Name the Year You Became Aware of Crypto Currency

[EdenHazard]

2013 or 2014
I forget when exactly I know cryptocurrency, which obviously I know bitcoin at the end of 2013 or early 2014, I forget; D
but a few years earlier I also have heard or seen some articles that membehas crypto, but at that time did not think this would be beneficial.

[anzel2002]

December 2013

[foggyb]

I first heard about bitcoin in March or April 2011 on the podcast of Security Now with Steve Gibson as the host. He had a very good understanding of the technical side of it and it really intrigued me.

[erikalui]

It was when Liberty Reserve came to an end and then someone told me about Bitcoins and faucet websites in the year 2013. I joined the forum during the same month but I couldnt find any use of bitcoins as I had no exchanger who was interested in buying bitcoins for fiat cash. Then in 2014, I came back and from then I am learning about bitcoins and am interested in mining as well.

[The Sceptical Chymist]

I became aware of it during whatever year it was when this forum last used to give out the scammer tags.  Do you remember that?  I can't remember if it was 2012 or even 2013.  I watched the price movements for a long time before I owned my first coins and even longer before I joined this forum.

[BellaBitBit]

became aware in 2011 - sadly I ignored it for 3 years 

[Jeremycoin]

2014. I'm pretty new here, but I have learned a lot about cryptocurrency

[doublemore]

2010

My god you must be rich, i heard about it early but was late to really read up about it and think what it could mean.  Still its great to be in before the late majourity who never have a chance of ROI.

[iv4n]

2015. 5 months ago, I dont have a year yet. But it doesnt matter when its more important how long we gonna stay here. And how someone said, bitcoin is still young, doesnt have 10 yet.

[Ruzka]

I become aware of btc/crypto currency in 2011 but stupidly forgot all about it for two years when I should have brought a few hundred dollars worth of btc and then forgot about it for a couple of years.
I actually brought btc and spent more time realizing I had been missing out in 2013. Exact date and time..
August 13, 2013, 07:33:56 PM

[btvGainer]

I first heard about bitcoin in year 2013 but unfortunately and sadly I didn't take it seriously.After 2 years that is in year 2015 I came here by sheer chance and realised the mistake of not adopting Bitcoin when I first heard about it

[Funny]

I heard about it, but didn't actually put any thought to it at around 2012,  but actually made a move to understand and use bitcoin in early 2015.

[nickhiggins123]

I heard about it around 2012 but had no idea what it was really, so it kind of just faded into memory. November 2014 I stumbled upon it randomly as hell, god knows how but I am sure glad I did. I bought my first Bitcoin in December 2014, and was lucky enough to grab a few more by April 2015. Now I find myself shelling out 50 bucks here and there for tenths of a Bitcoin even at this price

[SatSnatcher]

Late 2013 IIRC

[gentlemand]

My god you must be rich, i heard about it early but was late to really read up about it and think what it could mean.  Still its great to be in before the late majourity who never have a chance of ROI.

There's a big difference between becoming aware of it and actually doing something about. I had a four year or so gap myself. And there's a strong chance that even if you did have coins back then you would've sold them as soon as they hit a dollar or become the victim of a scam, hack or hardware failure. 

[Blind Legs Parker]

I don't know when I became aware of crypto-currency. Somewhere between 2009 and 2015, that's for sure.
I got involved in bitcoin last year, that's one thing, but as to when was the first time I read about bitcoin in the newspaper, I'm pretty sure it was during or before the first bubble at the end of year 2013 but it's likely that it was even earlier. I think the important thing here is that I didn't deem it worth of interest until late 2015 when a friend really explained it to me (it was right before the last bubble and I bought my first mBTC during said bubble but not directly linked to it). Before that I lacked the right information and was just overlooking bitcoin as a financial bubble that I should have gotten involved into in its early days and that anyway "it was too late now". How wrong of me  .

[outofmind]

to me that's 2013 when it was about $90 per btc  but I didn't have that extra money and knowledge of investment that time

[Yakamoto]

I think I became aware of cryptocurrencies back in 2013, just after the price had spiked to over $1,000. I promptly came to this board and started posting, and entered a signature campaign the summer of that year.

Geez, seems like it wasn't all that long ago I started using signature campaigns...

[Eric Cartman]

Somewhere in 2010, but I only became active around 2013

[Duomo]

I heard about crypto currency in around the period of 2009-2010.