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Re:Ask HN: What did you do when you suddenly got rich? by Vadoff on Wednesday July 24, 2019 @11:51PM (#20522414)
How did you make that amount? Was it also as an early employee at a startup, or as a founder?
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Re:Ask HN: What did you do when you suddenly got rich? by whamlastxmas on Thursday July 25, 2019 @12:55AM (#20522669)
Saying he came into it makes it sound like inheritance but that's an unusually large amount. Maybe a lottery winner. Or just ambiguous wording and I'm making too many assumptions. Either way, cool for him :)
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Re:Ask HN: What did you do when you suddenly got rich? by person_of_color on Thursday July 25, 2019 @12:09AM (#20522484)
Bitcoin?
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Re:Ask HN: What did you do when you suddenly got rich? by ninefigs on Thursday July 25, 2019 @01:00AM (#20522689)
Yep
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Re:Ask HN: What did you do when you suddenly got rich? by knopkop_ on Thursday July 25, 2019 @07:25AM (#20524421)
Are you willing to share the story? I would hazard a guess that you played around with mining on your old laptop in 2010, accidentally left it running for a while, mined 10k bitcoin, and sold around the top at 19k each.
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Re:Ask HN: What did you do when you suddenly got rich? by person_of_color on Thursday July 25, 2019 @08:36AM (#20524817)
Have you declared to IRS.
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Re:Ask HN: What did you do when you suddenly got rich? by xrd on Thursday July 25, 2019 @01:57AM (#20522927)
Please invest in my ethereum startup: FinneyFor.com. Patent pending.
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Re:Ask HN: What did you do when you suddenly got rich? by muzani on Thursday July 25, 2019 @06:21AM (#20524160)
to quote parent: "Really it just turns every conversation into a roundabout request for money."
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Re:Ask HN: What did you do when you suddenly got rich? by iraldir on Thursday July 25, 2019 @10:06AM (#20525444)
I mean, you gotta give it to him, that was not roundabout
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