Who remembers this Savvy College Student getting over $24,000.00 USD in Bitcoin in 2013?
Student who held up 'send Bitcoin' sign during College Game Day TV show gets $24,000 in donations from strangers
- Unidentified college student holds a banner to an ESPN camera on Saturday pleading for money from his mother
- The sign was embedded with a code that linked to an account at Bitcoin, an online payment network
- As pictures on the sign made it to different websites, people started donating money
- The total amount received was $24,361.50
By Daily Mail ReporterPUBLISHED: 01:25 EDT, 2 December 2013 | UPDATED: 04:01 EDT, 2 December 2013
I got to hand it to the kid for this Genius Idea, "HI MOM SEND BITCOIN" QR Code. Why didn't I think of that in 2013. Oh I know why...
That's how I first heard of BITCOIN!
From watching ESPN and reading about it in the news the very next day.
I guess that will be my story when I am asked HOW and WHEN I got into BITCOIN...
http://www.coindesk.com/sports-fan-gets-over-20000-donations-bitcoin-address-sign/
Please share your story on HOW and WHEN you got into BITCOIN in the comments below.