Prior to my discovery over bitcoin I dealt in digital goods which was a international commerce that had very high fraud rate. When a friend told me about this and how there is no charge-back risk that alone got me interested. After doing a fair amount of reading I started to think what did satoshi really want to happen with this project?

What I seen is the first step forward with the human race since my lifetime of 24 years. I've never been a fan of war, religion, greedy corporations and corrupted governments. I don't know about any of you all but I get ecstatic knowing not a single BTC I earned went towards funding a war.

I still look at it and believe this to be true however mining has lost its interest to me and is a fools game ever since the first ASIC. I don't want to bore everyone as I could ramble on for a while. What did you all see when you first learned about BTC and what is your current views?