Great post. This is very consistent with my own experience. I knew of Bitcoin long before I knew of any alts. The keyword here is that I knew of them, not about them.

My original intention was to figure out how to buy Bitcoin (and eventually sell back to fiat). The first thing I ran into when trying to figure this out was a crypto exchanges. I remember at first it was like walking into a casino with flashing lights and wild price swings.

I remember buying some random alt coin just to see if I could double my fiat. I had no intention of understanding what I was buying. It was just gambling. It was a total distraction.

That said, it was only my own perseverance trying to understand what the heck I was doing that I eventually figured out the difference between Bitcoin and crypto. I watched thousands of hours of videos and read lots of written material.

I distinctly remember hitting a turning point. I think I was listening to Saylor at the time and something just clicked. I was like "oh, I get it now" and from that moment on I saw things differently. My conviction has only grown stronger ever since and I've never looked back.

Since then I've gone down many rabbit holes including Austrian economics, history of money, a better understanding of the fiat system and much more. Many of my habits have changed. The world makes a lot more sense through the Bitcoin lens.