Man, the survivor’s guilt thing nostr:npub1rtlqca8r6auyaw5n5h3l5422dm4sry5dzfee4696fqe8s6qgudks7djtfs was talking about on the pod yesterday is real. I’m just realizing how much of that I’ve been carrying around, how much I feel like I should have done more for other people to really get bitcoin long ago, when in truth I’ve probably done enough.
It’s time for me to let go and remember that everyone gets bitcoin at the price they deserve.
You can’t force anyone to change their mind. They are either open to learning and changing or they are not. Remember how most of us take 2-3 touch points over years to really dive into the rabbit hole.
I've often questioned whether I wasn't gifted the gift of persuasion... But ultimately my words fell on deaf ears... Everyone gets bitcoin at the the price they deserve
Everyone gets bitcoin at the price they deserve
You can lead a horse to water but you can’t make them drink… 🤷
I held bitcoin through the blocksize wars and forks, through the 2019 drawdown, through the Covid lows, the China mining ban, the 2021-22 shitcoin exchange fiascos, and countless nation state attacks along the way. I hold enough that it’s the difference between being a lifelong wage slave if it failed and being able to do literally anything I want and make an impact on the world if it succeed.
It’s been the largest bet of my life and has taken a massive amount of conviction. I’ve had countless sleepless nights and doubted myself many times. All of this to say: if it were easy everyone would have done it. I stopped being an evangelist in 2021 after I realized the skills I needed to hold for so long cannot be imparted to others. I still have people who approach me and I’m happy to discuss, but I mostly talk about those long dark nights laying awake wondering if I’d fucked my life by not selling the last top.
Beautiful share. Thank you. And spot on IMO 🎯
Everyone escapes fiat at its own time
It’s a hard one - the love I have for my family still wants me to try, in the hope they avoid the hardship you can see in their future.
I carried it for far too long myself. You’re not alone. We tried. But ultimately… 
Actively trying to Orange Pill people is like pushing on a rope. All my friends know I like the corn. Over time, some ask about it and we talk. It’s the only thing I’ve seen work. (And gave them all the Bitcoin Standard for Christmas one year.)
I will tell my story one day.
feel the same.
Glad you are beginning to let it go.
You have helped me level up my thinking so much, perhaps you are framing "should have done more" a bit strangely?
You are the Based Senior college thesis advisor minting future examples to the world not a 101 survey taught to a stadium of freshman. And we stood on your shoulders.
cheers and be mighty
Absolutely. Erik has been more valuable in the wider world than he knows, but no man is a prophet in his own land sadly.
