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2025-04-21 11:38:11Chapter 1: The Spark (2019)
Jonathan Parker wasn’t exactly a risk-taker. A software developer in his late twenties, he preferred routines—morning coffee, coding sprints, and quiet evenings with podcasts. But something kept catching his attention: Bitcoin.
It wasn't the first time he'd heard about it. Back in 2017, his college roommate had begged him to buy some at $3,000. Jonathan laughed it off. Then, Bitcoin soared and crashed. By 2019, most people had already moved on.
But not Jonathan.
In April 2019, curiosity turned into obsession. He began reading whitepapers, watching crypto influencers on YouTube, and combing through Reddit threads at midnight. After weeks of research, he took the plunge: he invested $2,600 into Bitcoin, buying half a coin at $5,200.
To his friends, it was a “weird tech gamble.” To Jonathan, it was something else entirely—a hedge against the world, a bet on the future.