Who else made out?

You had a "few" bitcoins? Like $33,000?

 

Be smart, get a new credit card, but a few thousand worth of ethereum or litecoin when it drops, then sell it when it goes up! No risk of that going bad

Or you could look into cryptokitties

 

I made $750 too... This morning.

 

ETH and LTC have both been kind of duds, IMO. Nothing to write home about.

 

Ethereum is up 5,700% from last year and litecoin is up 2,700%. Bitcoin is only up 1,600%

Ive made the most of litecoin

 

True, I guess you got in at a good time. I've seen very little growth on ETH... The % of increase might be a little deceptive when we're comparing a $500 ETH to a $13,000BTC.

 

Totally agree. The thing with ETH is if you got it January thru March then you made out. But once it got into the 300s it basically stabilized. I believe it was like $7.50 last year so if you bought 100 coins for $750, you'd now have like $45k

 

Coinbase to buy, then send to a different wallet like electrum or block chain

 

why do most sources seem to prefer bitcoin?

 

Well if you're not using it for any illegal purchases, you are OK to keep it in coinbase. But never go from coinbase to a source.

You can cash out simply by transferring to your bank account BUT you're supposed to pay taxes. Other guys on here have talked about ways to get around the system, I'm unsure how though

 

My few leftover $ in my coinbase account have made me a little extra.
Free gear

 

My family got in on all three at the beginning. It was a inheritance investment by my parents for the kids. My idea and it took lots of convincing. Now a quarter million later........ We will leave it there and have drawn a half million dollar in the sand. If they hit that amount, they will withdraw it and buy real-estate.
The money they made today was great

 

To think a $1000 investment 9-10 years ago would be worth 67 MILLION and change as of yesterday. Canadian currency I mean. Fucking CRAZY and so kicking myself

 

I had 75 bitcoins back before it was anything.. They were given as donations as appreciation for helpful comments.

Never thought anything of it. I mean, hell.. People were giving it away and never using it. So I stored them.. Reformatted my computer one day. Got a new computer.

Fast forward to today. $1,178,925.. Oh well. Can't do anything about it so I try not to think about it.

 

Assuming your not married or she doesn't know. My wife keeps fucking with me about the ones I "wasted" on gear or sold too early wish I'd of bought all I could and maxed out every credit card and title loan I could get my hands on when it was $200-$300 I'd be fuckin set right now. It'd be hard to cope knowing I'd lost a fortune

 

I havd 5 cents and now I have 100 lol