I have been americanpegasus since 2008
source? proof?
I don't even know who these people you guys are talking about are; it looks like I have some research to do. I'm sure when Monero started there was a cryptonote shitstorm.
Though my research tells me that Bytecoin was designed to fail, and was the testbed for Monero (which is the cryptonote implementation intended to be successful).
proof that you know about bitcoin since 2008
Funny enough, as the banks took the bailout money and continued to swing for the fences and get all hot-n-bothered by more wild gambles, I embarked on a putrid study and adventure in the OTC penny stock markets, swinging at pumps, dumps, and all manner of nonsense. I learned valuable lessons about bid/ask stacks, FUD, hype, and psychology in those days.
A few years later, I learned about options and got into those too. The first time I heard about bitcoin was in 2011 when it was about $1 each, and I thought it sounded quite silly. So I ignored it. People told me my computer could likely mine about a bitcoin a week, and I didn't think that was worth my time (pre-ASIC days).
Finally, by the time the bankers started wising up to what was happening around them, and in 2013, I also became interested in bitcoin proper.
I had dabbled in Dogecoin briefly, which led me to altcoins, and I took my profits from the Dogecoin pump and spent them on 3D Printing options.... but alas, it wasn't time for that yet.
Last November, as bitcoin finally reached critically low price (<$380) I realized what a value it was, and started reading more about it. Then I had my epiphany: this wasn't just some fancy World of Warcraft gold .... this was the downright
future. I immediately started reading everything I could about it, now that I was finally convinced. I became obsessed.
They always said I had a learning disability growing up. I still remember them telling my mom when I was 6 that,
"He's not going to be like the other kids. It's going to take him longer to understand concepts, but once he does, he will understand them better than everyone else combined. He won't just see the black and white; he'll see the grey too." This has caused people to discount me all my life, only to regret it once I finally *got* whatever the subject matter is. And I'm telling you:
I now understand crypto..
Maybe not the minute details, nor the errata of elliptic curve cryptography (though I am filling in the gaps there too), but I can see the whole picture. I see the technology, the people, the governments, the businesses, and the banks and what's going to happen to all of them. It's like a beautiful spiral to me, and I can see it as clearly as a movie playing on a screen in front of me.
So forgive my euphoria, because
crypto wins.
And now I found Monero.
I'm used to Scrypt Clones and shitcoins.. But this is something different. Very different.
This is.... well, I'm not going to reveal everything I've learned, but the fog of the future for Monero is rapidly clearing itself for me as well. And pretty soon I'll be able to see the future of Monero as well, just like I've done for the personal computer, the internet, Google, the iPhone, Netflix, and bitcoin itself.
This is my talent. This is what I do.
And I am fucking good at it.
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