How did you first hear about bitcoin?

[Brama Jasa]

Yes i'm a bitcoin fan ,, day day spent to collect bitcoin like trading, faucet, follow ICO and others.. I know bitcoin from news and from friends

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[traderethereum]

One of my friend introduce to me the bitcoin, the first time i heard about this is i thought bitcoin is just a scam so i didnt start that time, and until i saw some good news about bitcoin and finally im here making money of money.

i am thinking the same like you but fortunately, after my friend telling me about bitcoin, i am directly searching on internet to know what is bitcoin and i found out that bitcoin is one of many source to make money. so i decide to search more info and how to earn bitcoin and finally i can start earning bitcoin in my first time.

[Merovius]

I first discovered the existence of bitcoin back in 2011 after reading an article on a site called LewRockwell.com that was discussing the problems with the Federal Reserve system, quantitative easing, the national debt, etc. Buried in the middle of a paragraph it was mentioned in passing that there was a new currency called bitcoin that could get around the problems with a centralized fiat currency and could perhaps even compete with the dollar someday. I noticed that the word "bitcoin" in the sentence was actually a hyperlink, so out of curiosity I clicked on it...as it turns out I have never been so glad that I clicked through on a little text link like that in my life!

The link went to a site where the bitcoin client software could be downloaded and installed, and from there I eventually discovered Mt. Gox, the main exchanger for bitcoin at the time, along with some forums and message boards where people were buying and selling this newfangled digital currency. The value of BTC was around 6 cents (0.06 USD) at the time, and I managed to buy 750 BTC for $40 of PayPal funds (this was before PayPal had learned about bitcoin and prohibited private exchanges of this sort). I had bought the BTC mostly to support the libertarian cause and actually hoped that I could spend the digital "coins" on some novelties that I could not find locally, or perhaps be able to buy some silver at a relative discount since bitcoin was not well known at the time and few merchants were actually accepting it. But I couldn't really find anything to buy with the BTC that I was interested in, so I let it go and pretty much forgot about it for while, although I did bookmark the Mt. Gox site.

Several months later I returned to the Mt. Gox site after bitcoin was mentioned in some other article, and much to my amazement the value of BTC had risen to about $5. At this point I decided to take some profits and sell some of the BTC after Mt. Gox began allowing withdrawals through Dwolla, a relatively new payment processor that allowed me to transfer the funds to my bank without charging any fees. I ended up banking about $1300 of profits before Mt. Gox crashed, and I also had about $900 left in my Mt. Gox account, which is currently still tied up in the bankruptcy proceedings.

Unfortunately I became a little overexuberant with trying to increase my remaining BTC holdings by registering on GLBSE, a bitcoin stock exchange that allowed investors to buy stock in various private ventures with BTC and earn profits through regular dividends, or from an increase in the prices of the stocks. As it turns out most of the "companies" on this exchange were little more than Ponzi schemes that were able to take advantage of the increasing value of BTC to pay out dividends to early investors. I ended up investing most of my BTC in some stocks labeled as NYAN.A, NYAN.B, and NYAN.C, and was actually doing rather well with collecting dividends on these when the owner of GLBSE abruptly shut down the site that hosted the stock exchange, apparently worried that the authorities in the UK were closing in on him and would declare that his operation was somehow illegal.

The issuer of the "NYAN" stocks sent some partial repayments to investors after the GLBSE site went down, but it was just a small fraction of the original amount invested. He promised to send out additional repayments after his personal finances improved, but I have not received any messages from him since 2013, so I can only presume at this point that the remaining amount is lost. After all of the Mt. Gox and GLBSE chaos I ended up with about 25 BTC, which seemed like too small of an amount at the time to make much of a difference to me, so I just sat on it and did not even bother with starting up the client software or downloading the blockchain for about the next three years.

Of course we all know what happened next...bitcoin began to get more mainstream attention and the price continued to increase. When it reached about $1000 per BTC I started trying to catch up on the blockchain again and discovered that it was a rather slow process because of the sheer size of the files. At this point I realized that I had a potentially life-changing amount of money building up in BTC, so I started watching the news on it more closely and looked for ways to actually earn money in BTC since its value was still increasing. For the past few months I have been earning some small amounts through faucets, paid-to-click sites, offer walls, and the like but have only been able to add a little over 0.01 BTC to my original amount. Then I rediscovered this forum and have read in other posts that it is possible to earn more significant amounts of BTC through signature campaigns (basically renting out signature space to advertisers as I understand it) after gaining a high enough rank on the forum. Apparently it is also possible to earn BTC by selling various goods or services, and since I am a freelance writer who has actually made money from writing and proofreading articles, perhaps I can make some BTC with this particular service if I can manage to find some offers.

[Mbah Djoko]

The first time I heard bitcoin was from twitter friends (a year ago), that time he made a tweet about the bitcoin price increase and he gets a profit of up to 200% since then I'm interested to know more about bitcoin.

[virtualkeybuyer]

just sharing experience, totally i don't about btc and other alts. on 2015, my friend first tell me about HYIP. i used perfect money to invest in HYIP. in a month later, more more hyip rise up with btc as payment. so i know btc from that and reading more news about btc on internet.

Amazing it must had been a good experience for you  as I am using bitcoin so few months ago when I was jobless and I was not having anything to do than one of my friend told me about bitcoin and she told me the benefits of the bitcoin at that time I find bitcoin a mystery and I thought it must be very difficult and I did not bother but then she told me easy ways to use bitcoin then I start using bitcoin and now I am using it so it is very profitable and a good source of income I had a great beginning experience with bitcoin.   

[justdimin]

One of my friend introduce to me the bitcoin, the first time i heard about this is i thought bitcoin is just a scam so i didnt start that time, and until i saw some good news about bitcoin and finally im here making money of money.

i am thinking the same like you but fortunately, after my friend telling me about bitcoin, i am directly searching on internet to know what is bitcoin and i found out that bitcoin is one of many source to make money. so i decide to search more info and how to earn bitcoin and finally i can start earning bitcoin in my first time.

Internet is the best source of gathering information, and also any sort of information. It is good to do your homework. Doing research by your own will enrich your knowledge more than any other way. If you have not yet started to earn digital gold, how about joining related face book groups and participating in some signature campaigns.

[RomanPetrush]

it was mentioned in a very popular talkshow here. that's when i got interested in bitcoin. it was a tech dude explaining what it was and why it may be a very important alternative to banks.

have you got a link please to that video? thx

[Turk Ace]

I heard people talking about it one day at asocial event by the BBQ. I googled it and learnt all about it when I got home. Ever since I've shown lots of interest.

[faroredono]

I think I heard about it in the news, and then watching some documentary about MtGox blowing up.

Watching it in the news is hilarious, kind of like the "what is Internet?" news clip.

[jb77889]

I first heard about bitcoin from my professor,he was discussing different types of money and he mentioned financial technology and later on explained about bitcoin and the pros and cons about using it. Sadly, it is still not widely known in my country.

[sheldonnnn]

I first heard about bitkoin when I watched a lecture on youtube about privacy on the Internet or  something like that. But I began to be interested in bitcoin much later, when my friend told me about his income and this forum. Then I began to search for information on the Internet and learn.

[Kasabus]

I first heard about bitkoin when I watched a lecture on youtube about privacy on the Internet or  something like that. But I began to be interested in bitcoin much later, when my friend told me about his income and this forum. Then I began to search for information on the Internet and learn.

Mostly those people are active in using in the internet are the first to know about the new technology, bitcoin is not quite new but it's still
new for me as it's just recently that we see a good price. By knowing more about bitcoin, it will increase our confidence to trust and eventually invest on it.

[Arvz]

I heard about the bitcoin with a friend. i ask him what is he doing, and he said it's about earning bitcoin. Hearing his explanation about the bitcoin brings interest in me about it. I said to myself, "I also want to earn some bitcoins". Hearing someone that already earned bitcoin bring insperation to someone like me to try some thing.

With the fast growth of technology, the bitcoin will be the big game changer in our currency.

[poplolnman]

I first heard about bitcoin from my professor,he was discussing different types of money and he mentioned financial technology and later on explained about bitcoin and the pros and cons about using it. Sadly, it is still not widely known in my country.

just like how internet first time presents , not many people notice and care about it. but once they realize how good bitcoin it is to used in their daily life people come in droves use it like an addict. i expect bitcoin would in the same situation like internet was. it's been 9 or 10 years since bitcoin invented and so far so good , the development and growth are so smooth and fast.

[ramsdaj28]

Are you a bitcoin fan?
Do you spend a lot of time on bitcoin? Reading news, trading, or even writing your own analysis.
But how did you first hear about bitcoin?
Is it some articles you read about? Or just from a friend who has traded bitcoin for a long time?

Share your experience with us.

I didn't learn bitcoins by hearing, but I learn it by reading. I was searching in the internet about innovations of the 21st century, and as I remember, I've read about bitcoins there. At first, it didn't get me interested. But when bitcoin was introduced in our country, it caught my attention. I was like 'Ooops! I think it will make me rich" but the price of one bitcoin by that time was like around PHP 10,000.00 or USD 200.00.

[glastik]

firstly i know about bitcoin, it when i read article about "deepweb" and in the article it mentioned that the bitcoin into a payment. and that the article said bitcoin price is 500$ so i read about bitcoin and start to gather btc

[cybersofts]

Are you a bitcoin fan?
Do you spend a lot of time on bitcoin? Reading news, trading, or even writing your own analysis.
But how did you first hear about bitcoin?
Is it some articles you read about? Or just from a friend who has traded bitcoin for a long time?

Share your experience with us.

For me, I first came across bitcoin from my mentor's channel on YouTube "Eli The Computer Guy" that happened around January 2013.
Later on, I followed the bitcoin trend till June when Silk Road was seized by the FBI... Then, I dropped bitcoin for WordPress CMS, SEO and Social Media marketing, they took me 3 years to master. After that then I came back to bitcoin space once again around September 2016.

[rakib97]

i first hear about bitcoin with my friend when btc price 400$. and i buy some coin and start trade. but i don't understand how it price increase or dicrease. then i find blog artice and read all tips and follow.

[Gummybear67]

Are you a bitcoin fan?
Do you spend a lot of time on bitcoin? Reading news, trading, or even writing your own analysis.
But how did you first hear about bitcoin?
Is it some articles you read about? Or just from a friend who has traded bitcoin for a long time?

Share your experience with us.

I am a bitcoin fan. First time that i heard bitcoin is from my friends in school. They are encourage my friends to do bitcoin and they also ask me if i want to join them but my answer is yes but i don't have any cellphone yet to make bitcoin then when i decided to buy cell phone, i started to bitcoin.  I was very amaze on many things about bitcoin. And that's why i am still bitcoining

[Bellator]

Are you a bitcoin fan?
Do you spend a lot of time on bitcoin? Reading news, trading, or even writing your own analysis.
But how did you first hear about bitcoin?
Is it some articles you read about? Or just from a friend who has traded bitcoin for a long time?

Share your experience with us.

For me, I first came across bitcoin from my mentor's channel on YouTube "Eli The Computer Guy" that happened around January 2013.
Later on, I followed the bitcoin trend till June when Silk Road was seized by the FBI... Then, I dropped bitcoin for WordPress CMS, SEO and Social Media marketing, they took me 3 years to master. After that then I came back to bitcoin space once again around September 2016.

I first heard about bitcoin from my brother. That was started last year but I just listened but not really interested because I had many things to do back then and hard to manage my time. But when I tried it for months already,I feel good about it because I learn many things everyday. I also watch on youtube,twitter and other social medias that links in bitcoin. It's really helpful for more information.