Personally, I remember about a year and a half ago, I couldn't sleep one night. It was about 3am, and I was laying in the dark, when I suddenly remembered hearing about Bitcoin in the news. It seemed a vague and distant idea at the time, however over the next 6 hours, through lots of research and the BitcoinTalk forum, my obsession began. It first started with metting current community members, talking to them, learning more, expanding my knowledge on the subject. From there it quickly transitioned to buying some basic SHA-256 miners, learning about altcoins and mining them, even helping develop some, and trade them on exchanges. Shortly after that, life got busy, so I took a break, and came back a few months later, re-surfacing in the Bitcoin community, with a passion for Bitcoin gambling. I previously had a Primedice account and had been an active member there, and today I am a Moderator there.
Bitcoin, for me at least, was a huge eye-opener. I had no idea there was so much depth to it, and so much to learn. The concept of a virtual currency was something I had thought of as a kid, but obviously knew no way to implement it. So when I learned it actually existed, my fascination escalated.
Please feel free to share your thoughts and experiences here too, I am curious to read them!
