There's a difference between "early" and 2013. In 2013 I knew one person who'd gotten wildly lucky and already retired from buying and mining Bitcoin early, but the people buying hundreds of bitcoin at that point, with the prices in the $100+ range already, were all pretty well-off to have that much disposable cash to toss on a gamble.
Investing 100K then to have 18M now or whatever is a gamble you can only take if you're already doing quite well.
Investing 100K then to have 18M now or whatever is a gamble you can only take if you're already doing quite well.