[kilovoltaire]

I might be missing something—how is this related to crowd funding?

[logn]

Buy stock low, sell it high?

It's all gambling. Sometimes you know you can beat the game. Sometimes it's for fun. People shouldn't get depressed when they miss a wacky investment that pays off big. Plenty of people lose their shirts doing that.

[Sealy]

The article mentions that exactly, "He bought some for fun, then forgot about it."

Fair play to him for doing so! I guess he must have been in luck when the topic for his thesis lead him to Bitcoin. I bet he's glad he studied!

[helpfulElf]

I had read that ~$300 investments may become mainstream; with such an investment, the investor is probably hoping for an equivalent outcome.