My first week on steemit and how I got into crypto

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Two weeks ago I finally decided to join Steemit. It then took almost a week to get my login verified and now I am here writing this.

I really got into crypto at the end of last year during that incredible bull run. Back then I started to earn my first coins using faucets. Many of them sucked, but I ended up finding coinpot and it's faucets which have been great ever since I found them.
We are still in that bull run and I started to do some calculations. I developed a program which analyzed my faucet earning und showed a prediction of it. And as it turns out I'm going to be a millionaire in just two Years if that growth is steady(I had 6% daily growth) and it was such an amazing feeling.

Bull run of late 2017

However then this happened...

Aftermath of the Bull run of late 2017

As it turns out I'm not going to be a millionaire any time soon, I just was extremely naive. But now I think that this actually was a good thing, It really opened my eyes and let me see the true nature of crypto. It's not about getting a lot of money anymore(not mainly at least) but instead, it's about the technology and its huge potential.

During that time I researched many things, which broadened my mind tremendously. I now see crypto as the future of humankind and cryptocurrencies as a mean of transferring value is just the beginning. It can be much many more as you can already see from steemit. People are able to make a living off creating content without any middleman, which I think is just amazing. But it doesn't end there, there are hundreds of projects out there that try to make our lives better. And that's what I love about crypto, there are all those amazing projects.

During the huge correction(or however you want to call it) I bought some coins with actual fiat taking a step away from the faucets towards my real entry into the crypto world. Additionally, I also started trading some coins a bit with some success but that's something I don't want to talk about yet.

Instead, I'd now like to tell you a few things about myself. I'm currently a student, I'm studying computer science and work part-time as an Android Developer(but I also do Web stuff and other things...If you are interested, let me know). As you may have already guessed I developed a love for crypto which also became an important part of my life. And besides that, I also have somewhat of a passion for photography(although I'm not that good at it), which actually led me to steemit in the first place.

Steepshot

I found this app called Steepshot, which is a photo-sharing app, kind of like Instagram but for steem and it made me curious as it promised me to earn a few bucks while sharing my amateur photography with the world. Additionally, I already knew steemit from reading some articles and already thought about signing up, because of this awesome community.

And this lets me come back to today, where I am writing this article. I shared a photo of my collection every day for the last week(feel free to check it out). I got some feedback and finally really into the steem community although there are a lot of things that still confuse me(like Steem Power for example). I think I'm here to stay, but in order to be able to do so I need your help, I need your feedback, without I would grasp at nothing.

So please like, share, comment, so I can improve on myself. Thank you so much for reading this, I really appreciate it.

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