I think wearing Bitcoin themed swag is just as tacky as wearing Dollar signs.
Do not worship money.
" No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon."
Not religious but I agree, it's weird unless your dressing up for a convention, in that situation you're celebrating (still kinda cringe imo).
Money is a tool to be used, nothing more. To worship it, gives off hammer and sickle vibes
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Although I very much agree, and ascribe, to the scripture you reference...and always aspired to be the "millionaire next door" since I read the book in my 20s...I *did* buy a Bitcoin baseball jersey at the Pacific Bitcoin conference.
- It supports a business in the Bitcoin space
- It makes me approachable...had 2 people open discussions with me in the airport for the flight home
- It puts Bitcoin in people's consciousness...one person at a time. And gives me an opportunity to educate regardless of what path we choose (sound money, fiat failures in all things like money/food/pharma/endless wars, savings technology, free from censorship, renewable/stranded energy use, equal weights/measures thus biblical, etc).
I say it's excusable if you're doing it for the purpose of evangelism to clue people into this freedom technology.
Use to rock Russel Okung’s swag which did help with BTC evangelism but then I began to wonder if I was setting myself for security risks.
Also yes. If you're Bitcoin rich you shouldn't advertise that fact. Jameson Lopp has compiled a list of all known occurrences of people who have been physically attacked by criminals who were after their Bitcoin stack.
Anonymity = Security. Tried to discuss the structure/security need with the OnRamp CEO and Strike but both are too high on their own supply. We need a more mature shop to create a multi-sig multi-jurisdictional option. Right nostr:npub1uyz4w2w4rcphk0q5arzkutrecgscxwzajj4dkvh9mjyqjtxslm6qea8632 ?
