I first found cryptocurrency by the ability to withdraw in Bitcoin on a website called earn.gg, where you could do surveys and stuff for cash. I withdrew about $10 in Bitcoin from that site and held it in Coinbase for a couple months until the huge Bitcoin spike happened. A couple days after it reached 10k I sold all $10 for around ~$25, but could easily have held up to $35 if I wanted to take the risk. But a taste of the spike got me interested in cryptocurrency, and I quickly became more interested. I started to do more surveys and stuff for Bitcoin, and watched some videos about Bitcoin and Ethereum on YouTube for fun, until one of the (normal, non-crypto) YouTubers i watched made a video about Cryptocurrency. It wasn't about something large like Bitcoin or Ethereum, but instead it was a small crypto dev working on his first coin who had reached out to him. The YouTuber made a video about that cryptocurrency, generally just explaining how crypto worked and suggested we check out the coin. Since that day, my life hasen't been the same.

I joined that cryptocurrency community, and got to experience most of the blockchain in its raw un-de-bugged beauty. I got to explore things that most people take for granted, and understand why they're there, and how the system works. I began to sell games for that currency as a way to make a little money on the side, and made about $800 from doing so. It was a fun couple of months, exploring the blockchain for the first time and actually being involved, but I had to move on eventually.

The developer and I are friends, and one day while we were talking about how they were going to advertise their coin, they mentioned saving the name for their company on websites like Twitter, Facebook, and Steemit. I had never heard of Steemit, so I decided to look it up.

And here I am now. I've leapt feetfirst into Steemit, making a bot to sell upvotes to people and growing, reaching out to fellow Steemians. In the two months I've been here, I've managed to help many communities start up, and helped set up a couple Discords. I've brought new people from all across the crypto realm to here, showing them the wonders of the Steemit community. But all good things must come to an end. One day, in the next couple of months, Steemit will become boring for me, and I'll find something else new, fun, exciting that I can do to bring more joy to the world and keep me entertained. Life is a highway, and I've been enjoying the ride.