RE: Rags to Riches

Well if that wasn't a breezy 2K words that didn't read like a long post. Kudos to the writer for his conversational style.

@edicted was new at one time? I thought you were like one of those Great Bristlecone Pine trees that had been around seemingly forever. :)

Good Lord, 2017. That fall I was living in Germany studying business, with no way to open a Coinbase account due to being a Yank overseas. Not that I had much money mind you, but I eventually found an expensive way to buy the first of my then little patch of STEEM tokens.

That was the year Ned gave me a huge upvote ($35?) when someone downvoted me (and many others) for saying I was happy to be there. That was also the time that somebody from Australia gave me my first big upvote on a comment (0.25 I think) which primed my pump and I've remembered it ever since.

It's illuminating to think that you joined just a few months after me in 2017 and look where you are now! It just shows what keeping at it can do over the long term.

I've stayed here through all of the ups and downs both in the crypto world, my own personal finances and life in general. But you know what? Nothings dimmed my enthusiasm and belief in the future of crypto, and I just keep right on building. Never one of those guys to just pick up and bail when the price drops. I'm still here now and will be for the long haul.

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