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Someone asks you why they should buy bitcoin and you have approximately one sentence to tell them. What are you going with?

"Bitcoin is a public ledger that no one controls, anyone can write to, and yet somehow everyone trusts. We've never had that before."

It works very well and i've used this on a lot of people.

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30 sats \ 5 replies \ @Fabs 20 Jan

Meh. Boring.

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Why, I never! Monetary economics is not boring

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I wouldn't be very convinced if I was a no coiner, luckily I'm not.

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I've educated a lot of people this way about bitcoin. Though mostly 30-40 yr old men who may be more interested in such things

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30 sats \ 0 replies \ @Fabs 21 Jan

Hm, well then: Keep rollin'.

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You know, until very recently I would have disagreed, but apparently I love that shit now.

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That's a pretty good one.

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Using the word "ledger" in a casual conversation is a great way to turn off the other person. If I was ignorant of Bitcoin, my immediate question would be "why would I care about writing to a public book"?

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That's exactly the question you want them to ask.

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“Ya really! I buy my supermarket vouchers using Bitrefill. I get the Bitcoin by posting on this site called Stacker News.”

And then send them a link to a related article on my blog

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That's right, you do all the time!

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I’m da BOSS

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Facts!

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I see what you mean about being funny haha

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By the way, do cowboy credits bother you? I usually zap them away at the end of the day, and it makes sense to send them to a post on AskSN.

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Not in the least.

You can download them on me haha

I always feel that if I’m so particular about petty cents, the Law of Attraction won’t bestow great riches on me haha

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Awesome, I feel like it's a good thing I can do to people who contribute to AskSN. Thanks for your support

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By the way, I haven't seen you much in a while. I hope everything is ok, I know things were looking pretty bad.

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Yes, a while ago. I haven't stopped reading your guides.

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57 sats \ 2 replies \ @Fabs 20 Jan

"Wanna learn something about the biggest marshmallow experiment in existence?!"

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Ok, that's actually hilarious. I may use that.

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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @Fabs 20 Jan

Don't forget to greet them from Fabs.

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"Did you hear that Elizabeth Warren wants to ban Bitcoin?"

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Someone should ban her ass.

I don't know what that means but I stand by it.

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Just pass the bill and let the courts sort it out.

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Strategic Warren elimination act.

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Have you prepared for upcoming financial crisis?

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Ok, that's actually a really good conversation starter.

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My "dollar lovers" mates are laughing when I tell them about hyperinflation, they think I'm joking

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Bitcoin is money you can send to anyone anywhere anytime -- and no one can stop you.

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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @gmd 20 Jan

Goddamn this sandwich costs $15... inflation man is crazy man... I gotta but more bitcoin...

... then I see how responsive they are lol

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"you will be forced to buy bitcoin and you will get the price you deserve. here's a pamphlet." i try to carry how-to-bitcoin pamphlets with me.

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Wow, really? Which one?

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how to bitcoin

just uploaded this, unless you have a different preferred method of sharing a file?
what is a good lightning or nostr-based service to share a file?

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"Because it's a form of money that's transparent, uncorruptible, politically and socially neutral. Its monetary policy is absolutely predictable and you can use it almost as privately as cash."

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"If you're interested in bitcoin I can recommend learning resources and I'm happy to help you get started when you're ready."

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bitcoin is the worlds largest digital, decentralized, hard monetary asset. It's an asset without a liability which no one can control.

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Go fuck yourself, I'm not your mommy.

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no cap fiat currency is mid. Don't be sigma and freddy fazbear your gyatt into bitcoin asap. You'll be gronked by the rizzler and his shitcoins if you don't fanum tax into bitcoin before lizzy dunn

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There is no second best..!
(including fiat and gold)

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