When did you actually first hear about Bitcoin, and did you take it seriously at the time

[Adam75]

First heard about it from a coworker years ago, dismissed it completely as a fad, genuinely wish I'd paid closer attention back then even just out of curiosity

Curious what people's actual first encounter looked like, and whether your initial reaction turned out to be right or genuinely wrong in hindsight

[Jade]

Heard about it from a forum post years ago and thought it was a scam, laughed it off completely and never looked back at the time

[Kai_37]

Honestly first heard about it from a friend who mined some on an old laptop, thought it was a fun experiment rather than anything with real financial significance

[Cosmos Wrench]

Yeah similar dismissal here, heard the pitch and thought the whole concept sounded too good to be true, moved on without a second thought

[Wasp]

Nah actually took it seriously fairly early, bought a small amount purely out of curiosity and got lucky with the timing in hindsight

[AdamCole_Contender]

Weirdly first heard about it through a completely unrelated tech article, filed it away as interesting but didn't act on the information at all

[Inference Scott]

Same story as most people here, dismissed it entirely as a passing internet curiosity, definitely regret not looking closer at the time

[Sookie]

Mine came from a university lecture actually, professor mentioned it as an interesting concept and nobody in that room took it remotely seriously back then