I learned about Bitcoin in 2010, my friend who was working as a software developer at a time told me about some "magic internet money". I didn't pay attention and just lived on. In 2011 I accidentally found this forum and realized Bitcoin has huge potential. I bought some and here I am 12 years later still HODLing.  

P.S. You're probably checking my registration date - yes I had a different account back then. 

You managed to hold beyond the ATH or do you mean you are holding some btc but have sold at times that it has gone up? If you did manage to keep hold of your btc in the ath you are probably one of the few that managed to do that. Most people sold even the die hard btc fans.

You would probably be better selling at ath and then reinvesting your money when there is a price correction.

It's too long a story, I know bitcoin from the beginning because it was in 2014 until now, it still stands to continue to stand upright with bitcoin.

But what's more interesting is bringing about a change in our surroundings, friends and relatives now have started to switch to investing in bitcoin and they believe in the interest in bitcoin what I told them.

Most importantly BUY BTC, and long term HODLers.

I believe it has been discussed hundreds of times. Ponzi schemes were once popular, if I recall correctly. Yes, I have invested in a couple of revenueshare sites. Then I started using fiat currencies like Perfect Money and Payza. Some people encouraged me to use Bitcoin, which I disliked because it is volatile. But now I thank them for inspiring me, and I'm slowly learning about Bitcoin. When I discovered how Ponzi worked, I decided to leave them. Of course, I am opposed to all Ponzi schemes in order to protect people from them.

Every first time is always unforgettable. First kiss, sex, and so on. The first time owning a BTC is like conquering a dream that you may want to fast-forward the year to 10 years ahead thinking about what you'd be doing if the value turns a million.

I got my BTC from an employer who after I worked for him also gave me 25ETH while its value is just $7. If I just knew it will be this big, I would have kept them also.

Well I have shared my story many times in similar topic like this. But for you, I will do it again.
Here's how it went.
There were news about a game called Blue Whale which was available in the dark web. It seemed interesting to me, so I did some research on that. And there were this payment method where you had to pay in BTC.
That's the first time I came to know about BTC. But I was not involved with the market yet. Cause the news wrote all kind of negative things about BTC. Then I came to realize that it's not bitcoin's fault, it was those who created the game.
Then I forgot about it.
in early 2020 I was told that you can earn some money on the internet. That caught my eyes. Then I did some research and found out that you can mine them. So I searched the internet about mining. And from that point I got involved with this community.

it was from one of my friends. we used to play an online game together and that's how we get know each other. one day i needed something to buy in the game and he was like, let me help you. in one minute he made that purchase. i was so shocked that he can buy it that quickly. so i asked him how did he do it. from then i learned about cryptocurrency. as my interest grew, i started to learn more about it.

I have learned about bitcoin from some pyramid schemes on social media. Back in the day first I bought 0.03 Bitcoin to join that scheme  
I won't regret joining that ponzi site I got to learn about the crypto industry from that and later I got myself into trading and started my first trading at poloniex.  

Which coin your friend used to buy game credit for you? Smaller transactions like game credit cost you a lot of fees if you pay with bitcoin comparing the price of your product.

I found out about bitcoin, because I had to. It was kinda my fate. 

I needed to cash out a few bucks from my PayPal account, but it wasn't letting me do it for some reasons that I don't remember exactly (and that I don't want to disclose). Before I knew it, it blocked me access. So I had to switch onto something less pro-censorship. A client asked me if I accepted bitcoin... and here I am.