What's up STACKERS!
I have a pretty funny story to tell but before I get started, be sure to follow @Davincij15 on Steemit, Youtube and Twitter.
It was around early 2010 when I started following @Davincij15 on Youtube. The reason why?
He was a fellow Silver Stacker (like myself) and we both believed that the whole monetary system was jacked up.
I was watching his videos daily, talking about how silver and gold is "Sound Money" and that everyone needs to own some precious metals...
He even gave me a shout out and sent me a Canadian Silver Maple Leaf (that I still have today) for supporting his channel back in march 2010.
Here is the video... it sure brings back memories:
Something interesting happened after that... Davincij15 started to talk about this thing called Bitcoin when it was around a $1! 💁♂️
His videos about Bitcoin peaked my interest. I remembered he received tons of hate from the Silver Community talking about Cryptocurrencies.
They we're calling Bitcoin a scam and I also had my doubts! "What was this Bitcoin Thing all about?" 🤷♂️
I heard about Bitcoin back in 2010... but like most people, I thought it's was some digital scam token for nerds. 🤦 😂
However, I did start mining Bitcoin just for fun in 2011 on my laptop (when it was possible) and earning Bitcoin. I think I mined about 4-5 Bitcoins until my computer over heated and broke! haha
I said to myself "Oh wells, it's not worth shit anyway". 😵
Here is a video "D" talking about Bitcoin on Jun 1, 2011
Long story short, I decided to hit up @Davincij15 on twitter and that he should at least post some of this content on steemit.
Why Not, it's free to do! You can check it out here...
Guess what happened, Davincij15 posted on Steemit a few hours ago! That is so awesome! Let's show him some support on his new post here:
There you have it, back in memory lane for me.
Most people would of said... " Charles, I would of bought shit loads of Bitcoin for a $1 in 2011!"
Guess what, no you wouldn't have!
Bitcoin was so new back then and it was freaking complicated. There was hardly no information about Bitcoin online.
Worse yet, you had to kinda learn how transactions work and where to store/buy them. I was like, WTF is is this paper wallet shady shit HAHA.
It's was weird that I didn't even want to buy Bitcoin but "Mine" it instead which was kinda stupid.
I could of bought like 1000 Bitcoin for $1000 but the question is... would I still have them or would of it been lost like so many others did back in 2011. Probably!!
Well there you have it, a little short Story of my Bitcoin Journey. I blame Davincij15 for making me remember this regret I have about not buying Bitcoin at $1! Totally JK HAHA.
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~ Charles Fuchs
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you were mining in a pool with a laptop? I guess that was right before they switched to gpu mining
You could mine gpu mine in 2011 but it was still slow and destroyed my laptop. GPU ended with ASICS mining in 2013 😀
Self-mining 4-5 BTC will be a story for legends one day.
Like, "hey grandpa, tell me that story again were u mined 4-5BTC yourself" :P:P:P
Upvoted @Davincij15 post!
The bad thing would be... “Sorry, I lost them all” 😂😂😂
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Right on! Boy do i wish i got into bitcoin at a buck!! (Doesnt everyone!) I did get my x to mine with a crap computer in like 2014. We earned some that way! I asked for bitcoin for every birthday and christmas etc. For a few years LOL but didn't get any :( haha i had NO idea how to get them myself. And, unfortunately didn't even think to try. Oh well 🤷♀️ Thanks for lettin me know about @davinciji!! Good for you for going long bitcoin back in the day!! That's rad. Didnt know you did that. Awesome!
Crazy huh! I’m going to do the same thing, only accept crypto payments instead of cash from now on! 🤣
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Some people just have a hunch
Good thing you listened to yours :D
I didn’t listen enough 😂
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But you live to tell the tale... and oh what a tale :D
Because you have been there, I'd listen your story ;p
Haha appppresh!
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Oh sorry about your laptop.. but you mined 4 Bitcoin!!! That's expensive right now.. did you save them ?
They were all lost when my computer blew up from mining it 🤣
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Ahahah🤣
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Hey Now!! 🤣
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Oh sorry !!! I feel sad for the bitcoins you mined 😂
I think the learning curve was so atrocious it was hard to have bitcoin unless you deeply know the intrinsic value was going to blow in your face.
I know when gemini twins purchased Btc,
Again the belief was not there.
Now we got it loud and clear.
Keep on postin
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That’s the truth! It was like a game back then for me... never knew it would of exploded like it did several year ago 😅
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The cryptofortuneteller🔮is back means Steem will moon for sure!☻😁good news!
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I think we gonna have to wait til’ 2020 😂
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Sure😁 the time he buidl and then...😃💲💱💲💲💲🎉🎈🍀🤘😉🚀🌚
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Exactly that what if will always kick you in the pants. What if I would of mined the shit out of bitcoin instead of giving up on it when I was mining 0.15 per day with a CPU WTFFFF :D
Crazy huh! I remember people was mining 10 BTC a day back on average from home lol
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Hey friend hey!! 👋🏻
Left him some love and glad you introduced us to some good content ❤️
Just spreadin’ the emmeducation! 🤣
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Good story. Have you seen the Big Bang Theory episide about Bitcoin? I think it’s in season 11 or 12 and has a similar story line.
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I threw away my tv like 7 years ago lol
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I guess a lot of people that listened to him and got into Bitcoin at 1$ are pretty happy right now. :D
That’s the crazy thing, many didn’t listen and most of them lost them 😥
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Great to see more content creators with good followings from community gravitating towards the ecosystem! I still think it is a great match for those believing in blockchain technology!
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100% correct! 😀
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You were lucky to have bough some bitcoin for $1 , how I wonder if I were like you then
Wish I bought some but would of probably lost them 😅
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Come to Austin and preach on there too! C'mon!
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Wow 2010, the just beginning times for btc, for me my son was insisting we look into it in 2015 when the prices were somewhere around 300$ but I was not even prepared to listen, he was only 17 then so I just discarded saying he is too young to understand these scams.
Finally we got into it in 2017, prices were much higher by then, but I still feel happy that I got in then into it not to regret 5 more years down the line
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