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What risk did he take, gimme a fucking break. Worst possible outcome for him was he has to settle for a $400k job at a FAANG after his startup fails. Boo fuckin hoo

Of course he did enough to deserve some fuck you money, but hundreds of millions? Slap yourself, fool, cos you dreaming

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The risk was in the opportunity cost. How much was he making in the first ~9 years pre IPO? As you said he could have made a comfortable salary working 40hrs/week at many other companies but likely took a significant pay cut for many years to found a startup.

Coinbase was valued at 86B a year ago, so hundreds of millions would have been ~.2% of that valuation.

You didn't do it because you didn't took risk in crypto.

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