This was a great episode. Quite sad to hear young teenagers getting into scamming people and it feeling like a video game. The US has a parenting problem.

It’s amazing how true this is. I’ve met with thousands of advisors all over the US… Minimal understanding of money, the underpinning of their industry.

The wrong question: when did you start buying #bitcoin?

The correct question: when did you stop selling Bitcoin?

Happy halving!

PSA: Protect Your Data

A friend of mine received a phone call today from someone who had “kidnapped his mother,” the call even came from his mother’s cell number. They wanted a ransom paid in bitcoin via cash app. My friend is public about his NFT holdings and he has done pretty well, weather the “kidnappers” knew this 🤷‍♂️ idk.

His mom is fine and happened to be sitting at home with dad. And they lived happily ever after.

The “abductors” gave me the follow bitcoin address, can we report it?

bc1qajt2uxpvzpvdayrtyrpkflufx0wt450ru9vfws

Stay safe out there friend 🤙

Set up my first lightning wallet... the 🌎 will be mine!

Agreed… Tether is a riskier USD with no compensation for the added risk. This is not how finance works.

More risk = more reward

USD + risk = 💩Tether 💩

As the world discovers a better standard, the bitcoin standard, they still need a digital dollar in the interim. Knowing that fiat is a sinking ship, how would you build a digital version to not only fill the global need currently but assist in the onboarding to the new standard?

Like the plumbing in my house…

Boring = good

Thank you again for the recommendation. I love the circular economy built around micro payments discussed in the episode. Advertisers pay viewers/fans directly, the viewers/fans now have sats to tip players benefiting the team. A new form of engagement in sports!

I will absolutely listen to this episode. Thank you for the reco!

I have ties to a professional level sports team... How do I orange pill the organization by showcasing the benefits to their business (running a sports franchise for money) by adopting bitcoin?

A little of my background: I come from the structured financial products space. My whole career has been focused on educating people on the benefits of _________ technology that is underlying the product I am selling, most recently that technology was Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs). I left my position earlier this year to focus on bitcoin full-time. I first found bitcoin about 10 years ago, I wasn't ready for it... I guess there is some truth to "everyone gets bitcoin at the price they deserve"... it took a bit of shit coining to find the 🍊 💊 in order to take it... here we are full circle. I attended #pacificbitcoin as my first bitcoin event and I found an industry enthralled in a bear market full of passion and purpose. After 6 months of deep diving into global economics and history of money, thank you bitcoin community for many great recommendations, I'm here to add value however I can. Swan's event has made it clear that we need more introductions to non bitcoiners where they are and through comfortable and digestable means.

The passion people feel for sports teams is a great avenue for orange pilling and I love the new form of player/fan engagement #RealBedford has created through directly tipping players. US professional sports have been able to make icons of individual athletes well before the internet and the network effect of social media has been able to spread a player's message far beyond traditional reach due to network effects. Assuming this translates to the introduction of bitcoin to larger fan bases we could see an explosion of awareness. The larger the fan base for specific players the more awareness, the more tips, the more news coverage which leads to more adoption by players increasing awareness, and so on.

So the question, 🍊 💊 sports teams, what's the best way to go about it? What are the metrics and details about what bitcoin offers that can both increase the teams bottom line while enabling them to act as an educational conduit direct to their fans?

On behalf of noobs and soon to be noobs everywhere, thank you for the intro info!