> sent him a few satoshis, had him send some back to you, and then gradually moved him over to the mainnet.

No. That is the biggest mistake many are doing. The whole thing is to LEARN WTF is Bitcoin not how to throw some sats. Otherwise will remain a dumb fuck that will never know what really is Bitcoin and end up like this:

[![homo-fiatus.jpg](https://i.postimg.cc/bwJKDKgK/homo-fiatus.jpg)](https://postimg.cc/dLbWgNzB)

I do not want him to just use sats to buy gift cards, I want him to start a damn bitcoin circular economy, out of fiat.

DarthCoin

I think you might have inverted the pyramid; you should have started with LN—which is simpler—sent him a few satoshis, had him send some back to you, and then gradually moved him over to the mainnet.

You could have opened a website and bought a few things with those sats; I don't know if there's a coffee shop, a pizzeria, or somewhere near you where you could pay with Bitcoin, but you needed to let him "touch" the reality of what it can actually do. That’s what I think he really wanted, and it’s what I believe we often lack when explaining Bitcoin.

Stacker Saloon

saloon

I think you might have inverted the pyramid; you should have started with LN—which is simpler—sent him a few satoshis, had him send some back to you, and then gradually moved him over to the mainnet.

You could have opened a website and bought a few things with those sats; I don't know if there's a coffee shop, a pizzeria, or somewhere near you where you could pay with Bitcoin, but you needed to let him "touch" the reality of what it can actually do. That’s what I think he really wanted, and it’s what I believe we often lack when explaining Bitcoin.