When did you get into BTC and why?

[steven.G999]

when I know bitcoin 2013, when the price of $1000 and when it was very busy talking. it happened when I was with unemployment and trying to get it, and it is hard , I just play the faucet at the time and just get some satoshi very sad

[Enzyme]

I was introduced into cryptocurrency during late 2012/early 2013 after a friend told me about it.
Of course, everybody said I was stupid so I disregarded it.

Last year, I discovered Dogecoin and was fascinated by how it worked.
My passion for crypto escalated to what it is today.

[cramved]

I mined litecoin using my gpu until it was not profitable then I converted it to bitcoin so it was more stable than litecoin. I made about 0.1 from it and still have it today!

[Snipe85]

A year ago, when I heard about it from a friend. It was right after the pump and everybody were extremely positive.
Why? Because I was looking for a good investment and rates offered by banks were getting worse every year.

[innocent93]

Back in 2013 summer, I read some news about Bitcoin and I was intrigued by Bitcoin features. The next day I opened a account on BTCCHINA and started trading Bitcoin, It was around 100$ per Bitcoin at that moment. Wonderful memories, isn't it?  

[Berau]

A friend of mine sent me some bitcoins as my birthday gift in late 2012.

And now I'm addicted to it. The best birthday gift ever

[Hamuki]

A friend of mine sent me some bitcoins as my birthday gift in late 2012.

And now I'm addicted to it. The best birthday gift ever

How many did you get?
And did you keep them or did you sell out before December 2013?

[calci]

Got in late on the boat in 2014, I was first introduced to it back in 2012,  and sold 5 Bitcoins I had which I got in return for helping out someone with some development work.
I later sold it for 65$, which I obviously regret, but thats how I was introduced. Started following it more only early this year.

[Slaxt]

A year ago, when I heard about it from a friend. It was right after the pump and everybody were extremely positive.
Why? Because I was looking for a good investment and rates offered by banks were getting worse every year.

Glad to hear you made it but sorry to hear that dude so does bitcoin set you back around 600 -700 dollars? The rates from the banks are basically non existent better of hiding it under your mattress  

Although i have read that some banks are now giving 4-5% interest annually but i think that is in Australia and the west are still not budging not that i care to be honest.

[GigaBit]

Hey Bitcoin talk.

So... As the title says.. How did you get into this wonderful world?

I made my first investment back in November 2013 into Goldcoin.
I invest around 20$ of BTC into it, and I managed to pump the value of it from 0.0053$ to 0.18$ that I sold at.
Which gave me 666.666$ profit... Such a funny number when you think about it! xD

It was not my intention to pump it like that, but I had no knowledge of the cryptoworld.

I was argueing with some users from the GLD community and I was pissed, so I sold out and the days after it crashed hard in price.

I was hooked when I got that big of a profit.

Thats how I got in.

What about you?

~Hamuki

When the price was crashing on Mt. Gox, I bought in another exchange at around the same price as today (~$250).

I then bought a few S1 AntMiners and been livin' it ever since; best buy I ever made.

I bought in at $150, $250, $550, $700, $850, $900 and still profit today; if you want to make some money you'll make some if you try

However, I don't need to buy coins anymore, I can mine them as much as I want and my 5TH/s mine was made from nearly free money.

I have yet to cash anything out but I have a quite well padded crypto portfolio.

[guybrushthreepwood]

Got into it in 2013 and why? Because I wanted to join in the financial revolution. Bitcoin truly is a genius concept and the possibilities for it are immense. My only fear is they wont ever be fully realized by the masses and it wont ever catch on like it should. I have patience, though.

[soohoo]

I just got here in early 2015
WHY??
The first one is my friend telling me something about making money here then its start to bother me how come we can make money here and I need to search things and start asking my friend what really this is

The second its like an ONLINE job, since I already do ONLINE things from high school and I really need to learn more about this

Thats why Im join in this bitcoin things

Thx to my friend and Bitcoin

[Jybrael]

I got into BTC about a few months ago...a lot of friends said I should join it so I read up a little bit about it...and thought might as well..I tried a couple of faucets here and there..and found out...well they don't really pay as much :-( Oh well...so right now..I barely have even 1 Btc to my name ahahaha.

[Snipe85]

A year ago, when I heard about it from a friend. It was right after the pump and everybody were extremely positive.
Why? Because I was looking for a good investment and rates offered by banks were getting worse every year.

Glad to hear you made it but sorry to hear that dude so does bitcoin set you back around 600 -700 dollars? The rates from the banks are basically non existent better of hiding it under your mattress  

Although i have read that some banks are now giving 4-5% interest annually but i think that is in Australia and the west are still not budging not that i care to be honest.

Sure, I bought some at high prices, but I also bought some low, so I'm still doing better with Bitcoin than I would if I kept it all in the bank. There were some better investment opportunities last year, but let's not be greedy.
I remember 10 years ago they were giving even 6% a year, now you're lucky if you get 3, at least in Europe. Everything is better nowadays than keeping money in the bank. Metals, jewelry, wine, land, you name it.

[Hamuki]

Hey Bitcoin talk.

So... As the title says.. How did you get into this wonderful world?

I made my first investment back in November 2013 into Goldcoin.
I invest around 20$ of BTC into it, and I managed to pump the value of it from 0.0053$ to 0.18$ that I sold at.
Which gave me 666.666$ profit... Such a funny number when you think about it! xD

It was not my intention to pump it like that, but I had no knowledge of the cryptoworld.

I was argueing with some users from the GLD community and I was pissed, so I sold out and the days after it crashed hard in price.

I was hooked when I got that big of a profit.

Thats how I got in.

What about you?

~Hamuki

When the price was crashing on Mt. Gox, I bought in another exchange at around the same price as today (~$250).

I then bought a few S1 AntMiners and been livin' it ever since; best buy I ever made.

I bought in at $150, $250, $550, $700, $850, $900 and still profit today; if you want to make some money you'll make some if you try

However, I don't need to buy coins anymore, I can mine them as much as I want and my 5TH/s mine was made from nearly free money.

I have yet to cash anything out but I have a quite well padded crypto portfolio.

Soo... plz gimme some of dat money on some miners xD

Well, I must say its the best story I have heard here

Good luck in the future.

[emrebey]

me and my friend was heart litecoin from one of our mutual friend, it was like $5. we decided to buy but haven't managed to do it. wallet concept and bitcoin technology was looked very hard and gave up.

after a week from that, litecoin's price was up to $40 and we decided to learn more

[BillyBobZorton]

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 

A lot of people is getting into bitcoin nowadays because it's being used as a tipping tool all over Youtube.

[james777]

Brother In-Law gave me bitcoin for my birthday for beer! No were around here to spend it. Later I found out that I could use it online to play poker!

[ShintoshiBTC]

My brother told me about it.
Read about it.
Knew that it worths a lot (1 year ago)
And then here I am now.