Riding the bitcoin wave in search of a golden shore
Investors see once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to change their lives, pinning hopes on new form of currency whose potential value the world was only beginning to recognise
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Louisville, Kentucky
HE had invested in bitcoin almost two years earlier, so now Jacob Melin had a new house, a new truck, a new consulting business and a line of people coming into his office, trying to become wealthy as quickly as he had.
One person said he expected to use a modest investment to "retire in 12 to 18 months". Another said he wanted to use the proceeds to start a business. And a father of two talked about paying off his own student loans and buying several acres of land - all the things he did not see a chance to do with his income as a software salesman.
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