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 If you're into Bitcoin, I wanna hear your story.

Why did you become a Bitcoiner? https://image.nostr.build/0ca832499cbcc9490f20989cb8f3a2c19d34c3cb4673452c2284d39bb95f2d3e.jpg 
 A bit long to write down 😅 
 Make a TLDR version. I'm genuinely curious 🙂 
 Went abroad to marry my gf and to start a business. 
Business wasn't going well, so went back to my country to work and save money.
Fucked up my knee and had to get surgery.
Couldn't work for a few months and my best friend was saying he went all-in with Bitcoin.
I started trying to learn and see how Bitcoin was a scam and how he would lose his money.
A few months later i became a Bitcoin maxi and my life has only changed for the better
 
 Respect for changing your mind. Many people are too stubborn/proud to admit that they were wrong 
 I'm just glad i had the time and did the work. I also really care for my friend. 

Never ever could have imagined how this would change my life.

I owe my friend so much nostr:nprofile1qqspsjp3x4faxllye0vt45kkh33rwc2aw072ge8dktglgd2eqr85fasppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0qyghwumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytnhd9hx2tc9x0cck

 
 💜 
 It was thrust upon me. Didn't ask for this shit. 
 Lol. Tell me more please  
 Was minding my own business eating twizzlers and drinking slurpees in my momma's basement, Pomp casually explained the Bitcoin value proposition to me in a YouTube video in 2019. Instantly clicked, spent the next 5 years unlearning, becoming radicalized and switching political affiliations while completely dumbfounded as to why people can't grok this stuff. A call to action, slapped me across the face, I didn't ask to be here. 
 I learned how fiat works 
 Through books/videos? If yes, do you have a must read/watch to recommend to me?

I'd need them to orangepill my nocoiner friends 
 The immaculate conception with Jordan Peterson and Saifedean Ammous 
 I actually just published my orange pill story on my website!

https://bitcoinbarks.com/Barks/Paw-Prints-to-the-Timechain/#wbb1 
 Wow, thanks a lot for sharing it. Your story is truly fascinating and inspiring.

If you don't mind me asking, what country do you live in? I'm curious because you said you are able to live off bitcoin 
 Hi there, I'm glad you enjoyed my story! I'm US-based. In hindsight, I could have added more information on my #OnZero workflow. I will likely do so in a future article.

Basically, I spend on credit throughout the month while directing all my income into bitcoin. At the end of the month I sell the bitcoin needed to pay off the credit cards and pay my monthly fiat bills.

While I still technically touch fiat, this arrangement allows me to be maximally allocated to bitcoin at all times. 

While this model makes sense, during bullish periods, I do question whether it might not be logical to hold more fiat bear markets. Philosophically, I don't want to. But we'll see what the future holds.
 
 Please, let me know when you updated it!

Though decision. Maybe it becomes more easier each cycle and so on 
 I will be sure to! That said, I don't think I'll add all my thoughts on #OnZero to my orange pill story article.

I'm currently working on an article about supply issuance, as a response to a poorly researched news piece I found recently. When I finish that piece, I might tackle a writing about options and strategies for holding zero fiat.

I've bookmarked your reply here to remind myself to shoot you a link once it's written and published!

https://image.nostr.build/c166b1b2c5cf9937b6cb1c15f9a2a08abc23ef49dc1a864ce2c106153b90cbe9.jpg 
 Instead of updating that article, I just made a new one about #GetOnZero where I detail the theory, lay out a few different strategies for different liquidity environments, and share the details of my current workflow.

It's live!

https://bitcoinbarks.com/Barks/get-on-zero/#wbb1 
 Read "The Creature from Jekyll Island" in 2005 then followed J Orlin Grabbe and learned about attempts to create digital currency. Got busy with life but had told my father what I had learned  and years later he asked if I had bought bitcoin (around 2011). I didn't know what it was but didn't think much of it. He passed away in early 2014 and I didn't hear about it much again until 2018. Started watching videos and learned how decentralized it was so started buying in late 2018 and early 2019. 
 What a journey!

Do you remember how your father first came into contact with Bitcoin?