Topic: How did you guys get into bitcoin? - page 7. (Read 9277 times)
My cousin started a pool, I got hooked when I saw that you can use computer hardware to earn money in a profitable, not taxable way. I have invested probably 10,000 dollars so far in BTC and continue to grow.
Strange, but first Cryptocurrency i've heard about was solidcoin, it's scamcoin but if it wouldn't exist, i would still have no idea about Bitcoin 
so this Scamcoin is good for anything *lol*
so this Scamcoin is good for anything *lol*
the anonymous VPN I use for bittorrent accepts BTC so i bought some with cash, really convenient 
I was looking up ways to sell my computing power for money after using F@H a couple times. Found out about mining, but didn't wanna go for all the mining rigs and stuff, so instead I invested about $20 into Bitcoins through Mt. Gox and a couple months later I literally tripled it into $60. Then I quit for a while and now I'm back for round 2.
I read article on Arstechnica, when there was price correction from 22$ 
Bitcoin was introduced to me by a good friend of mine, he didn't tell me that it's addictive.
I honestly don't recall. I've been "into" the whole BTC thing for the last few years. Just never done anything with it.
I have a bit more hardware so started playing with mining and such.
Really interested to see Bitcoin really go somewhere.
I have a bit more hardware so started playing with mining and such.
Really interested to see Bitcoin really go somewhere.
I was reading an article about Bitcoins in the magazine new Scientist and got interested because of the freedom it gives you in being a worldwide currency with no borders. Then when I saw that each coins was worth $3.30 I got into it with my friend and have been trading since then.
I first heard about it on a Rooster Teeth Podcast. Did some research and it seemed like a cool thing. Never really bought into it until I learned about Silk Road. That's when I started buying coins. Funny thing is that I have never actually bought anything on Silk Road yet. I'm just having fun speculating.
Receiving a coin as a gift is an awesome way to get started. I was introduced to it by Reddit
I received a Casascius coin as a gift.
I read an article about it a few weeks ago and thought I'd give it a try to see how the whole system worked. Of course my GTX 580's weren't very good miners. They went to eBay and I now have some ATI cards mining away. I did have to sacrifice some gaming performance, but it's worth it so far.
I used google 
Saw it in a random thread and checked it out.
Saw it in a random thread and checked it out. 
I joined the bitcoin world after I read this article: http://www.geekfalcon.com/07/bitcoin-912, then I looked for extra information and I bought a Radeon HD 5870 graphic card.
Now I have stopped because the price of Bitcoin is too low for my opinion.
Now I have stopped because the price of Bitcoin is too low for my opinion.
found out about SR in november but bought my first coins in january at twice the price xD
I think I found it on Reddit, but I read a lot of blogs too.
Was doing research on digital currencies while writing my book "iMigration" about living a global lifestyle.
Stumbled upon a great overview at the DGC (Digital Gold Currencies) Magazine in its December 2010 issue.
Should've bought some bitcoins at that time!
Stumbled upon a great overview at the DGC (Digital Gold Currencies) Magazine in its December 2010 issue.
Should've bought some bitcoins at that time!
Quote from: vokain
seti@home or something like that
Now there's a real waste of cycles and then they ask for donations. A classic boondoggle backed by nonsense science.
I dunno how I first heard of bitcoin might have been on LKML.
kept hearing about it in the media on and off since the early days, discoverd silkroad figured id better have some coins.
Well I started by hearing about bitcoin on youtube. It really intrigued me a lot. I am thinking about building a small miner but from what I gather it is kinda pointless at this point in the game. I guess if difficulty were to fall I would get involved. Or if the price per coin was say $20usd. But I actually enjoy reading about the currency. I have always been fascinated with economies and how currency works. Just another thing to expand my knowledge.
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