It's Almost Been A Decade...

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I am not sure what prompted me to take a look at some old photos this evening....

It's not a habit I do a lot. Usually I remember a photo I took over the years, and go looking for it. But rarely do I take a trip down memory lane. Tonight was different!

Around 2012, I met my wife. And over the next year and a bit, a bunch of the photos I had was focused on her. Hey, I was in love, what can you do?

But then I came across this photo that I'm featuring tonight on my post.

There's a lot to this photo, and you maybe scratching your head to exactly what this may be...

This, was my first ASIC miner. I used it to mine Litecoin way back in 2014...Look at that date too, it's time stamped lol

But what this represents was the birth of my love with the entire concept of cryptocurrency. A little backstory about this miner too, my company at the time purchased this as well as a bunch of bitcoin mining rigs as well. You have to remember, back then, you could actually mine entire coins if you had the proper set up, each and every day.

So back then, my company and I were mining about 1 full Bitcoin a day, and that little ASIC miner of mine was doing about 5 litecoin a day as well. I won't tell you what happened to those coins, but let's just say....Never take investment advice from me lolol

In 2014.....Prices were extremely cheap for the coins and even the mining rigs compared to today. But this is what got me hooked! That glowing green machine that I had plugged into my laundry room in the basement lol

Almost 10 years later, I don't own anymore 'rigs'...Instead I 'mine' my tokens on this incredible blockchain that we are all a part of.

My journey, even though it's almost 10 years into this crypto stuff, still only feels like it's just beginning. And I hope to be here for another 10 years to see this chain explode because it's needed!

The world needs it!

Just like the world needed litecoin and bitcoin all those years ago....


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Litecoin brought me into the game. crazy how much time has passed.

!PIZZA
!CTP

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Man, it's crazy how quick that decade flew by!!

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Time does fly isnt it? I used to be pretty heavy on bitcoin and ethereum back then. Still I am but a lot of things changed. Also this winter lasted longer too. I feel like a lot of memories were created even before hive. So it's good to see now that we can atleast capture and store those memories on hive as we age.

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Yeah, Im so glad I found that pic. Just reminded me of the excitement I had when I first understood what crypto meant and what it could in the future.

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I am still using Litecoin all the time when transferring money out of Hive to my local exchange. lol

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Same man, it's the 'swap' coin I use all the time to get fiat / crypto in and out!

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I just noticed that it costs me less to do so and it's Reliable.

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I won't tell you what happened to those coins, but let's just say....Never take investment advice from me lolol

Please tell me you didn't buy a pizza with it.

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ha ha ha ha ha nah, let's just say...at the time we thought we made a good trade lol

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Incredible how quickly time flies and see the path we have traveled.

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Agreed! So many more things to learn on this journey!

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It's crazy to see how much crypto you could mine when the competition wasn't there yet. I am guessing those coins were either sold off or lost. It's too bad because they would be worth quite a bit if you held them.

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We sold them, and while we sold them 'really early' we did end up making like 200% profit. So at the time, it was a win....If only we waited a few more years lolol

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Ah ok. It's tough to time the market.

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I can see that you are a cryptocurrency guru and you will know a lot about it since you have been into it for so long

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ha ha ha ha I dunno about guru. if you knew what i sold those coins at, you would say more of a student less than a teacher lol

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I indeed scratched my head to figure out what the picture is, thought it was some kind of printer lol. A lot has changed in the crypto space since then, if only we knew better! Time goes on and I'm also looking forward to the years ahead, especially on Hive :)

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That thing was HEAVY. Just a massive mining rig, but at the time it was one of the best for LTC.

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Quite a journey since 2014!

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Oh man, it has been. Lots of ups but way more downs LOL

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You might never know at the time the price of today. Life teaches you to go on this path.

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Yeah for sure. it was a win, we sold at a profit. but still....lol what could have been

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Even today I am not where I want to be, but I need to figure it out and the gate will open to something for my purpose.

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I used to sell ETH for $150 per coin back in early 2020... Can't blame you for selling your coins for cheap.

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It was right around the time bitcoin hit about 500 bucks. we thought it wouldn't go any higher anytime soon....ooops.

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Wow, 10 years in cryptocurrencies is quite a track record! It's great that you feel so excited about what's to come in this industry. I hope you continue to enjoy your journey and learn more in the next 10 years.

!PIZZA

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can't wait to see what's around the corner!

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