Man buys $27 of bitcoin, forgets about them, finds they're now worth $886k
by Samuel Gibbs from Technology | The Guardian on (#X3DM)
Bought in 2009, currency's rise in value saw small investment turn into enough to buy an apartment in a wealthy area of Oslo
Bitcoin: what you need to know
- This article was originally published on 29 October 2013. Due to a technical fault, it has been republished here, on a new page.
The meteoric rise in bitcoin has meant that within the space of four years, one Norwegian man's $27 investment turned into a forgotten $886,000 windfall.
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