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How I heard about bitcoin started early 2015 when I was searching for means in which I will use to earn some money to help support my schooling because I'm an undergraduate. So I was introdue into an online business by a friend called MMM (As of then I never knew it was ponzi) the way it was presented (mouth watery bonuses) made me to engage in it fully and started marketing it. I became successful at it made some cool cash too.

When it became famous in my country I decided to explore all its benefits then I saw an advert of BItcoin I picked interest because it was offering 50% ROI monthly while my local currency was 30%ROI. So then my journey began in the Cryptocurrency world.  I became fully a Cryptopreneur January 2016 after my wanna be cryptocoin called TBC (thebillioncoin) failed me. I have made some few mistakes afterwards but I can proudly say, me picking interest in Bitcoin (cryptocurrency) from a Ponzi biz,  is one of the most smartest move I have ever made in my life.

How did you hear about bitcoin?

Hello! In the past, I was the victim of  scammers, so I was looking for a way to understand how trading actually works. I discovered a group of traders a year ago and tried to see what it is all about.With banning binary options in Europe, the step to the crypto world has been awaited. Now, as a crypto enthusiastic, I patiently wait to see how this market work and how the altcoins will evolve. An important role in this is also the contribution of specialized service providers (https://cryptoorders.com/articles/betex-versus-standard-binary-options-brokers/). Scammers have already made their appearance and are looking for vulnerabilities. I wish u the best of luck along with the others in this new journey!

The first time I started using bitcoin  and buying bitcoin was to use it for multi level marketing platform Zarfund  but since I am not good in multi level marketing I lost all the bitcoin in invested. The next one I try was HYIP Platform and one of them was called worldminer. I also lost everything.

Heard about bitcoin the first time around 2011 when different suppliers of marketing services wanted payment in the form

I heard about Bitcoin when I was figuring out another way to transfer money to a sports book since Visa and bank wire were not options. This was back in 2015. Too bad I didn't leave that money in Bitcoin. At that time, I was not too interested in what it was.

I became interested in the middle of 2017. I believe it was during a financial conversation on a YouTube comment. Someone was saying something about biotechs and crypto currency. I looked up crypto currency and saw bitcoin at the top of coinmarketcap. My interest was perked and I started researching and thus began my bitcoin journey.

I've heard MMM before and its a large ponzi scheme like bitconnect but i think they don't use any altcoins by that time. I've heard bitcoin in 2012 as another payment, at first i think it was another future payment like paypal or something and because it was created by someone annonymous then at that time i think it can be manipulated by the creator so i never really took interest at it. In middle 2016 i started hearing about bitcoin again reaching $400-500 when i think it was only a few dollars worth for a coin and early last year i started to took more attention towards it as it become a high risk investment but also gave me high return.  ;D ;D

I never heard or see ads about bitcoin offering 50% ROI since its not ponzi but rather than investment like a paper pennystocks at that time so its possible that someone trying to do scam with bitcoin while the price started to hike. CMIIW  ::) ::)

I came to know bitcoin through my sister in who is gaining a lot, till they built a house out of it. so i gain an interest about it that is why  i researched and read a lot about Bitcoin. And now i am also gaining, like my sister in law.

   


At first I don't believed in bitcoin until I found out through my own research that it was profitable and working in bitcoin is easy if you have enough knowledge how to deal with it,and I found it very interesting that's why i'm here in bitcoin.

It is very unfortunate that 5 out of 10 people heard about Bitcoin through a Ponzi scheme/media stories. This highlights the need for the huge level of mass awareness regarding what Bitcoin is all about. I remember, I was doing a research regarding my domain name reselling business back in 2013 and I came across something called crypto/Bitcoin and I did some research and convinced with the idea of the decentralized digital payment system. I bought some domains and sold too and it was a very amazing experience. Since then, I am involved with Bitcoin and learning something new each day.

I heard about bitcoin on my co workers where he is explaining what will happen in the nexg five years and then he tackle topics about bitcoin and on how it will be ruled the market in the future. This get me interested and leads me to research more about it.

I actually knew a lady who got involved in thebillioncoin and I couldn't even believe my ears when she was telling me. I was just nodding along like "OMG people actually jump in without any research?". What are you going to do, I feel like those people deserve to lose at that point. You gotta use your resources.

I never heard bitcoin as a ponzi scheme or what so scam it is. I made a research about this in Google. Actually, I don't have the money to start and to but bitcoin. Then my brother introduced me this forum where I can learn more about bitcoin.

I also like you, I heard the first bitcoin from the global MMM ponzy program, but at that time I was not interested because MMM in my country had scam and I thought that it was just a clone, and I started being introduced with friends through bitcoin trading and I much make a profit there.

Actually bitcoin was introduced to me in 2016 by my friend when I was working in Dubai.He said that we could send money to our home country even without any banks or exchanges at very low fee.That was the reason for which I started using bitcoin first.

First heard about it when it was around $10. Thought “it would be funny to buy $100 worth and see what happens” finished my beer and didn’t think about it again until it was around $700. Bought some to donate to a private tracker, bought more to hold. Still holding on for dear life :)

Unfortunately, before i know bitcoin i knew those word, MLM, MMM, PTC and other various way how to earn real money from internet. And also become the reseller and  dropshipper from online shop.

But the beginning is, when my friend introduce me about earn money from mining, dice and faucet website. And after learn from website and this forum, i realize bitcoin is exactly different from ponzi scheme product. this thing is stand alone with blockchain system which is a new term to me.

But with me personally, I was really interested in cryptography and steganography, and one thing led to another until I eventually stumbled upon Bitcoin. This was late 2009/early 2010. I saw genuine potential in the IDEA, but I saw Bitcoin as more of a proof of concept at the time than anything. Late 2010, I become a bit more of a believer and started mining and wanted to invest, but got cold feet and pulled out at the last second [I kept mining for a few months, though, into a wallet I no longer have access to :| ]

I followed Bitcoin over the years, buying small and making TINY profits just for the hell of it, and happened to hop on the rocket just before reaching the moon a couple of months back.

Some of my biggest regrets in life are how I handled my Bitcoins early on -_-

I was surfing on the web and I accidentally heard about bitcoin. I didn't judge it and I started to study and know bitcoin and its advantages. I have been always positive about bitcoin.

I first heared about Bitcoin as a "money making method" alternative to PTC sites, a more profitable and easier way to earn money on the internet, especially for third world people who have difficult to find profitable online tasks to execute and earn money. The scams/Ponzies I just knew later, when the investment options for my Bitcoins started appearing.

Anyway, although being very dangerous and not advisable to invest, Ponzi schemes were one of the main ways people discovered Bitcoin.

I proudly say, I chose the interest in Bitcoin (cryptocurrency) from Ponzi biz, was one of the smartest moves I ever made in my life, heard about Bitcoin as I looked for another way to transfer money to a book and bank transfer. Too bad I did not leave the money in Bitcoin, I was looking for crypto currency and saw bitcoin at the top of coinmarketcap. My interest radiated and I began to research

Work on the land brought a penny, there was not enough for anything. I was looking for somewhere to earn money. First he understood the trade, there were successes, but a penny. Then Mamena's friend told about the bitcoin and the company in which she is. And so it was.

I heard it too many times on social media like Facebook.

Yeah and mostly was for the promotion of Ponzi or matrix scheme. I bet yeah most people heard about Cryptocurrency (BItcoin)  just as I did (ponzi). The problems now is how do we reduced this?   I know we can't terminate it, so what is the Crypto-cummunity doing towards creating awareness. Hopping to get a reply because this is a very serious issues

Haven once been a victim to scammers, I resorted to getting enough understanding of how online businesses actually works before again engaging in such. I one day overheard a group of friends talking about crypto currency. I drew closer to ask for explanation and that was when I was made aware and introduced to bitcoin. This means unless you get determined and inquisitive, you may lose great opportunities.

the first time I heard about bitcoin from my friend, before I was not interested in bitcoin, but my decision was wrong, I just joined bitcoin in 2017, in my opinion late, because bitcoin prices have started up, if I were earlier then I can buy bitcoin at a cheaper price.

I was able to see the hype of MMM and many was deceived through its scheme though obviously it was a ponzi scheme before and good thing that people from social media warned the scheme and its shady behavior.

I heard it from my old friend who was curious about things on deep web and he just mentioned that bitcoin was the currency there.

I heard the word bitcoin in 2013 but I ignored it because I am busy at that time. When I graduated in the tertiary level year 2017, I am finding some ways to earn online and I saw this word again "bitcoin" and I became very curious about it. Luckily, there are some of my friends who help me know what bitcoin and whole cryptocurrency is all about. Until now, I am reading here in the forum about bitcoin and absorbing every knowledge that I need to know :)/

I have heard about bitcoin since 2009. I also remembered MMM and luckily I did not lose any amount of btc that time since after a month I withdraw my btc and convert it to cash. Some of my profit in MMM was invested in perfecthash.com but eventually that site was a scam. So after I was scammed I started collecting faucets and then I keep on researching on how to increase my earned btc. I eventually ended doing up some affiliate marketing to newly created investment and gambling sites. Then I was hired by a certain website due to my effort and then I found out about signature campaigns. Then later on I was doing some trading and even become and ICO consultant and a social media promoters for newly developed coins.

I was one of those who missed it, by 2016 my friend had already told it, but at that time I did not understand about bitcoin, but over time there was often information on the internet and I was curious then studied until I got guidance from my friend at the end of 2017 first. now I am eager to position myself with others.

I wish I had also heard about bitcoins earlier. I came to know about bitcoins quite late. If I remember correctly, I heard about it on a IM forum and then I landed on bitcointalk. Now I get paid in bitcoins and other crypto for some of my freelance work and I am content with my performance so far.

It is really amazing to see the journey of members here who are active on this forum from 2012 or earlier.

Last week, I also find out some news for this topic. According to Bank of America, the greatest bubble in history is exploding. The stock market is falling in line with the slump in the world's biggest asset bubble - bitcoin, after less than a year since its peak. Do you think this information is accurate?

I did not care about the outcome of this. Bitcoin may be the biggest bubble of all time, but one thing that can not be denied is the technology behind it. A whole new infrastructure industry will be built - in which the internet will change the way the world works.  ;)

I love "bubbles". "Bubbles" give people the railway. The "bubble" that opened up the shipbuilding industry in the 18th century. The "bubble" brings the internet to everyone. The "bubble" is now a strong currency. "Bubbles" are not a bad thing at all. I only care about whether the world is better or not.

I first heard bitcoin from my friends last year, when I am passing by with their place bitcoin is always their topic. I didn't mind them at first and if they are trying to explain it to me, I just nod and say okay later. They're patiently waiting and explained bitcoin to me until they got my full attention and here I amm now, thanks to them.

I heard bitcoin from my friend but he is a trader in bitcoin market. I started it when I was looking for extra money for daily life with my wife. and I asked my friend, then suggested to collect the bitcoin. but I was confused to start, because my friend forbids to join in the world of PONZI. until I was given some sites that I remember. it is a freebitco.in and game on smartphone, Flappybird. and until now my capital has grown into a big trading Bitcoin. :)

I already know bitcoin for many years but i have not  tried it yet. So when i know my friend is also using it by then i also use it.

First time I got information about Bitcoin through my facebook friends status,at that time I tried to buy Bitcoin and invest in cloud mining
I get profit from my first investment but in subsequent investments I suffered losses due to investing in scam cloud mining
After I know that most cloud mining is scam,I started switching to crypto trading and looking for more information about Crypto currency and Blockchain

I've come to know bitcoin through a meme featuring Dorian Nakamoto, though back then I don't really know what it is or what does it do so I decided to dive deeper. After doing some researches here and there, I found out that bitcoin has some value which is sitting @ $400 a piece. Later on, I stumbled upon this site, created an account hoping to enlighten me on this new fad--heck, the whitelist even asked me for 0.00004751 BTC back then lol.  The rest is history.. I started with faucets and reading until I bought my first coins and have been buying since then.

I first read about it about 2 years ago in a tech blog that I subscribed to.
Didn't think much of it, since the blog discussed the negative use cases for BTC, such as the dark web.
When I became more understanding of its technology is when I decided to get involved, maybe a few months later.

I first heard Bitcoin from my boyfriend. As students we were struggling about our daily needs and expenses and how our hectic school schedule is a hindrance for us having a part time job. But, when my boyfriend discovered Bitcoin he never stopped convincing me to try it because it would be really beneficial for us. At first, I must admit that I've refused to do so but a year ago I started dedicating myself to Bitcoin. And it was worth the try.

Through my experiences in dealing with bitcoin today, I've had few experiences with scammers. Scammers who have built a good image and strong reputation yet little did i know it was just for a show so a lot of people would be interested resulting more numbers of victims.

I heard about bitcoin or cryptocurrency in General last year around January 2017 from my roommate. I'm thankful and grateful about the opportunity, as of now we earn around 10,000 USD and it is a big deal already as we not yet rich and we are from a third world country. Thanks Crypto.

I heard bitcoin, at first was in our neighbours friend, he earn in bitcoin, a lot then i ask to my self if i am going to try bitcoin, because i notice bitcoin is  working and make a good salaries. from joining the campaign.

I've known bitcoin since it cost 5 million. But do not expect coins to be phenomenal as it is today. After I have learned and read, read on, and start with the crypto world (especially Bitcoin). And start learning how to find bitcoin. From Faucet (tap) coins, mining with computers and cloud mining, all I'm looking for. And this year I have tried to learn tranding.

And unnoticed, the world of cryptocurrency provides a little extra, though not billions, but I think it's okay. Starting installment motor is paid, can buy new HP, Netbook, can pay electricity, pulse, quota every month, and can add-add money pocket every day

My first time heard about bitcoin is when my brother told us about it.  He gave us some brief explanation and introduction about it and after that it's heard sound so good to be until I notice that I'm wanted to be a part of it so after a couple of weeks I decided to involved with this and I realized how it's been a blessings to me and to my family because it answers all my problems in life so until now I'm very thankful because there are such system like this that can gives a huge of opportunities to us.

I heard bitcoin last year when the world is trending about virus wannacry that attacked microsoft users, from that news i heard the hacker ask for ransom money it bitcoin, so the people who got hacked have to transfer several btc to recover their accounts.
From here i know bitcoin.

The first time I heard about bitcoin and crypto to my high school friend. He tell me and discuss to me what is bitcoin and how it works but unfortunately in the beginning I doubt it because that was the first time I heard that and i cant believe that there are such that system that can gives or offered a lot of opportunities us in a way that we can earn a huge of profit in just a short period of time but eventually I realized that I need to try it  so I do have a chance to have a better life and that was happened.

I could hear Bitcoin from a respected elder brother. He told me everything about Bitcoin and said. He talked about Bitcoin and about how it will be governed in the future market and about its benefits and benefits. Now I can earn from an inexpensive Bitcoin.

I heard about it in 2014 by a friend neither of us invested into it but in 2015 he started Investing into btc. By the start of 2016 be convinced how profitable btc can be If one trys to earn through trading and the volatility in mid 2017 made me believe that btc is a very promising asset.

i know the MMM too, it is Mavro right ? He even held ICO here : https://mavro.org/
The ponzi scheme is always same, earlier supporter will have a profit much.
but bitcoin is not a ponzi because any time you join in bitcoin, you will have a same chance to gain earnings.

It all started with a signature campaigns on a different forum, it was a compulsion to take btc as payment, honestly had never heard of btc till then, decided to give it out a try. Once the btc started hitting my wallet suddenly the price zoomed and that caught my attention, while learning more I came here and understood what it actually was, it's much deeper than I imagined.

I hear a long time ago about paying for pc performance, this was mining bitcoin.
First my income was on bounty of ponzi project

Luckily you've heard it earlier, unlike me even if i've heard it early, i am still not convinced about its capability and its potential, until one day i am really curious enough to try and risk. The first thing i've learn was about forex trading, and then again i saw an ad about crypto trading, that is the only time i started learning how to trade crypto and study further about how does it work, until i encounter this forum that says here we discussed all details regarding crypto.

I tried to be deceived by ICO.
This caused me to lose some ETH. Then I slowly went to understand the project data.
Such as team consulting, project rating website, and then joined the cryptocurrency world.

Actually, I have no money to start and yet bitcoin. Then my brother introduced me to this forum where I can learn more about bitcoin.
I am looking for somewhere to make money. First he understood the trade, there are successes, but a penny.

I’ve been hearing about bitcoin since 2013. I’m just too busy with work of simply not interested. One of those who are too lazy to do some research. Should’ve been a millionaire by now.

Well frankly speaking Bitcoin was never a ponzi scheme to start with. Ponzi schemes don't have a working product with real world use cases, they just have pyramid schemes. Bitcoin is only called ponzi by those who didn't get in early into Bitcoin and missed the crazy returns it gave to everyone.

Mostly internet ads and through word of mouth. One or two years later I was at a business expo for the company I worked at and one of the stalls was about bitcoin.

A colleague of mine had introduced me about bitcoin and I decided to give it a try. I started researching about bitcoin in the last quarter of 2017 and gradually learning from it. As months go by, I had absorbed some of my knowledge from the internet and other informative information from my friends at work where they guided me on how to join the signature bounty campaigns. Actually, I had just finished my first ever bounty campaign which I think is successful and now currently waiting for the hard earned token. Always bear in mind that "a quitter never win and a winner never quit", so let's continue to believe in bitcoin as this is the future currency that could surely change everyone's lives.

I first hear and learned bitcoin from a friend of mine. It was several years ago, and I am so desperate to have an other source of income and help my family financially. So from this friend he introduce me about bitcoin and I become curious about it and spend most of my time reading articles about bitcoin and cryptocurrencies.

I first heard of Bitcoin in 2016, when I participated in a Ponzi scheme called MMM' ( infamously founded by late Sergei Mavrodi), after it failed I enter into another ponzi called BBN(Boonbuy Network) that claimed to be trading on Bitcoin and binary option, I invested my sister's money in it, when it collapsed, I knew family war was coming because I needed to account for the lost fund. This led me to studying about Bitcoin only, without a mentor, I was about to make fortunes and later will pay back my debt before BTC price crashed from $20,000.

It would have been better I had mentor but the ones I met needed cash before any talk, so had to learn the hard way, currently i teach people about bitcoin without charging a dime from them, just enjoy sharing the knowledge based on my level of experience.

They are literally everywhere now on social media platforms commonly used as a payment method or a currency from investment schemes, not all but most of them turn out to be a scam either on the long and short run basis stalling some time to exit, unfamiliar people will now calling bitcoin a scam all because those greedy scammers, good thing that I've seeing people like this even he heard that coin from a Ponzi, from my experience I knew bitcoin first on my research came across from a bitcoin faucet.

I heard about the bitcoin initially from a colleague and we invested in about 2 hyip sites then; we didn't break even at all. I later got into the digital marketing of the cryptocurrencies through a very close friend. It was a real burning desire in him to let me know about it. I am glad I joined in and wish I had joined in earlier. All the same, good to have the knowledge.

The first time I heard about btc was from ponzi group. I think MMM made me to study about bitcoin, to understand it before pledging in btc. Then I  had low value and regard for it. And I  wasted my btc alot in fake bot and ponzi schemes.

The first one that introduced me about bitcoin was my brother in 2016 and I started searching further through search on google and joining a group on facebook.

I was also introduced to bitcoin initially back at Senior High School but i did not take it seriously because the friend who introduced me into it  made it sound scary and rigid. Telling me there are strict rules that i need to follow in the forum so i gave up until when i got to the university and a good friend of mine TNBTC introduced me into bounty hunting business. Initially it was time consuming until my reward for my first bounty campaign came and i had about $50 USD. I was so happy and ever since then i have been into crypto and investing in bitcoins. I am glad i joined tho.

I also trying to earn on Internet many years but without any success.
I invested in many ponzi programs, revshares, mlm, etc and lost money everywhere.
So, when friend told me about bitcoin a few years ago I was skeptic and didn't join right away.
When I heard how much he earned here, I finally decided to join.
I now regret that I didn't join before :)

I learned about bitcoin in 2012. Unfortunately, I did not take this information seriously and did not buy bitcoins then. Maybe it was influenced by fears that the state will not like it)

Am a social guy who always spend much time online and also join so many  discussion forum where people share their opinion on new technology,got to know about it on the discussion forum around 2015...

The first time I've heard about bitcoin was on 2009 and I really don't paid enough attention on it because I was really thinking that it's worth nothing and it would just simply die or vanish into nothing but a friend of mine inform me about this bitcoin somewhere on 2017 and all the other crypto currencies in which he can convert into real money so since that day I really find a great interest in bitcoin and all the other crypto currencies out there.

I heard about bitcoin from my co worker.  he is explaining what will happen in the next five years. and  how it will be ruled the market in the future. This made  me interested and leads me to research more about it.

I first encounter it on deepweb using it as a payment for anonymity. So I find a way to earn it. First I knew that it could be mined by the use of GPUs but the electricity cost in my county is expensive. So other way is on gambling site but I lately notice the it could be bought by the use of exchanges. So I put my savings on bitcoin and put in on the gambling site. I earned more than I loss so I think I was lucky that my savings didn't go to vain. So the next time I just do some trading on exchanges. Less risk but greater and sure gains.

I was just a bit beginner about bitcoin, my friend introduced it and that guy said I know what to know and it wants me to read and know bitcoin not long ago. Through the bitcointlak that I learn, I know the current situation of bitcoin and the crypto. :o

MLM did me a lot of damage but one thing I got from all the chaos is crypto. I learnt about bitcoin for the first time in ponzi as a means of payment and I did my own research. Its been a great ride ever since, and its just the beginning of a great journey ahead.

I already hear about bitcoin last 2014 but I really dont care beacuase my cousin thought me that it is all about stocks and I know that is not is not interesting or honestly speaking it look like that is very boring. But when the time that I got a job in money remittace I was noticed that many of our clients are investing and collecting their salary thru our company. And one day my former classmate was also collecting his salary. I did not expect that he can have that money because I know him all he know to do is to live his life to the fullest. So I asked him to teach me and he did and until know he guided me in every signature campaign that we join.

I got involved in bitcoin in 2017 after the popular ponzi scheme MMM became bankrupt while trying to resuscitates the scheme they decided to start payment using bitcoin this prompted me to fully research and seek more information about bitcoin I was amazed with all the discoveries I made as regards the use and benefits of adopting bitcoin.

Heard 1st time from the biggest scam in crypto, bitconnect.
Most people are get multiple profits but the rest sucks a lot.
from there i learn a lot and end up in this forum and learn a lot again

exactly the same for me :) I read a post on a forum
and then mined some on a GPU and forgot about it, only to get back in a year or so
there was also a  standalone programme that mined bitcoins and offered ingame online money in return for some forgotten now game
so then I read more about it and finally found bitcointalk-the best source of information about bitcoins for me then and now
there was gpu mining of a coin per day, getting scammed by 50btc pool in between and many more interesting and not so interesting things

I also as you, as a student, looking for different ways to earn money on the Internet. I had a certain amount of money accumulated over the summer work, and I was looking for where to invest profitably. I also got into a few Scam projects until I came across bitcoin. And it really gave me an opportunity to make money.

i think we both shared the same story, though i was introduced into bitcoin by a close friend, who was also the same person that introduced me to mmm, after loosing half of my live savings to the ponzi scheme, i found shelter in bitcoin and i have no cause to regret my decisions.

Heard about Bitcoin from a friend, that was in search for a way out of poverty, as a result of  unemployment after our degree programme, He introduce the  BitcoinTalk platform to, for me to learn, research and be equipped before the journey commence, It has beena profitable endeavour from 2017 till this moment.

I first heard about Bitcoin in a news release in 2016, where there was a report on the elimination of a coin-mining farm. I wanted to know in more detail what bitcoin is and I applied for information on the Internet, and later I met people who were involved in investing in cryptocurrency.

I have a job that, unfortunately, does not bring me a high income. But I have always had a desire to make good money for a comfortable life. And quite by chance a friend told me about bitcoins and that it is fashionable now. Of course I'm interested in this topic and since then every day I spend on different forums for the study of cryptocurrency, and it's crazy I like. Besides, I like it even more when I started getting real income.

I don't listen to negative things about btc because as for me it is the trustworthy system which will replace our standard currency with time and we need to invest in it at the moment

It's simple - I learned about it from the Internet. Fortunately, I immediately got acquainted with quite experienced investors who helped me to choose good coins for investment, helped me to choose a good wallet and told about different investment strategies.

Two years ago, an acquaintance borrowed money from me and did not give it away for a long time, and then offered to return Bitcoin and I was forced to find out more about cryptocurrency. I agreed to take the debt in bitcoins. Imagine how happy I was at the end of last year.

a very interesting story, and MMM is ponzi, even until today. even though MMM today accepts transactions using bitcoin, but the characteristics of MMM are always ponzi.

in my opinion, you are part of the person who is actively looking for information about bitcoin, and you are very lucky, you are out of the Ponzi world and starting with the crypto world.
my advice is don't stop to explore any information about crypto to increase your knowledge and join the crypto community in your country.

INTERESTING POST COLLEAGUE! I was also a member of that MMM( Mavrodi Mondial Movement). Even though it was a ponzi scheme, but the returns were awesome especially when you traded in bitcoin at that time.

Anyway, I first heard about bitcoin in 2013, at a seminar in my school. I was so scared to invest because everything I heard about it was perceived imaginable. But now, I have tasted and enjoyed the benefit of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. believe it or not, I am a strong advocate for cryptos.........

I heard it from my friend that encourage me to try, he even give me the Bitcoin to try to cash into the bank, at first I am not really interested because I have been cheated so many times, and I am one of the MMM victim, so at that point I didn't have any big expectations, but when the price keep on going up,that is when I became serious with Bitcoin, and now I already start to enjoy the result of my work

I was interested in making money online after been scam by many HYIP which made me furious. I sighted an advert that was talking about bitcoin and crypto exchange on one of these HYIP website. That was the beginning of my interest in bitcoin.

I learned about it from my friend Hookahman who told me that you can make good money on it in the summer of 2017. then I fell in love with a manic cryptocurrency, and I have been interested in it to this day

I came across Bitcoin when I was still new to telegram and found out about some telegram bots claiming to give out Bitcoins which later turned out to be false, later on someone in a group I was on WhatsApp sent a link to a group filled with people who did airdrops that was where my main journey started

A friend on Indian forum introduced me to Bitcoin, then Stellar airdrop back in 2015 made me dive bit dipper, unfortunately I didn't hold it.

It is interesting that you found about bitcoin through scammers and instead of letting that experience marking you and your opinions about bitcoin, you decided to let that aside and concentrate on the good part which was bitcoin, let me tell you that is not easy and you have done great since there are many people that lost money because of their own decisions and instead of accepting them they decided to blame bitcoin for their mistakes and they missed all the profits they could have made if they decided to let those feelings behind them.

I have heard bitcoin in 2012 first time, one of my friend who comes from Russia was playing an online game i don't remember the name, he was buying and selling some game stuff in there, like swords or armorS.. He was using the bitcoin in there and that was something not important to me, how could i possible know that game coin would come this far..

I heard that this bitcoin is used for the ponzi program so that it will make the price of bitcoin very high considering the movement of the price of bitcoin when there is still a ponzi program that can trigger the price movement of bitcoin.

Anyone know if MMM is still running after the death of Sergei Mavrodi? I think this is the biggest Ponzi scheme linked to Bitcoin and the one that has done the most damage.  ::) I am glad to hear that something positive has also come from this Ponzi scheme, but the sad part will always be that there are only a small percentage of people who makes some profit from these schemes.  >:(

I am one of the lucky people who were fortunate enough, not to be exposed to these Ponzi schemes as a introduction to Bitcoin.  :P

I first heard bitcoin from my brother. he invited to participate in investing in bitcoin at that time the price of bitcoin was still $ 100. but I refused because at that time I was just fooled by the ponzi scheme My MMM suffered a big loss. My work money was $ 3,000 lost because of MMM. since then I'm not interested in investing on the internet. but at the end of 2017 I was surprised when my brother was able to buy a new car from the results of a bitcoin investment. and then I was interested in learning and after I learned I understood that bitcoin is not a ponzi scheme. Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency that can be used as an investment tool. then I invested in cryptocurrency.

I have never heard that bitcoin is a ponzi system or fraud, because from the first time I joined this forum I did not have money but after joining this forum, I was able to get knowledge about bitcoin and get results from bitcoin.

It is also 2015 when I heard about bitcoin then I just ignore this thing. All I knew that time is we can earn real money through bitcoin but I don't know how. I heard it from a friend of mine who is very addicted to crypto that time. I am unaware why but time passes by I discovered that she is already earning big because of crypto.

even I was far before 2015, before bitcoin was too famous like that year. I had heard bitcoin, but the news about bitcoin was not as
negative as after bitcoin began to boom. so I heard news in early 2013, and I didn't hear negative news like bitcoin is MLM, Ponzi, or somthing like that

i go to hear about bitcoin in 2016 from ponzi scheme. then i bought few bitcoin which i invested and lost but didnt fully understand the whole idea behind bitcoin. It was later 2017 i got engaged fully in bitcoin and also created an account on bitcointalk. so far the journey has been a wonderful one and am glad i have been part of the bitcoin and cryptocurrency story since 2017.

From Ponzi to multi level marketing scam then turn into fraud and the last thing they're telling about bitcoin is :" It's definetely a bubble".
Hmmm look like Bitcoin doesn't have a bright past.

I got to hear about bitcoin in 2014 from online blogs and news that it bitcoin has started to boom the market and it will going to get huge profits in upcoming year. I am unaware how we will get benefited from bitcoin because it was not currency but later realized that it is digital currency which proven and lot of early investors become millionaire because of this crypto currency. Feeling bad by missing the chance..

On September 24,2018 when my brother-in-law have told me to try it and join some bounty campaigns and tradings but I laughed, then later that year I regretted and I feel sorry for myself, now he bought a house and lot and just keep on earning. I joined it and learned on January 22 this same year.

I guess this is what happened to me too. When i was doing some research about money making on internet I came across this site called hashocean it was a cloud mining site where you invest some money to buy a hashrate then everyday they pay you back with it. however after 2 years or more this site became a scam. they run away with the peoples money. Then after What happened I continued my research on Bitcoin. After a long run I came across this site where i collected most of my knowledge about crypto currencies.

I heard about the bitcoin initially from a colleague and we invested in about 2 hyip sites then; we didn't break even at all. I later got into the digital marketing of the cryptocurrencies through a very close friend. It was a real burning desire in him to let me know about it. I am glad I joined in and wish I had joined in earlier. All the same, good to have the knowledge.

I heard about bitcoin from one blogger on youtube last year, and start my crypto journey from bitconnect. It was a mistake, but today everything is ok.

I heard about bitcoin through my cousin who introduced me to it and told me that she can no longer work for any body that the pay she receive from bitcoin is okey for her.

I saw on a laptop with my friend how he did something on the cryptocurrency exchange and started to wonder what it is and how to make money from it. it is from that day that I am here

My brother told me about it way back 2016 and it can be used to access deep web, I thought that time that that was all what bitcoin can do but im glad there’d a lot of use of bitcoin today.

I think I heard it from my old friend who already become rich because of bitcoin and cryptocurrency. Out of curiosity I ask them to help my on how to earn money through bitcoin and they help me step by step and little by little. As of now I'm still curious about it because there many things that I need to study and there many things that I need to know about bitcoin and cryptocurrency.

I heard about bitcoin from my cousin who studied in UK . He is an expert trader in bitcoin crypto currency market. he suggested me to trade in bitcoin...but I don't understand about bitcoin.

Well...I heard about bitcoin just through the way you heard yours as well. I was first doing MMM not knowing anything about and not knowing it's a ponzi scheme. I made some cool cash from it, bought some properties from it but I must also tell you that I also did loose heavily on it. I loose some of my local currency on it and as well about 0.2BTC as well it was offering ROI of 40% monthly on every BTC pledged.  After the loosing, I heard about Bitcoin (ICO) which I appreciated I didn't hesitated to take that bold step.

Actually for me I heard bitcoin through a friend who really introduce me to use bitcoin. Yes before site that people could invest using bitcoin was popular and that makes me join about cryptocurrency. That is good to know you continue to search about bitcoin.

I heard about Bitcoin in 2015 but none of the terms or explaination made sense to me at all even after personal studies. Not until 2017 when I joined a matrix programme that paid in Bitcoin, through it I was unable to get the basics then self studies was more understandable.

I heard about Bitcoin several years ago, when it was cheap. It seems to me, I met some article about BTC and read it. Actually, I did not pay attention to it. Later, my buddy who earned on BTC gave me a good example.

I've learned Bitcoin because it appeared in my news feed, I don't find Bitcoin as an appealing investment. I was enticed to invest my Bitcoin in Ponzi and HYip, then everything messed up , I loss all my Btc.

I saw Bitcoin in an advertisement in Facebook. I got curious and do a little research. Although Bitcoin is a legitimate cryptocurrency it was used as means of payment by High Yield Investment Program (HIYP). I was scammed and did a thorough research and discovered my mistakes.

at least HYIPs are good for something, it turns out- somepeople discover bitcoins and cryptocurrencies through them
good thing you didn't get frustrated and disappointed and read more about bitcoins and returned
stronger, more informed and , hopefully, smarter to not to participate in ponzi programmes anymore
think the only time I entered a ponzi was when there was this cloud mining baby boom
just test deposited 10$ worth of coins and the thing closed in a 2 weeks time - so it was a very cheap antidote for me

I first heard Bitcoin from a friend of ours back in 2014. During those times, we are those edgy kids who thinks we are all knowing who engage in deep web kind of things in Facebook. That's when I first heard Bitcoin and how it is used there but I didn't engage as I don't see any means of making money back then. Then 2017 came. One of my friend ask me to help him make any money around online so we search. That's when I heard Bitcoin again but this time, in a scam app in a mobile devise, it was super easy to earn there but of course, all our efforts wasted because it's not paying, but we didn't stop and that's when we got in this forum. Best discovery of my life.

I started to work in the company that promote bitcoin, and before I did not trust it, but now, analyzed all information, I can say that it has good advantages for users

I heard bitcoin from the news on Yahoo, where it was told there was someone who lost 5000 bitcoin in the hard drive that he accidentally threw away. In the past I thought it was nothing, but now I'm wrong. That is a very big value.

I got to know about bitcoin in 2013 when the price was still low but I never attach any important to it because my friend who told me about it was using freebitcoin.com to raise satoshi and use same for gambling and I was not interested. It was about 2016 when  I came into bitcointalk forum that I really appreciate bitcoin.

Previously I had joined MMM and the last one was futurenet, whatever the benefits I could, it turned out to continue to create personal anxiety because I was connected to a Ponzi network that could become extinct at any time if the system no longer ran smoothly.

one day they finally used btc as a payment option and I soon learned it further, after experiencing a process of almost one year I found the convenience of this forum and even the crypto market and I prefer to use my own skills without dependence on other people in this matter that I the meaning of the Ponzi network.

The most important thing is that I can switch to a crypto currency business that is healthier and has positive hegemony.

I took me time to give into cryptocurrency reasons been that the rate of scam in my country was alarming and i fell a victim and was been mindful not to be another on but after series of study i understood the basics and i understood i can run my account myself and i had evidence from my friends that sealed my conviction then i became a part of it

Many people who do not understand Bitcoin may think that these are fraudulent and virtual values but I am convinced that once they understand the problem, they will love bitcoin more than anything.

I first heard about bitcoin many years ago but then it seemed to me something fantastic, unreal. Then I met it again, I again paid attention to it but didn't invest. And only last year I understood my previous mistakes and began to carefully study and invest in bitcoin.

2/3 years before I heard about bitcoin from my friend who worked in online.  and I also get know about bitcoin through newspaper..  websites and many blogs.

My story is more simple and primitive. I learned about Bitcoin from a friend of mine who became interested in it, because he also urgently needed money. And after that, I began my journey in the world of cryptocurrency

I'm in cryptocurrency not so long ago and found out about it stumbled on the blog of a guy in social networks. Before that, I had heard the word "bitcoin" many times, but never went into details. And after this blog article, my life was divided into before and after, as investing in cryptocurrency has changed my life significantly.

At one point, in the circle of my friends was often discussed cryptocurrency, fraud it or not. I also became interested in this issue and spent many hours in Google. So I got acquainted with bitcoin and so began my story of earnings with him.

I first heard about bitcoin through the time I was actively in ponzi and I also got financially hooked in the waiting period. Got introduced through a friend and this also wasn't a fair earning at the end of the project/ICO.

Oddly enough, from their parents. They heard the news story about bitcoin and cryptocurrency and asked me if I knew something about it. I became interested and began to study this topic on the Internet. So I got involved in this topic and gradually began to invest and earn.

I have heard a lot of bad news about bitcoin before I invested in it, and until now I still hear a lot, but the difference is that I now have my own position because I understand that what they say is based on nothing but rumors

I am never know about bitcoin used for ponzi scheme. I am knowing about bitcoin because my friend success investing his money in cryptocurrency and i am join because of that.
Many ponzi scheme using bitcoin name right now and it selling with direct selling method but i know that after i am join in cryptomarket

You are right if you receive information about bitcoin which turns out to be a scam, because I observe a lot of inappropriate information about bitcoin. Where bitcoin is likened to a ponzi scheme. This might be the impact of the activities of the few people who turned out to use the ponzi scheme for member fraud. An example is the case that ensnared GG Miners CEO Josh Garza. Garza runs a ponzi scheme in his company by embezzling around USD9.8 million from his customers.

yeah i knew about crypto from fauchet fauchet  and advertisement from clicksense , so i was interested about crypto and keep learning until now
but what i got ? i lost 70 % my money from here, so i wont invest untill crypto going to bullrun again nextyear

I heard about bitcoin from a friend of mine when i was in college but i did not give it any thought because i thought it was one of those schemes that was designed to steal the money of innocent people. It was later in 2017 when i heard how much people are gaining from the investment into cryptocurrencies that i decided to have a look at it again. Currently i am a full time investor in cryptocurrencies and ICOs.

I remember the word bitcoin i heard first is on the year 2010. In that time bitcoin is not that valuable coin, i also thunk that it is only a ponzi scheme, but on the december of 2017 i got shocked by its price, about $14k and that's the time i am curious about bitcoin and want to understand its concept.

I heard about bitcoin from my friend, he started working with bitcoin, then he showed me and i got in to bitcoin as simple as that.

the first time I heard about bitcoin from advertisements on the internet, I opened a website and there was an ad about faucets that could produce bitcoin. it's been a long time for me to play the faucet until I finally found out about bitcoin gambling, then airdrop and finally bounty in this forum. and in this forum I learned a lot about bitcoin to become a bitcoin trader until now.

i know bitcoin from ponzi scheme, at the first i saw my facebook riend share about bitcoin, and i learn about bitcoin at that time, after that i saw that there are people that share website to double the bitcoin, so i know that is not going well so i stop my investment in that website

Oh, yes, I was also among these guys that paid their attention to some  "strange" (as it seemed to me that time) digital money that appeared at that time. However, I could not guess that Bitcoin would conquer the world.

I got fired from my job and decided I didn't want to tie my life to the office anymore. So I studied different earning strategies on the Internet until I finally found bitcoin. And I immediately got involved in this topic, because it is profitable and interesting.

I first saw advertisements mentioning BTC when I used to participate in rev share programs in 2014. But at the time I didn't really look into BTC until a friend of mine mentioned it to me in December 2014 and that's when I decided to look more into BTC and then started to work with faucets to build up my BTC and then I started trading in small amounts. So that is basically how I heard about Bitcoin. 

I think we won't find out. If this is a pyramid, it will burst in a hundred years, no less.

I do not remember how I learned about bitcoin, in my opinion it was a post on social networks. But as soon as I learned about such a phenomenon as cryptocurrency, I immediately began to study it, because I immediately realized that this can make good money. I was right.

  One friend, who was my mentor at that time just told me that this sphere has big perspectives in the future. So I decided to join.

I got into the company of some pretty smart guys who mentioned bitcoin in their conversation. Of course, I asked them to tell me more about it. And one of them subsequently helped me to invest. And so began my bitcoin history, which has been going on for several years.

I saw an article about bitcoin in one of the financial magazines. I was interested in the topic of investing in cryptocurrency and I began to study this topic in social networks, the Internet, found this forum. All this subject quickly tightened me and thus, I am 3 years here.

A friend from the social media introduced me to a new kind of currency called bitcoin more than three years ago and later urged me to invest on it. My other friends in social media believe that te cryptocurrency is a scam so I made a research first and discovered that bitcoin is not only cryptocurrency that existing at that time and many people are already using it in their online transactions. Some people in the social media are already using the bitcoin in their so called online investments that include HYIP which are mostly scams.

I got familiar with the terms from TV and news. They kept reporting about the investment craze, the scams and issues arising from it.

But it seems that mainstream reporters are not experts in the field so they couldn't really give me any actual idea of what Bitcoin was, so I was a little confused but curious at the same time about it. So I simply went online, did my research, gave myself some education and eventually dived in.

i heard about bitcoin from ponzi. then the ponzi mmm united was on and a friend told me how he invested bitcoin and made 50% profit. i bought some bitcoin then and also invested without really knowing much about bitcoin

In 2016 I got to know bitcoin when a friend introduced me to a ponzi scheme called mmmglobalbtc. As at then bitcoin was still 600$ per coin.  Since then,  I participated in some other ponzi schemes that gave me more understanding of bitcoin and I also did further research about it.  After then I got opened to other cryptocurrencies and have been enjoying the ride since then.

i hear virst from Bitcoin at a crimeforum.
It was very easy to order weed there for Bitcoins .
The prize at this time was around 300 $ per Bitcoin and i was wondering how can one coin have so much value XD
And now we are around 3000$ XD


regards

I am heard about bitcoin around 2017 but in that time, it not attacting me because i think its a ponzi scheme. I am start to believe that crypto is real investment when i am read about goldman sachs buying poloniex and want to open bitcoin trading desk. Hopely this market will give profits next year

Heard in around 2014 on an Indian forum, then got stellar airdrop - unfortunately sold it for pennies then in 2016 joined steemit that got me bit more into cryptocurrency.

Plain truth of how bitcoin have managed to stand up and rise without the government people regulating it. I always ask myself if what would happen if it will be managed like the fiats, will it have those big pumps and dumps or will stay at certain range?

Anyways, I was introduced into bitcoin by my schoolmate. He ask me first if I am interested in earning money while I am studying. I said yes but when he told me what he was doing, I doubt myself I can do the same too especially the time management. I am really glad that he told me because it greatly helps me in my finances.

Really? Just like you, many people have been fooled using bitcoin. Some of us knew the cryptocurrency because of HYIP or ponzi scheme. However, some of us failed to deepen the understanding about bitcoin because we thought it will just ruin our future. I lost also but not my money in cryptocurrency but the time I spent towards bounty campaign. However, I am compensated well also by my payment.

Actually I really don't remember when I heard about it, but to be sure it would not be earlier than 2016. And just suddenly, the Bitcoin crashed into news, you can see it almost everywhere. I started to learn about it from last month.

The first i hear about bitcoin from one of my cousin.One day i saw that my cousin logged in. I asked him, what about this website?He told me it is a bitcoin wallet.Then i starting to knowing about bitcoin.

From your story you're not a cryptopreneur your one of those joe's who doesn't bother to do some research and do a background check in what their getting into. First of all, those things that you've invested into was not bitcoin it's called cloud mining and everyone knows in this forum that cloud minings platforms are scams people misunderstood btc between this. That's why most idiots call btc ponzi or scam

I First hear about bitcoin from my grandfather. He told be that there was a currency like digital currency. He told me the name of the currency then I first know about bitcoin. After that I searching that how to earn that currency.

I heard about bitcoin when bitcoin was booming and became a conversation and debate between financial observers and bitcoin traders. At that time in 2017, there were even observers who predicted that bitcoin bubbles. Other observers say that is the Ponzi scheme. Finally I believe that bitcoin is a digital currency and can be used in many countries.

This might sound funny but I started knowing more about bitcoin from a very popular ponzi scheme, so I was forced to use bitcoin for withdrawal and deposits so I got hooked after the ponzi scheme went scammed.

I had hear from my friend about Bitcoin. At first I did not believe it. But as such I get complete information about Bitcoin that Then I was associated with Bitcoin and today I have been a long time. Connected to Bitcoin

I had hear from Bitcoin a lot of people. But I did not trust those people. But when I have complete information about Bitcoin Then I came to know how the Bitcoin platform works. And how can we make money in this.

Heard from a friend who bought something with Bitcoin. Don't remember what it was. But that was the first time I heard about it.

I also invested in MMM and at that time I did not understand that MMM was a ponzi scheme. at that time I invested as much as $ 1000 into MMM. and it turned out that after a few months MMM was banned in my country and I lost my money. after that I was not interested in investing because I thought all investments in the end were fraud. and in 2015 my brother invited me to invest in bitcoin he explained to me bitcoin is not a ponzi scheme but digital currency. at that time I refused because I did not believe I thought the bitcoin was the same as MMM. but in 2017 I was shocked when my brother managed to buy a new car as a result of bitcoin investment. and after that I was interested in studying bitcoin and started investing in the crypto market.

We have the same community joined. This MMM was the reason why I am here in bitcoin business. A friend invited me because we this community although you only donated money you can earn more. I have earned from it and this allowed me to search for anything about bitcoin because I felt the interest to earn with this coins aside from earning money from MMM. Although MMM became scam or whatever we can called it I was never felt the regret that I had once joining it because this was the reason why I knew bitcoin and the amazing things from it.

i heard about bitcoin from ponzi, MMM precisely.Then MMM united promised to give 50% returns and i bought some bitcoins which i invested. I lost the money but it exposed me to bitcoin and blockchain technology

i heard about bitcoin from ponzi scheme. Then there was this ponzi scheme called MMM in my country. I was told if you pledge with bitcoin you make 50% profit. so i bought some bitcoins then which i pledged

I have a family friend who invested in TBC ,the billion  coin with out letting me know but sooner she found out that its a scam project ,I heard about cryptocurrency on MMM global platform ,got cheated though that's how  I know that bitcoin has gain mainstream more