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 I know family that won’t touch bitcoin unless it’s in an ETF so they can put it in their retirement account, 5% allocation from normies, what do? 
 Introduce them to Unchained. 
 Fidelity is all they know and trust 
 Have you tried saying “have fun staying poor!”? 
 What do? You front run Blackrock like any intelligent investor. Let them buy the table scraps. HFSP. Don't forget to say "I told you so" when Uncle Sam rugs the ETFs.

On a more serious note, keep going. Orange pill everyone you can but don't get too invested in any one person. Find the fence-sitters and nudge them in the right direction. Maximize your efforts. Stay on your grind. 🤙 
 why? that would just drive up the price for myself? 
 Maybe I was unclear. Buy bitcoin now to front run Blackrock. Once the ETFs are approved there will be a gold rush of institutional money. The family you mention will have to pay a much higher price. Your impact on the price is negligible (assuming you are not a billionaire lol). 
 they won’t buy until ETF, it’s not about censorship resistant money for them, they just want the tax benefit 
 Are you American? That's what bitcoin IRA products are for. Send them here https://welcome.swanbitcoin.com for the basics and here https://www.swanbitcoin.com/bitcoin-ira when they start to get it.

Swan is my employer but Unchained has a similar product, probably others. You can also go the DIY route and set up a self directed IRA manually. This has been possible since before the genesis block. https://blog.lopp.net/how-to-invest-in-bitcoin-within-a-tax-advantaged-retirement-account/

If they can get it done before ETF approval they should see massive gainz. It is obviously a risky strategy, must have conviction. 
 the ETF will be a few clicks on a computer and no need to understand anything about bitcoin 

“Whitepaper? nah, I’m good” 
 They say everybody gets their corn at the price they deserve. Good luck in the bull rush. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 
 Dear 2140 plebs, good luck