How Many Years on Bitcointalk? Take the Poll!

[Searing]

Amazing. 54% joined Bitcointalk in 2016 and in the earlier years. So I assume these guys have already made a lot of profit and are probably holding to some coins for another possible bullrun!

So, 46% are probably underwater if they didn't sell during the parabolic climb. 

Not sure about profit....the 'hopefully enlightened' HODL mode .....(in my case) is in full 'idiot' swing, however...

chump or champ we will see. I do know that even if all goes full Tulips for BTC and Crypto. 1/2 of my hoard (plus 3 BTC) I will just be buried with

and my Trezor...worthless or not. (The original BTC I made on my KNC Jupiter BTC miner in 2013 a 'mental promise' to a deceased buddy) (R.I.P. Qazz)

So I have a floor..now if I crack above that % plus 3 BTC...that has yet to be seen in full. So I do have a 'thou shall not pass' floor on all this. Tulips

or Triumph.

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[Searing]

Although I knew about bitcoin since 2014, but this year is my 4th year in this forum.
Don't you think it is better to move this topic to Meta Board, as it is forum related topic while this board is for general bitcoin discussion?

Unsure, how I'd go about doing that. Currently, this board is under Bitcoin Discussion. In that, it is a poll of when you started and your Newbie Roots

It should be OK. I suppose if not a Bitcointalk Moderator will tell me and I'll have him move it as you suggest.

p.s. no one in the poll over 6 years on www.bitcointalk.org yet it seems.

[K21000]

Amazing. 54% joined Bitcointalk in 2016 and in the earlier years. So I assume these guys have already made a lot of profit and are probably holding to some coins for another possible bullrun!

So, 46% are probably underwater if they didn't sell during the parabolic climb. 

Not everyone that was in crypto pre 2016 invested. At that time bitcoin was stuck between $220 - $250 for around ~10 months and there was genuine concern that crypto might die out. Only those that were willing to take immense risk bought back then. I bought some crypto during that time frame and yes i did sell in pump of 2017 however i did not end up a millionaire. As for another bullrun i don't think we will see one for a long time if ever. The time for massive price growth for crypto is gone i think, if price does increase it will be over a long period of time (10-20 years). 

[jakelyson]

I found this forum through a colleague who is addicted to bitcoin. I have been here for more than 3 years now. Got interested in trading and mining crypto. There are some interesting reads here so I got hooked.

I think this topic should be moved to meta.

[Bitcoin_Arena]

I think around 1 and 1/2 years now... Making my second year in November 01, 2019. Wasn't sure whether to select 1 year or 2 years on the poll. Thou i wasn't so active in the beginning, the Journey has been amazing so far 

I discovered this forum through some telegram group

[pixie85]

I came here a little over 2 years ago. I heard about Bitcoin recovering from its bear market and thought this might be a good moment to get involved. I heard about it a while before but thought it was bubble deflating and that this hype is dying. As a newbie investor who saw the price falling from 1000 dollars to 200 i did not have much hope like many people who were in the space at that time. I googled it and registered here because I already had a reddit account but no bitcointalk profile.

[Searing]

I found this forum through a colleague who is addicted to bitcoin. I have been here for more than 3 years now. Got interested in trading and mining crypto. There are some interesting reads here so I got hooked.

I think this topic should be moved to meta.

I think you have to contact a moderator....don't think I can do that (or should I say don't know how)

If the moderator trips over this and does not think this is the proper area..he will inform me and move it...I figure.

[qwk]

edit: found this https://www.freevaluator.com/ seems www.bitcointalk.org is worth a bit of $$$. Says the site has been around 8 years.
So it was started in 2011.

It actually opened to the public in 2009.

Under the domain forum.bitcoin.org, IIRC.
It's been located at bitcointalk.org since 2011.

[klaaas]

Amazing how fast time travels, we are getting rookies on the forum with those numbers on the counter   Busy with the 6th year over here. Mining made me curious.

[iqlimasyadiqa]

I've been in this forum since 2014, for me the trip I traveled was very pleasant. I get a lot of important information and I also get the opportunity to get some opportunities to get a job. I learned how to choose coins and I traded as the first choice to earn income. the information in this forum is so updated that I can make decisions quickly and accurately. here I also got a lot of friends, many communities in my area were finally met in this forum. for me this is my second home, part of my life is spent here.

[akamit]

3 years passed away already since I joined Bitcointalk and I haven't found a reason since then why I should not stick with Bitcointalk and keep mining knowledge. Bitcointalk is like a knowledge mine...

I first knew about Bitcointalk from BustaBit, someone told me when I was chatting there. I was a PTC/GPT/RevShare earner before joining Bitcointalk and I visited BustaBit by clicking on a banner. I don't exactly remember why I clicked the banner but most probably I was seeking new opportunities and I ended up here quitting all those shit.

It's not always all about earning, sometimes it's all about knowledge.

[vapourminer]

joined in 2011, so ~8 years for me.

i originally heard about bitcoin from a tech forum, anandtech i think. loved the concept of digital currency and especially the DIY aspect of mining, the security, the censorship resistance, all that. since i had a HD4850 gpu i got some basic setup info there, then once i had a basic handle on mining and tested it i joined here. been learning ever since.

[infofront]

8 years for me too. I think I heard about bitcoin in Apr. or May 2011 on slashdot.

I started mining around May-June 2011, using GPUs. I had been lurking on BTCtalk for months, but joined in Sept. I then sold everything in 2013, way too early.

After missing the 2013 bubble, I realized I was a moron, and started accumulating again in 2014. I also lost BTC to various scams, exchange hacks etc.

If I was smarter, I would've went all in when bitcoin was $2 in early 2012. I would've sold everything I own for bitcoin. But I didn't , so now I'm just an average HODLer. C'est la vie!

[pooya87]

sometimes you forget how long it has been... time goes by just like that. it has been nearly 6 years for me (5.5 to be exact). the fun part is that i started after the bubble burst and during the price drop and still stuck around. if i am not mistaken the price was around $550 or maybe more and continued on a downward trend down to $150 and i was happy all that time because i knew i could afford to get more bitcoins in return for my fiat dump.

the first time that i heard about bitcoin was before that though. but unfortunately i was too lazy and busy to pay it any attention. then in 2014 somewhere online i read about how you could buy things with bitcoin without needing to have an account with centralized services like PayPal (aka the decentralized and permissionless nature of bitcoin) and i was hooked.

[muratsink]

2013 I know Bitcoin, but I don't care. and assume that it is an ordinary currency. I started to be active in this forum in 2016, this forum gave me great benefits, I get the knowledge, and I get profit from this forum.

I left my real job, I made the crypto world my main job, I collected trading capital from this forum by participating in several Bounties.

[xvids]

More than 2 years already and made some decent profit because of this forum.
I learn so many things and stop investing in the wrong site,Before I got into this forum I used to invest in HYIP and PONZI SCHEMES  and I also invested in some cloud mining site,
I lost a lot because of it and thanks to this site I learn how to earn in trading and learn some few tricks and manage to earn in campaign's.

[De4ted]

Im currently on my 1st year in here and I know I am not one of you lucky guys that gets into bitcoin early like most of you in this forum but Im still thankful because I know in my country Im one of early adopters.

[Kakmakr]

I had a previous account prior to September 04, 2014, when I opened this account, but unfortunately lost access to that account.  So, I was actually around here since 2012, but I have been lurking way before that. <I did not want to join here and look like a fool, so I did the research first and then joined the forum> 

This has been a tremendous ride for me on Bitcointalk and I learned most of what I know about this technology, from what people have shared on this forum. <The rest comes from Books / Blogs / Youtube and other Crypto currency forums> 

[antisocial77]

its been a year but i would see the old bitcointalk.now there are mostly useless topics for merit and bounty.i do that too but im trying to say something to help others at least, whatever i know and experienced.

[Haunebu]

Joined in 2014 though I did not pay too much attention to the crypto market initially. Began paying more and more attention as time passed and earned regular profits by trading BTC now and then.

Was completely fascinated by this nascent technology back then. Loving this forum and the world of cryptocurrencies even more now.