Introduction - and interesting story (to me at least)

[kingofthebit]

Hi everyone,

I'm new to this forum (I think)... reason I am not sure is that a few years ago I was HEAVILY into BTC and mining.  That part of my life is a bit of a blur but I do remember using my old SET @ HOME boxes to mine - I did this pretty hardcore for a few months.  I got out of it when I got a new job and ended up losing my crypto and all my wallet information (I kinda just fell out of everything bitcoin).  Anyway - I just recently built a new btc site and wanted to buy a few bitcoins to get started (no time and no interest in trying to mine anymore).  I thought it would be quite simple and figured with the advancements of exchanges I'd have no problem.  wrong.  Multiple transactions were denied by Gox, coinbase, my bank, etc... I guess we're just not there yet.  Finally I ended up doing a cash transaction w/ localbitcoins.com.  Disappointing to say the least - I thought the world would be a little more accepting upon my return to the scene.

Looking forward to getting back into this (at least a little) - playing with my new website (it's gambling) and seeing what happens... if nothing else I'm honing my technical skills again and enjoying re-learning!

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[b!z]

Sounds like you are pretty experienced with BTC. Can you send me a PM to your gambling site?

[mogrith]

you might want to try to find/recover your old wallet.  I got restarted on bitcoin because I founf an old wallet that had 2BTC in it. which today is worth a lot more that the 97 cents I paid for them.

[monbux]

Sounds like you are pretty experienced with BTC. Can you send me a PM to your gambling site?

I would want the very same, or post it here so everyone can see!
Welcome to bitcointalk, I hope to see you around

[kingofthebit]

Thanks for the warm welcome guys!  I'm probably not as experienced as you think... I'm one of those ADHD people that learns a little about a lot.  I have spent over 25 years developing software then web apps and am an IA/Tech PM now but I don't go super deep into any one discipline.  

I pm'd the site to b!z but don't want to seem like I am spamming so I am not gonna post it here.  Maybe after I've spent some time on this site and contributed a bit I'll post it in gambling.  Looking forward to some good discussions!

[utarinues]

Hi, it is interesting how many mined early and then forgot abut BTC for few years. Your not first I read similar story. Really weird

[Heutenamos]

Hopefully you will not abandom your wallet again 

Will be hard to mine your old balance today back 

[ensurance982]

Hello Welcome back. 

[cowandtea]

How many Bitcoin were in your wallet before it was lost? Really sad to see money gone in that way..

[Shallow]

I wish you luck finding your old wallet, would suck if they just melted away

[Zeek_W]

Welcome! Can we see your new site if it is ready?

[tunctioncloud]

Welcome, sad story when someone loose wallet. But I guess the BTC you had was not worth much to you afterall

[easynote]

Welcome

Dont losing your wallet again

[mogrith]

Encrypt and copy to dropbox or google drive for off site safety.