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30 sats \ 2 replies \ @siggy47 OP 24 Jan \ on: Orange Man's Orange Pilling Silver Lining? bitcoin
I can't stop thinking about this encounter. I really like the "yet" idea, but I'm starting to think it's dumb to try to explain bitcoin in that setting, even if I was really good at it, which I'm not.
I'm thinking next time I will take the idiot approach. When someone asks me to explain bitcoin, I'll just say something like:
"I have no clue what it's about. My [kid] [brother] [friend] is really smart and good with computers. He talked me into buying some a few years back. Now I'm loaded! Then he set me up with a wallet. I used bitcoin to buy breakfast the other day." (I can give @Simaan' s Melville Deli a plug)
This will be a much less stressful conversation, and I'm guessing it would be more effective too. Everyone wants to get rich. NGU is important when learning about bitcoin.
Maybe we should have a post to trade techniques we have tried, or just talk about it in the saloon.
Yes, it is much easier to make them convince you, especially if you add a touch, or maybe the whole paint brush, of greed factor.
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Personally, I'm not a fan of motivating people with NGU. For one, I don't want them to blame me if number go down after they buy.
My approach depends on the situation. If I have like 10-15 minutes, my goal is to tell them what Bitcoin is, without trying to get them to buy it. It's a decentralized ledger book of transactions. That's it. But the bigger question is why we need it.
If I have only a few minutes, I'll usually just say something like, "I'm a big believer in Bitcoin. I read the white paper, it's not a scam it's the real deal." And leave it at that. If they want, they can ask more questions but I'm not going to say more unless asked to.
In general, my approach isn't really to convince people to actually buy bitcoin but just to help them understand what it is and why I believe in it.
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