Oddbean new post about login | logout My son doesn’t say a lot with much clarity but he does say “Bitcoin” pretty damn well every time he sees me wear a shirt with the symbol on it. 😆 He knows that Bitcoin is my thing somehow, because when he sees it while doing other stuff or in his kids books with my wife he always says “da da bi coin” nostr:note1qcnr70mmwpu8wwchak3vmf88dtujkwj0td3vl58mwpgesqvecu3qfgm5pv
And one day, he may even say “word up pops, let’s get after it you fucking legend!!!”
Ask your wife what she's training him to say behind your back... sounds like she's making fun of you (in a fun way) 😄
Possible 😂
I've got mixed feelings about talking about this in front of the kids (3 and 6). I don't know what they are going to say to their friends in school and who they will then tell.
Just telling them what bitcoin is shouldn’t be a problem. Now if you tell them where you keep your keys and how much it’s worth, etc. well then they certainly might run off and go tell their kids how “cool and rich” you are (or whatever). There are a great many number of ways in which you can talk about things without being stupid. In other words, your child can know and understand how money works without having to go into how much cash you have and how to unlock your safe.
Terrible opsec. Do not teach your kids to say this word. There are very bad people who do bad things for not very much coin.
I can’t justify trying to stifle my kid when he notices or is interested in something because I’m scared of the world. I certainly don’t want to make him afraid of everything either. In addition I’m a very public person already, and nobody is confused about whether I have Bitcoin or not. There’s not going to be some super risky data leak because my 2 year old is hanging out with other 2 year olds that isn’t 1000x larger from 1000 other, more important, areas. And when he’s 7 or maybe 10 years old I suspect that every kid his age will know what bitcoin is and most of their parents will own some. I feel I have to have a little perspective about the relative risks, where they are likely to originate, and what the cost of spending energy being concerned over them are. I also just generally refuse to carry around a permanent and complete distrust of the world. Instead I focus on ensuring that I don’t cut corners on all the practical and direct ways that I protect my family and myself. TL;DR My kid can say Bitcoin and I’m not gonna worry about it.