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I first heard of it when I friend of mine said(jokingly) that he could get anyone assassinated for 6BTC on silk road. I asked what it was and he said that it was an online currency that nobody uses. I googled Bitcoin..I have not slept since.
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How did you first hear about Bitcoin?
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Bitcoin mining is now a specialized and very risky industry, just like gold mining. Amateur miners are unlikely to make much money, and may even lose money. Bitcoin is much more than just mining, though!
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disclaimer201
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June 26, 2012, 10:28:39 PM |
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A computer magazine in late spring 2011 advertising to make money by running your computer. I thought this is one way to justify all the money spent on computers for the past 5 years ;-)
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kiba
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June 26, 2012, 10:55:56 PM |
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Some dude refer me to the site on some forum about open source gaming. I dismiss it as an agorist currency that can't possibly work. That was after the first slashdot coverage. Then I eventually become convinced that it was useful. I was there before the bitcoin price reach 1 dollars.  |
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westkybitcoins
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Firstbits: Compromised. Thanks, Android!
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June 26, 2012, 11:09:24 PM |
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I listened to it being talked about on Free Talk Live as much as 2 years ago. Wish I'd been convinced of how good it was when I first heard of it....
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Bitcoin is the ultimate freedom test. It tells you who is giving lip service and who genuinely believes in it.
... ... In the future, books that summarize the history of money will have a line that says, “and then came bitcoin.” It is the economic singularity. And we are living in it now. - Ryan Dickherber... ... ATTENTION BFL MINING NEWBS: Just got your Jalapenos in? Wondering how to get the most value for the least hassle? Give BitMinter a try! It's a smaller pool with a fair & low-fee payment method, lots of statistical feedback, and it's easier than EasyMiner! (Yes, we want your hashing power, but seriously, it IS the easiest pool to use! Sign up in seconds to try it!)... ... The idea that deflation causes hoarding (to any problematic degree) is a lie used to justify theft of value from your savings.
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eleuthria
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June 26, 2012, 11:21:28 PM |
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Security Now podcast in early 2011. Wish I had been keeping up weekly. I listened to it in April 2011, but I think it was dated January 2011! Those extra 3 months would've made me a lot of money!
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RIP BTC Guild, April 2011 - June 2015
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artisbigshirts
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June 26, 2012, 11:22:14 PM |
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I saw it being discussed on a certain imageboard during the first bubble in 2011.
Didn't actually look into it until after the bubble later in the year.
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Hexadecibel
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I still <3 u Satoshi
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June 26, 2012, 11:58:08 PM |
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I was researching ATI's 7970 just before it was released at the beginning of the year. I think it was in the forums of HardOCP that someone said "I wonder how many bitcoins it could mine" or some such thing.
"bitcoins?" I said to myself. "what's a bitcoin?"
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Dalkore
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June 27, 2012, 12:06:12 AM |
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Slashdot post http://news.slashdot.org/story/10/07/11/1747245/bitcoin-releases-version-03 in 2010 when cpu mining was the way it was done haha. I remember you could only buy socks back then and maybe some web hosting. Had my good old Intel E6800 and a pair of nvidia 7950 GT's in SLI on my old Striker II board just cranking away. What change in 2 years. Dalkore |
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June 27, 2012, 12:22:34 AM |
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Drunk one night in late 2010 or early 2011 I stumbled across it on the net and had a cursory glance, deciding in my wisdom at the time it had to be a scam, I woe that night now. Then I saw it at $10 going up and greed got a hold of me but with some reading on btc I decided that my greed was justified in buying into such a top idea.
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Spekulatius
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June 27, 2012, 12:26:37 AM |
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I think I read some article about it on aljazeera.com. For sure I learned about it in June 2011, JUST after the crash and before the Gox hack. At least I know about it now (and am thankful for it!)  |
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bg002h
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I outlived my lifetime membership:)
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June 27, 2012, 12:58:03 AM |
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I heard via slashdot in July 2010. I hear talk about the first and second slashdotting, but I'm not sure when those two events occurred. All I know is that about a week or two after I started CPU mining, my laptop couldn't keep up with the big boys. But before that, I did ok. I freakishly generated (to repeat myself for the hundredth time) 4 blocks on my laptop in one night.
When the mining got tough, I stopped and forgot about it all for nearlt year. Nearly lost my roughly 500 Bitcoins to a hard drive failure, but thanks to time machine, I inadvertently got it back....and ignored it some more. Then I heard about it again (I think on slashdot...could that be the second slashdotting?). I launched my long ignored client and found all my coins. Worked out well. Thank you Apple!
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mufa23
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June 27, 2012, 01:12:21 AM |
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From the internet hate machine.  |
Positive rep with: pekv2, AzN1337c0d3r, Vince Torres, underworld07, Chimsley, omegaaf, Bogart, Gleason, SuperTramp, John K. and guitarplinker
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bbit
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June 27, 2012, 01:35:47 AM |
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hackernews! |
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SaintFlow
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The first is by definition not flawed.
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June 27, 2012, 03:25:31 PM |
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From the story that gawker media/ gizmodo.com posted about SR which lead to the bubble.
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don't let me make you question your assumptions
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Gavin Andresen
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June 27, 2012, 03:31:11 PM |
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How often do you get the chance to work on a potentially world-changing project?
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szuetam
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June 27, 2012, 07:07:41 PM |
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Heh, I have dreamed about such a currency in 2008/2009 and talking to my friends about to my friends making them bored to death, but I heard about bitcoin in 2011 in some article about some big amount of bitcoin stolen, and then I thought This is it! I'm thinking about it all the time and asking myself should I buy more bitcoins now and if not how much I will regret it in the future!
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paraipan
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June 27, 2012, 08:06:00 PM |
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An article about bitcoin showed up in 2010 on meneame, spanish version of reddit, and i looked into it, downloaded the client but didn't bother with it more. In June 2011 i've stumbled on it again, and this time I got the "gold fever" like all the other miners out there. This project is really giving me an opportunity to make good use my resources. It cost me almost a year but now i understand that time is money. |
BTCitcoin: An Idea Worth Saving - Q&A with bitcoins on rugatu.com - Check my rep
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dooglus
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June 28, 2012, 12:18:34 AM |
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I first heard about bitcoin here: http://identi.ca/notice/61926764on Monday, 10-Jan-2011. |
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