What Got You Into Bitcoin?

[jamie.redman1]

I'm interested in finding out what got you into Bitcoin? Let me know in the comments below.

I got into Bitcoin around 2011 and realized it was a great tool to promote liberty IMHO. I am an anarchist/ Agorist, and I think spreading Bitcoin everywhere is like spreading the seeds of anarchy into the eyes of society through the use of an alternative currency that is not controlled by a government or any corporate entity. I also feel it has the potential to do a lot of cool things by being truly peer-to-peer, decentralized, and open source. Very much like the innovations the internet provided, I believe cryptocurrency is just as special. What do you think? When and how did you get involved with BTC ?

[rogerver]

I got involved for similar reasons.
I previously spent a lot of time studying economics. The more I studied, the closer to an anarchist I became until Murray Rothbard finally pushed me over the edge. I also had stumbled across Jim Bell's essays back around the year 2000. When I heard about Bitcoin in 2011, it seemed like it was the missing piece of the puzzle for the system he described.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iT5c8eklvZk

[LiteCoinGuy]

i love the tech, i like to be part of the financial future, i like to be part of this political movement and i like a good investment. bitcoin brings all of this together.

and it is very early days. still. believe me

[iFixBTCmemoryIssues]

To change our banking infrastructure, to make it easier for businesses to obtain a method of payment for processing payments.

For people around the world to have fast affordable access to issuing payments with low fraud risk.

[mjglqw]

Was browsing some random forums in the past and for some reason I ended up in a bitcoin forum.

What got me into it is that I had no paypal/bank account in the past. So I was pretty much forced to use bitcoins so I can sell in-game currencies for some money.

[rogerver]

Was browsing some random forums in the past and for some reason I ended up in a bitcoin forum.

I'm glad you are here!
How did you end up on this particular Bitcoin Forum?

[mjglqw]

Was browsing some random forums in the past and for some reason I ended up in a bitcoin forum.

I'm glad you are here!
How did you end up on this particular Bitcoin Forum?

I really don't remember. But I was interested in selling online in-game currencies in the past. So maybe I ended up to a forum post on someone buying via bitcoins. I think.