@onceuponatime that cpu back look same as mine i wish that i was born little earlier so i could learn about btc when it was launched then I would have mined atleast 50000 btc
@onceuponatime that cpu back look same as mine i wish that i was born little earlier so i could learn about btc when it was launched then I would have mined atleast 50000 btc
You really think so? Lots of people smarter than me looked at bitcoin in 2009 and 2010 and didn't do anything. I didn't run into it until 2011 (read the whitepaper then) but jumped in right away. I was obsessed. There's a million opportunities out there all the time. It is recognizing them that's the sticking point.
First new about it in late 2009 through a youtube video, two dudes buying gas.
That wouldn't have been in 2009. Nobody was buying anything with bitcoin in 2009.
No one offered the other to spot him and would send him btc.
That was probably 2011.
Yea come to think of it you are right about that, still memories though.
I also jumped in as soon as i got some money
Very good point. I'm one of those who first heard of bitcoin fairly early. To the best of my recollection it was 2010 or 2011 and caught my brief attention because of bitcoin's role in Argentina and the WikiLeaks donation cutoff. Somehow it failed to capture my imagination despite broadly understanding that PoW mining was involved and that bitcoin could be used to help circumvent capital controls.
Knowing there are always many opportunities to profit (financially or otherwise) should be an encouragement to all of us to stay curious and keep learning.
I'm currently reading Digital Gold: Bitcoin and the Inside Story of the Misfits and Millionaires Trying to Reinvent Money and it's fascinating to read of the origins of bitcoin and all the roadblocks the community has overcome in the 8 or so years since the mining of the first coins.