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  • jshow5555

    @coinfire

    @jshow5555 Big % of my time too.

    What sort of things are you doing with that time? Looking up prices? Researching and reading? The news? Forums? All of the above?

    All of the above, not in that order though - looking at prices takes the least time for me.

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  • JayeK

    I'd have to agree with that. My wife made a point of asking if I've noticed it lately. I listen to podcasts on let's talk bitcoin, research alt coins, spend time on Reddit & bitcointalk. I guess it's a bit more than a hobby. I'll even accept photographic work for bitcoin these days.

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  • Grandma

    Bitcoin is a good obsession.

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  • MikeJohnson

    @davidareallen

    @coinfire Howdy,

    It certainly seems that when you first learn about Bitcoin you have to spend a lot of time learning about Bitcoin, and then you become sucked in to Bitcoin.

    I think that suggesting one is "sucked in" is quite misleading.

    When I learned of Bitcoin it was yet-another-interesting-tech-thing until about 6 months later May of last year, when I realized I wanted to know a lot more. I started to research in my spare time, and then taking time from my regular schedule to explore more possibilities, until about 1.5 months ago when I determined Bitcoin would be my working life focus.

    I still feel like I am in preparation mode for many things that are yet to come, and basic education in the changing Bitcoin world is essential for those of us who are dedicated to mainstream adoption.

    How or where I make, or spend, my time and money is normally a personal conversation, but I can understand why you might want to know. I make time by being as physically fit as possible with exercise and diet. I make my income by providing value to those who see the value. See DAVACOIN for more info.

    http://letstalkbitcoin.com/forum/post/davacoinxcp-david-r-allens-value-proposition

    Getting sucked in isn't necessarily a bad thing though :)

    You are correct, no one has to answer any of these questions for sure. It is just interesting to see what people do have to say though regarding it.

    Just checked out DAVACOIN and that is a really cool idea with potential for other applications as well.

    Instead of selling shares in a company or an idea you are literally selling shares in yourself and that indeed is an interesting concept!

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  • davidareallen

    @coinfire

    @davidareallen

    @coinfire Howdy,

    It certainly seems that when you first learn about Bitcoin you have to spend a lot of time learning about Bitcoin, and then you become sucked in to Bitcoin.

    I think that suggesting one is "sucked in" is quite misleading.

    When I learned of Bitcoin it was yet-another-interesting-tech-thing until about 6 months later May of last year, when I realized I wanted to know a lot more. I started to research in my spare time, and then taking time from my regular schedule to explore more possibilities, until about 1.5 months ago when I determined Bitcoin would be my working life focus.

    I still feel like I am in preparation mode for many things that are yet to come, and basic education in the changing Bitcoin world is essential for those of us who are dedicated to mainstream adoption.

    How or where I make, or spend, my time and money is normally a personal conversation, but I can understand why you might want to know. I make time by being as physically fit as possible with exercise and diet. I make my income by providing value to those who see the value. See DAVACOIN for more info.

    http://letstalkbitcoin.com/forum/post/davacoinxcp-david-r-allens-value-proposition

    Getting sucked in isn't necessarily a bad thing though :)

    You are correct, no one has to answer any of these questions for sure. It is just interesting to see what people do have to say though regarding it.

    Just checked out DAVACOIN and that is a really cool idea with potential for other applications as well.

    Instead of selling shares in a company or an idea you are literally selling shares in yourself and that indeed is an interesting concept!

    Yes. I got sucked into Rock and Roll in 1959 and I can't image what kind of a dull life I would have led for the past 5 decades if I hadn't. You are correct, Coinfire. Getting sucked in can be a good thing!

    Send me a private mail at [email protected] because I can't find a PM function on this forum.

    I would like to discuss with you "potential for other applications" that have been rattling around in my head.

    If Counterparty was a bit faster I would have all the MARBLES and all the PEANUTS by now "-)

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  • dirtyboots702

    I'm enamored with the ideas that the community as a whole are coming up with and having a lot of fun jumping on specific alt coins and giving some, not a lot, of financial support...but god knows a lot of time. probably 30-40%

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  • MikeJohnson

    @sile16 It comes in waves, 2011 (damn i wish I'd had stayed more involved after the crash), Feb of 2013 till.... now it's been non stop thinking about bitcoin / crypto currency.

    Currently, it's really hard not to talk about it. I actively avoid mentioning it around the wife as much as possible.... but that means I only mention something 3 or 4 times a day instead of 20...

    LOL. Yeah I've found my S/O was like, seriously, I get it but I don't need to get it all of the time... then later that evening I saw her download a wallet to her phone. LOL

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  • mich

    The bitcoin subreddit is the biggest timesink. Well, reddit in general.

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  • MikeJohnson

    @robmitchell Forget Bitcoin, just this LTB board is suddenly taking up a too much of my day! I was saying to myself I wanted to simplify my life because I was just too busy. And then I got sucked into bitcoin. I don't even want to guess how much time is related to Bitcoin and related projects.

    Aside from being hands-on with bitcoin-related projects and daily reading (and multitasking with Bitcoin podcasts), I have what I consider an odd practice. I perform daily Google image searches for the word Bitcoin, limited to the previous 24 hours. I started the very obsessive practice to find my own creative commons Bitcoin images being used (I then use examples of published images for marketing purposes). But aside from that purpose, it's interesting to see the new images associated with Bitcoin each day.

    hahahaha Between keeping up on the news for reporting and being active here because this is such a great community I've found even more of my time gone hahahaha.

    I love the idea of trying to find all of the CC images for Bitcoin (what a great idea)! Are you going to document them all in one place at some point?!? I think that could be a really cool and valuable project for others.

    I'd be willing to help you get such a thing going even. Let me know!

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  • Rob

    @coinfire You're seeing my CC image search as more philanthropic than it is (though Google does have a nice CC image search feature, so it's not too hard to find CC Bitcoin images). For me, it's primarily about finding uses of my own CC Bitcoin Keychain photos on various websites, so I can say "as seen on…" and list a bunch of impressive websites (and, it just gives me great satisfaction to see my keychains and my photos used to represent the concept of Bitcoin). You can see some of the bigger sites that used my images at bkeychain.com (each "as seen on" logo links to an article that used one of my photos). Two big sites that used my images that I have yet to add to my website are Arstechnica and Engadget. Many of the sites I listed have used my images multiple times, and 100s of other sites have used these images. And by all means, you or anyone else is certainly welcome to use any of the images in articles ( https://www.flickr.com/photos/100239928@N08/ -- I also have images of some products made by Bitcoin friends in the mix ). I'm really waiting for some "end of Bitcoin" article to use one of the photos showing a Bitcoin keychain being attacked by an acetylene torch. I think those images turned out really neat.

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