# A Noob Introduction

By [Art, Culture, Investing & Decentralization - A Noob's Diary](https://paragraph.com/@blocknoob) · 2022-09-17

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Introduction
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I briefly want to introduce myself before I start putting out more content (procrastinating for years now). Incase you don’t reach the end, here’s a compilation of all my links - [https://linktr.ee/blocknoob](https://linktr.ee/blocknoob)

### What’s my background?

I come from a technology world (Software Engineering) and have been passionate about disruptive innovation, emerging technology, investing, and philosophy. This Twitter thread from @vivianegbr covers some introduction as well [https://twitter.com/vivianegbr/status/1535339016190574592](https://twitter.com/vivianegbr/status/1535339016190574592)

### What’s in the name ‘blocknoob’ ?

The world of pseudonyms wasn’t new to me (especially if you come from a gaming background), but I challenged myself to think of a new one for the world of blockchains. I am a big believer in lifelong learning, and I often try to humble myself by saying that ‘I know nothing’, IMHO, that’s the only way you keep pushing boundaries and become a perpetual learner v/s thinking that you’re an expert. Thus the name blocknoob : **_block_**\* _stands for_ **_blockchain_** \*and **_noob_** stands for a relatively **_inexperienced individual._**

### HODLing since?

I’ve been following crypto since 2014, but it was mainly theoretical. I didn’t start investing until 2017 and saw my net worth go 10x and come back crashing within months. Post that, I was always passively investing, developing using solidity here and there in hackathons but was mainly hands-off. HODLing all the while until late 2020/early 2021. Always a believer of the ecosystem though.

### NFTs since?

I didn’t start looking into NFTs until the late 2020s at the tail end of DeFi season. Bought my first NFT on Feb-03-2021. It was Hashmasks #5047. Rest is history.

[https://etherscan.io/tx/0xc2dabe61c83c903ef98bdd40e2a38a716814a8cf0e45459034e9d364c1ecc021](https://etherscan.io/tx/0xc2dabe61c83c903ef98bdd40e2a38a716814a8cf0e45459034e9d364c1ecc021)

![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/567e1eee0a6d925b543b0d843f71d09c.png)

First three buys were Hashmasks and first few flips were Hashmasks too ( I had come in from an investing mindset and also to learn more about the underlying technology )

![First few flips](https://images.mirror-media.xyz/publication-images/3GzYIgqWUAOsj9SZRGb_q.png?height=408&width=2460 "null")

### Twitter Since?

Joined Twitter in March 2021. It was evident that NFTs were here to stay, and given that it was all about community, one had to have a presence on Twitter and Discords. The first few tweets are shown below -

![First few tweets](https://images.mirror-media.xyz/publication-images/ksgsH-YhL0bGv_IPUoOin.png?height=1306&width=808 "null")

### What next?

This was very brief. I plan to write more about my journey, the art I’ve collected, why I have collected it, general observations about the space and its future, my plans, etc.

Thank you for reading it if you made it this far. Looking forward to sharing a lot more in coming days, weeks and years.

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*Originally published on [Art, Culture, Investing & Decentralization - A Noob's Diary](https://paragraph.com/@blocknoob/a-noob-introduction)*