This is true, I have problems to onboard people into Bitcoin that only wants to start with 50€, or buy 50€ a month. It's a shame it is so difficult to recommend a wallet that actually works.
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What I do not like is talking about LN channels and showing USD flowing through those channels.
TOTALLY WRONG and misleading, is giving a false impression to all noobs watching these explanations.
THROUGH LN CHANNELS FLOW ONLY SATS !
Let's stop this bullshit crap of fiat meddling with Bitcoin.
The whole concept of channel is something that noobs just can't grab. We need something like Phoenix but that doesn't charge $25 for opening a fucking channel. Otherwise I have to explain things that will just make the newcomer to run away fast.
Be Uncle Jim to them with your own Lightning node and LNbits. Let them get Zeus, connect to LNbits. Nice app and no worries with channels aso.
Phoenix doesn't charge $25.
It charge 20k sats FFS.
We are not yet there to replace the symbol of USD $ with sats.
There's no such thing as dollars over LN.
You are right but a noob cannot understand that. But I understand the "fuck noobs" thing. I'm just not into that yet.
I think we should stop preaching Bitcoin to everybody, any clueless NPC out there.
Fuck the NPCs.
Bitcoin is NOT for everybody, is only for the brave.
I stopped 2 years ago. Completely.
I realized also that the wealthiest people in the world would never tell you about something they had the inside track on. Why the fuck do I want normies buying SATS meant for me. They aren’t needed for BTC success, never were.
Save your family & very close friends. That’s it. And push them hard. Or buy it for them.
Everyone else, GFY.
Would you believe me if I tell you that I know ancaps and tax dodgers, and sovereign individuals that want to use Bitcoin but they are stopped by these stupid limitations and barriers?
Fine. More sats for me. At this level I don't care anymore if somebody doesn't want to learn.
I told a friend about bitcoin. Six months later he tells me about how he bought two shitcoins instead. I said if youre going to shitcoin with twenty bucks now and then, at least put half of it into bitcoin. You're right, he's going to leave it on the exchange. He doesen't understand, and he doesen't listen. I am very disappointed.
I told a different friend about bitcoin. He sat down and read Ammus's books. He is now at 80% allocation and self custodies. I am very proud.
Onboarding "people" (like your grandpa or your artist cousin or your mechanic)?
Custodial all the way, sorry.
I know very smart people who don't even want to deal with Mutiny or Phoenix.
Most people should use Cash App, Strike, etc for quite a while, until they get "the bug".
Bitcoin is for everybody, but not everybody is a nerd.
Well Bitcoin is about personal sovereign, so I'd like to teach them that since the begining. Otherwise we would be commiting the same errors as always.
I get that too, but there are just so many people out there that aren't ready. Probably everyone I've tried to get too technical with too soon just glazed over and noped out. If "everyone" is going to use Bitcoin someday, then *most* people will be using custodians or something simple that hasn't been developed yet. People have jobs and kids and shit; they don't want to rebalance channels.