I know a few people found bitcoin via Wikileaks or Silk Road in 2011
I came across it independently somehow. I remember landing at the bitcoin wiki page early on and then getting onto the bitcointalk forums, the IRC channels and the bitcoin OTC web of trust. I remember donating to Wikileaks when they started getting financially blockaded and that was an "ah ha" moment for me. Silk road was amazing too, I got on Tor and perused it and remember thinking how cool it was. Never ordered anything though :D
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I had a similar "ah ha" moment!
Did we misspell "ah ha"?
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