Telling people they should buy.

Should honestly be left out of the conversation if possible. If they ask, tell them not to buy. If they buy before they understand it, they won’t hodl. If anything, say “don’t buy what you don’t understand.”

The biggest mistake are people thinking Bitcoin was an investment for financial "gain" (measured in fiat). Idk how to do this but we really need to bring people to the irl community and meetups to make them understand that Bitcoin is a non-government network first and foremost (which investments and financial speculation normally are not which creates the confusion here).

Giving them some as a gift. This is my own regret in the past when trying to orange pill people around me. I like this subject because I made myself the same question many times, and now I nearly stopped with the orange pilling with anyone, they will come to understand it on their own and that's the only way. I feel trying to convince people about it is like what Jehova witnesses or mormons do, it's just annoying and only people who have some genuine interest will come to be convinced, but those are precisely the ones that will seek to know more about it and don't need any convincing!

"It's not the job of a bee to convince flies that honey is better than sh** " Unknown internet philosopher

talking about price. The topic of price should be avoided at all costs.

For me it has been: "assuming that people care."

They just don't care if the current system is stealing from them. Sure, they care about taxes and the simple concepts they're used to. But trying to explain how QE is taking more purchasing power from them than taxes is.... their eyes glaze over and they just don't seem to care.

If the American revolutionaries in 1776 cared the same my friends & family do, independence would have never happened.

"You have to understand, most of these people are not ready to be unplugged. And many of them are so inert, so hopelessly dependant on the system, that they will fight to protect it."

It appears that ignorance is bliss.

Don't start with the solution. Talk about the problem, if done properly you don't even have to say the word "bitcoin" to orange pill someone.

Telling people that FIAT IS A SCAM BUY BITCOIN BROOOOO

Just tell em to keep a few hundred $ in BItcoin as an emergency fund while traveling. Its practical, useful and not investment.

Easy to exchange for cash in any country on earth. :)

Tommy from https://allark.io

My biggest mistake has been getting quite passionate in my explanations I often find myself using “prove you wrong” tones when they really aren’t called for. I recognized it when a bitcoin enthusiast and fellow poker player would continue to tell me things like “hey you don’t have to convince me”. Him saying that made me realize that I really need to be zooming out and only explain the things I truly understand and be transparent about the things I don’t.

I think we make a few common assumptions that don't help:

Don't go outside their Overton window.

For precoiners, start with the risk adjusted potential gains but make sure their self custody.

Being in a hurry.

It takes time. Try to imagine your first conversations with that person as you planting seeds. Afterwards, you slowly water and care until it blooms.

For me, it's the realisation that everyone's "get it" moment is something different, for myself it was the protection via self-custody, for a friend of mine, it was the ability to store wealth outside the current system.

I think my mistake Orange pilling was pushing what I value onto people and not realising they don't value the same things I do.

I've actively stopped orange pilling, in fact I don't even encourage people to get bitcoin anymore in my family and friend circle. if they feel they don't need it, if they are not naturally curious I don't bother. If they come to me with the right questions I'll help if they asking how to make money or trade or can I trade for them I tell them to fuck off and have fun staying poor

You can't save everyone

People just quickly assume bitcoin is tied with drugs or gun running I mean it is but….

Use my bitcoins to test ETH

I participate in a beautiful group called HashPY, Telegram group Paraguay based where we talk about bitcoin among others cryptocurrencies.

Mostly, before 2021 I only use bitcoin to save my money. That's all I do but the group encouraged me to take actions in the ETH ecosystem. So I did.

I own honesty and say..it's creepy awesome, invest money in those spaces have the same emotion of being in a casino and bet for 0 BUT they pay even 80% higher. You're the king; the real problem starts when someone has to pay the bill.

And that's what I learned. In this ecosystem, they're cannibals eating each other with fancy buzzwords and most (not all) projects dedicated to one purpose: fill their bags and run. With bitcoin, we stay and stack and spend to earn more sats. Now I'm 98% BTC again, didn't lose any money because they were profits but lesson learned in the hard way.

Not sharing with them some Knut wisdom.