Although the OP asked an interesting question, it is also very interesting to me that during the first 4 years as much as 50% of all Bitcoins were mined, and of that as much as 2.625 million in the first year.
Therefore, we can conclude that the first users were really privileged in some way, because not only could they mine with their personal computers, but they also had the opportunity to mine blocks with the highest rewards. It was, without any doubt, perhaps the most interesting time in the short history of Bitcoin, and the most fruitful period in someone's life if by any chance he saved the mined BTC for the future.
I also find it fascinating that people were able to mine from their own home computers considering this was in 2009 where the internet was still relatively new and something that not everyone was very knowledgeable about
Of course we can expect that those who were already mining at that time were basically geniuses of their time because like i said during this time not everyone can do what they were doing so the rewards they got were really well deserved and it would be interesting to talk to someone who mined bitcoin from that time and share to us how they did it and how it impacted their lives
Exactly! Those early miners were basically tech pioneers, diving into this new and mysterious world. They had to be real tech geeks, figuring out how to mine with their home computers in a time when not everyone was tech-savvy. Imagine being one of them setting up your rig, cracking the crypto codes. It would be so helpful!