Looking back at all this, I wonder why it took me so long to became more involved in Bitcoin. What if millions of other people know about Bitcoin, but don't consider it as payment option or investment or store of value - how can we catch their attention?
They're going to realize the importance of it when they're going to need it. Specifically, I think the first people who are going to realize the importance of a scarce and decentralized asset is the people who are in countries that have experienced and are going to experience financial crisis. Take a look at the Venezuelans. Having a deflationary and unconfiscatable money is a no brainer, because their local currency went to crap. For some demographics like the Americans though? It will be harder to convince the masses because the US Dollar is simply doing fine right now. 
Topic: What did you know about Bitcoin before becoming a bitcoiner? - page 10. (Read 2483 times)
Was looking for a way to make money online passively when I was younger. I was looking for an alternative of that thing you run and generates you very small amounts of money. It was named Gomez Peer or something like that. Someone suggested Bitcoin mining as an alternative, so there's that.
i learned about bitcoin back in 2012- early 2013 and what i heard was that there is this thing called bitcoin which you can generate on your PC and sell it for a good profit. my friend was mining bitcoin and was earning money. so i never bothered with it back then!
then again in 2014 i heard about it again but this time i heard there is this thing called bitcoin that you could use to make payments online without any restrictions or middleman,... so i was hooked. and that's when i entered bitcoin.
then again in 2014 i heard about it again but this time i heard there is this thing called bitcoin that you could use to make payments online without any restrictions or middleman,... so i was hooked. and that's when i entered bitcoin.
This is a question to people who at some point discovered Bitcoin, but only became Bitcoin enthusiasts later - what was your experience?
I'll start with my story - I have first learned about Bitcoin in 2012 when I was looking for payment options for one online deal. In the end I used some other payment options, and Bitcoin didn't catch my interest, although I did claim a 0.005 BTC faucet once.
Then in 2014 I have learned about Dogecoin, and I still have vague understanding of cryptocurrency, I traded my BTC for DOGE and even tried to mine DOGE on my GPU. Then I quickly forgot about crypto again.
After that Bitcoin caught my attention in 2016 and I finally became a bitcoiner.
Looking back at all this, I wonder why it took me so long to became more involved in Bitcoin. What if millions of other people know about Bitcoin, but don't consider it as payment option or investment or store of value - how can we catch their attention?
I'll start with my story - I have first learned about Bitcoin in 2012 when I was looking for payment options for one online deal. In the end I used some other payment options, and Bitcoin didn't catch my interest, although I did claim a 0.005 BTC faucet once.
Then in 2014 I have learned about Dogecoin, and I still have vague understanding of cryptocurrency, I traded my BTC for DOGE and even tried to mine DOGE on my GPU. Then I quickly forgot about crypto again.
After that Bitcoin caught my attention in 2016 and I finally became a bitcoiner.
Looking back at all this, I wonder why it took me so long to became more involved in Bitcoin. What if millions of other people know about Bitcoin, but don't consider it as payment option or investment or store of value - how can we catch their attention?
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