The 38-year-old became enamoured with the obscure art of coin mining in 2013 while living with his parents in Paddington, in inner Brisbane.
For the next four years they were just "lying around", unsecured, on a number of phones and computers. Mr Bridge decided to sell off a small amount of his stock to treat himself in "dribs and drabs", buying motorbikes and boats.One of the two motorbikes Mr Bridge now owns thanks to Bitcoin.Coincidently Mr Bridge and his partner wanted to buy a home "by the water" in Clontarf, north-east of Brisbane.
Kudos to Joe. But remember don't gamble with money you can't afford to lose.
this is the Ponzi scheme equivalent of politicians who start being honest after they're out of politics.
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