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They say that parenthood changes you. It’s true. When I was about to become a father, I was suddenly concerned about money. I thought about what I do best - writing. So I set up a blogspot, submitted it to Google Adsense and hoped that it would go viral and rake in the millions. Except that it didn’t. I’m still hustling over there now; it’s a good day if I can earn one cent from my blog. But jumping into the uncharted territory of content creation caught the eye of the social media manager of a local crypto exchange. “Hey, would you like to be an influencer for us?” he wrote, “You don’t have to put in your own money.” At that time, I was skeptical of cryptocurrencies. It just seemed surreal and sus to me - this notion of digital money. But I did think that crypto and blockchain would be the engines of growth in the future. Even if I didn’t believe in it myself, I should venture into it for the sake of my son. So, I sprang into action. I converted all the BAT tokens to… …Ethereum. Why, you idiot? I hear you readers screaming at me. Well, I don’t exactly know why. Maybe it was the fact that Bitcoin was so expensive and shooting for it felt like aiming for the impossible. Maybe it was because I didn’t want to be like everyone else - being gravitated towards the digital gold. Anyway, so I opened up an account with the crypto exchange with ETH in my bag. Subsequently, an article I wrote about this exchange went viral in my country. I managed to get about 10 referrals. This meant that I got sats for free because I earned a commission from my referees’ deposits. That pooh-poohed my resistance towards Bitcoin. So, on my birthday two years ago, I decided to embark on the old-school way and give Cointiply a try. In fact, I documented about it here: https://www.publish0x.com/diaperfinancingfund/embarked-a-30-day-cointiply-challenge-on-my-birthday-xgljxrg. Gone are the days in which users could get 5 BTC from a faucet, but Cointiply still reliably dishes out sats. For an anxious and determined father, it is enough.
You left us on a cliffhanger sensei ! Did you finally hit 50000 coins? How much was that in BTC?
Also approximately what year was it when faucets gave out 5BTC !?
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Of course!
It’s a lifelong mission. Here it is where I’m at now.
50,000 coins = USD$5, not a life-changing amount but still…
I think The Bitcoin Faucet gave out 5 BTCs in 2010!
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Well done! I'm happy you are doing well for your kids.
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Literally at the Polyclinic right now with my daughter
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