1) Pretty sure he was exaggerating a little (big fish story). But even then, this had to be in the peak time for Bitcoin; which only lasted a few months or maybe a few years?
2) With no government or big financial institution backing, cryptocurrency is the biggest gamble any investor could make. You really are putting yourself on the edge. No way I would gamble my money like that. This is for the playboys, rich, or just really lucky ones.

For every winner, there has to be a ton of losers. That lure of easy money, sent quite a many gold miners to their death in the frontier days.
You remember those days don't you Ken? :)