RE: Day 3 - Steem Advent Calendar 2019, Win prize everyday! 🎄🎁
I learned back around 2010 and 2011. I found out about Bitcoin through programming/coding forums. I actually ended up accumulating somewhere between 50 and 100 BTC from faucets alone. However, I never thought anything of it and didn't save the private keys when I recycled an old computer. At the peak of BTC, that was worth 500k to 1 million dollars. It's something I try not to think about too much these days. It's just as bad as the 10,000 BTC pizza guy.
I also remember the days back when Ethereum was trading around $3-$4 and I really wanted to buy some. However, I didn't due to my income situation. Another thing I kick myself for.
It was a couple years before I realized the true potential of blockchain technologies and began to invest money into it. Now, today, I focus a majority of my free time on the subject and love everything about it! I'm maintaining a blog where I write about cryptocurrencies and money, though I don't have much myself (yet, haha!), @ https://treepi.me/ . It is syndicated with my Steem account. I'm also working on some small Steem scripts and other little things for other chains. This is only the beginning and I believe we still have quite a long and bright future ahead! :D
This time, don't forget to buy some steem at 12 cts ;)
Haha! Yeah, I've been trying to save some up. I have about 2000 Steem that I'm trading around with. Really hope they lower the power down period. I'd hate to power it all up and then end up having some kind of emergency you know?
Ouch. Your not the first person with those stories around here but it always hurts to read them. Hopefully you will win on STEEM this time around.
Yeah, it happens. No big deal though, it's just money. And at the end of the day there are a lot of other more important things in life. Would have been nice to have it though! xD