This - this - this.....

If the hold point is because you don't trust yourself to hold your Bitcoin safely for 5 years...you probably should work on that...just another beautiful feature of Bitcoin as a bearer asset....he who holds it...controls it... and when you give that up to someone else?

Buyer beware

great - I had to look up pedantically and now I am reconsidering how I view a certain someone I work with who threw this word around like candy once upon a time...though they use it less now???

Not to my liking - It is way too wordy and not enough bite!

At least that is my sat worth.....

Hey there - I run a Bitcoin Meet-up in Madison, WI :)

and much like LeVar Burton on Reading Rainbow (back in the 80's or 90's)....you don't have to take my word for it! You can verify it by looking up Bitcoin Meet-up Madison, WI.

Now to answer your questions.... 1 - Say Hi....or Howdy, Hey, Hello, What up....etc... 2 - Generally speaking I think your problem may be keeping people quiet vs. getting them talking....Bitcoiner's Have lots to say :) 3 - This kind of just comes naturally... 4 - I have been helping to keep this meet-up running for about 3 years now and I rarely have talking points (as I like to keep things flowing naturally about what other people want to talk about)(though now the others in the group have decided they want more of an agenda or talking points....this is totally not needed though 5 - as for don'ts.... Don't Shit-coin!!!

Remember this is simply my recollection of how the meet-ups we have been organizing have been going...We are not trying to drive numbers...We are not getting a kick-back from anyone - We don't ask for anyone to pay for anything we decide to provide to others - We ensure to ask everyone to provide input to the others and we keep it Bitcoin - Not to say peeps don't bring up altcoins, we just don't focus on them!

We talk about everything happening in the Bitcoin ecosystem and stay humble and stack sats!

If you are trying to drive attendance you will likely need a different model -

How long do you see it taking for the FIAT value stored in Real Estate to move to Bitcoin?

42....cuz why not :)

War does not make one feel safe...unless you are that guy from Palantir (or whatever) that was saying the only way to feel safe is by ensuring those that would do you harm are scared?

I mean when is humanity going to figure out that we are only hurting ourselves?

This is why I Bitcoin!!!

When we are using Bitcoin to communicate value to each other and nothing else...then we will have a civilization that rewards ideas that positively move humanity forward through time...vs...our current situation.

There should be no good byes....just see you later's :) I don't remember who said this but I like it...

I guess when I think about my workplace I think about just walking out and never going back so there doesn't need to be any big thing when it is time....

It just is moving into another period of life

I have had a number of truly profound experiences in my life...

I fell to the ground from the top of a 20ish foot tall pine tree and walked away unscathed...

Sharing a hallucination...

The birth of my children...

The realization that we are all human and we get to choose who we share our journey with...

and of course.... Bitcoin

Also un-researched information...though I did read "Chasing the Scream" which is a book about addiction and I thought it offered good info...

I think society is looking at many of our "systems" coming to collapse under their own weight over the coming years...to maybe decades?

I am a weirdo in that I think all drugs should be legal and should be produced in a manner that is safe and reliable. Potency is something that should be verified and provided to the users so they are able to make educated decisions about what they are using.

I also believe the "stigma" we have created over drug use is a self-fullfilling negative prophecy in which users feel cast out from society and left alone to make their own ill-informed decisions on things. This perpetuates a cycle of more use due to feeling cast out and eventually leads to entire swaths of like-minded castaways that grow and grow until they become a blight on society and due to our years of mind-fucking the rest of society - those in power simply convince the rest of society that cutting these parts of society off is ok?

Anyway I am getting a bit off topic - It does come back to the "control system" that is put in place being out of alignment with the idea that we should be doing all we can as the "human race" to perpetuate our species...which includes acknowledging that as individuals we all have a right to do what we deem is best for ourselves, as long as it isn't harming others....that last part is the tough part....what one considers harming another?

Thank you :)

At least they are texting about it :)

or clothes....most don't even think about clothing....but we don't really need it....when I look at all the other animals on the planet they simply just go about their business naked...

I sometimes think there should be laws about all the naked rabbits or ticks....but hey...I am not the clothing police :)

I would have to say money....or specifically a medium that allows humans to exchange value between other humans...preferably in a secure-immutable manner that all other humans can verify :)

I mean in a first principles kind of manner

I think a lot of the kids born in Wisconsin are born with alcohol in their veins... to soon? :)

Seriously though - Wisconsinites know how to drink

Sticks and stones will break my bones....but names will never hurt me :)

I will quit my job if my employer has not yet moved into/onto a Bitcoin standard by the time I am "financially" able to quit....

I don't know what timeframe that happens in - but I for one have been working my entire life to date with retiring in mind....no business based in/on FIAT is working in your or their stakeholders best interest - prove me wrong?

Sounds like you might be my boss....???

I mean - I guess when you are the leader and no one is following you, it might mean you just haven't done a good enough job communicating your message to the staff?

I could probably give you a bunch of reasons to not close or lay everyone off.... I think though it just comes down to that communication of the message? Sure you work hard and put in the time....but you are likely incentivized to do so...much like my boss - he is one of the owners and so if the company fails....he fails...

In my humble opinion - giving the staff a new message (and probably more share in the success) would likely go a long way to reducing the negative consequences you are experiencing?

I guess I would need to know more though....so....