Topic: Is there a Forbes bitcoin millionaire/billionaire list or upcoming? (Read 2069 times)
They have some contradictions about btc in Forbes http://imgur.com/KG8sLQH
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June 14, 2014, 02:41:03 PM
This list might be coming in months/years as Forbes is very positive about the Bitcoin (they accept it as a payment method and even have a reporter in SF living exclusively on Bitcoin for last one year)
They will likely report it when one person is a billionaire due to their investment in bitcoin even if they would not otherwise make the list of being one of the word's most rich people.
There are simply too many millionaires to make it worth reporting when someone makes a million dollars.
May 14, 2014, 01:17:04 PM
It is impossible to be a bitcoin billionaire. There will never be more than 21 million bitcoins.
When people refer to bitcoin million/billionaires they're obviously referring to the fiat value they hold in bitcoins. Apart from Satoshi, there's probably going to be zero people who will ever actually own over or near 1 million bitcoins.
Fiat value in which fiat? How can I tell if the person asking is from the U.S. or the European Union, or from England, or from Japan, or somewhere else?
Try not to be so U.S. centric in your views of an international currency.
I have to agree there. Most people assume it's USD when somebody talks about billions, or when they use the dollar sign. However, they could be heavily talking about others.
If the OP had used the dollar sign, or used the acronym USD, then we could assume that we are talking about a billion U.S. dollars worth of bitcoins.
What they asked about was bitcoin billionaires. If I asked about a Euro billionaire, or a GBP billionaire, would you assume I was talking about a billion USD worth of euro or GBP?
May 14, 2014, 12:04:14 PM
It is impossible to be a bitcoin billionaire. There will never be more than 21 million bitcoins.
When people refer to bitcoin million/billionaires they're obviously referring to the fiat value they hold in bitcoins. Apart from Satoshi, there's probably going to be zero people who will ever actually own over or near 1 million bitcoins.
Fiat value in which fiat? How can I tell if the person asking is from the U.S. or the European Union, or from England, or from Japan, or somewhere else?
Try not to be so U.S. centric in your views of an international currency.
I have to agree there. Most people assume it's USD when somebody talks about billions, or when they use the dollar sign. However, they could be heavily talking about others.
May 14, 2014, 11:57:14 AM
It is impossible to be a bitcoin billionaire. There will never be more than 21 million bitcoins.
When people refer to bitcoin million/billionaires they're obviously referring to the fiat value they hold in bitcoins. Apart from Satoshi, there's probably going to be zero people who will ever actually own over or near 1 million bitcoins.
Fiat value in which fiat? How can I tell if the person asking is from the U.S. or the European Union, or from England, or from Japan, or somewhere else?
Try not to be so U.S. centric in your views of an international currency.
May 14, 2014, 11:40:26 AM
It is impossible to be a bitcoin billionaire. There will never be more than 21 million bitcoins.
Satoshi Nakamoto has 980K BTC at the highest peak the bitcoin price had, his wealth was nearly 1.1 billion $$$$
First ever, and probably the only bitcoin billionaire that we have seen.
That's not a bitcoin billionaire. That's a USD billionaire.
To be a bitcoin billionaire you'd have to have a billion bitcoins.
Try not to be so U.S. centric in your views of an international currency.
This.
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May 14, 2014, 11:24:40 AM
It is impossible to be a bitcoin billionaire. There will never be more than 21 million bitcoins.
When people refer to bitcoin million/billionaires they're obviously referring to the fiat value they hold in bitcoins. Apart from Satoshi, there's probably going to be zero people who will ever actually own over or near 1 million bitcoins.
May 14, 2014, 11:23:21 AM
It is impossible to be a bitcoin billionaire. There will never be more than 21 million bitcoins.
Satoshi Nakamoto has 980K BTC at the highest peak the bitcoin price had, his wealth was nearly 1.1 billion $$$$
First ever, and probably the only bitcoin billionaire that we have seen.
That's not a bitcoin billionaire. That's a USD billionaire.
To be a bitcoin billionaire you'd have to have a billion bitcoins.
Try not to be so U.S. centric in your views of an international currency.
Lol you completely missed the point here, ofcourse there is not a bitcoin billionaire as in 1 billion btc mr wiseguy.
And also, next time I will convert everything into Thai Baht
May 14, 2014, 10:45:43 AM
It is impossible to be a bitcoin billionaire. There will never be more than 21 million bitcoins.
Satoshi Nakamoto has 980K BTC at the highest peak the bitcoin price had, his wealth was nearly 1.1 billion $$$$
First ever, and probably the only bitcoin billionaire that we have seen.
That's not a bitcoin billionaire. That's a USD billionaire.
To be a bitcoin billionaire you'd have to have a billion bitcoins.
Try not to be so U.S. centric in your views of an international currency.
May 14, 2014, 10:37:06 AM
It is impossible to be a bitcoin billionaire. There will never be more than 21 million bitcoins.
Satoshi Nakamoto has 980K BTC at the highest peak the bitcoin price had, his wealth was nearly 1.1 billion $$$$
First ever, and probably the only bitcoin billionaire that we have seen.
May 14, 2014, 10:32:34 AM
This list might be coming in months/years as Forbes is very positive about the Bitcoin (they accept it as a payment method and even have a reporter in SF living exclusively on Bitcoin for last one year)
May 14, 2014, 10:27:21 AM
It is impossible to be a bitcoin billionaire. There will never be more than 21 million bitcoins.
May 14, 2014, 10:26:34 AM
The Bitcoin rich list has stopped working, but I did find this:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/bitcoin-top-500-richest-321265
(outdated)
1. BTC980,000*. Satoshi Nakamoto
8 2. BTC200,000. 600 000 Mark Karpeles
2. BTC400,000*. HD Moore (AHA)
3. BTC400,000*. Dustin D. Trammell (AHA)
4. BTC400,000*. Tod Beardsley (AHA)
5. BTC350,000*. "Dread Pirate Roberts" a.k.a. "DPR"
6. BTC300,000. Roger Ver
7. BTC300,000*. "knightmb"
8.5 BTC182,592. "Loaded"
9. BTC174,000*. FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation, USA)
10. BTC119,000. AsicMiner Management Team of 3 (names?)
11. BTC110,000. Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss
12. BTC100,000. "klaus"
13. BTC100,000. "mezzomix"
14. BTC75,000. "artforz"
15. BTC70,000. Erik Voorhees
17. BTC30,000. "nakowa"
18. BTC30,000. Mircea Popescu
19. BTC30,000. "Goat"
20. BTC25,000. Chamath Palihapitiya
21. BTC25,000. Gavin Andresen
22. BTC20,000. Max Keiser
23. BTC20,000. "Theymos"
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/bitcoin-top-500-richest-321265
(outdated)
1. BTC980,000*. Satoshi Nakamoto
2. BTC400,000*. HD Moore (AHA)
3. BTC400,000*. Dustin D. Trammell (AHA)
4. BTC400,000*. Tod Beardsley (AHA)
5. BTC350,000*. "Dread Pirate Roberts" a.k.a. "DPR"
6. BTC300,000. Roger Ver
7. BTC300,000*. "knightmb"
8.5 BTC182,592. "Loaded"
9. BTC174,000*. FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation, USA)
10. BTC119,000. AsicMiner Management Team of 3 (names?)
11. BTC110,000. Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss
12. BTC100,000. "klaus"
13. BTC100,000. "mezzomix"
14. BTC75,000. "artforz"
15. BTC70,000. Erik Voorhees
17. BTC30,000. "nakowa"
18. BTC30,000. Mircea Popescu
19. BTC30,000. "Goat"
20. BTC25,000. Chamath Palihapitiya
21. BTC25,000. Gavin Andresen
22. BTC20,000. Max Keiser
23. BTC20,000. "Theymos"
FTFY
May 14, 2014, 10:10:27 AM
I think fobres will include bitcoins millionaires-billionaires when BTC will be more accredited worldwide, not everyone thinks bitcoins is a serious virtual currency and our bitcoin community Is really small compared to worldwide markets.
May 14, 2014, 10:05:13 AM
Today's Forbes list is a joke, it does not list all the reserve bankers in the world, who are actually many magnitudes richer than Bill Gates or Buffet
who are those reserve bankers
May 14, 2014, 07:56:20 AM
I would want to be on the top of that list
May 14, 2014, 07:41:35 AM
Today's Forbes list is a joke, it does not list all the reserve bankers in the world, who are actually many magnitudes richer than Bill Gates or Buffet
Yeah, I never understood how someone could take that list seriously...
Also, bankers certainly crowd the top but I wouldn't be surprised if there were even a few hundred tech-industry types like Bill Gates richer than Bill Gates not listed since it seems rather standard for corps and individuals above a certain networth to simply not have anything to their name. See the video that has been posted around on this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4o13isDdfY
May 14, 2014, 07:14:21 AM
Today's Forbes list is a joke, it does not list all the reserve bankers in the world, who are actually many magnitudes richer than Bill Gates or Buffet
May 14, 2014, 06:21:03 AM
I'd imagine that it would be a while before being a BTC millionaire gets you on the rich list.
In regard to that rich list, i'd take it with a grain of salt. Its speculative at best.
In regard to that rich list, i'd take it with a grain of salt. Its speculative at best.
May 14, 2014, 06:17:14 AM
High Roller Nakowa still have 30K BTC ? didn't he lose most of them with gambling ?
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