i feel like many bitcoiners have a similar journey from sceptic to learning, to buying some to becoming a maxi.
for me, one way bitcoin, or going deeper down the rabbit hole, has changed me is it has given me an education about the history of money, about debasement, and how the whole modern dollar intertwined system was born. opened my eyes to how absolutely rotten things are to the core.
i was never a huge fan of governments in general, but after understanding the harms of fiat and the all-encompassing effects, it's fundamentally changed my belief system.
i was never given any financial advice at all until my late 20s when some rich guy i knew told me to read the millionaire next door and save 10% of my monthly income. that was it. once i lost my job , i spent my little bit of savings in a few months. there was never any talk of debasement or anything.
i tried reading things like Tony Robbins money master the game, but it was all US-centric and i was clueless. i paid a lot of money for some course from agora financial and it was just about selling puts.
now i feel safe and confident in my financial future, stacking my hardest (which isn't amazing by western standards, but better than nothing) with something that cannot be ruined and destroyed by central banks.
i suppose goldbugs were aware of these issues for probably decades, but I never met one in the wild.
have any of you lot had an interesting transformation when you got into btc?
realpolitiktype stuff. I was already turned by then, nail in coffin and all, but with 2020 coming around and then the convoy it was further beating a dead horse.