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Re:Crypto is an unproductive bubble by fossuser on Saturday March 19, 2022 @11:22AM (#30734479)
This largely matches my experience fwiw - I was in college in 2010 and didn’t have much money (and coins were harder to buy back then too, mining was still not super easy without a gpu rig).

I thought the tech was cool, but never owned any real amount and didn’t really have an understanding of why there might be long term value.

There was Bitcoin faucet which used to give out some free - I think that was how I got some tiny amount in my first wallet that I eventually lost when I wiped the laptop for sale.

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Re:Crypto is an unproductive bubble by cableshaft on Wednesday March 23, 2022 @07:31PM (#30784894)
Yeah I remember the faucets being around, and I want to say I must have collected some, but I don't recall any wallet that might have had them in there or where they might be stored if I even did. If I did I probably only did it once or twice, but that's like $200k+ worth of coins (in today's money, back then they were pretty much worthless) that's probably got recycled with an old desktop somewhere. Oops. But maybe I didn't bother either, I can't remember, it's so long ago now.
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