Heard this Radiolab podcast on ZCash. Got serious about figuring out what the hell this thing called Bitcoin, that I ignored in the news 3 times before over 5 years, was all about.

First purchase was Ethereum, then Bitcoin, then some ZCash on Kraken way back in the day. Briefly got into day trading, lost a bunch of money. Bitcoin only, now, obviously. But, all the while kept learning, improving, reading technical books (now learning C++), getting better at programming.

But the tipping point is always curiosity, IMO. Steve jobs was wrong, it's not "stay hungry," it's "stay curious". The tipping point to evil is often thinking one's model of understanding is on a plateau.