# A Noob Introduction

**Published by:** [Art, Culture, Investing & Decentralization - A Noob's Diary](https://paragraph.com/@blocknoob/)
**Published on:** 2022-09-17
**URL:** https://paragraph.com/@blocknoob/a-noob-introduction

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IntroductionI 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/blocknoobWhat’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/1535339016190574592What’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/0xc2dabe61c83c903ef98bdd40e2a38a716814a8cf0e45459034e9d364c1ecc021First 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 )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 -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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