Nice story, and great bit of early success! Kind of similar to what happened to me after I bought Ether early on. I have the feeling there's a big "but" coming though.

By the way, anyone who loves Blackjack can now feed their addiction on the blockchain with this fascinating new Ethereum app that just launched: http://blockjack.io

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