Who are you?
I'm a simple person who is passionate about research. My curiosity for the "web" led me to discover Bitcoin a very long time ago. Thanks to various forums, like BitcoinTalk, and to the Darknet :)
How did it all start?
If I remember correctly, it was while browsing the Darknet through random onion links that I stumbled upon The Hidden Wiki, then SilkRoad, Alphabay... That's when I discovered the parallel world that Bitcoin offered. I did my research, and the adventure began.
Are you rich?
Maybe, maybe not :=), but you can send me 1 BTC lol
Anything else?
Back then, there were a lot of early Bitcoin 'adopters' who distributed BTC in various ways. The ones that fascinated me the most were those who did it through puzzles:
- www.bitcoinchallenge.codes (site offline), aka Pip, with his 0.1 BTC, 0.2 BTC, 0.31 BTC, and 320 BTC hidden in paintings. (I wonder what happened to him)
- crypto.haluska.sk, still active
Then, there were other interesting places like www.casascius.com, which sold physical BTC.