How did you got into bitcoin/crypto ?

[koelen3]

So! i was just thinking about how i got in crypto's , it wasn't interesting , and my google interest gave way to crypto's world slowly.
But am sure, there are people out there with interesting stories and i would love to hear them please

[champbronc2]

Back in June 2013 I tried to buy an alpaca sock with Bitcoin. Got scammed multiple times just trying to buy my first bitcoin haha. Finally resorted to using bitquick.co to buy and sell safely.

At first though I tried making a safer trading thread and all kinds of stuff. I got hacked from Mt. Gox for like 22 BTC. It was a ROUGH introduction. I actually got lucky and made like 5 BTC return by Chinacoin and BBQCoin if anyone remembers those 

[koelen3]

Back in June 2013 I tried to buy an alpaca sock with Bitcoin. Got scammed multiple times just trying to buy my first bitcoin haha. Finally resorted to using bitquick.co to buy and sell safely.

At first though I tried making a safer trading thread and all kinds of stuff. I got hacked from Mt. Gox for like 22 BTC. It was a ROUGH introduction. I actually got lucky and made like 5 BTC return by Chinacoin and BBQCoin if anyone remembers those 

That's good that in the end it wasn't that bad experience for you
I am really happy for myself that i didn't got that much lose .

[champbronc2]

Back in June 2013 I tried to buy an alpaca sock with Bitcoin. Got scammed multiple times just trying to buy my first bitcoin haha. Finally resorted to using bitquick.co to buy and sell safely.

At first though I tried making a safer trading thread and all kinds of stuff. I got hacked from Mt. Gox for like 22 BTC. It was a ROUGH introduction. I actually got lucky and made like 5 BTC return by Chinacoin and BBQCoin if anyone remembers those 

That's good that in the end it wasn't that bad experience for you
I am really happy for myself that i didn't got that much lose .

Yup, I'm definitely glad I stuck around

[irfan_pak10]

1 and half year back i just came to know about btc through google search, but then i never give it a try, and after that 1 year ago when the stellar launched then i just got to know more about btc to exchange my stellar to btc.

[koelen3]

1 and half year back i just came to know about btc through google search, but then i never give it a try, and after that 1 year ago when the stellar launched then i just got to know more about btc to exchange my stellar to btc.

I have to agree , stellar really did alot to BTC community , i have heard from alot of people i know that they got in thanks to stellar's
Actually there was no choice , it required facebook account and thus people started SE'ing it and even put it on mturk

[ChuckBuck]

Heard about Silk Road back in 2012 and thought Bitcoin was interesting, but never pursued or dived in just yet.

In 2013, is when I dove head first, and got into mining, buying, reading and researching, etc.

Now, I'm all in.

[koelen3]

Heard about Silk Road back in 2012 and thought Bitcoin was interesting, but never pursued or dived in just yet.

In 2013, is when I dove head first, and got into mining, buying, reading and researching, etc.

Now, I'm all in.

It was actually wise of you to not dive in for Silk Road , that shit was illegal
With all in , i suppose you mean with all your heart , not like in with all your money?

[ChuckBuck]

Heard about Silk Road back in 2012 and thought Bitcoin was interesting, but never pursued or dived in just yet.

In 2013, is when I dove head first, and got into mining, buying, reading and researching, etc.

Now, I'm all in.

It was actually wise of you to not dive in for Silk Road , that shit was illegal
With all in , i suppose you mean with all your heart , not like in with all your money?

Of course, all in, passionate, learning about it, trying to be involved anyway I can.

Not investing my entire fiat stash, but just continue to accrue enough coin to be ready when "it" happens.

[EndTheFed321]

It was Ron Paul`s Fault. He said follow the money so I did. It lead me to the evils of the Central Banking System and The FED. Looking for alternative Currency I found Hours and other currency which lead me to Crypto Bitcoin

[avatar_kiyoshi]

I just know about bitcoin on ads and forum, first time I just know bitcoin only, I'm not interest with alt coin, time goes by I know about alt coin and start to search worth alt coin just my simple story

[Madness]

I was watching some video's and I've seen couple of videos on the right side Bitcoin for beginners , what is Bitcoin etc ... It was by chance to be honest , so I googled a little bit .. The tutorial was asking to download Bitcoin Core so I did download it and install it , it was taking too long to Synchronize with the network so I left and Unistalled the wallet ... then by chance also , saw some articles so this time I learned more about Bitcoin then started learning thing by thing and asking a lot of questions on this forum . and now finally I learned all I need to know about it and here I'am using it

~ Madness

[NewLiberty]

Always was interested in mathematics.  Always fascinated with secret codes, and computers, and security.
Got much more into cryptography from Zimmerman's pgp in the early 90's.  Interest in Bitcoin came from a history of disappointments.  Digicash, frustrations with having a merchant account in the 90's and trying to do online sales.  Work doing coding for POS systems and technologies in fin-tech, stock analysis, William O'Neil & Co, and for banks in the mid 90's helped refine an understanding of the problems.  Followed by a career in multinational telecom and datacom security set the stage.

Not going to write more about my introduction to Bitcoin here, but suffice to say, I was a very ripe audience for my introduction to it, and immediately loved the idea.

[koelen3]

Heard about Silk Road back in 2012 and thought Bitcoin was interesting, but never pursued or dived in just yet.

In 2013, is when I dove head first, and got into mining, buying, reading and researching, etc.

Now, I'm all in.

It was actually wise of you to not dive in for Silk Road , that shit was illegal
With all in , i suppose you mean with all your heart , not like in with all your money?

Of course, all in, passionate, learning about it, trying to be involved anyway I can.

Not investing my entire fiat stash, but just continue to accrue enough coin to be ready when "it" happens.

You got enough time to wait if you expect moon

It was Ron Paul`s Fault. He said follow the money so I did. It lead me to the evils of the Central Banking System and The FED. Looking for alternative Currency I found Hours and other currency which lead me to Crypto Bitcoin

You mean Thanks to Ron Paul

I just know about bitcoin on ads and forum, first time I just know bitcoin only, I'm not interest with alt coin, time goes by I know about alt coin and start to search worth alt coin just my simple story

Good to hear that

I was watching some video's and I've seen couple of videos on the right side Bitcoin for beginners , what is Bitcoin etc ... It was by chance to be honest , so I googled a little bit .. The tutorial was asking to download Bitcoin Core so I did download it and install it , it was taking too long to Synchronize with the network so I left and Unistalled the wallet ... then by chance also , saw some articles so this time I learned more about Bitcoin then started learning thing by thing and asking a lot of questions on this forum . and now finally I learned all I need to know about it and here I'am using it

~ Madness

Never knew youtube shows bitcoin video in suggestion but then again it depends what you were watching

[koelen3]

Always was interested in mathematics.  Always fascinated with secret codes, and computers, and security.
Got much more into cryptography from Zimmerman's pgp in the early 90's.  Interest in Bitcoin came from a history of disappointments.  Digicash, frustrations with having a merchant account in the 90's and trying to do online sales.  Work doing coding for POS systems and technologies in fin-tech, stock analysis, William O'Neil & Co, and for banks in the mid 90's helped refine an understanding of the problems.  Followed by a career in multinational telecom and datacom security set the stage.

Not going to write more about my introduction to Bitcoin here, but suffice to say, I was a very ripe audience for my introduction to it, and immediately loved the idea.

Well! it's a pleasure to have someone who has been related to crypto's for so long

[MakingMoneyHoney]

So! i was just thinking about how i got in crypto's , it wasn't interesting , and my google interest gave way to crypto's world slowly.
But am sure, there are people out there with interesting stories and i would love to hear them please

I had heard of it years ago, I just never looked it up.  Recently my father heard about Bitcoin and wanted me to look it up and explain it to him. So I did, and as I learned more and more about it, I got more excited, since it's an awesome technology, that fixes so many problems concerning fiat. He's more into it for speculative purposes, but I like that it helps those who can't even afford to have bank accounts, and there aren't any sneaky fees, etc like the banks charge from time to time.

Also I wasn't getting as much work recently, and I was able to get paid in BTC for graphic work, which was a really nice experience. Now, I'm just collecting as much as I can, wherever I can, and writing my guide to introduce others to it also.

[MARK GARCIA]

Hi guys. Bitcoin first caught my attention maybe around mid 2014. Most of my life I never had the slightest idea of how digital everything would be. Now that the world populations rely on computer systems. It is the best time for a  pure digital currency to replace the dollar. So when I heard of bitcoin  it made perfect sense no doubt. How ever it is critical we establish the system correctly.

[Madness]

Heard about Silk Road back in 2012 and thought Bitcoin was interesting, but never pursued or dived in just yet.

In 2013, is when I dove head first, and got into mining, buying, reading and researching, etc.

Now, I'm all in.

It was actually wise of you to not dive in for Silk Road , that shit was illegal
With all in , i suppose you mean with all your heart , not like in with all your money?

Of course, all in, passionate, learning about it, trying to be involved anyway I can.

Not investing my entire fiat stash, but just continue to accrue enough coin to be ready when "it" happens.

You got enough time to wait if you expect moon

It was Ron Paul`s Fault. He said follow the money so I did. It lead me to the evils of the Central Banking System and The FED. Looking for alternative Currency I found Hours and other currency which lead me to Crypto Bitcoin

You mean Thanks to Ron Paul

I just know about bitcoin on ads and forum, first time I just know bitcoin only, I'm not interest with alt coin, time goes by I know about alt coin and start to search worth alt coin just my simple story

Good to hear that

I was watching some video's and I've seen couple of videos on the right side Bitcoin for beginners , what is Bitcoin etc ... It was by chance to be honest , so I googled a little bit .. The tutorial was asking to download Bitcoin Core so I did download it and install it , it was taking too long to Synchronize with the network so I left and Unistalled the wallet ... then by chance also , saw some articles so this time I learned more about Bitcoin then started learning thing by thing and asking a lot of questions on this forum . and now finally I learned all I need to know about it and here I'am using it

~ Madness

Never knew youtube shows bitcoin video in suggestion but then again it depends what you were watching

I was watching something to money I guess , on CNN Channel if I remember right ? idk .. but this was the first I've seen about Bitcoin => https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7opj5-32hw also the one about Mining from the same user .

~ Madness

[galbros]

I read about bitcoin in the Wall Street Journal after the first big rise to 31 USD and the subsiquent fall.  However, I didn't get into it until much later.  It is such an interesting concept and offers some real advantages in international transfers and avoiding chargebacks.

[Meuh6879]

because my country can freeze any account to pay bankster (since dec 2013) ... so, my gov don't protect me from stealing.
so, i protect my money with bitcoin.

well ... actually   the first reason is because i have many time explose the limit of my credit card ... and the bank don't allow to spend MY MONEY AVAILABLE ON MY ACCOUNT.

And we call this "professionnals" ...