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 I've given this a lot of thought and I've decided to get myself something nice for Christmas... More bitcoin! https://media2.giphy.com/media/hK61m7SawMkqUcyLg1/giphy.gif   
 Thanks a lot bull market... Now my wife is going to be angry with me... "why didn't we buy more bitcoin... We should have bought more". What can you do 🤷‍♂️ 
 What is the ideal or suggested learning curve for someone like a waiter who accepted bitcoin as a tip?

What is Bitcoin / How to use or spend / What is a wallet / Backup / Lighting vs on-chain / custodial vs non-custodial? 
 Why spelling is important:

Stacking is good. 
Staking is bad. 

Know the difference.  
 If you wake up one day, and a significant portion of mankind just vanished off the face of the earth... Will you believe the alien narrative? Because it feels like they are grooming us for it.. Or will you consider something else, like perhaps those chirstians were right and the rapture happened?