With the exorbitant Bitcoin prices that have reached in recent months. Because it's a cryptocurrency that some consider safe, others don't, it tends to fluctuate in price.
But In its beginnings, the cryptocurrency had a very low value.. So much so that in StarCraft: Brood War Tournament, Bitcoins awarded as consolation prize for certain positions.
In this way, in the tournament of StarCraft: Brood War 2011, the players awarded were from first to eighth place. The prizes were distributed as follows: $500 for first place, $250 for second place, $150 for third place, $100 for fourth place, and several bitcoins for fifth to eighth place.
Today marks the 10 year anniversary of a $4,000,000 Brood War tournament announcement on TLnet.https://t.co/ETHzSAFBi1 pic.twitter.com/1KNUV4oQJ8
— Team Liquid (@TeamLiquid) February 6, 2021So the players who remained from the fifth to eighth place received 25 bitcoins as consolation prizeAt that time, they were equivalent to about 41 dollars.
Now, with the passage of time, cryptocurrency It was gaining value. So, for 2021, Bitcoins are worth over $40,000 each, which, if multiplied by the Bitcoins awarded as prizes, would be a figure exceeding $1 million. A significant amount anywhere on the planet.
For this reason, a cybersports website obtained the names of those who benefited from the bitcoins. Sziky from Hungary, Kolll from Germany, Hejek from Poland and Jumper from the USA.
A price that may have seemed ridiculous at the time has become a huge fortune in modern times. The only questions now arise: Did they cash in or sell them at the time? Did they wait and sell them when the price went up? Did they lose the long passwords to the crypto wallets? So, tell us, what would you do if you won a similar prize?
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