I just joined the forum (obviously). I first heard about Bitcoin a few years ago but I was young and stupid (in hindsight!) so I didn't act on it Tongue.
I've been watching Bitcoin again for about 6 months since it's been getting more and more media exposure. Even if a lot of the exposure may seem negative we should keep in mind that even negative attention is still attention and it may help to make Bitcoin better known by the masses in the end. So I'm interested in how this develops and hoping to see Bitcoin becoming bigger.
Welcome to the forum
I heard about bitcoin just about 4-5 months ago. Unfortunately there is a lot of censorship, otherwise would have gone in much sooner. I remember seeing a video of a talk between Julian Assange and Eric Schmidt on rt.com way back, they mentioned bitcoin.. and I really had to figure out what this 'bitcoin' was
. Then I got several others into it. Bitcoin has the network effect, they become more useful when others use them. The mass media you can generally ignore.. where were they when bitcoin was rising from 0.10$ to $500.. is that not news? sleezy guys bought btc themselves and did not report.
You want to have your bitcoins safe, so make some copies of your wallet on other drives. In addition, avoid browser plugins you never used before - they may contain spyware. You can get btc in various ways like faucets, signature tracks, advertising, selling, services etc
