I'd like to ask the users here about how you got started in bitcoins and how you acquire bitcoins.
So the two questions are:
1. When you started, did you MINE or did you BUY bitcons?
2. If you are a regular user of bitcoins currently, do you MINE or do you BUY bitcoins?
To start off the discussion, I can only answer question 1. I mined bitcoins when I started. Then I bought and sold bitcoins through an exchange.
I cannot answer question 2 because I'm no longer a regular user of bitcions.
i started with mining, gpu mining to be precise(1 7950, bought for gamining not for mining, but it returned to me 1 btc in two months, not bad)
i prefer to mine sincerely, because with mining you can increase your total sum of bitcoin with buying not, unless you trade, but trading isn't for me and i find it more risky too