I am a gold bug, a silver bug, a precious metals bug. I am also interested in the development of cryptocurrencies. I have dabbled with them mostly as an exercise in curiosity. There is still a lot that I do not know about crypto. However, I have sufficient experience to share a bit of what I've learned over the years.
Sidelines of Regret
Over a decade ago, @DoChenRollingBearing took an interest in learning about Bitcoin when it still very new. So new that figuring out how to acquire some was not straightforward. Bitcoin had a lot of vocal detractors back then - especially from locales inhabited by goldbugs. But DCRB was persistent and he got me to download and install a windows program that created and managed Bitcoin Wallets...