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April 01, 2014, 03:04:52 AM
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How did you all guys get into bitcoin? I got into bitcoin when i was Googling about how to buy a memory card?
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April 01, 2014, 04:06:00 AM
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i got into bitcoin through online poker. when online poker got shut down for the united states and sites got shut down. i found seals with clubs and bitcoins and thats how i got into bitcoin through the poker community

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April 01, 2014, 04:09:42 AM
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Would like to give credit to precious metals.. Was involved in it, then came to know about the bitcoins. But was not quite a beliver at that time. So was little bit late in joining the wagon.
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April 01, 2014, 05:47:35 AM
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First heard about it through the Time magazine's article about the deep web and the Silk Road bust; became really interested when a bitcoin became $600 a piece.  FYI:  we are still very early in the bitcoin game so don't worry about having missed out on anything; we are still ahead of the curve.
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April 01, 2014, 06:13:37 AM
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I read about it on Digg during 2013. Got interested, did a lot of Googling then, got involved and signed up on this forum too Smiley
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April 01, 2014, 06:16:22 AM
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Friends in the valley who adopted early and swore by it

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April 01, 2014, 06:17:58 AM
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I heard about them really early in 2012  I think. But got into it last year november. Just kick myself of not getting earlier.
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April 01, 2014, 06:50:52 AM
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April 01, 2014, 07:01:17 AM
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My friend explained about bitcoin and i started on my own learning in bitcointalk

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April 01, 2014, 10:05:34 AM
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Friend -> basics -> was into crypto ever since Smiley
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April 01, 2014, 10:13:40 AM
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friends gave few cents
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April 01, 2014, 02:44:36 PM
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I read a very early article about it, and looked into mining. I am not sure if the GPU miners had been written at that point, but the CPU I had was supposed to take 180 days to solo a block and they were worth cents. I filed it away as "interesting, gotta check back on that when I get more powerful hardware"... so months/years scooted by and I was rejigging and rebuilding machines in late 2012 and Jan 2013 and suddenly reminded myself, "Oh, gotta look into bitcoin again" and holy crap WTFBBQ things were taking off, so I threw a crappy GPU rig together and ordered BFL singles.

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April 01, 2014, 02:50:28 PM
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In mid 2013, when bitcoin was becoming more noticeable. When will it reach half of the populace on the net?
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April 01, 2014, 02:55:45 PM
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Nov 2012, in the dentist's waiting room, on a tech magazine
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April 01, 2014, 02:57:37 PM
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How the blockchain system works caught my eye, and I was curious about what it'll become in the future
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April 01, 2014, 03:03:47 PM
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End 2013 i learned an article.
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April 01, 2014, 03:06:06 PM
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Honestly, I don't really know. I guess I forgot it.

But to make an educated guess, I think I read an article about it somewhere on the internet. And started mining (altcoins) as soon as I bought a new desktop with a HD7950 GPU, which earned me enough money to cover the costs of the buy Smiley.

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April 01, 2014, 06:45:57 PM
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Friend told me ... about month ago Cheesy

I felt like the latest person in the world who does not know.
But when I see all the newbies, new(bi)er than me  Grin .. that makes me feel better.

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April 01, 2014, 07:13:42 PM
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The brother of a friend told me about people that earn money with their pc's. I checked it out and was told its too late to mine. Its not worth it. That was 2011. At the end i bought some bitcoins and shortly after MtGox was hacked. Bitcoins crashed and i lost interest for another year...

Please ALWAYS contact me through bitcointalk pm before sending someone coins.
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April 02, 2014, 04:57:37 AM
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How did you all guys get into bitcoin? I got into bitcoin when i was Googling about how to buy a memory card?

I heard it from one of my best friends a few months ago. Smiley

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