130 sats \ 3 replies \ @purpurato 21 Aug 2022 \ on: What's the Biggest Mistake When Orangepilling People? bitcoin
Giving them some as a gift. This is my own regret in the past when trying to orange pill people around me.
I like this subject because I made myself the same question many times, and now I nearly stopped with the orange pilling with anyone, they will come to understand it on their own and that's the only way. I feel trying to convince people about it is like what Jehova witnesses or mormons do, it's just annoying and only people who have some genuine interest will come to be convinced, but those are precisely the ones that will seek to know more about it and don't need any convincing!
"It's not the job of a bee to convince flies that honey is better than sh** "
Unknown internet philosopher
Why do you regret it? Have they reacted negatively to it? And did you do it as a birthday present or just randomly? And how did you gift it (paper wallet etc.)?
Asking because I did that myself a few times so far and received mixed reactions to it.
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We opened a wallet live and I sent them some, but most of the people I gave BTC never got involved any further, which defeats the purpose of the gift. I could verify when I spoke to some of them maybe a year later and they still saw it as an internet curiosity.
Also, you simply don't give money as a gift. Back when I was young it was seen as a lack of tact to give money or to leave the price tags on your gifts.
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Ah, I see. Same experience here with most of my people. However, I gifted hardware wallets on birthdays and else gave away bitcoin by just sending them the seed words; they had to figure out the rest by themselves (or come up with questions).
I think gifting money it's still seen like you described. That's why I bought hardware wallets. The other cases I would describe as "giveaways".
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