Topic: How and when did you get into Crypto ? (Read 825 times)

I started year 2011. Nothing serious. There were  lots of free stellars that can be exchanged to btc and then to fiat right away. Had I known that BTC would grow this big, I would've just kept holding on to my BTC. Those were the days    Next was around year 2015 when somebody recruited me to join MMM which turned out to be scam. Too bad. Next is this Year , I'm into bounty hunting.

I've been trying to understand the world for a few months now, but still feel quite stuck and that I can't quite understand everything. Any tips?

I get into crypto over 3 years ago, and after i register here. First time i get some bitcoin from a forum and after i made coins by walking, but now that project is dead unfortunately. Now i trade but not daily and i made a good profit from last year until now, and i still waiting for a new grow in price for altcoins.

A friend that I used to do some other online business stuff with advised me to get into crypto. I hadn't spoken to him for a while and during that period he did very well. I didn't need telling twice  
One of the the best moves I ever made, that was probably about a year ago.

About one year ago most probably I joined into cryptocurrency. It is quite an interesting story actually I was looking for an online source for earning money as I heard many people earn money from online which they called as freelancing. So that time a good friend of mine came forward to help me to get into cryptocurrency.

Just for the new members to see and share. 

I say this a lot but sound like the perfect time to get in  . Definetly man. Why did you invest in the first place ?

Nice look ICO you got there. If you want I can list it on my website (for free). Are you the owner of AIDUS ?

Nice story BaoBao! So how are you liking everything so far ? Are you still invested in Bitcoin ? Or just Altcoins.

I got into crypto last year. I heard friends talking about bitcoin at first, and then I tried to search information about bitcoin. The first came up after Google searching was bitcontalk forum, after that I started my real crypto journey. There are discussion about bitcoin and altcoins here. We share our experience and information here, that was how I develop my interest in crypto.

ohh... we starting here by project AIDUS
This project officially named as the ‘AIDUS Global D-Fund Platform (ADFP)’, is decentralized platform business by establishing a ‘decentralized fund market platform’ in which the AIDUS Coin will serve as the main currency that would be used for the signing and redemption of various fund portfolios. The platform will connect global investors (the demand group for the asset management) with professional asset management companies, while it would supply the ‘Quant Trading System(QTS)’ to the asset management companies in order for them to create various high profit fund items, all aiming at truly revolutionizing and establishing a new ecosystem of global asset management market.
https://aidus.io/

I just invested in bitcoin a month ago, although I have not had any profit but I am very excited about this investment and I hope a lot in it.

How did you get to know about Bitcoin ? And what company are you working if I may ask.

Damn you were one of the early birds then. Thats cool man, I still kick myself that I wasnt one of those. You know through life, you become sceptical of get rich quick schemes, that sometimes the real opportunities pass you by. Are you still in Bitcoin ? And did you manage to get your hands on many of them? Just curious you might want to be carefull telling people how much you are actually holding. Also are you still working or having an early retirement now.

Very cool story! Are you still using the faucet? If so which one is it ? Hats of to you sir that you made it work for yourself .

lol, drunk descicions can be good ones aswell ey haha. You still HODLing ?

Nice man, you are one of few that actually see through the smokescreen and buy when its low. A lot of people get put off by the FUD and just decide its dead only to buy it at its ATH. What do you think about the bearmarket now ? Are we seeing another year or is it going to reverse ?

I can take only one good choice that might change your life. I hope this one is yours buddy!

Yeah im basicly at the same point. Or I go down with the ship or we set sail to new ATHs. Eather way im in it to win it. So what time did you actually get in ? You say after the big China FUD so I think around last year september than ?

He is a great mind to put you on this track. Always do your own research though. What are exactly still learning about ? And If I may give you one tip; check out https://crypthena.com/. It may help you find what you are looking for.

My economic teacher took me here. He told me a lots this great world and I decide to learn about it. Not invest yet, i am still learning about cryptocurrency and will join soon.

I heard about Bitcoin for years.    I think I even went to this forum long ago (never signed up).          I couldn't wrap my head around it and never took the time to really learn and figure it all out.          Fast forward about a year and half ago -  I heard Mark Cuban was getting on board with some start up blockchain thing,  Bitcoin was up in the thousands and I thought okay,  I really need to figure out what this is about - there are too many people making a ton of money here.

 So I invested like 6 months too late, lol.    Shortly after the big China FUD happened and everything was down.     Eventually we hit the massive bull run in Dec and I felt like a genius.    Now everything is worth so so much less -  but I'm not down any money.       So now it has become a waiting game.   I'm in it until this goes to zero or I can be one of the ones that "made it"

i can't agree less. The poster is even talking of gathering experience from experts.

A few months ago, I met my old friend and he told me about this opportunity, initially I did not believe it but later I realized this was the opportunity for me to change my life.

I got interested when I read about the crash and a long term bear market that followed. I started to watch Bitcoin, because people were saying that it's in such a long term decline that it's not going to achieve anything. When it woke up and reversed in 2016 my first thought was to try it out, buy some while it's cheap. It was a great decision. Been a holder ever since.

2014 baby!  My buddy introduced me to it.  Bought my first three Bitcoins drunk hahha

I came to know cryptocurrencies abou the year 2015. I was browsing through a nigerian blog www.nairaland.com and I saw a thread titled earn bitcoin though a faucet. So i chatted the creator of the thread an we hooked up on whatsapp where he just gave me the basics of creating a coinbase wallet and earning bitcoin through a faucet where you roll every hour to earn little satoshi.
I was persistant on the site for 3months where i earned about $4 which i was very happy. I started making more research on cryptocurrencies, how was it created, why was it created and its usage. One of the mistakes i made that time was not buying Ethereum when it was $13

Yes. I also knew about bitcoin from a forum too, I didn't actually put more attention to bitcoin until its price reached $1000. I returned back to the days of which the price were still $2 and got myself stunned thinking I could have got millions if I just saw the possibilities of it. I'm probably one of the huge guys with thousands of BTC if I just believe to the guys who knew the future.So I started to invest to  BTC while its $200 after it. Didn't buy much but yes I worked as early as 2014 to buy myself some BTC.

from beginning i knew only about bitcoin  and i started working in bitcoin company and from there i got interest in crypto

Lol thats awesome. You were so early too, gaming does add value to your life ey  . What kind of games are you playing ? Also are you still holding BTC ? Or did you sell at the top ?

I was looking for a new gaming GPU, when I saw something about Bitcoin mining and people getting a good income from using their GPU to mine virtual coins. I thought it was a scam, but I did some more information and I saw that it was not a scam.

I bought a GPU for gaming, but I never mined any coins with it, because the gaming took too much of my time. I later saw Bitcoin was more popular, so I bought some before the big boom to $1000 and I never looked back. 

If I only knew what I know now, I would have mined those coins. 

Cool, which country is this ? I know in the Netherlands it took a while before it got more accepted. Must have been a rough year for you too with the market going this low. How are you holding up ?

Haha did you actually earn money ? How is bitcoin life treating you now ?

Thats cool, are you still making profit ? And are you like day trading then ?

Lol nice one, you still following him ? he seems like a nice guy, watched some vids of his while working on my crypto directory. Definetely one of the more likeable youtubers. For example I dont like suppo that much as I feel like he shills too much. Are you into any other youtubers aswell ?

I literally have no idea. I have a hunch that it was a suggested youtube video, because all I remember afterwards was trying to find videos with/of Jimmy Song (this was in June).

I was hear about bitcoin when bitcoin made ath December 2017 because many news about it. And then i search at internet about it and asked my friend who joined early then me. March i was joined to crypto world learn about bitcoin and joined bitcointalk forum. From that i interested with trading at cryptocurrency until now and i can get small profit from this.

It happened 2 years when I accidentally searching on how to make money online and bitcoin is the top that I have search. Thats the time when my bitcoin life started.

Yeah exactly, completely agree with the things you are saying about banking. Buying a house with Crypto seems like a reasonable enough goal! Definetly not the ''when lambo'' dream but a bit more realistic. No one knows what the future holds for us. A good bull run will help all of us  . However the technology is definetly here to stay so whatever might come, if you believe in that, im convinced good things are ahead.


Nice, good for him! You could use the new directory site Crypthena to get back in touch. Im using that site aswell as some paid signal services, however im not doing much with those because i dont have that much time to be actively trading all day. For now its just HODLing yes.

Cool, so what do you like better ? Forex or Crypto ? Furthermore out of curiosity, did the forum thing work out ?

How are things looking for you ? Are you earning in this bearmarket ? You have a nice friend there, should keep that one around .

A friend of mine told me how he earned so much from this and all. I asked him to teach me as he teaches so many people about this. And here I am. Still learning.

Previously I was with forex trading and one day one of my client told me about that and he told me we are planning to develop crypto forum so are you able to contribute for us? After that I told him yes and by this way I'm onto this...

Yeap, he's still mining and earning. I think he has a private mining farm or something. Not much of a game plan at the moment. Just reading up and Googling up just to see how I could get back in the game. So, you're just HODLing at the moment?

One of the main reasons why I hate banks that they are become more and more greedy year by year. For example, in past they were paying interest to customers who keep money in bank account. Now customers have to pay monthly maintenance fees just to be able to keep money in bank account. I don't think it's normal. And they are have too much control over our money. They can close account for whatever reasons they want, for example if you get money from Bitcoin exchange
Now I don't have any exact goals. I'm not looking into far future too much - offcourse, it would be nice to earn enough money for retirement, but becoming crypto millionsire or billionaire seems to be too much ambitious. I'm thinking about about buying a house with my earnings from crypto. But I need few years to earn enough money, because real estate is expensive. Offcourse, rise of cryptos like we saw last year would help me

Makes sense, your friend must be quite happy now with that payment ey  

Yeah understandable, with such a big forum threads like these will be posted multiple times. Which in itself I dont see as a problem, like we are seeing new people such a myself register everyday. Its a thread we can talk about our experience without thinking:'' Oh shit is this going to be seen as a contribution or just random spam?''. Conversations like the people here are having, are what makes you part of the community and feel a bit more at home. However it might not look that usefull to older members because they have seen this topic a million times, its still nice for us newbies .

Anyway onto your story! So why do you hate the banking system besides the privacy and no controll part ? Is it something that happened to you or just you read up on it and knew it was a crap system so you hated it? Its a funny thing to see that a lot of people got into bitcoin to make some extra cash, we are an ambitious bunch, we humans. Hope it made things happen for you. Further to that, do you have any other goals now ? Like aiming for your retirement fund or just become a gazillionaire ?

Alright thats the first story I heared about getting into Crypto to donate to charities. Very cool! Do you have any specific reason ? And what kind of charities you donate too ? Its something I think is very cool and at a later stage in my ''Crypto Carreer'' when my website community is a bit bigger, I want to do something with charity. Like maybe every advertisement sale goes 25% to charity or every donation to the website goes 25% to charity. Or do a charity live stream. T

100% spot on. Do your own research and stick by yourself. Good advice Louis. So you are still HODLing strong then ?

All stories look the same but the feeling and thoughts behind it are yours and even if I see similar stories, I feel like they are different in a sense aswell. That was deep ey, sorry about that haha. You sir have a good friend. The fact that he went out and took the time to explain everything in detail is very nice of him. Definetly not all people are like that. So how are you holding up with this bear market ? Been a rough year for you and your investment I bet  

Like most of you, friends and news affected my decision. Almost a year ago, for the sake of news, I understand the importance of cryptocurrencies. One of my best friends also advised me to invest in crypto projects. He explained every detail.

My best friend told me about this interesting investment. at first, i didn't believe in crypto and then i searched more about crypto and found that this is a profitable investment. You know what, my advice is that whenever you invest in anything, juts believe in your investment, don't let others affect to your opinion

From my friends searching for an online job then suddenly we have a neighbor who is already earning bitcoin thru paid-to-click ads and then I was very curious until I got myself here.

I was introduced to crypto by a former business partner last year. He showed me how it could benefit me and I saw the benefits when Bitcoin was on the rise!

Was able to pay off bills thanks to Bitcoin and other alt cryptos.

Good question. I got into Crypto by looking for a way to donate to charities around the world. It's still tough to do, but there are lists of crypto accepting charities online, and the infrastructure around it is growing every day.

I remember that I wrote several times how I did get in crypto world. I don't want to repeat, but I can't find these old posts. This is only thing I found:
Basically, I was looking to ways how to make some extra cash online. And I found that I can earn money through Bitcoin. But it's not only thing. I was amazed by idea of Bitcoin - decentralized currency not controlled by banks and governments. I really wanted to get some independence from banks, because I hate banking system. I wanted to have full control of my money and get some privacy.

Four years ago. It was easier to send bitcoin to a friend in china and fees were much less compared to paypal and other options.

Its actually interesting to see how many people get in this space by some sort of spam email about it. How are things going for you ? You holding Bitcoin currently ?

Cool, is your friend still mining and earning ? Yeah im more of a HODLer myself aswell, also dont really have the time to trade so yeah. Definetly man with Bakkt coming in december this is the best time to get back in. You got a game plan or just reading up on it for now ?

No, I didn't get into mining. My friend did. Knowing a friend doing mining and earning on a daily basis was what got me to trust this whole crypto indutry. I'm more into hodl and slight investing. But since the fork, I have not much idea how things have changed in the blockchain. At one point, Bitcoin was skyroccketting and then Ethereum came into the picture and then it all started to get confusing for me. So, I kinda stopped looking into crypto. But now, it looks like crypto is going to be a thing in the future somehow. There's Bitcoin ATMs around. So, I better get myself back on track with crypto news.

My first contact with cryptocurrency was last year, when I saw a blackmail news about Bitcoin. I was very curious at that time, why would anyone want to use Bitcoin as a bargaining chip, and since then I have been paying attention to Bitcoin!

How did you end up here by mistake lol ? (real question) Did you just want to gain money through investing ? And are you active on other forum aswell or maybe in some telegram channel?

Thanks for sharing! This is actually a crazy story. Well Ponzi's work for the early investors, cool that you made some cash, sad for the people that lost it but I wont judge :p. Further to that, can you eloborate on why your coin failed ? What was it about ? Was it also a ponzi ? (dont want to be offending just asking). If you dont want to get into it, just say the word but im genuinely curious. I just recently became a Cryptopreneur and maybe I can learn from your mistakes! (I didnt build an ICO though but made an cryptocurrency directory).

Well no need rewriting as I have already done that before. Here is my story

I got into this area, at first by mistake when I did not know how to invest, in the end I was shaved like a hamster , then I made more conscious investments, as a result, I had experience for a year, and I understand a lot now.

Cool story! Did you hear that it was a scam or that it was used for bad business ? Also what is your goal right now ? Retirement funds, extra money or just investing and see where it goes ?

Thanks for this, I was definetly put off by his reaction on my thread. I opened it with the best intentions. And yeah its always like that if your starting out on a forum. I wont hold back in any case.

Damn thats nice, so you actually started out mining instead of investing ? When you want it to drop it never does and vice versa haha. So what are you looking for now then ? To get back in the mining game or are you more looking to invest, trade and hodl for a bit ?

As for me, I happened to be Googling the search term "How to make money fast" back then about 10 years ago and Bitcoin mining was in the list. But of course, at that point, cryptocurrency being new, I was quite skeptical about it and wasn't really into it. Years down the road, I met a friend at work and he was already into mining at an early stage when crypto was introduced. Only then, I started to actually trust this whole crypto thing and read more about it.
However,  by then, the price was quite high and I patiently waited for the price to drop but unfortunately it didn't. So, pretty much that's how I got into crypto, bought fractions of it here and there.

But never really kept up with after the first hard fork last year. So, hopefully this forum might enlighten me as I get back to it.

Do not hesistate to post a reply to a thread consciously even if it is negative or positive reply. As long as you are not sounding stupid and in line with the topic then you werr good to go. There should be nothing to worry about even to those high ranks because they were once a newbie here also before. I know that we could be intimidated sometimes because higher ranks are knowledgeable in this forum but it doesn't mean that newbie's are not. It is just they had gone here first in the forum and we could learn it after some time.

I happened to come to this opportunity through a friend of mine. At first, I did not trust bitcoin, because I had heard a lot of bad news about it. But what I believed was my friend, and then I began to find out, and I found it wonderful, not everyone understood. I started investing in bitcoin with a small amount of money, gradually accruing, and hoping in the future I have more money to invest in it.

Alright, as promised, I wrote a small description of what got me into Crypto.

September 2017 was the first time I bought some Bitcoin through a Broker. My roommate who was always looking for new ways to make money, be it Poker, be it fixed roulette bots, introduced me to Cryptocurrency. At that time I was a financial advisor in the banking industry and I already noticed the daily struggle of the money system. Young people not being able to buy houses without the support of their parents, interest rates that were crazy low(still are) and other things that were just going plain wrong. I researched the financial crisis years ago and I still couldnt believe how they were able to keep on going while the system was this faulty. Anyway, once I read up on Cryptocurrency I was sold. Got myself some Bitcoin and since then I have been accumulating ever since.

A lot of people think well thats it, good story but for most people the story doesnt really end there.. While researching people get involved in communities such as this one or other communities and transform from a HODLer to a day trader or a Business owner or something entirely different.

What did Crypto do to you that changed your perspective on things ? And where did you end up ?

I would still like to encourage people to share and talk about their roads to wherever they are now because thats how you find hidden gems.

Knowledge through shared experience.


PS. I will ask a moderator to close this thread if there are people who genuinely think its spammy. Im here to contribute and not to spam. Just let me know through the comments.

I disagree whole heartly. This is the beginners & help thread, it therefore is not only helpfull but entertaining to see stories about how people got into Cryptocurrency. I still cant believe some of the stories I have read about people in third world countries getting their hands on Cryptocurrency. Thats what Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency is all about. Your comment however isnt helpfull or contributing anything. If you are going to be negative, just dont  post .

Scribbling down informations of how I go Into the cryptocurrency sphere wouldn't be contributing anything whatsoever ever to the forum,neither will it be of assistance to anyone or be any bit inspirational,this is not some reality channel..

Please come up with something helpful and something worth commenting on
As for this,its spammy and I wouldn't wanna be involved in that.  

Good afternoon fella's (and ladies),

im curious how everybody got into Cryptocurrency! Your story might be an inspiration to others.
I will take some time and write a small description about how I got in later tonight. .

Meanwhile feel free to share,