Meet the 24-year-old who dropped out of college to mine bitcoin, now making 1.3 million a MONTH  | Daily Mail Online

A 24-year-old who dropped out of college to mine bitcoin while living in his parents’ basement reveals he now earns $1.3 million a month, after starting with just $1,400

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• he spent his nights trading bitcoins while pretending to study, but he never expected the hobby to make him a millionaire
• in 2017, jp set up a mining rig bitcoin store, where a group of computers create new bitcoins by solving puzzles, in his parents’ basement
• the then 17-year-old was studying at north carolina state university at the time But after it took off, he decided to drop out of school altogether
• started selling mining rigs online and hired some of his friends to build rigs full time. in the basement, the company made over $2 million in revenue
• getting the cash, jp decided to level up and move out of his parents’ basement, renting an abandoned property in iowa , and now earns $1.3 million a month

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by olive loveridge-greene and lillian gissen for dailymail.com

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