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Mandrik
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Sold baklava for Bitcoin in 2011

It took going to the conference in Nashville, but my daughters are officially dip buyers. Yesterday they both put a decent chunk of their cash savings from work into Bitcoin.

Meeting people, and seeing the things I've been going on about for 10+ years, really helped them understand the importance of Bitcoin.

I'm glad I never pushed them too hard. Bitcoin is complicated and it can take time to click. That's ok! They're young and I'm already stacking for them. ๐Ÿ˜„

At some point our children will need to understand. That's the reality all of us as parents face.

Don't force it. Give it time. Be the example they need. ๐Ÿงก

Replying to Avatar BoomTown

No, I agree with nostr:npub1qex7yjtuucs6ac49kjujdgytrjsphn5a4pdscu2w3qlprym4zsxqfz82qk โ€ฆ we need to embrace the value of โ€œPump It Upโ€ as a forever anthem.

I always said you can't use the same anthem from previous cycles.

If you think hardware wallets are bad, then you should have seen web wallet support tickets back before hardware wallets existed.

The #Bitcoin market continues to reject Creed's Higher as its anthem.

$58k is forever

If a state agent invented Bitcoin, then it wasn't something he was ordered to do.

It was an act of defiance.

I once abandoned one on the side of the road.

A few years later I remembered that, at some point, I had stashed within the car a tiny encrypted USB drive. It contained a backup of my BIP38 encrypted private keys. ๐Ÿ˜ง

Thankfully I had moved the funds not too long after the car was abandoned, though I doubt anyone could have gotten past two encryption layers. ๐Ÿ˜‚

Replying to Avatar HODL

Where's "Autism" and "Retarded"?

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Ohh it is way too late here for me to go into detail, but a few things:

Cannabis - I've smoked it daily throughout most of my adult life (not ATM tho). Didn't really understand how to use properly (although I definitely enjoyed the amplified sensory capabilities it introduces) until I understood that the main purpose of the plant is to help you achieve a meditative / flow state. That was sort of a level up moment, after that I found aid in it even when doing stuff people mostly don't do high - i.e. workouts. BTW Hollywood's "stoner" stereotype is so blatantly false and overblown that it's not even funny anymore.

Psilocybin - also did not understand it for a while. At one point I had sort of a spiritual experience with LSD, but regarding shrooms, I thought it was mostly "fun," similarly to cannabis I had experiences of heightened senses (but even much stronger, depending on the dosage obviously). Then, during one trip, I experienced both a complete "oneness" with everything; as well as ego death, whereas I actually thought I was going to die. And that the party we were throwing that night was not just any party, but my funeral ๐Ÿ˜„ Needless to say that really changed my outlook on life and made me realize the value of the short time we have here on Earth.

And not too long after, I had another quite mystical experience with shrooms, at a drum circle, where I ended up being in a trance for like 3 hours or so. In both instances there was also an inner dialogue between me and... IDK. The Universe? God? My higher self? My guardian angels? Someone. Someone that was me, but also NOT me. It's a bit difficult to describe ๐Ÿ˜„ Anyway, again, a completely unreal and mind-expanding experience.

While they were rather intense in nature, I do think these events gave me a new perspective on the whole game of life and I am eternally grateful for having been able to experience and learn from those layers of reality/consciousness.

Thanks for sharing! ๐Ÿ™

Not at all. Same with LSD. I'm not ready for those. ๐Ÿ˜‚

I think to really understand you have to experience. It doesn't mean it needs to be a normal part of your life, but I think some doors should be opened at some point in your life.

Only when you're ready, of course.