All of these stories about the Laszlo's, Martti Malmi's, and all the people who bought things with a lot of BTC, or converted a lot of BTC for a small amount of fiat are all part of BTC's history, they are the people who helped to promote BTC when it was just newly created, there should be no regret about what they did just because BTC's price is now were it is today, if those people probably didn't do what they did, maybe BTC would not be what it is today.
What about Gavin Andresen who gave out free BTC to people, reading all these stories about these Legends gives chills and it could even make one hooked into BTC, history is very important, and all of these contributed to BTC's history, so people should not think they regret what they did, or make it a sad story, because it isn't, it is history, BTC's history to enjoy.
Exactly. If not for these people seeing profit or at usage for bitcoin in a time when people don't even consider digital payments is just something, even if they did all these as a joke, bitcoin wouldn't be where it was right now. I don't think Theymos would have any regrets/qualms about selling that much bitcoin in a time when it's cheaper than the newspaper. It's only fair, bitcoin has to have its own colorful history that led it to here otherwise it would look like a sham or a laundering project. In any case, I find fun and excitement for the future, 10+ years ago this was bitcoin, a decade or so from now, what would bitcoin become? How high will it get? What would the public's disposition towards it gonna be? Just a lot of exciting implications.
