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Innovators. No one really heard of Bitcoin prior to the $1000 pump.
by overcast 8y ago
Innovators. No one really heard of Bitcoin prior to the $1000 pump.
- doubt_me 8y agoReddit heard plenty before 1000$ I was there the week it was released. Lost 100 bitcoins to a hard drive crash and never looked back. They use to literally hand them out like candy. Mt gox happened and I never took it seriously ever again.
- overcast 8y agoIf I asked my mother what Reddit is right now, she'd have no idea what I was saying.
- mcbits 8y agoIf your mother has never heard of Instagram, Netflix, eBay, or Yahoo, that doesn't mean nobody has heard of them. They're still almost as popular as Reddit.
- Max_Mustermann 8y agoInstagram, Netflix and Yahoo are world brands. Reddit is mostly anglophone.
- tomclive 8y agoI lost a batch on MtGox but it looks like I might get something back. I'm quite grateful the trustee sold off a few hundred million dollars worth at around $12k. At least there are some funds available to pay out to creditors.
- mawburn 8y agoSilk Road had been talked about plenty in the mainstream media before it even hit $50.
- nickik 8y agoI learned of it from this very website when it was 2.3$
- overcast 8y agoBy virtue of being of participating in this site, you are operating in a realm that is so far out of touch to most people. We seem to forget that we are definitely in a bubble here.
- arethuza 8y agoWhen was that - early 2017? In mid 2016 mass market newspapers in the UK were running stories about using Bitcoin for holiday spending money - I vividly remember having a discussion with my wife about it.
- charlesdm 8y ago2014-2015-2016 saw _A TON_ of stories about Bitcoin. I still remember reading the headlines "Bitcoin hitting $1,000!", "Bitcoin back to $150-200!" etc. Most people still don't care about crypto
- asdff 8y agoBeing in college around 2014, everyone knew bitcoin because that's how you got your ID for bars.