Ask HN: What did you do when you suddenly got rich?

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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