We are lucky to be a part of this.

[Fuzzy]

Luck indicates that our concious decisions to take a chance on an unproven technology did not play a role.

There are plenty of people who have heard of Bitcoin that have dismissed it and missed out on this "luck".

EXACTLY. I already have people telling me "You just got lucky, blah blah blah". NO, FUCK YOU, you guys knew about bitcoin the moment I did, but unlike me, you brushed it off as not being worth your time/effort/investment, where I saw the potential and got busy.

I didn't sit on my ass playing games and stuffing my face, I hustled with with all the research, planning, trouble shooting, months of free time eaten away fiddling with overheated rigs and overloaded power lines, not to mention the cost of the whole operation, and now that my payoff is more than your net worth, you to write it off as "luck"? Fuck off you lazy hippie.

/rant

[Vladimir]

Luck indicates that our concious decisions to take a chance on an unproven technology did not play a role.

There are plenty of people who have heard of Bitcoin that have dismissed it and missed out on this "luck".

EXACTLY. I already have people telling me "You just got lucky, blah blah blah". NO, FUCK YOU, you guys knew about bitcoin the moment I did, but unlike me, you brushed it off as not being worth your time/effort/investment, where I saw the potential and got busy.

I didn't sit on my ass playing games and stuffing my face, I hustled with with all the research, planning, trouble shooting, months of free time eaten away fiddling with overheated rigs and overloaded power lines, not to mention the cost of the whole operation, and now that my payoff is more than your net worth, you to write is off as "luck"? Fuck off you lazy hippie.

/rant

Indeed. Give it some time and your reward will be more than their not annual but lifetime salary. And they will never admit that you had enough brain to recognize merits of a new singularity on intersection of many complex disciplines such as economics, politics, finance, cryptography and computer science. You not just had a brain to recognize it, you also had balls to act on it. You also had a heart to share it all with them. But chances are that they have belittled you as a small time pump and dumper and ponzi promoter. Whatever... their loss.

I recently had an email exchange with one of my old acquaintances with whom I shared my discovery of Bitcoin back in very early 2011 (0.45$ per BTC times). I at that time suggested him to invest 10k$ into BTC, just to get belittled as a semi-criminal HYIP promoter, and ponzi operator. It seems that guy still thinks it is a ponzi... O well, whatever floats your boat my friend.

BTW he gave me this link  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UKC7iaBKvs as proof of his point. FFS!

There also was another guy who was in position to buy 200k$ worth of BTC at < 0.5$ and I made very detailed proposals. He decided to pass. That would be about 25 million USD now, give or take.

[allthingsluxury]

Luck indicates that our concious decisions to take a chance on an unproven technology did not play a role.

There are plenty of people who have heard of Bitcoin that have dismissed it and missed out on this "luck".

EXACTLY. I already have people telling me "You just got lucky, blah blah blah". NO, FUCK YOU, you guys knew about bitcoin the moment I did, but unlike me, you brushed it off as not being worth your time/effort/investment, where I saw the potential and got busy.

I didn't sit on my ass playing games and stuffing my face, I hustled with with all the research, planning, trouble shooting, months of free time eaten away fiddling with overheated rigs and overloaded power lines, not to mention the cost of the whole operation, and now that my payoff is more than your net worth, you to write is off as "luck"? Fuck off you lazy hippie.

/rant

Indeed. Give it some time and your reward will be more than their not annual but lifetime salary. And they will never admit that you had enough brain to recognize merits of a new singularity on intersection of many complex disciplines such as economics, politics, finance, cryptography and computer science. You not just had a brain to recognize it, you also had ball to act on it. You also had a heart to share it all with them. But chances are that they have belittled you as a small time pump and dumper and ponzy promoter. Whatever... their loss.

Hear hear!

[BTC Books]

Luck indicates that our concious decisions to take a chance on an unproven technology did not play a role.

There are plenty of people who have heard of Bitcoin that have dismissed it and missed out on this "luck".

EXACTLY. I already have people telling me "You just got lucky, blah blah blah". NO, FUCK YOU, you guys knew about bitcoin the moment I did, but unlike me, you brushed it off as not being worth your time/effort/investment, where I saw the potential and got busy.

I didn't sit on my ass playing games and stuffing my face, I hustled with with all the research, planning, trouble shooting, months of free time eaten away fiddling with overheated rigs and overloaded power lines, not to mention the cost of the whole operation, and now that my payoff is more than your net worth, you to write is off as "luck"? Fuck off you lazy hippie.

/rant

Indeed. Give it some time and your reward will be more than their not annual but lifetime salary. And they will never admit that you had enough brain to recognize merits of a new singularity on intersection of many complex disciplines such as economics, politics, finance, cryptography and computer science. You not just had a brain to recognize it, you also had balls to act on it. You also had a heart to share it all with them. But chances are that they have belittled you as a small time pump and dumper and ponzi promoter. Whatever... their loss.

I recently had an email exchange with one of my old acquaintances with whom I shared my discovery of Bitcoin back in very early 2011 (0.45$ per BTC times). I at that time suggested him to invest 10k$ into BTC, just to get belittled as a semi-criminal HYIP promoter, and ponzi operator. It seems that guy still thinks it is a ponzi... O well, whatever floats your boat my friend.

BTW he gave me this link  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UKC7iaBKvs as proof of his point. FFS!

There also was another guy who was in position to buy 200k$ worth of BTC at < 0.5$ and I made very detailed proposals. He decided to pass. That would be about 25 million USD now, give or take.

It's been the most incredible trip.

Over two years ago I said to a friend:  "You know how once in awhile you look back at something you blew off, and regret it?  Not this time."

Oh... and hey Vladimir:  I remember your first sub-title under your avatar.  How're you doing with that?   

[Vladimir]

Oh... and hey Vladimir:  I remember your first sub-title under your avatar.  How're you doing with that?  

well... with all the boating accidents... and fucking idiots and scammers in Bitcoin Magazine wasting one year of my life.... I am flat out broke now.

[ShadowOfHarbringer]

65 USD/BTC, with market capitalization (slowly ?) approaching one billion US dollars...

Oh my god...

[BTC Books]

Oh... and hey Vladimir:  I remember your first sub-title under your avatar.  How're you doing with that?  

well... with all the boating accidents... and fucking idiots and scammers in Bitcoin Magazine wasting one year of my life.... I am flat out broke now.

I do hope that your idea of broke is as different from mine as I suspect it might be.

You've always been the greatest of advocates - you certainly galvanized me every now and then.

[carborundum]

Why did I stop mining during the slump???

[Dabs]

Jesus H. Christ

What's the H stand for? Heaven? Just asking. Sorry, off topic.

[JordanL]

I've made %600 profit since heavyly buying massive amount BTC when price drops like crazy last year, I'm lucky to be part of this   

My friends and family are lucky that I'm a part of this. I gave away 10 BTC Casascius coins for christmas when they were worth under $200 USD.   

[yogi]

Jesus H. Christ

What's the H stand for? Heaven? Just asking. Sorry, off topic.

The H stands for Harold, as in, "Our Father, who art in heaven, Harold be thy name