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How long did it take you to jump on the Bitcoin bandwagon?

I first heard about Bitcoin in 2009
I first used Bitcoin in 2013

Took me 4 years!

What about you?

You are an early bird!

I must have encountered Bitcoin in passing before 2015 but I didn't even take a slight interest to know what it was. It was like some foreign word that you don't even care to know the meaning of. It was around 2015 when I heard of it once more. This time around I got curious about it but it was only in 2016 when I bought my first Bitcoin.

I am not an early Bitcoin adopter just like you but still I joined the bandwagon when the price was only around $400-$500. That was only around 5 years ago and Bitcoin is now $57,000. How time flies with Bitcoin!

Found out about it sometime in 2015. Shrugged it off.

Heard about it again in 2016. Paid attention, but didn't invest a good amount of my time into learning about it.

Went serious in early 2017. Serious I mean hours and hours of my time invested into it.

Wish I became serious in 2015, but Bitcoin is simply just one of those absurd and really different concepts that it's not something that you could easily grasp the first time; especially if you don't have no one(in person) to convince and explain it you. Also knowing that people barely know what money is in the first place, besides knowing that you can use it to buy stuff.

It's nice to know that you have encountered bitcoin in its early age, it seems like you are now really good and have many experiences with cryptocurrency, I first hear the bitcoin year 2016 on one of my friends but I got not interested on it, and then year 2020 when one of my friends again told about it then it really hooked me up and tried it as well. I just lose the opportunity to explore the bitcoin year 2017 when I have the chance to do so.

Heard in 2012. Even claimed some 5 mBTC from a faucet, but wouldn't count it as truly using Bitcoin. Only 4 years later I rediscovered Bitcoin and started using it for receiving money for my work.

It seems to be pretty common to have a big lag between first hearing about Bitcoin and using it, so there's still a lot of room for adoption. People who witnessed the 2017 bull run but didn't participate could be buying now, while those who only observe now could join Bitcoin after the next halving.

It was my first time to heard about bitcoin last 2018. That was the time my brother used to know about this forum and about bitcoin. Encouraging me to learn about it, Ive got an interest to know how this bitcoin works and I did my own research.

We won't succeed if we dont take the risks so that time, I am so determined to invest bitcoin. Looking back with my difficulties before because as a newbie, I really do not know how make a good trading with technical analysis. Now, I am enjoying the fruit of my bitcoin long term hold. Such a blessing that Ive met this kind of investment.

I have heard about bitcoin about 2016 or early 2017 back when people are still on the fence as to what bitcoin is and most of the stories about it is horror story like how it is the currency of the underbelly of deep web. I used bitcoin back in late 2018 when I was still a gambling fiend so there isn't much fun to that but now I am reformed and I can say that the bitcoin that I earn is going to good causes.

I heard about bitcoin when it was like $700.

But I just totally ignore it until 2017, almost in the last quarter of a bull run. Jump in before it exploded in December. And then been using it to pay for my online bills, phone and internet and sometimes my electricity bill. And now been stacking stats since last year and I would say that this is the second bull run that I've experienced.

I first knew about bitcoin when I got my first laptop, that was definitely in 2013, I can use it to purchase game on the window OS HP laptop, but I did not know truely bitcoin was money at the time. I knew bitcoin to be money in 2017 but did not have it in mind to purchase one until a scammer wanted to use it to scam me on Facebook messager in four quarter of 2019. I later had to browsed about it, know about it to actually noticed I have missed a alot. I have not bought bitcoin before, I worked for it.

From what I remember, the first time I heard about Bitcoin was because of the Mt. Gox scandal, so it must have been in 2014. As for using it, it was around the beginning of June 2016. The price was about $500 then. A lot of water has flowed under the bridge since then.

It took me 8 years before I engaged in cryptocurrency, because at first, i think that this is not legit.

But I really took some research so that I can fully understand how it works as an investment or a currency.

I didn't know that bitcoin will reach this kind of milestone or success because I'm only exploring it and understand how it can help a person.

Hello early adopter:) I admit I was late. I heard it first around 2015 so long after it was made. And actually even heard it from a scam source. But happy to found the scam first because I did my own research (and glad I did) and found the real Bitcoin. Became a user proper only in 2017 by investing in an ICO:P

Heard about it in 2013 and started using it within minutes (by using, I mean downloading Core and checking it out). It was too interesting not to try it out. However, I do agree that while I did use Bitcoin at the time, it took me a very long time to get used to it and to understand how things work..

What kept me back from really using it as in purchasing BTC and stuff is the fact that there were no easy ways to purchase it and I'm not the biggest fan of credit cards, especially when it comes to tech I just found out about.

Heard it 2012.
First bought it in late 2016 then sold most of it in the same exchange. No on chain transfer happened so I would not consider it used.
The first time I really used some BTC was in early 2017, on steam. Just several months before steam shut down its BTC payment.

Too much time has passed between these events, so I'm still here

Today, there are many stories about people who have learned about Bitcoin for a long time but have become seriously interested at different times. I'm not an exception. I knew about bitcoin from its very discovery. But he was always somewhere close to my interests but was not a priority. And this, of course, is the saddest and most offensive understanding for me. I think that opening this forum for myself in 2018 was my second discovery. Since then, bitcoin has become my "religion". And this is probably, as in all religions, happens to everyone who is a sooner or later comes to cryptocurrency.

I can't remember anymore the exact year when I've first heard of bitcoin. Maybe that was 2013 or 2014 or even earlier.

And then I jumped to bitcoin and joined by 2016 but I think I've bought a small amount of bitcoin by 2015. Regardless of the years as long as it's in the past, those were good old days.

I can't imagine how far and great bitcoin is today and in the years to come.

I can't remember exact dates or even a period of time, but I'd like to think I got into Bitcoin as soon as I heard about it. I can't really remember. However, I do remember I was looking for an alternative for Paypal, and payment processors at the time, and that's how I stumbled upon Bitcoin. So, I probably got into it in a short period of time after happening upon it.

I wish I had a clearer recollection, but I don't think it was of any significance upon discovery, I do remember being pretty new to the concept of cryptocurrencies, and not having a clue. So, it definitely took me a while to actually get up to speed with things.

I think around 5 or 6 years ago was when I heard about it but because I was a novice lol so I couldn't develop interest for it but after I started seeing people invest in it, I realize it is used as investment and that was how the story started for me about bitcoin.

I heard Bitcoin around 2012, and I was like truly against it to be honest because I was learning about the surfaces of the web.
Surface web vs deep web vs dark web.
Then I realized that Bitcoin is being used there in the dark web as a means of transaction of the "people" in there, those types of people. :)
I thought Bitcoin existed due to the existence of the dark web, so I was like looking down into Bitcoin like it is "criminal's coin " or currency.

Fast forward to 2017, one friend of mine mentioned it and I was like "oh that's a currency in the dark web used by criminals, right?". He proved me wrong by saying that it is also an investment opportunity, because Bitcoin that year was hella pushing up to 20k. I was there. :D
That's the year I started using Bitcoin.

Heard in 2007
First bought in 2017

I first heard in 2013 and used it in 2013, I wish someone told me about it earlier. I hadn't such friends unfortunately.

I actually had the same story as OP, i first heard about it when i was like 16 years old in 2009, it just popped up on my youtube feed a video explained bitcoin in simple terms i think its still avaible on the net. The reason it caught my interest was because of the fact that i was a conspiracy theory guy who watched alex jones and knew about the bilderberg group. It creeped me out that the banks had so much control and that politicans from many countries met under secret circumstances each year. It was also at the time of the financial crisis and my distrust of banks and fiat money started when i understood how fiat money is not inherently valuable and can be printed and manipulated easily.  

One bitcoin was not worth anything lol but there were people speculating on the future price, which at the time sounded too good to be true, i was helping the anonymous guys ddos visa and paypal because of their sanction on wikileaks and once i saw that wikileaks accepted bitcoin i recognized that bitcoin was something else, it was a revolutionary idea that the government could not stop which sparked my interest.  However i did not have any money so i did not intend to buy bitcoin but 2013 Cyprus and greek had alot of economic issues and at that time the price spiked from 300 to 1000 usd in some months i was like 19 years old by then and invested in 1 bitcoin when it was worth 300 usd. I remember saying to my dad to put like 50. 000 SEK on bitcoin (5000 usd) but he did not trust me.  2014 the price collapsed alot of people had "lost" their money i actually remeber seeing bitcoin a lost cause and was happy that my father did not invest money in it haha. I had also lost faith in crypto because of the fact that there were so many shitcoins and altcoins (especially ones that did not bring any value to the table) that it annoyed me and destroyed my vision for bitcoin.  Fast forward to 2016 and 2017 i was studying and the price increased alot by then i was planning to invest but i was studying in another city with rent and cost of living to pain i had no invesment money.

Now we are in 2021 i am in a finally in a stable position to buy some coins(not whole coins im not rich lol) and im planning to invest monthly in cryptocurrencies again . I wonder what the future lies in store of us ahead.  Bitcoin really has made life more exciting just by watching this project unfold.  I think cryptocurrency will be to money what internet was for data.


Bro the bitcoin project launched 2009 lol

I first heard of Bitcoin in 2014 or 2015 I guess. And I started using it after 2 years. So I can't say that I'm one of the very early adopters.  ;D  But considering many people newly started learning about it, I'm much earlier than them.

I first heard Bitcoin in 2010 but I have no intention of investing. Until 2017 a friend of mine got rich quickly thanks to Bitcoin and shared his experience with me. It took me quite a long time 7 years. That makes me regret why I didn't know and invested Bitcoin earlier. Since then, it has been 4 years since I entered the world of money to crypto.

Hello everybody. I can't say exactly when I first heard about Bitcoin. But I remember exactly.When I decided to check the speed of buying Bitcoin and returning money to fiat, it was in the spring of 2017. I really liked the speed of transactions - since then I have been here.

Luckily I know Bitcoin. In 2018 I knew Bitcoin through my grandchildren. My nephew got rich by investing in Bitcoin. I started to learn and found Bitcoin to be the most profitable without any higher areas. Without waiting, I immediately joined Bitcoin. Now I am very satisfied with my decision.

I heard about Bitcoin back in 2012 when the market started to rally and then i immediately fired up the full node and started mining and when the block erupter started to emerge i was purchasing them in large quantities and purchased those using Bitcoin and the obsession of mining started during that period until i took a break a few years ago.

I first heard about BTC around 2015. then just tried to join the faucet at that time because I was still afraid of the risks. Then around 2016, my friend invited me to seriously pursue btc trading. then starting 2017 seriously join airdrop and bounty until now.

many valuable experiences, and I also made a lot of new friends from this ecosystem. really fun, even though the way is not easy. often lose, get caught in a scam, etc., but it is experience and lessons.

I first heard about bitcoin by a friend of mine in my university years. I didn't know much about what happened back then. It was 2016. I was constantly asking what is bitcoin, what does bitcoin do, and how do you buy and sell it? Later, I read a news about bitcoin mining and then I first made my research in this field and entered this market. I've been in this market ever since.

I identify with some of your comments as seriously thinking about investing in bitcoin in 2017. It also took me a while, my preference was always ethereum. But today the cryptocurrency market is different, although the risk is present, there is a better chance of winning at least $ 100 for saying some amount.

Now I invest in bitcoin, ethereum, and other altcoin. As Elon Musk once said in a tweet: "It was inevitable." That we can attribute it to the fact that sooner or later bitcoin and cryptocurrencies will be part of our lives. This is what will happen shortly when the massive adoption arrives.

First knowing Bitcoin in 2017 but not sure about this moreover there were many big negative issues at that time. Abut the workd is changing nowadays. It is not only the negative iaaues but we alao must consider the chanve tobgwt more profits are here.   suc as new token listed on exchange and I koew that kind if hype coin or token.
And I was involved and qctive in bitcojn

I heard about bitcoin by November 2016 and i did my first bitcoin transaction by january 2017 and I must tell you, it was a great deal for me. It came as a means offpayment and as such had no effect not until i researched on it and saw the real intrinsic value of it.  i am happy i got in at that time.

Oh boy, this is a good one. I actually went on my Google Activity logs, and searched for "bitcoin" to get some actual dates.

- First Google search was in 14 Nov 2014, I was 14 years old.
- On 15 Nov 2014, I was searching: "Mining bitcoin android fast"

*facepalm*


I suggest you all to go on your google activity thingy and look it up for bitcoin or something, results might be even funnier than mine  ;D


EDIT: Forgot to state when I actually started using bitcoin. Apart from faucets, unfortunately, only last year I really started to dig into crypto. Better late than never.

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LoL I've known it since 2008 but really into in 2017, such a long time and lost bunch of money too  :'( :'( :'(

I first heard of Bitcoin in 2012 and neglected it. I had a comfirmation of it's increasing value in 2014 and still proved adamant. I finally gave it a thought in 2019 and bought my first coin in 2020. I waisted enough time because I didn't believe the system all along. There is no lateness in investment all the same . The goal is taking advantage of the opportunity while it last

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I first heard about Bitcoin way back 2014 but never jump-in as I thought it was scam that time but I use it on 2017. It took me three years to have and use it. I get it through signature payments. Nowadays I never had participated in Bitcoin paying campaigns due to the merit requirements. 😁

I was around 5th grade in 2009 and personal computers isn't still a thing back then but good thing that I have heard of bitcoin when it was around 2015 or 2016 but I didn't dabble with it because I don't know how it works and there isn't a lot of people that are using it and many thought that it was a fad that will get old quickly. 2017 was when I first had my use of it and I was happy that I did because I made some money out of it.

I think the main difference with new people coming into crypto/Bitcoin now and 10 years ago is exactly this. People used to learn and pick up Bitcoin because they were looking for alternatives of money. Like you.

Now, people are coming not to use it but to "become rich". Not that it's wrong to do that but I think a lot of people aren't really interested in using it now...

That's okay my friend, it seems like most of us have the same stories like we heard bitcoin a long time ago but we don't even try to explore it that time, yeah we lose the great opportunity before but at least we are still here in this crypto community, there is no late in this crypto world. The good thing is that you have to mind what that scammers have done, you got curious about bitcoin when the scammers are trying to scam it.

when i heard about bitcoin i was thinking twice if im going to try it and took me few years until i finally decided to try bitcoin because that year there are now realistic testimonies international and local  .
when i first use a bitcoin the feeling was amazing .
cant believe my eyes that what im owning is a money with real time value but the use of it back days was limited compare to today where i can use my bitcoin anywhere i like .

Even though it took you 4 years to jump on the bitcoin bandwagon, I'd say you're still on of the early birds. I'm sure if you had bought bitcoin back in 2013 and held it till now, you'd be swimming in a lot of profits.
I first heard about bitcoin back in 2016. It was late 2016 and I didn't get to use bitcoin until middle of 2017. A friend had told me about it earlier and I didn't  consider it as something worthwhile until my brother introduced me to this forum where you can interact with a huge community of bitcoin users and as well get paid for participating in signature campaigns.  It was wonderful doing that and I got to convert my bitcoin into fiat by using P2P

I actually heard about Bitcoin because I needed to use Bitcoin to pay for some program. It was back in 2016 and a colleague was introducing me to what eventual didn't work out and we were suppose to subscribe to the program by paying with Bitcoin so he helped me open a blockchain wallet, bought some Bitcoin to pay for the program and my crypto life started fully in 2017. 

I first heard about Bitcoin in 2014 and did not take it seriously and ignored it because it is all virtual and decentralized I did not trust it at first but my friend again approached me and said it has huge potential but still I did not show much interest in Btc. Finally, my friend approached me again while introducing in this forum, and at that time I understand I am late now When I saw Btc Forum thread,s and came to know how people adopting BTC so fast and trusting it So It took me 3 years to buy bitcoin.

I knew about bitcoin maybe around 2017 and I become btc holder in 2017 too. But at that time I use every btc that I earn so there are not much left. My biggest profit is when btc hit 20k for the first time then the price fall. Actually I believe that bitcoin price will rise again so I want to hold it, but my family keep ask me to sell it. I was so regret but I still thankful because I know about bitcoin and trust it.

I first heard Bitcoin in 2017.
I first used Bitcoin also in 2017.

I still remember the time when I first introduced into this forum and faucets and the coins that I got from faucets is what I used in Eobot Cloud Mining. That is the first time that I used Bitcoins.
Unfortunately, I don't have any cash at that time and I'm getting some money on faucets and at the same time bounty campaigns here in the forum. At that time, I'm learning at least the basics of it. I'm just happy that something like Bitcoin has been introduced to me :). A new technology, a new currency and the currency of the future.

You are very unfortunate if you know Bitcoin in 2009 and do not learn more about Bitcoin. maybe 2009 is the right time for you to buy Bitcoin as best you can or maybe you can sell your house to see the current price. ;D Maybe now you are a millionaire who just needs to make a profit from the Bitcoin you buy. But there are many stories that will be different from everyone about when they know Bitcoin. Can't imagine the advantages of buying Bitcoin in 2009, is it possible that I can buy an island? :-\

When i first heard the word bitcoin it was totally a different word came from different dimension of life in which i really don't have any idea.
Glad I have a friend who knows it and he explained to me what it is and the probable worth in future.
At first I was hesitant because the time bitcoin name became known was also the time where scamming was popular too and I thought that maybe bitcoin was ine of the scams too.
But when I decided to try doing crypto thing i just proved to myself that it was different, also totally different on how to deal with it, everything was new and needs to learn all of those things but it turned out so worth it and i'm grateful that I have tried it.

Woah lucky for you, you have adopted so early. In my country bitcoin is very much spread as an investment scam due to the fact that we have less knowledge about it. But, after some time in 2017, after it got it's bull run, many of us saw the potential of BTC and tried to enter. I personally adopted BTC wayback 2018 and tried to have some in my bags.

I just heard bitcoin last November 2017 and I also start learning it that year. I also start claiming bitcoin from faucet but sometime I think that it has no value and I just played, I exchanged it into other altcoins and  I regret now, because if just know that bitcoin is very valuable now, maybe I will try my best to collect bitcoin from faucet as long as I can and just hold it. Well, that's the past and I believe that anytime until now is not late to invest in bitcoin if we want.

Were there rumors and articles that have been online on that year about bitcoin?

AFAIK and cmiiw, Bitcoin's whitepaper was published on 2008 so that means that only a very few people have knew it until the official launching of bitcoin.

Unless you typed the date wrongly.

I will not even write how much time passed between these dates, as if I did it you would think that I am an idiot! :) Okay, if I seriously learned about bitcoins while still at the university, but did not go deeper, as my older brother told me about it, he was engaged in IT and understood computers from his youth, I decided that this is another topic for nerds, as he forgot this. It was 2009 or 2010. I bought the first bitcoin already in 2016, when the topic developed and became a global "sensation". In short, I'm stupid because I lost a lot of time between these two events.

I also heard Bitcoin earlier than when  I decided to start going deeper with it. I wish I had thought of it sooner so I could have maximize my opportunity to learn and earn more. And that was one of my regrets in my crypto journey.

     Well, I heard about Bitcoin in the late 2011 and I remember how fascinated I was about it. The sad thing though is that when I was bored and read random stuff on the deepweb, I saw it being used by criminals quite often which was a big turn off at the moment. Had I known better I would've read more about it instead of seeing it as a criminal's money and believing what others perceive it to be. And so, fast forward, I only was able to engage in this industry on year 2016 when pumps were going on. kinda sad being late specially now that bitcoin and this industry has come this far.

got to know Bitcoin around 2014, but haven't fully believed it yet.  At that time I was always looking for sites that provide free Bitcoin from faucets and looking for entertainment on gambling sites, as I remember the gambling game that I often visit is RPLS, if I'm not mistaken.  for sure I don't remember the name of the site but I always got entertainment from him.  in 2015 and 2016, I was too busy working so I left all activities related to cryptocurrency, then came back in early 2017 because I saw the price of Bitcoin has risen sharply in various news on social media, after that returned to focus on this industry, until I found this forum because there were references from two of my friends who had joined earlier than me here

the point is I know Bitcoin is approximately 5 years after Bitcoin was created by the developer

Am all green with envy, knowing you knew bitcoin that long ago makes me question which lost island have I been all those while, well I must have heard bitcoin in news, YouTube, telegram, Instagram, Facebook but I can say it was those part of things I had shifted in my subconscious and never gave it the interest I should have not until some time 2019, well I think that was my turn to bitcoin because Immediately got interested and hopped into bitcoin atmosphere.

I know Bitcoin in early 2018 and I used Bitcoin in the middle of 2018. It was not too many time for me to ensure my self buying some Bitcoin. I came to Bitcoin investment in the bearish season, where Bitcoin was in the cheap price. At that time, many people were afraid about the future of Bitcoin. Also, some countries tried to ban Bitcoin and crypto existence. However, I force myself to buy and be brave because I am optimistic in the future of Bitcoin.  8)

I heard of Bitcoin many years ago from now but not the first times of it. After hearing about it, I didn't jump right onto it for making an investment immediately. Because I barely knew about cryptocurrencies in the end. After some time (a time period between 1-2 years), I started making a little investment into it as I learned about the market much more.

I heard the word "bitcoin" 2017 from my cousin, she started to tell a lot of things about it and tried to convince me. Like you I didn't jump right away into investing it. Tbh, I didn't believe it at first and not paying attention to all the details she discussed. I started to research about bitcoin last year and I started using bitcoin this year (2021). This pandemic really hit us hard economically, financially and esp. health matter. I had the hard time looking for the job unti I decided why not try bitcoin, and I'm not regretting at all. This is what I do for living now and I feel slight regret for not using it these past few years.  It takes me almost 4 years before I fully decided enter this industry.

I got the same experience as you. I heard Bitcoin way back in 2015, and I'm not really interested in Bitcoin as I think it was SCAM until another year was passed. I saw many of my friends earning Bitcoin through Bounties, Signature, etc. I earn some bitcoin through participating signature, bounties, and even Investing in ICO's, and I only regret that I sell it at a lower price because after I sold all my Bitcoin, in just a few months, the price of Bitcoin was 20k USD. I still regret that I didn't hold my coins longer.

I first heard about bitcoin about 8 years ago (2013) but when i started my journey in cryptocurrencies market then Bitcoin price less the $ 500. But now bitcoin already crossed more than $62k ....

Very interesting . Bitcoin crossed all time high in running year 2021. When I entered in cryptocurrencies may be mid year of 2017 then Bitcoin price less than $4000 and I witnessed now more than $58000.

I first heard about the existence of BTC and cryptocurrency way back in 2018 and I really had no idea what it really was before. The only thing I know is you can make money out of it just by joining different campaigns like bounty and signature but I did not know it can be used for trading. However, I didn't have enough money to invest which is why I didn't explore it that much.

Iam first heard bitcoin 2014 and 2 months later buying all of my saving for it . i buy it @ $800 usd and still trade it continuesly until right know . i usually those days using it for gambling for fun i gamble like 10k doge coin per deposit and on that day 10k doge was nothing .  just like couple a bucks .

Imagine if you could've get in it when it was still around that prices and you still hodl that bitcoin to this day, I am pretty sure that you could've been a millionaire now. I had my encounter of bitcoin at 2017 and I immediately started it because my classmates have been doing it so I have a proper framework as to what to do.

i am hear about bitcoin since 2010
but i am start using it in 2017
because, in 2010 bitcoin price no more than my adsense. So, i left it :D

I was familiar with Bitcoin in 2015 when one of my friend was working and earning btc but the amount was small at that time at it was $300 for one Bitcoin but like others I was too ignorant and lack interest in this market.After that learning about Bitcoin on Google and from my friend I really got interested in earning and paying in btc.It was back in 2016 when I first used Bitcoin as an investment with small amount of $100 at that time and was making transaction between our crypto friends later on.But still I was not aware how much big financial assest Bitcoin would become in just 4 years.

I'm not much older but still want to tell here.
The first time I heard about Bitcoin was when it reached its all-time high, probably in 2018 ... I don't remember exactly. It was a YouTube video where I first heard its name and just started doing some research and bought Bitcoin after some months.

wow man you had a good opportunity to buy thousands of bitcoins... But missed unfortunately

Frankly speaking, I know about bitcoin it's been a long time since I was in high school. at that time I started to know about it on social media and other platforms like youtube etc.
but at that time I did not dare to participate in it because I was still focused on studying when I entered college about 2 years ago I just started trading and became a small part in bitcoin.
I am a new person here and I still have a lot to learn.
but what is certain is that as long as I know the crypto world, especially bitcoin, I am sure what kind of future I will choose. because I really believe the crypto future is very good so I am very optimistic when I am in the current zone

I first heard about bitcoin in 2017 where at that time I was studying so I didn't have free time to learn more about bitcoin because I was busy with educational tasks, so at the beginning of 2019 I had finished my education and finally I decide to adopt bitcoin and invest in it.
I am very sorry for not adopting bitcoin earlier when bitcoin was cheaper.

I first heard about Bitcoin last 2015 but I took it seriously when the bull run happened in 2017. It's our human nature to always look for proof so it took me years to believe that Bitcoin is profitable because I was waiting for evidence until the Bull run happened. I actually regret being hesitant at first but I've learned to take the risks of crypto this time.

I heard about bitcoin around 2014 when stellar still booming. But i entered cryptocurrency as personal maybe when Zenminer viral and have a lot of supporters. Because they really can have investor for their Mining Site, and then create Paycoin, and then ended with scam.

I guess everybody in the crypto investment has one or more story to tell about how she misses an important opportunity and I am one of those that miss the chance of joining Bitcoin investment at the early stage in spite that I heard about it in the year 2010 when Bitcoin it just a year old but I was also waiting for a piece of evidence to know if Bitcoin worth then.

Your story and mine are almost the same but the problem is that I never join the Bitcoin wagon then. I heard about Bitcoin in the year 2011 but I thought its the story will end just like the e-gold which was stopped by the US government and I later join the Bitcoin wagon in 2016 if I could remember correctly.
I believe you'll be sad you left then (in the year 2010)?

I jump in after I heard and do some research about it so maybe it was less than a week for me.
I tried it because of so many reasons and now I am grateful about it.
I did my research first and look for the best wallets to use and also sites and apps to earn free bits back then.
If only I heard it earlier I think it might have changes so much of my life I mean it already changes a lot but it could had been better if I found it earlier.

I heard about bitcoin 2016 and invested bitcoin in August 2017 with selling my luxurious motor bike. But when bitcoin hitted ATH 19600$ then I sold all my Bitcoin. But now bitcoin.......moon....

I have heard the name Bitcoin since I was trading Forex and working on the stock exchange, I don't remember exactly when I first bought Bitcoin but I still remember when I first bought Bitcoin it was only $100-$130. I first heard of Bitcoin in 2012 and made my first Bitcoin transaction in 2013. I wish If only I could go back to that time once again! But I used to buy a lot of Bitcoin,  :D

The important thing is not when we hear about bitcoin, but when we join bitcoin. Although many people have heard of bitcoin, they do not invest in bitcoin. people are uninformed and do not like to research. What matters here is when we invest in bitcoin, how we make a profit, and how much we know about bitcoin. Many people have been in this market for years but still haven't learned anything. some of them have always learned something. there is a lot to learn in this market. bitcoin is a blessing for us.

At least you can still bought bitcoin in the low price comparing to know. I came across to the crypto currency in 2017 ago, at that time bitcoin was so promissing. I have no doubt to buy bitcoin although its price was already high. But, at that time I have no money to bought it, I didn't have money to bought it because I still an unemployment. Until I know this forum and joined some bounty program or signature campaign and I have money and I bought it. Yeah, I never tried to bought bitcoin using my money be it from my work and anything else.

i know and used bitcoin at 2014 but i stop using it since 2016-2019  :'( and back at 2020 so  :'(

I'm not sure of the year, but it was when the price of bitcoin is close to $300. I'm using it from those days, but I feel bad about using it. My life had got changed entirely, because there were more earning opportunities and that made me concentrate on bitcoin than professional job. With what I earn I've been living and during the bull market I could've made fortune out of the holdings. For god's sake I don't have any holding, everything get used for my living and gambling. Particularly I earn and I gamble, so my life have gone in debt than progressing.

I knew about Bitcoin when it was around $ 200 in 2014. I used to use my parents' money to buy necessities of life, so I didn't want to take the risk of buying Bitcoin for the purpose of saving money because of its volatility which was very risky for me.

I started buying Bitcoin when in 2017, when the Bitcoin price was $ 3500 I got a little gift from my friend, the value was around $ 10 in BTC, then I sold it for $ 14000 to buy food.

Not expecting the current price of Bitcoin to be beyond the expectations of many people. This is something crazy that should be put to better use right away: D

I think the first time I heard about bitcoins was the same time I actually bought it. The year was most probably 2014, I was exploring some news papers online, and there I saw an article about Bitcoin, so I searched up and landed on localbitcoins exchange where I bought my first coins. I bought around $20 worth that time, which is so much at today's price ;D I sold it when I needed money for something to purchase, wish I hold it till today ;D well, life regrets!

I have heard it among my friends who have first discovered Bitcoin that seems like to be my mentors way back 2016 and have decided to jump in about 1-2 months right after knowing about it for I have decided to put into a try and see what can happen as time goes by and it seems like our intuition to continue our journey with Bitcoin has paid off and we are still willingly to continue exploring this even after college I guess. Despite of many circumstances that have happened with Bitcoin, we never loose hope and just continue staying with it so I guess this will just continue.

While there are some people who've heard of Bitcoin and started using it the same year, it seems that it took some time for most people. I guess when something new appears, humans are not very eager to try it out because something new might be dangerous or at least it'll require some effort to understand how to use it. I've heard of Bitcoin in 2013-2014 for the first time when info about the FBI closing Silk Road (or Silk Road 2.0, I'm not sure) hit media outlets. So yeah, it wasn't a great first impression, but about a year later my friend ensured me that it's not just money of criminals and that it's actually pretty cool and worth trying. So I started using Bitcoin around 2015 a little, and pretty actively since 2016.

Agree with your opinion. Not about when to hear about bitcoin, but when to start entering and investing in bitcoin.
people who only heard of bitcoin may have been many, but those who dared to enter into investment when bitcoin were new might still be few.

I just got into bitcoin between 2016 and I entered bitcoin several times and invested in it. But I didn't hold it back until now.

Bitcoin continues to be developed, the price continues to go up and bitcoin is now being talked about by everyone in the world. Bitcoin has pros and cons. Bitcoin is the future of payments in the digital age.

I know that crypto ended in 2017 but not in bitcoin but in etherium, now after 1 year of running I just found out that bitcoin was the most expensive coin in crypto in early 2019, after I found out that bTc was the most expensive coin I didn't throw away my BTC every time I got a prize From the bounty, I saved until at the start of 2021 I picked the fruit that I planted

I have heard about bitcoin at 6 january and on that I have no idea and don't know anything about bitcoin,it was new for me ,but than I heard again and again from more platforms,like Facebook, YouTube, Twitter,and than I started to know about bitcoin .And I bought bitcoin first time I'm not exactly remember but it was March 2017,and on that time price was so high.when I bought bitcoin , first time,than price of bitcoin stated  decreased and .my portfolio became less than half and I was a little bit panic but my friends told me it will recover and now you can see.

I actually first heard of Bitcoin around 2012, but at that time I wasn't really interested in Bitcoin. Entering 2016 more and more people are talking
about Bitcoin, I am more curious and try to collect Bitcoin through various faucets. Then entering 2017 became an unforgettable moment for me,
because the price of Bitcoin was hype at that time and I was able to get a very large profit. Unfortunately in 2018 I made a big mistake, i borrow
money to invest in bitcoin, but at that time the price of Bitcoin was dropping and I had to sell a lot of my assets to pay off my debt. It was
an unforgettable lesson for me.

^ That 4 years is long enough for you to decide, in my part it took a year before I decided to join in crypto community because I have an interest in BTC. In the year 2015 I have heard a rumor about BTC until such then I found this forum after a year and begun getting my interest, 2016 I purchased and used BTC, at that BTC is very cheap but I don't mind investing in it and that part did not enter on my mind which is I have full of regret now. I purchase a little but in 2018 I cash out my BTC and until now I did not accumulate even at least a small amount,m all I want is to cash out them.

Sharing my experience about it my first encounter with Bitcoin was in senior high school when some of my classmates are talking about it and I just ask about it and what it is because I'm just curious.

I Remember bitcoin was just 200 dollars and it just skyrockets and becomes a trend when it reaches the price of 1000$ in the market.

I've got interested and that's when I started to research it since it's about earning, I just research how to earn money at that time, and then it changes to how to earn in cryptocurrency. And that's where I discover bitcoin, but I never get the chance to buy a big volume of it since I can't afford to buy it at that time.

When I knew bitcoin it was way back 2017, I remember it's market value at that time is $3000 up but I didn't buy or invest in bitcoin at that time yet. I joined in a bounty campaigns that time so I can generate a profit from it. Way back at that time bounty campaign is so good I mean I'd be able to make a money from it but I don't know what happened to bounty campaigns now. Now I just couldn't believe that the digital currency that everyone used to questioned the worth and the value of bitcoin has already unfolded, a real $60,000 from the last time I know bitcoin value of $3,000 was a big difference.

It wasn't too long ago, after I saw an article about bitcoin, although at first I couldn't believe I was trying to follow it, my goal was just "how can it earn" in a month I tried to run bitcoin to no avail, I finally met a friend who wanted to teach me about cryptocurrency, where I could make money and even make friends. That's a lot of fun. And now I've been there 4 years with cryptocurrency I've always been here.

Actually I am forgot about that. But what I remember is bitcoin price was still $200 at that time. My brother told me about bitcoin and it took me few days to jump in bitcoin investment. I forgot my first purchase using bitcoin but recently I usually use cryptocurrency to buy items in online game. I hope I can use btc to buy stocks, if there is cryptocurrency exchanges that provide it then it will be good, and I hope there is no KYC. Filling KYC form sometimes feel so tiring.

If you now have a lot of bitcoin, do you hold it? You must now be part of the rich, because I'm sure in 2013 bitcoin must have been very cheap. I myself know it in 2017 it's quite expensive when compared to 2013.

I heard about Bitcoin first in site of HYIP in 2014 , in that times the price of BTC was aboit $400, HYIP is ponzi investment. This site accepted Bitcoin for make deposit and withdrawal. And after that,I was make research what is Bitcoin, then I found many explained about it and I did register on crypto exchabge then start to buy it. And from here, I learned how to trade BTC and others cryptocurrencies.

Here you mean whether we started to accumulate bitcoin in our wallets or started to spend bitcoin ?

I came to know about bitcoin in 2017 and i started collecting it in the same year. However i did not spend bitcoin in the same year and keep on holding it.

I first heard about bitcoin in 2015 and start accumulating it but till today I wasn't able to use to buy anything. The main reason for this is country where I live, bitcoin is not legal. I get payments in bitcoin and convert it into fiat for daily living. Mainly I HODL bitcoin and exchange it with fiat, my friends in other countries help me in doing that.

I heard about BTC when first time I bought laptop and start to learn how to make money online, that time about in 2014. In that time, I dont have any idea the future of Bitcoin, so  i just bought it in small amount and sold it for small percentace of profit. I did make mistake never buy again and jump in to forex trading. I never use BTC for transaction good and service because in my country is not permitted and BTC belong to commodities assets that allow to trade only.

Very lucky if you find out bitcoin early . Not with me , I know bitcoin in 2016 . At that time I prefer to play online surveys to fill the void of my time. And at that time I didn't really understand what bitcoin was, I just heard from friends who have played bitcoin. And when I learned bitcoin, unfortunately I invested with altcoins which made me suffer a huge loss at that time. Finally in 2018 I just dared to focus on bitcoin alone.

For me personally, when I heard about bitcoin... at that time I was immediately interested and wanted to know more about it, well it didn't take up to a year since I first heard of it and not long after.. I finally used it.
Basically, I really like new things that can really provide benefits, especially on the financial side.

I came to know about crypto in 2013-14 but I had nothing to invest in and also had a burden of a student loan, I think after 6 months or so, I started working on many things online and started asking for payments in Bitcoin. It got me through many of my tough times and still is. I made most of my crypto from scratch and am really proud about it.