This is my first Steemit post so here goes. Bitcoin, Bitcoin, Bitcoin, and Crypto!
Greetings Blockchain,
My name is Alex Toledo and this is a tale of my Crypto fortunes and misfortunes. My first encounter with Bitcoin was way back in spring of 2012 when it was inexpensive... really inexpensive. My ex-wife was pregnant with my first and only child and like every good expecting father I was searching the net far and wide for investment opportunities as well as good ways to set aside any extra earnings I made to prepare for our future. Like many people at the time I was buying up silver, particularly Morgan Dollars and American Eagles. During one beautiful spring day I was scowering some silver forums when I can across a comment that caught my eye. “What do you guys think about that Bitcoin? Scam or legit.” Some of the replys that come to mind: “Definitely a scam, it’s digital, it’s backed by nothing.”
“Ponzi skeem i’m definatly not buying Bitcoin, stick to precious metals.” And then the comment that really caught my attention: “ Bitcoin is up over 2000%, I’ll throw $100 on it and if it crashes oh well I lost $100, if it’s real then it could be the investment of a lifetime.” Up 2000% I thought to myself I need to find out what this Bitcoin is and the search began. For about a week I was reading up anything I could find on it and like many I became obsessed. Being someone who grew up while the internet grew up I was almost an instant believer and Silver suddenly took a back seat to the cheaper internet of gold that I had discovered....... to be continued.
