When and how did you discover Bitcoin?

[ChiBitCTy]

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?

[Oshosondy]

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?

I did not think negative about bitcoin when I knew about it because it was a great coin at that time, I knew bitcoin barely two years ago. I saw it online and I learn how to earn it which took me to this forum. I learn about how I can avoid scammers because I learned greediness is the easy means scammers are using to scam people of their bitcoin, I learned to avoid these dangerous people and how I can keep my bitcoin safe. I have never regretted that I know about bitcoin, it has been a blessing for me. I saw about bitcoin online and I remember all the begining absolutely.

[fiulpro]

There was this faucet site that used to pay money in Bitcoins and also this site which usually paid you to watch the videos, therefore I was trying to earn some money online so I would hang around these sites and then gamble my money in slots, ended up using a lot, lol, I did not know much about it then, my friend joined the forum and then he introduced me to it, it definitely too time to get used to everything and at the same time, I do remember having some probelms with transactions to other countries then I tried using bitcoins, it worked perfectly well! I even tried downloading the mining software on the computers, well it didn't work, slowly I got to know more about bitcoins and also about the campaigns, explored the services section and at the end of all of it, now am encouraging people to adopt bitcoins and make their accounts on the forum to keep track of the whole community.

[mindrust]

I can't really remember but the chances are I probably heard about it on a forum where I used to hang out all the time. Then I googled it and bam bitocintalk.org appeared as the first result and I am here since then. There was some price action going on at that time and people were talking about it a lot. I guess BTC owes its popularity to its volatility. It goes up, it is news, it goes down it is news. You just can't escape it.

[titular]

When I was in high school (2011), I wanted to buy a fake ID.

This led me to the Silk Road. They only had one accepted form of payment..

[stomachgrowls]

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?

Honestly when i do heard out the word bitcoin when im still on college and it was on year 2012 or something like that but i had told myself that this might some another scam and thats why i had just

ignored it but when the time comes on year 2015 on where it did really make out some noise then i do start on regretting on what i had missed out and i might really be rich now

if ever i do able to make investment on that time.I had discovered bitcoin when my friend told me and thats the time i had remembered that i had heard this one before.

[Upgrade00]

So how about you, when and how did you discover bitcoin? 

I was introduced to cryptocurrencies through someone.

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?

These questions are quite similar, so I will lump them into one answer. My first thoughts were about how complex the whole idea was and how difficult it would be to navigate, same were my thoughts as a newbie on the forum. I never had a negative notion about bitcoin and was surprisingly very receptive to the whole technology and also very interested in learning more about it.
And Yes, I always thought it was a brilliant idea.

[BlackHatCoiner]

I firstly heard of it in 2017 (when it peaked at $18k) but didn't give to it any attention at all. Then in 2020, on another forum I was told to accept bitcoin as a service, but I had no idea how it works. The same forum redirected me to bitcointalk.org, which is how I started my journey.

And yeah, I became an addict to this concept. 

When I was in high school (2011), I wanted to buy a fake ID.

At least you're honest. 

[TheNineClub]

I heard about it fairly early, around 2010. Don't really know how, but I spent a shit tone of time on the internet back then so I probably stumbled upon it. The problem is, I waited 7 years to get into it XD Well, serves me right for being cautious. By the time I got into it, it was already a big deal so it was everywhere. But I got no regrets, as far as I am concerned, I found about it in 2017 from a friend

[marilynmanson21]

I was introduced by a friend, but before I was not interested in what bitcoin and friends are, at the end of 2017 I just focused on studying bitcoin and how to get it, it turns out that bitcoin can make my finances have a good cycle

[glendall]

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?

I've never thought negatively about bitcoin, but I'm excited to be able to have more of it, and the fact that from the very beginning I got to know bitcoin in 2010 until now bitcoin has taught me a lesson in holding back until it reaches a point that is more than enough for my initial capital, and I'm very grateful to my friend who gave me a link about this forum so I can get bitcoin for free

[Ryker1]

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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?

Well that was during my college time and one of my classmates talked about it.
To be honest, I don't have an idea about bitcoin before and I asked my relatives and they said, it is not safe to invest or buy my money on bitcoin and that time, I was so curious and research about bitcoin. The first website that I have found is ^{[Freebitco.in]} which is a gambling site, it triggers the free that I have been researched. And next is the forum, which is I found and get interested in.
To cut the long story short, the bad image that I have heard about bitcoin was changed because I understand correctly how it will work, so that I conclude those who criticized bitcoin did not understand how it will work.

[batang_bitcoin]

Time flies so fast and I guess I'm getting old and have forgotten how exactly I knew bitcoin. Op, you're earlier than me when I've discovered bitcoin and that's also earlier before I'm in the forum. I guess everybody's entrance and discovery about bitcoin was because with our friend that's very curious to technologies and stuff online and that's why they've discovered and shared it to us, sort of like that the story I've got when I've been introduced to bitcoin.

[kiddex]

I found out about it when it first came out i kept seeing adsense ads for it but i didnt get involved. I jumped on in 2017 when it was booming and been hodling ever since.

[nelson4lov]

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?

Unlike you, I do remember when and exactly how I knew about Bitcoin and got involved in it. It was in late 2016 and I was doing a research for "TBC" coin and for some reason, there was more content on the forum than anywhere else - I Googled it and forum popped up as the top result. I read the content and the replies that followed. Loved the discussions and decided that this would be a good resource for crypto information and I was right about that.

[Oceat]

I can't remember exactly the date but it was my friend who introduced me to Bitcoin but I wasn't that interested about it yet since I don't know what that is and how it works. So, I just let it fly as time pass by Bitcoin is slightly showing on the internet as I was surfing then I think that was the time I got interested about it. So, I asked my friend about it on how it would work, what are the process of gaining them and mining Bitcoin that time was the thing then after it was the faucet. I did try the faucet though but I'm tired of waiting so I just stopped.

[Accardo]

I got the information about bitcoin through a friend in the year 2016 but I didn't invest much of time learning bitcoin. But, was focused on earning bitcoin.
Few years later I discovered how important it was to hold a strong knowledge about bitcoin generally. How it works, the block chain technology and how people mine the forum. 

[xSkylarx]

I learned about bitcoin the hard way. Back in 2015, I was looking for work online, which was extremely difficult. In almost a year of searching for sources of income, I came across bitcoin. The hard way is that at the time, HYIPs were widely known, and I thought that was the only way to earn bitcoin at the time, so I invested, then got scammed, and I told myself to quit, but after a week, I was researching another method of earning, and I discovered trading, forums, and investing in ICOs, from which I earn much more money.

[Reatim]

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.

but that's 7-8 years ago and yet you forgot? wondering How old are you now mate ,(just Joking lol)

well maybe those time you did not pay attention totally and just leave the scene for a while and then come back when you find interest ?

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?

It was being presented by someone close to me and since this only happens 4-5 years ago , i can clearly remember all the details.

there was an Event in church that we are in break and talking about our future plans when he put Bitcoin in discussion and since then i find interest and starts learning (with His help of course)

[Chato1977]

Just by surfing the internet one day that i ma looking for something that can bring me income without spending a single cent.
and there was a Faucet that gives satoshi (actually in gambling)

and from there , i start earning and learning , until time comes that i start investing and now i can call myself as Holder.