You’ve got to cut your losses. Everyone gets BTC at the price they deserve.

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There will always be an incentive to mine bitcoin because there is always wasted energy that doesn’t have midstream capacity to monetize. If there is always an incentive to mine bitcoin then there is no way it goes away. (Most of my successful orange pills have been those in the oil and gas spac...

The best argument is yourself. Be an example to your friend and he will understand that it is not a fad.

Mockery works. How many fads last 16 years and keep getting more popular? Some famous idiots though the Internet was a fad. Gotta customize it to the person. Some people like that Bitcoin is saving lives in authoritarian countries. Most in the US just care about their purchasing power Bitcoin doe...

Bitcoin is the best money humans have ever discovered. Walk them through the 7 properties of money and a brief history comparing Bitcoin to gold and fiat…

"Never work hard for something that someone else prints an infinite amount of for free." "Do you think it would be valuable to have a system of money where you knew, without question, that the rules were exactly the same for every participant. No matter it a powerful government or an everyday citiz...

Depends on the friend, so much. But typically I start with monetary debasement with clear anecdotes (big mac price chart e.g.). I ask questions that lead them to the conclusions like "would you rather leave your cash in the checking account or invest it?" "why" Then back to inflation again and deb...

Start with the purple pill and Zap them

math and physics is not a fad. BTC is based on laws of the universe. dollar is not based.

Tell them about BlackRock, Fidelity et al.

It’s not going anywhere, look at how big the network is, how much is invested in that network.

Everybody's orange pilling is different but I've found that most people will start to think if you help them understand a few of these concepts. * Bitcoin can't be stopped. By anyone. Most people's journey is finding out all the things they thought would stop it, can't. * It's not controlled by a...

A good slapping.😆🫲

This bull cycle will switch them from “it’s a fad” to “ahh dang I missed out!” And their dissonance will repeat until they’re completely turned out by the impending hyper-inflation. Not everyone will make it. In fact most will not.

Higher highs, higher lows just look at the chart

The dollar is melting, and a reflection of the last few years generally gets people thinking about what the next few years might hold. Bitcoin is uniquely positioned and has fared well thus far. This is usually enough to convince someone to allocate a small percentage. However, as these things go,...

I would suggest you don’t say much more. I would instead give them the help needed to hold their hand and set up a wallet. Teach them like you would a child and make it a fun experience. Then sit next to them and send them some amount like “$5”. Then every time they open the app to check thei...

Society is shaped by the tools it frequently uses. A: When society uses bad money 5 this has a far-reaching second order effects - mostly negative. B: When society uses true money it will likely have have positive second order effects. Bitcoin is the best way to take us from A to B. Embracing B...

the best argument for investing in a Ponzi Scheme is that most people are idiots and can't figure the scam out.

Tell your friend that if Bitcoin is a fad, it's the all-time longest running fad that's been going on 15 years. Nevertheless, your friend will eventually realize that Bitcoin is not a fad and he will either not be able to afford Bitcoin, or he will end up buying it "at the price that he deserves."

There will always be strong demand for the ability to save and transfer value in the hardest form of money, and Bitcoin is the most promising technology to fill this universal need you need to *fully* convince them otherwise they’ll sell at the first sign of trouble the most convincing full argu...

Today's fad, tomorrow's standard. Crocs were weird. People still wear them everywhere.

That's a hard question. I have yet to orange pill anyone myself. So I'm kind of trying to figure out the question myself. 🤔

money is not a fad

First, nothing is guaranteed and they need to do their own research and really understand before jumping in too far but Nostr sure helps when you make a note that pays for their wine 🍷 🤣💜

For those that have had no interaction with Bitcoin, I've found a pragmatic approach that 99% of people get works well. Simply ask this question; Do you want gas, groceries, rent, food, utilities to go up forever like they have. OR Do you want them to go down theoretically forever? If the later then...

“BlackRock has a Bitcoin ETF.” 100% success rate.

The point is holding the value of money, which you likely got in exchange by investing your time. So the point is holding the value of your time. You do not want it to slip through your fingers like dollars and euros (fiat money) do. It would kind of make your time less precious. To avoid losing va...

Study the dollar.

Why save in a money than can be printed ad infinitum ? All money got debased, and eventually failed. Yes, even gold. Bitcoin (not held on a exchange) can’t be debased.

Money is time and energy in an abstracted way. Nobody should be able to create it "out of thin air", not even governments

It is. It’s just a permanent fad

Think for a moment about quality. Everything has a measurement of quality. Air quality, food quality, life quality, and so on. Why is nobody talking about money quality. Why has everything quality, except money.

Tell them "It is just like a casino and to never invest more than you can afford to lose" and then watch the magic happen.

As my ‘recovering attorney’ wife would say, it depends. Fiscal resilience, unsensorable transactions, number go up technology