Started back in 2013 and I instantly knew. I was heavily into the conspiracy of the US Dollar and the way it is made. Some lady I gave a taxi ride to from the Airport mentioned bitcoin to me. What? Decentralized money? I thought it was crazy. Then I watched that first "What is Bitcoin?" video. Version 1. Having a slight background in programming, My. Jaw. Was. Floored. My mind was instantly blown and I was immediately sucked in. While I haven't profited much yet, STEEMIT allows me to bring my creativity to life and earn crypto for it. I've been "playing" with digital currencies since 2000. What? How So? Ok, this may sound dumb, but it was MMORPG's like EverQuest. See, the currency in those games are essentially digital coins, and many players were trading those coins for real money. I am guilty of buying EQ Platinum on more than one occasion as a kid. So the kicker was that while these currencies are fully unlimited and obviously only usable within the game, and the idea of a global, limited, encrypted coin just absolutely blew me away. That video's explanation was top notch for me. I laughed for days because of how awesome it sounded.

I love that you found crypto through steemit. That is amazing. I never once thought it was a scam, just that scammers were out there (and back then, plenty of scam coins).

In my opinion, after messing around with steemit (15 day old minnow) I have found it extremely user-friendly and anybody can quickly understand the basics of crypto through this platform. Great post!