Topic: Howdy! (Read 369 times)
A first post should always be a hello, so here it is! Hey there everybody (even if it is primarily newbs reading this as well)! Long time lurker, first time poster. I feel as though I'm heavily invested enough in bitcoin - if not with tons of broke-ass college kid cash, than atleast in spirit. I came across the whole concept back in October, while doing a term paper which was originally on the SR, but morphed into one completely on bitcoins as I fell deeper and deeper down the rabbit hole. As I was doing the research, I came to realize just how groundbreaking, and what more, entirely workable the entire bitcoin economy is. I needed some skin in the game, so I registered an account with cavirtex that day, and got my first bitcoins later that week.
Since then, I've just been hanging around watching and doing a bit of trading. I'm enjoying both the actual economy which is developing, and the speculation. I'm fairly frugal as a college student, so I don't have too many expenses which I can actually spend my BTC on, and I guess that has led me to focus more on the speculation and currency exchange facet. I'm happy enough to say that the hundred or so dollars I put in back in October has netted me enough return to pay for my summer's rent!
Going forward I hope to stay invested long-term, which is easier said than done in my position. Disposable cash is never to available as a student, but I hope to do what I can. I'll be working the summer, and plan on skimming 20% of my earnings into BTC as it comes in - market volatility notwithstanding. I'm also having fun spreading the word. Some of my friends think I'm absolutely insane which can't be helped, but I've piqued the interest of others. It's a blast to watch others fall down that same rabbit hole, and discover the depths that bitcoin can take them.
So, yeah. That's pretty much me. Howdy!
interJ
Since then, I've just been hanging around watching and doing a bit of trading. I'm enjoying both the actual economy which is developing, and the speculation. I'm fairly frugal as a college student, so I don't have too many expenses which I can actually spend my BTC on, and I guess that has led me to focus more on the speculation and currency exchange facet. I'm happy enough to say that the hundred or so dollars I put in back in October has netted me enough return to pay for my summer's rent!
Going forward I hope to stay invested long-term, which is easier said than done in my position. Disposable cash is never to available as a student, but I hope to do what I can. I'll be working the summer, and plan on skimming 20% of my earnings into BTC as it comes in - market volatility notwithstanding. I'm also having fun spreading the word. Some of my friends think I'm absolutely insane which can't be helped, but I've piqued the interest of others. It's a blast to watch others fall down that same rabbit hole, and discover the depths that bitcoin can take them.
So, yeah. That's pretty much me. Howdy!
interJ
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