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 Telling new users to hold and never sell is the wrong approach to convince most people. 

You get them on Nostr, set them up with a lightning wallet, and now they're pumping out 🔥 content and receiving zaps ⚡ 

But, they're holding this intangible thing that to them is just numbers in an app. They can't go spend it on something tangible at the mall or supermarket. All they can do is send it to people on Nostr or maybe pay for some web services with it. 

So they have this persistent doubt in their mind as to whether or not it actually has real world value. 

But, is they can, with just a couple taps, turn it into dollars in their bank account and go buy something, that's when they have the solid realization that it does have tangible value. 

Then, when they see the price go relentlessly higher, that's when they realize that there's also value in saving some for later. 

Now they are a believer. This is the way you convince the average fiat-brained normie to hold Bitcoin.
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