Ease of purchase was definitely an issue. When it was $1/coin there was a guy selling them through PayPal, maximum order size of 20 bitcoins. So I bought 20 bec

Ease of purchase was definitely an issue. When it was $1/coin there was a guy selling them through PayPal, maximum order size of 20 bitcoins. So I bought 20 because it was easy and it reminded me of some cool Neal Stephenson stories. Shortly after, PayPal shut him down and I didn't immediately see any other easy way to buy more, so I didn't buy more. It's hard to be pissed off about turning $20 into $8k, but fuck me.