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In this episode of Bitcoin Magazine’s "Meet The Taco Plebs," I sat down with the pleb Zac Watson (@zwatson[7] on Twitter), to discuss his Bitcoin rabbit hole story, his thoughts on Bitcoin’s impact on life and his future price predictions.
Watson went into detail about his friends introducing him to Bitcoin in 2013 and the passion they had for Bitcoin sparking an interest in Bitcoin for himself. We discussed Bitcoin 2021 and all of the great experiences we had throughout the weekend.
To finish, we touched on what he believes to be the most amazing part of bitcoin: most importantly, the fact that Bitcoin allows people to alleviate themselves from government oppression to become self sovereign. And we also detailed how welcoming the Bitcoin community is.
Below are some more insights from Watson about his bitcoin journey.
What’s your Bitcoin rabbit hole story?
My rabbit hole story isn’t anything too exciting or extravagant.
I first heard about Bitcoin when I was back in high school around 2012 or 2013. A friend had mentioned wanting to get some of it, but I didn’t give it much thought besides “hmm, that’s interesting.”
Fast forward a few years later to 2016 to when I circled back to it: I had a few friends that were pretty into it and were quite tech-savvy and liberty-minded. These guys were pretty smart and I respected them quite a bit. They always seemed to be very forward-thinking, so I thought I should probably start paying attention and learn about this magic internet money. A little later in the year, some of us went to this music festival, Electric Forest,
