Today I wanted to organize my crypto holdings. It has become such a big mess. I own so many different coins and they are spread out over so many different exchanges, online wallets and cold storage that is hard to keep track.

My savior is an app on my phone called Coin cap. Within the app, it’s possible to create different ALT(coin) folio’s so I have some idea what it’s all worth.

I was going through different folders on my computers looking for wallets and I found these gems. They took me back to the past.

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These folders are all pretty old. Except Shadowcash. I forgot I had put that wallet there.

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Quarkcoin! Damn you, Max Keiser.

I got into crypto around half a year before the super bubble of 2013. I bought my first bitcoins for just over 200 euros. It appeared the perfect time to invest because not long after bitcoin reached it’s all time high.

Back then I already used the same tactic I use now which is to sell on the way up. I did this and made a nice profit. I also made a vow I still keep today. I would always keep 1 bitcoin in cold storage hidden somewhere no matter what!

Around that time a lot of altcoins were popping up because everybody wanted a piece of that Bitcoin pie. (Not much has changed really)

I have never been that great with the technical aspect of it but I believe that most of these altcoins were just using bitcoins code and tweaked it a bit (shorter block times / more mining rewards / Lower or higher difficulty things like that).

When Max Keiser endorsed a coin called Quarkcoin I wanted it. I respected the man at the time. So I invested. It was the first time I realize you could definitely lose money FAST with crypto. It also introduced me to FOMO (fear of missing out).

The whole thing was a scam and just a get rich quick scheme. Good for him and a very good lesson for me. After Quarkcoin I think he went and created more scam coins (Maxcoin). I lost track. I don't bother with people I don't respect.

Marscoin!

If you think Steem is ambitious just wait until you look at Mars Coin.

From their website:

Simply by using Marscoin, a bitcoin alternative, you will automatically participate in serious boostraping efforts to colonize Mars.

When I heard of it I started mining it. Another mistake. I quickly realized (and should have from the start). This was all bullshit again. I never mined much but it's a great example of all the coin hype that was going around back in the day.

My old Marscoin wallet. It won't even sync anymore

Dogecoin, the best community at the time

When this was released I was one of the first persons to mine it. I know this because when I sync the whole blockchain from scratch my coins show up very fast. I single mined Doge and found blocks. Doge is the only altcoin I mined and earned a profit.

I sold most of my Doge a long time ago but when I opened my wallet this morning I was surprised I still got around 400000 left (around 80 bucks). I'll keep them for memory sake.

Cool note: the blockchain still syncs perfectly.

Notice the cryptsy exchange, they went bust some time ago

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What I really liked most about Doge was the community that spawned from it. It was considered the gateway crypto then (like Steem is now...but Steem is way better) and they had an awesome community.

They used to organize cool charity events and they even sponsored a Nascar race driver/car.

I still think this is cool as hell and very original.

Cool memories

Crypto has really changed from what it was back in the day. I think the only two that are left in the Top 10 from those days are Bitcoin and Litecoin. The rest have all been surpassed by superior technology.

I really wonder where we will be in 5 years from now.

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