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    What made you finally believe in Bitcoin

    For a long time I just ignored Bitcoin. Every time it came up it sounded like either a scam or something only tech people understood. Then over time I started seeing more people talk about it seriously and I eventually looked into it properly.

    What surprised me is that almost everyone seems to have a moment where it suddenly makes sense to them. Sometimes it is inflation, sometimes it is learning how money actually works, sometimes it is just seeing the price keep coming back after crashes.

    For people who own Bitcoin or believe in it now, what actually made it click for you?

    Was it something you read, a video, someone explaining it, or just watching what has happened to the price over the years?

    Genuinely curious because it seems like everyone has a slightly different moment where they go from ignoring it to actually paying attention.

    What made you finally believe in Bitcoin
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    17 Comments

    1. Zestyclose_Cheek527 on

      When my country illegally froze the bank accounts of people that donated to protestors (Canada)

    3. rjm101 on

      There was no ‘finally’ to it. A global money for the internet economy instead of e-commerce businesses needing to deal with all these currencies across the world they can just use and price everything in the internet economy coin. That was my thought process anyway.

    4. SpendHefty6066 on

      When I understood the contrast with the fiat shitcoin that is the unit of account globally. You know, the big one with one node, zero proof of work, and an infinite cap. And that when this fiat shitcoin is printed from thin air, it transfers wealth from savers and workers to debtors and asset holders. This is when Bitcoin made sense.

    6. Grogers92 on

      The fact that despite what all the mainstream financial “experts” said, bitcoin consistently proved them wrong, and is now, and has been for a long time, worth more than 90-95% of people’s wildest expectations.

    7. slowd on

      I read the white paper and understood what it was. I thought it was something else before that.

    8. Blueturtlewax on

      When governments started debanking people for just saying things the gov didn’t like.

      Made me realize anything in the bank… wasn’t really mine

    9. MF_Price on

      I found out about Bitcoin when it was in the 5-7 cent range. I thought it was cool but convinced myself that the financial powers that be would never let it become a thing. I also had a real life drug dealer back then so I didn’t *need* to use it.

      2017 is what made me realize they can’t stop it.

    10. omg_its_dan on

      When the ruling class shut down the economy over a flu (mostly harming small businesses) then printed trillions to largely enrich themselves. Just reinforced how rigged the current system is against normal people. Bitcoin is my opt out.

    11. OutlandishnessLimp25 on

      Every generation has their McDonalds story. Your great grandparents, your grandparents, your parents and now you (most likely if you’re reading this).

      That is, “when I was a kid, you could get (insert McDonald’s meal at this price) and today it costs (insert a dramatically higher price).

      The US dollar is on a one way path to being worth less and less. THIS WILL NOT CHANGE, FULL STOP.

      That tangible example coupled with this visual (or similar) makes me all in:

      https://ibb.co/sV1sLSV

      I’ve been buying BTC since 2017, in 2020 I started selling my real estate, sold my last property in December 2024. All proceeds have gone into BTC. The best decision I ever made.

      I literally have not sold a penny of BTC.

      Stack and HODL

    12. sean_hash on

      canada invoking the emergencies act was basically a bitcoin ad and nobody even realized

    14. Applecity82 on

      The last time it flew to an all time high, I swore the next time it halved I would buy in. I’m holding to it

    16. OpticallyMosache on

      It clicked when I realized every financial investment is manipulated and distorted by policies and institutions. Bitcoin presented itself as the most resilient against policy over a long term. Also, it offers a truly bearer asset that I can control through a permisionless network.

    17. downatelrio on

      Gary Gensler’s course on Crypto at MIT. It’s on MIT’s YouTube, before he became Biden’s Securities Exchange Commissioner. He’s more of a skeptic but his views and explanation sold me nonetheless.

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