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0 sats \ 3 replies \ @SimpleStacker 27 Oct \ parent \ on: My friends think Bitcoin is a joke. There's nowhere to spend it or Lightning. bitcoin
imo, when people finally understand what bitcoin is and why libertarians like it (not just thinking of it as an investment asset), they are more open to it.
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @028559d218 OP 27 Oct
I can't even talk to people about what "money" is. Money (to me) is the agreed upon contract to produce work in the real world.
Why the fuck should we use pieces of paper for that???
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @SimpleStacker 27 Oct
eh, if your friends have no curiosity to even talk about what money is and what makes a good or a bad money, then they're not ready to hear about bitcoin at all. I wouldn't even bother with it.
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30 sats \ 0 replies \ @028559d218 OP 27 Oct
In my experience it is a huge jump for most people. Even the very few people I have encountered who are into/own crypto... know ZERO about Bitcoin.
They like dogecoin or fartcoin or memecoins (or things I have never heard of) they want 'fast returns' on their Coinbase account. The idea of a Lightning wallet to pay for things might as well be quantum mechanics... the idea of an energy-based currency or digital capital never really occurs to them.
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