My brother, for instance, has been a lot more receptive to talking about bitcoin lately. Has anyone else experienced this lately? Is it possible that all the news surrounding this administration and SBRs may have at least some positive outcomes with the general public?
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32 sats \ 0 replies \ @Akg10s3 6h
I keep trying 🥲to get my partner to watch a podcast with me or pay attention to some of the comments I make about how important Bitcoin is for our future..
Or maybe he'll see one of my posts on S.N.
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21 sats \ 1 reply \ @DarthCoin 2h
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @Aardvark OP 2h
When it comes to family members, I will do anything I can to orange pill them even if they are going to leave their money on the exchanges. As long as I can get it into their head that they need to start buying and holding now, I can work to get their bitcoin off the exchanges in time.
For instance my dad has been hesitant to take his money off of the exchange, but I've been getting through to him. It is likely that I will have to personally buy him a HW wallet, set it up for him, and do every thing for him, but I am more than willing to take on that responsibility.
Bitcoin is the life raft, and I will do everything I can to get my family onto it, even if I have to be the one to build the entire raft by myself.
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21 sats \ 1 reply \ @siggy47 5h
I definitely notice an increase in interest. Family and friends think of me as the bitcoin guy they know. I answer lots of questions. That doesn't mean these people are becoming real bitcoiners. My retired peers want to know about the ETFs. My blather (to them) about self custody falls on deaf ears. The young people want to hear about fast NGU and cashing out.
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41 sats \ 0 replies \ @Aardvark OP 5h
Getting them into it at all is a step in the right direction. I feel like once my dad has enough bitcoin to get afraid of losing it, I'll be able to better convince him to self custody.
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21 sats \ 1 reply \ @denlillaapan 6h
I mean, kind of. At least if you allow a couple of months ago as "recently"
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Aardvark OP 6h
I feel like states individually attempting to create SBRs has given bitcoin more credibility with some people. As ironic as that sounds.
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @Sh7 6h
I'm trying to get the more people i can receptive about bitcoin and when you talk about freedom and not "doing money things" it actually works.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @jasonb 2h
Big time! I can think of a few people in my life that have gone from full blown sceptic to actually stacking sats recently. I've used the River Link gift thing to push two of them over the edge, but there are a handful of other friends that have finally made this journey in the past few months as well.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @catdaddysoprano 3h
I sat across from two of my lifelong friends (we live in different cities now) sharing a drink for the first time in a long time around August of last year. The conversation was heavy: philosophy, history, morality, existence, etc.
Every time I got the floor I was basically like, "This is all a wonderful but I cannot express to you how critical it is that you buy some bitcoin." Got hit with dumbfounded looks and cries of a ponzi scheme.
Now in the groupchat, all I ever say is "I bought more ponzi" which for a while was met with more hostility. Some of that negativity is starting to turn as it's become clear that, had they just shut up and listened, they'd have already had a massive (perceived) return (on a fiat dollar basis).
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @itsMoro 6h
nope, i live in the pacific northwest of US, people took more notice in trumpcoin than btc in last 12 months.
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