When I travel back in time and think about the most important moment I remember in this ecosystem, I go back, like many, to the first time I bought Bitcoin.
Like many, I did it without knowing what it was and with the desire to make money. This is the first time I tell about it and I'm glad to be able to tell it on #BinanceFeed
In December 2018, a few days before Christmas, with a Bitcoin at 4000 after a whole year in fall, I gave in hand to a friend who I will now tell his story, a total of 4800 dollars, which was enough for 1 BTC and some more satoshis.
With fear obviously and a lot of insecurity, but it was something I was willing to lose.
My friend was the owner of 3 Sushi restaurants here in Buenos Aires, and had a partner of Chinese nationality that is the one who at the time insisted him to buy Bitcoin, which he did. I don't know if he did it to make her fall in love and look good with her or because he really saw something big in the cryptocurrency, but in December 2017 he with the historical peak in the price generated enough money to then throughout 2018 carry out his restaurants, and travel around some countries in the world.
That's one of the things that caught my attention...and since that profit he constantly insisted, every time we met, that he buys Bitcoins.
It took me a year and I did it...but as soon as the #BTC arrived, they left.... I bought in the 4000's and sold everything after 6 months at 10,000 its price.
To be honest with you, those 6 months I just waited for the price to double to sell everything. I did not educate myself nor was I interested in doing so about the technology that this brought.
I saw my friend very little that year, I knew he was very into it, I wanted to be able to spend more time with him but he was on business and traveling a lot.
One day while talking he told me that he was about to go to a conference in the United States about Bitcoin, and he told me that many people would attend, and that if I wanted to know about it I should get on a plane and we would meet there.
I did not do it, I used the money for other things and I was with a lot of work, but something changed in me, and I began to look for information to understand much more about the ecosystem, and after that came to my eyes for the first time the white paper of bitcoin, and after reading it I knew that I would not be the same anymore.
Before cryptocurrencies, I developed myself in finance, worked for many years with #gold bars, traveled the world with it and since then I already had this idea in my head to move with assets that governments cannot manipulate.
I was educated and I knew the true value of the papers printed by politicians, I was aware of the devaluation of the dollar over time, what happened in 1971 with the exit of the gold standard and I had studied part of the financial history of the USA where I was marked by the moment when they confiscated all the gold of the people.
When I learned about #Blockchain and its potential with #Bitcoin , I decided not only to buy more, regardless of its price, but to this day I have dedicated myself to study and educate people.
You could say that my story is a happy one, and not only for the profits, but for everything I have learned on this long road that has just begun.
The world of cryptocurrencies gave me the opportunity to fulfill many of my dreams and biggest goals, to know incredible places, different cultures, people from other countries that taught me a lot and without a doubt is the place where I like to spend my time, but the achievements were not because of Bitcoin, I want to clarify this point ... education was what led me to understand Bitcoin and its technology, and this made many of my dreams come true.
A lot of other things happened in between but this is without a doubt the most enjoyable story I remember and I hope you like it 💛
