[mcantelon]

It's probably not the first time someone has put all their disposable income into what they think is a time-sensitive investment opportunity.

[mritun]

Yes its not the first time someone had last money on "time sensitive investment opportunities" aka gambling. And yes there are lots of people who do that with 100% of their disposable income. They also usually lose it all.

[mcantelon]

>gambling

What makes it gambling rather than an investment?

[prophetjohn]

It's also possible that the intent was to make a purchase with those bitcoins.

[tptacek]

I totally don't care what he wanted to buy, or to chastise him for his investment decisions; I'm just curious if people are generally moving their money into Bitcoin in an attempt to move "off the grid" financially, or if this was an investment.