Topic: How did you find out about Bitcoin? - page 3. (Read 2721 times)
A forum I was trying to register for required a bitcoin payment. Had heard about bitcoins prior to that, but never really looked into it. There is a ton of info on this website, so I am glad I found it.
reddit.com for me
Read about it in a magazine, though I don't recall which. I work in cryptography, have a background in law, lean slightly libertarian and consider economics fascinating. Perfect fit.
Slashdot, around 2 years ago.
I wish I rode the initial mining wave
I wish I rode the initial mining wave
I wrote a paper for my masters about complementary currencies
i found bitcoin about 2 month ago i have been doing servery and stuff just for fun to get bitcoins but now it time to gat some real bitcoins any one know some sites
I made that pdf
I saw physical coins sold on ebay
I've actually known about its existence for a year or so, but I only recently downloaded the client and started researching it.
I saw a TV show on it on ABC, and it kind of piqued my interest.
Well, I'm really into "security" news etc.
I've read articles about some hacks where vast amounts of Bitcoins have been stolen, until then I did not really know what Bitcoin is,
so I started to dig deeper and deeper...
And here I am.
I've read articles about some hacks where vast amounts of Bitcoins have been stolen, until then I did not really know what Bitcoin is,
so I started to dig deeper and deeper...
And here I am.
Because of the women?
No Slashdot 14 months ago: "Bitcoin rising from the dead" 1.79$/BTC
No Slashdot 14 months ago: "Bitcoin rising from the dead" 1.79$/BTC
Dam. I don't even remember what got me into bitcoin.
I stumbled on a site that only accepted bitcoin. had no idea what they were but now that I do I think its a great concept.
I used to use slashdot a lot.
First saw it in an article from BBC news. Sounded interesting.
some podcast
My first real bitcoin disclosure was from episode 287 of Security Now in February 2011.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQPSwA2Itbs
I don't watch the show regularly, I just happened across it. Within hours I was mining with my Core 2 Duo CPU & a Radeon 4870.
10 weeks later, I was running a 4 g/hash mining farm.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQPSwA2Itbs
I don't watch the show regularly, I just happened across it. Within hours I was mining with my Core 2 Duo CPU & a Radeon 4870.
10 weeks later, I was running a 4 g/hash mining farm.
I was doing a google search looking to my an acct for a website and found someone here selling for Bitcoin.
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