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It's time to share your experience.
(choose one question and share your thoughts)

1. what helped you blend into this space?

2. tell us how your journey in cripto has been.

 3. what would be your advice to the newbie still trying to figure things out?

4. Did you also have the "get rich quick" mindset. I bet it slowed down your learning process.

In everything, there are laid down procedures to doing them, on this forum, a newbie is expe to read the forum's rules and regulations first, get used to the forum and know how it works, read more often than posting, then for someone like you, i expect you to have discovered this or make use of the search engine to know if this aspect had been discussed or not, in case you don't know, here's a similar thread  [Interviews] with Bitcointalk members  (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5262967.0)


An average person who has a good purpose for joining this forum wouldn't have thought about this first.

I will answer all you questions in accord.

• As we all know, the crypto space is a large eco system, filled with different types of cryptocurrency and Blockchain related. At first, one would be confused where to start from because they are numerous things you have to learn. The best way I blended into Bitcoin world was my agility to learn and understand various factors that were relevant before attempting to start investment. Alot of people learn from the wrong source, which of course leaves them with a wrong idea of how everything works.
• So far I have had the best experience with Bitcoin compare to when I was newbie and at such I would advice all newbies to who are ready to gasp hold of the Bitcoin technology to be open minded and ready to learn. These no knowledge wasted the more you read, the more knowledge you aquire.
• I always had this belief that in life, nothing good comes without adding any effort. The major cause of this idea of get rich scheme are people who goes around finding potential newbies to steal from. They teach Bitcoin investment in a wrong way telling others that they can make thousand of dollars within couple of hours or a day which is not how Bitcoin works. I have experienced this alot of times before now, but even with the little knowledge I had back then, I always ignore anything that sounded too good to be true. Bitcoin investment takes a gradual process in acquiring profits and without proper knowledge, this will not be possible.

I got in for the greed, but I'm staying for the revolution.

The more I understood about how the protocol works, its incentive structure, main value proposition, and its Ethos, the more I understood that it's something that we need to own as a back up/fall back in case the current financial system collapses.

Plus it probably slowed down the learning process, but it was not to a great extent.

We have been sharing experience here even before you join but since you want to take us back and talk about it again, let discuss something about newbies still trying to figure things out. Unfortunately, you didn't specify in your thread as to whether you are talking about the forum or the crypto entirely. By the way, it has never been easy for any upcoming individual which we normally refer to as newbies. As a newbie who's still trying to figure out things, you're advice to keep calm, observe and learn before you begin to take any action. If it's in this forum, as a newbie, you should read about the forum rules and as well as asking questions when necessary. On the other hand, if it's about crypto currency entirely, you are to learn from the experts, do personal research before any investment.

No one is born as an expert, we were all once a newbie before progressing from one level to another and that's one more reason you should not feel discouraged being a newbie but rather focus on achieving your goals.

Never had the "get rich mindset" I was aware from the start of my journey that
patience was going to be a trait I would have to exercise, now 6 years later I am still
patient.

I did dabble with altcoins and learned soon after that it was a mistake, it didnt slow
down my learning process because "every day is a school day" and we learn
from all events

Yes, I believe we all want to get rich quickly and that's part of the reason we chose this market, but getting rich quickly here does not mean becoming rich overnight or in just a few months, everything also takes time and process. In my opinion, because the volatility of cryptocurrency is huge and if we can make the best use of it, it will help us shorten the path to wealth somewhat. But everything has its price, we can shorten the path to getting rich but in return we will take more risks than others, sonot everyone will choose this path.

1. Knowledge

2. There are ups and downs, win and loss but it was quite a ride. Everything is still new and fascinating to me

3. Learn, learn and learn. DO not follow anyone

4. No "get rich quick"  mindset.

I want to make this clear that, many newbies have these doubts often regarding the same. They think that they will become rich overnight by investing in Bitcoins. It we see then practically this is possible but you need to understand that, in order to get maximum profits in shorter period of time, you need to take high level of risks. These type of risk can make you poor also in overnight. So the amount of money you will make completely depends on you. If your risk intake is high, you will make good money else learn things properly and go for slow yet steady profits.

A simple word of advice to the younguns coming in here; stay focused and determined to excel despite the challenges you might encounter here. For some newbies who are more for joining the sig campaigns than any other thing, they would want to do anything possible just to rank up and as such flout some of the rules of the forum. The best thing is to be patient and make good posts, that way you're winning both ways; contributing positively and receiving merits for your effort.

You must try to collect your intentions to find what you want from crypto and be willing to try to achieve what you want.
If you can, you will search until you find it and will not give up.
Our journey in crypto will be different but we will experience moments of profit and loss depending on our knowledge.
Those who are still beginners must be willing to learn from many sources and not just from this forum so that their knowledge and insight can increase, which will help them understand crypto well.
Never have a "get rich quick" mindset because maybe you will experience disappointment and you will not be able to develop well.
It's better to go through the crypto learning process well so that you can have a lot of knowledge about crypto because that's what's more important.

Never stop learning and do not feel like you know it all, that's the lessons I've learned since I abandoned everything else for crypto, if you want to know more about my past journey when I was still very new with crypto, this topic created by me some time ago could answer your questions.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5443867.msg61870780#msg61870780

All I can say is glory be to God, my dedication and my courage of not giving up on my dream changed everything for me, I made a lot of free money from airdrops and faucets, I lost some of my Bitcoin and altcoins to hack and so on, it wasn't easy.

To answer your question.

I have no other option left, I started looking for money online and I have joined several Hyip networks, I have tried every other ways to make money online and crypto is the only one that works and it actually caught my attention more.

My advice to all crypto beginners is to take their time to learn about crypto and blockchain, it's not something they can learn within a week, there are just so many things to know about, and there are many easy mistakes they can make.

Everyone have the get rich quick mindset these days, but that does not always work, the only way to get rich quickly is by getting involved in illicit activities, and such people don't believe in investments.

Their is no short ways of making gains from bitcoin,  investing in Bitcoin or trading in bitcoin things needs to the be done accordingly. Having Understanding and knowledge is the main thing one needs to have , without these two things it will be very complicated to become successful in trading or investing. Newbies should not be in haste to make money in Bitcoin, seeking for knowledge is the most important thing to capture , without knowledge the money for investing is a waste.

There are other ways of earning through cryptocurrency apart from investment. With the correct knowledge you can be a day trader or also a miner. It is also possible to earn in bitcoin while rendering services like article writing, whitepaper writing, crypto programming and lots more. In a nutshell, there are alot of opportunities in the cryptocurrency industry but you need to learn first before you can earn. That is my surest advice to newcomers in the industry.
Obviously, it slowed down but it will take off again during the upcoming bull run and many people will troop into the space.

Not been easy, been accompanied with many challenges against keeping the bitcoins I have. There is always the temptation to use it to solve pressing needs and the discipline to avoid this has not been easy to maintain.


Take it easy and take your time. If you cannot figure it out in one day, give yourself more time.

I did not have this mindset.

Dont mind me I want to answer each question as well.

Curiousity and having an urge to be able to make money on my own beyond my daily job.

Excellent, I am witnessing crypto gaining mainstream acceptance which when I started out first would be think that we were at least several decades away, but it rather happened in less than one decade.

Crypto is difficult to muster. Stick to bitcoin and stick to long term gains. Shiny new stuff are always losing bets and learn to secure your devices and network before you start.

No. But many newbies have this mindset which needs to be stopped when it comes to any life aspects.

Reading, learning, exploring, and actually putting what I have learned into action have helped me blend into this space better. Basically, you have to have an open mind in this community, you have to always be open to learn various information and be critical about them. Engaging myself in discussions where I can share my own knowledge and learn from others at the same time has helped me adjust and blend into this space. However, I also needed to take each post and statement given by others with a grain of salt and do my own research to see if what they have stated is true and can be relied on as it is easier to survive in this space if we know how to assess the reliableness and credibility of an idea, statement, or news before making a decision or action regarding it. To make it simple, being smart, communicative, critical, and well-informed has truly helped me (and is continuously doing so) to blend into this space.

My simple advice to such newbie is to learn about Bitcoin as much as possible. The information about Bitcoin is available everywhere nowadays and someone who knows English can easily gain the concepts of Bitcoin without much hassle. I recommend such newbies to be active on this forum and read as many threads as possible and whenever he/she wants to know about something then he/she should not hesitate to create his/her own threads and ask about those things. Another advice to such newbie is to read some good books about Bitcoin and its history and also learn about personal wallets and their security before investing in Bitcoin.



I didn't had that "get rich quick" mindset, but yes get rich mindset was always there and it will remain there forever. I think everyone want to have financial freedom and that's what I consider as get rich mindset, and such mindset won't be a burden for you in learning process. But if someone is having that "get rich quick" mindset then that person will never pay much attention to anything and would try his/her best to find ways to get rich as soon as possible. Those people will consider Bitcoin as a money tree and they really don't understand the real purpose of Bitcoin.

Constant learning and observation. I kept reading threads in the forum and also engaged in personal studies outside the forum. I also accepted advice and corrections form senior members of the forum.  Observing the posts and behavior of some members of the forum also assisted me a lot.
I am new in the crypto space and the forum has helped to guide me on this journey. I have learned most of the things that I practice in this forum.  For now, don't have interest in any coin except Bitcoin.
 Read and obey the rules of the forum. And keep learning about Bitcoin in the forum and from credible sources outside the forum. Don't be in a haste to rank up or start getting any form of benefit. Focus on learning and contributing to the forum.
I have seen many people lose funds due to get-rich-quick businesses so I have learned from their experiences. I have observed that most of these schemes are fraudulent. So I don't have such a mentality.

Telling the journey explicitly and explicitly to describe yourself in crypto I don't think it's too important because in the end answer number 2 can be connected to the first answer, especially the reason why we mingle in this forum then it is clear that the answer is the same pleasure for bitcoin so that it makes us more comfortable in interaction and sharing experiences and knowledge in order to find a new thing and convince ourselves that we are not on the wrong track.

As for advice for beginners who are looking further into crypto, especially bitcoin, this is a forum that I think is worthy of being a reference especially in this forum we can discuss well what we don't understand so that it can be straightened out rather than just looking for references from one direction such as google, although that is good but I think it would be more comfortable if new knowledge was carried out in 2 directions where we can ask freely anything about crypto and bitcoin as long as the question is directed.
On the other hand, when we really want to be serious about crypto then it is certain that learning and confidence must be fertilised from the start so that we are really sure that this is the right step to take.

Because there is so much space for what is needed in this room, because it has become a daily profession, I am happy to be in this room.

It was really long, many twists and turns of failure occurred, it is certain that in the end it will impress that we have known in crypto, especially bitcoin.

Learn, improve skills one more never give up hope.

Having a get-rich-quick scheme then he doesn't care about the process, this is more of a ponzi scheme, there is no quick profitable investment at least you have to go through a multi-year process.

The other question seems to be redundant to me, this one I think this one needs to be elaborated on as no one before asked such a Question. For the bet you lose, I did never venture into the market to get a rich fortnight. In another sense, my motive was money the first as a student just pressing luck in every domain from freelancing to YouTube, Blogging to Airdrop Hunting. Airdrops brought me into the market space from there my journey started and yeah as my motive was to get some bucks it did slow my Learning.

But getting rich is a completely different track as where substantial investment and anticipation of gains, while in my case I was just hunting some part-time cents. In the end, Looking back, I find immense satisfaction in those moments. It was a truly remarkable period in my life

I don't want to limit myself to one question. :)

1. Accident and the desire to earn a little extra money.

2. Why “has been”? It's only begining. But in fact, it all started with a not at all positive experience and I hope the end will not be so negative.

3. Take your time and be patient.

4. I have no illusions about “get rich quick.” Only laziness and lack of interest can slow down the learning process.

Does this topic really belong in section "Bitcoin Discussion"?

Even though you didn’t specify what newbies are trying to figure out, are you talking about this community—the forum that you joined recently or the crypto space completely?

However, as a newbie, what you are supposed to do when you are anywhere new is to read the forum rules and regulations, which are mandatory even in these forums. However, you need to calm down and read everything necessary for you to know on the forum, and you will definitely benefit from it. Don’t rush and rank up; it will be of no use if you rank up without background knowledge of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.You will grow with the knowledge. Don’t hesitate to ask questions about everything you don’t understand. Ask people to help you out.


Although when I heard about bitcoin recently, I was thinking it was a get-rich-quick scheme because of the way people were talking about it in my ends,  when I later discovered the existence of this forum, everything was entirely different, so you can see that it is a gradual process. You need to learn from different sources outside the forum and inside the forum, and that is what will help you. I was asking people around me to know more about bitcoin, even though some of them are aware of it and have knowledge of it, but they don’t know about this forum. I was surprised at how they got to know about bitcoin so much.

I blended into the cryptosphere because it helped me financially and helped me get some real work done, like doing research. I was always a bright student (Alhamdulillah), so I wanted to do some work that needed research and that would pay me at the same time. Money made me blend into this space.

I am going to reply some other questions too.  ;D
My journey in crypto was good and I learned a lot of things, of course, things not were good at the start but after getting some knowledge and experience I came to know more and was able to make some money out of it and I found a good way to keep me busy in something productive and in something that is in hype (trending).
Keep trying don't lose hope, Either you have lost some funds due to your dumb mistake then don't give up, gather your energy and try again, but this time don't make dumb mistakes. Try to learn more before doing it practically. Try to listen to everyone but follow your guts only.
Those who have get rich quick mindset. Don't focus on learning or adopting new things, all they need is money and more money. That's why they slow down your learning process. Because the intent is not to learn instead it is to make money. Getting rich quick is the dumbest thing one could do in crypto but unfortunately, every newbie thinks of it as some lucky charm which will take away all of their poverty.

I will advice a newbie to always seek advice from professionals who they've seen to be successful bitcoin investors over the years. They can as well come to the forum and ask questions on things they are not particularly clear about.

They should do well to train themselves with information and education about bitcoin, from YouTube, reading journals and various books and the bitcoin white paper 📜.

They should also learn to stick to a certain investment plan and stick to it and grow little by little within lt, so they can be professional on that angle of cryptocurrency investment.

I'm a financial advisor and have been for close to 20 years now.  I have worked with most all of the major finance companies/banks and I've seen how they operate from within.  The worlds two largest banks (Chase and Bank of America) are corrupt as all sin.  Just take a look at the Chase fraud violation tracker https://violationtracker.goodjobsfirst.org/parent/jpmorgan-chase (nearly 40 BILLION in fraud since the year 2000).  So knowing how corrupt these big banks are, it was a natural lead in to bitcoin, and it's decentralized nature can help fix this , or at least make money better.  I studied bitcoin for an entire year before I ever bought any.  I bought it because I fell in love with the technology...not trying to "get rich quick" by any means.  I wish more people focused on that and less about "profits".  Theymos should ban the word "profits" here on the forum lol.  I'm so sick of that being the majority of peoples "goal" with bitcoin.   It's technically NOT investment, it's digital currency.

To answer the list of questions of @OP

1. Researching and continue updating my knowledge about cryptocurrency especially Bitcoin help me blend into this space.

2.  Its been a mixture of both rough and smooth sailing.  There are times when it is hard to comprehend what lies ahead and there are also times when the market can be easily read.

3.  Don't be greedy and hunt for get quick rich scheme, since it always ends up badly.  Have enough time for learning and keep oneself to be updated.  Diversify not into different cryptocurrency but different types of assets.  Pick Bitcoin as main cryptocurrency investment, it is the safest one in crypto space.

4.  No, I do not have a get rich quick mindset but I do believe in lucky investment.  Investment and learning process are two different thing which can be done simultaneously.  It is the laziness that slows down the learning process.

Initially I never thought that crypto was a quick get rich scheme because all I thought was buying and holding for years before selling so that the price would have gone higher from the actual price reaching like 10× or 20×.

 I always believe that cryptocurrency market is about trading and holding your coin for as long as possible. Enter I finally get i started understanding much things about the market and how everything works. Cryptocurrency will give us discipline and make us not to be too in a haste especially those of us that had been in the market from the beginning.

I read a lot. I watched of Andreas Antonopoulos YouTube videos and also read his book - Mastering Bitcoin.


Just like every other new experiences, it has been filled with its own lessons, ups and downs, doubts and fears and more. I am glad I am here and just like bitcoin has been growing stronger since 2009, so have my journey with it been.

Be Patient. Get the knowledge first. Once you have the knowledge, you can never be too late here.

Yes. At fist because I needed to escape poverty. I am glad, I was knocked back into reality by his book and videos and I got the proper orientation.

Fantastic, if I may say, despite the ups and downs that have tested my fate with crypto. I am incredibly grateful for the years I spent learning about crypto since it has given me the exposure and information I needed to become a better investor in Bitcoin and some other altcoins.

Invest in bitcoin, and DYOR before investing in any project, avoid any project that promises huge returns of investment, avoid telegram chats, and above all don't invest in a project based on  hype given

I never had that kind of mindset. I have the belief from the onset that crypto investment is never a get-rich-quick. It requires patience to succeed in it.

Sharing experience is always a good thing to do because it helps other to grow and correct their mistakes in the space. When people ask questions like this I used to tell to read fillipone thread and my thread because they are experience writing from the forum to the newbies and anyone who care to improve and have a thick skin. My journey in the crypto ecosystem is not too bad. I am doing well in the industry.

1. I am not sure what you mean by "blend in" or "this space". Are talking about the Bitcointalk community or the Bitcoin community? You should be more detailled with your questioning.

2. My journey in crypto has been fun. Although to be more honest, it was rather a journey into Bitcoin, rather than into crypto. The crypto part came much later and has been sometimes disappointing but sometimes amazing.

3. The advice that I would give to a newbie is to never give up.

4. I used to have a quick-rich ideas and phases but I was mature enough to not follow them through.

Learning that it's still new and almost none from my place knew it and that made it unique so I did my part of getting into it.

It's a long story and it's just like someone else's crypto journey where they've started with nothing and then pushed themselves to accumulate and held Bitcoin for a long time and sold at the right time.

Just take your time, it's okay if things aren't moving according to your plans. There's a reason why sometimes things are slowing down and that's for you to adjust. Don't be too pushy to yourselves and invest only what you can until it changes your drive and you want to do more.

Before, sort of. But it has changed when the actual market of Bitcoin shown me that its volatility is enough and much better than having that kind of mindset.
IMHO, this should be on Beginners and Help section.

Someone.
At first I worked on writing articles and I wrote articles about crypto for him. And finally I started to understand a little about crypto. Then he also told me about this forum and how it works. Honestly, at that time what was on my mind when I joined here was to be like him, earn a lot of money, not only from this forum but also from crypto trading. But it turns out the journey was not as smooth as I thought.   :D

It's very complete.
There are feelings of happiness on the one hand, there are also feelings of anger, annoyance, regret, sadness, and all kinds of other emotions combined into one. I was in a very low position, and then I was able to get up again, and I did that by sticking with crypto. And in the end I realized that crypto can really help our lives as long as we are really ready and try, and enjoy doing it...
And here I am, I love this journey

Money matters a lot to everyone, that is what brought me here when I came to know about btc early.

Unbeatable, from watching btc go $1000 for the first time, to seeing Mt gox getting hacked, then crypto crackdown and then the pumps and dumps, it had been the best experience we all gathered since we began our journey.

There are some reputed members on this forum, try to follow them and learn a lot from them.


Yes I had that mindset, but when I saw 2 cycles of btc pump and dump, I was prepared for the 3rd one and did exactly what I planned and even succeeded.

Uhmmmm, unfortunately no and even with the fact that, it was something common on the lips of many in my early days, on how you could let’s say invest in an altcoin because, that opportunity isn’t very much with bitcoin no more except you’ve got huge funds to pump in and ready to wait the time. With altcoins, you could still get over a thousand of them with just $10 and then you start hoping there would be some huge news or something to pump the price to about 1= $1000.

After having some failures in life, you get to crush the ideas of getting rich suddenly or too quick without seeing the work you could put I place to archive those wins you hope or wish for. That was my case. I wasn’t cool of anything been free. I just know you work and earn from your work and having this quick wealth from an altcoin, though it happens, it wasn’t something I placed hopes on.

based on my experience, there is nothing more effective to figure things out than read many posts in this forum and articles related to it. in the past i only use smartphone to active in this forum and sometimes I realized that usually there are more than 99 tabs that exist in my browser, even the icon is not the number of a "99" anymore, the icon was turn out to become a ninja throwing shuriken, maybe the dev trying to catch my attention by doing it. it was very funny experience for me, but I think keep learning is the best way for newbie.

In crypto basically everyone finds get-rich-quick schemes, and they invest, and we know a lot of people have gotten hooked by investing in Bitcoin. But if you are restless to get rich quick then you will surely have maximum period of losing money, that is why a person should never take a quick step. When a person invests his money with the goal of getting rich, he must have common sense, without knowledge and experience, it is never possible to succeed in the future. That's why first of all you need to get a good understanding about bitcoin and about the market and about cryptocurrency trading then investing will surely make you rich. But we know that it is not possible to get rich quick in crypto but it is a matter of time that's why you have to wait long time after investing and be patient only then you can get rich, by investing in crypto.

Quick answers to all rather than one.

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Knowledge. Similar interests automatically bring and bind the similar minded people together.
Plenty money came, undeserved. Plenty gone due to wrong decisions. You learn and try to do better next time.
If you have interest in crypto, you will naturally stay and figure things up. I don't believe in telling people what to do, progress is natural as long as you have interest in the subject.
I did. At one point, I thought of even selling personal property to invest in cloud mining and live of payouts, I remember the cloud mining site name, it was called, "HashProfit". Thank God, I didn't. Wrong decisions make you learn faster than slow.

For newbies, don't rush and take your time to learn. Because if your mind is filled with knowledge before doing anything, you'll understand the flow on how to take advantage crypto for your own benefit.

Yes when I was starting. I want to gain huge in a short period. The reason why I failed many times to profit because of my wrong decisions. The good thing is, I learned something from that experience to improve myself. Giving up is not the solution hence don't be discourage.

But besides cryptocurrencies, what other investments do we have that can bring 10x, 20x, even 100x returns over many years? Almost no, only cryptocurrency can do this so I still consider cryptocurrency a way to get rich faster than other investments. Obviously we all know that cryptocurrencies are risky but the higher the risk the higher the return and that's what we're thinking about. We don't just want to get rich quickly, but we also want to get rich with small amounts of money, and only cryptocurrency can do this. That's why we're here.

The reason I can mingle in this room or forum is none other than the motivation I have regarding the world of investing and trading cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin. Because that was the initial basis for me being able to join this forum/space. But if you mean how can I mingle and adapt in this forum. In my personal opinion, this is all because I am used to this forum and I continue to learn about everything related to this forum. Because at first I was also stiff, awkward, and very insecure about being on this forum. But as time went by, I got used to it.

My story may not be much different from the stories of other crypto investors. Because while I was involved in the crypto world, I started by studying the knowledge first, especially about bitcoin. Because bitcoin investment is a goal that I want and prioritize. Then after that, I started to understand Bitcoin and started investing my money there. After that I started to be interested in altcoins. So this is where I got a lot of experience. It's like making a profit followed by a loss. Although I have never experienced a very big loss. But from there I started to learn a lot more. Such as studying analysis techniques (sentimental, fundamental and technical).

And that's how it is briefly discuss my journey in the crypto realm.

The point is, don't be a lazy person. Because if want to dive into the world of crypto, definitely have to read a lot and learn a lot about cryptocurrencies. Because if don't do this, there is a big possibility that will experience bad things such as experiencing losses or being exposed to fraud. So to avoid all that, reading a lot and learning a lot about cryptocurrency is the solution. And don't forget to always have good motivation, so that during the process/learning become more enthusiastic and don't give up easily.

In the early days I started investing in crypto, especially Bitcoin. I also had that get-rich-quick thought. But fortunately after I entered this forum, I learned a lot, including how wrong it is to have the desire to get rich quickly. So basically I was saved by this forum.

And even though this desire didn't stay in my mind for too long, the impact felt was indeed very significant. For example, the mind and mentality become tired quickly and give up quickly. So having thoughts like that (wanting to get rich quickly) really hinders the continuity of investment or trading in the crypto world.

My crypto journey was tough for some years and some months before I begin to understand crypto investment, because I was thinking, once your have knowledge on centralized currency, it will be easy for you to understand crypto investment and how to use it to achieve your goal. Anytime I had the opportunity to purchased some potential coins from the market hoping that before the end of 4 or 5 months I will double my income, but I will get panic for the bear market that will take me more than 6 months before it will pump higher in the market because I was use to short term holding. But since I switch to long term holding, it has been helping me to achieve a huge amount of income from my investment which you can apply the same strategy in this season

It all started with Robert Kiyosaki's book "Rich Dad, Poor Dad". Thanks to her, I realized that money can work for us, multiplying and bringing new money.
It turned my world upside down and then I realized that it was not necessary to have a permanent job. You need to buy assets, not liabilities, and increase your capital. And then retirement at 35 will be possible! My friends shared this idea with me, and then we all learned about bitcoin. Then it cost $100 for 1.
Then we found out about the forum and started running bounty campaigns. And after all this I can't imagine my life without the world of cryptocurrencies.

My advice for newbies is to be patient and stay active on the forum regularly. Be patient and be active in the forum regularly and try to learn new things all the time. If you have any difficulty in knowing or understanding, then you can directly ask in the forum. People can conquer anything if they have the curiosity to know. If there is regular activity in the forum then a new member will gradually gain enough knowledge about all the topics.
Never follow a get-rich-quick scheme. If you want to get rich in short time then you must choose crooked path and it is not so easy to get rich by crooked way. Crooked way means you have to use your money and try to earn money where money has to bet one way, in that bet you can win money as well as you can lose money so risking so much money is never a right decision.

1.Reading and posting on this forum in the last 7 years.

2.My journey has been pretty calm and straight forward. Many times I failed at timing the market. I've sold some BTC and the price went up. I panicked several times when I didn't have to. I wasn't scammed with big amounts of BTC. I remember that I got scammed with 100 USD back in 2020 and with 30 USD back in 2017. No big deal. You learn from your mistakes.

3.Don't trust anyone and if something seems too good to be true, if most likely is. Don't panic when the prices go down, because the markets always bounce back.

4.I don't think so. I actually never had such mindset and I think that will never become rich(it doesn't matter if it's quick or slow).

I know the op asks to choose one question, but I'll do two of those.
1. There were people I knew IRL who were already a part of the space, but I also found this forum to be full of thoughtful people who have different opinions, so that was nice to see.
4. No, I wasn't in that mindset at all. For one, I was never centred on getting rich, it never seemed important to me. Another point is specifically crypto-related: I was initially sceptical of money that's not issued by an authority, doesn't have a physical version but somehow has value.

I don't think that crypto is get rich quick scheme because if it was then there will be no risk for anyone but people faces risk and then manage it over time so they steadily become rich. But it is also not sure that you will become rich 100 percent the reason is that if crypto can make you rich so it can also make you poor.

Crypto field is not limited to investment only but there are also lots of other things in crypto world but nothing among them can give you quick benefit. You have to work for it for sometime and then you will be able to earn if you successful perform your job.

People only accept crypto for getting money but they don't know that getting money is not so easy because your own invested amount will be in risk therefore be patience if you don't want to waste this amount which you already have put in risky field.

This forum,  this is the place that helped me to blend into the system and everything I leant on cryptocurrency all came from this forum,  so the forum have been my most used tool to blend into this space.
My strong faith in the quest to gain knowledge and earn along the line have been my motivations all through this time,  and for the fact that I took the zeel for the pursuit of knowledge on bitcoin and blockchain made is more easy to become another journey of learning for me after graduation make the journey more exciting.

Just stay focus and determined avoid troubles follow the rules because there is no reversals!

Nope at first I thought I was late already and I have missed the flight to cash in when there were free Bitcoin Airdrops,  but along the line,  with the knowledge I have gained,  I can't compare it to any amount so I don't have any get rich quick mindset.

1- there was a need for cross-border payments.
2 in general, everything is fine - several times I was stolen money that was significant at that time. Had to focus on safety
3 - read first - use later.
And always remember - not your keys, not your money.
4- In general there are, but I don’t see ways to implement this thinking in the field of cryptocurrencies. Risks are always higher than returns.
As a long-term investment, as an option, in established cryptocurrencies. As for entering and exiting with ROI, the idea is 1000% stupid.

That was my first thought about Bitcoin but I figured it out which is not.
And the truth is that we can only make rich from investing in Bitcoin if we are also able to spend more. More investment, more profit but also, it is accompanied by more risk. For those who would think about getting rich instantly from investing in Bitcoin, we only just fail because it was not a Ponzi scheme that promises such a thing. Many people misunderstand how it works and fall into such thinking and suffer losses in the end instead of making a profit.

Here if you want to see a lot of stories you can see [Interviews] with Bitcointalk members - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5262967.0 made by zasad the question pretty much same with your so there is plenty of room to watch the stories.

What helped me to assimilate into this crypto space was my own desire to make money after knowing how it works. Because without our own desires, of course there will be no action that we will take even if other people repeatedly force us to work in a space like this.

My advice to beginners who still want to find out about the crypto space and cryptocurrencies is to read more and not get bored every day. Because beginners need to know how it works and its direction clearly first before actually taking action in the crypto space, so read more about anything related to crypto to find out more.

I don't, but for other people I also don't know if they have that kind of mindset, because it is a very wrong mindset before one starts struggling with a better level of knowledge. So the better thing is to learn little by little so that we can expedite our own process in achieving the desires or goals that we set within ourselves through this crypto space, mate.

Well, what helped me blend in with the crypto currency was constant learning and not giving up. I did not just wake up to start loving crypto currency; I was also so skeptical about Bitcoin from the beginning, but while I did some airdrops, I got scammed and also got paid and converted to Fiat and spent it. I just started learning; again, I attended a Bitcoin seminar and learned about Bitcoin, and I picked a very great interest.

I have invested in altcoins in the past and made just a little profit. I have been hearing that some people made 500x, 1000x, or more profit in their crypto currency investments, but I have not really experienced those huge profits but rather kept hoping until the altcoins finally died out. I just decided to still be more focused on the accumulation of Bitcoin since things did not work out so well for me and my investment in some altcoins, and some projects even swapped coins without my notice.

Read and learn, keep learning, and also examine the mistakes of others to avoid making the same mistake.

I never did, but altcoins almost turned me into a daydreamer. I could just become a millionaire over night if, by chance, any of the tokens could just get pumped.

Not only altcoins, but when we are newbies, we also think that we will become rich quickly thanks to bitcoin, because bitcoin also generates x100, x1000 profits for early adopters. When first entering the market, most people dream of becoming rich quickly but when we actually invest with our real money, we realize that things are not as we imagined. Altcoin is too much scam and to make profit from it is not simple, while bitcoin is a long-term investment and to get profit we need to hold it for several years or more. We invest in cryptocurrency with the goal of getting rich quickly and easily, but the truth is completely different from what we dream of.

You know, the funny thing is that it was when I started learning more about Bitcoin that I even realized that crypto assets are not a get-rich-quick scheme (it's a confession  ;D). While I was investing in altcoins, I always hoped and thought that the coin would just pump and deplete some zero from the price. I even got speculative. Imagine having 356,567,738,800 coins of one shit project, and you are just hoping for the coin to go from $0.0000000001 to 0.00000005. Wow, wow. What a daydreamer!  ??? ???

The desire to learn many things about crypto has helped us to mingle in this forum so that we can gain more knowledge that is useful for us. We are still learning many things here and sharing what we know with each other to develop and achieve our respective goals.

Our crypto journey is full of many things, from experiencing scams, choosing the wrong project, not being able to make a profit, and until we can make a profit. Everything mixes into one and adds to our knowledge, insight and experience, providing more understanding about crypto.

For beginners and all of us, always continue learning, don't assume we can do it, and feel like we are the most expert among others. We are all still learning because we have goals we want to achieve.

I don't have a get rich quick mindset because that would hinder the learning process. Those who have a get-rich-quick mindset will not understand that getting rich takes a process and time.

When you see tough times during the journey, you should motivate yourself by telling yourself that if you stay strong right now, the destination that you will reach will be beautiful and your life will change forever, if you give up and take your steps back, you will have to start from the beginning once again if you ever decide to try again anytime in future which isn't what one would want.

So, one should have enough determination and willpower to face all kinds of problems and get them solved no matter what it takes because they can't let hurdles stop them along the way while they have a target in their mind that they need to achieve. Trading is no exception, one needs to have the same approach for trading as well.

And that is what those people that are no part of this market do not see, they simply assume that anyone that bought bitcoin on the previous years was able to make a lot of money without any effort, they do not understand how difficult it can be to hold your coins when the market collapses, deal with the FUD and the naysayers, and once they finally take the first step to buy some bitcoin they are surprised by how difficult it is and how the expectations they had out of it were completely mistaken.

It was easy at first to join, but to learn is the harder task and I got alot of motivation from many of the newbies at the time who have ranked up to senior ranks, this helped me blend well here.
My crypto journey is rather slow because I am all about learning how to be more of a pro trader than a spot trader or short time trader. I believe in crypto as the future and keep up with new innovations and tech that makes having crypto or investing in it smooth and most profitable.

My advice for newbies is to first of all put it in mind to be open to learning the pros and cons, dos and donts firstly, before the consideration of trading would come in to play.

I would answer every question but this one is my favorite. I never came to bitcoin market with get rich quick mindset nor I am chasing any dream like that. In fact when I entered Bitcoin market it took me almost a year to set myself into the Bitcoin reality as I was not trusting anything that's put forward here. I was very slow learner when it came to Bitcoin so there was no mindset where I am imagining myself becoming millionaire over night. I heard stories, I read them as witness of fortune but I never fell for the trap of greediness. Till date I am only saving some portion of my salaries and other income sources in the Bitcoin. I am being holder, doing everything to keep it up to optimum levels including dollar cost averaging strategy. In short I am not rushing thing and will never do it anyways.  :)

No. Your mindset will always depend on the person who taught you about Bitcoin. If you learned it from someone who thinks the same way, surely you will adopt the same mindset. By the time I learned Bitcoin, I was only told the basics and the different ways to earn, like faucet, bounty campaign, trading, and investment. Those days, I only think of having another income/learning or a journey that I never imagined to be like this.

Thinking of getting rich quickly only shows that you need more understanding and learning about Bitcoin. But realizing it is not a tool for getting rich quickly will come for sure. Also, thinking of it that way will only lead you to have high expectations and might disappoint you in the long run.

You don't have the mindset of getting rich overnight with bitcoin, but do you have the mindset of getting rich with bitcoin in 4 years or less? Is it right? That means you invest in bitcoin because you want to make big profits in less time than investing in other assets. If that is true, it proves that we also have a get-rich-quick mindset when choosing bitcoin and this market. And fast here doesn't mean overnight or several months but faster than other assets.

Aside from bitcoin, an asset that appreciates on a 4-year cycle, there is almost no other asset that can do this. So is it correct to say that bitcoin is not a get-rich-quick investment?

I have a friend close to me who told me to study and learn about Bitcoin, and he also told me that it can help me financially, as long as I read here on the forum. Because of what he said, I didn't pay attention to it right away; I only paid attention to it when I found out that my friend who told me to learn it was making money here.

After events like that with him, I had a curiosity to find out, and of course he was not easy to understand at the beginning—the kind that I didn't immediately understand what was being talked about here because I really didn't know anything. So, due to hard work and perseverance, I read what I read here in the forum several times until I really understood it.

Or maybe we all should accept thay one of the reasons that we all choose to adopt bitcoin is to make money from it along side other benefits in which we can use bitcoin for, we don't have to have the mindset of getting rich quick since we are not taking bitcoin as other altcoins or scam projects that promises big within a short period of time, that is why this number four may be applicable to almost everyone of us without having to create the initial mind or getting rich quick.

My advice to crypto beginners is to focus on knowledge first, not money. I know that people get into crypto because they want to make money, crypto is a game changer but it has a big risk if you don't know what you are doing especially if you don't have the right experience.

You don't just enter the futures immediately if you want to trade, just go to the spot first so you can develop your edge and avoid potential losses. Don't trade futures if you are not profitable yet in spot. Small funds are enough just to determine that your trading plan is profitable before increasing your capital.

1. The curiosity and newness of this space made me got in here.
2. It's a long story but it's not different from the others so, it's all the same on how probably you got in here.
3. First things first, this market isn't a rich-quick scheme but it can definitely make you rich at the right moment and time. You just have to survive all the odds that are being put on you when you try to learn how to get into this venture. Because many have been disappointed already learning that there's always the bloodbath that will come knowing that you have just got in. It's normal for this market to experience and that doesn't make it a discouragement because you will learn everything once you experience the bloodiest days.
5. I can't remember if I did but probably not. Because it seems new to me, but maybe I have thought of it as one of the schemes on the internet because there have been a lot of it before. And that's why knowledge is power and we just need to understand it.

Let me itemize your questions in my response –
Number one – It was curiosity that drove me to this place. I didn't hear of this forum from anyone. I never knew there was even anything like it in existence until Google search brought me here. Reading from veteran and knowledgeable members here has been a rewarding and refreshing learning exercise for me.
Number two – It has been a bumpy ride, near misses and a touch of greed over riding my decisions to pull out until it got late. I learnt profit made isn't yours until it has been withdrawn into private wallet. I've been a victim of this.
Number three – Newbies should learn the process, research everything that catches their attention without taking the words said about them on the surface. Don't just believe anything until you've searched them out.
Number four – Nah! Not at all.

On the journey of figures in Crypto, newbies are ought to be basically focus on the crypto technical encryptions.
However and primarily lunches the abilities to educating itself on basically to understand the moderations and terminologies of cryptocurrencies in the Blockchains and to be unresistant to consultations and active to news subscriptions for updates on the past as a means to take experience notice and staying update to now and furtherness.

Meanwhile... Research making on what cryptocurrency to engage(Invest) on should be a prioritized laboratory to titrate on and understands the concepts of its community services, terms and conditions. This would expose the newbies to grounded and reliable on decision interests.

Al newbies should be aware about the volatility of cryptocurrencies that has it the tendencies of fluctuations in increases and decreases in value rates so as to be ready of implementing drastic goals of possibilities.
And in all courses, newbies are expected to kickstart on tendering and tolerable rates whereby, even at times of failure in a begining level, there would be fitness and self motivations to "keep going" due to his awareness.
On this note, newbies are should make a capital investment with a tolerable amount as a stake to gamble and also Investing in a variety if capable to handle a multiple portfolio so you don't experience an overall lost.
So... diversification in the crypto marketing industry should be an acknowledgement to the newbies.

And before deciding on what crypto exchange to be used on your trading, you must be confirmative and authenticate its security measures and the transaction charges should also be considered before getting on.

At all, do not be flexible to emotions during DOWNTIMES and the UPTIMES in the trading industry else you maybe be indictedly be under control instead of being in control in your specifically at the junctures of impressiveness and the at the tensions to lost.

As crypto journey has been quite comfortable till now even though I had been in a decent profit at this stage where I learned some better things that also help me in daily life. The most important thing that I learned from crypto is patience, crypto always taught me patience even when I was at a loss it helps me to keep my patience with time. Also, this thing helps me a lot when there is anything bad happens to me I started to be patient and the problem solve sometimes.
The same thing in crypto as crypto is a game of fortune sometimes or even I say many times but we have also been gifted by the mind we have, so a little bit different strategies have helped me a lot till now. I changed my trading strategies from time to time as whenever I was at being loss I started to change the strategy and with the help of this act, I succeeded many times. BTW crypto life is quite good for me and sometimes it also makes me disappointed but it also makes me much happier as well.

1. You wont have no choice because if you cant be able to blend then you would really be having a hard time. So what are the things needed?
    Make yourself that knowledgeable and getting well informed on things around which correlates on how to deal up with this space.

2. Just balanced, there are times which are good and there are bad but most likely im still that doing good.

3. Just dont make yourself that greedy, dont make yourself that in a rush. Dont make yourself tend to follow other peoples advises blindly.
    Just trust up your own skills and research and experience as much as you could.

4. When you are a noob, then 100% sure that we are all did really past up into this kind of mindset that money making would really be that
   normal i should say but a you do move forward and learnt up things then it would really be that changing overtime.

Finding joy in the journey is a truly delightful experience when you have a genuine passion for the world of Bitcoin. People are willing to go to great lengths to comprehend something they love, akin to the way you cherish your significant other. Money, time, and effort become pleasurable investments when devoted to something you hold dear.

However, if you feel burdened by the need to learn and evolve in this space, there might be an issue with your relationship with Bitcoin. You should transform Bitcoin into a genuine interest, not just a means for financial gain.

I like this sentence fragment "I did dabble with altcoins and learned soon after that it was a mistake, it wasn't slow". Currently, many altcoins seem to have reached the bottom of their market cycle and many still like to spin in altcoins during reversals.

Yes. That's right, what you said is something that cannot be ignored even though it depends on the trading strategy and risk management they use.

Most people only think about finding a quick way to get something even though it takes time and energy for them to get it. They must realize that everyone who joined before them also took a long time to get what they wanted. But they stop and keep looking for what they need.

If you desire to gain more knowledge, you will become more enthusiastic in seeking it. You will become increasingly obsessed with finding more and more and it will be useful for you. That might also guide you on the right path to develop even more.

Keep learning many things, don't give up, and if you feel tired, rest for a while. And continue again if you are not tired. You will see what you will get in the future will come true.

In fact, people are always looking for quick fixes and shortcuts in the worlds of Bitcoin and business because they want to get what they want right away. Its easy to forget how important patience is when doing something important, especially when it comes to something as complicated and deep as the economy. People who've made a lot of money in Bitcoin, for example, didnt just get lucky and start making money right away. They had a plan, were patient, and put learning first.

Regarding your point about the desire to learn, I totally agree. Not having Bitcoin isnt really powerful; knowing how it works is. Changes in the business, the market, and politics all have an effect. You become more and more obsessed with knowing as you go deeper. Its important and almost certain to happen. When does tiredness start? Sure, take a break, but dont lose focus. Because those who are smart and determined will get the biggest benefits as time goes on.

Bitcoin newbies may not have a good idea about trading  When you trade bitcoins you must be well informed If you have any problems, consult your senior brothers. If you want to trade Bitcoin, you first need to be patient. One thing you need to keep in mind is that you cannot expect to become rich overnight by trading in Bitcoin. Trading Bitcoin requires you to have a long term plan. Then you need to be aware of the market and be patient so that you will be successful if you trade bitcoins.

I’m sure everyone in the crypto space knows how it feels to be a newbie without anyone coming to your aid even when you’re doing the wrong things. Issues ranging from unfriendly interface of some exchanges, the whole concept of cryptocurrency occurring like a jargon at every slightest moment one is trying to understand it. Anyways I was a able to pull through due to consistency and choosing the right exchange. One major thing that helped me the most is getting to choose a user friendly exchange after so much stress, that’s one of the reasons Bitget exchange is really making wave in the crypto market.

Blending into the crypto was really a tough one but glory be to GOD at last I’m in. I faced a lot of issues ranging from unfriendly crypto exchange interface until I finally started using Bitget exchange which has a user friendly interface. I equally faced the problem of understanding the volatility of the crypto market. Learning and practicing has been my system and today I’m really good at most of the things I do in this space.

My advice for the newbies is for them to DYOR. Make sure you do thorough research before buying into any project and also make sure you take your time to learn.

When beginners hears about bitcoin that it gives profit they should not just rush because they want to make profit from Bitcoin. It is better they make research on Bitcoin to study Bitcoin and understand it well. Rushing into bitcoin without any knowledge can end up make one to have regret if hodling seems to be difficult.
This mindset is a parasite that doesn't let people to get what they are supposed to gain from bitcoin,  it is important that more knowledge of bitcoin needs to be obtain for new investors to get better understanding of what they are dealing with.

I never had that mindset actually but I really wanted to make money too, I ran into some losses then but along the line I learned and learned again now I have good understanding of the market, also the Blockchain4Youth enlightenment program helped me out a lot.

Mostly people who dabbled in altcoins ended up having their same hands burnt. Altcoin investment is driven by the fact that early bitcoin investors are if still holding their coins, millionaires at the current price. They think that same price rise is coming up for altcoins, but this is a wrong assumption. Bitcoin is one of a kind and its success will not be replicated by any altcoin, whatever their vision might be.

Eventually these people understood their folly and moved away from cryptocurrency and not even bitcoin was touched by them. Those who have been in this community for long know what potential bitcoin has and hence it is the only coin to buy.

As we are different being, that's how our experience in life is, sincerely, my experience in bitcoin has not been that bad, but the truth is, this journey has not been as smooth as it looks, actually bitcoin was introduced to me by a friend that was before I joined forum but it wasn't easy.
I got to know much about this currency when I started being much active in this, the knowledge of this currency was gradually assimilated in my brain, I wouldn't say that I know much about Bitcoin, but the little I know will help me in the industry,
I never had the get-rich-quick mindset because I got the knowledge that bitcoin is a volatile asset, we can never know it's direction in terms of the price, we can only buy the little we can, if we have more amount of funds to invest we are free to do that, but it should be a personal decision, most importantly we have to be patient enough to hold for a while.

I do not encourage people to invest in altcoins because of the risks involved, but what do you say about ETH? Because it is also an altcoin or BNB...and many other altcoins have also been bringing huge profits to many investments. I really don't know what the future holds for those altcoins, but so far it's clear that if people invested in them from the early days, the returns they received were no less than those who invested bitcoin early. Altcoins are very risky , many people have lost money because of it but not all, mate. Many people have become rich thanks to altcoins and even shitcoins like doge.

I did not have such a mentality (not even outside of  Bitcoin). I keep talking about how this is affecting a lot of newbies who are joining the train. Today it is common for many people to have this mentality because Bitcoin has done really well over the years, and I know that is the reason why newbies jump onto any and many shit altcoins as they hope it could be another Bitcoin. But I hope that somehow, newbies will get to learn the easy way that Bitcoin is not a Ponzi scheme or a get-rich-quick program; it is only a currency that has the added advantage of profits when volatility decides to favor investors.

Many crypto enthusiasts can relate to your Bitcoin story. Slowly improving and learning, right? You're clever to realize Bitcoin is volatile and requires patience. Surfing digital waves requires knowing when to ride and when to wait. Knowledge is power in Bitcoin, but how do we balance fresh information with our baseline rules? Every crypto turn could yield a discovery or a dead end. Call it a "crypto maze." Isnt it interesting that financial independence involves discipline and learning?

Avoid the "get rich quick" attitude and spend what you can afford. Not a race, a marathon. As we navigate this landscape, how do we stay flexible while sticking to bitcoin investing basics? The crypto puzzle, right?