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Hi! I'm Cateciva! I'm here to answer any questions you may have for me if you think they'll help you become more acquainted with BTC! Several years ago, I started holding bitcoin. About 20 to be exact. I had forgotten all about bitcoin until I heard the news BTC was up to almost 1k which means my coins are worth $15k! I'm super excited to share my success story for any beginners here, so ask away! I'm very generous with BTC, so I can even donate to you. I'll only donate half a  coin. Anything higher is an investment.



Ask away!

Several years ago? How many years exactly?

If you're generous enough to donate half a bitcoin,I'll be glad to receive one.I might as well keep this generosity up by helping the fellow newbies who post in this thread.Do I qualify for the donation? :)

Sounds like luck to me, what makes you qualified to give investment advice?

You were lucky, good for you. Would be great to share more details about your story (why did you purchased BTC? Was it intentional or you just tried and forgot about them?)
I guess there is much more people like you. Actually anybody who purchased some BTC before the great price peek at the turn of  2013 is in similar situation but I don't think it is wise from you to just donate it to anybody who asks.

Don't know your financial situation maybe you can afford it (personally I'm quite greedy and every single BTC I earned so far has a value for me and definitely would not give them away). but if I were in your position I would rather focus to support development of new bitcoin service like wallet, auction, social or gambling site (check the development section).
To my opinion this contributes to bitcoin community much more than donating few random users who can just gamble it off (you never know).

Nevertheless we have an adage in my native language "Stupid who gives, stupider who rejects" (no offence, I'm not even sure if it makes sense when translated) so I'll just give a try and ask you to donate me 0.2 BTC (find addy in my profile).   

Can i get some of your wealth? Just a little present or gift this coming christmas i will  be so happy if you send me some amount.
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Hope im one of the lucky person this xmas

$15k? spare some change for the better future? :D joke :p I'd like to ask you what are your plans with those 15k in btc? Are you going to invest or maybe just hold? What do you think what will be the highest price for btc in 2017 and what are your plans in the future regarding btc?

Why not use that money to start a new businees on your own or in bitcoin,and helping others is one way of giving back all the blessings that you recieved in your life. 

my thoughts exactly, and he is not the only one with this history, there have been many who bought, mined, or even claimed faucets back then and forgot about it and some of them came back to a fortune but they still don't know anything about anything :D
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/dec/09/bitcoin-forgotten-currency-norway-oslo-home

So what exactly you gained bitcoin? You mined it, bought it, receive as a gift? 20 bitcoins couple years ago prior to  2013 wasn't that highly valued anyway. I am surprised that you only have that many.

I am not surprised at all but I also don't think you are qualified to give ideas and advises here. I think you were the right person at the right time with a right decision(lucky mostly) and like you there are many persons in my country who become business men just by being the right person at the right time.

But you can tell us how you got 20 bitcoins, I guess it was mining in the beginning or buying at very low price like 5-10 USD per coin.

What kind of investments will you take part in with all that spare money?

Question: how exactly did you find out Bitcoin was up to almost 1k if you forgot all about bitcoin? I'm certain bitcoin doesn't get any real kind of media attention so you couldn't have found out about it on CNN or something. Or did you? Maybe I'm wrong. I'm fairly new to all of this.

I think I have heard of bitcoin getting coverage on CNN. Where OP heard about that though might have just been through friends.

Hi! That's really cool that you were able to make so much from just holding. Most people usually make that amount through just lucky gambling. This in a sense was also a gamble. It kind of looks like you just got super lucky but it could have been done deliberately so I guess I'll ask this.

Was it all deliberate or did you genuinely forget like how you made it seem? Although I can't for the life of me really see anybody holding so much money and just forgetting all about it.

Almost a decade. I was super young at the time and was just playing around with my cashier paychecks at the time.



Let's see! How long ago did you start using bitcoin? Also, what's your income, and is there something important you're saving up for? Feel free to be as honest as ever. I'm really up for donating during the holiday season. I just got back from a several month hiatus and finding out about this 1k jump has got me super generous for some reason.





It was half intentional and half by chance. At the time I was really young and only had $200-300 to spare. I was living paycheck to paycheck so I just thought "Hey, you never know". I guess my outlook here is to just trust your instincts and go with your gut. If something feels right to do, just do it. If it doesn't, don't. My financial situation is slightly better. I work three jobs right now and finding out about this money sitting in my wallet means I'm free to make some nice investments. As much as I love donating, I'd only donate to a few who really need it to buy food to eat or are in military homes. Next amount of money I give has to be an investment.



Well, let's see if you do! How long ago did you start using BTC? Are you a low income home owner? Facing any debt? Struggling to any degree? Give me as much detail as possible to higher your chances of getting a donation.

How many people will you actually donate to? Is there a certain amount? If so, I'd rather just take up offers for investments and then we can both just make money. Although I have no idea what we'd even be doing, so let's come up with a business plan for the next month....? Haha. You probably could find somebody better to invest in.

If I may interject here: One thing that can be done is to just focus on yourself when you're here. Nobody wants to just throw away all their precious earnings on people that will probably just blow it all away. It's not that easy to come across that much money. Not only that, assuming you held your coins when they were just $10 each, it took you years to get that much and that'll never ever happen again. Bitcoin is a really risky thing to get into. Whether you're gambling, investing, spending, or even just holding, it's all a huge gamble.

Do you have any career goals with bitcoin? What are you planning for the near future after all this?  :D

That's just being too sweet. Why though? Is there any genuine reason? Do you do this all the time or no? Just feeling the holiday spirit?

I'll take a half a Bitty. Donate address is in my profile. What a great gesture! You can give 40 people half a Bitcoin and make their Holiday season. Good on you sir.

Are you a low income home owner? Struggling with your job? Anything special you need this holiday season? Just give me a tiny background story and maybe I'll help you out! :)



I'm definitely just going to donate a little, invest a little, but hold a lot! I'm not worried at all! I think the price should be at least $850. My future with btc is mainly gonna be holding. I wanna hope that I can invest. I'm just not sure but my advice is if you wanna invest, do your research. Really get to know what you wanna support and know how much you could really rake in from the investment!



Hm! Definitely sounds like a plan! I just don't know what to do for a business! I'm not very tech savvy. I'm not really into writing. I also don't like accounting. We'll see! I'm sure there's something that'll fit my personality and skill level!

Was the price back then really $10 or was it something else?

It looks like it was indeed probably ten. Just assuming by the amount of USD accumulated. At that time, Bitcoin was barely popular so this must come from a person that probably knew about it because they were in the same town Bitcoin was developed in or something. I don't really know. Just speculating.

I did all three! :)




Good question. Really not sure. Probably ones devoted to raising bitcoin's price.


I didn't actually forget. It's been on my mind. It just wasn't a burning priority to check the price every minute of every second. I did what the rulebook said. "Wait a few years to cash in". That's exactly what I did.

Its really cool, I didn't get any even just a whole 1 bitcoin since I started here. And what is the exactly price of bitcoin when you get those 20 btc? You can try business out there to get more profit and earn a lot ;D
If you're kind hearted person maybe you can share any amount there in your wallet to me, just visit my profile and there's my btc addresses. ;D
Well just kidding I know you'll not do it.
Any ways congrats dude.

The newbie accounts with activity less than 14 are no newbies.Throw away accounts to suck money out of your giveaway,if you're serious about it.

It has gotten coverage on the CNN website if I'm not mistaken. That's not how I heard though.



It was intentional. I just didn't think I'd make out like this.





Don't say that! I'm sure you're worth while. I myself can't even find something to invest in here. There's too many options and you don't know what pays off.

I do not fit your scope because I'm living in a rent, have a job with above average pay, not facing any debts and since a year ago I do not live from paycheck to paycheck anymore but I'm pretty sure you won't find here people who " really need it to buy food to eat or are in military homes". Such people have other things to struggle with and won't be able to access the internet to post here and if so, they are simply lying about their situation ... so my opinion.

Just be careful in trusting newbies with low activity and registration date after this OP ( btw I'm quite surprised this thread is not flooded with them yet ).

Here's my proposal, put your BTC in some interest wallet ( I trust BW and HaoBTC ) and redirect the profit to redcross, salvationarmy or similar charity. You can always withdraw BTC back and donate them directly.

Good luck. I wish your BTC won't end up in wrong hands.

Thank you for the interjection. I completely agree. I just figured the holidays were here. I donate some of my things to others during this season, and I don't really see any losses here because the original money was $200 that I knew I could spare years ago.

Of course I'm not donating all $15k. Not half of $15k. Not even half of half of $15. Just a little to someone in need.



Gearing up for halving season of course.




Yes there's a significant reason. Half of the money I used to hold was given to me. The other half I took out of my paycheck.

Aw. I wish I wasn't so stingy. XD Maybe I could learn from you? Here's an idea though. Maybe instead of donating $200-400's worth in bitcoin, you could maybe just donate like $20 or something like that. That's much less detrimental. Or should I say "debt"trimental?

What should pay off is coding work. Maybe you wanna look into that? Web design is greatly appreciated here and makes a lot.

I think i can be believe this if he can provide of any proof that he is holding 20 btc in his wallet.. if he can share the address with us maybe i can believe to him that he is holding 20 btc in his wallet.. that i can say he is lucky if he bought it for the price of 300 last year or below..
It can be motivate newbies to buy now and hold it and wait for the right time to sell it..

No that's way too much. I wouldn't even donate $6k worth.

Just $3.5 k worth.

I have to ask some questions. Are you financially struggling? Low income home owner? Any serious debts? Etc?



For the most part, yes.



I'm only giving $3.5k worth of btc. This information is needed for me to feel confident giving it to you or anyone else though. :) Are you a low income home owner? Facing any debts? Saving up for something needed? Etc?

Very inspiring story that you have shared with us. I think it will inspire every members of this forum that buying at low and holding for several months or years is worth waiting. And giving some blessings to other people is good idea.  Hope you will succeed even more by doing great things.
Hoping that i get some blessings coming from you too.

Bless you. I'm so glad you were honest with me. Definitely deserves a trust point.



It's good sometimes to be stingy. (Sometimes. Not all times). And yeah, maybe you're right. Just some starter coin for the newcomers. You can still make a few satoshi from holding a $20. And ahahah cute joke!



How much do coders typically look for to get their businesses up and running?

Oh is that so? Yeah, I was thinking it has been commented on several times on CNN. See I didn't really actually know too much but just assumed. Apparently president Trump is into Bitcoin. Surprised at all about that?

Nothing that I know of in terms of a business plan can really ever raise the price on its own. It takes a large group of people being involved in bitcoin (trading, buying, selling, holding, and the like). Indirectly you could probably find a way to get bitcoin advertised, but certainly not raised. It really depends on whether or not how you advertise it interests people to get started with bitcoin.

That's actually kind of funny you said that because I know of some people that are so obsessed that they genuinely check the price every morning. It's hilarious. Do they really think the price is just going to fly up in one night? It honestly doesn't work that way at all. Usually,  I presume those specific people lost a lot with btc and hoping to gain it back in small portions.

Yeah but in what ways?

Well it's definitely inspirational to know about your story. I have been trying to hold my coins a little bit. I usually don't focus on anything that isn't initially promising. Did you have any kind of doubts that you might lose all that money? Were you ever scared?

Oh I know that. I meant that indirectly to be honest here. Most of the time, it's not simplistic but it's all about the appeal of something you sell to the public. If something doesn't look trustworthy or seems quite cautionary, no one goes near it. For an example, orange is really a color of caution. That's why traffic cones and prison suits are orange. There's a huge psychological game that comes into play with why not enough contributors are adopting btc.

Are you still studying? What are you going to do with that amount? That would be great to invest on some business.

You're kind to donate some amount to others. Be careful to those who you will send.

Hi Cateciva,

I am new to this forum, but I am not a newbie about Bitcoins. My name is Subodh and I stay in Mumbai. India. I read this post out of curiosity cause i was definitely looking for some help to make some money.
I will tell you my story in short. I am 43 years old, I am married (separated) and blessed with a son. My son is 12 years old and is studying in 7th grade.
I was a businessman myself and owned a private limited company, The name of the company is/was 24 Frames Manooranjan pvt ltd. I think it is still listed cause i have not officially closed it. To make the story short I incurred huge loss in my business and am struggling to make ends meet nowadays. I have limited needs of my own, But I have the responsibility of my son. I have to take care of his studies and all his activities. I manage everything with great difficulty. That is the reason I am looking for a way to make some money online. But nothing seems to be working for me. Like you I also came across bitcoin but slightly later maybe in the year 2011. But at that time it just looked like a fantasy to me. I had all the resources to buy some bitcoins then but alas I did not.
I have to pay my Sons school fees which is pending for a long time. If it is not paid they might not allow my son to appear for the exams. If you are in the mood of donating 1/2 bitcoin to someone who needs it. You can donate it to me. This is my address 3Bs62LQcDKphXfRQQDJS9CaiSYM3xmCW3X
  
It is an address of an Indian Bitcoin exchange ZEBPAY. The reason I started studying bitcoin again was opening of this exchange in India. India has huge potential with regards to Bitcoin or crypto currency. If you check the news India is moving very fast towards cashless economy. Cause major physical currency paper notes have been banned from market and people are forced to go cashless.

I will not take much of your time. But only request you that if you really are in a mood to donate, Please donate to me. That half bitcoin will pay my sons school fees for this year.

It looks like I am begging which is slightly embarrassing for me. But let me tell you that if you are planning to invest your bitcoins. I would suggest you that open a Bitcoin exchange in India. I stay in Mumbai which is the Business capital of India. Since I was a businessman myself. I will help you to set up an exchange in India. That will be the repayment that I offer you. I will also work with you if you wish me to.

Its a request plus an offer. If you feel like considering it.................

Subodh

Of course I was scared. I never really know exactly what the outcome to something is going to be. We don't have a crystal ball, and the future is always 100% unknown. Haven't you ever had that feeling?

Yeah, definitely. What price do you think we'll hit this year?

I was thinking maybe $850. Over the time I was holding,  I notice each year at least $50 is stagnant. That is the only thing that I've noticed. Maybe even less gets in there but no matter what, it's a process and it definitely will grow no matter what.

I think year 2020 might be the year of Bitcoin reaching its peak. Maybe. I don't actually know. No one does, just like you said. As of now, I don't have any real place to check up on news related to Bitcoin. Can you recommend anything reliable?

Probably CNN.

I haven't seen enough news on bitcoin at CNN. I was thinking of something where the site was only souly dedicated to talking about bitcoin.

Well, I am just trying to save as much as I can. It helps to hold a ton of money that you don't actually need. At the time I was holding, $200 was considered a ton. I am currently not holding but that's only because I just cashed in and sold everything I have.

$200 now is still considered a lot. Just saw the price right now. Bitcoin is exactly $780.05

It's a good price! It should be getting much much higher in just a few weeks. The holidays always move the price up and down I feel.

Really?  I've sincerely never noticed that at all. When did you pick that up?

About four years ago. There's news reporters and whatnot dedicated to simply just studying when bitcoin's price fluxuates a certain way. I wouldn't personally have time to check up on that on a regular basis like the news reporters do so it's really nice to have people who are periodically devoting so much time, thought, and research souly into this matter alone.

What else are people keeping track of daily?

Really you are very lucky one because still we don't have enough money to buy bitcoin because it's price is keep increasing, so many times i planned to buy bitcoin but when i have money it starts increasing the price, i fed up many by chasing bitcoin every time when i have money. But in this world some times it is very difficult to have luck, but if you donate half of the bitcoin than it will be good help to me to increase it.

Well from what I've noticed, they're keeping track of a whole giant list of things.  They're keeping track of price increases, when the price increases, why it does, how it does. They're also keeping track of any public figures who get involved in bitcoin for advertisement reasons. They're also pretty interested in figuring out who is still mining. Mining is no longer as profitable as it was before so when it does happen, it's pretty remarkable.

I've never even once touched on mining. How do you do it exactly? 

Newbie here,  want  to know about bitcoins, can you message or pm me some informations that I can do when Im newbie ? thanks

this is an open forum, so no need to ask for PM. what do you need exactly? Work? Storage?

Google for bitcoin wiki is a great start.

https://www.bitcoinmining.com/getting-started/

This should help

The price was zero. Bitcoin's didn't exist a decade ago, the first block was mined in Jan 2009.

The OP's "almost decade" story doesn't check out. Even if he indeed got into Bitcoin early, then the 20 btc holding is far from impressive, afaik people were sending each other much larger amount for free, since it didn't have any value. It really become tradable in mid 2010 and was less than $1 until Feb 2011.

It did actually.  Thanks! I'm not really in a position to mine though. It looks like nobody actually is at this point in time.

Mining is still pretty profitable. Just not AS profitable as it USE to be. Just like how btc use to be worth little to nothing, now it's worth a ton. Time just changes certain things

By that answer, would you still mine or not at all?

Probably, yeah. I just know getting the software and type of computers for that would be staggering. With that in mind, I wouldn't do that everyday.

It'd actually be hilarious if there were people doing that everyday

Trust: there is.

For what reason? If mining isn't profitable as it use to be, then it is time to simply move on. Invest in stocks and perhaps attempt holding or something along those lines. They would have to probably spend more money than what they're actually coming across trying to mine bitcoins. Even actual physical real life mining isn't profitable anymore.

It kinda goes back on what their mindset and initial beliefs behind what they're doing happens to be. Holding, trading, and investing isn't for everyone. Holding was something that personally worked for ME. I cannot neccessarily speak for every single person when I say that holding has worked for me because your situation might be different. Maybe you know when to mine, but I simply do not or just simply have no interest or motivation to learn the right time of when to perform such tasks. Everybody's experience is going to be different.

Yeah that's true. Just can't imagine who could profit from it right now is what I'm worried about.

A lot of things people didn't think could be profitable became profitable,  regardless of everyone's initial belief towards it. For example, a lot of people didn't think bitcoin would even get to this high price and have it be so stagnant so what should that tell you? You can make anything profitable if you just truly focus on it and nothing else. Worrying about other things make it difficult. Just don't think about it so much.

A decades? it is impossible bitcoin is new and it still not reach 10 years bitcoin i think are made in 2009 made by satoshi nakamoto ..
if you are holding that amount before since you are mentioning that you can share or donate i am also here to get that donation and maybe i can believe to your words.

It really is a lot to think about though.

By the way, does anyone else in your group use bitcoin at all?

I just found this thread. Must be because I dived right into the Bitcoin Discussion sub-forum. Hmm, what else should I say. Well, my cousin introduced me to bitcoin by making me make a wallet and sent a tiny 0.25 in it. He then pointed me to this forum and told me to just read around to learn more about bitcoin so that I'd eventually learn trading. He's also the one who told me that I can earn bitcoins here as I ask away by participating in signature campaigns. That would probably still months from now, as you see I still have a newbie account.

Well, that's pretty much it for now. I'll probably come here every now and then if I have questions to ask. I haven't made any thread yet, heard they do ban newbies here, so better just ask in existing threads. Not that I'm that worried but it'd be a hassle to make a new email just to join the forum again. There's already too much passwords to remember these days.

BTW Happy Holidays to those who are just celebrating Christmas now.

Thats good luck and now have fun  ;D How years ago exactly you earn them ?