How being “bitshamed” made Andreas a millionaire

Let’s talk about something awesome that just happened in the Bitcoin community
Andreas Antonopoulos just became an instant millionaire from a flood of unsolicited donations of over 100 Bitcoins by over a thousand people in the community worth over 1.5 million dollars

Andreas has written books about Bitcoin and is best known for delivering inspiring speeches about the revolutionary potential Bitcoin and blockchain technology have. Donations poured in after Roger Ver mocked Antonopoulos on Twitter for not getting rich off early Bitcoin investments.
Antonopoulos makes a living from donations to his Patreon account, speaking fees, and book royalties. He was debunking the claim made by someone on Twitter, who assumed he was a “multi-millionaire” given his early involvement in the Bitcoin world.

That’s when Roger Ver “bitshamed” him for not buying and holding in the early days, to which Antonopoulos replied that he had indeed bought Bitcoin early, but was forced to sell in 2013 to pay for rent and to support his family. Bitcoin was trading around $13 that year, before a monster rally took it to $1,200 towards the end of the year.

The act of mocking someone who’s been involved in Bitcoin for years but isn’t rich now has a name: “bitshaming” A rallying cry went up among Antonopoulos’ supporters on Twitter to make donations to the man.
Within two days, bitcoins flooded in. During that time, the bitcoin price climbed from under $12,000 to $17,000. According to data provider Blockchain.info, Antonopoulos’ bitcoin address has received around 100 bitcoins in total.
This act of solidarity in the community really warmed my heart, if someone in the Bitcoin community deserved this that is definitely Andreas, and it also goes to show the kind of people involved in this space and the goodness in your hearts.
source: https://qz.com/1151233/andreas-antonopoulos-got-1-5-million-in-bitcoin-donations-after-roger-ver-bitshamed-him/