I had heard about bitcoin, I never ever bothered with some "bogus made-up currency", which I, at the time really believed it was.
Yeah sadly many believe that to this day.
and yeah, comparing is never good! I remember those several thousand in post rewards posts as well, too bad many of those people didn't stick around. :/
and yeah, I think you had joined around the same time as me, I remember it quite well. :)
I can gladly say that I am not one of those people. I don't consider myself to be some sort of "cryptocurrency-expert" or anything, but even I can see tons of potential with the limited knowledge I have.
Comparing is never good, I definitely agree with you. I actually thought of leaving Steemit at one point, about 15 months ago, because I didn't earn $200+ on every article I published. - Crazy right?
The thing is, that I started to take for granted that my articles would be well-rewarded each and every time, mostly because of Dan, because he was one of the first whales that ever upvoted my content... And he did so multiple times. So instead of having a hard time and have to work to get recognition and rewards, which I was used to prior to Steemit... I arrived at Steemit and got tons of money for basically nothing. - So I'm obviously incredibly thankful for all the rewards I earned, but I am also a bit sad that I got that much rewards right from the start, because that was the main reason for me to start thinking about leaving Steemit in the first place. - Anyhow, I didn't leave and along the way I got more knowledge and found my own way so to speak.
I even consider myself to have become a better person because of Steemit and the Steemians around me. Because I've learned many new things about myself but also about others. - And that's solely because of other Steemians contributions.
So yeah, I'm all for Steemit and I've been an addict ever since I started to get more knowledge.
Thank you for the trip down memory lane btw. :)