A FATHER of three has revealed plans to gamble his family’s future by selling his house using the notoriously volatile digital “cryptocurrency” Bitcoin.

Chris Mair, 41, and his wife Tillie are flogging their $2.2 million property in Twickenham, southwest London and are hoping to find a buyer who can pay them using the digital dosh.

The tech expert told The Sun that the London property market was stagnating, prompting him to decide to hang onto the Bitcoin for a few years while renting a house along with his wife and three young sons.

Chris hopes to get between 430 and 450 bitcoins (worth between $A2.1 million and $A2.25 million today) for his home.

However, selling a property in Bitcoin is not for the faint-hearted. One bitcoin was worth around A$6100 a few weeks ago, but plummeted to A$4000 last Thursday, before bouncing back to A$5000 per unit today.

“If we’d have sold our house last Monday, the value of the Bitcoin would have dropped to under £1 million (A$1.7 million) by the end of the week,” he explained.

“There are some risks, but from my perspective, this is a long-term investment and I believe the price of Bitcoin in five years will be significantly higher than what it is worth today.”

Chris runs a tech firm called DADI which provides web services to clients including Virgin, Monocle, Haymarket and Bauer, while his wife Tillie runs a content marketing agency called Fred.

He’s just launched a website called Fort Blocks which “specialises in long term Bitcoin investments for corporations and individuals” and allows people to store their cryptocurrency safely.

Chris believes that Bitcoin offers a huge opportunity to investors and believes we are at the “beginning of the curve” which will see its value grow and grow.

He is such a believer in the potential of Bitcoin that he’s decided to ditch property ownership, keep the proceeds of his house sale in Bitcoin and then wait for it to shoot up in value.

“Property is not the best place to keep capital at the moment,” he explained.

“I’m looking to invest in Bitcoin and hold it for long periods of time because I believe that its value will increase massively.”

This article originally appeared on The Sun.