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carbocation on May 29, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Why I’m Putting All My Savings Into Bitcoin

Those stories could be made any day. Take any volatile stock and stake out an extremely leveraged position on it for a day (or a few hours). If the stock moves in the direction you've bet, then congratulations, you've just made a bunch of money on a gamble. If not, you've lost everything.

palish on May 29, 2011 [–]

I was asking for specific examples that have already happened. The point is to hear a fun story, not to learn any valuable or deep insights.

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