It all started May 2nd.
I had just found out about Gab.ai (which basically is twitter without the censorship of twitter) and I was just browsing. Suddenly I saw a post about Steemit and the fact that it was a social media platform where people got paid to post intrigued me. So I had to check it out.
That's when a certain post on the homepage caught my eye. It was called "Cryptocurrency - Where does the money come from? For newbies like me - Part 2"
https://steemit.com/q/@giantbear/cryptocurrency-where-does-the-money-come-from-for-newbies-like-me
I had heard about Bitcoin before, but like many I thought "weird internet money" and didn't research it. I remember how in 2013 a friend told me about the enormous spike and how a friend of him had made big money. I remember looking at the chart and seeing the crash that had happened. I was like "nah, not gonna get into that shit". So I ignored it.
In November I started learning about trading, but that was Forex. I read books, watched hours and hours of content on Youtube & once in a while I saw something about Bitcoin. So once again I checked it out, but saw that 1 BTC was expensiveeee... I was like "I ain't paying €630 for 1 coin" and I ignored it again.
Then finally on May 2nd I read that post on Steemit and I was hooked. I read and read and read and at the end of the night my mind was blown. This isn't just internet money, this is a superior form of money. Not only that, but the blockhain technology can be used for so many things. Censorship isn't possible when nobody controls the flow of information. MIND WAS BLOWN AGAIN.
For the last 22 days I have spent about 90% of my free time researching the crypto space and I am getting more and more curious about it.
I would love to share all that I learn and see with you.
Joel.
I feel the same way. Since my husband open my eyes for few things and told me about steemit and explain it to me how it works and what it is... I needed to see by myself. It scares me how people don't understand simply facts (when you are trying to explain to them what it is... ). Thanks for sharing!
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Very true, people don't like change. They would understand those simple facts if they wanted to listen.
It's the reason I don't tell everybody I know about it more than once. They all have heard about blockchain on the news, on the internet or through a friend. If they wanted to know more, they could easily google it or ask me about it.
I am glad that you are one of the smart few who listened!
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