Im right there with you. I knew about bitcoin but was still on the edge about investing and i lost out. It was 60 dollars a bitcoin then and my friends talked mme out of investing. If it had been easier to convert usd to bitcoins i would have done it but even today its hard to do. All the cryptos blew by me. Maybe steemit will redeem my losses. Lesson learned, dont listen to your friends that havent researched what you are talkig about