What's your story, how did you become interested in Bitcoin? - page 7.

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Quote from: lolgato on December 06, 2015, 11:05:09 PM

Its pretty hilarious I heard bout it back in June 2012 nd I thought it was useless to use and it would die out I had recently came back in on the scenes at around August 2015 when I saw the price of it.

Pretty hilarious indeed, have you even wonder what would happen if you invested back then in bitcoin? (max bitcoin price in 2012 was around $15 if I recall correctly).
Well, we may have similar situation now. Who know - maybe bitcoin in 4 years will be worth $10000?

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I think I got interested in btc around 2012 or so when there were news stories about being able to aquire money by letting your computer solve math problems--I guess they were talking about mining. And then more news stories in 2013 about how much bitcoin had appreciated in value. I really started to look into it then and I think that's when I discovered this forum, but I didn't actually join it until early this year. And I didn't own any bitcoin until about the middle of 2015 when I started using that crappy faucet, I think it was land of bitcoin that gives you 1 satoshi every 5 seconds.

It's been an interesting ride since then. I still have doubts about the long-term viability of btc but I'm hopeful.

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Quote from: lolgato on December 06, 2015, 11:05:09 PM

Its pretty hilarious I heard bout it back in June 2012 nd I thought it was useless to use and it would die out I had recently came back in on the scenes at around August 2015 when I saw the price of it.

LOL. You always need to have hope in what you do and this is a great example. If you had invested and bought like 100 coins back then, you would be rich now.

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I read about bitcoin first about 2 years ago. Once I read about it, it was love at first sight, I loved the idea of an online currency like bitcoin. I read more about bitcoin and started to buy some miners, just small ones so I could really understand the concept of bitcoin.

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Its pretty hilarious I heard bout it back in June 2012 nd I thought it was useless to use and it would die out I had recently came back in on the scenes at around August 2015 when I saw the price of it.

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It was at the start of 2014. I was looking through some websites and I kept on seeing Bitcoin as a donation method. I was intrigued by the price at that time and thought it's quite innovative with its decentalisation and decided to look further into Bitcoin. I found this forum sometime later and joined it. I actually thought of mining at first but I found that it isn't profitable any more Sad

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in midle 2014 im start interesting and earning bitcoin,
im the fans of PTC and im earning ~$50 from PTC then i see ads of freebitco.in
and im register it and earning arround 300k satosi.... after it im start earning from faucet and learning more about bitcoin

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I first heard about Bitcoin as a way around the financial blockade erected by VISA/PayPal, etc related to Wikileaks. I thought (and continue to think) that Wikileaks and the people who use this platform for whistle-blowing are a huge benefit to our society and it pisses me off to no end that the mainstream banks are telling me what I can and cannot do with what is mistakenly advertised as 'my' money.

Alas, in late 2010 the software needed porting to my platform of choice and I got tied up throwing some excess fiat at some property which absorbed my attention for a while. I didn't get around to doing the porting until mid 2011 after the $30 spike. Oh well. Done pretty good anyway.

As I've said every time one of these threads comes up;

- Thank you whoever it was at Wikileaks who found Bitcoin.

- Thank you whoever it was in the govt who showed in no uncertain terms the farce that 'my' money is with the blockade.

- Thank you whoever it was at the banks and PayPal who sucked the cock of the aformentioned and screwed their 'customers' who have demand deposits.

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Accidentally! And all this 4 months I wonder how I didnt saw it before. How is it possible? Since then I`m in this bitcoin world, I dont play other games, I dont visit game sites that I use to. When I`m on internet I spent my time here reading, or gambling on some dice site, or gathering somethign on some faucets that I like. In most cases all 3 together. And I`m still waiting for my first bitcoin!

aizzaku

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Here in India, u wont find anyone talking about bitcoins or anything... i came to know about it 2 years ago just random site.. saying bitcoin accepted here...
i always had thought how great is there was a virtual currency and viola there it was.. started researching and understanding.

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the first time i heard bitcoin is around 2012 at first i didnt really pay any particular attention and i didnt really interested at all

but after i moved working place, I was introduced by my working mates, he said that he already earn a lot of passive income using BItcoin

He asked me whether i interested or not, at first i hesitated but now i kind of active of earning bitcoin

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I knew about bitcoin since it's inception but started investing into it this year only. For me it's just a small investment hobbie and maybe someday it will be worth my while :-)
kinda like collecting hockey cards or comic books :-P

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I read an article in newspaper, and then with google I come here in this forum, but only now I start to understand better various function of protocol/forum rule.
After this I try to buy a small quantity only to test a wallet and address generator.

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Quote from: Frost on December 06, 2015, 03:19:37 PM

As the forum thread title says, I am interested in your Bitcoin story, how did you become interested in Bitcoin?

Well, i know bitcoin was in april 2014. Friend on facebook post something about with bitcoin can earn money.

Then i try to find more information about that. And i realize something more than just earn money.

Bitcoin can change what people think about money as we know. Bitcoin is an innovation in the world ecosystem of money.

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I was searching for information on "lawful money" when I came across this thread:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/stop-endorsing-the-fed-redeem-lawful-money-instead-4941

Slark

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I heard about Bitcoin first after that huge price spike of November/December 2013 (so far the biggest bitcoin price in history). It was a huge news back then when bitcoin was even less established as it is now.
After that I become hooked to the topic and liked the idea of unconstrained economic system, money, and remittance solution packed in one great invention.

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2011 was trading shares of bluechip companies. and some cheap penny shares.
started looking into other investments. even bonds and methods to buy bank debt contracts
started getting interested in how the banking system worked behind the scenes, how money creation happened and was so mind blown at the legalised scam of credit/debt.

after a few more searches came across bitcoin. read everything, the white paper, github code, and i was hooked. by spring 2012 i began trading it, and made nice profits off them early day volatility movements.

since then been more interested in the business side rather than day trading.

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At first that i saw Bitcoin.
I ignored it thinking it was just scam in the internet.
months later, i saw it again.
I was looking for a job online at that time.
and look at it. I become interested on it as i saw that i can earn from it.
I tried it the first time and start from faucets.
All faucets that i saw I tried it. Then after gambling...
and so on... but the one thing I really become interested on it is because
of the fast transactions it has and can really send money to any part of the world,
with just a little fee... that thing alone is awesome.

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My first goal was purely profit, that was all I was interested in, in the very beginning of 2013. After that, I have been learning more about what Bitcoin really is, and how it works. After that I became a huge supporter of the technology that powers Bitcoin. It made me happy because I can finally own the money that I have been working very hard for. And then I said goodbye to PayPal, Skrill and the other crappy payment services. From that time I am fully working with Bitcoin to make and receive payments.

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I got into bitcoin in the beginning of 2013 after stumbling upon Bitcointalk I believe.
First I tried out some faucets and after a few days I bought my first coins at around $100, I think it was.

Forgot about them until Bitcoin was all over the news when the price went over $1000, near the end of 2013.

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