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Question: What's the *real* reason you ever got into Bitcoins?
I can use this to anonymously mailorder drugs? Gimme sum!
My bitcoins make me feel so well off while wasting my welfare checks on mtgox.
You felt the need for a future movie line similar to "Hand over your wallet.dat! And be quick about it!"
Envisioning people killing each other over Satoshis 20 years from now you've never felt so ridiculously rich with 1.0 of ANYTHING in your life
I totally forgot about that mining tool running in the background until I found out that the 10k BTC it had accumulated were now worth a couple grand USD.
I still don't know what bitcoins are and how the hell they work!

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May 13, 2012, 08:00:01 PM
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I went here because of it's an interesting value free of fees
and also it is accepted on many sites

To the moon!!! ┗(°0°)┛
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May 13, 2012, 09:06:02 PM
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Meh, not so many Sad There is still a long road ahead. After earning some BTC I went in search for something to buy, you know..anything just to see the thing actually working. Found nothing worth buying unfortunately, the market is still evolving I suppose?
Oh, the reason...free great video cards (that I can only dream about before) great hardware, cool weird looking rigs humming away while warming the house and making some money along the way...how can you resist that?
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May 14, 2012, 01:16:55 AM
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I want to make money! I'm a freshman in high school, and I want to get started early. I'm extremely tech-savvy - my friend and I are working on building a huge rig in his open garage with VNC to manage the computers.
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May 18, 2012, 12:25:25 AM
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I did it for the crypto. :-)
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May 18, 2012, 06:46:08 PM
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a combination of crypto, decentralization, (near) anonymity, and to help establish an decent, alternative currency.
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May 19, 2012, 12:45:19 PM
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to help establish an decent, alternative currency.

This.  Not sure why all the options center around getting rich or getting a shot of adrenaline.

https://www.bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf
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May 19, 2012, 12:53:26 PM
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I had some friends tell me about Bitcoins in 2009, and at that point, I told them they were all stupid. Well, they finally convinced me to buy in at a few cents each, and I realized I was a supporter of BTC after a month when they jumped up to $17. Although I know that was a bubble, I can foresee this happening again due to natural causes in the future.
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May 19, 2012, 06:18:01 PM
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Well... I was bored. I dont pay for the electricity, and it was getting pretty cold in here.

bitcoin mining seemed to allieviate those issues.
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May 19, 2012, 08:45:59 PM
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I don't like being robbed, i.e. (attempting to) store my accumulated wealth in fiat.
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May 19, 2012, 09:18:32 PM
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I don't like being robbed, i.e. (attempting to) store my accumulated wealth in fiat.

The past half month you've been being robbed by storing your wealth in assets (other than bitcoin... it's held up while everything else is falling).  In my opinion, we'll see much more of the same before it's all over.  The dollar hasn't had this long of a winning streak since 1985, but that's a topic for another thread: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=68655.0.

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May 20, 2012, 02:53:05 PM
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Developing a new universal currency and personally playing a role in its creation? Count me in.
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May 20, 2012, 03:31:17 PM
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I wanted to learn more about the new hype of internet currency.
Being able to earn money through pools, & making money while I sleep on a high powered rig Smiley

Also, it helps me learn more about technology Smiley
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May 24, 2012, 03:03:55 PM
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Just wanted to jump on the Bitcoin band wagon. Plus doing my bit to destroy the environment by using Gigawatt's of Electricity...
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May 24, 2012, 06:59:01 PM
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Mild interest in mining for play money.
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May 24, 2012, 08:07:26 PM
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" totally forgot about that mining tool running in the background until I found out that the 10k BTC it had accumulated were now worth a couple grand USD." I wish!
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May 24, 2012, 08:41:17 PM
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pay for a new video card! Cheesy

Why did I sell at $5! Come back to me my old bitcoin! 1GjeBGS4KrxKAeEVt8d1fTnuKgpKpMmL6S
If you don't like the price of BTC come back in 8 hours.
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May 24, 2012, 09:38:32 PM
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pay for a new video card! Cheesy
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May 24, 2012, 10:09:57 PM
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pay for a new video card! Cheesy

This, and I'm just a sucker for new technological toys. Playing with FPGAs is fun.
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May 25, 2012, 04:55:31 AM
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To get chicks, of course.
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May 25, 2012, 05:14:03 AM
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To get chicks, of course.

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