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He had failed out of college, had never really been gainfully employed, and struggled with some personal issues. All this despite the fact that he probably had the highest IQ of any of my friends. His head was always in the clouds. He was a \"big picture\" guy. Full of ideas about what the future would bring. So it did not surprise me at all when I heard he was early to get into the whole Bitcoin thing.  \n  I read something the other day that said the only way to really get a laymen to understand cryptocurrencies is to give them some and let them play with them.  I think Douglas realized this.  He came over for dinner to my place in Hawaii, and while we were sipping some whiskey after our meal I kept peppering him with questions about cryptocurrencies. I didn't want to get  too personal (So how much money exactly did you make??) but I was asking him more about the big picture stuff.  How does BTC have any real value? does it have a future? 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