Today marks the first day of my ten year journey into cryptocurrency. I've been sitting on the sidelines since 2011 watching the space evolve. In 2013, I even attended a Bitcoin talk hosted by Andreas Antonopoulos in San Francisco. I remember thinking to myself that Bitcoin seemed interesting, but didn't see the potential of what it could be.
In 2015, Coinbase was offering $10 in BTC to almost anyone with a .edu email address to open an account. I took advantage of this offer since it was quite literally free money, so why not? I cashed it out within days. Had I held onto it, today it would be worth over $1,000.
Now that I'm a little bit wiser, today seems better than ever to join the cryptocurrency movement.