A lot of people got free Bitcoin through faucet and free gifts. Then Bitcoin was not much of a value, so people were giving it out to people as a way of encouraging more people to think use Bitcoin. Miners in those early days were also very generous with their Bitcoin as you will require just signing up in some websites to claim as high as 5 BTC. Gone are those good old days, the only way to get Bitcoin now is to buy or render services for it because people have now seen how valuable Bitcoin have become.
Good old times indeed never to be seen again. I actually heard about bitcoin a long time ago around 2015/2016 period but regrettably I don’t why I never picked interest, was just focused on just my studies at the time. I can remember someone did help me register on a site and was mining bitcoin on my laptop (I didn’t know what I was doing at all) but that system crashed and that was the end of my bitcoin journey, some other guy was sharing bitcoin for free too. What I’ll give to go back to that time, on a lighter note, now will be a good time to invent a time travelling machine lol.
Knowing what I know now I’m taking every step to ensure in the next 5-10 years I wouldn’t regret anything instead I’ll be glad for the choices I’ve made in purchasing and accumulating bitcoin and being very aggressive when I’m able.