For HODL or having children? Bitcoin IVF babies paid with BTC profits

A Bitcoiner in London gives new meaning to the phrase "generational wealth". Noodle sold Bitcoin to pay for IVF treatments for two babies

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Hold Bitcoin to the end or sell some to start a family? For a Bitcoiner in north-west London, it was a no-brainer.

Noodle, (a nickname) a Briton who first heard of Bitcoin around 2012, took profits on his Bitcoin purchases to pay for his wife's in-vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment. He told Cointelegraph that he has "no regrets" about his decision to start a family using fiat-denominated profits from buying, holding, and then selling Bitcoin.

Welcome to Noodle Jr II in this crazy world. After 6 tough days in the hospital due to unforeseen complications, Mrs. Noodle and I couldn't be happier to bring this little hodler home! pic.twitter.com/JvlLfzABgg

— Noodles ⚡️ (@NoodleNakamoto) June 14, 2022

Noodle first discovered Bitcoin in late 2012, when one Bitcoin was worth around $13.

"I was in the gym talking to this guy who I get along with. We were talking in the locker room, and it's funny because he was trying to explain this Silk Road thing to me - who was on the dark web."

The now defunct Silk Road Marketplace was a place where early Bitcoin adopters could buy and sell just about anything using Bitcoin as their in-house currency. At the time, Noodle didn't necessarily reject Bitcoin despite his gym buddy's recommendation, but he ignored it until a close friend told him how to buy cannabis with Bitcoin on the road to retirement. silk.

The Silk Road was a popular website for buying and selling just about anything using Bitcoin.

Once his close friend explained that they might be able to use Bitcoin to buy real-world items, Noodle was convinced:

"And...