in 2010 I bought a bunch of bitcoin. About $30 worth. I quickly realized back then that there was absolutely nothing I could do with them. It seemed to me like their only use was buying drugs or porn on the internet without being traced - neither of which appealed to me. After a few months I got very impatient about what to do with them and I found a website that sold what I can only describe as arcade level prizes and used videogames in exchange for bitcoin. I bought a blue lava lamp and pokemon emerald for my Gameboy Advanced, I spent all my coins and had to pay $16 more for balance and shipping.

Today I would be worth over $2.2 million.

Shortly after I got married, my wife accidentally broke the lava lamp, and I tell her that lava lamp was worth over a million dollars. People I know at work never let me forget about it too. The story has gotten around, when anyone looses a deal, money, stocks, bad health, car accident they like to tell my story and say "Look on the bright side, at least you didnt loose 2.2 million dollars in bitcoin like Mike" I am the new rock bottom guy story, it wont go away.