In 2009, Kristoffer Koch, a 25-year-old student researching digital currencies, invested around $27 in Bitcoin after reading Satoshi Nakamoto\u2019s white paper. He bought 5,000 Bitcoins, then forgot about them.<\/p>\n
Four years later, he rediscovered his digital wallet\u2014now worth $850,000. Luckily, despite forgetting the password, he managed to regain access.<\/p>\n
That year, Koch cashed out a fifth, paid taxes, and bought an apartment in Oslo. The rest, if held, would now be worth over $475 million\u2014turning his modest investment into a potential $594.5 million fortune.<\/p>\n
\u201cNot in my wildest dreams could I have imagined this,\u201d he said<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In 2009, Kristoffer Koch, a 25-year-old student researching digital currencies, invested around $27 in Bitcoin after reading Satoshi Nakamoto\u2019s white paper. He bought 5,000 Bitcoins, then forgot about them. Four years later, he rediscovered his digital wallet\u2014now worth $850,000. Luckily, despite forgetting the password, he managed to regain access. That year, Koch cashed out a…<\/p>\n