Four gamers who lost a $1,000 tournament in 2011 made MILLIONS without ever claiming it


In 2011, a StarCraft: Brood War tournament had a $1,000 prize pool
Top 4 split the cash
5th to 8th each got 25 Bitcoin worth $41 at the time
The sponsor even included a paragraph explaining what Bitcoin was
Sziky (5th) took $40 cash instead of the coins
Hejek (7th) and Jumper (8th) never claimed theirs
Jumper's bio still says: "The guy who infamously won 25 bitcoins for StarCraft"
25 BTC today: $1.67 MILLION
Flash, the greatest StarCraft player of all time, earned $580,000 across his entire career
The losers made 3x more and never even knew it
BTC2,43%
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