Bitcoin Forum

Obviously to make money, that's why I started

But after losing quite a bit from being scammed once, I lost all my faith in bitcoin.

The only reason why I stayed was because of this community. It is like my second family.


What's your reason for joining and staying with bitcoin?




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Well, my country economy is weak...So, i joined. Also i wanted money to buy some other stuffs.

Why i join and stay with bitcoin?

Because Bitcoin has a lot potential. This crypto world, it's like a whole new world to me :)
I believe bitcoin is still in late-early stage, there's still a lot to do with Bitcoin. I believe someday Bitcoin will be mainstream, many people knowing and using it, many company using it for payment system and many nations allow to using it. I believe we're in a great development :)

And i learn a lot from this world, i'm more updated about technology, security, business and economic :)
I also earn some decent BTC from many opportunities here :)

Initially I had joined Bitcoin because I hated the bankers and wanted to promote an alternative. But in turn, Bitcoin has fetched me decent profits after its value rose. (I had purchased coins for $10 apiece. And now they are worth $650).

It's all about that cold cold cash.

To watch one of the greatest innovations of all time unfold. :)

my uncle has got some bitcoins, and he has given me 1 bitcoin and also to my two cousins! and also he has given us some other coins. he said that we should keep them because in a few years they will be very important for us. now I am very happy and I want to know more about it.

I love to learn about new technology. Bitcoin is a great learning tool.

I'm always interested in new technologies, with bitcoins I found a nice way to profit and to learn something new at the same time.

Because bitcoin is an investment which can really increase over time. It went from $1 to > $600 so far, who knows, it may go to $6000

I don't think it's obvious that people get involved with Bitcoin just for the monetary gains. When I first heard about Bitcoin I immediately became fascinated by it as a concept and the potential power it has to change the baking system (which I believe to be unfair and corrupt). I genuinely did and still do believe it to be a revolutionary idea that could change the world for the better in many ways. I initially bought my first coins just to get involved and had every intention of spending them, but before I got the chance to the price rose significantly and quickly went up by over 1000%, so I thought I may as well hold on to them as an investment and see where they end up. Now I believe in it even more as both a system and a currency and am hodling onto my coins to see where they can ultimately go. I'd love nothing more to be able to spend them though, both through investing in other ideas I have and ultimately travel off the profits spending them all over the world. At least that's my goal and what I'm hoping for.

Trying to make money from it, obviously.

Making money from it should be 90% of people, or knowing the cause of bitcoin goes beyond that.

I joined this community so we dont have to rely on fiat money that banks control, so look back at the 2008 incidents people were looking where to put their money and they look at bitcoin.

That itself is enough reason for me to stay, that banks cant touch.

Mostly I wanted to check it out as an alternative to fiat currencies and all the dumb shit that goes with them. And it's a pretty cool community even with all the scammers floating around. Sure, Bitcoin is going to get regulated, but what we really need to be doing is taking charge of the regulation process.

Very simple- to earn some money!

Same

Partly because I am intrigued by Bitcoin as a technology, but also because of the investment potential. It has consumed a large portion of my spare time.

Same here, I spend most of my days on the altcoin forum and on exchanges watching how the market is going. Gah, I should focus more on school but this is so exciting.

Haha, I occasionally check the markets while I am at work - I keep a few tabs open. I only really browse the forum and post in my spare time though.

For money ;D

Wanted to enter the stock market and derivatives, but not enough money for that and tax too high. Then I discovered the community and the tech

Intrigued by the technology yes then amazed by the potential

It's funny that you should say that. I too wanted to enter the stock market, but it seemed like a lot of hoops to jump through, fees to pay etc. Hardly seemed worthwhile. Crypto exchanges changed all that for me, and many other too, I'm sure - for better or for worse (richer, for poorer lol).

I too am intrigued by the technology and the potential of the concept of Bitcoin.

Thats the only reason for me, and I have done well so far.

No other investment gives you so much joy.

I started because a friend of mine told me to make an account. Now that i think about it, maybe he told me to make an account because he wanted his $13 back.

Really to get rich lol, just like everyone else.

My Country's economic so weak
Since Dollar $ & bitcoin BTC increasing
I can make more cash from my currency

At first, it was to make money. And hell, that's still the primary reason. But it's also become a very useful method of payment, in part for its ability to be pseudonymous when making payments. And as a store of value.

The main reason obviously is its monetary value. But also to curb my gambling addiction.

I joined because I was amazed by the protocole and the possibility and to be part of the revolution

simple, I believe bitcoin is the future of currency!

Fun and money!!!

I joined for money :) but also to see how this currency will do in the future

I think the protocol is a great technological advancement with all sorts of potential uses. However, I don't understand why people think it's "revolutionary". I don't see it at all.

Heard from a friend that it's a great way to learn more about finance and how to save up money/coins. :)

To be ahead of the technology curve.

It is revolutionary to be able to do safer contracts and transactions without lawyers and banks

Curiosity! And also for Money.   ;D

Yeah, I was too young to appreciate the very early WWW, however I remember using in in the mid-90s. Now with Bitcoin, despite only reading up on it around this time last year, I feel privileged to see it all panning out.

To think that it has been around for over five years now is something that I find remarkable.


Haha, I'd say a large proportion of Bitcoin users have a common reason :P

I started out liking the philosophy of it, but now that I know the economic potential I am equally excited about the future value.

what is your expectation about bitcoin in future ? is bitcoin price will go to $1000 0r $10000. I think you are positive holder and earner of bitcoin.

I am very much so. I think within a two years we will see 5,000 and 10,000 within 5 years. There is a lot that can change between now and then but the current rate of adoption makes me very optimistic.

Eeryone who join trying to make a few buck.

Some earlier investor get lucky and become extremely wealthy.

hope your speculation will comes true soon so we all will rock with lots of money in our accounts . if it will come true i will sure make small tour to Switzerland . :)

Joined for speculation, then I discovered that there are much more things behind.

since first time bitcoin lunch i guess this will be good infestation so thats why i joined to bitcoin

at first i thought bitcoin is a joke,but when i saw many people using it i thought "why not make a wallet for myself??"

The reason is because BTC is way to stay away of a corrupt economic system dominated for just a few people, and controling whatever they want, the BTC is like a financial independence way, still far away to be controlled, and in this website I found all info necessary to start with this BTC world moreover this forum has a great  community.

I joined because I didn't have a credit card neither a verified paypal account ,and I wanted to buy and sell stuff online ,so bitcoin was the solution .

Yeah but not many people were that early investor to make it Big.

Bitcoin is one way to get money :D
I also invest my btc to another altcoin.
Fun like playing a game :)

To get baller quick and to spend my days on a tropical island.

I buy stuff with it.
And it is investment for me as well.

Well you asking for why you joined bitcoin...

Here is the answer i joined the bitcoin for earn some money ...

I never found any easy way to earn something on internet online...

First i just play games or watch movies songs etc..

Best way to earn is bitcoin.. USD earning too difficult so thts why i m in bitcoin..

Well i got scammed by some people.. and lost too much on dice and this lost my hope in bitcoin .. if there is any way to stop gamble :)

If you gamble or lose it is not the fault of Bitcoin ;D

Bitcoin has value and to get some you need to exchange something of value; PD is having a a great signature campaign with more than 100 members but you know that because you will be in as soon as you can

I wanted to try something new.

 And Bitcoin is perfect cuz it combines several nice aspects like - learning about technology, being a part of a great community, being able to make some money along with it.

I joined because I think it gives opportunity to earn something and I wanted to learn more about it and about technical stuff which goes with it

Of curiosity,my wife told me that she read on a forum about "internet money" and she insisted that we should buy some too...was something new to me,i was suspicious,so i started researching about it,I found this forum....and it convinced me,i invested in bitcoin,now i believe in bitcoin!

My main focus was to make as much money as I can,as easily as possible (mining-set it and forget it).That was until the difficulty rose to ridiculous levels and my GPU was unprofitable meaning that mining was no longer easy money as I was stuck mining alt-coins,finding an exchange to convert them all into BTC,then find a UK exchange that was still open (Intersango before the UK banks shut down their exchange account or that's what they say) to cash out.

I also hoped that I can get a film made one day about my journey with Bitcoin since it was apparent I entered during an interesting time in BTC life (May 2011),just before the crash,rise of alt coins/FPGAs/ASICs,etc.

I also wanted an oppourtunity to earn my way in a really difficult job market (UK) for graduates and since BTC seemed to fit the bill as no govt/employer can restrict BTC in any way for me,I went onto it (there's none of this,'sorry you're not hired',etc.BTC just needs basic computer skills to setup the GUI miner and the relevant hardware,cash).I hope to setup a huge mining farm one day.

Got scammed out of some of my BTC in the Lending section here so not too pleased with it so my confidence in BTC really dropped as there's no protection (like a credit card/PayPal for me) or anyway to get it back so I only see BTC as a way to make money and that's it.

I have since setup a mining contracts business with my 2 Gridseed ASICs (5 chip miners) as this is more profitable for me than mining alt-coins to change into BTC myself. :)

I can't remember if it was NatGeo ou Discovery Channel, but I remember that one on TV a guy said somethin about bitcoin. A month goes, and probably I heard it again in a public place and didn't give enough atention to really hear it, but I dreamed about that word: Bitcoin.
Without knowing exactly what it was, in the weekend I wasted a full Sunday searching and reading and downloading so that I could know more and better about this.

My intention on Bitcoin since then is to earn some, spend some.
I don't really want to make money with it neither hold like probably over 50% BTC is today. If BTC is supposed to be money then I'll spend it, not truly helping the market, but at least spend so that the market feels better and to trust more people.
I don't think that Bitcoin will ever surpass fiat money, but I want that the Bitcoin market could be global, secure and of easy accesss.

Because it is fun and I need to collect some money.

This is such a exciting area of being online. I have not seen so many creative people in any other fields within IT.

It has so many facets, It's mind boggling!!!

And you can easily earn extra cash, for not a lot of effort. Great to be one of the pioneers, to promote crypto currency to the world.  ;D ;D ;D

i'm in it to get rich quick. ::) 8)

I joined because I love the idea of a currency whose value is dictated by nothing else than the trust and consensus of a global community; tens of thousands of persons rather than a few corrupt and/or incompetent politicians.

how do you feel about ghash.io and centralized mining in general? :P

Unhappy enough to have converted most of my BTCs to other cryptos!

Haha me too. Here's to getting rich quick! :D

You don't care about the socio-political implications of cryptocurrencies?

Conceivably, one could be in it for the money -- or have gotten into it for the money -- and still support the future of crypto-currencies. I, for one, am trying to make some money as well. :)

Of course, that's an important part of why I'm here too :)
However, if you're here only for the money and you don't believe and don't care about the other implications of cryptocurrency, this would seem like a huge gamble.

I feel safe in my investment only because I know that, if it fails for some reason, I will have been proud to have contributed to this system. (Though I know it won't fail because of all of the problems which it solves.)

Well, I suppose it is a gamble -- it's a new asset class. There is little history here. But, if you are simply and investor/trader, one could look at the long term TA/price support and perhaps figure that there is a lot of money to be made here.

Because it is fun.

To make easy money while doing the thing i like the most. (PC)

Earning money is hard for people who does not have money already. So it is harder and harder in the bitcoin world.

I originally started mining Bitcoin to buy drugs on Silk Road. I ended up making so much money because they were easy to mine back then that now I just buy drugs my local university. It makes me feel good to help the local college students pay their way through school and I love the feeling I get when giving back to my community.

but drugs? buying drugs to help the community? I wouldn't feel very happy about that.

I'm joking. My idea of good drugs is Geritol and Mylanta. That is why many original users started Bitcoin though. Everyone gets up in arms about Silk Road when everything at SR is available at most American universities.

I went to the electric daisy carnival last night only to find out no skrillix this year (bummer). There were so many people getting stoned on something around me I felt stupid just getting drunk. If that much dope was being mailed around America the post office wouldn't be struggling to survive. SR was never a big problem but it did help Bitcoin get it's start. Law enforcement in this country is so stupid. They spent untold millions chasing DPR and I had a poli-sci professor that was dealing the entire time I was in college.  They know where the drugs really are and yet they do nothing to stop it. Crazy.

I joined bitcoin because I really don't like banks. They are slow, it's hard to get my money out of it, they are expensive...

After that, i hope i could get rich thanks to bitcoin. I have some and i try to make bitcoin transactions, even if where i live, there is nothing i could buy with.

Bitcoin is unique ;D
Just little thing to do and you get it too
Ofcourse the best Investment :)

Because of easy money, but now it's not like it was in past. Hope price drop down so we can invest more.

I joined bitcoin to prove a point to everyone who doesn't believe in the internet. Amen ( I <3 Jesus )

My reasons are pretty simple. Because I wont to earn some money and because I want to see how the virtual currency will do. Of course the money factor is way more important ;)

because something big is coming  ;D ;D

well, i saw it skyrocketing in early 2013 and decided -- i missed my chance sleeping on it in 2010. never again! i bought in, made some massive gains, took out my initial investment and waiting for another ride to the moon. 8)

In the beginning it was all a dream for the cream

Now it is to hedge against fiat money and get away from trusting banks and governments.
Also I believe there is huge potential in bitcoin.

I think in the future that it will be used in ways we cannot imagine today.

And of course get filthy rich at the same time ;)

that's my plan! filthy rich is not necessary, but somewhere on that trajectory works for me. in the time that i have made so much money with BTC, i have also come to view it as quite revolutionary. :)

You're alone there. The rest of us use Bitcoin for our health.  ;D

Seriously, Bitcoin will never grow to huge numbers of users until users outnumber speculators and investors.

Yah , i do love making money ,
and i think btc make a easy money .
so i choose to stay here , because its only vote , claim and post we gained money

For fun ;D
The price spiking tenfold wasn't too bad, either

Learn and educate.

not gonna lie. got in it to make a quick buck. but then i got hooked. :D

The way to get some $$$ while doing online.
I have many time infront of my computer.

In order to learn new tings, have fun, meet new friends, earn something and bewcome part of new Internet revolution!
Enough reasons!? :)

It's ironic because Bitcoin is all about providing an alternative to fiat. But it seems that most people in the Bitcoin community are only (or primarily) interested in Bitcoin because they see it as an opportunity to increase their fiat.

Well, it may not just be fiat per se. It could be purchasing power. The distinction right now is that bitcoin can only be spent on so much. But when it can be used to purchase everything that fiat can, at scale, things will look much different.

I could earn some money from bitcoin, and could gamble anonymously.

becus of earning money :D

Did you manage to succeed? It seems to me that most persons who buy Bitcoin for that purpose end up losing money :P

I joined a while ago, as a developer I was interested in it.
I was scammed as well, but I admit it was partly my fault.

My biggest regret, I could have turned my miners on a long, long time ago, (when I first heard about it), I would probably be sitting on $500K now.
But I chose to wait instead :(

Simply its the future and I really hope it reaches it's potential and makes a lot of people happy. I don't want to spend Bitcoin because its so precious to me.

Originally it was to make a quick buck. ;D

But to be honest, now it seems like it will become the future. So I stick around. :)

i joined to help revolutionize bitcoin and spread the word.

just kidding lol :p
i wanted to buy shrooms.

Originally I had only joined the primedice to try and get some free BTC, but then bitcoin started getting a lot more popular. Since then more and more threads about it have popped up on reddit and other popular sites making it a topic of choice between many people. Because of all of that talk, and how nicely bitcoin was made and how many uses it has, it's made me more interested in it. It's amazing how popular the bitcoin community on reddit is.

I seen the potential in bitcoin, and kinda went nuts with it. Stockpiled almost 1k bitcoins jan 13- july13, and then spent them all before the price really spiked.. What a dumb ass move..

1k btc !!! What was your average buy price ?

i joined to earn some cash. my salary is about 200 eur that is not much in my country but still in few months i think i will earn more with some good sig camp i hope.

You are right. Few month back my friend told me about it i so i begin slowly now it awesome.

Sig camp, affiliate programs, betting, web design and graphic, marketing....

You name it.

Its the future of paying.

A salary of 200€ !!! What is your country ?

Bitcoin is the new technology. It promises great ideas. It's revolutionist and anarchist. I'm glad I'm a part of this history.

dont lose your faith in bitcoins its easy to earn and easy to gamble all away ... you must have to get a collateral before giving loan .. :) i suggest..

me too lose faith in bitcoin when i lose 200 bucks on gamble but gain back with one shot x3 :) xD

I'm really curious about it. I'm also interested to know more about new technologies. And also I also like to trade using bitcoins.

I'll point out following

*Initially joined for [Quick buck]
Now its
*Future
*Incredible Techno
*Community
*Evolving
*Personal Involvement.

It's a good way to learn how to trade, too. The exchange of assets and shares IRL has a huge barrier of entry, while you can easily start trading cryptocurrency even with a 5$ budget.

It's funny that people say, "joined Bitcoin" like it's a golf club instead of a payment system. I guess this forum is the clubhouse? lol

To improve our situation due being broke ass nikkas like me, what's the deal? we all wanted to be the guy that doesn't miss the boat, unfortunately I missed the boat so im depressed daily by not getting in earlier. I still like the concept, I still like the idea, and the community and talk about i to people.
There is a possibility that we are still on pioneer status and it goes to like what... 10k? I doubt it tho, but who the fuck knows, might as well catch em all like pokemons. Also this community is so huge and diverse that you can read interesting shit all day.

I join bitcoin all because of money my country economic is very bad.

Idea was great, thank god for a friend who introduced me to is in 2011 :)

I joined, because IMO, using Bitcoin to buy something on the net are a lot more convenient than Paypal or cash.

The main reason I join bitcoin to invest and try to make some money. Going to buy some when bitcoin hit 400$ level :)

Like 80% of people joined for profit I believe and like 20% for bitcoin freedom and independence. I personally joined mainly for profit and I did made profit from bitcoins and when I accumulated more knowledge about BTC now I am with BTC not only for profit.

I got involved because I believe in it as a system and technology. It really is a groundbreaking idea and would love to be able to say I got in early to people or was there when it was only just a little seed compared to what it hopefully blooms into.

good tech behind it, semi-anon and fast transaction, the confirmations could be fast too, but one can not have everything right?

Joined bitcoin cause of banks.

You like getting your money stolen? No? okay, then start putting money into bitcoin lol.

I have joined Bitcoin to make some money. I think not only me but also everyone who have joined on Bitcoin are trying to make money.

I joined Bitcoin because I heard they had a great snack bar.

I heard that Dell is accepting bitcoins and was searching how to get them and i stumbled in here and Joined the forum.
Glad i did.

Tbh, I don't know why, I just wanted to try it, and I'm fully addicted to it now.

I'm really curious when I first heard bitcoin. My friend told me that it is the solution to inflation.

I joined to be party and spectator of the best societal experiment ever. At last People get to control their currency since a long long time.

I can't agree with you more. ;D ;D

i love revolution of currency & want to test with this schema's

I joined bitcoin for a number of reasons. The concept behind it immediately caught my attention and made me excited for its possibilities. I liked the fact that it was pretty anonymous and was decentralized and the governments couldn't sieze it. The potential for bitcoin is huge in my opinion and I'm very excited to see where it goes.

Seems kinda sad the amount of people that just seem to be in bitcoin for the money. I'd say it's probably more than 80% of people now just get involved because they think it's a sure fire investment. There's a big gap between people who got involved early last year just because they liked the technology and those that go involved late last year because they saw how much it went up in value. Oh well, guess it was natural realy.

Off course there a reason to make money why i joined bitcoin. But it's not the main reason!! From childhood i always interested in virtual world, like technology and at last i found virtual money "bitcoin".And now try to learn some lesson from it..

it has always been my dream to join the bitcoin

Why I joined Bitcoin :) ?  Its easy question I hear here can earn a nice money and its good site !
2.nd reason is to have something doing in the alot of free time ! lol !
3.nd its because alot of my friend have profile here and they say me for this site !

Yes bitcoin is a very good site !

I thought it was going to be a digital alternative to cash.
It turns out; it's about the same as loading a credit card.
You have to pay fees for your transactions.
For me I don't feel it's living up to the hype. I still support it thought since it's pretty young still.
Except it's probably going to self destruct.

Yes I was also worried about being hurt in the self destruct sequence after I joined the bitcoin but now I am not as worried.

1. To invest and make money.
2. I really like the idea behind it as an alternative to regular money and hope it only continues to grow stronger.