Honestly, I have been using strike.me forever to buy Bitcoin. I don't know why anyone would use anything different than Strike, Cashapp, or maybe Swan.

If you live in the USA, you are stuck with KYC for now - hopefully we get some elected officials on board with Bitcoin and change all that.

Your privacy is your business - not the Government!

Once again, from an old guy perspective! lol

The ETF will be a gateway, I hope, for the 50+ crowd that have fallen for the 401k nightmare (401k is slavery yet I believed in it my entire working life). Now I'm getting out as fast as I can without massive taxes.

The LAST THING I want is Bitcoin in a IRA that goes WAY UP and I have to pay payroll taxes!

Of course if you bought Roth IRA or equivalent non-tax when withdraw 401k you 'may' be in better shape as long as Government does not change the rules on you (remember, Social Security use to not be taxed!).

Best to be OUTSIDE the system - Bitcoin in cold storage.

But yes - ETF = slavery. Just adding some context from old guys!

I will be 62 this year. I do own TSLA. But my Bitcoin has far exceeded all my other investments. This provides flexibility.

I don't know if I'm a 'real bitcoiner' or not - but I believe in it, especially for younger people. If I were 20 I would not own any stocks right now. No Gold, Silver, or even a house. I would literally go all in on Bitcoin.

But however small the risk of Bitcoin not winning (nothing is 100%) the older you get the more conservative you have to be!

There is a lot of capital sitting in my age group and older. They will slowly allocate 1%, then 2%, then 10%. And as it grows they too will move their wealth to a more dependable asset like Bitcoin.

I think Elon absoultely understand Bitcoin. But he's also building businesses in the fiat world - walking a VERY thin wire.

Elon is not going to buy Bitcoin and build in the Bitcoin eco system - because his dream is colonizing other planets. He does need Bitcoin for this - and he knows it.

He bought Twitter because the fiat world needed an outlet to be de-controlled by Government. There are still constraints. He paid what he needed to get control - it was not a financial investment for him.

Let's see how this unfolds - maybe I'm wrong. I think we see Nostr integration with Twitter in the next few years as Government puts more pressure on Elon.

I don't think so. Why? Because Bitcoin can be verified as an asset (when is last time Gold was audited>?). If you have a fixed, verifiable supply people will eventually gravitate to a cold wallet once the fiat system burns them (think FTX).

Why?

What do you think the chances are Elon integrates in Nostr?

Elon did make the charge network open source. Why not make X open source? Integrate it Nostr into X and you have a payment system - boom.

Why not?

Same here - watched the panel. Have a Primal account, but don't use it - going to start using more!😃

Echo chamber happens a lot - but it's also the first step in new adoption! We have to find like minded people before a good idea (or bad) can spread! The fact that Jeff is being pulled into non-echo chamber groups is encouraging! If only we all took as much initiative! (calling myself out first here!)

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So what is your best cut?

Have you ever had a 50 day aged Filet?

Done - 3 sats. Buy daily for 5 years - ignore the noise!