| NiXXiN |
04-10-2013 08:40 PM |
Guy Borrows 30k and buys Bitcoins
This guy lucked out, good on him, turned 30k into over 700k
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created this throwaway because I wanted to share what I've done, and someday look back on this thread in either regret or triumph.
I am not a wealthy man. I am actually quite poor and have a lot of student loan debt. But I have good credit. I have applied for, and received over $30,000 USD in credit card 0% balance transfer cash, which I have slowly been investing in bitcoin for the past two months. I started when it was $14/BTC. At this second, it is $25.10/BTC. I have invested some of it in satoshidice, and the rest will be stored in an offline wallet.
I may someday regret this decision. It represents the exact amount of my entire retirement and savings accounts. If bitcoin ever becomes worthless, well, I will just have to deal with it and find another way to retire. If bitcoin takes off the way I think it will, I will someday be a wealthy man and my family will be set.
I am not doing this out of greed, but to support my family and hopefully never have to worry about money again... something I've stressed about for decades. I realize it's controversial and some may take a dim view of it (my family included). But what's done is done.
I am not going to post again until a year from now. And then I will post each year following. Wish me luck.
EDIT: Thank you all for the feedback. I expected some opposition and advice. I have received more than enough, including some things I had not thought of. Most of it I anticipated and already considered though. I am done posting, and hopefully have clarified my position. I will be back in 1 year to document what happened. Have a good day.
UPDATE 4/9/13: I won't give a full accounting until after a year, but I have said that if it goes above 200 and stays there for at least a week, I am going to quit my job. This morning it crossed $200/BTC. Next week I will be quitting my job if it hasn't gone below $200. I have a few Avalon ASIC miners on the way that will hopefully help me preserve this wealth, or at least pay my debts back and enjoy some time off from work for a while... or forever.
UPDATE 4/10/13: All: I cashed out $30,000 USD worth the past few days. I plan on repaying the credit card debts in their entirety next week. I sold at 195, 212, and 242 price points. It was just getting too stressful watching all the recent gains and corrections. I will have a little seller's remorse as the price continues to go up, but I also feel relieved that all the coins I have at this point are icing on the cake. Plus, I am hopeful that my incoming Avalons will generate a lot more down the line. More later.
To the asshole trying to crack my password and access my tip funds: 16 character lastpass randomly generated, non-pronounecable, minimum 8 digits with special characters. Good luck with that.
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