Are we at the point where it’s safe to setup a fedimint to onboard friends and family to Bitcoin?
I love giving away sats but I really don’t like “wasting” sats.
At least with a fedi instance you can recover people’s coins easily and when they’re ready they can withdraw them into their own custody without your help.
The problem with uncle Jim mode is it doesn’t scale with the amount of time and energy you need to spend with everyone when they have questions.
I want to be able to onboard thousands of people in a way that I know they are not going to lose their keys or their seed phrase.
It seems like with a fedi instance you can give like Santa and save like Scrooge.
My daughter and I did a book swap.
Yesterday I went and got a beard trim & a haircut for our daddy daughter date night.
She chose Wings of Fire for me to read and I chose The Alchemist for her.
She took this pic of me.
What I can say is this is actually a very entertaining book, and the lesson I took from it is the following:
Stack sats like a Scavenger so you can soar like a SkyWing.
It’s been a very good year for Bitcoiners.
As the rich bitcoin uncle (or aunt) what are you doing for your nieces and nephews this Christmas?
Looking for suggestions on how to make their Christmas special without setting a precedent of expectation or entitlement.
Do you have any recommendations for bitcoin gift cards? I’m wondering the best way to gift family .001btc
Jade is the opposite of user friendly 😅
What’s the simplest and safest way for Frankie MacDonald to store his BTC?
1) He only responds when he’s interested
2) He is using an old Well Wallet (formerly Rise Wallet) that’s been depreciated and I haven’t been able to convince him to move to a new wallet yet.
3) I tried to get him on lightning & nostr and he didn’t engage. Maybe too complicated.
4) He knows not to give anyone his seed phrase nor tell anyone how much BTC he has.
Can someone help me solve this Lightning mystery?
Alice sent Bob $999 in sats from Blink to Phoenix.
Bob clicked receive & didn’t enter an amount.
Alice scanned Bob's QR code using the Blink app.
Alice’s txn shows as sent and the sats are deducted from her balance in Blink.
Bob has not received the payment 6 hrs later.
Bob has 8 million sats of inbound liquidity but has not sent or received a payment since Jan 2024.
What happened 😕
Another ATH, another round of “hey remember that bitcoin you gave me in 2020?”
Friend is asking if I know a place where she can buy bitcoin using a credit card. Any good options?
I’m going pro. I just secured a starter citadel which I’m financing with a BTC backed loan (not selling any BTC to make it happen.)
I’m building a media company, POW Media.
Cameras will be following me around.
I’ve been living with middle class camouflage on for the last 7-8 years.
I’ve been able to avoid the uncomfortable feelings and fears of having people around me know my relative net worth.
(I told Peter McCormack privately how much BTC I had in ~2020, but I gave him a fake number to see if he would repeat it 😅)
I’ve been very cautious about this, but in fact I think it’s held me back.
I want to get a million people to start a bitcoin savings plan and mint10,000 wholecoiners.
Bitcoin education and increasing financial literacy is what helped me escape poverty, and I want to do the same for others.
However, I’m not as smart with thinkythoughts as nostr:npub1rtlqca8r6auyaw5n5h3l5422dm4sry5dzfee4696fqe8s6qgudks7djtfs and people follow confident voices who they trust can give them a blueprint to repeat the path they took.
My paranoia about people knowing how wealthy I am has provided me some ground cover so far, but it also made me less credible (why would you take a former child magician’s financial advice when he can’t even afford a razor, and lives in a normal house like yours because he can’t get a mortgage.)
For the people around me, there will be signs.
There have been signs (the real estate purchases for family members, the trips, the RV, donations and investments).
A few years ago they started speculating … “brad can pay, he’s a millionaire.” “Don’t worry dear, you’re a millionaire.”
I never confirmed nor denied, never told anyone in my family the number.
I just dealt with it awkwardly, and felt weird.
They will start to get a picture of the level of wealth I have soon, and I’m going to have to face more awkward conversations.
I’ve been dealing this year with my negative beliefs and limiting beliefs around this.
Why do the words “rich” and “millionaire” trigger negative feelings?
I discovered that your reaction is a reflection.
What do I believe about rich people?
Is it true?
How can you fix that?
Doing the work to create Citadel Mind has been helpful this year.
I also run into the opposite problem where people assume I’m way wealthier than I am because I got into bitcoin in 2011.
I’ve been very public about all of my hacks, losses, bad sells & other lessons learned to advocate buy & hold.
IE I sold half my coins at $30, I tell that story a lot to illustrate the value of “saving” not “investing” or “trading” … but I also tell that to temper people’s curiosity if I’m one of those made-every-right-move early billionaire bitcoiners 😅
My coach Dan Martell told me the other day that my secrecy around my success is the only thing holding me back from helping more people, and if that truly is my goal, I have to face it or give up on it.
Lots of folks are public with their wealth like Michael Saylor, Jason Williams, American HODL, etc.
On the flip side, people like nostr:npub1qny3tkh0acurzla8x3zy4nhrjz5zd8l9sy9jys09umwng00manysew95gx, nostr:npub1qg8j6gdwpxlntlxlkew7eu283wzx7hmj32esch42hntdpqdgrslqv024kw, nostr:npub1ahxjq4v0zlvexf7cg8j9stumqp3nrtzqzzqxa7szpmcdgqrcumdq0h5ech, nostr:npub1a2cww4kn9wqte4ry70vyfwqyqvpswksna27rtxd8vty6c74era8sdcw83a, nostr:npub1s5yq6wadwrxde4lhfs56gn64hwzuhnfa6r9mj476r5s4hkunzgzqrs6q7z and others are very influential and I do not believe they ever talk about their net worth.
I’m trying to figure out if there’s a way to thread the needle of having obvious signs of wealth, influencing regular ppl towards bitcoin effectively at mass scale, while not disclosing how much BTC you have or what your rough net worth is.
It seems kind of like once you live a certain lifestyle, it becomes obvious that you have a high net worth, and there might be some mystery brand value around not disclosing it…makes ppl want to lean in to try to figure it out.
These are questions we’re all gonna to have to deal with on the way to $1 million per coin and beyond.
I think I will probably just start being more public about my upgraded lifestyle, talk confidently, and not give specifics.
Once you disclose, there’s no undoing that (especially on Nostr.)
I have a rule if anyone in my close circle is struggling mentally or going through a crisis, I pay for 3-5 sessions of therapy.
If you have the resources I suggest you do the same. It’s actually an investment in my mental clarity by minimizing attention traps.
The more I can pull speed bumps forward so they don’t become road blocks, the more efficient and effective I can be with my time.
What’s better:
-family member struggles, then lets their life go to shit, causing drama and problems in the people closest to you, you have to run through the emotional shrapnel
-family member is struggling, you offer to pay for counseling and coaching which equips them with tools to help avoid crisis
I know I struggle with controlling everything, and this may be one of those things … but I think I prefer an optimally harmonious environment surrounding me rather than just ignoring everything or spending copious time to help resolve issues personally.
One issue though is most of the people in my life can't afford continuing therapy sessions & it's too expensive to pay for everyone's human therapy.
Is there a good AI tool for this sort of therapy, a tool for equipping people how to deal with their issues better?
I’m going to try using Nostr for my shitposts and real thoughts.
Twitter for viral content designed to create bitcoiners, bring them into my orbit & only post my unfiltered thoughts to Nostr.
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Oh man that was as good as it was gonna look
Do you have to keep Alby hub open constantly for it to work?
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Bitcoiners 🧙♀️ create Bull Markets 📈
Bull Markets 📈 create Shitcoiners 🧟♂️
Shitcoiners 🧟♀️ create Bear markets 📉
When you’re a commentator on the most important election of our lives but you also have 6.15 kids at home and need a nap. nostr:npub1rtlqca8r6auyaw5n5h3l5422dm4sry5dzfee4696fqe8s6qgudks7djtfs 
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