$BTC šŸ˜ŽšŸ˜ŽšŸ¤‘Kristoffer Koch was writing a thesis on encryption when he decided to buy 5,000 Bitcoins for $27—just out of curiosity. Like most people back then, he didn’t think the digital currency would go anywhere. He forgot about the investment entirely… until four years later, when Bitcoin’s value skyrocketed and he remembered his small purchase.