Today I visited my dad. He's 74, old school, and doesn't like that I work remotely for a company that pays with Bitcoin (he thinks I should get a real job). πŸ˜…

He had the TV news on in the background and there were multiple scenes of money printing flashing across the screen. I mentioned Bitcoin and he tells me my step mum buys Bitcoin. My eyes lit up (I was extremely surprised and didn't expect it at all). 🀩

She's Russian and apparently has been sending bitcoin to her family in Russia for a long time (her parents who must be at least in their 70s or 80s). She had only been using it as a way to send money - until now. I started talking to her about some of the reasons I like Bitcoin. I saw her eyes light up. I think she understood. Hopefully she is going to start stacking too. 🀞🧑

Anyway. I feel like that was an achievement. I could feel the tense energy of my dad as I'm telling his wife all about bitcoin. As much as he was trying to ignore what I was saying, I'm about 85% sure a lot of what I said made sense to him - he's pretty smart. Maybe, just maybe, he will also start looking into bitcoin. 🀞

Photo: Sunday morning vibes (shot taken by my 2yo who loves taking photos)

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Bravo πŸ‘ I wish my parents were so receptive πŸ˜‚

I was really surprised. Probably like the least expected conversation at dads house ever πŸ˜‚

Great, my family is also into Bitcoin.

So good!! 😊

That's so cool! Permissionless money! That's the point!

I was pretty stunned when I realised she was already using it! My dad is not the kind of human I would have expected would approve of using bitcoin πŸ˜‚

Nice! It’s magical to see someone especially a loved one wake up to the reality of bitcoin! GMβ˜•οΈβ˜•οΈπŸ’œπŸŒ…βœοΈ

Yes it was so fun seeing her understand. πŸ™Œ I'll be so excited to chat again with her in the future 🧑✨

It might be prudent to not publicly announce who does and does not buy bitcoin.