His first altcoin could have bought us all fancy houses. 

It's been a profitable alt, but so have quite a few others. And just remember that you can also lose a fancy house on the way down after a 17-fold pump. Factom's chart in particular should be an antidote to those who are "fall-blind" (as perhaps is daddy Bitcoin's

Until it shows conviction of continuing an uptrend (breaking 0.0276 would be a start) it's not a buy.