Oddbean

Honestly, the best orange pill is just being rich. Like most people, I ignored Bitcoin for a long time… then, someone I trust mentioned the then-current $ amount of his Bitcoin position and it got my attention. He didn’t have to discuss inflation, difficulty adjustments or UTXOs… he only had to be rich. This obviously only works in circles of extreme trust, which are quite uncommon.

You were reference sold. That works sometimes, most will want to triangulate that datapoint (usually ~3rd step) rather than trust it alone but sounds like you trusted him enough to “buy” on that alone. That’s not the common experience though. Already rich people are the easiest to orange pill because they already get fiat for the most part; Bitcoiners are just showing them how to stop the bleeding. Reference selling usually only works for small amounts, ie doubtful you put all your wealth into BTC based on hearing just that chat. It’s a good icebreaker, it’s not good for scale.

You are 100% correct. “Got my attention” …not, became a maxi on that alone. I then triangulated with another trusted friend, bought a small amount, learned, bought, learned, bought, learned… The scaling solution is the suite of resources that are now available for those interested in building conviction.