I asked a similar question a year ago: #306131
Let's see now what stackers will answer for the entire year of 2024. I will reward with sats the good answers.
I saw lately many Bitcoin “enthusiasts” that only ask what can do Bitcoin FOR them… but never ask WHAT THEY did for Bitcoin.
Bitcoin is NOT a God / “Supreme leader” / “ultimate authority” or something like that. It is simply a new form of self governance, self learning process, self finance, participating in a huge human project that help people to be free and sovereign.
Do not expect / wait for somebody else to do stuff for you.
Read, test, learn more about using Bitcoin solutions, apps, wallets etc and participate with anything you can.
ANYTHING counts:
- testing and reporting back to the apps devs with detailed aspects (github repositories are designed for these reports). Do not just complain that something is not working. Yes, be critical, but give proposals and solutions if you can.
- writing guides and documentation for these apps you are testing
- help with design and features required
- help writing code, if you are skilled, just take from their github some pending issues and help fixing them. Most of the apps are open source and free, those devs are working for FREE so you can have a great app using with your bitcoins.
- help pre-coiners and convince nocoiners to get on board with Bitcoin. Anything you can do it helps. Start with small steps as I described in this guide. Or this one, describing the 5 stages to became a bitcoiner.
- create content that can help future bitcoiners. They weren’t so lucky as you starting in early years. They need good information ! So be careful what you teach them. Do not push them into scams, quick earnings and bullshit shitcoins.
So… Ask yourself my young padawan: WHAT DID YOU DO FOR BITCOIN LATELY?
You don’t know what to do ? Is simple, you can start with:
- translating guides in other languages and use them to teach other pre-coiners around you, in your local community.
- write guides or translation on https://europeanbitcoiners.com or https://decouvrebitcoin.fr or https://twentyone.world/
- write more guides, for your fellow friends and family, you can use all the material available out there that is totally free: https://bitcoin.page and https://lightning.how
- build a Bitcoin community around you, be the “uncle Jim” LN bank for those in need (family, friends, local merchants)
- organize or participate in meetups like Twentyone World Communities - A Blueprint for localized Bitcoin Communities.
My answer to this question: I am almost done finishing the migration of my BTC guides from Substack to Github and having them translated in 8 languages and organized by category.
