I've been involved in open source for years and years, and that's probably where I heard about it first - an open source take on money.
A few years later, I became a libertarian and got thrust into the economics-heavy discussions that come up when you know more than three other libertarians.
The fact that Bitcoin is an alternative to government-controlled currency really appealed to me.
Topic: What Got You Started With Bitcoin? (ie. Trading, Selling, Mining) (Read 1378 times)
December 04, 2012, 06:40:55 PM
December 04, 2012, 04:01:52 PM
I just like the mining aspect of it, as well as the economic standpoint. When i'm out of newbie jail, i'll probably be spending most of my time in the economics forum. I love reading about this stuff.
December 04, 2012, 10:43:43 AM
It gave me an excuse to upgrade some hardware. (Like I really need that) I tried mining quite awhile back but was too dumb to realize solo wasn't the way to go for a small farm. Some time later a fellow team mate in Boinc suggested I try again using a pool and it kinda stuck. I've used most of my mining to pay for hardware/electricity for Boinc but now I'm just collecting coins for awhile. Mine on.
December 04, 2012, 09:02:19 AM
read about it on reddit sometime in late 2010, probably around 2 years ago wow!! amazing how quickly that has gone. mined for a whmost of that time but now but after reward halving I just cannot justify the expense although I think I had issues breaking even over the last 3-6 months anyway.
It isnt even worth using the heta to warm my house as my gas central heating is cheaper than electricity right now.
glad i am hear though and doing what i can to promote BTC to my IRL friends.
It isnt even worth using the heta to warm my house as my gas central heating is cheaper than electricity right now.
glad i am hear though and doing what i can to promote BTC to my IRL friends.
December 04, 2012, 08:44:30 AM
Read about it in Wired magazine and thought, "that's cool as hell!": http://www.wired.com/magazine/2011/11/mf_bitcoin/. I started mining the next day and everything took off from there. Looking back at the article now it's fascinating to see how dramatically some things have changed in a year. (or maybe "evolved" would be a better term?)
December 04, 2012, 08:16:07 AM
I got started after getting in to overclocking gpu's... just something I found along the way that got me mining. I suppose I mined for a couple of weeks before I was satisfied that "this thing actually works" and bought some coins, later buying more and mining hardware too. Now im at a point where Im selling off my mining hardware and producing/selling bitcoin nieche items. It's been a fairly fast paced 12 months for me to get here and I've loved every step.
December 04, 2012, 08:07:30 AM
I stumbled upon it one day. I was most intested initially in the mining aspect. As I investigated the mining option I learned there was far more to it then just mining. So I dove in.
December 04, 2012, 04:54:00 AM
Welcome.
Of all the places to occupy, banks are low on my list :-)
Of all the places to occupy, banks are low on my list :-)
December 04, 2012, 03:24:45 AM
Heard about it from some mates on IRC
Read a little bit about a p2p currency called "Bitcoin", got fascinated, started mining - had dabbled in p2p projects before, this seems a potential worldchanger - sign me up
Wasn't really happy with the options at the time so with the help of a mate opened a pool, seen many pools come and go over the 18months or so. We plan to stay around for the long run
Welcome to Bitcoin world stay safe and have fun
Graet
Read a little bit about a p2p currency called "Bitcoin", got fascinated, started mining - had dabbled in p2p projects before, this seems a potential worldchanger - sign me up
Wasn't really happy with the options at the time so with the help of a mate opened a pool, seen many pools come and go over the 18months or so. We plan to stay around for the long run
Welcome to Bitcoin world stay safe and have fun
Graet
December 04, 2012, 02:45:48 AM
Think I stumbled across a youtube video of a nice setup of Mining rigs,
just admiring the hardware, and was wondering what exactly they were mining with tons of video cards.
just admiring the hardware, and was wondering what exactly they were mining with tons of video cards.
December 03, 2012, 08:11:44 AM
I was doing research for my college IT class and came across it. Then a friend mentioned because I have solar I should consider it and I have a CPU running most of the time at the house so why not see it do something when I am not on it. As they say the rest is history.
December 03, 2012, 08:08:06 AM
I'm guessing you weren't as concerned about black market activity as the police claimed to be?
It makes me laugh... There is a lot more black market activity conducted with cash than Bitcoin...
It makes me laugh... There is a lot more black market activity conducted with cash than Bitcoin...
December 03, 2012, 07:38:32 AM
I was reading in the newspaper about the police being conserned about black illegal markets - on the internet using a new currency: Bitcoins. That got me interested. Three days later I did my first successfull Bitcoin transaction. :-)
November 26, 2012, 02:49:41 AM
So for all of the Newbies, I am curious to know what got you interested in Bitcoin?
Quote from similar topic:I'm in for the long term, because I believe Bitcoin will become a major worldwide currency, and I rather start adopting it now that bitcoins are still cheap.
1 BTC is essentially one 21millionth of the future world economy (at least the part that deals with bitcoins, which I expect to become quite a significant portion). I feel just fine having a few thousand units of that in my pocket.
1 BTC is essentially one 21millionth of the future world economy (at least the part that deals with bitcoins, which I expect to become quite a significant portion). I feel just fine having a few thousand units of that in my pocket.
More importantly, I trust Bitcoin:
Because I understand why it's completely safe, secure, fair, anonymous, and neither dependent on nor owned or controlled by a person or company or institution.
November 26, 2012, 02:22:53 AM
More gaming... Cool! I've never been much of a gamer (MMO, or other), but I am amazed at the gaming communities I see... So many of the games are designed not so you pay to play, but you pay to win (ie. upgrades, etc.)
November 26, 2012, 02:11:45 AM
I made a Minecraft server (~10 20 active players) and I accept donations. Since there is people all around the world that come play on my server many of them can't use paypal or credit cards because they either can't have a bank account or a credit card because they are too young or just simply can't...
So i was looking into alternatives and my friend talked about bitcoin and this hook me up
Here the forum link to get whitelisted if you are interested http://minecraft.therightguy.info/
So i was looking into alternatives and my friend talked about bitcoin and this hook me up
Here the forum link to get whitelisted if you are interested
http://minecraft.therightguy.info/ 
November 25, 2012, 11:32:22 PM
I had a computer that I kept on all of the time, and I was looking for something to do with it. I'd done Folding@Home and WCG previously (took a team from last place to in the top 1000 on F@H in just a few months using a cluster I built). I happened upon mentions of Bitcoin on Reddit some time in 2010, but never really got into it until November 2011. It was just something fun to do with the time until a few months ago when I decided to start doing client and site translations. Now, I find myself digging through bitcoind code and considering starting a side project to help the Bitcoin community with yet another SaaS product.
November 25, 2012, 10:49:12 PM
I've been following bitcoin for a little more than a year now. I heard about it sometime after the crash last year.
November 25, 2012, 09:12:08 PM
Like I mentioned in another thread I've been watching bitcoins as an idea for quite a while, but was put off by the instability and security problems last year until I understood things better. Recently decided it was time to get started so here I am !
Yeah, I read up on it and purchased a small amount just to see how it performed. Two months later, I was mining.
November 25, 2012, 09:09:57 PM
I got interested in Tor, and through that, came across BitCoin.
Tor? Oh yes! I had forgotten that I noticed a lot of Anonymous used Bitcoin. i think that's what motivated me to read up on it...
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