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>be me, mid 2014 september, first year in regular college after community college
>discover bitcoin while browsing the internet
>had a gaming desktop collecting dust in my dorm, bring it back home and play minecraft with roomie during summer
>roomie has one too, but not as good as mine
>"fuck it, I'll try"
>figure out how to mine, set up account
>run it off dorm power and wifi
>just let it run day and night while I go to class and sleep
>about a week later my roomie asks me what I'm doing
>show him bitcoin
>since we're both in economics he decides to do it too
>even though dorm wifi slows down and I'm loosing profits because of the slowdown we both use cryptocurrency on essays now that we know a bit about it
>an uneventful month happens, running computers day and night, had a heating issue but I fixed it by installing new fans and using the crisp fall air to my advantage
>only real problem was complaints about the slowdown but the IT guys couldn't figure out the problem
>almost completely forget about it for two months, until we actually get an assignment pertaining to cryptocurrency
>open account 6.6 bitcoins mined, back then that was just shy of $1,500
>didn't really care because my part time job paid double than that over the time I had been mining
>roomie and I get to work on an essay, get a good grade
>continue to let computers mine for the duration of the year, but took computers home eventually
