I found this place from ripple.  I first looked into bitcoins back when they were under $1.  I was trying to figure out how to convert USD into bitcoins but the process was very convoluted and scary.  I couldn't find anyone who could explain things in a simple way.  The information on how to do it seemed very guarded at that time.  A lot of people discouraged me from investing.  I wanted to invest $500 into bitcoins.  If I had done that, I'd be rich by now.  I'm very depressed about it and hoping to try to buy bitcoins now for whatever I can just to hang onto them for a few years and see what happens.