So I have this friend who works for a bank and is very curious about btc. What would be the best way to approach? I'm curious on how people orange pill their frens... I haven't really ran into someone interested on BTC until now. I know a lot of things but I feel when I try talking about the topic she just gets confused lol... please share your methods! TIA Happy Friday ma orange frens 🍻
Suggestion: give him as a present the book "The Bitcoin Standard", if he likes to read that book may do all the orange pilling by itself
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Don't focus on orange pilling. Focus on helping them learn what they're interested in.
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Maybe you need to work on your understanding of bitcoin and the status quo monetary system before you continue confusing your "frens"?
Why don't you give us a breakdown of your orangepilling strategies and we'll tell you what you're doing wrong?
"The Bitcoin Standard" is a awful orange pilling mechanism, but maybe I feel this way because I read it after I understood most of what it had to explain. I wouldn't suggest giving this to your "fren" like another user did
and also, here's a redpill for orangepillers... You're much better off criticizing fiat than you are promoting bitcoin, at all. People will never seek a solution to a problem they do not recognize as such. Once they realize the fiat ponzi, and then they ask "well then what the fuck should I do about all this?", THEN you can start talking about Bitcoin.
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Offer her a fraction in reserve?
I was waiting for a punchline :-)
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I'm very curious myself because I have a banking friend who is very open to me telling him about it, but I don't have a good approach for him
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Google fred M2 and show her the graph.
Tell her this is what’s been going on in the printing department of her bank.
As her where did the USA government get the money during Covid so they could give everybody a free check of (helicopter money). Where did they get that money from?
As her how much money she thinks is actually in the bank she works.
Show her the website wtf happened in 1971
Ask her what is the difference between a 100 dollar bill and a piece of paper with a bit of green ink. Ask her why the 100 dollar bill is worth more (like 50 times) the piece of paper and the bottle of ink.
If she starts asking questions like aha, that is strange, you already orange pilled her.
If she doesn’t say aha and start asking questions and say these are stupid questions then she is still asleep. You cannot wake her up.
You see Neo, you have been living in a dream world…the fiat world around you…. You see these people going to their banks, doing their laundry….
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I like this answer. It is a good start. What is "objective" in bitcoin is doing the work to find the nonce. that is what requires energy. However it takes a bit of studying to understand how a hash function works. Also an "objective" part is being able to trace every single UXTO back to its Coinbase transaction. The rest is just a human being deciding they prefer btc to plastic forks or fiat paper or anything else
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Same way you get a candle maker to be interested in lightbulbs (I don't know).
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🤣🤣🤣🤣
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It depends if he/she is open minded. If not, you might want to drop it. I now go by the words of Plank, the physicist. He said a new idea does not win because you convince the people against it, but because the old school dies out, and the new people only know the new idea. If the banker is curious and open minded, I would good with the Internet of Money by Antonopoulos. all the content in that book can also be found on his videos on YouTube. In fact I think Antonopoulos speaks better about the economy than bankers. Bitcoin standard is also good
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Tell them it lowers the barrier to entry for anyone to build open source banking and financial applications. That will get them thinking, at least about the competition that bitcoin represents.
Just as an example: many orgs pay ~3% fees for payment processing. An organization using bitcoin can lower that substantially, in addition to customizing their payments processing to their organizational needs in a much more easy way than relying on existing payment processing vendors.
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give them bitcoin - and wait 10 years. I am half way through :-)
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Its fun to have them download an app such as Blink. Its easy to setup and there are a few small lessons on Bitcoin that can be fun to complete. Send them a few sats and have them send a few back to you. Keep it light and fun. If they are open to it they will come with more questions. If not, maybe they need more time.
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You don't, unless you know every angle and argument. And even then you should let links and references do the job for you. But really, bitcoin's best evangelist is its volatility.
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People always say "Bitcoin Standard". Hard disagree. The bullish case for btc is way better, requires buying into way less bullshit, e.g., I have zero interest in the dude's take on art, diet, etc. Pointlessly alienating.
(Ammous probably has "pointlessly alienating" in gothic script as a tramp stamp.)
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Tell them that Bitcoin is provablely scarce bearer asset that will continue to grow in market capitalization as governments around the world continue to finanacialize their dept through deficit spending.
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In a friendly manner you tell them what Bitcoin means to you. Perhaps sit down with them and go through an introductory video on YT that explains what BTC is.
After doing this she will either take your guidance on board and investigate further or she won't. You can't force people to liking things.
And no matter what happens, if she doesn't like BTC or even if she actually does start putting a % of her monthly salary into it she will still not sleep with you. Sorry mate.
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What your friend specifically do for the bank?
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Despite the fact she's an accountant CPA, she currently works for the Human Resources Department. She is very good (prolly the best though) and different banks are always trying to get her
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how do you convince a leech to stop drinking blood?
there is a difference between a banker and a person that works for a bank.
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True, I prolly should have thought about that before I posted this. 🙌
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