How did people buy Bitcoin before Coinbase?

Re:How did people buy Bitcoin before Coinbase? by mikewarot on Friday April 16, 2021 @12:37AM (#26829523)

I went to Microcenter, bought the best $90 video card I could, with a copy of the current bitcoin mining estimate sheet in hand.... ran it for a year in a pool, got my 1 whole BitCoin, then I moved it to MtGox, and lost it in the swindle. 8(

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Re:How did people buy Bitcoin before Coinbase? by quickthrower2 on Friday April 16, 2021 @05:34AM (#26831645)

Out of interest why did you move it there? I guess you were trying to sell it?

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Re:How did people buy Bitcoin before Coinbase? by mikewarot on Friday April 16, 2021 @10:08AM (#26834071)

I was trying to trade off the volatility, sell high, buy back low, etc. I had just started to figure out a working strategy, when it imploded.

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Re:How did people buy Bitcoin before Coinbase? by quickthrower2 on Friday April 16, 2021 @03:17PM (#26837960)

Yep. Been there done that got screwed too (but on BTC-e!)

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