Figured I'd post as I'm a "newbie" although I do not consider myself a newbie
. Bought $400k CAN worth of BTC between $60 and $120, sold them all around $1140, bought another $1.3M worth between $520-620 and now I am waiting for the $100B market cap, $8000 per coin next year. What can I say, life has been good to me. Recognize a once in 10,000 year opportunity and seize it.
When I transferred them all to Mt. Gox I did not have a verified account and I have to admit I was sweating it out for weeks, 25 days to be exact. I had a cash balance of $3.8M hehe. My account got verified and I have bought and moved most of them back to Canada, getting ready for the next spike in the adoptability curve. You can equate it to news headlines, I equate it to the math of the formation and adoptability of the currency. I read a lot of negative stuff about Gox and simply because of their size there is no way to manage those kinds of numbers of support tickets. I can attest to them being legit and I am quite happy - I've donated to Gox and The Bitcoin Foundation to protect what I have created of myself.
Talking about seizing opportunities I for one have decided to embrace EarthCoin now as it stands for what I believe in. Always BTC will be the star but there will be contenders that fill gaps for usefulness in other arenas. BTC would be an e-commerce platform obviously but for retail transactions, EarthCoin seems much better than even LTC and has a much more identifiable brand marketing appeal for the masses. So with that one I will start at the bottom and we will see where things go. I will probably buy all the way up to dollars if it ever makes it, every week, and just add to the coffers. I can now afford to take the chance I wish I had taken with BTC's.
Good luck to all you crypto-currency junkies. You are all pioneers whether you know it or not!
Wes
