374 sats \ 2 replies \ @DarthCoin 22 Jun \ on: Living on The Bitcoin Standard is Tough in the U.S! bitcoin
As I always said: US will be the last place on Earth that will have full Bitcoin adoption.
Why?
Because US people are full of fiat mindset. They cannot live without thinking in fiat. NO MATTER WHAT MENTAL GYMNASTIC THEY TRY TO DO.
Bitcoin Standard means:
- you earn in bitcoin
- you spend in bitcoin
- you save in bitcoin
- you do not use any form of fiat
I live on Bitcoin standard from 2018, but was really hard to achieve that point.
Why I was able to reach that level?
- stacking hard all the years from 2012 and ongoing. Stacking is very important. if you do not have a certain amount of sats, it will be really hard to do the transition.
- start earning only in Bitcoin. Rejecting fiat as payment method is very important. This stage is preparing your mindset, moving slowly towards a Bitcoin mindset. All the prices you will see around it will convert automatically in sats, your mind will slow not thinking anymore in fiat but in sats.
- reduce slowly your spending habits. Spend sats only on things that really matter in your day to day life. You have to earn more than you spend (in sats not in fiat).
- move away from any DEBT. Fiat means debt. Bitcoin means savings (credit). Once you are debt free, you will use your sats wisely.
- all this time, try to convince as much as you can, local (mom&pop) shops, small merchants, help them to understand and use Bitcoin. Do not try to look for big shop chains adoption. Those are NOT interested in Bitcoin, is almost meaningless for them. Surround yourself with good people, good community, local producers that will accept your sats and will appreciate their real value.
- final phase: close all your bank accounts. Yes, this is the ultimate phase that many cannot even imagine that is possible. It is possible IF YOU REALLY WANT IT. I did it myself in 2018 and from then I live only using Bitcoin. No more fiat.
- buying online is also a good method. There are many places nowadays where you can order anything you need and pay directly with bitcoin.
I earn in Bitcoin.
I spend in Bitcoin. Yes for all those curious, I pay rent and all utilities directly in Bitcoin. If you didn't find out that you can do it too, it means you are not looking into the right direction.
I save in Bitcoin.
YES, if you really want it, you can do it too ! It's all up to yourself to live free from fucking fiat world.
I wrote several guides about these aspects and you can consult them here:
- https://darthcoin.substack.com/p/bitcoin-lightning-irl-examples
- https://darth-coin.github.io/beginner/pay-with-bitcoin-en.html
- https://darth-coin.github.io/general/bitcoin-will-save-the-world-en.html
- https://darth-coin.github.io/general/bitcoin-adoption-story-en.html
- https://darth-coin.github.io/beginner/buy-bitcoin-en.html
- https://darth-coin.github.io/beginner/5-stages-became-bitcoiner-en.html
Thanks for the resources Darth. It's a journey, our local meetup here in Arizona is always discussing/thinking of ways to increase adoption as well. BTC Maps is where I frequent as well. It never hurts to ask to tip in BTC. The fiat mindset is engrained in everyone I know - they love what hurts them the most.
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The meetups are very important.
If you can organize some, with few people you know, from your local community, it will help a lot.
Just start with simple discussions and evolve slowly diving into more technical details once are more interested.
Especially merchants.
Bitcoin adoption start from grass roots movements and not from top or bullshit saylors and etfs.
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