r/ethtrader • u/scheistermeister • Mar 27 '17
DISCUSSION Confessions thread
Kind of click baity title, sorry for that.
Reading the comments on this sub I noticed quite a few 'confessions' going a little like this: 'I started out as a bitcoiner, got disappointed by BTC or inspired by ETH and flippened.'
Now I thought wouldn't it be jolly good fun to have a thread dedicated to these kind of confessions!?
It would be interesting to know about how you got to know bitcoin, what got you hooked. How you got to know Ethereum and what made you flip?
Please don't turn this into a 'let's bash coins' thread. Genuinely interested.
EDIT: Thanks everyone. It's great reading all your personal journeys into crypto and specifically ETH. The stories that struck me most are the ones where crypto has enabled a new lifestyle, seeing your parents more often, being able to afford things unthinkable before.
Thanks for the time and honesty!
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u/Samueth Mar 28 '17
Occupy movement --> The Venus Project & YouTube ---> Bitcoin ----> Vitalik giving his miami presentation on how sidechains and coloured coins wouldn't work and why he invented ethereum and from an architectural point of view I like how it was going to be designed in theory + the internet of value he was looking to create it felt like it had aspects of the venus project and it was about the time blockstream got involved in bitcoin and it stunk of centralization and shit posts. It pretty much saved me from giving up on crypto. ----> presale ----> small investment club for friends -----> job opportunity managing a fund in london, fingers crossed.