When and how did you discover Bitcoin?

[panukurap]

It's been almost a year since I first found out about Bitcoin and other cryptos. I know crypto from one of my friends who already knows about crypto and has been involved in it for a long time. He told me a lot about crypto and the many things he was able to fulfill since joining it. That's why I'm interested in participating in cryptocurrency because I need additional income. My friend bhakna taught me and continued to accompany and direct me when I was trading.

[Peanutswar]

It's the year 2016 and most of my friends know about bitcoin itself and I just ignore it because I'm just a student at that time there's no budget after my curiosity how the get some money i tried to make research and then try to read and also I come up with this forum I didn't create an account just to read some things related to the things i need to my knowledge after than i tried to keep my self on track because its an investment and there's a chance might help me financially.

[lenovop-70]

It was around 2014 that I was reading an article about Bitcoin on a local forum, and I thought this would be impossible. Some time later I read an article about someone who bought a box of pizza with Bitcoin, we all knowing it as Bitcoin Pizza Day later, then I became interested in Bitcoin, and here I am, meeting competent people like all of you, sharing knowledge and making I am a professional Bitcoin activist like now.

[ChiBitCTy]

Bitcoin is the most popular cryptocurrency and for financial gain also. As bitcoin help many users to pay bills also.

Did you even read my post, what does this have to do with the questions I asked?

Again I appreciate everyone's responses here.  I find it really interesting all of the different ways that people discovered bitcoin.  Part of me wonders if I will ever find/come across another technology so groundbreaking in my lifetime.  That's part of the reason it drives me so crazy that I can't remember how I found bitcoin, being that it was such a life changing event.

[Oasisman]

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 heard about Bitcoin in 2015 I can't remember it specifically and I honestly thought It was another form of scam, because they introduced to us first their altcoin and they said It's a product of Bitcoin as the mother of all Cryptocurrency.
 
Then went back and became interested in 2016 and that's how I started my journey in crypto space then I found this forum as the most reliable source of information for crypto in general.

[OgNasty]

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?

I remember it like it was yesterday.  I was sitting at work doing research for a book I was writing that at the time I was calling The Race To Debase, about how countries were going to eventually resort to devaluing their currencies at ever increasing rates in an effort to make their debt manageable.  While doing so I discovered an article talking about a new currency that was being used in a new kind of black market.  At the time I thought getting Bitcoin was as close as you could get to investing in the Black Market and when I ran the market cap numbers it seemed to be an intriguing opportunity.  That led me to begin walking down the rabbit hole as I did my DD.  The more I learned, the more I thought that a p2p currency with a built in solution for fighting endless currency depreciation was the answer I had been searching for to combat the world's biggest issue, financial oppression of those in poverty.  This led me to divert my effort from wanting to inform people about currency manipulation to taking action.  Within 2 years I had resigned from my job to begin working full time on cryptocurrency, starting various online shops/organizations, doing interviews with media outlets (including Forbes) and offering services to the crypto community.  Even though I had a lot going on in my life during that period (6/2011-4/2013), the support, talent, and positivity in this community at the time was so overwhelmingly positive, knowledgeable, and supportive, it was crystal clear that Bitcoin would be extremely successful (not so clear now as toxic maximalists ride the wave and lash out at the innovators who created it for them).

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[LastWeek]

Are you in Crypto yet?  You should be!  I'm thinking of giving Crypto to people for Christmas and that got me thinking.  Crypto would be an excellent way to save for retirement, for a childs college or their well being in general. What could that do for them? This will blow you away! This is simply Buying and Holding, what I've recommended as the easiest way to do it.
Had you invested JUST $100 in any of the top coins a year ago the value of it now will blow your mind!  Take a look       
     Coin                    1 yr             5 yrs
Bitcoin (BTC)           $336,          $8052
Ethereum (ETH)      $880,          $44,000
Solana (SOL)           $10,142       NA
Terra (LUNA)           $13,600       NA
Want to know what $1000 would be worth now?  Just add a 0 to the end of it.  It's not uncommon to invest $1000 and in two years it be worth $1 million! 
So you see, you could very likely invest a little now for a child or grandchild and they would never have to worry about finances the rest of their lives!

[macson]

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?

i like this topic, the first time i got to know bitcoin was when one of my customers asked me if i accepted Bitcoin payments?  honestly at that time i felt very stupid because i didn't understand what he meant.  i finally self-taught what Bitcoin and Altcoin are on internet, until i found out that not only bitcoin is a decentralized coin, and monero is one of the best privacy coins.

[MCVXYZ]

I don't really remember the exact time but  its price had been 200$ or so. Then I had searched more information and found Satoshi's first posts at here. I knew that something interesting was  happening, but didn't use the chance to get in earlier, after that I just lose interest about this and now I'm here and trying to learn more and more, but still newbie in this.

[D ltr]

when an ad on my phone reads bitcoin, and some of my friends post about crypto, I came to him to find info and as a result until now I can't stay away from bitcoin and other crypto, even though I often lose but I'm still optimistic one time Later I can and understand when I have to release my assets so I don't lose

[ajochems]

When I was new to forum, I had come across bitcoin news with my friend circle. Then I had found this forum.With parallel, I had invested certain part of money in bitcoin. But in two years I had sold nearly 4 bitcoin.Even still now, I was worry about that incident.Because if I had that 4 bitcoin. It's enough for one to live a happy life now.Now with a certain year interval, the price of bitcoin was increased to huge value. So we can get huge profit from it.

[virasog]

It's the year 2016 and most of my friends know about bitcoin itself and I just ignore it because I'm just a student at that time there's no budget after my curiosity how the get some money i tried to make research and then try to read and also I come up with this forum I didn't create an account just to read some things related to the things i need to my knowledge after than i tried to keep my self on track because its an investment and there's a chance might help me financially.

I also come to know about bitcoin in 2015/16 but sadly did not invest in bitcoin at that time when bitcoin was so much cheap. I remember it was under 300$ and from there i saw it going to 19800$ in matter of an year or so. I would call it my biggest regret of not making good investment in bitcoin at that time even though i had money for investment. Anyways, no one can change the past now. 

[Talkard]

I was just really curious about how money can only exist on the Internet... And so I started my search 5 years ago

[JayTrain]

I have always been interested in additional earnings, and suddenly I came across a miner blogger, watched all his videos on the topic of 'bitcoin' and I liked it, began to study deeper and that's how I got to know bitcoin and cryptocurrency in general.Now it's my hobby.

[Rana590]

Firstly, I worked on different faucet and ptc sites. Though earning was tiny and I used to recharge my mobile. I think the year was 2016 and day by day I knew bitcoin very well. After entering on Bitcointalk from a Facebook group, it has changed my life.

[ReiMomo]

I was speaking with my friend who knows it very well. I asked for an online job where I can earn some. It was 2016. He introduced me bitcointalk.org and yes. Those were the days when Bitcoin was around $350 to $500. We were given 0.04btc for a post if i remember it correctly. We earned more and I thank my friend. Just imagining what if I have held all the btc i earned. Obviously who came in here much earlier must be thinking such.

[laurenB7742]

I was speaking with my friend who knows it very well. I asked for an online job where I can earn some. It was 2016. He introduced me bitcointalk.org and yes. Those were the days when Bitcoin was around $350 to $500. We were given 0.04btc for a post if i remember it correctly. We earned more and I thank my friend. Just imagining what if I have held all the btc i earned. Obviously who came in here much earlier must be thinking such.

Glorious day bro, 
I was joined a year later than you, you had gotten 0.04BTC/post right? that means near around 1 BTC weekly??   
very lucrative sum, I just wanna ask did you ever check those old wallets recently? I hope you may get some hidden treasures from one of them.

When I have checked my old ETH wallet recently, I find out some coins with good market value. most probably those coins came from airdrops that I didn't notice at that time, or I didn't sell at that time because of low market value. But, last year when I sold them got a handsome amount of money. 

[Lanatsa]

I was speaking with my friend who knows it very well. I asked for an online job where I can earn some. It was 2016. He introduced me bitcointalk.org and yes. Those were the days when Bitcoin was around $350 to $500. We were given 0.04btc for a post if i remember it correctly. We earned more and I thank my friend. Just imagining what if I have held all the btc i earned. Obviously who came in here much earlier must be thinking such.

Same situation honestly on which i've been finding out some jobs online and my friend do told me about this forum on which it did really open up the opportunity on earning more.
I do have that same thoughts that what if i do able to make to save all of those coins until now then i might really be that millionaire here on my country on just
doing signature campaigns. 

but sadly i would really need to cash out those earnings since i do really need to do so for me to survive on daily basis but i didnt have any regrets though and im still
thankful on what i do able to achieve now.

[Rengga Jati]

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 found out about Bitcoin around 2017 when it is in the bullish season from one of my friends. He has a community and he taught me about this. After that, I came to learn more about Bitcoin and also cryptocurrencies.
Stared from the beginning, I never thought negatively about Bitcoin, never thought that Bitcoin is a scam or whatever like what people said at that time. Because, I saw the success of my friend because of crypto, moreover Bitcoin. I was really admired for his successfulness, he could really change his life with Bitcoin, seem like being rich after being involved in the crypto world.
Yeah, I admitted that at the first, I was interested in Bitcoin because I also wanted to be rich soon like him. But in fact, it was not as easy as I thought, almost gave up, but finally, I could continue in the crypto world step by step, evaluating and also improving all thing that I could do in the crypto world. Learning for trading, investment, and also other things, inclduing in this forum.
There are many experiences to take from the past, yes, of coruse, it's true. Successfullness will not come in instant ways.

[vapourminer]

saw it discussed in a tech forum in 2011. followed the threads for a bit thinking it was kinda crazy, but, well my kind of crazy as i was familiar with using GPUs to do computational work in folding@home and other distributed computing projects. so i spun up some GPUs to mine btc and here i am.