# Hello from Colorado, USA **URL:** \ **Category:** Introductions\ **Created:** [7 June 2020 22:09 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/hello-from-colorado-usa/34007 "2020-06-07T22:09:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![lightningthey](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/lightningthey/32/18712_2.png) [@lightningthey](https://forum.cardano.org/u/lightningthey)\ **Post date:** [7 June 2020 22:09 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/hello-from-colorado-usa/34007/1 "2020-06-07T22:09:29Z")
Hello! I’m Aaron, now living in Colorado by way of Wisconsin. I’ve been intrigued by cryptocurrencies for about 6 months, but officially fell down the rabbit hole in April. Cardano is the project that excites me most in the space. The ethos behind Cardano is something I tend to agree with. I am excited to see it continue to grow. Ultimately, I think “money” in the world is changing, and I believe Cardano can be a crucial part of that change. ---
**Author:** ![Trigger](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/trigger/32/18242_2.png) [@Trigger](https://forum.cardano.org/u/Trigger)\ **Post date:** [7 June 2020 22:29 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/hello-from-colorado-usa/34007/2 "2020-06-07T22:29:58Z")
Welcome to the forum, awesome foresight you have 🤘 ---
**Author:** ![Donnybaseball](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/donnybaseball/32/8064_2.png) [@Donnybaseball](https://forum.cardano.org/u/Donnybaseball)\ **Post date:** [8 June 2020 01:49 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/hello-from-colorado-usa/34007/3 "2020-06-08T01:49:55Z")
Welcome! Thanks for posting. Let us know if you have questions. ---
**Author:** ![misteraxyz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/misteraxyz/32/3106_2.png) [@misteraxyz](https://forum.cardano.org/u/misteraxyz)\ **Post date:** [8 June 2020 13:29 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/hello-from-colorado-usa/34007/4 "2020-06-08T13:29:32Z")
hello @lightningthey, welcome to the community bro! > [@lightningthey](#): > > I’ve been intrigued by cryptocurrencies for about 6 months i’m curious where did your intrigue start from? > [@lightningthey](#): > > fell down the rabbit hole and as you fell down the rabbit hole, how did you come across cardano? i’m genuinely curious about people’s journey to/discovery of crypto and cardano. ---
**Author:** ![lightningthey](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/lightningthey/32/18712_2.png) [@lightningthey](https://forum.cardano.org/u/lightningthey)\ **Post date:** [8 June 2020 15:21 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/hello-from-colorado-usa/34007/5 "2020-06-08T15:21:43Z")
My intrigue in cyrpto started simply as an investment opportunity. I met someone in 2019 that made a couple million dollars after buying Bitcoin in the early 2010s. Hmmmm, this made me want to explore the space further. Then, through Coinbase Earn, I began learning a little more about altcoins, and started to believe in some of the capabilities that cryptocurrencies have to improve upon issues I saw in the global banking system, specifically money transfer and foreign exchange. The first crypto I invested in was Tezos. Proof-of-Stake made sense to me as a great alternative to Proof-of-Work, and “smart contracts” were something I didn’t understand but that I could buy into from what I was learning. I purchased a couple hundred dollars of Tezos on Coinbase (at around $1.50 per) and planned on holding it. However, I got into a small car accident a couple weeks later, and sold it all (at around $1.80). I was pleased at the small return, but then was a little FOMO-saddened as Tezos began climbing in the weeks that followed. I distantly followed crypto markets over the next few months in early 2020. Then, in March, we had COVID-19 change everyone’s day-to-day. I had a lot more time on my hands, and the internet became my lockdown best friend. After the markets tanked, I bought the dip with some stocks that I liked, and made some nice returns in late March and early April. I invest what I can afford to lose, so while I wasn’t making millions, I made a couple hundred bucks off of a $600 initial investment. This was exciting, so I started consuming more investment-related media, some of which kept talking about Bitcoin and crypto, so I looked back at the price of Tezos and noticed it was again at the $1.50-$1.80 range. That FOMO came back, so again I bought some. This time, however, I began doing a little more due diligence, and began exploring the community behind the coin. I think this is the official start of my rabbit hole. I was learning about Bitcoin, cryptography, Libertarian ideals, and the internet-based social structures of different projects in the space. This is not to say I was agreeing with everything. I read The Bitcoin Standard, and while it was very informative, some of the political beliefs expressed by Saifedean Ammous made me (and still make me) a little nervous. His artist-bashing is just stupid, in my opinion. But I very much liked the idea of being more in control of my own wealth. I started to become disenchanted with the Tezos community in part because of certain dramas, but also because they seemed to be spinning their tires and lacked a forward-looking vision for growth. I saw a comment on reddit in which someone referenced these same hesitations, and said they were much more bullish on ALGO. So, I began researching Algorand. It was much more comforting to me to have a project based upon academic rigor, and to have a mind like Silvio Micali behind it. It wasn’t long into this mini Algo rabbit hole that I discovered Cardano. I watched the whiteboard video, observed the community, and researched the people behind the project. I then bought my first ADA. That’s where I am now. I am still very much learning about the crypto-space, and the science behind it. But I love the Cardano approach to growth, and I want to be here to watch it. And now, encouraged by the community, I am trying to figure out how I can be part of that growth. It’s a fun problem to solve! ---
**Author:** ![BigCrypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e480ec/32.png) [@BigCrypto](https://forum.cardano.org/u/BigCrypto)\ **Post date:** [8 June 2020 17:38 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/hello-from-colorado-usa/34007/6 "2020-06-08T17:38:25Z")
I’ m told it’s always warm and sunny in Colorado. ---
**Author:** ![lightningthey](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/lightningthey/32/18712_2.png) [@lightningthey](https://forum.cardano.org/u/lightningthey)\ **Post date:** [8 June 2020 18:20 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/hello-from-colorado-usa/34007/7 "2020-06-08T18:20:40Z")
Unless it snows… but yes, the statement is true! ---
**Author:** ![MelanieDawn](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/melaniedawn/32/19983_2.png) [@MelanieDawn](https://forum.cardano.org/u/MelanieDawn)\ **Post date:** [3 August 2020 22:31 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/hello-from-colorado-usa/34007/8 "2020-08-03T22:31:08Z")
haha 😂 I wonder who says that… 😂 ✌🏽 ---
**Author:** ![MelanieDawn](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/melaniedawn/32/19983_2.png) [@MelanieDawn](https://forum.cardano.org/u/MelanieDawn)\ **Post date:** [3 August 2020 22:32 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/hello-from-colorado-usa/34007/9 "2020-08-03T22:32:31Z")
Hope you’re enjoying it here, @lightningthey You live in one of the most beautiful places in the world. All the best to you ✌🏽 😀