Remembering The Human Value Of The Last Bull Run. A Ramble.

Now that things are beginning to heat up a little in the crypto markets I'm noticing that I'm hearing from friends, and family I usually don't hear from often. After the bull run of 2017 many people in my life sat up and took notice of the crypto space. It was like all of the sudden the mute button they had switched on me since 2010 was switched off.

For years I had suggested and pushed for those in my life to get involved in this space. I even bought Bitcoin for some of my family members here in the UK as a Christmas present one year... of course they lost the private key and it was bye bye crypto. The reality is they were just nonplussed by the present so safely storing that piece of paper wasn't a priority. (head meet brick wall. bash bash bash) But in those days almost every attempt to get anyone involved was met with an eye roll and brush off.

When Ethereum was at nine dollars I promptly became bullish after researching it. Later it would move out to 800 USD and I became incredibly popular with people I rarely spoke to. Now that we are seeing some stable growth and the data is pointing towards the upside the same thing is happening again.

2017 was a middle to late part of my journey with cryptocurrency, but for many in my life it marked a beginning. Despite the fact that for years I had suggested people get into the space, the fact was that the beginnings of the bull market finally got them to sit up and take notice. The usual suspicion of it being a scam, or like gambling dissipated. It was seen as new, as exciting, as something revolutionary. It was amazing because a real buzz of sorts began.

In many ways the 2017 run brought a lot of people closer in my life. My older sibling and I began to talk more. Something that had been tough growing up because of our similarities as well as our differences. Through the course of showing him how to buy and hold crypto securely we ended up realizing we had both grown up and actually got along really well. This sort of thing became common place with a lot of people around me. I actually felt a sort of relief that I had finally managed to get them to finally hold some Bitcoin, Litecoin, Monero, EOS, etc. I did really well in the last bull run, but knowing I had gotten others into the space made it all feel a little bit more... well, just enjoyable. The folks I got in before everything went insane upwards sold, some hodl'd, everyone got to learn.

So as I said earlier my email and phone have begun pinging away again. I know that in the coming year there will be things to help with from what to buy, what to sell, when to sell, how to sell, etc. It's actually got me a little excited. I'll continue to suggest picking up things like Steem, Tezos, EOS, Monero. Some of my favorites basically. There will be those hair pulling face time chats where I'm instructing the less tech inclined of family and friends to point their phones at their computer screen so I can see what the hell they are talking about. Others it will be a doddle to point them in the right direction. But unlike 2017 this time everyone will be on the same page.

Scrolling through my messages today I found myself thinking about the past couple years. The bear market has been just as much a time for growth as the previous bull market, just growth of a different kind. I've definitely learned the best way to get people involved in holding cryptocurrency is to just buy them their first little bit and gift it. With things like Steem the best option is to just buy them the account and set them up on an easy to use front end.

I did this for my nephew and he plays/posts on the Steem block chain all the time. When he received his first whale vote from block trades the kid lost his tiny mind. With those in my life who like gambling I point them at things like bitcoin faucets where you can play dice for free. The days of making big money off faucets are long gone, and it's more a nostalgia thing for me but they are still fun... though having said that I have made the odd withdraw off of crypto faucets over the years.

There are so many ways to get people involved in this space nowadays. By comparison to when I got started it's damn near streamlined. It's easy to see in the data that 2020 is going to be exciting... but for many of us it's a feeling that we are about to have those insane days where the longs are good, where every time we check the market our jaws drop. I did pretty good last time around... though I did feel like I wanted to fall on my sword over the Bitcoin I had sold years before.

As the time for the next run up draws closer I'm really looking forward to helping out when I get those phone calls from the people I convinced to buy when BTC was below 5k. I'm looking forward to the general buzz and excitement I get to see others feel as they sell their first odd bit of crypto at a profit. I'm looking forward to the people aspect just as much as I'm looking forward to the profit in short.

Well guys, if you've managed to make it this far through my ramble then thanks. If you have people around you you haven't gotten into this space yet then spare the odd ten bucks, set up an exodus wallet for them or something similarity easy to use, set up a Steem account and delegate a little Steem, point them at a faucet (I'll leave a link below for a BTC and Tezos faucet). Basically get those first steps out of the way. It's not often in our lives we can make others a little cash as well as bring folks together.

Again thanks for reading guys. As always I'm looking forward to all your awesome posts and projects. Keep on Steeming!

Faucet Links For A Little Free Crypto:
https://faucet.tezos.com/
https://freebitco.in/?r=36900581

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