What were your experiences with Bitcoin when you first started?

[davids]

When i first started, I was start get bitcoin with faucet and ptc sites and didn't have the knowledge of it but i think it is way too slow to earn coins. when i search  more how to get bitcoin faster I found this forum

[Doms]

I was a bit skeptical about bitcoin in the beginning until I saw a friend using it for gambling. At first I thought that you can't buy portions so I was discouraged to get my feet wet, but then he told me that you can buy even small amounts. That's when my journey with bitcoin started. That was back when the price was still at $400 and if I had just bought a whole bitcoin back then, I would have made big money by now.

[frendsento]

When I started First about bitcoins my experience was a bit bad , because I get Scammed I still remember when High Yield Investment Program (HYIP) was really popular back then where your bitcoins will be doubled in span of 100 hours I get to doubled my money in my first turn and decided to double ALL my money in the second turn I am  not knowledgeable enough back then and ease to believe to what they say "to good to be true" sad to say I lose all my bitcoins in the second turn and out of desperation I decided not to use bitcoin again but luckily I found out about bitcointalk and started to gain bitcoins not to lose it !

[EdenHazard]

really ashamed when I first remembered known Bitcoin
I accidentally into a Bitcoin group, and I asked everyone bewildered
then my instructions, I start with HYIP, this is so bad
HYIP or Ponzi, give and take, I do not like it

everybody have a bad days in their lives, get into HYIP or ponzi investment scheme was really worst experience for you in the first days introduced to bitcoin , you may that time too greedy want an easy money isn't it?

but it has been precious lesson right? you now understand and know much about how the bitcoin world works.

[positivezero]

Well, i experienced with bitcoin so hard to understand since bitcoin is not common to use by the people here in my place. Honestly and seriously i want to quit bitcoin but there something came to my mind that maybe i would search, read the ideas in the forums and understand it. When curiousity strikes, im here now, seeking more ideas to fully understand the abouts of bitcoin.

[dotajhay]

When I started First about bitcoins my experience was a bit bad , because I get Scammed I still remember when High Yield Investment Program (HYIP) was really popular back then where your bitcoins will be doubled in span of 100 hours I get to doubled my money in my first turn and decided to double ALL my money in the second turn I am  not knowledgeable enough back then and ease to believe to what they say "to good to be true" sad to say I lose all my bitcoins in the second turn and out of desperation I decided not to use bitcoin again but luckily I found out about bitcointalk and started to gain bitcoins not to lose it !

Everyone of the bitcoin users already experience that kind of scams because you didn't know because we're just beginner but if we learn the do's and dont's about earning bitcoins it starts you to know if legit or scams,
Like me when i was newbie in money making online i've got experienced alot of investment scams like HYIP and Bitcoin doubler sites that runs my money.

[Mkmanik]

Well I first heard about bitcoin through a friend, who had gone to a shop and purchased bitcoin straight with cash. I was curious, so he sent me a link to the forum.

It was from here where I was sifting through the Beginers and Help thread, just learning about what I can do with bitcoin and watching a few videos explaining bitcoin on youtube. Then I found out about signature

campaigns where I earned my first bitcoin amounts. From making my way through the forum over time I was introduced to mining and trading. At the time I had a MacBook Pro, so mining wasn't exactly an option.

So I began to study trading and eventually made a profit out of that.

Same here Dude.I also knew about bitcoin from one of my friends.One day I watched a post in facebook that, work with my team, I will pay you in bitcoin.Then I have to inbox her, he told me that, I have to do google recaptcha.He would pay me 33BDT per 100 Google ReCaptcha.I asked her, where I can found a wallet?Then he gave me Coinbase link....
In this way, i am in bitcoin world, he also gives me this forum link.

[Vorth]

It was kinda LOL at first, bitcoin was introduced to me by my friend who is now earning good by bitcoin I find it hard to understand was is this, on how this money works, because I do not know what is crypto currencies or virtual money, I am totally ignorant on this thing, he gave me this link and some youtube link for me to learn what and how to earn it. But after I guess 2 weeks I learned already on how things work but just not in pro style, you know beginners and help totally helps me on how to understand this industry.

[margarete11]

I humbly started in bitcoins back in 2015 Actually It was kind of tough for me because I dont know how will I start ! At first when I found out about bitcoins I thought I am gonna be rich ! I spent 3 months in faucets day by day I am browsing too many Web pages at once just to earn satoshi and when I am able to withdraw what I earned I become disappointed because I can't even buy a burger with that money ! Until I found out about bitcointalk and the rest is history !

[Pettuh4]

really ashamed when I first remembered known Bitcoin
I accidentally into a Bitcoin group, and I asked everyone bewildered
then my instructions, I start with HYIP, this is so bad
HYIP or Ponzi, give and take, I do not like it

It's the time of Bitcoin baptism and it's funny I also got ripped off my early bitcoins through gambling. I think it's s normal phenomenon that every newbie has to go through.

[Abiky]

The fact is majority of us have got scammed or invested in ponzi schemes in the past but we cannot afford to blame bitcoins for that as it was our own mistake which led us to an disaster but the best thing is that we have learnt from the mistakes and now successfully earning the best currency of the world.

Agree. As we get scammed, and pass through the experience of losing our hard earned Bitcoins, we learn from our mistakes and become vary of the realities that exist within crypto land. Since it is somewhat unregulated, we can expect these things to happen. That is why it is advised to think twice before considering to invest into any project or service, before regretting the loss of your coins.

I started around the same way, and was about to leave Bitcoin because of this. However, I've considered taking the necessary precautions with protecting my Bitcoin, and decided to save coins as much as I can for the long term when the price of each coin would rise. As of today, I've made profit thanks to the price increase that Bitcoin had over the years turning from $350 (since I've started in 2014) to $1025.

Nevertheless, I hope to gain more experience in Bitcoin, and other cryptocurrencies as time goes by. 

[Tanic]

When i first started, I was start get bitcoin with faucet and ptc sites and didn't have the knowledge of it but i think it is way too slow to earn coins. when i search  more how to get bitcoin faster I found this forum

I have started the same way. I oined to bitcoin aboyt a year ago and remeber clearly those first money that my faucets work bringed to me. the price werearound 400$ that time and I have made just 2$ for week on some faucets. it is just nothing. Today I make the same money with couple of comments. So for myselfi decided that faucets are just wasting of time, cause of on this site there is campaigns who work even withnewbies and it is much better that silly faucets.

[daringdiscovered]

When i first started, I was start get bitcoin with faucet and ptc sites and didn't have the knowledge of it but i think it is way too slow to earn coins. when i search  more how to get bitcoin faster I found this forum

I have started the same way. I oined to bitcoin aboyt a year ago and remeber clearly those first money that my faucets work bringed to me. the price werearound 400$ that time and I have made just 2$ for week on some faucets. it is just nothing. Today I make the same money with couple of comments. So for myselfi decided that faucets are just wasting of time, cause of on this site there is campaigns who work even withnewbies and it is much better that silly faucets.

I think almost all of us start earning bitcoin from faucets because that is the most easy and basic way to earn bitcoin. If you are just starting earning bitcoin those amount you get from faucets won't matter to you because that is the only way you know to earn. Until you discover some other ways like investing on ponzis and get addicted to gambling sites. At first you would really experience some hard times. But when you discover some real ways like trading or through sig campaigns in this forum, it will be the beginning where you earn some good amount of bitcoin.

[Bitcotalk]

In the start I was suggested by someone to start PTC earning with bitcoin but due to its concept of mining and unknown name it was hard for me then I studied about it and then I started to use faucets to earn bitcoins from online after that on these faucets when I started to get more knowledge I came hear and the I started trading of bitcoin.

[Zadicar]

My experience is it tested my patience as I'm into faucet that time and remembered they have good bounties on it but now it would totally waste your time if you just manually visit their site. I do HYIP site and the result was all the same they are scam they just put some announcement that they have been hack or something then the bitcoin you invested to them are gone.

It is sad that a new person starting bitcoins got scammed by some HYIP sites because its kind of discouraging signs for anyone.

When I started with bitcoins I had no clue how to earn it, I just knew that this is not controlled by someone and its like gold which we save and sell, never thought it would get converted into a currency.

You are correct but at the same time we must always be on our toes, and be very careful how we use our coins, if you are careful with fiat then you need to be even more careful with bitcoin because there is not a way to get your coins back if someone decide to run away with your money.

The fact is majority of us have got scammed or invested in ponzi schemes in the past but we cannot afford to blame bitcoins for that as it was our own mistake which led us to an disaster but the best thing is that we have learnt from the mistakes and now successfully earning the best currency of the world.

Mistakes are just a normal thing when we are just starting into bitcoin since we dont have much idea on anything thats why we are victimized on these ponzi scams and i agree we should not blame bitcoin at all since it our choice to invest thats why as the days goes by we do learn everyday regarding to bitcoin which is really great.

[webtricks]

Everyone when first introduce to Bitcoin is very much unlikely to understand it completely. I was no different, for me even having 0.0001 Bitcoin was a great success!!
I would like to blame Bitcoin community about it. They are hyping Bitcoin as something- "Very Difficult To Earn". So generally people are happy to hold 10-20k satoshis initially. Trend needed to be change, we as a community members should promote Bitcoin as an innovation in currency system and well-performing Investment!

[xIIImaL]

Everyone when first introduce to Bitcoin is very much unlikely to understand it completely. I was no different, for me even having 0.0001 Bitcoin was a great success!!
I would like to blame Bitcoin community about it. They are hyping Bitcoin as something- "Very Difficult To Earn". So generally people are happy to hold 10-20k satoshis initially. Trend needed to be change, we as a community members should promote Bitcoin as an innovation in currency system and well-performing Investment!

I guess you have started fauceting first, while you get into the bitcoins. I was introduced by my friend. He told we can easily earn bitcoins here and can able to convert to fiat. Then I started as newbie to learn things in the forum and later on joined with the signature campaign and make some decent earnings from the that time to now.

[webtricks]

Everyone when first introduce to Bitcoin is very much unlikely to understand it completely. I was no different, for me even having 0.0001 Bitcoin was a great success!!
I would like to blame Bitcoin community about it. They are hyping Bitcoin as something- "Very Difficult To Earn". So generally people are happy to hold 10-20k satoshis initially. Trend needed to be change, we as a community members should promote Bitcoin as an innovation in currency system and well-performing Investment!

I guess you have started fauceting first, while you get into the bitcoins. I was introduced by my friend. He told we can easily earn bitcoins here and can able to convert to fiat. Then I started as newbie to learn things in the forum and later on joined with the signature campaign and make some decent earnings from the that time to now.

Exactly! I started with a faucet known as freebitco.in. At that time, I used to make calculations till when I will make a full bitcoin and damn it was 10 years! I am happy, I evolved overtime and now in better position. Yes, after joining this forum I am more clear with Bitcoin. The forum has opened new gates of Bitcoin earning for me. So, to every new enthusiast who ask me about Bitcoin, I suggest this forum!

[Stgsurya]

I came to know about Bitcoin this year through my friend
When I heard about it I was really amazed and was curious to know more and try
He told me about the ways to earn Bitcoin
I'm currently using this method
However I am a newbie I hope one day I'll be a legendary 😃

[coolcoinz]

My first experience was trading. I heard there are new sites where one can trade virtual, computer made money. I got interested and wired some cash to one of my local exchanges.
Bitcoin was quickly gaining value, so I bought some and earned a small profit on the first day, so I quickly sold and took the profits. This made my curious, I wanted to learn more and thus came to bitcointalk...