When did you get into BTC and why?

[Nikinger]

I'm using VPN anonymizers for years now and VPN is a service which usually has to be paid.
To expose as less as possible, I used to pay the VPN anonymously with a voucher which I purchased either on the gas station or in the kiosk using cash.

One day I wanted to extend the VPN membership because it was to expire again. I went to a kiosk and asked for the voucher, same procedure like all the years ago. This time the assistant was picking up paper and pen, started to ask me for my full name and address which should be verified of course. I refused and left, moving to the next shop but everyone refused me to hand out a voucher without my full details.

Later on, I tried several mobile phone shops and computer stores instead, close to nobody knew what I was talking about when mentioning the voucher. After walking a marathon lasting two days, I had luck in an small ancient dithy&messy looking second hand mobile phone shop. He finally handed out the voucher without checking my identity, he even didn't asked for, finally!

In the evening after extending my membership I logged in to my standard chat and had a talk about my great journey and the disturbing development everything being registered and logged. A privacy enthusiast replied, these vouchers are "dead" right now due to new regulation, I should start to use bitcoin and buy the bitcoins with cash either on a bitcoin conference or by arranging a face to face meeting.

Thats how I started with bitcoins. The next extension of my VPN membership was paid just with bitcoin.

[Daniel91]

When?
If I remember well 2 years ago.
Why?
Simple I believed in the bright future of BTC and that this was very good investment for me.
Still feel the same

[OpenOcean]

I got into Bitcoin two years ago because I graduated in Finance and Economics and I wanted to actually use my degree to impact the world instead of falling rank and file in the pursuit of some other person's dream.

I want to use creativity and ingenuity to make something new. Bitcoin allows me to express myself in this manner.

[findftp]

I'm using VPN anonymizers for years now and VPN is a service which usually has to be paid.
To expose as less as possible, I used to pay the VPN anonymously with a voucher which I purchased either on the gas station or in the kiosk using cash.

One day I wanted to extend the VPN membership because it was to expire again. I went to a kiosk and asked for the voucher, same procedure like all the years ago. This time the assistant was picking up paper and pen, started to ask me for my full name and address which should be verified of course. I refused and left, moving to the next shop but everyone refused me to hand out a voucher without my full details.

Later on, I tried several mobile phone shops and computer stores instead, close to nobody knew what I was talking about when mentioning the voucher. After walking a marathon lasting two days, I had luck in an small ancient dithy&messy looking second hand mobile phone shop. He finally handed out the voucher without checking my identity, he even didn't asked for, finally!

In the evening after extending my membership I logged in to my standard chat and had a talk about my great journey and the disturbing development everything being registered and logged. A privacy enthusiast replied, these vouchers are "dead" right now due to new regulation, I should start to use bitcoin and buy the bitcoins with cash either on a bitcoin conference or by arranging a face to face meeting.

Thats how I started with bitcoins. The next extension of my VPN membership was paid just with bitcoin.

That's a very nice story from someone who was not financially motivated but did it because of it's properties!

[Honeybooboo]

I'm using VPN anonymizers for years now and VPN is a service which usually has to be paid.
To expose as less as possible, I used to pay the VPN anonymously with a voucher which I purchased either on the gas station or in the kiosk using cash.

One day I wanted to extend the VPN membership because it was to expire again. I went to a kiosk and asked for the voucher, same procedure like all the years ago. This time the assistant was picking up paper and pen, started to ask me for my full name and address which should be verified of course. I refused and left, moving to the next shop but everyone refused me to hand out a voucher without my full details.

Later on, I tried several mobile phone shops and computer stores instead, close to nobody knew what I was talking about when mentioning the voucher. After walking a marathon lasting two days, I had luck in an small ancient dithy&messy looking second hand mobile phone shop. He finally handed out the voucher without checking my identity, he even didn't asked for, finally!

In the evening after extending my membership I logged in to my standard chat and had a talk about my great journey and the disturbing development everything being registered and logged. A privacy enthusiast replied, these vouchers are "dead" right now due to new regulation, I should start to use bitcoin and buy the bitcoins with cash either on a bitcoin conference or by arranging a face to face meeting.

Thats how I started with bitcoins. The next extension of my VPN membership was paid just with bitcoin.

That's a very nice story from someone who was not financially motivated but did it because of it's properties!

Agreed. I think this is a genuine use of bitcoin due to rules and regulations trying to log everything you do especially when you're not doing anything wrong. Bitcoin gives people freedom in that respect.

[HCLivess]

December 2013

BTC
CinnamonCoin
Dogecoin

I switched from the traditional asset/monetary exchange because of the fees

[havecoch]

Well i  got introduced into Litecoin first and from there I came across bitcoin, and got to know it was the main digital cryptocurrency first released.

[findftp]

Well i  got introduced into Litecoin first and from there I came across bitcoin, and got to know it was the main digital cryptocurrency first released.

Wow, another amazing story

I could never imagine that someone heard about an alt before they heard about bitcoin.

[specgamer]

Thanks for asking!
I got into bitcoin actually from a friend of mine who started in 2009. He told me about it, and I was really fascinated. So I got into it around 2012/2013, can't really remember. At that time, no one was really supporting me, and I just wanted to make some extra cash. 

[rexxarofmoknathal]

Hmm...

Heard of it from my brother who mined it back when you could make more than nothing from your personal computer 
But I didn't get into it until a few years down when i decided to research it more heavily myself. Then I decided it was worth spending some money and time on and so far it's been amazing 

[NUFCrichard]

I heard about it in the middle of 2013 and liked the sound of it immediately.
Like many newbies, I wanted to get involved with mining, but even then it was way past the point og being able to do anything on a normal PC, especially my rubbishy PC!  Soon enough I had a Mt. Gox account and deposited and bought my first bitcoin, even though they were much more expensive there than anywhere else, my first mistake!  I have invested them, bet them, traded them, bought alts and everything possible since then.

Nowadays I like to spend them in the real world when possible, otherwise I tend to sit on them and wait for more real world opportunities to open up.  I find most online chances to invest seem to work out to be scams, so I will wait for more common acceptance.

[Brewins]

around 2 years ago.

Was looking for new ways to earn money, and found a good one

[MAsterV]

i just started in july 2014, but i've looking at it for a longer time.. I first saw it when it was worth 1000, and when i got in it was still worth about 600.

It was funny as i could have gotten in earlier but i didn't ... so sad..

[Hamuki]

Hmm...

Heard of it from my brother who mined it back when you could make more than nothing from your personal computer 
But I didn't get into it until a few years down when i decided to research it more heavily myself. Then I decided it was worth spending some money and time on and so far it's been amazing 

So...

Your brother is rich now, or made a good amount of money..

Or did he sell it all back when it was worth next nothing and jumped off a bridge in december 2013?

[koshgel]

Bitcoin was used as a tipping tool on Reddit for a long time but I didn't really pay attention till the price was already bubbling in 2013. The price was crazy volatile then and always increasing so trading was fun and the experience sucked me into the crypto world. Shortly after that Dogecoin came out and I was ready for the explosion 

[gamefixer]

I got into BTC around Aug/Sept of 2011. Had two AMD cards that I was going to put into a gaming rig but was sorely disappointed by their performance. I offered the free game that came with them to a friend of mine and he said "you should mine bitcoins with them." I had NO CLUE as to what he was talking about but I set up two PC's for mining and let them sit until about Sept 2013 when one of them had fan problems. Turns out that PC had blue screened about a year prior to having fan problems.

And I've been glued to BTC since I rediscovered it late 2013.

Been fun keeping up on things though.

[rexxarofmoknathal]

Hmm...

Heard of it from my brother who mined it back when you could make more than nothing from your personal computer 
But I didn't get into it until a few years down when i decided to research it more heavily myself. Then I decided it was worth spending some money and time on and so far it's been amazing 

So...

Your brother is rich now, or made a good amount of money..

Or did he sell it all back when it was worth next nothing and jumped off a bridge in december 2013?

He wasn't doing it THAT long ago. But at most I think he had 2btc from mining and sports betting, but he sold them off and hasn't shown any interest in it again aha

[Slaxt]

Hmm...

Heard of it from my brother who mined it back when you could make more than nothing from your personal computer 
But I didn't get into it until a few years down when i decided to research it more heavily myself. Then I decided it was worth spending some money and time on and so far it's been amazing 

So...

Your brother is rich now, or made a good amount of money..

Or did he sell it all back when it was worth next nothing and jumped off a bridge in december 2013?

He wasn't doing it THAT long ago. But at most I think he had 2btc from mining and sports betting, but he sold them off and hasn't shown any interest in it again aha

Your bother was doing it when the difficulty allowed for you to mine from a computer but only managed to make 2 btc?

That i some serious bad luck if you ask me.

OP i got in around a year ago when i was playing poker and a fellow poker player mentioned it in chat so i googled it researched for a few weeks and the rest is history

[Hazir]

My story is pretty normal and not interesting at all. My friend told me about bitcoin in late 2013. I did not listen to him then. I thought it is just an experiment without future. But I read some info, watched some videos, and after gathering some knowledge I knew bitcoin is the key. Since them I am a bitcoin worshipper.

[rexxarofmoknathal]

Hmm...

Heard of it from my brother who mined it back when you could make more than nothing from your personal computer 
But I didn't get into it until a few years down when i decided to research it more heavily myself. Then I decided it was worth spending some money and time on and so far it's been amazing 

So...

Your brother is rich now, or made a good amount of money..

Or did he sell it all back when it was worth next nothing and jumped off a bridge in december 2013?

He wasn't doing it THAT long ago. But at most I think he had 2btc from mining and sports betting, but he sold them off and hasn't shown any interest in it again aha

Your bother was doing it when the difficulty allowed for you to mine from a computer but only managed to make 2 btc?

That i some serious bad luck if you ask me.

OP i got in around a year ago when i was playing poker and a fellow poker player mentioned it in chat so i googled it researched for a few weeks and the rest is history

Meh, the difficulty wasn't really low enough to let him make too much from pooled mining. Also... don't make me mention what the GPU that he mined from was