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Title: how did you get your first bitcoin ? Post by: bitbitcoins on June 20, 2013, 01:30:22 PM MT gox? Localbitcoin?
Title: Re: how did you get your first bitcoin ? Post by: manusiabumie on June 20, 2013, 01:38:10 PM my first bitcoin?? i'm sure i earned it from coinurl..
Title: Re: how did you get your first bitcoin ? Post by: vendetahome on June 20, 2013, 01:44:40 PM no, i wainting to get 1st Bitcoin from free sites
Title: Re: how did you get your first bitcoin ? Post by: mprep on June 20, 2013, 01:47:21 PM A whole bitcoin? No, I don't think I ever had one. I did get smaller amounts though. The first amount was from a bitcoin faucet that now closed down, can't really remember the name.
Title: Re: how did you get your first bitcoin ? Post by: The Bitcoin Catalog on June 20, 2013, 01:54:24 PM In person, from a guy on this forum. We met in a cafee to make the transaction.
Title: Re: how did you get your first bitcoin ? Post by: moisesmcardona on June 20, 2013, 01:55:12 PM I haven't got an entire Bitcoin yet, but I did started mining for it and I generate about 0.001 to 0.002 per day, plus the bitcoins that comes from the websites that gives you free bitcoins. Currently I have 0.069 and counting :)
Title: Re: how did you get your first bitcoin ? Post by: firstlast on June 20, 2013, 02:00:11 PM Got my first partial bitcoin from a faucet. Then when I realized viewing ads wasn't worth my time I bought some. I currently have about 0.2 from freebies and way more from exchanges.
Title: Re: how did you get your first bitcoin ? Post by: favdesu on June 20, 2013, 02:00:25 PM full Bitcoin? I'm still working on it... :)
Title: Re: how did you get your first bitcoin ? Post by: bitbitcoins on June 20, 2013, 02:37:54 PM Also still working on it :)
Title: Re: how did you get your first bitcoin ? Post by: legitnick on June 20, 2013, 02:50:24 PM Well, the first time I bought back in 2011 I purchased 3,000 coins :) I remember I bought off MTGOX because that was like the only btc exchange back then.
Title: Re: how did you get your first bitcoin ? Post by: stas on June 20, 2013, 02:55:24 PM I have mined it, not that long ago :)
Title: Re: how did you get your first bitcoin ? Post by: stas on June 20, 2013, 02:56:01 PM on my way to get a second one:)
Title: Re: how did you get your first bitcoin ? Post by: edd on June 20, 2013, 03:01:29 PM Well, the first time I bought back in 2011 I purchased 3,000 coins :) I remember I bought off MTGOX because that was like the only btc exchange back then. I bought several using PayPal back in 2011 before everyone started having issues. In three transactions, I bought almost 100 at around $1 each but I gambled most of them away. :'( Over the last two years, I've earned and spent thousands but my BTC wallet is still eerily similar to my USD wallet: almost empty. Title: Re: how did you get your first bitcoin ? Post by: legitnick on June 20, 2013, 03:22:09 PM MT gox? Localbitcoin? I hate to admit it, but mtgox.. Title: Re: how did you get your first bitcoin ? Post by: ds2013 on June 20, 2013, 04:40:08 PM Changed some Linden Dollars (SLL) to BTC at virwox.com (https://www.virwox.com).
Still have more SLL to change but they stopped to buy them :( Title: Re: how did you get your first bitcoin ? Post by: riderofthepine on June 20, 2013, 04:41:32 PM bought 2 btc at $250 on bitfloor. a few hours later the crash happened...now bitfloor is down...great way to start my travels into bitcoinland....lovely. :'(
Title: Re: how did you get your first bitcoin ? Post by: DannyHamilton on June 20, 2013, 05:09:50 PM no, i wainting to get 1st Bitcoin from free sites - snip - plus the bitcoins that comes from the websites that gives you free bitcoins. Currently I have 0.069 and counting :) This won't end well. Title: Re: how did you get your first bitcoin ? Post by: bitbitcoins on June 20, 2013, 05:56:57 PM For sure
Title: Re: how did you get your first bitcoin ? Post by: gweedo on June 20, 2013, 05:58:16 PM My first coin, was actually 20, and it was from doing work for someone.
Title: Re: how did you get your first bitcoin ? Post by: icey on June 20, 2013, 06:01:43 PM pretty sure it was through blockchain.info. They don't sell to UK buyer anymore
Title: Re: how did you get your first bitcoin ? Post by: positivelybitcoin on June 20, 2013, 07:27:44 PM I got mine off Mt. Gox. About a year ago.
Title: Re: how did you get your first bitcoin ? Post by: uk1 on June 20, 2013, 07:28:42 PM selling items on bitmit.
Title: Re: how did you get your first bitcoin ? Post by: wayside112 on June 20, 2013, 07:51:42 PM I mined bitcoins on my 6950 about 2 years ago in an hour on bitcoin.cz i think it was. I was mining like ~1 a day so it was hardly worth my time back then. I didn't even know about the implications that it would have nor did i understand how it worked. Boy do i regret it now!
Now i mine with multiple rigs. Title: Re: how did you get your first bitcoin ? Post by: legitnick on June 20, 2013, 07:55:58 PM Wait now that I think of it I used VirWox! I bought second life lindens just liike another guys on this thread and exchanged them.
Title: Re: how did you get your first bitcoin ? Post by: FrankDizapo on June 20, 2013, 07:59:41 PM Bought from a local online store. Used for buying an AirVPN subscription. I was thinking about adding funds to my PayPal account but then I thought about how bad PayPal actually is (almost all my transactions took over three days for some reason) and tried Bitcoins. And actually it works really well.
Title: Re: how did you get your first bitcoin ? Post by: pinger on June 20, 2013, 08:09:10 PM You are not going to believe me, but my first coin was buyed on EBAY and paid with PAYPAL at 18 € when the price on MTGOX was 14 (And I believed I will never recover the cost of the commission I had paid ... I would had to buy a few thousand bitcoins then... )
Title: Re: how did you get your first bitcoin ? Post by: wayside112 on June 20, 2013, 08:12:29 PM my first coin was buyed on EBAY and paid with PAYPAL Haha, i can believe that. Though you would be silly to be on the sellers end since you can just reverse the payment as you see fit and probably get away with your money and a free bitcoin.Title: Re: how did you get your first bitcoin ? Post by: pinger on June 20, 2013, 08:25:18 PM my first coin was buyed on EBAY and paid with PAYPAL Haha, i can believe that. Though you would be silly to be on the sellers end since you can just reverse the payment as you see fit and probably get away with your money and a free bitcoin.Silly, honest, who knows. Title: Re: how did you get your first bitcoin ? Post by: R3dcell on June 20, 2013, 08:38:43 PM Wasn't a full coin, but mined about half a bitcoin.
Title: Re: how did you get your first bitcoin ? Post by: lindeanin on June 20, 2013, 09:34:02 PM I mined it, but its gone as I purchased new GPU.
Title: Re: how did you get your first bitcoin ? Post by: bitbitcoins on June 20, 2013, 10:54:25 PM My first coin, was actually 20, and it was from doing work for someone. someone paying in bitcoins ... good! Title: Re: how did you get your first bitcoin ? Post by: tervsdwe on June 20, 2013, 11:10:54 PM I purchased mine through Coinbase. I purchased just 1 coin at about $88 , had to wait 5 days before I got it.. I admit I was a little nervous. Then I lost it a week later to satoshidice. This was right before the price hike to $250. I was kicking myself.
Title: Re: how did you get your first bitcoin ? Post by: BlackNaga on June 20, 2013, 11:31:23 PM from bitcoin nordic. while i was waiting for my mtgox account to get verified.
worked well but they have rather horrendous fees. mtgox +9% or sth like that... Title: Re: how did you get your first bitcoin ? Post by: samuel999 on June 20, 2013, 11:41:16 PM You are not going to believe me, but my first coin was buyed on EBAY and paid with PAYPAL at 18 € when the price on MTGOX was 14 (And I believed I will never recover the cost of the commission I had paid ... I would had to buy a few thousand bitcoins then... ) What happened if you bought a few thousand? Title: Re: how did you get your first bitcoin ? Post by: TheSurge on June 21, 2013, 01:17:01 AM I bought .25 Bitcoin on eBay.
Title: Re: how did you get your first bitcoin ? Post by: flyingcat on June 21, 2013, 04:12:30 AM bought on eBay
Title: Re: how did you get your first bitcoin ? Post by: weniejoy on June 21, 2013, 04:24:33 AM Just today on coinbase I bought my first 2 whole coins charged to my bank acct. Cost only 1% but will take 4 days to get it in my wallet.
Title: Re: how did you get your first bitcoin ? Post by: legitnick on June 21, 2013, 04:29:06 AM Local Bitcoin is sketch in my opinion. You never know who your meeting..
Title: Re: how did you get your first bitcoin ? Post by: jack0 on June 21, 2013, 04:32:01 AM Got mine from bitcoin toilet long time back, just decided to join again now but lost those initial coins :D
Title: Re: how did you get your first bitcoin ? Post by: BitcoinBarrel on June 21, 2013, 04:33:10 AM Playing poker at Seals
Title: Re: how did you get your first bitcoin ? Post by: pinger on June 21, 2013, 06:32:05 AM You are not going to believe me, but my first coin was buyed on EBAY and paid with PAYPAL at 18 € when the price on MTGOX was 14 (And I believed I will never recover the cost of the commission I had paid ... I would had to buy a few thousand bitcoins then... ) What happened if you bought a few thousand? It was just before the price Skyrocket to 200 x 1000, well, I could be rich for now. Title: Re: how did you get your first bitcoin ? Post by: Boba on June 21, 2013, 09:30:05 AM I got my first bitcoin by mining, using a brand new PC I built for the purpose, sporting 2 x 7970s. This was early December 2012, when the reward was still 50btc per block.
Title: Re: how did you get your first bitcoin ? Post by: bitbitcoins on June 21, 2013, 04:52:43 PM Bitcoin toilet?
Title: Re: how did you get your first bitcoin ? Post by: bitbitcoins on June 24, 2013, 07:27:55 AM I got my first bitcoin by mining, using a brand new PC I built for the purpose, sporting 2 x 7970s. This was early December 2012, when the reward was still 50btc per block. One stupid question : when there will be no bitcoin left to mine, who is going to perform the transactions (if we assume that there will be no computer working for the network ??) Title: Re: how did you get your first bitcoin ? Post by: pinger on June 24, 2013, 08:07:41 AM I got my first bitcoin by mining, using a brand new PC I built for the purpose, sporting 2 x 7970s. This was early December 2012, when the reward was still 50btc per block. One stupid question : when there will be no bitcoin left to mine, who is going to perform the transactions (if we assume that there will be no computer working for the network ??) They will live with the transaction taxes then. Title: Re: how did you get your first bitcoin ? Post by: jackjack on June 24, 2013, 08:12:05 AM Deepbit
Long ago... Title: Re: how did you get your first bitcoin ? Post by: squirrtle on June 24, 2013, 08:35:26 AM I got my first one from a friend, gambled it a little, and been addicted ever since! You have so many odds being able to bet small fractions!
Title: Re: how did you get your first bitcoin ? Post by: staii on June 24, 2013, 08:49:31 AM I got my first bitcoin by mining, using a brand new PC I built for the purpose, sporting 2 x 7970s. This was early December 2012, when the reward was still 50btc per block. One stupid question : when there will be no bitcoin left to mine, who is going to perform the transactions (if we assume that there will be no computer working for the network ??) If there are no computers working on the network anymore, it is a problem. However, the miners have an incentive to remain on the network, and remain "mining", even after there are no more coins generated from mining. This is because whoever finds a block also gets the transaction fees of the transactions in that block. People think that, as coins from mining decrease, transaction fees would increase. The network regulates itself anyway; if nodes start leaving the network at that time, the difficulty drops, and it become easier for the remaining nodes to generate blocks (and thus they get more coins, from the fees). Title: Re: how did you get your first bitcoin ? Post by: bitbitcoins on June 24, 2013, 12:10:15 PM I got my first bitcoin by mining, using a brand new PC I built for the purpose, sporting 2 x 7970s. This was early December 2012, when the reward was still 50btc per block. One stupid question : when there will be no bitcoin left to mine, who is going to perform the transactions (if we assume that there will be no computer working for the network ??) If there are no computers working on the network anymore, it is a problem. However, the miners have an incentive to remain on the network, and remain "mining", even after there are no more coins generated from mining. This is because whoever finds a block also gets the transaction fees of the transactions in that block. People think that, as coins from mining decrease, transaction fees would increase. The network regulates itself anyway; if nodes start leaving the network at that time, the difficulty drops, and it become easier for the remaining nodes to generate blocks (and thus they get more coins, from the fees). Title: Re: how did you get your first bitcoin ? Post by: jcanesa on June 24, 2013, 04:43:59 PM I bought my first btc well .5 btc on ebay at a crazy upcharge. then got ripped off second time. however i've been getting a little smarter and hope to learn much more from the forums
Title: Re: how did you get your first bitcoin ? Post by: fontera on June 24, 2013, 05:31:13 PM my first bitcoin?? i'm sure i earned it from coinurl.. Can you explain this to me, how many Visitors in wat Timeframe ? Title: Re: how did you get your first bitcoin ? Post by: ottomatias on June 24, 2013, 05:46:19 PM Bitstamp.
Title: Re: how did you get your first bitcoin ? Post by: Svensson on June 24, 2013, 05:52:44 PM I mined it
Title: Re: how did you get your first bitcoin ? Post by: hpski on June 24, 2013, 06:04:17 PM Yup, same here - I also mined my first coin.
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