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 Knowing about and being deeply convicted in bitcoin in 2015 was like having a magic wand that could make anyone you knew rich. 

You’d go around asking people “hello good sir, I have this magic wand that can make you a millionaire. Are you interested?” 

And literally everyone said no. 
 No one cares because they're too comfortable with fiat system. Their 401k and social security is enough because it worked for their parents and their parents, etc.

Just give me my weekend off to be in my pool and on my boat and let me open new credit cards to buy my seed oil-filled groceries to feed my family. 

Why I quit educating the sheep. 




Holding Bitcoin priv kets is for those who want it and no one else.   
 When I first got into btc in 2013 I just thought of it as binary. Worth a lot of money or 0. I think we know where it’s heading now. Funny thing is most people still don’t see it and there’s still a 100x in it 
 Some people dismissed you b/c of telling them about it. 
Real friends listened and remembered when their time had come & when it clicked later.  
 Yep I know what you’re talking about. Some of those friends seem genuinely disappointed now when the topic comes up. I try to tell them that we are still early but they know how much they already missed. 
 We call it the “future winning lottery ticket” 
 End of ’17 here goddamit ! Where were you ?! 😂 
 Yelling at ungrateful people about the virtue of digital gold 
 😂😂 yep when I came across you in ‘18 you were in full voice still 🤙 
 To be honest that period was full of really dreadful Lambo nonsense. ‘18 was a wonderful wasteland with everyone gone, Time to stack. 
 It’s good to see you on Nostr more often by the way 
 Agreed. I miss some of the twitter OG's that inspired me to stack in those days.

I owe them a great debt of gratitude. 
 I know the feeling. 1M sats costs less than 1k in slavery coupons. 

We still have the wand and people are still saying no 🤷‍♂️ 
 Blows my mind that the last 10 years CAGR is 60%. The last 5 years is 50%. 
 Knowing about and being deeply convicted in bitcoin in 2024 is like having a magic wand that could make anyone you know rich. 

You go around asking people “hello good sir, I have this magic wand that can make you a millionaire. Are you interested?” 

And literally everyone says no

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 This is how I feel today 
 Still true today. Maybe even more so 
 STILL TRUE. 
 it takes pow to navigate this R-hole! all the best! 
 even more so.  #Bitcoin 
 You get Bitcoin at the price you deserve is damm right! 
 BET HUE WOULD'VE GOTTEN BETTER FEEDBACK WAVING HUER PENIS INSTEAD 
 First time I heard your crazed ramblings was in the beginning of '19, but in that context you (and the other dude) mostly had digressions about moral compasses. But I think you also mentioned Bitcoin and I didn't listen! 
 Yes because you didn't say get rich instantly! All those people probably bought lottery tickets or some scam coin because they were promised a magic wand that said they could get rich instantly by a convincing scamming wizard. 
 Yup. Nocoiners and degens ask what crypto to invest in. I can't in good conscience recommend anything other than stack and hodl BTC. It's not what they want to hear. 
 So true.  After decades of knowing our money ain't shit . . . eureka moment in 2012.  Tried to spread the good word, but have only been able to orange pill one or two since.  Now I never talk about it unless specifically asked.  99% of people are blinded by the inflationists' gas lighting and a lifetime of false learnings about money. That is how early we still are. 
 I started much later but I’m also at the point of not talk about it if not asked. And even if people listen and buy they can’t handle the up and downs if they didn’t understand “why” in a profound level. 
 True, friends and relatives said no. Still true sadly  
 Haha!! Why you gotta rub it in 😭 took us left curvers a lot of tries 
 Felt the same for me in 2023 haha 
 Same still true yeah? Lol 
 Yep 
 I was late to the party, thought I had missed the train. But, I woke up one October or November morning, saw it was at 16k and said... 

"Holy shit, this is it..." Haven't wasted a cent since. It's become an obsession to learn everything I can. Everyone around me thinks I'm a lunatic. They're probably right. 🤷‍♂️