I actually saw Bitcoin when it was $0.005/coin but my family and I were poor. I thought "Damn this is a cool idea", yet I also thought it likely the government would intervene and kill it. So $20 would feed my family. Yes I am kicking myself.
Yea, I'm sorta in the same boat. My cousin (the one who got me into anarchism in the post I made) told me about it in the summer of 2011. I thought it was cute, but dismissed it outright. I saw it again at like $10 and actually looked into it a bit. Then dismissed it again. At $50, same thing. Didn't want to be the guy that bought at THAT price. XD
I finally bit the bullet and started buying in the winter of 2014, when it hit the "bottom" of $600. ::eye roll:: I then proceeded to lose like 90% of my first 2 bitcoin by going all-in on Cryptcoin and XCoin in my first couple months. XD
After that, I regrouped, committed to learning how to actually make it grow. I now mine, trade, buy, anything and everything for Bitcoin. I have no doubts in my mind where it's heading over the next 10 years, and just like Steemit, it will catch the world by surprise.
As far as other coins I'm watching? Only one, really. Zcash. Highly recommend you check that out. I'm not shilling either, it hasn't launched yet. :)
Happy to follow @kaptainkrayola, btw. Steem shovel's a cool project:
https://steemit.com/steem/@kaptainkrayola/announcing-steemshovel-steem-search-engine-pre-alpha