Norwegian forgot that he bought USD $ 24 in bitcoins in 2009 and now they are worth USD $ 885,520

The meteoric rise of bitcoin became overnight. Years ago he invested 886 thousand ... But now, in 2017, according to the dollar exchange rate, on June 6, he has 14 million 102 thousand 683 dollars and 29 cents.

The Norwegian Kristoffer Koch was working in 2009 on his thesis on encryption when he found information about a mysterious (then) cryptocurrency called 'bitcoin', and for fun bought about 5,000 BTC in 150 Norwegian crowns (USD $ 24 ) under the demands of his girlfriend who told him that "you are always buying a lot of things you never use."

After Koch forgot his "small" investment, so when thanks to the media discovered now in 2013 that each bitcoin has a value that exceeds USD $ 200 was quite surprised, it means that its 5,000 BTC now they amount to NOK 5 million, or USD $ 885,520.

Koch withdrew a fifth of his money, about 1,000 BTC, and that was enough to buy him an apartment in Toyen, one of the wealthiest neighborhoods in Oslo. Now, Kock's girlfriend believes that "he can buy the things he wants."

The bitcoins are stored in wallets or purses encrypted, and secured with a secret password, which Koch had forgotten; however, and after finding her, he got a pleasant surprise.