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A year ago today, my family was featured in a Motherboard Vice article called “Meet the ‘Bitcoin Family.’” Since that time, my two sons have learned a whole lot more about Bitcoin and are fascinated by their father’s work as a cryptocurrency journalist.

Learning About The Tools of Liberty at a Very Young Age

My son Joshua is now seven, and Franklin is three, and we often discuss the Bitcoin industry that surrounds my life. As a journalist and graphic artist, our family has lived off the Bitcoin economy for close to two years now.

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great story :) and also a great way to improve the standing of bitcoin. i like it a lot and wanted just to take the opportunity to say thanks  and keep up the good work.

This is nice story we will see the future generation for new born adopters our child and siblings will be the next bitcoin user in the future.
And i think i am seeing now what will be bitcoin in the future.

Great story enjoyed that read, i am sure it has been hard at times?  i think i would find it almost impossible to survive on bitcoin where i live at the moment, i could probably could get a coffee with it....lol

Perfect! Teaching the next generation about bitcoin is like teaching them about saving your change when we were growing up. It's going to be the new normal in our households.

'Do your chores Billy! You won't get your 100k Satoshi until they're all done. If you want that app on the iPad you'll need to earn it!'

great and good story. i am agree with your step to teach our children about bitcoin. who knows when our children is grow up, they will be the most person that will continue the bitcoin project  ;D

and maybe next thing is you can teach your children to trading and mining in the home too lol.

i like about this, and thank you for your share.

I'm glad to see that there are younger people getting interested with Bitcoin and it isn't all just a 20+ club, although it can seem like that some times. I'm glad to see everything is going so well, and I hope everything continues to go well for you. Keep it up and never stop teaching your kids!

Nice story. Keep educating them and when they grow up they will be ahead of the curve. They will be more prepared to face the challenges that they may face in the future.

Very nice example of embrasing Bitcoin and how the things are developed over the time. Keep going and good luck!

It's good to see very young people joining the bitcoin world and I hope those guys will open and create something useful for the new generation which I think would be perfect if bitcoin will be integrated in the games that kids plays so they can learn and earn and spend bitcoin like the game coins inside.

Its amazing how your work is affecting your childs, they are interested into bitcoin because its your work. This is a great example how to teach to kids about bitcoin.

I think the most important lesson to learn from the Bitcoin family is not about Bitcoin itself. It is about showing that self-initiative and entrepreneurship is rewarded. That is a useful learning experience for the children that can have a very positive impact on their lives.

On the negative side I'm not endorsing sharing one's family life and especially that of one's children with the public. The children are not yet ready to fully understand the implications of being part of a journalism project and might regret that in their adulthood. If Bitcoin greatly increases in value, it comes with a significant security threat as well.

ya.ya.yo!

Wow, I didn't thought that there is really a family who are really into bitcoin. And your sons are still young for it. Good job for you Ezekial just keep on educating your family about bitcoins, you are making history in the Bitcoin industry. I hope to read another article from you. Your story is very inspiring at all.

long journey with family begins bitcoin save the beautiful memories a year ago you worked hard cryptocurrency journalist.
happy moments in your life,your lucky family My regards to your child.

I wish tere were more bitcoin families like your's.I wasn't fortunate to learnt about bitcoin in its early days and missed out on a lot.I hope my kids also adopt bitcoin at early age

Great story. Its very good that parents learn their kid about Bitcoin since now. When they will grow it will be an advantage for they

   I like what is written on the picture "Currency for next generations". Many of my friends have kids, and with 2 years they know how to open youtube, and to watch there what they wish. Little older kids knows better about android phones then me, I think next generations will know much more about internet and they will use internet much more. Bitcoin will be perfect for them, they will find a way to get to things much faster.
   Very nice story, probably this couple thins about future much more then other parents. I think this is good and probably soon there will be more examples like this one.

Great history!
i don't have kids but i'll definitely do the same when i have.

Its a great and fantastic story i hope there will be another person keep on publishing about bitcoin and other crypto currency, we need this kind of publishing to help bitcoin and other alt coin to survive, and i am happy to see that bitcoin can help somebody financially

You make a discussion about a Bitcoin industry with a seven and three years old boy? Are you sure about that?
Can they understand what you're talking about? Because you said that you introduced Bitcoin to them a year ago, which means when Joshua was seven and Franklin was two.

hahaha. you nailed it! i think kids don't understand bitcoin and they will never interested on it because playing and have fun is their main goal. I think the site is
just using a hyperbolic word to attract people. And i don't care about teaching bitcoin on kid because it is nonsense. Bitcoin family is not an ideal family. It will makes greediness
to the family because of teaching money at young age.

This is novel, but it sort of reminds me of  that guy who tried living solely from things he ordered off the internet, not leaving his house for a year, or the other person who webcammed every room in his house...novel, but really proves little. 

I read the whole article. For me it was nice that your children are learning those things with your guidance. Honestly, I think they have more knowledge than me with those bitcoin wallets like Trezor. It is a good thing that there is someone who can guide them and prepare them for their future and give them an idea on how the future of technology might be especially how cryptocurrency works. But of course, I do hope that your children are still enjoying their childhood and not just focusing on technologies. They are still young and they deserve to enjoy life, to be happy, to play, just like other kids out there.  ;D

We are in the information age now so teaching children bitcoin at an early age is good so that they can be aware of the new technology. Being aware of what their father does for a living makes them think of how hard or simple they can earn money or bitcoin. I think they are more informed than me regarding crypto currencies and I'm happy to know that there is someone earning bitcoin for a living as his main bread and butter and not just a sideline.

If young people turn to bitcoin now in less than five years we are going to see fireworks. They are the key for mass adoption. I don't spend anymore time explaining how bitcoin works to people older than 40. They will be forced to adapt one day. But our youngsters need to know sooner than later what a great thing bitcoin is.

I am very happy for your kids

Good, let's just hope that in the future Bitcoin is used by every single person on earth. Right now, old people will never understand bitcoin and they are far from ever using it. The transition will take at least 20 years. By then 1 Bitcoin should be around 500k per coin since 5% of assets will have moved there. Young people holding BTC today will be rich as fuck.

it is good story , really nice :). now young generation in to the digital world , definitely next generation will be digital crypto based currencies only. your kids are doing great. it will be motivation for the next generation kids also.I belive future of bitcoin is good and price will rise high.

Interesting how one whole family is earning bitcoins and live from them. Like most of people here I agree that youngsters and new generations are the key forbbitcoin success. They are much more involved in internet then old people.
I didn't saw in article how much they earned in one year, enough for make a living with that money apparently. I don't have kids yet, but one day I will follow this man steps, and probably I will teach them about all this in young age. My girlfriend is already earning coins and trade a bit, I made a first step.

haha. I think his sons are the younger ones who know about bitcoin. the thing is, do they already know how to earn bitcoin? or you just discuss about it with them?

it's okay. introducing them about bitcoin is also good.

Well it proves that it can be done, to me this proves that early economic education it is possible and in fact should be encouraged. As an example in my whole life I did not receive any kind of economic education I needed to find the answers by myself, so when I have kids I will make sure to teach them from an early age how the system works and the pitfalls they should avoid.

Your two sons are three and seven years old and they know about bitcoin?

I don`t believe that.

How often do you discuss bitcoin with them?

This is a nice and touchy story, although I think you may want to remove pictures of your little ones from internet.
You probably is hard core Bitcoin lovers, and so are your children.
Keep up the good work.

Well, that is an interesting story while you're making grow a BTCitcoin surely these steps would be helpful for them, this would be encouraging for other parents to tell about this innovation to their children by using different methods which will make their children to learn more about BTCitcoin.

great story
make a better next generation for this industry

why you wouldnt believe in it? it is just ordinary money why they cannot know about it then? it is also really easy to use

that was good story and i had always be so glad if any people could took their contribute for development of cryptocurrency world especially for bitcoin because that will makes bitcoin will more popular in the future and i think bitcoin really need more people such as you

This is a very interesting story. I would love to have tried this when bitcoin had barely started. I think in the future there will be more families willing to completely convert to bitcoin and feel safe in doing so. We are living in a world that is advancing so much it is amazing!

Why is is that when I think of me and my family talking about it sounds awkward to me. Maybe it is because I cant really share it yet I dont know if they will really agree. Well thenm thumbs up to you.

I don't think there is anything wrong in telling your family, in fact when I told my family they were very much excited that I am using this innovative currency and also earning it when no one else is aware about it yet.

Pretty interesting article. I like your kid's idea of giving out bitcoin instead of candy for Halloween, lol. That would be awesome. From the sound of it, your kids know a lot more about bitcoin than many. I'm pretty sure when I was 7 years old, all I cared about was watching cartoons and riding my bike.

Yeah, it does something wonderful for the growth of the bitcoin. Because it's the thing that makes the development of the bitcoin became better and also the Foundation of the bitcoin will get stronger because more and more people who believe in the bitcoin and use it. a good goal would certainly give something a good thing

The money of future for the next generation! Thank you, very nice story  ;)

OP said he and his family have lived off the bitcoin economy for two years but he didn't explain how. Does he do graphic art for bitcoins or is he into trading?

It's great to see whole families getting into Bitcoin and even better to see the younger generation showing interest in this technology. I think the new

generation needs faster money to keep up with the speed of the internet and Bitcoin might just be the answer to this. Bitcoin also opens up

more opportunities for them to show innovation and entrepreneurship.  ;)