I've been a forum member since 2011 (however, lack of being able to post turned me off from the forum and turned me into a lurker). I've been semi-actively trading and have seen exchanges come and sadly go. I was also one of the people who got infamously Goxed (just look at the leaked list for my username as proof).
What attracted me to Bitcoin is multiple things. I am a libertarian. I believe in Austrian economics. I love privacy and anonymity. I even come at this from the cryptography perspective since I'm also a computer science graduate. I come at Bitcoin from so many perspectives, which is probably why I love it so much.
I don't plan on making many posts, but I would greatly appreciate being whitelisted, since I am not really a "newbie". Thanks in advance!