I understand what you're saying, but trust wasn't my issue. Had I known about bitcoin back in 2009 and 2010, I'm pretty sure that I would have invested at least a couple hundred dollars into it.

I'm convinced of this because I have a habit of taking pretty big risks on the "penny-stock" type offerings, with big promises. I figure that 99 out of 100 will wipe me out, but the 1 that doesn't can pay me back 1,000 to 10,000 times.