How long did it take you to become a Bitcoin true believer after heard about it?

[blacksails]

It took me a while actually. When I first started with bitcoin it was a way to make some money. So I started working, and the time passed by. A few months later a friend of mine asked "You know that scam you're working on, that fake currency?" and I got angry and suddenly defended it and the thoughts behind it. At that moment I realized that I had become a true bitcoin believer.

[indianplayers]

Too long - I could have been a millionaire.

1st in 2009-2010 but didn't think bitocoin would get anywhere other than tokens for games.
2nd time when the run up happened 6 months ago. bought some coins, but not enough.

[johnyj]

Started by CPU mining using default client immediately when I heard about bitcoin in 2011, fun game! But it took me almost 15 years to fully understand the scam nature of today's fiat money system, when I finally completed this lengthy research process around some time in 2012, I become a true believer of bitcoin

With the help of bitcoin, I quickly get rid of most of the knowledge from mainstream economy books, and this lead to my true understanding of fiat money system

[LiteCoinGuy]

some weeks/months. you cant be a believer after seconds, thats stupid. you dont know anything about it.

[Ecurb123]

took me about 2 years. I heard about it and thought about it for awhile, but I guess it was the community which convinced me that it was a really special idea.

[Hawker]

some weeks/months. you cant be a believer after seconds, thats stupid. you dont know anything about it.

Wrong.  I had an online shop and an ebay account.  Once I saw the concept of Bitcoin, I was blown away.  I don't need to read the source code - I know a stupendous concept when I see it.

[wachtwoord]

With the help of bitcoin, I quickly get rid of most of the knowledge from mainstream economy books, and this lead to my true understanding of fiat money system

mainstream == Keynesian == retarded

[BitCloud]

heart: 10 mins
brain: 2.5years

[Georgio]

Too long - I could have been a millionaire.

1st in 2009-2010 but didn't think bitocoin would get anywhere other than tokens for games.
2nd time when the run up happened 6 months ago. bought some coins, but not enough.

Haha same story here My friend sent me link through skype back in 2009-2010. I read it, I even bookmark it! Then in one month or so I came back and read the article again. I also though it will be some kind of game money funny.

[BTC_GHD]

Took me a few weeks

[Akka]

Interested, about the first sec. I heard about it. Immediately got some coins.

But it took me about 6 Month of experimenting and reading about how it works and what the possibilities are until it really hit me.

[(A)social]

~ 3 months

[daneel2]

i am more of a decentralization believer than a bitcoin believer. i don't think in 100 years we will have much need for currency of any kind, and i see bitcoin as a step in the right direction. its much better than anything currently in place. i am so tired of all the corrupt old systems.. seeing bright hardworking people struggle for money while the few rich inherit more than they need. seeing really stupid, i mean extrmely stupid rich people who are only rich because somewhere down the line the were related to a guy, pisses me off.

[xselam1988]

about 6month

[beetcoin]

found out about it in late 2011.. didn't do anything for 18 months. a fool i am! mainly due to the inconvenience with getting them.

[Alpaca Bob]

It's more like a gradual process, isn't it? Maybe, like, an S-shaped adoption curve with lots of volatility down the road? (Seriously though.)

[Un zafado cualquiera]

it took me two days. when I read about proof of work I was in.

[Melbustus]

Intrigued when I first read that it was completely decentralized, but it took weeks for me to fully grok the technicals and work through the economic implications/models. Another several months to *really* understand it (this involves quite a bit of thought/research about the nature and history of money, governments, humans, and complex systems).

You guys that insta-believed must be geniuses. :-)

[wachtwoord]

Intrigued when I first read that it was completely decentralized, but it took weeks for me to fully grok the technicals and work through the economic implications/models. Another several months to *really* understand it (this involves quite a bit of thought/research about the nature and history of money, governments, humans, and complex systems).

You guys that insta-believed must be geniuses. :-)

More likely morons. Due diligence is very prudent. Yes in this specific case you might have come ahead without it but that doesn't mean it should be dismissed.

[Ibian]

It took about a month of researching and trying with a small amount of Btc until I believed that it might be the future.
If it took you 30 seconds, you probably should rethink your decision making process.

+1, as they say.

I'm sceptical by nature and I don't gamble. It probably took months from I first heard about it until I decided to look into it. Then another several weeks to a month to investigate and decide if it seemed worth going for. Finally bought (peanuts), watched the price development for a few months while continuing to research, and now I am pumping all the money I can into it. All of it, only selling whenever I have some bills to pay.

If I can manage to reach my target number of coins before doing so becomes unrealistic, I should be able to live a decent life without ever having to work again. With the spending plan I have I should quickly recover the initial investment, so even if it crashes I come out ahead.