Topic: When and how did you find out about Bitcoin? - page 2. (Read 6678 times)
Buddy shown it to me, but actually I think long ago bitcoin was mentioned in few security networks (anon networks) like the anonymous money (btw, which it is NOT)
Max Keiser mentioned Bitcoin in late december 2010.
April 2010 slashdot article.
I did a search and the earliest I could find on there was July 2010.
Do you have a link?
I was building a similar - but not at all as good - system in the beginning of 2010 and searched for competition.
I had seen several articles on Slashdot, and sort of ignored them. It sounded to me like a geek game - mining sounded like geeks racing to see who could win the race and capture the worthless coinage as a prize. It vaguely sounded like Pokemon cards of a decade ago, where people who had them talked about how you had to get them because they were only going up in value.
A couple of weeks ago, my son (age 21) said "have you heard about bitcoins? You have to check them out."
I've learned that when my son says something like that, it's worth my time to investigate.
(He's a big reddit fan, so that's probably where he heard of it.)
Since then I've told at least twelve people, who tend to look to me to spot early trends, and then often laugh at me when I say something is going to be big. (one guys says "I still remember you describing Twitter to me years ago, and I thought there was NO WAY this would catch on, so now I listen to you.")
A couple of weeks ago, my son (age 21) said "have you heard about bitcoins? You have to check them out."
I've learned that when my son says something like that, it's worth my time to investigate.
(He's a big reddit fan, so that's probably where he heard of it.)
Since then I've told at least twelve people, who tend to look to me to spot early trends, and then often laugh at me when I say something is going to be big. (one guys says "I still remember you describing Twitter to me years ago, and I thought there was NO WAY this would catch on, so now I listen to you.")
December 31st 2010-
reading about EFF which seemed like a well to do organization and stumbled upon the donate page-
Along with a bitcoin address and a nice little link : learn more-
I have been learning daily ever since.
reading about EFF which seemed like a well to do organization and stumbled upon the donate page-
Along with a bitcoin address and a nice little link : learn more-
I have been learning daily ever since.
security now was how I found out about it.
I actually had a 5870 so I ran it for a while and generated 2 blocks. But since the software was crashing my PC, I stopped running the software. Sucky mistake on my part as I figured out later it was FF that was an issue.
Anyway I can't complain too much as I am mining quite heavily these days.
I actually had a 5870 so I ran it for a while and generated 2 blocks. But since the software was crashing my PC, I stopped running the software. Sucky mistake on my part as I figured out later it was FF that was an issue.
Anyway I can't complain too much as I am mining quite heavily these days.
Two months ago while reading reviews on http://www.guru3d.com/.
I noticed an ad from compute4cash, saying they would pay me for doing computations with my gpu.
I thought that was awesome,but after about 2 weeks I emailed them asking what the hell it is my gpu's were working on.
They replied:Bitcoins. I then googled bitcoin,the rest is history.
Btw I dumped compute4cash like a brick!
I noticed an ad from compute4cash, saying they would pay me for doing computations with my gpu.
I thought that was awesome,but after about 2 weeks I emailed them asking what the hell it is my gpu's were working on.
They replied:Bitcoins. I then googled bitcoin,the rest is history.
Btw I dumped compute4cash like a brick!
Haha, I thought they were a tad sleazy, but it's nice that they told you straight up.
Two months ago while reading reviews on http://www.guru3d.com/.
I noticed an ad from compute4cash, saying they would pay me for doing computations with my gpu.
I thought that was awesome,but after about 2 weeks I emailed them asking what the hell it is my gpu's were working on.
They replied:Bitcoins. I then googled bitcoin,the rest is history.
Btw I dumped compute4cash like a brick!
I noticed an ad from compute4cash, saying they would pay me for doing computations with my gpu.
I thought that was awesome,but after about 2 weeks I emailed them asking what the hell it is my gpu's were working on.
They replied:Bitcoins. I then googled bitcoin,the rest is history.
Btw I dumped compute4cash like a brick!
halfbakery.com June 2010
I came in from the Security Now podcast and immediately shared Steve's enthusiasm. His reaction to Bitcoin really encapsulated the way so many geeks feel about the topic: total awesomeness.
twit.tv/sn287
twit.tv/sn287
I have long since forgotten where I heard about Bitcoin.
Besides Satoshi, There is another shadowy internet figure called Mencius Moldbug who writes the subversive reactionary blog Unqualified Reservations. http://unqualified-reservations.blogspot.com/
He suggested buying a few hundred bitcoins months ago. Damn, I wish I had.
He suggested buying a few hundred bitcoins months ago. Damn, I wish I had.
I heard about it on Free Talk Live around Dec of 2010. (www.freetalklive.com)
I thought it was a great idea when I heard about it, but was disappointed when it looked like almost no one was using them.
Then when I heard about the federal poker ban, I knew that bitcoins had found their calling.
(Actually one of their many callings)
I've hardly been able to sleep since!
I thought it was a great idea when I heard about it, but was disappointed when it looked like almost no one was using them.
Then when I heard about the federal poker ban, I knew that bitcoins had found their calling.
(Actually one of their many callings)
I've hardly been able to sleep since!
April 2010 slashdot article.
I saw posts about it on an imageboard at first but never looked into it. It was an article on lifehacker that finally peeked my interest in Bitcoin.
Bad Philosophy podcast. Listed to it on April 19th. Was mining the next day.
One of my friends must have seen the slashdot article in February. I dismissed it for a week because he didn't describe it thoroughly (I'm pretty sure I was under the impression that it was centralized and that mining was a way of cheating the system, based on his initial description). Eventually, he posted a blog post that was much more descriptive and piqued my interest. I spent an entire day reading about it and decided to get into it. Started mining a bit. Got lucky and bought 40 of them at nearly their lowest price since I was introduced to it (about 70 cents each). Holding most of it because of ridiculous deflation but trying to use it where convenient.
tl;dr: irl friend in February.
The slashdot article in Feb for me, I ordered my first Radeon 5830 that week. tl;dr: irl friend in February.
One of my friends must have seen the slashdot article in February. I dismissed it for a week because he didn't describe it thoroughly (I'm pretty sure I was under the impression that it was centralized and that mining was a way of cheating the system, based on his initial description). Eventually, he posted a blog post that was much more descriptive and piqued my interest. I spent an entire day reading about it and decided to get into it. Started mining a bit. Got lucky and bought 40 of them at nearly their lowest price since I was introduced to it (about 70 cents each). Holding most of it because of ridiculous deflation but trying to use it where convenient.
tl;dr: irl friend in February.
tl;dr: irl friend in February.
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