TL;DR: This subreddit has been awesome, my friend has been amazing telling me about Bitcoin, and I decided to get involved in my own limited way!
I've been following Bitcoin for a few years now. At first I loved it for the technical aspects, as a programmer it was fascinating to me. I played with the mining idea to see if I could use in other ways, like games. I've even been experimenting with creating a distributed database based on the blockchain.
I met a coworker 4 years ago who was a bitcoin fanatic, and I talked with him about it often. He's an anarcho-capitalist who believes Bitcoin to be the future. We had some great debates, and I slowly turned. We've been great friends even after we stopped working together. He taught me about where Bitcoin stands, not just as technology but as an idea, about what fiat currency means, all that jazz.
This year, on his birthday, I decided to get him some Bitcoin. I got him 1 satoshi for every day he was alive! S o I went to a bitcoin ATM, got the minimum amount, printed off an extra couple keys, went home and learned how to transfer it. The remainder I decided to keep for myself, as my first ever coins. Then I did was the internet suggested, generated my own wallet and swept the remainder into it (and gave .2mBtc to my partner!). This subreddit has been interesting for years, and now it turns out it's been really useful, so thank you for that, everyone!
I know it's not much, but here it is in all it's glory... MY wallet! 1PKPADd5ahbbaTE7pj9iuPtDUekTJN629m
Needless to say I'm very excited. I'm thinking I'll be putting a bit of my paycheck every month into it, and never converting back into fiat. If I spend any Bitcoin, it'll be at a place that accepts it (taking recommendations!). I'm pretty large in debt right now, because life, but I'm working hard at getting it down and never getting into debt again. However, I figured I can safely put about 4% of my income into my wallet every month, a bit more if I manage to finally quit smoking!
Thanks for reading, I know it's a ramble, I just had to share. I'm working on memorizing my 12 words as we speak so I can burn the paper! :)
One more thing, if anyone knows any Bitcoin-related programming projects that need to be made or would benefit from another coder, please let me know. I'm happy to contribute, especially if there's anything in Go.
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