Topic: When and how did you find out about Bitcoin? (Read 6677 times)
I first heard about it on Wikipedia a long time ago, probably when I was looking up Liberty Dollars or something. I didn't pay any attention to it, it wasn't worth anything. When it was worth $1 my friend got into it, and I bought $40 of Bitcoins from him. Should have bought A LOT more.
I found Satoshis whitepaper while googling for something like "encrypted money" in January 2010. I had been thinking about how to create unforgeable money for some time, but probably never would have come up with the blockchain solution.
I ran out of drugs, so I googled, "best way to launder money and pay for illegal things over the internet."
I found it on 4chan around February 2010. The post was someone complaining about how long it was taking to download blocks. 
I've always been interested in decentralized systems such as BitTorrent, Tor, and Freenet, so I was immediately interested.
I've always been interested in decentralized systems such as BitTorrent, Tor, and Freenet, so I was immediately interested.
I created it in January 2009
http://sc2.nibbits.com/
a week ago
a week ago
Jerry Brito's piece on Time's Techland blog (was that only a little more than a month ago?)
I found out a few weeks ago, but didn't read too much into it.
Then I came upon some message board discussions last week and decided to test the waters.
I realize that for the mots part I've missed the boat.
It's still amazing to me to think of all of the people who got in early who have rediculous 5-6 x 5870 set up's on a single system and are crunching huge numbers.
Wish I would have found out several months ago
Then I came upon some message board discussions last week and decided to test the waters.
I realize that for the mots part I've missed the boat.
It's still amazing to me to think of all of the people who got in early who have rediculous 5-6 x 5870 set up's on a single system and are crunching huge numbers.
Wish I would have found out several months ago
Don't wish too much. I've been here over a year, and I have never mined a block. If everyone mined, this wouldn't work.
I found out a few weeks ago, but didn't read too much into it.
Then I came upon some message board discussions last week and decided to test the waters.
I realize that for the mots part I've missed the boat.
It's still amazing to me to think of all of the people who got in early who have rediculous 5-6 x 5870 set up's on a single system and are crunching huge numbers.
Wish I would have found out several months ago
Then I came upon some message board discussions last week and decided to test the waters.
I realize that for the mots part I've missed the boat.
It's still amazing to me to think of all of the people who got in early who have rediculous 5-6 x 5870 set up's on a single system and are crunching huge numbers.
Wish I would have found out several months ago
I found out about Bitcoin from the March 2011 Slashdot post about Mike Hearn's release of BitcoinJ. I've been enthralled ever since!
My "join" date on these forums pretty much tells my reason for finding out about them. I'm a poker player in the USA...
I know I'm going to regret subscribing to this thread.
But late February 2011, it was mentioned on LW that SIAI accepts Bitcoin donations.
At first I thought, "hm, Bitcoin, is that a new payment processor?". Nothing has prepared me to what I was about to find out.
But late February 2011, it was mentioned on LW that SIAI accepts Bitcoin donations.
At first I thought, "hm, Bitcoin, is that a new payment processor?". Nothing has prepared me to what I was about to find out
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I heard about it via the mmorpg-lite game minethings.com about three weeks ago. You can buy their in-game currency for bitcoin. I spent the following week researching it and trying to get my hands on some coins. I had some trouble (it was right when paypal stopped being an option) and decided starting a bitcoin-only business might actually be the best way to acquire the currency and would, in a very small way, help promote adoption of the currency I'd grown to love.
slashdot. about 10 days ago.
I will probably never have 0.1% of the money supply. Feels bad. 
What % of the USD supply do you have?
Don't feel too bad. I bought $15 worth asap and before I got a bigger chunk they'd gone up 100%. I think everyone always wishes they'd gotten more and earlier at this point. Hopefully we'll always feel that way.
I have to keep persuading my wife I'm not crazy. Hence, DBC.
I don't even try for "not crazy" I'm working on "not too crazy".
Don't feel too bad. I bought $15 worth asap and before I got a bigger chunk they'd gone up 100%. I think everyone always wishes they'd gotten more and earlier at this point. Hopefully we'll always feel that way.
The price jumps are bad enough, but while I'm buying them, I have to keep persuading my wife I'm not crazy. Hence, DBC.
Don't feel too bad. I bought $15 worth asap and before I got a bigger chunk they'd gone up 100%. I think everyone always wishes they'd gotten more and earlier at this point. Hopefully we'll always feel that way.
I will probably never have 0.1% of the money supply. Feels bad. DBC indeed.
Ran Prieur's blog, April 22, 2011. http://john-edwin-tobey.org/cgi-bin/ran/2011-04-23T05:13:26/ranprieur.com/index.html
BTC was around $0.80. I told my wife not to expect much of me for the next week. A few days later, I had decided to invest in BTC, which were then around $1.30. I scrambled to find a way to transfer money, and by the time I had my first non-faucet coins, they were $3.20.
Now I refer to BTC as "DBC" for "damn bitcoins" but am still not much use around the house.
BTC was around $0.80. I told my wife not to expect much of me for the next week. A few days later, I had decided to invest in BTC, which were then around $1.30. I scrambled to find a way to transfer money, and by the time I had my first non-faucet coins, they were $3.20.
Now I refer to BTC as "DBC" for "damn bitcoins" but am still not much use around the house.
It's always nice to hear that other people are as distracted over it as I was.
Don't feel too bad. I bought $15 worth asap and before I got a bigger chunk they'd gone up 100%. I think everyone always wishes they'd gotten more and earlier at this point. Hopefully we'll always feel that way.
Ran Prieur's blog, April 22, 2011. http://john-edwin-tobey.org/cgi-bin/ran/2011-04-23T05:13:26/ranprieur.com/index.html
BTC was around $0.80. I told my wife not to expect much of me for the next week. A few days later, I had decided to invest in BTC, which were then around $1.30. I scrambled to find a way to transfer money, and by the time I had my first non-faucet coins, they were $3.20.
Now I refer to BTC as "DBC" for "damn bitcoins" but am still not much use around the house.
BTC was around $0.80. I told my wife not to expect much of me for the next week. A few days later, I had decided to invest in BTC, which were then around $1.30. I scrambled to find a way to transfer money, and by the time I had my first non-faucet coins, they were $3.20.
Now I refer to BTC as "DBC" for "damn bitcoins" but am still not much use around the house.
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