Topic: How did you get your first bitcoin? - page 8. (Read 10715 times)
I payed way too much on eBay for my first coins.
right now, I don't have 1 BTC, about 0,046 
but 7 more weeks (or more) waiting for my BFL single
but 7 more weeks (or more) waiting for my BFL single
My first fraction of a bitcoin came from one of the "free coins" sites - bitcoinfaucet or coinad or something.
My first whole bitcoin was purchased.
I get mine visiting the bitcoin faucet every day for several weeks in those times when the faucet gave you not so little amounts.
I found out about Bitcoin by randomly going to http://c.cc/ in november 2010 
I thought nothing of it then, and carried on.
I started mining (40mh/s on a nVidia GTX 260) in march of 2011 when the boom happened, and I really regretted not having started mining right when I found out about Bitcoin...
Now, after expanding my mining operation, I have plenty of coins
I thought nothing of it then, and carried on.
I started mining (40mh/s on a nVidia GTX 260) in march of 2011 when the boom happened, and I really regretted not having started mining right when I found out about Bitcoin...
Now, after expanding my mining operation, I have plenty of coins
I just started with the BTC scene about 5 hours ago
I'm loving learning it so far and think I have a long way to go, It's nearly my bedtime, hah, but I'll be up again in the morning to study some more.
BTCs are interesting and I can't wait to start earning, I want to replace my actual cash for BTC, it all seems a little expensive now though.
I tried mining in a pool earlier, but my hash rates are horrendous on this low powered CPU laptop of mine. I'm going to build a rig soon.
I've earned a few small amounts of BTC on free websites so far, and entered into some "prize" BTC sites
I'm rather excited about all this to be honest
I'm loving learning it so far and think I have a long way to go, It's nearly my bedtime, hah, but I'll be up again in the morning to study some more.
BTCs are interesting and I can't wait to start earning, I want to replace my actual cash for BTC, it all seems a little expensive now though.
I tried mining in a pool earlier, but my hash rates are horrendous on this low powered CPU laptop of mine. I'm going to build a rig soon.
I've earned a few small amounts of BTC on free websites so far, and entered into some "prize" BTC sites
I'm rather excited about all this to be honest
I bought it to a miner.
I deposited money for my first bitcoin......not too exciting 
I got mine from the Faucet and Free Bitcoins.
Bitcoin auctions mostly
I've also done some mining, but have only been able to net about .1-.15 from that(I only have a laptop, with a nVidia card in it), as well as things such as CoinWorker and the faucet(not recently, the last time I got something from the faucet was a while ago).
I've also done some mining, but have only been able to net about .1-.15 from that(I only have a laptop, with a nVidia card in it), as well as things such as CoinWorker and the faucet(not recently, the last time I got something from the faucet was a while ago).
About an year ago I mined some coins with my 9500 GT and later bought Radeon 6950 which I've been mining with. Was nice price of btc last summer..
My first bitcoin was earned in CoinWorker.com.
Im still worling on that one, i dont have the best pc to do this just a Radeon HD 4850.
I mine when i can.
I mine when i can.
I've mined my first bitcoin somewhere in April 2011 using a single 5770 which I've had in my PC back then.
I was infected instantly, and still haven't found no cure .
I was infected instantly, and still haven't found no cure
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I was desperate to get in around the time of that mania. The bitcoin faucet site wasn't working at that time and I struggled to find an exchange selling for New Zealand dollars or UK pounds.
Eventually I got my first fractions of a bitcoin by joining a mining pool. Left my computer running for days and managed to earn some satoshis or whatever, almost nothing. Quickly realised the difficulty of mining was way too much for my hardware. Gave up on that eventually got my first whole bitcoin through the 'britcoin' exchange which later became intersango.
Eventually I got my first fractions of a bitcoin by joining a mining pool. Left my computer running for days and managed to earn some satoshis or whatever, almost nothing. Quickly realised the difficulty of mining was way too much for my hardware. Gave up on that eventually got my first whole bitcoin through the 'britcoin' exchange which later became intersango.
my first one was from bitcoin faucet... a whole .005 
I didn't.
I bought by first BitCoins from a friend (when the price was $16/BTC!). But I've since been dollar-cost-averaging by buying either on MtGox, or Bitcoinica (using leverage!). So I've got my average cost per BTC down to $3.50 or so...still underwater, but I'm generally "bullish" on the valuation about $2.50.
Mike Koss
CoinLab.com
Seattle, WA
Mike Koss
CoinLab.com
Seattle, WA
I got my first coins by mining when the difficulty was around 12. Took me less than a day.
That makes me jealous. Wish I could go back in time. Jump to: