You hit the bull's-eye @AileenUK. The first coin which I invested in was FuturoCoin. I read that it is a new kind of cryptocurrency and I can't wait to buy! FTO was developed using Dash technology and, just like Bitcoin, it uses a p2p system. Futurocoin uses nodes too, but it also adds the so called Masternodes, which improve its process’ efficience. What’s more, with Bitcoin you have to await the transaction confirmation, which usually takes some minutes. Futurocoin has conceived a faster confirmation, which only needs 4 seconds. So, that's how it all started with my investments.