Welcome, and Thank You

First and foremost, thank you for taking the time to stop and read my insight into why I have joined the Steemit community.

Too many people forget to take a moment and thank others for their time; so I truly do appreciate you spending your time with me today.

So lets get into the juicy part first...

My Next Story: How I Bought A $20 Domain Name and Sold It For $4500 Within a Week!

How To Lose 2000 BTC.

I don't suggest you do this, but then again your opportunity to do this has also passed. I came across BTC in early 2011 on a hackers website. They were accepting donations in BTC, so I searched and found a BTC wallet service that just so happened to be giving away 2000 free BTC to sign up with their service.

I joined, and was promptly rewarded with 2000 BTC; which at the time couldn't buy anything whatsoever. It was satisfying seeing these little digital nuggets appear in front of me, they were mine and I was their owner.

So how did I lose my precious new trinkets? The problem lies where most people find loss; relationships and love.

You see, when I found BTC I was using my ex-girlfriends computer. I often used her computer because I was searching the dark parts of the internet for information and could wipe it easily without the loss of anything important if infected with a virus. After all, she only used her computer to watch bad movies from the 80's - 90's on Netflix. It was 2011... that's all Netflix had that was available!

By 2012 we were long broken up, and that BTC installation was long forgotten.

Then I heard the news... BTC was $5 USD+. Those free digital nuggets were now worth $10k, but they were on HER computer.

The breakup was not on good terms, and my online business was doing well, so I did what any self respecting person would do; I kept the knowledge of the 2k BTC to myself.

As time went by the $10k turned into $20k, then into $100k, then at the peak of BTC those 2000 coins amounted to $1.8 million USD.

Silence Is Not So Golden

Still, I said nothing. I will continue to say nothing till this day, because by now that computer has probably been thrown out and mistreated a thousand times over. I was constantly repairing the LCD screen from 'drops' and replacing the keyboard due to careless spills.

If it does exist, how would I even approach that situation in a way that would benefit me? I can just see it now, "hey, I know it's been 5 years but I can I check your computer for a file I lost." That wouldn't send up a red flag at all!

So What Does This Have To Do With Steemit?

As it just so happens, I once again have decided to start digging around in the lesser indexed portions of the internet and I have come across this interesting community of ideas and people.

Back in 2011, I did not value the BTC that I came across. Had I done so, I would be a few million dollars richer.

I may not become a millionaire by participating on Steemit but I really like the idea behind what this community has to offer. So I picked the best user name I could think of, that was available, and I am excited to start participating in this community.

This time I am using my own computer!

So would you have done the same thing?

Did I do the right thing?

Margot Robbie or Margot Kidder?



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