Topic: How long were you interested in Bitcoin before joining the forum? (Read 392 times)

Well, it's actually true that everyone have a story to tell when it comes to how their  journey began, and I am no exception to that, though before I came into this forum last year november, I am already aware of Bitcoin and how to buy and sell, because I have been a trader since from the year 2020, so when I came into the forum last year, the only knowledge I lack on Bitcoin was measure that should be put in place, so as to hold strong even in the rainy days, something like having a source of income and an emergency fund to sustain you during financial difficulties, so that you wouldn't temper with your holdings.

Aside that, I have a little bit of Bitcoin worth up to 40 dollar in my bybit account, though I sometimes sell for minimal gains, but me coming here and the knowledge I have gotten here since I came here has really improved my decision making and enlightened me the more, especially on Bitcoin and security, and why it wrong to be storing my asset in an exchange as an investors.

so in essence of what am trying to say is that, though I wasn't a total newbie in the field, due to the fact that  I have been into the crypto and forex industries Long before coming into this forum, but the forum have really shaped me on Bitcoin especially and how to navigate my way around it, but the knowledge generally is what makes this place really good.

Never ever Believed that such a forum existed until I joined through bounty. I have heard about bitcoins since 2019 and have been doing research on that, joined many Facebook groups which where much more misleading as they are full of scams. The journey is never so easy since I didn't know about the forum and I have to learn by researching the web and trying to understand how it works through exchanges.  Well thanks to goodness, now I can beat my left chest that I understand bitcoins to some extent. After knowing this forum existed, don't visit any other board than bounty, until I took a bold step to check what is over , behold , it's a new world of her own, a community of intelligent investors rubbing minds together.

I was not interested for long before joining the forum.  From the day I heard about bitcoin and heard about bitcoin forum within few days I moved to bitcoin forum and started learning about bitcoin.  You may have known about Bitcoin for two years and heard about Bitcoin because of which you have experience but I came to Bitcoin knowing about Bitcoin for a short time.

My interest in Bitcoin all started when I joined this wonderful forum. It was through this forum that my exposure to the knowledge of Bitcoin developed to the extent that I began to think and consider having Bitcoin as a store of value and as another means of payment since I am looking for an investment that will give me good Profits in long term.

I hope you are able to learn about Bitcoin and how it works before you started your slow buying from the Robinhood platform you said you buy from, and I hope the platform is reputable because I am just hearing about it for the first time.
Are you saving the purchased Bitcoin in your personal wallet you have its private key in your possession? if no, then do well to move your Bitcoin out of any centralized exchange or platform to an open-source Bitcoin wallet like Electrum or bluewallet for security, and make sure you keep your seed phrase safe.

I was not opportune to know Bitcoin in its early stage, but I am happy to know it last four years back, and I am happy to be independent and I know how to go about my financial freedom through the help of the forum and Bitcoin because with Bitcoin, there is financial freedom  because no one can be able to track your wealth especially if you save them in your personal wallet not in exchanges that will demand for some information from you in the name of KYC.

May be 2 years. Afaik I came across Bitcoin around 2013 then joined this forum in 2015, wasn't active at all with that account, joined again with current account in 2017 and I'm still here.

I barely remember how long. I was not yet in the forum when I was into Bitcoin but nothing serious.

Well, when I first heard about it from someone it wasn't like that. You know what's fascinating about it? it's about the dark web money, etc. It is for sure that many would recall that moment when Bitcoin was like some genius to own and yet so dangerous to have it because of that impression from the weebs and nerds. 

I didn't have accurate knowledge about how Bitcoin works before joining this forum, everything that I heard about it sounded like it was a Ponzi scheme and a means of money laundering. It was after I joined this forum that I began to learn and increase my knowledge about Bitcoin and cryptocurrency in general. This forum is undeniably the best place to learn and discuss about Bitcoin and the crypto space, it's terminologies and technicalities. I remain grateful to all the experienced members that nurtured me when I was a newbie here. I'm happy that I can make meaningful crypto contributions in and outside the forum because of the knowledge that I've gained here..

I knew nothing about the existence of this forum when I first came to know about Bitcoin. It was the time when there were faucets that most people used to claim small amounts of satoshis every hour or day. I remember the price of Bitcoin was around $500 or something when I first came to know about it and I was excited immediately after knowing its price. I was also confused as to how a currency can be that expensive, I thought it was too expensive, lol.

I found out about this forum later from a cousin who used to be a member of this forum. He told me if I wanted to learn more about Bitcoin, I needed to join this forum for sure because I wouldn't have a better platform for that.

Years have passed, I still can't forget those times and I always wish that I had money at that time to buy some Bitcoin and I could have a lot of money today if I had bought back then and held on to them.

That's funny, I've mostly seen the complete opposite: People avoiding Bitcoin because they think it's just some kind of get rich quick scheme, and investing only after they've done a little bit of research and learned that this is not the case. Though I guess that was still way back when people were warier of cryptocurrencies and didn't have finfluencers rotting their brains.

I disagree. Most or all people before making an investment, have to do their research. Differences between them are only their researches are due diligent or only a quick research, before they decide to join and spend money.

Due diligent research is important to have knowledge and understand about Bitcoin and this market, but it is not decisive for your investment ending will be profit. People who did due diligent research can still get loss in investment, because they lack of successful investor characteristics.

They can improve themselves through learning and practice, but not all of investors can succeed in a same market, it's life. In a same market which has a zero-sum game, if you get profit, someone else lose money; and if you lose money, it goes to someone else who get profit.

Well, most people always try to engage or invest in bitcoin before making research about it, this is because alot of people who are ignorant about bitcoin think is some kind of making money quick scheme, so instead of trying to get knowledge about it first they just invest. Just in your case, you said you invested in bitcoin before joining this forum.

For me I was in this forum for months before I tried investing in bitcoin. I feel when you have a versatile knowledge about something it think even when you put your money on it there is this level of confidence you have because you are sure of what you are doing. I still can't thank my friend enough for introducing Me to this forum, he was trying to convince me to invest in bitcoin but this forum made it easier.

I didn't consider bitcoin a scam at first, but I just doubted its future.
I've seen so many people lose money investing in new things, so I doubted bitcoin before I learned about it. Coming to the forum for economic reasons is the average hidden reason for users, but basically they expect money from this forum. I don't think it's wrong, but in the end these users have to balance their knowledge and their desire to make money.

I heard about Bitcoin a long time ago but never considered it worth learning about for some reason. Some criminals were using Bitcoin as a means to defraud people. They will develop a shitcoin and deceive people to invest in it as Bitcoin. Many people have lost money, so I avoided Bitcoin because I didn't want to get scammed. And I never made any attempt to study the coin because of my wrong perception. I sceptically joined the forum because I thought it was another scam.

To answer your questions, I had little but wrong knowledge about Bitcoin before I joined this forum. It was on this forum that my original Bitcoin education started. And it has been a worthwhile adventure, you are welcome.

I have developed a strong passion and desire for bitcoin for a very long time before coming to this forum. Infact everything worked like it was planned. Though  my quest for bitcoin led me to first invest in some shitcoins, of which I will never ever forget in my life. But to me it was a stepping stone in to the real bitcoin World. So coming here has opened and exposed my brain to main thing I was looking for. Sincerely speaking BTT is the best place to learn about bitcoin. Apart that, there are many other important things to learn her like financial management, information about politics, learning how to reduce the risk of addiction and many other useful information you need. In summary BTT is one of the best place to be.

That is great you have such a positive attitude, and are sharing it with others.  

I can't really predict how long that it has been, but one thing that I can remember correctly is that my knowledge of crypto and desire to own bitcoin increased when I started showing more interest in this forum and reading a lot about it. Back before my time in this forum, I was not even sure of what crypto was the right one to hold and for what purpose.

I was desperate to learn about Bitcoin since I have heated about Bitcoin in 2018 through a friend of mine, I wasn’t too aware of it’s importance to our financial system until I was directed to this forum to get good knowledge about Bitcoin. I was a student then so I have no capital to invest, I started with bounty campaigns back then just to get into the crypto space to be a coin holder be it Bitcoin or any altcoin. At last, I leaned about DCA method which is the best method of Bitcoin investment especially for some of us that have unstable sources of income so as not use all our money to invest in Bitcoin so as not lack money that will lead us to selling our Bitcoin savings.

This forum is a home for me, it has helped me in several aspects financially and I have earned a lot of knowledge here and I have learned to be cautious generally about cryptocurrency and I understand what it means to be a crypto expert. I hope you soon achieve your dreams here in the forum.

Majority of people including myself have heard about bitcoin or have started using Bitcoin before joining bitcoin. Sometimes people stumble into this forum when they ask question about certain things as relating to bitcoin and are therefore directed here which is a form of community for bitcoin. There are others who are also referred to this forum by friends or family.

Most of who traded forex have known about bitcoin and have used it long before joining the forum.

I didn't knew about bitcoin before I joined this forum. My friend introduced me to this forum.
That is when I first heard about bitcoin and then I started exploring the forum and gradually increased my knowledge.
This forum will truly be a significant part of my life as it has changed my life completely.
It has made me a completely different person and I'll always be thankful to bitcointalk for that.