When and how did you discover Bitcoin?

[Fatunad]

One thing that kind of drives me crazy is I don't remember exactly when or how I discovered bitcoin.  I know that it was either late 2013 or early 2014, but I can't specifically remember when or how.  I have a few email records from late 2014 which prove that I knew of bitcoin from back then, but they do not provide any clues as to how I discovered it.

So how about you, when and how did you discover bitcoin? What were your initial thoughts?  Did you think negatively of it at first discovery and change your mind, or did you always think it was a great idea?

Someone do introduce it to me on the time that he had asked out for some Bitcoin payment and i was curious on that time and thats the reason i do make out some in depth research about it
and able to find out to be interesting  and thanks to that on where i had able to engage out on this market which did really put out lots of opportunities for me to earn even more than
with my current job until now.Im thankful that this one did really at least put me into a situation on where finances isnt really that much of a problem.

[FinalSolution]

I discovered bitcoin only recently seeing a news program on the Russian / Ukrainian war and it immediately intrigued and passionate me, i want to know a lot more, i'm here to learn

[e_abrams]

I discovered Bitcoin listening to a random news report, years ago, back during its first big rally in 2017, I think? The media was absolutely saturated with talk about it, and I got curious about what that was, how it worked and so on. I didn't trade it back then though, it already seemed to high to me to be buying it.

[fuguebtc]

I don't remember exactly what year I was surfing the web to see if there was anything I could do online I happened to see an advertisement for an investment channel that makes daily profits. I later learned its name is HYIP, most HYIP sites accept deposits WebMoney, perfect money and accept bitcoin. My bitcoin journey started here, I started searching for the bitcoin keyword and later I also joined many bitcoin ponzi investment channels. And you know the result then...

[Ebede]

I discovered bitcoin only recently seeing a news program on the Russian / Ukrainian war and it immediately intrigued and passionate me, i want to know a lot more, i'm here to learn

When you tell that alot of people don't know about bitcoin at this present time, i dont think i will believe it, because since the origin of internet it has made everything possible to know, Bitcoin has stayed up to thirteen years since it introduction but yet people don't know about bitcoin, this information is sounding foreign to me, since you have fine way here you can learn about bitcoin here and especially this section

[GiftedMAN]

I discovered bitcoin only recently seeing a news program on the Russian / Ukrainian war and it immediately intrigued and passionate me, i want to know a lot more, i'm here to learn

When you tell that alot of people don't know about bitcoin at this present time, i dont think i will believe it, because since the origin of internet it has made everything possible to know, Bitcoin has stayed up to thirteen years since it introduction but yet people don't know about bitcoin, this information is sounding foreign to me, since you have fine way here you can learn about bitcoin here and especially this section

So many people have heard about bitcoin but don't know what it means nor stands for in that case will you say they know about bitcoin? Using myself as an example, I heard about bitcoin since 2017 by my friend who was into it but I didn't border to know what it was all about till 2019 when he has made a lot of money through bitcoin.

[wozzek23]

I don't remember exactly what year I was surfing the web to see if there was anything I could do online I happened to see an advertisement for an investment channel that makes daily profits. I later learned its name is HYIP, most HYIP sites accept deposits WebMoney, perfect money and accept bitcoin. My bitcoin journey started here, I started searching for the bitcoin keyword and later I also joined many bitcoin ponzi investment channels. And you know the result then...

This was the way my closest friend learned about cyrpto as well. It was a place he knew that was a fake and scam website, but he realized that they were doing legit few times then scam, legit few times and scam and that kept going in a random order.

So, he decided to enter it, bought some bitcoin from someone, put in 100 bucks, got out 300 bucks, next time he put 100 bucks again and made 220 bucks, next time he put 100 bucks again and it was gone. He did this a few more times and he ended it with about 350 bucks profit in total and 100 bucks of his initial investment so 450 bucks.

Rest was just his crypto history and he bought a car and a good computer (very expensive one with like 3090 and all that) from that 100 bucks, took him 5 years to do that though . It's never quickly get rich story.

[sumant]

Very interesting for me how I discovered bitcoin. I used to search on internet that how to earn. I found many sites like paid to clicks, Clixsense, and many more like this. I see one thing that these sites has bitcoin payment deposit or withdrawal or referral purchase. Then I started from there and now reached Bitcointalk forn where we discuss everything about crypto industry or crypto related things.

[xSkylarx]

One thing that kind of drives me crazy is I don't remember exactly when or how I discovered bitcoin.  I know that it was either late 2013 or early 2014, but I can't specifically remember when or how.  I have a few email records from late 2014 which prove that I knew of bitcoin from back then, but they do not provide any clues as to how I discovered it.

So how about you, when and how did you discover bitcoin? What were your initial thoughts?  Did you think negatively of it at first discovery and change your mind, or did you always think it was a great idea?

Wow, at that price, you are unquestionably a millionaire if you can hold on to it until now. I discovered bitcoin in 2016, I graduated from college around 2015, and I still hadn't found a job at the time. Earning money online is becoming increasingly popular, so I tried for almost a year to find online jobs or any other form of income, but I failed miserably. I tried everything I'd read about on blogs. For example, I recall a time in June of 2016 when I was about to give up on finding a job online when I discovered a bitcoin group on Facebook. Curious, I joined and began learning about bitcoin. It was at this point that I met a lot of people online who guided me through the process, and it is through them that I am now able to make money with bitcoin.

[slackovic]

I discovered Bitcoin in the summer of 2017. I was on a vacation with my family and I was bored so I started scrolling trough the Facebook newsfeed. I stumbled upon a Facebook group where I saw the name of one of my faculty teachers. He has relatively unique name so it caught my eye. I joined and pretty quickly I registered here on the forum where I started reading and learning about Bitcoin and crypto in general. I must say that it was exiting to see messages from satoshi and other early adopters.

[d3nz]

I do remember the first day when I learned about Bitcoin but it's not in a good way, back in the day my cousin referred me to the HYIP program where you will double your money and earn every day by investing in it. But apparently, it become a scam which gets me annoyed and lose a lot of money. And, months passed I read and watch about Bitcoin how it really works.

The good thing is that I learned a lot those days and promise myself not to join this kind of scheme and focus on trading.

[BITCOIN4X]

I discovered Bitcoin in the summer of 2017. I was on a vacation with my family and I was bored so I started scrolling trough the Facebook newsfeed. I stumbled upon a Facebook group where I saw the name of one of my faculty teachers. He has relatively unique name so it caught my eye. I joined and pretty quickly I registered here on the forum where I started reading and learning about Bitcoin and crypto in general. I must say that it was exiting to see messages from satoshi and other early adopters.

That means you enjoyed ATH 2017 right? You're lucky because I'm a user who can't enjoy ATH 2017 even though when I signed up for an account the bitcoin price was still quite expensive for me to have.

I read newspapers and some other online media and I found bitcoin being talked about even though some of my friends have been here for bitcoin since mid 2015. I really didn't realize that until one day they admitted they had been here for a long time and even had hundreds of bitcoin. This is my 4th year on the forum, I'm really enjoying it now and I'm lucky during that time I'm enjoying some ATH.

[ChiBitCTy]

I do remember the first day when I learned about Bitcoin but it's not in a good way, back in the day my cousin referred me to the HYIP program where you will double your money and earn every day by investing in it. But apparently, it become a scam which gets me annoyed and lose a lot of money. And, months passed I read and watch about Bitcoin how it really works.

The good thing is that I learned a lot those days and promise myself not to join this kind of scheme and focus on trading.

Hey as someone who works in finance and teaches people about investing for a living I get it and understand. People taking advantage of others financially is actually how I chose my career, I wanted to fight back. I always tell my clients you live and learn, as long as you learn it’s alright. It’s when you make the mistake twice and don’t seek the advice of a legit professional that you have a serious problem on your hands lol.  Key piece of advice, there’s no such thing as a guarantee in finance, there’s actually quite a few very strict finance laws around saying as much.

[ItsCrafty]

I remembered that in 2012  some free faucet sites was offering feee satoshis and i was daily claiming by viewing ads and other. At that time i did not know the bitcoin history. I even did not know about wallet and withdraw. In 2018 then i Found out the real value of Bitcoin but regret i did not saved Paraphase in 2012.

[slackovic]

I discovered Bitcoin in the summer of 2017. I was on a vacation with my family and I was bored so I started scrolling trough the Facebook newsfeed. I stumbled upon a Facebook group where I saw the name of one of my faculty teachers. He has relatively unique name so it caught my eye. I joined and pretty quickly I registered here on the forum where I started reading and learning about Bitcoin and crypto in general. I must say that it was exiting to see messages from satoshi and other early adopters.

That means you enjoyed ATH 2017 right? You're lucky because I'm a user who can't enjoy ATH 2017 even though when I signed up for an account the bitcoin price was still quite expensive for me to have.

I read newspapers and some other online media and I found bitcoin being talked about even though some of my friends have been here for bitcoin since mid 2015. I really didn't realize that until one day they admitted they had been here for a long time and even had hundreds of bitcoin. This is my 4th year on the forum, I'm really enjoying it now and I'm lucky during that time I'm enjoying some ATH.

Yeah, I somewhat enjoyed the 2017. ATH. I didn't bought Bitcoin right away in the summer because I didn't know anything about it. First real money that I have earned came from airdrops that were really popular back then here in this forum. Only after I earned my first "real" money by selling those airdrops I bought Bitcoin. Back then everyone was telling me to sell all my crypto when the price started rising. But I sold about 80% at the beginning of 2018. like I knew that it was the peak of that bull run.

[Majestic-milf]

One thing that kind of drives me crazy is I don't remember exactly when or how I discovered bitcoin.  I know that it was either late 2013 or early 2014, but I can't specifically remember when or how.  I have a few email records from late 2014 which prove that I knew of bitcoin from back then, but they do not provide any clues as to how I discovered it.

So how about you, when and how did you discover bitcoin? What were your initial thoughts?  Did you think negatively of it at first discovery and change your mind, or did you always think it was a great idea?

When I first heard of Bitcoin was in 2020 from a friend. I was a bit skeptical about it because the way it gained credence was something to be wary of after MMM and MBA forex almost got to me. This guy just kept talking about it and I think for a week, it was all he could talk about. I was reluctant to join and forgot about it till late last year when another friend convinced me to join and I've seen it was not really a Ponzi scheme, so I began my journey early this year and TBH, I have no regrets.

[MinMan]

I got to know about Bitcoin through a family member. He always talks about Bitcoin and was introducing it to all of us in the family and telling us to invest in it. At first I didn’t really like the idea of investing in Bitcoin because I wasn’t so sure whether it was safe or not.

Another thing that really discouraged me a bit was the fact that the creator was anonymous and I even found it difficult to understand what the decentralization was all about, although the family member that introduced it to c everything. And as time goes on I started to understand what it is all about and how it works. And so after some months I decided to invest in it. That was in 2016, and since then I have steadily been investing in Bitcoin.

[Cling18]

I've known Bitcoin through a work mate last 2017. I was actually hesitant at first and even thought of it as a scam despite all the good things that I've been hearing about it. I'm lucky because my friend didn't stop convincing me to invest in it. I invested a small portion of my salary on it and when I realized that it's really legit, I've added more funds to it. I was able to gain a good profit during 2017's bull run. I'm just grateful that my friend didn't give up on teaching me about basic trading and investing. Now, most of our family members are already into cryptocurrency.

[TheGreatPython]

I've known Bitcoin through a work mate last 2017. I was actually hesitant at first and even thought of it as a scam despite all the good things that I've been hearing about it. I'm lucky because my friend didn't stop convincing me to invest in it. I invested a small portion of my salary on it and when I realized that it's really legit, I've added more funds to it. I was able to gain a good profit during 2017's bull run. I'm just grateful that my friend didn't give up on teaching me about basic trading and investing. Now, most of our family members are already into cryptocurrency.

We have this saying " too good be true" maybe your just a believer of that saying, that is why you doubt btc at first. You are literally lucky that your friend didn't introduce you to the wrong investment. You know the pyramid types of investments, where the only way that early investors can earn is by recruiting someone else. You are safe as long as you invest on your own, you control your account and you control all of your assets but if will be more safer if you chose a wallet that lets you hold your private keys and phrases with you.

I notice that many people still didn't care about that but they are already contented as long as they can login and see that their coins are still there.

[Desmong]

One thing that kind of drives me crazy is I don't remember exactly when or how I discovered bitcoin.  I know that it was either late 2013 or early 2014, but I can't specifically remember when or how.  I have a few email records from late 2014 which prove that I knew of bitcoin from back then, but they do not provide any clues as to how I discovered it.

So how about you, when and how did you discover bitcoin? What were your initial thoughts?  Did you think negatively of it at first discovery and change your mind, or did you always think it was a great idea?

My discovery of Bitcoin was a big conviction cause I saw my  friends putting their Bitcoin into Ponzi scheme which I thought was the best way to put Bitcoin in trade. I joined them and I lost with big regret cause I know nothing about Bitcoin then. Convincing me go into Bitcoin again was very difficult for me cause I lost big amount of fund before my very own eyes. I learnt from the hard way but I never gave up cause I had to learn about it from the scratch to be prevent another story.