
So, I always hear these stories of techys and plugged in people buying BTC back in 2009 you could mine bitcoin on a spare laptop and make about 1000btc a. If an investor had decided to spend five dollars back then on about 2,000 bitcoins, that stake would be worth $4.4 million today. With $1,200. If you bought bitcoin at its high near $20,000, $15,000, or even at $10,000, though, you would have lost money: around $13,600, $8,600 or.