Share Your Experiences

[South Park]

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.

Lucky for me I first heard about bitcoin by accident, I was looking for a way to buy a piece of software but I had no way to pay for it and then I saw there was a form of payment I have never hear about, something called bitcoin, I investigated what it was and I liked the concept and bought some of it to buy that software, and about my biggest regret I suppose the majority of the members of the forum will be with me on this one, to not have sold my coins at the end of 2017.

[Artemis3]

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'd say bad, because in a retrospective, Satoshi foolishly released a windows only wallet. This lost me interest, two years earlier i said goodbye to windows, and never went back to it ever since. Yes, with the code available it was ported later but during that time i was busy with my job and didn't care about it until it was too late for me to be able to just buy and hold. The economy in this country collapsed due the eternal politician idiocy, the fact that they can cause a disaster and have the weaponry to remain eternally in power unchecked.

In 2013 i played with Dogecoin which indirectly made me learn about Bitcoin, but we no longer had access to foreign currency, and there was no path to buy, even if you could, it would amount to a few satoshis anyway.

And things only got much much worse.
 
This is why, you cannot trust people. Do not trust, this is what makes bitcoin strong. No surprises, all is code.

Let all fiat and Chicago school inflationary economies fall, the sooner the better. No more debt, no more fractional reserve banking, no more bubbles.

[adzino]

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.

First got to know about bitcoin when I was randomly browsing the internet. It was like back in 2013 or maybe even before. Didn't show much interest on it, then one day I was looking for a way to gamble without much hassle and came across bitcoin again. Got a little bit interested on crypto currencies. Started to invest on it (and gamble too).
Lost a lot when gambling, but I don't regret anything.

[o48o]

I found bitcoin first trough app called stumbleupon. It gave me a link to the video that explained btc. I downloaded the walled and can't remember if i got the miner working or not,
but then i quickly gave up because i didn't understand any of it. Some time passed and i read about darkcoin trough reddit, and went into that.
Then there was a long time frame of wins and losses (mostly losses before i learned how to trade).
Eventually i left the whole scene that i do regret. At the time bitcoin was going from $500 to near $300, so i gave up nearly on the bottom.
I really thought that this would have been the end of a pipe dream, and the amount of bitcoin i spend those days still gives me shivers.
But as i learned to get more money in bearmaket with swing trades it anyway, i wanted to come back. So i came back when it was 500 again coming up and i am still in here, and this time i am not leaving.
Sometimes i still wonder if one of those hard drives on my closet contain the old wallet and if i mined bitcoin or not. I need to get an adapter to check them out some day.

[owengtam09]

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 were 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.

The 1st time when I know bitcoin, I thought it is a scam which is not because I know the truth now, when I know that the truth is, I regrets myself not getting involved immediately to bitcoin, if only I can turn back and invest before when bitcoin 1st Time exist then I am rich now.

[xiboothrezi]

I have a lot of learnings and experience, but

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!

A very extraordinary experience. Hopefully, your next wish can be achieved.
And this is If this is the most highlight in my life
2017: get a dream wedding
2018: go to Mecca and Medina
2019: soon ... I want to buy a house, even though 2019 will soon be over but I'm very sure there is still a chance to get this.
see? Isn't cryptocurrency full of surprises? so don't waste this opportunity at all. That is why I decided to resign from my previous job and focus on trading and doing bounties. Plan B, I want to make an independent business for passive income, because cryptocurrency sometimes gives difficulties too.

[crossabdd]

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 found out bitcoin from a trading analysis app, it is SparkProfit. where every member who succeeds in guessing the price movement will be paid a dollar. and withdrawal options are via Bitcoin. after that I searched for new information, and got the freebitco.in website and the flappy bird game. who pays bitcoin too. in one month I make 0.2BTC (rate 300 $ / BTC in 2014) through faucet etc. until now I was trading and Bitcointalk. and my regret is always converting my BTC to fiat. so I can't take high prices in 2017. and after that I started collecting BTC again through Bounty and trading. I never buy BTC from ATMs or etc

[kuyaJ]

I start bitcoin on the year 2017 where the bitcoin run so fast and it would be good for me I also think to rely on the bitcoin to live because there are a lot of good campaign on that time but suddenly the 2018 get you realize that it was not always happen until now there are a lot of campaign that are not good and some can waste your time.

[AliMan]

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.

As of this moment at my local place, without atm outlets for crypto was not openly accessible to people except me who've been using bitcoin for a long time. It was a cool experience that I've been lucky enough having bitcoin independently, and earning it without limitations compated to those person who has no knowledge about it. Though I've been sharing my thoughts towards my friends about bitcoin, it isn't enough to educate them unless it became popular at different places.

[zeingrind777]

I knew bitcoin when in 2011. At that time I opened a local forum site called "kaskus" and discussed bitcoin there. I was very interested and finally, I bought it with a friend I knew through Facebook. I bought with all my salary for a month. I want to buy something with bitcoin but no online shop accepts BTC as payment. I thought bitcoin was a scam at the time, I regretted having spent my salary on bitcoin and decided to leave it in my wallet. when 2017 the bitcoin trend is very lively to discuss and I was very surprised to see the price of bitcoin in 2017. I was lucky to still keep bitcoin in my wallet and still keep a private key on my laptop. that's my experience when I first knew Bitcoin.

[bryant.coleman]

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 got my first coins during the 4th quarter of 2012. Back then the exchange rates were around $10 per coin. But it was not easy to purchase Bitcoin back then. A few international exchanges such as BTC-e and Mt Gox were online during that time, but it was not very easy to deposit cash in these exchanges, especially if you are residing in Asia. So I got my coins from Localbitcoins, after paying a premium of 20%.

And I was very nervous when I made my first purchase. I was scammed a few times in the internet before that, and I was not completely sure whether Bitcoin was genuine or not. But a few months after I purchased my first coins, the first Bitcoin bull run occurred. The exchange rates shot up from $10 to $261, and later that year, they rose to $1,250 per coin.

[Eugenar]

I figure out bitcoin through my friends and colleagues who are always busy in their laptops. I was the one who are just doing some stuffs regarding to my education when one of my friend approached me and introduce blockchain technology as a research. In this case, my plan is to create a secured voting system that will serve as my thesis but it turns out to bitcoin where I put almost all of my free time. You know why? studying while earning money is much cooler than developing thesis while suffering.

[skarais]

2017 is the beginning where I get to know bitcoin, of course with news on social media and some people who might recommend finding out more about bitcoin. Trading was one of the profitable activities at that time, a pretty good price increase until the peak was at the end of 2017. The beginning of the first trade was actually very tense because I still doubted the safety of investment assets directly related to capital (money). But having studied and experience has made everyone feel comfortable to start better here.

[Ailmand]

I learned about bitcoin when I was a fresh grad in College and honestly my experience was really not good. I learned about crypto through my brother and the only way I know on how to grow my investment was either through HYIP, gambling or faucet and it is the first time I have invested into something, the first one that I have invested into paid me, then I thought money was easy, on my second investment all my money got robbed. It was tragic but as time goes by I learn things about crypto and it was not really an easy way to earn money, it could be but the risk is too high. As years go by I learn a little about trading, this forum and bounties and also had a free-lance job where I was able to use some of my spare money in investing in crypto.

[lumeire]

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 had many good and bad experiences in the past related to crypto and bitcoin. I've made a fortune in gambling and also lost tons of money in it. I've been hacked because of installing an app on my laptop that was having a backdoor. But these ups n downs are also an integral part of life and you get valuable experience from these incidents, so yeah I will not repeat those mistakes that I did in the past.

[Kambal2000]

Well I started as a working student, and now that I am already graduate I can say that I am starting my own career now.

During those times, when I started my journey here, since I am a student so I am earning here for my school finances, allowances , I also helped my siblings with their allowances so I can say that it helps a lot.

[Gotumoot]

My best experience was when I made a huge sum of money. This is because of the bounty campaign which has given me great opportunities in life. My only regret was the chance, which I should have accumulated bitcoin before.. But it is impossible for us to return to these times. So it will serve as a reminder that we value every bitcoin we have because someday its price will rise dramatically.

[secretgirl]

I know bitcoin at the end of 2016 from my brother, he invited me to invest in bitcoin. but at the time I was not interested in bitcoin because I thought bitcoin was a ponzi scheme. and at that time I also did not have money. finally I entered bitcoin again in 2018 after bitcoin experienced a high increase in 2017. I started to follow the campaign project and collect some tokens. there are tokens that have high value and some that have low value. and some of the tokens I used to buy bitcoin. and until now I will be patient waiting for bullish bitcoin again.

[michellee]

The first time I know bitcoin, I don't expect to make money because, at that time, I don't know anything about bitcoin. But I follow my friend suggested getting bitcoin day by day. I remember I use qoinpro as my bitcoin source to get a free satoshi, but I forget how much I earn from that site because I don't check it for a long time.

But then, in 2017, that was my biggest profit ever because I can sell almost all of my coin at the very highest price, and that makes me very happy. After that year, I don't invest too much but wait for a while. But then I am sad to see the crypto has started to down until now. But I believe that soon, the market will be back as 2017 and I will make a big profit again.

[Ridwan Fauzi]

I known bitcoin at 2017 ago when its price grown up drastically and I just saw it and never take any decision because I didn't have money. So as I just saw my friend got a lot of money and he can bought everything that he wanted.

 A regret that will never be forgotten that I was told by friend about bitcoin 2014 ago and he offered me to buy it at the lower price but yeah I just assumed bitcoin as a scam place and I could lost my money on it.