These three things made me realize this was a genuine evolutionary step:
1. Bit-torrent based
2. Herculean encryption
3. The Genesis Block message
I'm not a hacker, but it was an epiphany.
Topic: How did you guys get into bitcoin? - page 8. (Read 9277 times)
It seemed like voodoo to me when I first heard about it a couple of years ago. People supposedly mining a legitimate online currency out of thin air and it's value supposedly going up. Like a few others, I thought it was a joke but it seems to be here to stay. The first globally independent, anonymous online currency...what's not to love?
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Saw it in one of the tech blogs I read. Initially thought it was a scam until I did a little research. Now I'm doing a bit of mining. Not making a ton, but it is fun and hasn't cost me a much at all since I had hardware already.
Saw it as a donation method in Wikileaks at the end of 2010, started searching and here I am.
Honestly, first it was when I was told that you could make money with your graphics card by "mining". Then it snowballed from there, I started mining hardcore, btc hit $30+...been trying to learn more and more ever since.
I can't really pinpoint when exactly and why I started. I had heard in the beginning of last year about bitcoins, but I didn't spend alot of time checking it out, so I discarded the idea rather quickly. At some point later that same year I got back around to hearing about it again and have been mining since hehe 
I've been a content creator on Second Life since around 2006. In 2006 I could sell my linden dollar for around 10 USD per 1500L. Todays market yields around 5-6 USD per 1500L. I decided to add Bitcoins to my investment pool to see if I could turn a profit on the low market.
I was looking for a way to earn online a year ago and found an article about mining bitcoins. Then I researched it a bit and forgot about it until now.
A friend asked me to pull his miner equipment out of the datacenter when i went down
Haha I read about it
On november 2011 i was thinking about upgrading my graphics card so i started doing some research on gpus. I was looking through craigslist and found a hd6870 and the guy added a comment:
"If you do bitcoin mining it can actually pay for itself"
So I wondered, what the hell is bitcoing mining?!
After that my attention passed form gaming to bitcoins and the amazing system behind it.
"If you do bitcoin mining it can actually pay for itself"
So I wondered, what the hell is bitcoing mining?!
After that my attention passed form gaming to bitcoins and the amazing system behind it.
Like others have already mentioned, I heard from a friend and the first thing I thought too was, "wait, this has got to be a scam." A few weeks later, I have 2 mining rigs pulling 2.5 G/Hash 
My first reaction: SCAM! I thought is was a BotNet recruitment program or just some waste of time.
Did a lot of research before getting started and now I mine 2 Ghash/sec 24/7.
Did a lot of research before getting started and now I mine 2 Ghash/sec 24/7.
I read an article about one bitcoin scam. Then i investigated the issue of bitcoin. And loved the idea. Here I am.
A friend told me about bitcoins in times where it was profitable to mine So i jumped on the train. Sad that we passed those days but i hope I can soon turn on my miners again
So i jumped on the train. Sad that we passed those days but i hope I can soon turn on my miners again
I've known about bitcoin for a while now, at least a year or two. Back then, I could only pull in around 1 MH/s on my computer.. Now I can pull in 30 MH/s, so I'm mildly interested in BTC again.
Hoping to earn at least 1 BTC before the year is over >.<
Hoping to earn at least 1 BTC before the year is over >.<
Stumbled on it a couple years back, ignored it like a jackass. Kicking myself for doing that now.
I honestly don't remmember, but it was only around 1,5$ / BTC back when I found it.
Seeing the price index for the first time, 20 euro for 1 Bitcoin! I want those days back!
Bitcoin can NOT fail, because I want to be rich!
Bitcoin can NOT fail, because I want to be rich!
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