Since February 2013 , he became the first to use the Bitcoin Coinbase , Olaff Carlson - Wee has been a very prosperous life , only thanks to this electronic currency .
Thinking of the 26-year-old man with full of special projects were selected revenue from virtual currency, at a time when every coin has a face value of 20 $ -30 $ (time of articles is written with a value of around $ 450).
At that time, he said: "Most people in the world have never heard of it, let alone what is understood about it, so I have a tremendous opportunity to Bitcoin hoarding and speculation on the value of its . "he also added that Bitcoin is still quite strange, it is difficult to Olaff can explain to your friends and relatives what he's doing.
Carlson-Wee, who wrote essays about Bitcoin university, tried but failed to negotiate their wages by a fixed amount of Bitcoin. "This is great when the company was almost bankrupt," he writes in the first email. Finally, he received a salary in nominal US dollars and are converted into Bitcoin at the time of handover.
"For me, the basic benefit is paid by the Bitcoin is an innovation on how to think.", He writes. "That means my default currency is Bitcoin." When I needed dollars, I would have to actively switch. Thus, the easiest way for me was shopping at dealers accept Bitcoin, will pay rent by Bitcoin and reserves enriched by Bitcoin. "
Olaff choose to use Bitcoin currency as basic tool because, "I see Bitcoin as a more democratic version of the conversion of the currency and value, because no one can control it ... I expectations that the Internet will surpass the boundaries of nations, should the currency of a country's own will certainly more risk is the currency of the Internet. "
Still, he was the first to admit that achieving success above requires a lot of effort. This is how he managed to live primarily with Bitcoin in the past 3 years.
