I just told some buddies at work that the plan is simple: “stay humble, stack sats, stay solvent”. The two replies I got were

1) But you can’t buy anything with bitcoin.

2) I should have bought bitcoin when I was 20.

They are sick of me explaining how Bitcoin works and how fiat makes them poorer so I just stick to Matt nostr:nprofile1qqsqfjg4mth7uwp307nng3z2em3ep2pxnljczzezg8j7dhf58ha7ejgprpmhxue69uhhqun9d45h2mfwwpexjmtpdshxuet5qyvhwumn8ghj7um9dejxjapwdehhxenvv9ex2tnrdaksepv2a6 s simple advice.

It makes me sad that people I care about refuse to win.

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I feel your pain man

stay humble.

walk the path.

alone if you have to.

I hear ya dude.

I've successfully orangepilled 2 people in my life. Neither were originally my friends.

Most people can't face reality. Its not your job to do it for them.

I feel you. Luckily we'll be able to buy lots of things directly with bitcoin later this year!

For good ideas to stick, People need to believe they arrived at those thoughts on their own. Cool people generally don’t consider themselves as “cool”. It’s just how they are.

The people I’ve orange-pilled were libertarian minded already. I never try with progressives and only gently push with conservatives.

Make them get a wallet and send them some. Even if it’s only a few bucks.

Dude one of them has over 2 bitcoin and a bunch of xrp. He can’t wait for BTC to hit 150 so he can sell and buy more later. SMH

Honestly if I were you I wouldn’t tell people you have it. It bothers me that I have.

XRP isn’t real so he doesn’t actually have any.

You gotta just keep moving. Leave those behind that drag you down. If they’re curious, then be there to help. Until then, forward

Feel that. It sucks, no way around it 🫩

You can't fix stupid.

Show them how to buy coffee from my site, then drink it in front of them but don't share 😂

Ah well, everyone benefits from a bitcoinized world even starting from zero

I fear the day when ignorance turns to animosity. Its what keeps me trying.

Been thinking about this more and more recently. Makes my stomach turn

Same. To help deal with normies like this, I've created a HFSP folder in my head... I now file them there... and have moved on.

Nice to meet you friend 🤝😉 you can't do more than that. 🤷‍♂️ resign yourself! He continues to love him even if they get fucked in the ass by the fiat system. They will have other values.. 😅

I’ve reverted to not wanting anybody to know I own btc. When I hear people talking about it my hair stands up on the back of my neck but I stay silent.

Agreed. I try to not mention it except around select few. I tried to zap you, gotta set up your wallet

You’re right gotta get that set up lol. Thanks for the motivation

I'll throw some positivity in. Managed to orange pill 3 people so far at a new job. With the help of some of excellent podcasts of course.

Same thing with my long extended family . They are not keen to try new things .

Some people are meant to stay poor unfortunately

It causes me sadness that they don't have the humility or genuine connection with you and so aren't willing to listen and learn.

you can tell the homies to look into 40HPW🎧, but you can’t make them listen.

#Bitcoin is awesome, best digital money.

You can send $1, $10, or whatever you want to anywhere in the world, instantly, anonymously, without any intermediary, and with very low fees. No boundaries.

There is no second best.

Same.

Square announcement just decimated their fud

From an actual merchant POV how do you see this affecting your Bitcoin preferred movement at markets? Genuinely curious. nostr:nprofile1qqsdv7ds7ny5ssc8wvqujgzgpjwj7tgje8ax6yp49cf5avwqsg56exspz4mhxue69uhks6tnwshxummnw3ezumrpdejqzyrhwden5te0dehhxarj9emkjmn9qyxhwumn8ghj7mn0wvhxcmmv4v4mce feel free to chime in here

I'm not doing markets anymore and I wouldnt get any additional Bitcoin sales from it instantly personally, but now ANYONE CAN JUST FUCKING ACCEPT BITCOIN WITHOUT DOING ANYTHING

Rarely get sales but we are ready when the rare gem appears. We talk #bitcoin good bit with interested parties at markets. Also we show #nostr to anyone with any interest. Gradually then suddenly. It is such a blessing that Square is making this leap; it reminds me of when we started accepting credit cards at markets, it was scary to connect the app to my bank account. Now more than 3/4 of our sales are on cards. It will likely be this way with lightning payments at markets before too many moons. We embrace this metamorphosis. 🦋

Fiat makes them poorer... you realised that, but some need to be truly poor to understand

Sometimes life is just that easy

Had a friend like this. One day it just clicked. He got online at 11pm, out of breath, having ran home after finishing his late shift, and just said "I think your right, how do I buy bitcoin?"

Did he ?

Bitcoin

It's painful sometimes.

This: "It makes me sad that people I care about refuse to win. "

Having a convo with two neighbors, one just got 50K US in bitcoin and asked how to store it long-term (that's a win). The 2nd neighbor was 'why keep it in Bitcoin, sell it and get the cash.' SMH, I've tried for YEARS to orange pill the dude, he wouldv'e 5X'd minimum when I started with him (that's a loss).

Now I focus on the high school students and try to get them to understand this is a lifehack, a cheat code of sorts. It's an uphill battle to break the tradfi fiat garbage floating in their heads.

Some are unable to imagine the possibilities of Bitcoin