a lot and have more profit if we work in bitcoin.

[MrRiuss]

i am pretty sure if we have a lot of bitcoin 

[Yanisumin]

I (still) wonder how Atlas is doing - hopefully well after all the drama from years ago.  I wonder if he held through all the ups and downs or if he went on to something else.  Must be in his 20s now.

I heard from him a year or two ago, and he was OK.

Although he did sometimes annoy me (especially that time he threatened to commit suicide and I had to contact his local police), I miss the pure passion that he and many others had at the time. It's become pretty diluted now.

Sir Im wondering who Atlas is, I researched some details but no luck. I heard that he was banned here. I have heard in some comments that he is a great guy but I know nothing more than that.
Sir Is he the one who made this thread?

http://astrohacker.com/ahc/bitcoin-is-the-economic-singularity/

After reading this, the scale of black market and digital economies and the effect Bitcoin will have on them I am pretty certain we are going to be very wealthy men -- even with a sum as small as 10 Bitcoins. It's just so hard to believe. We are only in the beginning storms with these significant rallies from 10 to 20 dollars. I will not be surprised to see prices from hundreds to thousands in the coming months.

The world just isn't going to be the same and we have been blessed as the pioneers.

What are you going to do with your Bitcoin wealth once your coins hit upwards of $10,000 a pop?

Now that we've arrived, it's true that people who entered the cryptocurrency market early on are making a profit, and I'm proud to be a bitcoin trader.

The link is not working by the way, the one at the top of the opening.

[melancoly]

Does anyone have a good pic with a skeleton at a computer. I think that would be a good way to communicate how long it's taking to become part of the wealthy elite.

[12tribes]

We are not. The folks with the bitcoin blue chip companies are. When you look at what you have from your view. You feel you have it all until you view things from a broader view then you see that you haven't begun.
Work hard dude.

[cmacwiz]

http://astrohacker.com/ahc/bitcoin-is-the-economic-singularity/

After reading this, the scale of black market and digital economies and the effect Bitcoin will have on them I am pretty certain we are going to be very wealthy men -- even with a sum as small as 10 Bitcoins. It's just so hard to believe. We are only in the beginning storms with these significant rallies from 10 to 20 dollars. I will not be surprised to see prices from hundreds to thousands in the coming months.

The world just isn't going to be the same and we have been blessed as the pioneers.

What are you going to do with your Bitcoin wealth once your coins hit upwards of $10,000 a pop?

Yes I am very proud and can say this thing that I am bitcoiner. BTC has made be capable to live a very good life and I guess every bitcoiner has a proud feeling in them for being a bitcoiner. The valuation has already been inflated to that much that if are having 2 or 3 bitcoin then also we are able to live a very good life. I came to know about this cryptocurrency in 2015 and still I feel ki I am blessed with such a pioneer. And in the future this valuation keeps on inflating and I am pretty confident that I am the new elite wealthy gentleman.

[GangNamSK]

I am very happy that most of those who know and invest in the crypto market have become rich and successful. I know of people who became millionaires in the crypto market and their initial capital was just $ 100. The crypto market is now a very good place for people with little capital to change their wealth to become richer.

[JayJuanGee]

Does anyone have a good pic with a skeleton at a computer. I think that would be a good way to communicate how long it's taking to become part of the wealthy elite.

An image like that would only captures people who chose not to invest in bitcoin.  If you are suggesting that bitcoin is underperforming then you are really pie in the sky in your expectations.

I think that I am wasting my time to point out BTC performance with you, but I will just mention that from October 2015 to December 2017, there was a 78x price appreciation.  Right now, even after BTC prices have corrected back down, BTC prices are still largely hovering between about a 60x and 70x price appreciation.

Of course, if you anticipated BTC prices to go up that much, then of course you could have put all into it and leveraged and all kinds of tactics to become new wealthy elite, gentlemen.

On the other hand, none of us really knew for sure that the price was going to appreciate that much - so even if we have come a long way in our prosperities, were were also a bit more practical in our investment to prepare for both up and down price directions.

In the end, if you have been bullish about bitcoin in recent years, even if subsequently after the 2011 posting of the OP, you still had very decent opportunities to move UP in wealth, very decently and in a relatively fucking short period of time.  Hard to expect much better than we have actually experienced, and BTC price performance is seemingly not yet done.

Congrats to the many new wealthy elite gentlemen that are in the works, and perhaps already reached such status, depending on the level of "in."

[Konco126]

It's happening now that bitcoin prices are high can be for change a person's economy for the better. We who have long joined or use bitcoin should be proud and grateful. It's best if you have a lot of bitcoin or wealth, you have to donate some of your wealth to those who need it more, because it can bring blessing for you for the future.