It was less than 1 cent per bitcoin when I first heard about it. I was kind of poor at the time. Two things came up... "Sounds cool, but the government will likely shut it down" and "Should I spend $20 on some or buy this week's pizza for my family?" Pizza won. I'd be a many times over millionaire today for the price of that Pizza.
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I promised to jump on the next thing I saw that seemed like a good idea. My wife said she would back me and then a few days later I discovered steemit in July 2016. :)