๐ช๐ต๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐ผ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ง๐ฎ๐น๐ธ ๐๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐ผ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฆ๐ผ ๐ ๐๐ฐ๐ต?
๐๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐บ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ช๐ต๐ค๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ณ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฃ๐ช๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฆ.
Christmas is coming, and so are opportunities to orange pill your family and friends.
When you start talking about Bitcoin, and you get a look of exasperation, ask them to read the following:๐

Bitcoin enthusiasts, or Bitcoiners, often try to convince others to get into Bitcoin, too. They refer to this process as 'orange pilling', a term inspired by red/blue pill scene in "The Matrix". Contrary to popular opinion, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ'๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ท๐ข๐ญ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ช๐ต๐ค๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด. Since Bitcoin is such a large market, one person's actions won't really affect its price much, and any price increase would only make it harder for them to buy more, anyway.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐ผ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ต๐ฒ๐น๐ฝ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐, like their friends and family. They see Bitcoin as a tool for protecting oneโs wealth, especially when conventional money is losing value due to inflation and other factors. Telling others about it is never about increasing their own wealth, but about ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ญ๐บ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด.
It should be noted, however, that this does not typically apply to those who speculate with other cryptocurrencies. There are tens of thousands of cryptocurrencies, but none of them are as liquid as Bitcoin, so ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ด๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ณ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ฎ๐ข๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ฆ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ช๐ต๐ด ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ. And unlike Bitcoin, ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฎ๐๐๐ต๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ด๐ฒ, making them far more suited for short-term gambling than for long-term value storage.
Bitcoiners see Bitcoin as an entirely new financial system, one thatโs run by everyone and no one, instead of by a few powerful unelected bureaucrats behind closed doors. By getting more people into Bitcoin, Bitcoiners hope to ๐น๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐ด๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฝ๐ and ๐ฝ๐๐ ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ผ๐บ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐๐ฎ๐น๐.
Put simply, Bitcoiners share their passion for Bitcoin not for their own gain, but ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ช๐ต๐ด ๐ข๐ฃ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐จ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ณ๐ถ๐ช๐ต๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด. They believe ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐น๐ฑโ๐ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐๐๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ป, and that theyโre ruining all other parts of society, as well. They want to see a world of prosperity and freedom, and ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐๐ช๐ต๐ค๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ฆ๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ง๐ถ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ.
So please be patient with your Bitcoiner friend or family member. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐โ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ณ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐น๐ถ๐ณ๐ฒ, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ถ๐
๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐น๐ฑโ๐ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐ ๐ฏ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐ผ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฝ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป. Bitcoin is highly divisible, so you can exchange your local currency for any amount of it. It might make sense to get a little for your long-term savings, in case it catches on.๐

Give this a ๐๐ถ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ค and a ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ so more people will see it, and prepare themselves to discuss Bitcoin with their family and friends.
And ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ this, because youโll likely need to share it with those who tire of all your Bitcoin talk.
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