Topic: What Brought You To Bitcoin - page 5. (Read 3523 times)
read an article about bitcoin on a random site
The Greek government-debt crisis is the main reason for it.
Found out about it on HackerNews a while ago, at the time MtGox was heavily DDOS'd...
I'm an AM talkshow host. My co-host brought Bitcoin up in conversation. (I think it was a few days after the crash.)
I didn't know much about it, but as I was closing out the show, I said I would throw a computer together and try it out - and the phone-lines lit up with callers interested in following the story.
The next day, I went to Best Buy and bought a 7850 and started mining.
It took me 20 days to get to my first bitcoin.
A few upgrades later, and I had my next bitcoin in 10 days.
I blogged the steps I was taking - and my audience fell asleep with boredom.
I've since stopped even mentioning the word on the air. The perception was get rich quick - and $10 worth of bitcoins a day wasn't impressing anyone.
Now, it's just my own little obsession.
I didn't know much about it, but as I was closing out the show, I said I would throw a computer together and try it out - and the phone-lines lit up with callers interested in following the story.
The next day, I went to Best Buy and bought a 7850 and started mining.
It took me 20 days to get to my first bitcoin.
A few upgrades later, and I had my next bitcoin in 10 days.
I blogged the steps I was taking - and my audience fell asleep with boredom.
I've since stopped even mentioning the word on the air. The perception was get rich quick - and $10 worth of bitcoins a day wasn't impressing anyone.
Now, it's just my own little obsession.
Do you think the outcome with your audience would have been any different if there were it simpler and easier to mine Bitcoin? Either way cool story. Maybe you'll be able to utter the word once again when Bitcoin goes through its next cycle of media attention.
Edit: Misplaced comma.
I don't think it was the process that made people yawn. I think people expected that after spending $1000 on equipment, the returns would be more. When it was "only $10" they were kind of put off that I wasted their time with the prospect. But honestly, I was just experimenting. I wasn't an advocate for Bitcoin - I wasn't trying to sell anyone on it - but it impressed the hell out of me.
I'd be interested to hear about what peeked your interest in Bitcoin? Was it recent press coverage, a friend or family, or something else?
I started reading about Bitcoin after seeing a few posts on Hacker News. I guess that would have been about 2 - 3 years ago. What's interesting is, after I'd learnt about it I remembered seeing a Bitcoin sticker over the entrance to Oxford Circus tube in London months before. It's amazing where it got to, and so quickly.
Quick bulks? not sure
I'd like be a geek,
because i am a geek
I remember reading about it in '09 and thinking it was a terrible idea that would never succeed.
Came to bitcoin because I was really interested in the idea of making profit letting computer work for you 
Background in finance/economics and political science interested in the very concept of a deflationary currency that is not accounted for in modern economics. Rather than fear such things I am very interested in the outcome even if it will be inflationary as long as I live
Too much money available led me to bitcoin.
It amazes me!
It amazes me!
searching for a new VPN Provider and noticed they accepted Bit coins as payment..I was a curious boy and googled bit coins and now the past 2 weeks of my life has been consumed trying to get as much mining power from 2 crappy pc,s and 2 newer macs. Everything running smoothly but need to start the tweaking process..oh im addicted!
lol to be honest it was the thing i never thought would lead me to something like this
Aka
Minecraft lmao
it led me to btc
Aka
Minecraft lmao
it led me to btc
An email with the topic "What is Bitcoin?" started it for me.
I'm an AM talkshow host. My co-host brought Bitcoin up in conversation. (I think it was a few days after the crash.)
I didn't know much about it, but as I was closing out the show, I said I would throw a computer together and try it out - and the phone-lines lit up with callers interested in following the story.
The next day, I went to Best Buy and bought a 7850 and started mining.
It took me 20 days to get to my first bitcoin.
A few upgrades later, and I had my next bitcoin in 10 days.
I blogged the steps I was taking - and my audience fell asleep with boredom.
I've since stopped even mentioning the word on the air. The perception was get rich quick - and $10 worth of bitcoins a day wasn't impressing anyone.
Now, it's just my own little obsession.
I didn't know much about it, but as I was closing out the show, I said I would throw a computer together and try it out - and the phone-lines lit up with callers interested in following the story.
The next day, I went to Best Buy and bought a 7850 and started mining.
It took me 20 days to get to my first bitcoin.
A few upgrades later, and I had my next bitcoin in 10 days.
I blogged the steps I was taking - and my audience fell asleep with boredom.
I've since stopped even mentioning the word on the air. The perception was get rich quick - and $10 worth of bitcoins a day wasn't impressing anyone.
Now, it's just my own little obsession.
Do you think the outcome with your audience would have been any different if there were it simpler and easier to mine Bitcoin? Either way cool story. Maybe you'll be able to utter the word once again when Bitcoin goes through its next cycle of media attention.
Edit: Misplaced comma.
This is more of a return for me... I tried some BitCoin mining a while ago... But back again, though I can't find my old backup of my wallet from then... Never mind, it was just about 0.2 or so BTC... Lesson learned ;-)
Finally decided it's for real and here to stay. In the process of cleaning out my excess 'stuff' and hitting ebay with it, decided to use revenues to get some ASIC mining gear and see if I can make enough to at least cover rent every month. And my inner early adopter was screaming 'take a chance!'
For me, I am in Financial Services and Business Analytic's so the premise of a non-sovereign, economic majority based current, with cash, check and card attributes, is worth investigating!!
I'd vaguely heard about it in the last year or so. More recently a colleague who shares my interest in alternative currencies mentioned it and I decided to find out more. I found a few sites where you can earn or receive bitcoins, tried out a couple wallets and started receiving bitcoins from the websites. Bitcoinget is hands down the best bitcoin earning website I've encountered.
I really got into bitcoins during the couple weeks back in March when the value of Bitcoins climbed from $90 to $265 and then fell back down to $60 and back up to where it is now.
Although I don't really understand it, I'm fascinated by the way Bitcoin is introduced into circulation and all the algorithms and high math and computing power that goes into it.
I really got into bitcoins during the couple weeks back in March when the value of Bitcoins climbed from $90 to $265 and then fell back down to $60 and back up to where it is now.
Although I don't really understand it, I'm fascinated by the way Bitcoin is introduced into circulation and all the algorithms and high math and computing power that goes into it.
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