Topic: How I heard about Bitcoin and my experience on it (Read 272 times)

I heard about Bitcoin from a friend in the year 2013 when I just got admitted to college. I took little interest in it, but I was unwilling to purchase it with my funds because it was not very popular then and I lacked much business mindset. I even got more discouraged because many ponzi schemes were present and I couldn't differentiate the bad from the good. To be honest, I  saw it as a liability, instead of an asset that it was. I later reluctantly purchased $230 worth of Bitcoin around May 2014 after much persuasion from my friend and seeing that the price was fast rising. The fall of 2015 shook me to my bones and I lost hope again because I lost so much funds. Depressed at the loss I've incurred and without much knowledge of HODLing my coins and the possibility of it experiencing an upward trend, I sold off all my coins, hated anything concerning crypto, and swore never to get involved again. The bull run of 2019 -2020 happened under my watch, but I still kept my grudge which had then developed into fear that I would still lose my funds again. I have friends who gained from the trend and became wealthy while I was locked up in my pessimistic mindset. As I was introduced to this forum, I was able to see that Bitcoin held many more aspects than I ever thought and would ever believe. My convictions are now positive and I'll be investing again. I wouldn't want to be left out for the third time. Bitcoin here I come!!!.

In investing, of course we have experienced things that we never expected, of course this will make us choose to sell it even though the price at that time is not high, but in my opinion it would be better for us to invest, we have to leave money for our needs and needs that we cannot afford. we think because if we invest all the money we have, this will make it difficult if we have needs that we cannot foresee. I have also felt this way, but now I will improve my strategy in investing.

Well, there are times like that where we could have made it but didn't for some reason. Although, some things are not meant to be or meant to happen as we expected or didn't expected. I can relate the same as you when the price of Bitcoin reached its new all time high but didn't have any BTC at all because I needed money for important reason like daily needs and for emergencies. If I didn't experienced it before then I would have save my bitcoin on that day.

Some people got the same trauma too but nevertheless able to conquer their fear of missing out. If only I was able to be knowledgeable during that time like yours, I would definitely kick off some time to keep it or become more aggressive than usual. Well its not always comes to that but we can always change that and believe once again. Anyway I like your conviction mate, keep it up. In bitcoin we trust!

I heard about Bitcoin from a friend in the year 2013 when I just got admitted to college. I took  little interest in it, but I was unwilling to purchase it with my funds because it was not very popular then and I lacked much business mindset. I even got more discouraged owing to the fact that many ponzi schemes were present and I couldn't differentiate the bad from the good. To be honest, I  saw it as a liability, instead of an asset that it was. I later reluctantly purchased $230 worth of Bitcoin around May 2014 after much persuasion from my friend and seeing that the price was fast rising. The fall of 2015 shook me to my bones and I lost hope again because I lost so much funds. Depressed at the loss I've incurred and without much knowledge on HODLing my coins and the possibility of it experiencing an upward trend, I sold off all my coins, hated anything concerning crypto and swore never to get involved again. The bull run of 2019 -2020 happened under my watch, but I still kept my grudge which had then developed into fear that I will still loose my funds again. I have friends whom gained from the trend and became really wealthy while I was locked up in my pessimistic mindset. As I was introduced to this forum, I was able to see that Bitcoin held much more prospects then I ever thought and would ever believe. My convinctions are now positive and I'll be investing again. I wouldn't want to be left out for the third time. Bitcoin here I come!!!.

I heard about Bitcoin from a friend in the year 2013 when I just got admitted to college. I took  little interest in it, but I was unwilling to purchase it with my funds because it was not very popular then and I lacked much business mindset. I even got more discouraged owing to the fact that many ponzi schemes were present and I couldn't differentiate the bad from the good. To be honest, I  saw it as a liability, instead of an asset that it was. I later reluctantly purchased $230 worth of Bitcoin around May 2014 after much persuasion from my friend and seeing that the price was fast rising. The fall of 2015 shook me to my bones and I lost hope again because I lost so much funds. Depressed at the loss I've incurred and without much knowledge on HODLing my coins and the possibility of it experiencing an upward trend, I sold off all my coins, hated anything concerning crypto and swore never to get involved again. The bull run of 2019 -2020 happened under my watch, but I still kept my grudge which had then developed into fear that I will still loose my funds again. I have friends whom gained from the trend and became really wealthy while I was locked up in my pessimistic mindset. As I was introduced to this forum, I was able to see that Bitcoin held much more prospects then I ever thought and would ever believe. My convinctions are now positive and I'll be investing again. I wouldn't want to be left out for the third time. Bitcoin here I come!!!.

I heard about Bitcoin from a friend in the year 2013 when I just got admitted to college. I took  little interest in it, but I was unwilling to purchase it with my funds because it was not very popular then and I lacked much business mindset. I even got more discouraged owing to the fact that many ponzi schemes were present and I couldn't differentiate the bad from the good. To be honest, I  saw it as a liability, instead of an asset that it was. I later reluctantly purchased $230 worth of Bitcoin around May 2014 after much persuasion from my friend and seeing that the price was fast rising. The fall of 2015 shook me to my bones and I lost hope again because I lost so much funds. Depressed at the loss I've incurred and without much knowledge on HODLing my coins and the possibility of it experiencing an upward trend, I sold off all my coins, hated anything concerning crypto and swore never to get involved again. The bull run of 2019 -2020 happened under my watch, but I still kept my grudge which had then developed into fear that I will still loose my funds again. I have friends whom gained from the trend and became really wealthy while I was locked up in my pessimistic mindset. As I was introduced to this forum, I was able to see that Bitcoin held much more prospects then I ever thought and would ever believe. My convinctions are now positive and I'll be investing again. I wouldn't want to be left out for the third time. Bitcoin here I come!!!.

Thanks everyone for your concern and contributions. I believe its still a fresh start for me and I'm still on track, not minding when I came back onboard. The future will surely be brighter..

 If you read my story carefully, you'll notice where I mentioned that I swore never to return to it again because it  nearly cost me my sanity. I started noticing it again because that was when I went for my NYSC in Nigeria, my new friends drew my attention to it again and I couldn't avoid them because we lived in the same house.

Well mate, its your choice to believe what you want, I'll mention that save from the fact that my friend invited me to the forum and I saw for myself that my perception was wrong. I'll still not want to get involved cos my past ordeal left a very big scar in me

You say this because possibly in your country, technology advanced faster. In mine, it was much slower and as at then 2013, the only thing myself and my peers do on Facebook, WhatsApp and then 2go was to catch cruise with friends and flirt. we never thought of anything else with social media back then.

Thank you for your compliment, if I were you, next time I'll inquire more about the cause of people's action and not  conclude ignorantly.

All your observations and contributions are based on a knowledgeable mindset. You failed to put yourself in the shoes of an ignorant beginner which I was at that time.

I later reluctantly purchased $230 worth of Bitcoin around May 2014 after much persuasion from my friend and seeing that the price was fast rising. The fall of 2015 shook me to my bones and I lost hope again because I lost so much funds. Depressed at the loss I've incurred and without much knowledge on HODLing my coins and the possibility of it experiencing an upward trend, I sold off all my coins, hated anything concerning crypto and swore never to get involved again. The bull run of 2019 -2020 happened under my watch, but I still kept my grudge which had then developed into fear that I will still loose my funds again. I have friends whom gained from the trend and became really wealthy while I was locked up in my pessimistic mindset.

As I was introduced to this forum, I was able to see that Bitcoin held much more prospects then I ever thought and would ever believe.

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Now I would recommend him to stop focusing on the past and start accumulating bitcoin little by little, being aware that future returns are probably not going to be nearly as good as in the past.

I can't remember when I first heard about Bitcoin, but it seems like it's been quite a while and I'm not at all interested in Bitcoin. Before getting to know this forum, I was taught by a friend to hunt for airdrop prizes from the Telegram channel but I didn't get anything. A friend in the telegram group told me about this forum and my college friend also turned out to be an old member here. So I signed up and started reading a lot about bitcoin, but unfortunately my investment still lost because I bought bitcoin when it was $33k, but it doesn't matter because I still hold it, maybe just need to wait more time

As I was introduced to this forum, I was able to see that Bitcoin held much more prospects then I ever thought and would ever believe. My convinctions are now positive and I'll be investing again. I wouldn't want to be left out for the third time. Bitcoin here I come!!!.