Bitcoin Forum

Just interested to hear everyone's stories are really! some of us have been on this ride years, some of us days, but I'm curious what places/people/events have occured in your life because of Bitcoin??

For me personally, my love of Bitcoin lead me to applying and getting a job at a Bitcoin Exchange (https://www.coincorner.com/) in my dream role... Pretty surreal! Now because of this I get to be involved in the bitcoin community daily, as we at CoinCorner like to stay active with fellow bitcoiners whenever we can!

So yeah thats my pleb story and where it's lead me... Have any of you been lead to any life changing events because of the Bitcoin? I wanna hear them!

My introduction to bitcoin has led me to discover a new definition of freedom and independence, which I didn't think existed financially. And of course; with greate power, comes great responsibility, so knowing that I can manage my finances myself (or a portion of it) has made me learn habits and hacks to safely do that.

Before Bitcoin and bitcointalk, I had only been exposed to regular social medias and messenger apps, but this forum has taught me lots of valuable lessons and I've met so may great users with lots of knowledge to share. The trolls also helps you grow a thicker skin along the way.

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Congratulations on your job, it's by no means a pleb story and shows commitment eventually pays off. However avoid spamming the forum with links from your website as it annoys other members and could get your posts reported and deleted.

Ahhh okay, thanks for the heads up! Mainly posted just to show I was not speaking out of my a** lolll. Hahaha can definitely agree on the troll front, I spend a lot of my time on btc twitter, it can be rough out there lol.

Bitcoin definitely gives the sense of empowerment, and for me personally... hope! 

Bitcoin brings me half shock and half hope. After I bought bitcoin, my assets fell by more than half. I had never experienced it before. I panicked and sold it. As a result, I missed the opportunity to accumulate wealth. Up to now, I only have a little bitcoin. I hope it will give me another chance to change my life.

Not much in my story, being able to do what I want and have vacations whenever I want to, I was able to deviate from what a normal life should be where it involves work, sleep, eat and repeat to do something much better.

At first it was normal, but as time went on I began to dig more and more about everything related to Bitcoin, and how to get more money from Bitcoin as a side income until I finally found it. Well, initially working on the signature campaign in this forum, this forum has become one of the ways that are indeed very valuable and very memorable so far, so I do more activities in front of my PC. Over time, as I often cashed it.. slowly my finances got better, and whatever I needed in my life was getting more fulfilled.

I tried to ignore bitcoin when I have learned of it in 2015, I was young at that time so all my interest at that time is video games and stuff for teens so I really never had an interest but thank God that I have shared bonds with people that have been in the crypto space for about a year and they willingly taught me how to make money in crypto and the rest is history.

Have you ever considered DCAing?? It can take out a lot of pressure and stress of trying to time the market. Whales know that the small fish can be shaken out by fear/emotion! DCA can help you slowly accumulate wealth too, instead of investing one large sum which again, can evoke emotions coming into play!

Good luck with your journey onwards.

That's a good jumpstart and catchy discussion that you've made OP. Aside from giving the introduction of the exchange where you're working at, you have also made a good discussion. Well, bitcoin has changed my life for real. I didn't expected that holding it is truly a life changing decision although I'm not truly an expert in these matters but having an experience about it makes you aware of what's good to hold and what's in it store for us.

Why thanks  :D

I think sometimes its nice to have a more lighthearted chat, we are all on here for the same reason, and I think it's nice to see how life changing Bitcoin can truly be. I was a bitcoiner before I got this job, and now I get to go to a job every day that I genuinely love. I love hearing other peoples stories, the community is one of Bitcoins greatest assets IMO.

lives change when you have some BTC and its price shoot to mars. if you only have few, your life still change since you have something to watch out and pray for the price to go up.

coincorner is a philippine btc company, what is your role there? kaibigang naomi, any position available to apply for?

I learned that finance does not depend on institutions and privacy is a right I should be more keen on protecting. Crypto has generally taught me that a world in which you aren't a bank's slave is possible.

The aspect I'm more focused on though is privacy.. I learned to appreciate and take care of it and it's gonna have a good impact on me in the near future where Surveillance States are becoming realities.

CoinCorner serves the Philippines but we are based on the Isle of Man and our main market is the UK/Europe.

I am a marketing executive, and any job roles are on our website which is in included in the OP. I believe we do have one or two going at the mo. You might have seen me on BTC twitter @CoinCornerNaomi, or some other staff! We all try and engage with the community, as a lot of us our passionate bitcoiners :) 

Her role is to promote Coin Corner exchange on bitcointalk via opening threads on Bitcoin discussion board and engaging people. By the looks of it, she is succeeding in her role :D

The very first post on this forum, and you are promoting crypto exchange (wrapped up in a thread) and yet you get offended by being called for doing an obvious thing. Hell, you even said it by yourself that you are Coin Corner marketing executive. You are just doing your job I guess...but much learn you must, young padawan.

Hey I'm not offended! Yes I do marketing, but I haven't been told by anyone to come on here, we are encouraged to get involved in the community as the company is run by bitcoiners to serve bitcoiners.

It's a win win for me as I spend my spare time in the community anyways, I am genuinely interested in how peoples lives have been changed, and if in the process we get a little brand awareness, I see no harm in that :) So the grasshopper must ask, how has it changed your life? :P

Not to defend the OP or anything but I don't think she was actually offended dude, no need to gatekeep newbies around the forum and get aggressive with it, welcome to the forum though!

After learning more about Bitcoin and Blockchain, I decided to learn more and study different cryptocurrencies as well, I further realized how much I was missing out back then before when Bitcoin peaked for the first time, but it's never too late to start I guess.

Life changing indeed....

I came into Bitcoin when the price was about $300 ....and I can kick my own a$$, because I did not buy more at the time. The bitcoins that I did buy.. paid for a car and I paid off my Bond and all the debt I had. (This was after a few years... some were sold in 2017 and the others when the price reached $60 000.)

I doubt that I would have been able to do this on my income ..... so it gave me a huge boost (financially and psychologically... because being debt free, gives you a whole new perspective on life)

I still have ongoing expenses and I support some family members... but life is much better now, than what it was a few years before.  ;)

First time I listen the name of Bitcoin and then I started research about Bitcoin then I know it is crypto coin and also I trade it one time and it gave me 100$ benifit.

I think every member who enters this forum is usually notified or invited by members who have registered. So how do you know abaut this frorum?

So you work for a market exchange company?

And about the role of Bitcoin that changed my life is that I know that there is an opportunity for me to become rich with bitcoin.

Few years back me as well heard it from a friend who explained me the benefits about it and how it has being evolving over the years . Later on doing some research it fascinated me as well and slowly learned more about it and started to invest in it and later found out this forum and things started to change for better.

it's really great to hear you work on an exchange because of your love of bitcoin...

bitcoin changed my life, before knowing bitcoin 4 years ago I worked at a broker, there a coworker introduced bitcoin and also this forum to me, since then my life has changed and I can earn money from bitcoin while taking care of my child without having to leave out of the house.

Actually, Bitcoin hasn't changed my life deeply yet.  ;D  So far, it has just made me a good amount of profit. But I'm continuing to HODL my coins now to get something big in the long run. If it happens, then Bitcoin will have changed my life really much. Sometimes, I use Bitcoin for buying something and that's a nice change also for me.

I feel like bitcoin has been hovering around me for the last few years and I kept avoiding it until just recently, I accepted the fact that it is now part of my life and I have to learn about it :D The beginning was intimidating, probably the volatility worried me a bit, but learning from others who have been involved since the get-go is pretty enlightening. It seemed like before all those years of people trying to explain it to me (to no avail) finally switched recently, when I just decided I'm gonna figure it out.

I supposed it hasn't changed my life (yet), but maybe it will soon heh

Yeah, deffo not offended, can understand his take tho!

And no it's never too late! I think there are so many signs which show how early we are, we are still in the minority, the rest of the world is still missing out

I can finally buty the things that I want and I aam able to do the things that I want to do but can't because I didn't have any money back then but with bitcoin and cryptocurrencies introduced to me, I was able to do those things and now I am securing my future by betting on the uncertainty in cryptocurrencies.

This one time that one of my friend treats us to eat out of nowhere year 2016/I live in a country where 10$ is big enough to treat your friends/. Tbh, I'm confused where the hell on earth he get the money and he shared it to us that through trading and buying btc. Then after sharing his insights and knowledge most of us followed his track, We are grateful for that one friend of us.

To this day, even though I didn't have a stable income I manage still manage to buy btc by saving my money and trading it when the price peaks. I love the way btc changed my life and its fun learning new things beside the usual.

Become rich. Become wealth and freedom, and take a casual trip with friends. Have a warm family. I am very happy that I started with Bitcoin earlier. I just regret not knowing Bitcoin earlier. Learn about Bitcoin.

First i learn not to trust Banks more than crypto or our capacity to keep our funds in our own hands .
also we are now free from any regulations of banking system
stupid shill, do you think we will fall from that? sharing your links just to have visitors in your site.
we are in good position in this matter, specially in earning situation in which this opens a lot .

Bitcoin has affected my life very positively. First of all, it gave me a new option to choose when I decide to buy something. Yeah, maybe we can't buy everything with Bitcoin but still there are places that we can pay with it. And of course, my investments have been affected positively also. I have been keeping some Bitcoin for some time and I made a nice profit.

It's changed my life so much to the point where a lot of the time I'm sitting around waiting for the rest of the world to catch up. It's been both freeing and restrictive at the same time. Getting paid for work in cryptocurrency is a nice feature, but cashing it out for real life things - bills, food & whatnot - sucks when the number's going up.

Well got a pretty good startup capital due to trading here and there (though tbh, I think I lost more than I earned), managed to land a few side gigs due to the profits I earned early on then went on to continue on investing and the like. Also pretty much made me learn a lot of stuff about finance and economics and the like, which is pretty nice imo, made me open up my eyes since I had no bloody idea at all in the past as to what stuff actually means in the economy (No, I forgot all my lessons that were discussed in school back then).

It changed my life in a way that it allows me to earned some extra cash and do some investment. Before I don't have any funds left to buy BTC for the long term but now it allows me to earn BTC or get paid by other coins then converted it to buy BTC. So basically, I've got interested in trading and exploring anything about BTC and cryptocurrency stuff which is enjoyable and exciting to see. Now I'm still learning about trading and trying to explore and invest in other alternative coins to diversify my portfolio.

Maybe what I get from Bitcoin like people in general. With Bitcoin I can learn to invest and trade. This is very helpful because it becomes my additional income. With a small initial capital and armed with knowledge of cryptocurrencies little by little I began to understand and get used to it, the profit I got might not be too big but this is more than enough to meet my needs, even I have a lot of money left to save or use as capital to invest Bitcoin .

Yeah I agree 100%. I in the past used other coins simply to be able to purchase more BTC! I find it handy that you can also earn bitcoin cashback (https://www.coincorner.com/earn-bitcoin) on online shopping, that's helped me stack sats through out the year without needed to think about it too much.

Excuse the link, but any UK/EU bitcoiners maybe unaware of this service and i think its really cool coz helps you passively accumulate BTC!

I've given up on trading tho FYI, i try and DCA now instead as turns out my market timing is awful lmao

Bitcoin has helped me a lot in many aspects of my life. Bitcoin has been the safe haven of my funds. I no longer worry that my money will depreciate over the years that will pass because it is decentralized and isn't prone to inflation unlike that of fiat. In addition, I feel at peace knowing that my account will not go dormant for a certain time that I won't open or move something in or out from it, comparing to banks that when your account no longer has a transaction in a span of 2 years, they will instantly charge you until your money ran out and eventually closing your bank account permanently.

Bitcoin has given me a broad horizon that offers a lot of opportunities to take advantage of. Because of bitcoin, I was able to earn additional funds that I allotted to be on my savings. I was able to buy almost everything that I needed and the luxurious things that I want as well. I am very much grateful for bitcoin because it paved way for me to achieve little by little the financial freedom I am always rooting to reach. It took me some time, trust, and a lot of patience to get to where I am right now because bitcoin isn't a get-rich-quick scheme after all. We still have to pour in time, effort, and dedication like any other investment vehicle there is.

The first time I knew about bitcoin, I did not even think about what Bitcoin is and how bitcoin could solve my financial problem. But I am still trying to trade and getting more satoshi in many ways. And soon after I see I can make a profit from trading, I try to convert some bitcoin to my bank account and with my friend's help, I get that money and see that it is real.

From that moment, I decided to focus on trading and trying to make more profit. I make a big profit, especially when the market has a bullish trend that can increase many coins. That was a golden moment that I think many of us experienced at that moment.

I have benefited so much in Bitcoin. I have a restaurant which I got the capital of it from investing Bitcoin. Bitcoin has been so good to me

There was a great positive change in my life sinc I discovered bitcoin. I never knew that someone can get so much impact from bitcoin,if you any how to use it positively. Since I came to understand bitcoin and how someone can use it to develop his or her personal business.
When i beginning to understand the reason why bitcoin pump and dump, it hard me to lose any Profit in my investment. When the price of bitcoin is decreasing, just try and buy BTC and hold until when the price of bitcoin increase higher before you can release them for sale to make a good profit.
My business is going well, since I discovered how to use bitcoin to improve business. Many customers purchase goods from my store and pay with bitcoins which other people prefer fiat money from their customers.

It haven't changed my life. It least for now. I'm investing in it but i'm still working on the same job and not going anywhere soon. But i hope to change it someday!

Those crypto cashback programs only benefit those living in first world countries. The rest (like us) can go fuck off https://cdnv1.csgo500.com/emotes/pepesad.png

Literally had no idea about it few years back even though it was in existence and I started my new job in the pharmaceutical industry. So I was all equipped with the new lab stuff, research and what not. I wasn't kinda guy who would go for an extra income at the time since it was just beginning of my career and low expenses so never thought about it.

However, it was not so far when I mate guy online, who was from the another state actually and we used to speak about new tech, online stuff and mostly internet of things. Then the idea of bitcoin came in first but it was about its tech, the backbone behind it, you know the blockchain and inventor and his mysteries kinda stuff mostly.

I was not aware that my new friend was good bitcoin earner. The guy also introduced me on the bitcointalk forum and lead me the way to whole new era of digital crypto space. Well this was very first when I started thinking out of the box and got involved with bitcoin.

It was the era of ICO's, bounties, airdrops and what not. I pushed myself everywhere and thus gained lot of knowledge regarding how stuff works in the crypto space. Started with bitcoin wallet and then MEW. Slowly moved into mining and how I can be one of the miner in my town was the excitement. Literally I learnt it from my friend and also pushed my limits.

It has changed my life completely. On top of this I never thought my pencil artwork will be paid into Bitcoin payment and thats tells the story where I am today! Thanks to forum and friends who introduced me to the bitcoin and to all the peeps who support this community. Life changing for sure!

This is a fun topic.  Bitcoin has changed my life in quite a few ways.  I would have to say however the number one way it has changed my life is by all of the good friends I have met along the way.  I am most active in the collectibles board here as I am a coin collector, and I've met a lot of close buddies over the year all over the globe.  I've met some, spoken over the phone to some, and plan to travel overseas to meet some as well.  Bitcoin isn't even remotely just about "profits" for me.

Because of Bitcoin:
- I learned different types of investments
- I learned how to invest
- I learned how to manage money
- I learned how to budget my money
- I learned how to save

I can enumerate more with how Bitcoin changed my life. The best that I've achieved with the help of Bitcoin is that, I don't need to work for other people just to earn money. A thing that is very hard to achieve right now.

Ok duh, this isn't "I earned bitcoins to help me with my finances" kind of comment/reply.
There isn't really place or event involved, but maybe person, because someone from far that I had connection of managed to ask me for emergency funds that he needs and because of this pandemic, where health safety is pretty much my priority and should not go outside as much as possible unless it is really necessary, but this one really takes the most of my at least "current" use of Bitcoin where I was able to send my friend my BTC since he is somehow not really into too much crypto but he knows how to have one and how to hold one. It saved me from going outside, because the day after that transaction happened, there was large increases in cases here in my city and I couldn't imagine what would happen if I still tried to send through money transfer. I don't use bank cards now, so wire transfers isn't an option.

My reason is the same as most people and generally bitcoin can change my whole life for the better especially in financial matters because bitcoin can offer its users various opportunities to make money depending on their own skills and intelligence.
and besides that I can use bitcoin as a reserve fund that I can use when there are important things or unexpected events, making bitcoin as a reserve fund is very important and very useful and I experience it, when one of my family is sick or has an accident can helped him spontaneously when the situation couldn't be resolved other than I made a sudden sale of bitcoins and only sold what was needed.

This is pretty much the same story that I have experienced up to now, especially in terms of economy I can generate income both monthly and daily from this forum. Bitcoin became my main center when I knew that its potential was to provide a surprise in the future. Not too much different from the many stories I have read about the introduction to Bitcoin, because the first is that we did not believe in the potential of Bitcoin and did not expect it to be this big. Many of us sold them early and probably left the Satoshi in their scattered wallets. But a few years later we almost looked up the number of Satoshi in all the wallets and collected them. It has considerable value today.

bitcoin changed my life in the sense that it gave me an opportunity to invest for the future. through bitcoin i was able to earn by trading altcoins to bitcoin and it gave me the financial freedom to buy what i need and provide for my family. especially here in the philippines, because life here is hard and we are not especially rich. so through bitcoin I was able to fulfill some of my dreams.

Well, you're on point and you've got a better aura than the others who are trying hard to start a discussion without anything to talk about aside from the product that they introduce and it's only about it, nothing else. It's also my dream to work for any exchange or any company that's focused on crypto, a legitimate company that will impact not only me as a person while working there but also a lot of people that will benefit from that company's services offer.

You are one of those few people who know and are involved in bitcoin at this time. When you consider the whole world population and then the percent of people having bitcoin, you will be shocked. You don't need to do anything big, just keep on buying bitcoin every month with what ever money you have and never sell them. After 10 years, you will be in the list of richest people of the world.

This also happened to me. The first panic, and then mistrust, but later a great chagrin from past sales, as the price rises incredibly. It always stays in the memory. Today, I just don't look at the investments that I have. I have set some deadlines, and I think that I will not go wrong. I don’t make a religion out of Bitcoin, but faith comes from somewhere by itself.


You are thinking wrong. You forget one moment that Bitcoin is becoming very popular, and the global network is becoming more accessible to different parts of the world. I will cite many accounts as an example that came to the forum themselves, because they were interested in Bitcoin, and they should not have been invited, since they were applicants themselves.

I looked up 'bitcoin forums' and here I am lol. We have a whole marketing team, many of our staff are on twitter and reddit, none of the team are on here because i came here from my own accord :P

I work for a bitcoin exchange company, we buy/sell limited coins (3) but concentrate all our efforts into marketing BTC. The company is one of the longest running exchanges that serves the UK, and our CEO and other OG staff are all bitcoiners, so I don't really understand why you seem so frustrated at the thought of me being on here. We all have the same goal of mass adoption, I am a marketer of Bitcoin as well as a marketer of CoinCorner :D

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Well, you're on point and you've got a better aura than the others who are trying hard to start a discussion without anything to talk about aside from the product that they introduce and it's only about it, nothing else. It's also my dream to work for any exchange or any company that's focused on crypto, a legitimate company that will impact not only me as a person while working there but also a lot of people that will benefit from that company's services offer.
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Yeah, I think it's important people reading this thread also know that CoinCorner isn't ran by fiat hungry CEOs like many other exchanges, but true maxi bitcoiners who have the same goals and visions for Bitcoin that people who come to this forum have!

Yeah it's a dream come true for me, put your CV in some places, you'd be surprised what can happen! I never would've thought I would be where I am today that's for sure :)

Yes, Bitcoin has helped me very much. Bitcoin provided a lot more opportunities for so many people, like me.Years back before I discovered Bitcoin I had no serious job that can make me a good income, but when I discovered Bitcoin and through the opportunities that were available in The Bitcoin And blockchain industry, I was able to get a very good job that has been able to sustain my life and also helped me for years now. So, this has changed my life a lot and I’ve also been able to achieve a lot of things through what I’ve gotten here,and also seen some growth in myself and all areas of my life.

Bitcoin has not really helped me financially in a big way  because I sold mine way to early I also used to have a fair bit of Litecoin which I also sold way to early. Now I dont really do much with Bitcoin but my money is now mostly in alt coins or shit coins as people like to call them I now have a decent amount of money in staking coins and can happily say I am making profits from them. I doubt I will really buy much into Bitcoin again as there are now so many other coins which are both far easier to mine and stake and get a decent return back. :)

Bitcoin has opened a lot of opportunities for and change my life for the better, before bitcoin i struggled a lot to find ways to make some extra income and to do the things i like because all of my salary or at least back then when i was a student and had to pay for my rent barely allowed me to enjoy things but never to realized my goals, but thanks to bitcoin i was able to always make some extra money that i was able to take use it and still do whatever i want from going out to taking some trips and ever i was able to get my own car, so i am really thankful that i have stumbled upon bitcoin from an early time.

There's a big changes by the way compared to my last job wherein i need to work 8-9  hours and take overtime just to have a good salary, now because of bitcoin it becomes so easy and you don't need to wake up early and to go home late because you can actually work from home.. And i can also do more stuff such playing games watching social media videos and no one can control my time.. So I'm thankful with crypto because without it probably i am still like puppet working too hard without any progress.. Lol

The Crypto market does not change my life yet, but I find one type of satisfaction to work in the crypto industry. The market ecosystem and the market volatility, all these craziness feel me one type of next leveled satisfaction, Thats why I don't care much about earning, I just enjoy the market situation.

Dont give up as long you do make yourself sustainable on this market and even earning on gradual phase then that signifies that you do really have the chance on changing up your life when it comes to finances.
There are lots of people had able to changed up their lives and also there are people who had totally get wrecked.We shouldnt focus much on the pro's yet there would be always cons behind it.
In regarding into my situation then this is something i could say that it did affect me positively which i can already buy the things that i do like which i cant do back in the past.

Having Bitcoin actually gives me an opportunity to start a business, yeah, I gain some capital which is enough for me to start doing business. Many people had said it was a scam thing and now, I've proved to them that they are wrong. In fact, they are in asking me now. Maybe I was selfish but I'd never tell them. I just told them to make their research as that is what I did before. My point here is that I don't like to be blamed for whatever happens to them.

I just conclude that Bitcoin is a great opportunity for those who wanted to have a better living, not a thing that we just ignored.

Bitcoin really help a lot to gain more. I become more interested in trading and research more about crypto. Such a great job for me since i am not that interested when it comes to research things but as time goes by i become more interested with it.

personally I just joined this bitcoin a few years ago and I learned a lesson in it that patience and prudence are the main things. patience in dealing with the ups and downs of the crypto market and also prudence in managing the assets owned. Bitcoin has changed my life both from an economic side and from another side such as effort and also mental. I think we learn to be able to handle our own assets where it affects the profits that can be obtained in the future. so make the most of it.

It's made me spend countless hours talking to people in forums like this, and on reddit. Not bad, but definitely a lot of time spent haha

You are very lucky to have started to understand that patience and prudence are important things for investors to have. So I'm not surprised to
know you've managed to get a lot of benefits from Bitcoin that can change your life for the better. But unfortunately, there are still many investors
who don't have these two things, which makes it difficult for them get benefit from Bitcoin. I have been in the crypto world for years, and Bitcoin
has helped improve my economy. Therefore I want to educate more people, especially those around me, so that they can enter the crypto world
and feel what benefits I have gotten from Bitcoin.

Yeah it is worth the time and effort as long it could give out learning and would really be beneficial for you in long term as you can apply it on your future actions to be made which would really possibly you earn.

Bitcoin opportunities could really be life changing and we've seen people who had actually changed up their lives even if theyre young or simply doesnt really care on what age you do have

as long you do know on what you are doing and deal with this volatile market.

a better living in term of what?

trading? i dont think so, trding is not for everyone.
investment? i dont think so, it has super ultra mega hyper risky.
a future currency? yas that is true but the world isnt completely ready.
an innovative business model? yas that is true but you would suffering during the proccess.
i do like bitcoin in term of everything but .. the environment around isnt fully supportive, time just will tell us.

Before I know about bitcoin I was poor, I don't have money to study in university. After collecting bitcoin from bounty and etc finally I sold my btc to pay tuition. I active in this forum and learn many things from other members here. For poor people it is very hard to do investment because we need a lot of money first. But now I can invest just by click a button to start investing and don't need big number of fund. The ease of investing is really help me a lot. I am so glad that there so many legendary members who share their knowledge and information so my skill can be improved.

Bitcoin brings me a lot of extra benefits when my job salary is dissatisfied. This has to make me love to invest in cryptocurrencies more, learn and understand more about cryptocurrencies, and continue to invest in cryptocurrencies. I am very satisfied in my current state, and many goals are gradually being achieved.

Bitcoin has not only brought me wealth but also a sense of excitement. I took my savings after work and invested in Bitcoin. The volatility of Bitcoin caused my emotions to fluctuate. Before that, I didn’t I have experienced it, but I can control myself not to miss this opportunity. I did not choose to give up Bitcoin. I believe that it will bring me more surprises in the future. At the same time, I also invest in some other mainstream currencies to make short-term gains.

2008= A global financial crises where most of the people responsible actually prospered - regular people lost their homes and or savings while the broken financial system was deemed "Too Big to Fail" and by the way... the financial system is still broken and will fail again.


I was a real estate broker in 2008 the financial crash was already happening in early 2007. On a personal scale most of my co-workers, clients and myself were financially devastated. This made me interested in really learning how money works and economics in general.
By 2013 I was still in 100's of thousands of dollars in unsecured debt and the "crazy magical internet money" bitcoin began to look like a real alternative to the current system so it became a hobby.

I mined, made some money, got on my feet, spent and gave away.
Some of those I gave to spent, one I gave to saved it for years and recently cashed out to make a huge positive life change, a couple more are still Hodling more than me :-)
Whatever bitcoin becomes, it has already personally changed my life positively.

Plus I just friggen' love it !!

Yes, it has changed my life in one way because of bitcoin I don't spend money as freely anymore. Every dollar I spend now feels like spending $300 because I think that's how much it would be worth in about 3-10 years if I were to put that money into bitcoin or any other currency like eth. So I'm living much leaner these days.

I just need to provide one statistic to tell how Bitcoin has changed my life. Ever since I joined this forum in March 2014, the total time I have logged in to this forum is 66 days (1594 hours). That is almost 1 hour per day for the last 7 years. And it has been rewarding for me in financial terms. When I made my first investment, the exchange rate was just $600 per coin. Now it is almost 80x higher. I have made investments in other assets as well, but none of them have provided as much profit as Bitcoin has. I can say one thing with 100% surety. Without Bitcoin, my financial condition would have been much worse, and I would have been struggling to make ends meet.

Bitcoin has not brought great changes to my life, but opened a new world. I began to think about what change decentralization would bring.

Yes while,Bitcoin dident make me rich  it was a forefront for me getting into crypto. I mined it back in 2011 and then lost interest  and like an idiot thought it would not go anywhere. I almost lost all my wallet keys at one point because I lost interest.   When the price started to rise and it started to be more in the media and mainstream news I took notice of it again and  ended up selling what I had at the time.  Now I dont really do much with Bitcoin but I invest in a lot of staking  and alt coins so yes Bitcoin did get me into crypto in the first place and 8 years later  im still very much involved with crypto :)

It’s been an awesome and humbling experience. The fact that Bitcoin doesn’t discriminate and is accessible to almost everyone is life changing. The ever-increasing knowledge of Bitcoin also helps in some decision making as regards the financial market. I’m beyond grateful for this!

I also since getting to know Bitcoin have become wiser in spending money, because my money can make a big profit if I buy Bitcoin. So every
extra money I get I will buy Bitcoin, because I already understand that holding Bitcoin can make me rich. Indeed, the profit that I make from
Bitcoin cannot be obtained instantly, but by having patience the profit will come by itself. Bitcoin has taught me how to be rich and until now
I always allocate money every month to buy Bitcoin. Because I already understand by investing in Bitcoin my life will get better.

I remember firstly came into the crypto world, have no Bitcoin, only from altcoins Bounty that was very not worthy.
Then, it came into a signature campaign with BTC payment. That was likely the beginning of how I could have my Bitcoin.
My life can change because of that BTC.
I was not a full-time worker in real life, and payment from that campaign was one of the incomes that I should use with my little family.
So hard, of course.
I was working and working hard again, not selling all of my BTC, some are used for trading.
Learning to trade Bitcoin is not easy, moreover from autodidact.
It was a hard time.
And then the price of Bitcoin was rising and rising, I could start smiling when looking into my balance.
Yeah, Bitcoin has really helped my life, much.

2012 the first time I know Btc. But at that time all I did was daily trading, taking profits little by little and never thinking about the future at this time. I only saw Btc as an alternative looking for profit at that time, survived daily trading for about 4 months then I sold everything because I was bored. Then I left everything. A few years later, 2017 i saw news about Btc on television, this is very shocking, if only i still had it maybe my life would be better. 2017 till now I don't want to miss the opportunity. investment is future saving, so is Btc.

Bitcoin really changed my life. Previously I knew how to make money just by working at least 8 hours a day, getting up early, going to the office and working. In a day I have to lose a lot of time for family, all I do is just to make money. And now everything has changed, i am not ordered and i am free to do it any time. Not much but very enough for my little family.

Most of us had a wonderful experience in Bitcoin, many were getting benefits compared to those who losses their BTC because of their carelessness.
Not only it gives us money but having this investment teaches us how to become strong and patient. We learn also how to control our emotions in such a way that not all the time the market gives us a favor, and the last thing is we've learned how to take care of our funds as we are prone to hacking.

We experience losses as our mistake but we also find a way to correct it and recover from getting down. And we can see that many things it changes us mentally and financially.

I havent leave out my day job on going full time with crypto or simply dealing with coins because it cant really assure that i could make money with it on constant basis which
i do really think off on being to risky if you would really be going full time and you cant sustain yourself but if you do then it could really give out that kind of benefit
that you could have lots of time with your family without needing to work for 8-10 hours a day but for those who do only treat it as a side income then it would really be
an another story.

Bitcoin change my life in the past 3 yrs. some friends introduce bitcoin to me and im eager to know about this cryptocurrency. But now bitcoin gives me financial freedom.

it is true that bitcoin can provide a better life, but it must be remembered that real permanent jobs that already exist should not be abandoned, because that is the real monthly result that we will get, different from bitcoin.
bitcoin work we can do anytime, yes ... of course that's true. but because the income is uncertain, it is not recommended to stop working. let bitcoin work to increase the income that is definitely received every month.

Although I don't have such a successful story like yours, Bitcoin has assisted in my financial stability, something sort of an emergency fund, which is set aside and constantly being reinvested, pursuing a small passive income.

Bitcoin had its ups and downs, but in the end, it didn't disappoint me, as a university student, having money set aside is vital, in case of an emergency or applying for another degree and so on.

I didn't understand what the Bitcoin was in the first time I heard the Bitcoin. Later, my friend introduced the Bitcoin, I fell in love with Bitcoin. Some people say that Bitcoin is "scam", I have a big smaller with her, I have always believed that Bitcoin. Bitcoin has also growing better and better. I also met a lot of friends with the same hobbies because Bitcoin.

Hey who can complain at financial stability! I was a student myself up until this year, and I definitely prefer holding what savings I do have in BTC and not depreciating away in a 'savings account' 

The day I discovered bitcoin it changed my life hence it gave me a extra income that really helped be financially while doing my full time job. This discovery will surely the greatest thing happened in my life because my future holds will be a better life in the future and crypto currency opened up more opportunity to be a financially freedom person that I am today.

Hobbies? do you really think that bitcoin investment is just for fun? lol this endangered your funds so make it serious and reasonable .
income in signature and bounty ? haven't you tried investing and trading as well?

there are so many opportunity in this market aside from our real Job that pays us daily/monthly rate.

here we can make more funds if we know where to deal and how to.

Definitely not complaining, Bitcoin and crypto in general have been generous with me, I don't have exact plans for these funds, nor do I need them for my daily expenses, thus, it's best to have them aside, generating a little bit of income on top of them.

I might consider buying a motorcycle with them, but I haven't made up my mind yet.

bitcoin changed my life.  from real finance based jobs to virtual finance based jobs.  here I can get profit easily, without having to work 8 hours per day and can work freely without any element of coercion from the leadership.  bitcoin has taught me good and detailed asset management, so that assets can be maintained and profit can be obtained every day

Bitcoin really change my life, this is not a fake story but if we know how to hey advantage with it we can be success. At past i don't have house, but after joined some bounties and then trade my reward, i can have it now although it is not a big house. And at least it can made my parents really proud of me because maybe if only rely on main salary, will very hard for me to get a house.

Bitcoin opened up the world of cryptocurrency to me. I never thought I’d see such a beautifully designed currency and a mysterious founder, and it just amazes me.

You have a good story in the beginning you know Bitcoin, I on the other hand, at the beginning I knew Bitcoin I didn't believe it, What is Bitcoin, but I realized what I said was 'wrong'.

That's where I tried to learn the real and real Bitcoin, finally I found the answer for me personally, indeed for now, believe it or not, Bitcoin can change all lives, especially for me personally. What's even more great is that Bitcoin can change the world economy as it is today, it must be admitted.

No wonder during this pandemic, many governments are turning the 100°c direction, Bitcoin is right.

If you are just dependent on your day job salary then we cant really able to reach out our dreams, this is why it is really just right that you would really pursue your goal because this would

really be pushing yourself into doing things and taking up some risk on dealing with crypto specially with Bitcoin.It could really changed up someones situation in terms of financial aspect if you

have done it right but always think that this is a risk market for you to get involved because success doesn't really come after easily.

It’s an interesting story. Bitcoin hasn’t changed my life yet, but it has obviously changed my work and rest schedule, changed my understanding of finance, and changed my naive and immature view of the world and the government.
But it didn't change my wallet. The truth is sad.

To be honest, before getting to know bitcoin, or cryptocurrency, I was a student who just went with the flow, and just wanted to have a monthly salary just like any other worker. however, after I learned, and got to know bitcoin, little by little, I built several businesses from the income I had. Yes, this is like a dream. A few years ago, I was even stumped on finding a way to even buy something I needed. Currently, I can even help some of my family with economic problems.
well, to be honest, my life changed a lot when I got to know bitcoin, or cryptocurrency. I hope that friends in this forum also have positive stories about it. because of some history that I see, quite a lot of people are not really making good use of this technology. even they are in a hurry so as to make their assets diminish.

Bitcoin has not changed my life, but it has changed my thinking and allowed me to better manage investment. This has brought me into a new era. Not everyone can come to an end on this road. However, I have gained a lot. Cryptocurrency must be the future trend. Sooner or later, traditional paper currency will be eliminated. Time will tell us the answer!

congrats for your acceptance on bitcoin exchange,
bitcoin has changed me a lot especially financially, besides that I can know a lot about the technology provided by the blockchain itself, and I regret knowing bitcoin too late

Bitcoin made me change very drastically, from who I am who I can help people in need around me, my family, my friends. It's constrained in terms of the economy. That I got once I got to know bitcoin, I was also able to earn enough to make me able to live and buy what I wanted.

BITCOIN, there are various opportunities to make money.  That kind of flexibility means you can still earn while maintaining your job or daily routine. As a digital currency, bitcoin allows you to make money and conveniently acquire consumer goods and services anywhere and anytime. You can earn with bitcoin in several ways, which you can easily choose depending on your interests and goals. The main area where all bitcoin investors stand to make good money.

With all of these meaning changing is already your life mate, though it is starting yet this is reality of your living status now.
we are all is, though yor looking for success to tell that you have life changed but wrong , lose or win but we are now a new person from Bitcoin.
Just keep tracking which to invest mate, find legal job to offer here and use the funds as capital for investments .

Hi mate, of course you are more fortunate when you join bitcointalk (2011), of course it is clear that you have been in the business for a long time. found out about bitcoin earlier than I (2017), who actually knew when bitcoin experienced significant growth. Haven't had time to enjoy having bitcoin as the basis for payment from the beginning of the bounty establishment on bitcointalk. where in the beginning there were more payments with bitcoin compared to other coins.

When I started joining, there were a lot of new altcoins growing and payments were made with altcoins. although there are still those who pay with bitcoin, but relatively few start, because the price of bitcoin has started to increase at that time. so all the bounties start using altcoins, but the price can still be very meaningful and can be exchanged for bitcoin, not for now it's very difficult to do that.

Bitcoin has indeed changed a lot of people with the value attached to it and brings good luck to those who own it. Change will clearly be felt if anyone can have bitcoin because it will change their current life if they have.

Since getting to know bitcoin of course we have their own stories because for now there are many bitcoin users can change their lives up to 180° and this is obtained in a short time because they dare to take action and believe that bitcoin is one of the digital currencies that will develop for the future and now the price is already very high until the profits obtained are very large if they have invested in the previous year, And I myself have now got satisfactory results because I follow the project that we can rely on.

Bitcoin symbolises a lot of things:
- Resistance to systemic economic dysfunction.
- The ability of one person to create a monumental shift in the world.
- Financial freedom.
- Financial transparency, among many other things.

Bitcoin has changed my life by changing the way I view the world. It gives me optimism for a better future.

I have read many success stories of investing in Bitcoin, most of them are successful because they believe in the future of Bitcoin. Which they
patiently collect Bitcoin and wait until the price goes up, I also experienced life changes for the better after getting to know Bitcoin. I can make
big profit from Bitcoin, so my economy did change drastically after investing in Bitcoin. I believe Bitcoin has changed the lives of many people for
the better, for those who experience losses when investing in Bitcoin, do not despair to continue to study Bitcoin until we really understand Bitcoin,
in fact if we already understand how Bitcoin works. To make a profit from Bitcoin is not difficult.

Bitcoin was the start of my crypto career. Actually, all people start with Bitcoin I think. I don't mean that everybody buy it straightaway, but investigating this market and learning the technology of blockchain everybody starts with classic Bitcoin. In my opinion, Bitcoin will be adopted by many countries and companies as a means of payment, so it will play more and more important role in our lives.

In my case, I started with Bitcoin in 2012. I guess that is the case with the vast majority of the cryptocurrency investors. But I know a few cases where noobs first invested in some shitcoin and lost all of their money. I had rather mixed experience with altcoins. My first investment in an altcoin was for Litecoin. It gave me good returns. But then in 2013 I invested in Quark, Terracoin, Ixcoin, Freicoin.etc and all of them gave me a loss. And perhaps because of this, I didn't took ETH seriously in 2014 and even now that is one of my biggest regrets.

this reminds me of a few years ago when I started pioneering and entering the crypto world. at that time i started to invest little by little and also follow the bounty till now. of course it has changed the financial and mindset. that's why i feel lucky because i have joined this crypto world and make good use of bitcoin and other crypto. The more we come here, the more we realize that we must have a goal so that we can focus on achieving that goal.

You did this because you have trust, not all people made their day so overwhelming, some did not able to reach their goal due to their mindset. Those who believe and trust Bitcoin will succeed, it wasn't just being a lucky person because that is our choice in the first place. We take this risk, we sometimes lose however, we keep our faith strong which is why we are still here.
I couldn't deny myself that Bitcoin had to change my life financially and I was really happy with the results. Not just in terms of money but because I gain how to be strong in times of difficulties and decision-making.

I was still in college when my friend who is really good at our has class changed. I become confuse so I asked him why. He said he is already earning money so getting a degree is not that important to him because he don't need a job due of what he is doing. I am becoming more interested on him so I asked him what is he doin and is it legal ? He introduce this forum to me and told me ways on how to earn through this forum. From that I start to engage myself in different crypto staffs that help me in my financial needs. I bought my very first android phone, buy clothes, eat delicious food, be able to provide some money for my family, used it to finish my thesis, etc. Yes there are tough times that feels like I want to quit crypto but I always found myself coming back to this thing.

in 2018 i came to know about bitcoin and cryptocurrency. after that i studied a lot about crypto world. Like many people, I first became interested in bitcoin after numerous contact points. And finally in 2019 i started my journey with $100 and took it to $1000. this was the turning point in life. And after that i never look back and i just grew up.

Good thing bounty before were really proofitable that is able us to invest in bitcoin when the price still at low. I was glad I was ale to find bitcointalk during th time I waslooking for extra income and mining were in emand also that time. Bitcoin opens me to the idea of investing, though I regretted not veing able to invest alot but the profit it have given me is moe than enough than juat waiting for promotion or salary increase iin my job that time.

For myself bitcoin has made my dreams come true one by one. And what I like the most is this is the job I've always dreamed of, being able to earn money without leaving the house and meeting face to face with many people because I am a shy person and this makes me very grateful to know bitcoin. Besides that, I have made a lot of money from bitcoin, which is a dream house and it is on the bitcoin forum that I also got my current wife. So much fun even though there are many obstacles that must be faced.

Bitcoin destroyed my life. I went all in at around $20k with pretty much my whole life savings and after that the crash happen and i sold all of my investment in Loss.  I'm also not here for pity. I only blame myself. Just wanted to show a different kind of story to all of you.

Well, maybe for some people, Bitcoin has changed their lives, especially the early adoptors of the cryptocurrency. The latecomers of course have not experienced that yet so I think it is safe to say that Bitcoin changed the lives of those who supported it in its early years. If you are asking how Bitcoin changed my life, well I don't know yet as I have not earned so much with Bitcoin so I really cannot give you any solid thing about my life that got changed by it.

Your current achievement is very extraordinary because you can join the large community of bitcoin, but not all of us who already know bitcoin feel the same way sometimes those who have been in the crypto world for many years but the results obtained have not been satisfactory as I feel at this time the biggest achievement i have not been able to reach the maximum number but for the needs of the days has been very satisfying, And for now we still have big ambitions to keep fighting and want to get bigger results.

it seems bitcoin is testing your life but not changing your life, be patient. I was previously like you too, when the price started to fall I started to panic and almost sold all my assets, but his friend realized me to be patient if the bitcoin market went down soon and would be pumped again. Finally my assets were saved.

I know bitcoin in 2014 when the price was around $110, at that time I was actively participating in faucets, giveaways and many PTCs that paid bitcoin, unfortunately most of the bitcoins I got I used to participate in HYIPs and cloud mining and I got scammed a lot, if I hold it until now then from giveaway and faucets i can have money up to $75k.

what about before ? you cant manage your finances verry well ? thats not good as it can lead to losses but thanks to bitcoin that your manerism have change and you have now time for your finances ,
maybe because bitcoin is too volatile and we are afraid that we can loose instantly ? this makes people attentive in the money that they put in btc .  its amazing that btc provides many benefits  , its more than just a currency

We're practically the same mate, bitcoin was also introduced to me way back 2016 and I was more focused on hanging out with friends like living the life to the fullest and playing a lot in online games. I wasn't that interested in bitcoin and I can't understand how it works. Luckily, some friends and family of mine introduced it again to me and I was fascinated because they can much afford most expensive techs or things. Later on I was interested and also started in this forum doing bounty and signature campaigns and eventually learn the way how crypto works and benefit much from it. Bitcoin is sure quite handful and helpful to my life because I can now afford such things.

Bitcoin did Not Destroy your Life , It is your Stupidity that destroyed it.

You invested that big amount when everyone here keeps advising people to "INVEST ONLY WHAT YOU CANA FFORD TO LOSE yet you have the guts saying this word?

it is your greediness that makes you fall and you deserve that.

Most of us have same mistake but we have no feeling in delivering like this because we accepted our mistakes in selling while in Panic.

Nice to hear you made it into the community. Bitcoin also changed my life for the better. I guess it's fair to say you got a dream job alright. I have been in cryptos for a few years now, and would much like to work in the industry. The crypto Industry is growing at a fast pace and new opportunities are opening every day. I hope I can get my dream as well.

As long as I know bitcoin my life has changed for the better first my opinion was just waiting for the monthly salary from working in the office but now I have earned more from bitcoin investment.
first I know bitcoin I don't believe in bitcoin but my friend tried to convince me to invest in bitcoin then I tried with a small capital after I saved about 3 months then the profit from bitcoin was extraordinary so I believe bitcoin can be used as an asset for the future.

Personally Bitcoin have made me understand what is life. Because, I never had any intention to save money. Fortunately what I invested gave good return. But, I wasn't able to enjoy the profit as I doesn't had good understanding about the market in the past. Later my mind got deviated towards gambling and now I'm suffering for money. Because, now I'm in need of money and I don't have it. So, bitcoin have taught me about life.

I graduated from school  some years ago. I started searching for job until someone introduced me to bitcoin investment and how someone can use it to earn huge amount of money every week or every month in the country. Since I started investing on bitcoin many things has changed positively, I am now creating businesses all over the communities to also help others to have something to achieve in the country.
I have achieved a lot of positive income from bitcoin. I can trade by myself without the help of facilitator. I know when to buy bitcoin and hold until the price increase before i can supply to to make a suitable profit.

Just on a tone of humour (or not …), and after reading a few sad stories here, one may need to consider therapy at some point, in accordance to the following brief questionnaire:

See https://castlecraig.co.uk/help-advice/guide-to-cryptocurrency-addiction


Note: Not publicizing the site at all, but I came across an article in the Sun (https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/16333999/cryptocurrency-rehab-clinic-addiction/) of all places, that led me to above site. Browsing it out of curiosity, I ventured to quote the extract for entertainment purposes.

Not just Bitcoin, but cryptocurrencies.
I don't actually know if my life is affected positively or negatively.
Before I knew cryptocurrencies, if I lost $20 I will be very much pained. But since I knew cryptocurrencies, I can sleep and wake yo see slump to $100, $200 of my portfolio and my mind remains unshaked. Cryptocurrencies have made me not to be afraid to loss monies. My heart is very strong now. So I don't even know it it's a positive or negative change in my life.

Well, the problem with faucets before is slow accumulation of satoshis and then difficulty in withdrawing them. I have not heard of people getting rich just by working with faucets. If there was then that person might have invested a lot in technology in order to accumulate those satoshis. Anyway there faucets and there are "mining" websites, that lets you mine but also the withdrawal is too high and you would not be able to wait until the satoshis accumulates. Very few perhaps were patient enough to save these websites.

Maybe the title has just become specifically mentioned Bitcoin but i guess it is better to ask " Has crypto Change your Life"? that is more relevant i guess since not all of us are sole crypto investors/users instead we are separated of other altcoin though our main holding is bitcoin.
 
So yes my life changed by Crypto and not just Bitcoin , as i invested and earn much Higher from my Altcoin investing/trading than Bitcoin alone.

Bitcoin make me more wise to use my Money. Before i know about bitcoin i just spend my money into stupid thing like cloths, toys and buy something useless in game. So after i knowing about bitcoin i spend my money more wiser like investing and split my money into 2 instrument (saving and spending).

When I first heard about Bitcoin, I mistook it for Ponzi (of course so many of us did) it dawned on me when Bitcoin made it's first rise and then the finances doubled if not tripled....


The long and short of it is that purchasing Bitcoin and investing on crypto generally has taught me a lot of things I didn't believe it would...

Maybe a story like yours is experienced by many people, as an investor of course you take lessons from losses, and now is the right time if you want to take the lost money, but I suggest to hold and be patient if the price drops because I believe that bitcoin this year can reach at least $90k.

Bitcoin has really helped me and I thank the guy that introduce me to this forum as here has been my major source of information in relation to Bitcoin and crypto currency generally. Trading forex has something that I was learning though not successful but that experience has helped me in trading Bitcoin and other Altcoins which I have earned some reasonable money as compared to when I was trading forex.

I got to know bitcoin about 6 years ago, at that time I collected bitcoin from various sites and programs such as cloud mining, faucets, giveaway, ptc and so on, and after I patiently held it for up to 8 months I was able to earn around $4500 and for me this is money so big that I could pay for college and buy a motor racing sport.

if I may know, where do you work? I really want to be like you, but in my area there is no cryptocurrency office. i have joined bitcoin and know bitcoin for 4 years, from bitcoin i live and feed my family, my life is almost depend on bitcoin, there is no other job besides this. During the 4 years of my life many changes, have real assets for my future, such as vehicles, houses, small investments. that's all I make from bitcoin. I am very grateful when I meet a friend who gives a little knowledge about bitcoin, I will never forget him. but only one thing i haven't achieved yet, which is like you can work on bitcoin exchange.