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Re:Ask HN: How did your startup change after an exit? by asdfman123 on Sunday October 13, 2019 @08:55AM (#21240122)
My friend made a fortune with Ethereum because he bought in early and forgot his password.

When it got up to around 700, he started to get frantic, figured out how to crack his own password, and sold it all.

He's from an Indian family so poor that they didn't own any books growing up, and he made in the low seven figures. But if he had known his password, he probably would have sold it early for like $10k.

Re:Ask HN: How did your startup change after an exit? by ruvis on Monday October 14, 2019 @01:33AM (#21245494)
I sold 500 eth for 12$ a piece after the drop from 20$ and felt like a genius.

Mind you, I make about 30k after tax. (Not in US)

Re:Ask HN: How did your startup change after an exit? by shifto on Monday October 14, 2019 @05:11AM (#21246360)
I remember selling 1 BTC so I could buy an AMD Radeon 290x to mine even more. Still have about .5 BTC left and just can't part with it.