like a lot of people, I was a gold bug person earlier. that was 2007 or so that I got into Gold/Silver.

I knew the money system was F'd and used to read JSMineset.com all the time about the macro picture and international forces on the economy.

I had been trading stocks as a teenager, aided by my grandfather's formulas he taught me.

I heard about it, but then Mt Gox and Silk Road were around the same time. Because of that, I really thought it was scam money for drug dealers.

It was not until I read the white paper in 2018 that I understood right away that BTC was really the future, and the limited supply, issuance schedule and decentralization made sense right away. Like a lot of people I was trading actively on the shitcoin side to try and stack extra money- but what I realized is that my volume trading was keeping that garbage afloat...so in late 2019 I abandoned all the alts and focused on bitcoin 100%.

I remember being active as a trader during the 'black friday' crash. it was wild. but my conviction never waivered and I have been a hardcore maxi ever since.