He also in the article nudged people into using MtGox to buy BTC which doesn’t make much sense in hindsight either.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mt._Gox

There was nothing inherently wrong with Mt. Gox as a place to buy BTC. It was trading it and storing it on Gox that got you burned. I lost 0.6 BTC because I was planning on margin trading some but that was only a fraction of my holdings at the time.

what happened to the lost money? it was worth 450 M bucks then. probably a lot more today. was it ever recovered by end users?

goes to show how being early is so important for being successful .

You know it's up 2% today?

You know it has doubled since the bottom this year?

Early my ass.

Cherry picking much? Returns for anything looks awesome if you are comparing it to its bottom. BTC is up 15% this year which is good but nothing to shout about.

The use case of gold is niche too. Still a worthwhile investment. It's all about trust.