Welcome to part 5 of 11!
The Digital Time Capsule project is a labor of love where I filtered through over 25k of my tweets to find some old favorites about bitcoin. I took screenshots and organized them for your enjoyment using Twitter Advanced Search for bitcoin from my account in 2013.
This will be a series, one month of tweets per post. Searching for and organizing the tweets for all of 2013 took more time than I anticipated, but I hope you will find it worth it and these insights from the past will help you better understand the present and the future. Experience and expertise are only gained through time, and time is our most valuable, non-renewable resource. I hope you enjoy this series and appreciate the time represented here.
Who Cares?
Good question.
I think these tweets are helpful to others because I first bought bitcoin in January of 2013. I paid $50 for 2.5 BTC. Since day one, I've been passionately involved in learning about and educating people on what cryptocurrency is and why I think it's going to change the world. Relatively few people were involved in Bitcoin in 2013, so few people understand what it was like to experience it back then. I want to share my experience with you because I think you'll gain a bit of experiencial knowledge which may give you important context for today.
As this series progresses, you may recognize similar themes from back then, over five years ago, to now. China banning bitcoin, the dangers of keeping your bitcoin on an exchange (ex: MtGox), price volatility, holding and not selling, and the failures of the current financial system. You can click on each tweet to view the original.
I hope you find it useful.
If you'd like to follow me on Twitter, you can do so at @lukestokes.
June 2013
I wrote a whole Steemit post on this one eight months ago.
Tweets from July 2013 are now live!
Full Series:
- January/February 2013
- March 2013
- April 2013
- May 2013
- June 2013
- July 2013
- August 2013
- September/October 2013
- November 2013
- December 2013
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Dont know why but i have a feeling that i followed you that time..
great analysis Bitcoin Tweets from @lukestokes sir
thanks for sharing your experiences
HI lukestokes,
I wish I had followed you back 2013 because I would have most likely have owned BTC as such a low price and I would be very well off from the purchases....
It would be interesting to see you tweet in year 2022 and I would have been involved in your history 2018....I wonder where you and I will be in year 2022 with BTC purchases now?
I like that thinking! 2022 indeed... who knows. Maybe the world will be entirely different due to smart contracts and on-chain governance.
Learning about BTC is one thing. Committing to actually buying it (especially back in the days of MtGox and all the drama) was quite another. Of course I wish I bought more, but it was also just a crazy time with prices all over the place and no one really knowing what it would end up at.
And that is different from 2018?
I will definitely follow you on twitter since I am still learning about the cryptocurrencies etc. and want to keep on learning so I really appreciate your passion for cryptos and wanting to share it with us.
Thank you! I hope you find it useful. If you haven't yet, check out my understandingblockchainfreedom.com videos to help you understand some of the basics. Please let me know if you find them useful.
Sounds good. I will definitely check it out.
Thanks @lukestokes
Never knew you were a witness, i think you deserve my vote. I am gonna vote you as a witness right away....keep the good work up, the sky will be you stepping stone....you are good with records, been following you lately and i am motivated to follow your footsteps.
Thank you for your support. :)
(btw, I think you accidentally posted this comment twice. You may want to delete the other one)
Just realised it now...have done that
we hope more twees of your part =) greetings!
While 17% moves are still surprising, I think people have forgotten how volatile it has always been. Now that the price is so high, it takes a lot more dollars to move 1% so it makes it more painful for some. Incredible journey so far!
Yeah, for sure. When things were swinging between $250 and $50 it was just an absolutely crazy time. Today's volatility is pretty tame, comparatively.
...and back then.. we probably wondered.. would it ever be worth $100? What about $200? Maybe even gasp? $1,000 one day?
Not like people think now. Oh $7400 ? It should be $74,000 or $74 million!
Lambos or go home!
Hehehe.
Hell yeah!
Time travel here we go.
Glad you're enjoying this series. :)
Lovely post sir