The earlier you get into bitcoins, the easier they were to get or mine. As a result many early adopters have phenomonial amounts of bitcoins. For example in 201

The earlier you get into bitcoins, the easier they were to get or mine. As a result many early adopters have phenomonial amounts of bitcoins. For example in 2010 someone traded 10,000 bitcoins for a pizza on the bitcoin forum. Hence early adopters (with hundreds of thousands of bitcoins) benefit much more from any increase in bitcoins.