It feels so good. After so many cul de sac conversations, she finally gave in and bought herself some bitcoin.
My biggest finding:
  • many people have a problem understanding the idea of the bitcoin blockchain - some virutal world, which does who knows what, etc.. I knew this was a problem, but did not know how to solve it, until now. I showed her a visual view into a mempool and explained to her about the pending and confirmed transactions, blocks, miners etc. I think, since she saw a visual representation of the blockchain, that lit up a light bulb. She could suddenly associate something real with something that was just talked about and virtual. I think this was the final thing she needed to wrap her mind around it. Seeing the transactions, blocks, chain live was priceless.
Of course, she needs more education, but the biggest step is done. The rest is just a walk in the park.
Hope this helps someone to orange pill another lost soul.
visual view into a mempool
Are you talking about https://mempool.space/ here or something else?
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yes, that is a great example of one mempool
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Send her to Nostr and take her to a conference or meetup
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hehe, that is a bit too much tech for her:). she is more of an art person. different brain
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My wife is the same, but the social element goes a long way with the ladies
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I wish it was this simple to orange pill my daughter but she's on her own path and will find her way eventually.
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It was not easy. This was just the final straw. Many years of eye rolling :)
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Nice work! We got to set some missionaries too to spread the word of bitcoin. We got to put speakers on top of our cars and drive around the neighborhoods. Maybe even get ATM setup in the car for people that lines up to buy bitcoin.
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Congrats Mate! It definitely too a lot of effort
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I really never thought about visualizing the mempool as an orange pulling tactic but it makes total sense.
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yeah, me neither until now
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You go girl :)
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Happy walking together in the parc of blockchain and bitcoin! 👣
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Congrats! Just don't tell her you own any BTC, loose lips sink ships.
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Deception kills relationships.
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And good opsec is the best way to avoid being deceived.
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i do not have any. i lost it along with my boat last summer:)
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Lucky man!
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Until she got that bitcoin in a hardware wallet, the battle is only half won, but you are on the right track 😁👍🏻
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bought herself some bitcoin.
You mean you hadn't already bought some for her??? Planning a divorce in the future or something?
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She is on her own path. If I would buy her some, I think, she wouldn't be able to recover it within a month :). She is not the most organized person. But this way, she went through the journey herself, so she is better equipped to not forget about it.
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keep on chugging along. well done
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