I've already known BTC and other Cryptocurrencies for almost 3 years, but I decided to enter the market just last year. The prices of Bitcoin and known Altcoins (ETH, LTC, XMR) at that time were really, really low. Which is a good opportunity to experiment the market through Investing (buy and hold), Trading, ICO's and other crypto investment related. The problem back then, was that I'm still fresh (newbie) and don't have the financial capability in entering to any kind of venture that I mentioned (still studying at that time). Even if I do, I couldn't able to risk with what I got, there are a lot of things which I need prioritize first. But, luckily for me, I still get a chance to try the market. A friend of mine lend me 0.2 BTC ($40) which I spend into buying Altcoins and trade them, since I have no idea on how to play things out, I ended up losing all my investments.