1. 12-08-17 01:03 AM #1
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    How Much Was BitCoin Worth When You Bought it and How Much Money Did You Make?

    Any success stories here?
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  2. 12-08-17 01:20 AM #2
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    I had about $ 75 leftover from sports book transactions that I forgot about. Worth about 2000 now. Sickest I've ever been about a 25x return.
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  3. 12-08-17 01:29 AM #3
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    That's a nice money found surprise at least.

    Plenty of people had told me about having 5 to 10 back when it was around $2000 or less.

    I'd assume most of them held onto it. I'd guess lots of people around here have made well into 5 figures and more than a few into 6 figures at current rates now.

    Well theoretically.
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  4. 12-08-17 02:01 AM #4
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    A few at $800, used some for 5dimes betting and HODL the rest.
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  5. 12-08-17 05:36 AM #5
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    1st buy = 95 coins @ $5.xx
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  6. 12-08-17 05:45 AM #6
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    Sammy did you make any money?

    Ether at $260..small

    no coin
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  7. 12-08-17 05:46 AM #7
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    Quote Originally Posted by jjgold View Post
    Sammy did you make any money?


    a little bit
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  8. 12-08-17 06:03 AM #8
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    We all were worried too much about gambling and not investing in Coin and it blew right by us

    Savy people made a killing
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  9. 12-08-17 06:05 AM #9
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    many posters (we know) in Forumville got rich... but it is all 'on paper' for most of them
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  10. 12-08-17 06:12 AM #10
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    $350

    sold majority making little over 30k. could have been a bunch more
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  11. 12-08-17 06:14 AM #11
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    I first saw Bitcoin at $40. 5 years ago. I regret thinking it was a ponzi or scam because blockchain is a new concept. I thought hackers could easily still your money.
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  12. 12-08-17 06:19 AM #12
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    Had 1.3 Bitcoin at 2690. And 15 ethers at 228. Blew it all in the sports books
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  13. 12-08-17 07:42 AM #13
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    Bought 1 at 2200+ before the season started. I couldn't stand the volatility so I stopped watching it everyday now I don't know what to do with it
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  14. 12-08-17 07:50 AM #14
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    Quote Originally Posted by seaborneq View Post
    Bought 1 at 2200+ before the season started. I couldn't stand the volatility so I stopped watching it everyday now I don't know what to do with it
    Not knowing what to do with 15 grand is the sort of problems we all should have
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  15. 12-08-17 07:54 AM #15
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    JakePeavy BEGGED me to buy at the bash this year....just too busy with life so did nothing...had I bought in Feb 2017 it was settling around 1000......when SBR began selling bitcoin for bet points in Sept I made my 1st buy for 6400. I've purchased 2k from bet points and another 500 on my own. Even using today's current rate (14,814) that 500 "investment" is worth a little over 6200....not bad for just pizza card points
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  16. 12-08-17 08:05 AM #16
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    seeweed, you crass-ass gecko, you never talk about how much money you make, flies you catch, etc..... act like you been there before.....

    i know you desire to be a neuvo riche mo fo, but knock it off....
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  17. 12-08-17 08:28 AM #17
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    Bought 25 @ $42 years ago, sold 10 I think at $27 (for a loss) just to see how the shit worked. Sold another 10 for $57. Bought 7 more at $400 last year. A good friend told me last summer to sell the farm and buy as much BTC, LTC and ETH. I bought some but didn't listen well. I think ETH was $5 and LTC was $2.50. How I didn't hammer it then is beyond me??? I was kicking ass in stocks, which I think made me not pay attention.

    The crazy thing is that I was telling my friends to buy as much as they could but I sat on what I had and watched the explosion.
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  18. 12-08-17 08:32 AM #18
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    Quote Originally Posted by USCPHILLYGUY View Post
    JakePeavy BEGGED me to buy at the bash this year....just too busy with life so did nothing...had I bought in Feb 2017 it was settling around 1000......when SBR began selling bitcoin for bet points in Sept I made my 1st buy for 6400. I've purchased 2k from bet points and another 500 on my own. Even using today's current rate (14,814) that 500 "investment" is worth a little over 6200....not bad for just pizza card points
    I rolled my BTC Beat the Prick winnings last year. That was very profitable if you held.
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  19. 12-08-17 08:53 AM #19
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    had many more at one point but kept ~4.4 bitcoins that I've been holding since the $200-$300 range.
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  20. 12-08-17 10:36 AM #20
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    I guess we can't beat ourselves up over it

    We knew about bitcoin but saw it as better form of depositing into books. As soon as we turned cash into bitcoin they were like hot potatoes until we saw our book balance get credited.

    The first time I really paid attention to it was when 5dimes started offering it as a deposit/withdrawal option. I think it was around $12-20 then. I remember thinking there was no way I wanted Tony sending me a bunch of internet coins. I think you could only withdraw in bitcoin if you first deposited in bitcoin and I was never doing that back then, so not like it was a near miss. OH WELL
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  21. 12-08-17 01:15 PM #21
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    Btc $29
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  22. 12-08-17 01:33 PM #22
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    Sold four in April for 1100 or so a coin...got for around 900 was happy about the profit...but laughing now.
    Got 73 lites at around 23 a coin still have most of them
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  23. 12-08-17 05:50 PM #23
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    Back in 2011 I bought 100 at $20 each. Price went up to $30 and then dropped to $8 before I sold. I thought it was another "tulip" and would go to $1 so I got out before it went down too far. Felt like a fool.

    In 2013 I read an article where China was buying half the bitcoins up from something like 5% a year before so I bought $10k worth at $300 per bitcoin. Kept buying when it went up to $1000 and then crashed.

    I was able to buy $10k worth of Quark coin and that went nuts upward but peaked out at 30 cents per coin and then went down to 10 cents per coin until I cashed out. I drank the Kool Aid on that one but I made a good profit from where I first bought it. I'm not at liberty in a public forum to say how much I made but I used the profits to make a down payment on my house.
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  24. 12-08-17 05:55 PM #24
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    Soon we’re going to hear the stories of everyone losing it all
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  25. 12-08-17 06:14 PM #25
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    Quote Originally Posted by QuantumLeap View Post
    Back in 2011 I bought 100 at $20 each. Price went up to $30 and then dropped to $8 before I sold. I thought it was another "tulip" and would go to $1 so I got out before it went down too far. Felt like a fool.

    In 2013 I read an article where China was buying half the bitcoins up from something like 5% a year before so I bought $10k worth at $300 per bitcoin. Kept buying when it went up to $1000 and then crashed.

    I was able to buy $10k worth of Quark coin and that went nuts upward but peaked out at 30 cents per coin and then went down to 10 cents per coin until I cashed out. I drank the Kool Aid on that one but I made a good profit from where I first bought it. I'm not at liberty in a public forum to say how much I made but I used the profits to make a down payment on my house.
    Good shit...

    I'm buying a bunch of cheap coins just for the hell of it. Who knows if one of them hit or not. All it takes is 1.
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  26. 12-08-17 06:14 PM #26
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    Quote Originally Posted by jjgold View Post
    Soon we’re going to hear the stories of everyone losing it all
    Would you rather have BTC or the Warrior's tonight???
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  27. 12-08-17 06:22 PM #27
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    https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...perts-told-us/
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  28. 12-08-17 06:32 PM #28
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    I wish I made money off of it.

    I've been selling too low ever since the $400 mark.
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  29. 12-09-17 12:06 AM #29
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mac4Lyfe View Post
    Good shit...

    I'm buying a bunch of cheap coins just for the hell of it. Who knows if one of them hit or not. All it takes is 1.
    That's what I did as well. I looked at the chart to see some coins that had not been hit yet, that were still low price for months. It seems eventually you will hit something like that.

    Good luck. I hope your coins shoot up in price.
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  30. 12-09-17 12:23 AM #30
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    How many other coins are there? Where do you buy at
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  31. 12-09-17 01:13 AM #31
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    Quote Originally Posted by dblock05 View Post
    How many other coins are there? Where do you buy at
    Here's a list of 1300 to choose from

    https://coinmarketcap.com/all/views/all/

    If you find one you like, do a google for its name +exchange
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