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Title: Top 10 signs you may be too involved in Bitcoin Post by: btcprice on November 19, 2013, 05:31:13 AM Mods, feel free to move this to the appropriate forum if needed.
Top 10 signs you may be too involved in Bitcoin 1.) Your mining rig has doubled as a heater in winter. 2.) You met a local bitcoin seller in person at a Starbucks and paid in cash before you became established at an exchange. 3.) You stayed up 3 hours past your bedtime just to get continued endorphin rushes while watching the bitcoinity graph flash "All Time High!" 4.) You have a serious distaste for the word "tulips". 5.) You know the exchange rate for the Yuan. 6.) You've used the term "you've been goxed". 7.) You knew what DPR stood for before the Silk Road bust. 8.) You doubled your investment in 3 weeks and wondered if there was anything you could have done more efficiently. 9.) You've kicked yourself numerous times for selling bitcoins below $100. 10.) You put more time in reading up on bitcoins than you put in doing homework. Title: Re: Top 10 signs you may be too involved in Bitcoin Post by: gweedo on November 19, 2013, 05:33:07 AM 4.) You have a serious distaste for the word "tulips".
7.) You knew what DPR stood for before the Silk Road bus 8.) You doubled your investment in 3 weeks and wondered if there was anything you could have done more efficiently. 10.) You put more time in reading up on bitcoins than you put in doing homework. Title: Re: Top 10 signs you may be too involved in Bitcoin Post by: rogue13 on November 19, 2013, 05:45:12 AM 3.) You stayed up 3 hours past your bedtime just to get continued endorphin rushes while watching the bitcoinity graph flash "All Time High!"
4.) You have a serious distaste for the word "tulips". 5.) You know the exchange rate for the Yuan. 7.) You knew what DPR stood for before the Silk Road bust. 8.) You doubled your investment in 3 weeks and wondered if there was anything you could have done more efficiently. 10.) You put more time in reading up on bitcoins than you put in doing homework. and my addition: 11.) You frequently find yourself explaining bitcoin to someone who hasn't heard of it. Title: Re: Top 10 signs you may be too involved in Bitcoin Post by: VincentX on November 19, 2013, 06:22:32 AM 12) You are out of sync with the people around you. First your sleeping pattern adjusted to American hours (if European) then it adjusted to Chinese hours.
Title: Re: Top 10 signs you may be too involved in Bitcoin Post by: Amitabh S on November 19, 2013, 06:24:03 AM 13) You total logged in time on the forum is more than 10 days.
Title: Re: Top 10 signs you may be too involved in Bitcoin Post by: Amitabh S on November 19, 2013, 06:24:51 AM 12) You are out of sync with the people around you... But your wallet is always in sync. Title: Re: Top 10 signs you may be too involved in Bitcoin Post by: PenAndPaper on November 19, 2013, 06:29:24 AM Only 3/10. There is room for me to get more involved ;D
Title: Re: Top 10 signs you may be too involved in Bitcoin Post by: drawingthesun on November 19, 2013, 06:30:42 AM 4.) You have a serious distaste for the word "tulips".
7.) You knew what DPR stood for before the Silk Road bust. 9.) You've kicked yourself numerous times for selling bitcoins below $100. 10.) You put more time in reading up on bitcoins than you put in doing homework. Title: Re: Top 10 signs you may be too involved in Bitcoin Post by: freedomno1 on November 19, 2013, 06:38:14 AM Mods, feel free to move this to the appropriate forum if needed. Top 10 signs you may be too involved in Bitcoin 3.) You stayed up 3 hours past your bedtime just to get continued endorphin rushes while watching the bitcoinity graph flash "All Time High!" 4.) You have a serious distaste for the word "tulips". 6.) You've used the term "you've been goxed". 7.) You knew what DPR stood for before the Silk Road bust. 8.) You doubled your investment in 3 weeks and wondered if there was anything you could have done more efficiently. 9.) You've kicked yourself numerous times for selling bitcoins below $200. 10.) You put more time in reading up on bitcoins than you put in doing homework. 11.) You watch the market go crazy back and forth and try to grow your total bitcoin 12.) You have a serious distaste of fear mongering and bad economics 13.) You are out of sync with the people around you. First your sleeping pattern adjusted to American hours (if European) then it adjusted to Chinese hours. 14.) You frequently find yourself explaining bitcoin to someone who hasn't heard of it. I am seeing the signs Title: Re: Top 10 signs you may be too involved in Bitcoin Post by: DannyHamilton on November 19, 2013, 07:35:02 AM I don't mine, so #1 is out for me.
I've never really had a consistent sleep pattern to start with, so #12 (or #13 depending on which list you look at above) is out too. Other than that, I think I can check off all the rest of the indicators from my list. Title: Re: Top 10 signs you may be too involved in Bitcoin Post by: Stake on November 19, 2013, 07:37:47 AM Maybe throw in there that you always have preev open in a tab?
Hell, I have preev dedicated to one of my three monitors. Title: Re: Top 10 signs you may be too involved in Bitcoin Post by: 2dogs on November 19, 2013, 07:41:01 AM 15) At work, you find yourself running into the restroom to hide the fact that you must check quotes, charts, and forum postings, numerous times during the day.
16) Got a sudden urge to run out and buy a larger screened tablet (s) for checking your numerous charts and online data. 17) Get an eerie feeling we are entering a new paradigm of bitcoin "haves and "have-nots". Title: Re: Top 10 signs you may be too involved in Bitcoin Post by: hoian0809 on November 19, 2013, 07:53:00 AM 1.) Your mining rig has doubled as a heater in winter.
4.) You have a serious distaste for the word "tulips". 5.) You know the exchange rate for the Yuan. 6.) You've used the term "you've been goxed". 7.) You knew what DPR stood for before the Silk Road bust. 9.) You've kicked yourself numerous times for selling bitcoins below $100. 10.) You put more time in reading up on bitcoins than you put in doing homework. Title: Re: Top 10 signs you may be too involved in Bitcoin Post by: Gab1159 on November 19, 2013, 08:29:49 AM All of 'em except for #1 and total forum log time (as most of the time I'm reading threads while logged out). Bitcoins are my life. People who don't know bitcoin might think I have "no life" ahah!
Title: Re: Top 10 signs you may be too involved in Bitcoin Post by: psybits on November 19, 2013, 08:30:50 AM I'm pretty sure I make all of that list... and more ;)
Title: Re: Top 10 signs you may be too involved in Bitcoin Post by: freedomno1 on November 19, 2013, 08:34:45 AM All of 'em except for #1 and total forum log time (as most of the time I'm reading threads while logged out). Bitcoins are my life. People who don't know bitcoin might think I have "no life" ahah! About to break a month need to log out more so people assume their is a life But Bitcoin is too powerful :P Title: Re: Top 10 signs you may be too involved in Bitcoin Post by: gusti on November 19, 2013, 09:27:16 AM 18) You already know what "From the desk of Tom Williams" stands for.
Title: Re: Top 10 signs you may be too involved in Bitcoin Post by: dserrano5 on November 19, 2013, 09:49:51 AM 1.) Your mining rig has doubled as a heater in winter. I don't mine. 2.) You met a local bitcoin seller in person at a Starbucks and paid in cash before you became established at an exchange. No. 3.) You stayed up 3 hours past your bedtime just to get continued endorphin rushes while watching the bitcoinity graph flash "All Time High!" I usually set the alarm clock every 90 minutes to take a quick look, then sleep again. 4.) You have a serious distaste for the word "tulips". Not at all! 5.) You know the exchange rate for the Yuan. Changes too quickly for one to be able to say "it's 5k right now". You'd had to check to be sure. 6.) You've used the term "you've been goxed". Yup, in 2011 even. 7.) You knew what DPR stood for before the Silk Road bust. Yes. 8.) You doubled your investment in 3 weeks and wondered if there was anything you could have done more efficiently. Everyone did/does this :P. 9.) You've kicked yourself numerous times for selling bitcoins below $100. Yes. I had to sell at $12-$15. 10.) You put more time in reading up on bitcoins than you put in doing homework. I've never done any homework in my life :D. Title: Re: Top 10 signs you may be too involved in Bitcoin Post by: btcprice on November 29, 2013, 01:04:49 AM 15) At work, you find yourself running into the restroom to hide the fact that you must check quotes, charts, and forum postings, numerous times during the day. 16) Got a sudden urge to run out and buy a larger screened tablet (s) for checking your numerous charts and online data. 17) Get an eerie feeling we are entering a new paradigm of bitcoin "haves and "have-nots". I used to do this when I was investing in the stock market. Now when my coworkers see my bitcoin/altcoin charts on my computer they think I'm checking my retirement fund. :-) |