tvbcof
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April 06, 2014, 12:03:26 AM |
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I think I might have heard of it before, but I pulled the repository for the first time in association with my desire to help support Wikileaks (and thus, my country (the U.S.))
Bitcoin did not have an auto-configuration system at the time (and indeed, lacked one until recently) and it would take some effort to get it to compile on my secure platform. I got busy with other financial related issues and didn't get back to Bitcoin until after the 2011 spike. Oh well...I did well anyway by buying down into the late 2011 bottom.
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sig spam anywhere and self-moderated threads on the pol&soc board are for losers.
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Even in the event that an attacker gains more than 50% of the network's
computational power, only transactions sent by the attacker could be
reversed or double-spent. The network would not be destroyed.
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Bit_Happy
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A Great Time to Start Something!
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April 06, 2014, 01:25:00 AM |
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The first time I saw bitcoin when it was ~5 cents each (sometime in mid 2010?) and it had recently shot up 10x from ~0.005 (half a penny)
Since it was up 10x and I was short on liquid cash I didn't buy any.
Also, I wasn't aware of mining; This was just a little site with a crude price chart offering BTC for 5 cents each.
Oops....
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themusicgod1
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April 06, 2014, 06:39:34 AM |
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Ripple user group mailing list, early 2009. We were looking for a solution to a lot of problems in making a p2p money system...so our finding out about bitcoin was inevitable. If I could shake the guy's hand who sent that email to the list, I would, as that one email changed my life dramatically.
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sanjoea
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April 06, 2014, 08:43:53 AM |
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In 2014 January only i come to know about Bitcoin through my friend.
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teknohog
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April 06, 2014, 09:24:28 AM |
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Slashdot had an article on Bitcoin 0.3 (?) release in July 2010. The only miner was the client, there was no way to connect external miners, the getwork protocol only came up later that year with the idea of GPUs and pools. I mined 7 blocks on a Core 2 Duo and sold them for 24.50 EUR. Good times!
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paulsonnumismatics
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Honni Soit Qui Mal i Pense
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April 06, 2014, 09:49:39 AM |
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2012, ive been always reading about the non fiat movement, gold standards, and such, so the Bitcoin discussion came across.
I didnt understand the hell of it, and later on i finally bought half BTC at about 140€. When it skyrocketed to 600€ i bought some Magic the gathering cards with it and felt like the king of the jungle / God of the HackerZ interWebz Money :-))))
since then i learned a lot more and now i feel a part of it, rather than a mere speculator. Hell, i even mine some Spaincoin and DOGEs with my GPU at night xD
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This space is for lease, apparently.
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orpington
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April 06, 2014, 11:05:47 AM |
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ummm yeah. remember it well
MAX KEISER ! funny how much mud is slung his way. but nevertheless, Thank You.
just how it is/was
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vnvizow
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April 06, 2014, 11:37:29 AM |
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Back when you only needed 87MH/s, guess the date and time
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mxz280
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April 06, 2014, 01:20:03 PM |
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Date Registered: August 11, 2011, 01:16:03 AM
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ensign_lee
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April 06, 2014, 02:06:19 PM |
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This website, called compute4cash, where they ran their own version of polcbm pointed to their wallets discreetly, and then paid you USD for your work.
I think then I read more about it and someone said that referenced that it was just something about "bitcoin mining". So I did a little research, determined that that was literally what it was, and got into it that way.
I remember compute4cash shut down in the crash between $32 and $3. I always kind of wonder if they ever cashed out their coins at the low there or if they held on...
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dreamspark
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April 06, 2014, 02:11:34 PM |
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Cant remember exactly but heard about it a few times in 2012. Never really peaked my interest until a friend mentioned it again and once I had read the whitepaper and understood, that was it.
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fran2k
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April 06, 2014, 04:21:52 PM |
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It was the best way to buy Alpaca Socks back in 2011.
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Xterry
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April 06, 2014, 04:49:20 PM |
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I find myself so unlucky to first find Bitcoin first only last year
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Nammi
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April 06, 2014, 05:53:38 PM |
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Heard about it somewhere in April '13 just around 75$. Had some discussion about BTC with my colleague and decided not to buy (it was just a bubble according to him). And then...... ......bought in at December '13   He did too...Hahaha. Our motto is therefore; Buy High, Sell Low. |
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fran2k
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April 07, 2014, 07:17:01 AM |
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Jajaj, Were they? Best performing business of the decade. Selling anything for Bitcoin back in early 2011. Hahah. |
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minime
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April 07, 2014, 07:21:17 AM |
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big bro told me about it or was it the other way round?? cant remember..
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icet208
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April 07, 2014, 02:17:04 PM |
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a bit late..about in octomber 2013:(...from a news site
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j3steven
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April 07, 2014, 02:51:24 PM |
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I first 'heard' about Bitcoin in early 2013 but brushed it off like any other news story or conversation that I didnt think have much meaning. Late 2013 comes around and my friends brother-in-law got us involved and more interested. I started off like most unknowing nubs and played around on faucet sites while browsing and posting on this forum. Started buying some BTC and mining altcoins. A handful of a coins later im hooked!
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