Share Your Experiences

[Qunner]

Was reading about how Bitcoin first came into existence and people's first experiences with Bitcoin, cryptocurrency, etc on Reddit. I want to know how your guy's first experiences was with Bitcoin, and if you ever had any regrets or wins throughout the years. Also, would be cool to know how people first actually got Bitcoin back nearly a decade ago when it wasn't as easy as buying some from a local Bitcoin ATM near you.

[CryptoBry]

Was reading about how Bitcoin first came into existence and people's first experiences with Bitcoin, cryptocurrency, etc on Reddit. I want to know how your guy's first experiences was with Bitcoin, and if you ever had any regrets or wins throughout the years. Also, would be cool to know how people first actually got Bitcoin back nearly a decade ago when it wasn't as easy as buying some from a local Bitcoin ATM near you.

This is the 11th year anniversary of the publication of the WhitePaper for Bitcoin and many members of this forum are remembering this hallmark event, in a way celebrating this day. I am not sure if there is already a Bitcoin Day but if there is not then we can consider this one to be. I was introduced into Bitcoin and cryptocurrency for that matter way back in 2016 all because I was enticed to join a revshare program which eventually became just another scam. At that time, I remember that the price of Bitcoin was just a little more than $500. After that I lost most of my Bitcoin but I decided to accumulate more via the usual bounties route converting the tokens or coins I got into BTC as soon as possible. Then 2018 came and I decided to let go all of my BTC around March for personal reason, the price was hovering over $3000. That was a sad day for me because two months after, the price jumped into $6000. Nevertheless, I continued scouting for opportunities to earn BTC and that brings me to the present. I now have a little hoard of BTC and I am strongly hodling them for the possible bull run in 2020. I know this is not the most ideal way of thinking but we have to be honest that we all want money here, though I am not limiting my knowledge on Bitcoin as I am aware of its game-changing benefits and advantages.

[mk4]

Topic: What were your experiences with Bitcoin when you first started? https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1373805.0
Topic: My sweet and bitter experience about bitcoin https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4839182.0

The first topic is currently at 85 pages, and the second is at 30 pages. That should keep you reading for a while.

And just to answer your question: Personally, I found out about bitcoin from bitcoin mining as I was looking for ways to earn money on the internet in the past. As with regrets, gambling too much into altcoins.

[MURONDI]

Was reading about how Bitcoin first came into existence and people's first experiences with Bitcoin, cryptocurrency, etc on Reddit. I want to know how your guy's first experiences was with Bitcoin, and if you ever had any regrets or wins throughout the years. Also, would be cool to know how people first actually got Bitcoin back nearly a decade ago when it wasn't as easy as buying some from a local Bitcoin ATM near you.

I first knew Bitcoin through social media, then I find out more about bitcoin, Initially I got Bitcoin through a faucet, then cloud mining, until finally getting to know this forum, what makes me regret is that when I get bitcoin I always sell, because it used to be very cheap, if patiently holding bitcoin will certainly get a lot of profit.

[figmentofmyass]

I want to know how your guy's first experiences was with Bitcoin, and if you ever had any regrets or wins throughout the years.

let's see.......

-lost coins when cryptsy exit scammed in 2016
-lost coins when bitfinex got "hacked" in 2016
-lost coins when btc-e got taken down by the feds in 2017

notice a pattern?

i definitely regret those mistakes---especially the last one because it happened right on the cusp of the 2017 bubble. after getting bit 3 times, i don't risk keeping much money on exchanges anymore!

[Baby Dragon]

Was reading about how Bitcoin first came into existence and people's first experiences with Bitcoin, cryptocurrency, etc on Reddit. I want to know how your guy's first experiences was with Bitcoin, and if you ever had any regrets or wins throughout the years. Also, would be cool to know how people first actually got Bitcoin back nearly a decade ago when it wasn't as easy as buying some from a local Bitcoin ATM near you.

It was actually great and I have never regret anything despite of facing different problems and issues before. Despite of that I have learned to accept things particularly when it comes to my decision making because I've had make some mistakes before because of scams which leads into negative situations but it makes me realized a lot of things like I have to learn from it and now my life becomes better because of bitcoin. Bitcoin opened me for new opportunities and adventures which helps me to be a better version of myself. It helps me to become financially stable and help me to know myself even better. It was actually introduced by my friend and I don't have any idea about it before unlike them, they are investing and earning profit because of it. I thought it was a scam at first because of those sweet information about it like it was too good to be true but it was absolutely amazing when I have experience it.

[Kakmakr]

The first time I was introduced to Bitcoin was at a friends party at his house, but I did not take the guy serious when he was talking about this, because he looked like a real "crazy" guy.    Now that I think about it, I might have replaced that guy and when I start talking about Bitcoin, people might think I am crazy.  

In any way, I did not struggle to buy any bitcoins back then, because "crazy guy" was a early adopter and he was keen to sell bitcoins to me at the higher price.  

[Edraket31]

I have a lot of learnings and experience, but the most highlight in my life is that:

Year 2016: My life is a bit changing , pay debt any was able to pay our bills on time
Year 2017: I begun to save and slowly renovating our house
Year 2018: Fully paid of our house
Year 2019: Full payment of car and begun investing in real estate

Hope everyone will have long journey towards crypto. Long live everyone!

[Kyraishi]

I have one of those 'could have been a millionaire but lost the hard drive stories'. Basically was pretty into mining during 2013 I think, but after upgrading the PC I wiped the old hard drive with 20 BTC+ of coins (at the time it was worth around 10 dollars each).

I remember being so pissed at losing 200 bucks at the I ended up getting a cheaper ram kit (lower speeds I think), and then came back after a couple years and got even more pissed...

[creepyjas]

Was reading about how Bitcoin first came into existence and people's first experiences with Bitcoin, cryptocurrency, etc on Reddit. I want to know how your guy's first experiences was with Bitcoin, and if you ever had any regrets or wins throughout the years. Also, would be cool to know how people first actually got Bitcoin back nearly a decade ago when it wasn't as easy as buying some from a local Bitcoin ATM near you.

I've heard about BTC around 2015/16-ish? I forgot the exact year it was.

January - Feb 2017 I got my first decimal portion of BTC from a campaign that I my friend saw from the Services sub. I got around USD 100 worth of BTC by doing that task. I was able to celebrate my son's birthday because of it.

At around Q3 2017 I've started doing a lotta campaigns and earned a good amount of coins then converted to fiat.

Q4 2017 - Q1 2018 was the best days of my crypto experience.

[ololajulo]

I used to see bitcoin on the piratebay website far back as 2012 but never had any reason to inquire what it was about, maybe my only regret. The time I got to know about it, I felt so angry with my negligence. I must have missed those free donation of bitcoin in the early days, and purchase at lower price. Its 4 years on the road, privileged with ICO rally and altcoins market. Still in my first cycle in the space and though I am still inexperienced.

[Genemind]

I first heard about Bitcoin last 2015 from a friend but I didn't take it seriously. I even thought of it as scam which I really regret until now. Maybe, Bitcoin wasn't for me during that time but if I only believed my friend, I might gain a good profit last 2017. There's a right season for everything. As I look back in the history of Bitcoin, I have noticed that it has been through a lot so we can't say that Bitcoin isn't growing for years.

[Oneandpure]

Was reading about how Bitcoin first came into existence and people's first experiences with Bitcoin, cryptocurrency, etc on Reddit. I want to know how your guy's first experiences was with Bitcoin, and if you ever had any regrets or wins throughout the years. Also, would be cool to know how people first actually got Bitcoin back nearly a decade ago when it wasn't as easy as buying some from a local Bitcoin ATM near you.

I have bad experience with bitcoin because ado not control when have to sell and buy bitcoin, I have remember when last three years when bitcoin growing up to higher price I sell bitcoin above $10K and last one week later bitcoin price up above $15k, I have made mistake if waiting one week later maybe I got much profit with my bitcoin investment, you have get experience with bitcoin and earn profit if can manage bitcoin well.

[erickastella]

I was introduced to bitcoin in 2016 in an underground group that discussed ransomware and redeemed using bitcoin, then I was interested in bitcoin and learned it early in mid-2017 it was my victory day because I played airdrop, bounty, faucet to get bitcoin and I got around 0.02 btc at that time, but for this year airdrop, bounty and faucet are too many scams, because they are more concerned with the developer than the members

[Fappanu]

There were many lessons I learned when I was new to bitcoin. It's just frustrating, because it was so easy to earn bitcoin back then. If I just remembered that old memory, I would probably be rich today. But it's a memory and it will be a story that will never be repeated.

[Bitcoinislife09]

Was reading about how Bitcoin first came into existence and people's first experiences with Bitcoin, cryptocurrency, etc on Reddit. I want to know how your guy's first experiences was with Bitcoin, and if you ever had any regrets or wins throughout the years. Also, would be cool to know how people first actually got Bitcoin back nearly a decade ago when it wasn't as easy as buying some from a local Bitcoin ATM near you.

This is the 11th year anniversary of the publication of the WhitePaper for Bitcoin and many members of this forum are remembering this hallmark event, in a way celebrating this day. I am not sure if there is already a Bitcoin Day but if there is not then we can consider this one to be. I was introduced into Bitcoin and cryptocurrency for that matter way back in 2016 all because I was enticed to join a revshare program which eventually became just another scam. At that time, I remember that the price of Bitcoin was just a little more than $500. After that I lost most of my Bitcoin but I decided to accumulate more via the usual bounties route converting the tokens or coins I got into BTC as soon as possible. Then 2018 came and I decided to let go all of my BTC around March for personal reason, the price was hovering over $3000. That was a sad day for me because two months after, the price jumped into $6000. Nevertheless, I continued scouting for opportunities to earn BTC and that brings me to the present. I now have a little hoard of BTC and I am strongly hodling them for the possible bull run in 2020. I know this is not the most ideal way of thinking but we have to be honest that we all want money here, though I am not limiting my knowledge on Bitcoin as I am aware of its game-changing benefits and advantages.

In my experience, I first started seeing this bitcoin thing in the news but I definitely don't have any idea about cryptocurrency and i do some research about it. In that time my only goal is to gain profit in this thins because some of my friends tell me that they are earning money in bitcoin but I was not aware of this forum. I started in this forum just like what they tell me and i guess it works out really good in my first try and tells me to join a signature campaign also at that time I already starting to earn money and invest it in bitcoin. The profit and not that good that it was overwhelming especially when you realized that you are already earning money. Bitcoin that years increases its price very high and that's when everybody gets hype in bitcoin.

[ReiMomo]

I don't know what happens beyond in the year 2014 and what processing when buying bitcoin. I am a late adopter of bitcoin and that was in the year 2014. All I know is getting on airdrop and joining bounty programs back then. Through that scenario one of my friend told me about this forum and join the conversation for possible getting free Bitcoin. But the saddest part is I don't have savings until now in Bitcoin even though I got them free. Probably, at that time there's no ATM machine for Bitcoin and not so well know and no payment process adopted.

[Wynn1427]

Was doing a lot of buying and selling on small hobby P2P forum. Recall is was about mid 2013, had a listing for sale asking $1200 and person pm's me asking if I would take BTC. Never heard of it before, did some searching on the internet and after about 30-45min laughed at the idea and declined the offer. Wasn't till about early 2017 and popped up again with the talking heads on TV, started to slowly pay more attention and study the blockchain space on a regular and more consistent basis. Hindsight is always 20/20 but always best to keep looking forward.

[abel1337]

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In my experience, I first started seeing this bitcoin thing in the news but I definitely don't have any idea about cryptocurrency and i do some research about it. In that time my only goal is to gain profit in this thins because some of my friends tell me that they are earning money in bitcoin but I was not aware of this forum. I started in this forum just like what they tell me and i guess it works out really good in my first try and tells me to join a signature campaign also at that time I already starting to earn money and invest it in bitcoin. The profit and not that good that it was overwhelming especially when you realized that you are already earning money. Bitcoin that years increases its price very high and that's when everybody gets hype in bitcoin.

I'm sure it is in early 2017 or some part of 2017, Bitcoin showed up on news consecutively on news, tv media's and other social media around 2017. It also showed up on our countries tv media channels. The price consecutive ascending price is the main reason that triggers every media to give awareness about bitcoin. It triggers people in the world to know about bitcoin and how can they make money from it. It is the thing that happened to you.

I started to know bitcoin in 2013 and it has too much less value if you compare it to today's price and bitcoin ain't famous at that time. I don't earn too much profit from bitcoin before because of its value but It's an advantage to know bitcoin on an early stage. Then I've stopped using it for a long time because of personal problems and triggered myself to resume until now.

[CarnagexD]

Was reading about how Bitcoin first came into existence and people's first experiences with Bitcoin, cryptocurrency, etc on Reddit. I want to know how your guy's first experiences was with Bitcoin, and if you ever had any regrets or wins throughout the years. Also, would be cool to know how people first actually got Bitcoin back nearly a decade ago when it wasn't as easy as buying some from a local Bitcoin ATM near you.

I actually I join here year 2017 was the year of the great bull run which the price of bitcoin hit the 20,000$. My experience in bitcoin was totally good and when I start here I can earn some extra money that can be used in my study. One of my regrets is I didn't buy more bitcoin in the year 2017 where is the year I started. I know some of the members here have a good experience with bitcoin simply because some of them earn millions of dollars when the price hits 20,000$. As of now in my country, we have now bitcoin atm but it is too far in my home that's why I usually use cryptocurrency exchange to buy bitcoin.