Here's the list with an extra dash of humor, where are you on your journey with Bitcoin ?
Level -1: The Sheep - Baaa! Clueless about fiat, still thinks money grows on trees (and follows the herd, of course!)
Level 0: Paycheck to Paycheck - Living on the edge, one missed payment away from ramen noodles for life... and a permanent seat on the couch. Uses a PC with Microsoft software
Level 1: The 401k Guy - On track to retire by 70, but still wondering what a "Bitcoin" is... and why it's not just a fancy type of coffee 🤔
Level 2: The Saver - Finally has an emergency fund, but still uses a piggy bank... and thinks it's a "high-yield" investment 🐖
Level 3: The Investor - Thinks diversification means having both Tesla, Nvidia, Apple, Google stocks... and a few Bitcoin ETFs for "fun" and has a rental home . Chasing a 10% return when inflation is 5%🤦.
His daily computer is a Mac with a M1, M2, M3 chip.
Level 4: Trance State - Stacks Bitcoin on hot wallets and exchanges... and regularly checks their balance in their sleep 💸. Has sold the rental home. Uses a Mac with intel chip
Level 5: The Hodler / Pleb - Still holding onto Bitcoin from the previous bear runs, stacks Bitcoin on a cold wallet... and has a permanent "HODL" tattoo or Bitcoin merch. Owns a Jade , Coldcard or Trezor One , or bitbox or a similar cold wallet 💪.
Level 6: The Node Runner - Does dollar-cost averaging in a recurring way, saves Bitcoin on a cold wallet... and actually understands what a "node" is (no fancy word needed! He can speak about umbrel or start9 pros and cons) . He is willing also to be “Uncle Jim” and share his node for the family or community 💻.
Level 7: The Miner - Dollar-cost averages in a recurring way, uses a cold wallet, node... and has a mining rig in their basement, a permanent layer of dust on their shoulders, and his local Bitcoin community knows him as a superhero 💥 . He probably uses multi-signatures. Most likely doesn’t own stocks or a 401k pension fund. Uses Linux as his daily computer .
I'm never mining. I know so many people who have only lost money on it, it really only should be done by people with large amounts of capital or a way to get free energy
Bitaxe is the revolution, 20 million freaks with tiny lotto miners, selecting their own block templates, should restore balance to the force.
And Hustle says good luck operating a big static bitcoin mining farm in the middle of Atlas Shrugged. Although you never know, maybe Dennis Porter puts in a few good words with the regulators.
You can heat your house with old s9s. You need to use to power anyway (assuming you live in an area with a winter season) so why not stack some KYC free sats while doing it? If you underclock and use quiet gaming fans you hardly notice them.
Which level is boating accident victim?
All of them freak,
Level 5 right now.
You forgot:
shitposts on Stacker News
https://m.stacker.news/25512
You still have a lot to go...
Read more here:
https://m.stacker.news/25506
Between level 6 and 7. But I didn't really go through the steps that you've outlined here. I just like technology in general and I found Bitcoin to be one of the tech that's interesting to me.
It's just a bonus that it's actually solving a core part of human economy and social organization.
TheWildHustle is on the level where you start transitioning all of your time, energy, out of the old system. You become a FOSS enthusiast, enamored with self hosting, citadel theory, and Marlboro reds.
Can I add a level called “BALLS DEEP” because that’s where I’m at!
5-6. Been here 3 years. Excited for my 1st halving after HODLing through the bear market
I'm level 8.
I am Transcendental.
I send zaps with my neuralink just by winking. ⚡😉
Level 7 baby. Off grid solar mining is the life. I got no worries. I have no papers, no mail, I own no vehicles, no homes. I am a ghost. And my hands are harder than diamonds from installing all this solar. Feels good.
Level -2: What's fiat?
I'm nowhere but everywhere. Haha
Level -1 still :)
Okay, but which level uses a Timex Sinclair 1000 as their computer?
The path to be a real Bitcoiner 👀
Level -1. Nice try fed!