When your friend that cut you up about bitcoin now wants you to hook him up...

[spazzdla]

Now that the value has exploded...

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[tinus42]

Yes fuck 'em.

[unamis76]

A funny post to alleviate some tension accumulated on the forums... That's exactly what I want to do to some people... Fortunately not many!

[LFC_Bitcoin]

Yep!
Who's laughing & criticising us for investing now hey? The thing is if those people ask my advice to help them get into bitcoin I'll probably still point them in the right direction.

[pixie85]

One who laughs last laughs best!
On second thought don't be like them, we need more people to use Bitcoin, even those who were non-believers.

[RodeoX]

My neighbor is a financial advisor who warned me about the bitcoin ponzi scam when I introduced him to it. I watched him go through all the stages of BTC from "You can't just create money, it's not allowed", to "well now it costs to much, better to buy alts like  stupid-coin, it's not so expensive." The final stage is "Please help me get bitcoins, I'm desperate!" He actually has asked me about doing a presentation at his business because they have had a few questions from clients.
You know what pushed him over the edge? His wife. I gave her some coin to play with on her phone and within weeks they were glued to watching the price. It is easy to understand that they have more money.
 

[Sundark]

Guys, I know that we re all happy that Bitcoin price is so high, at the same time we are efficiency of the BTC is at its lowest.

- we have the highest fees ever
- network is slow, confirmation are longer that usual
- for god's sake we have almost 80k unconfirmed transaction

Fix this first and then brag about pumped price.

[Nagadota]

People are completely mental to jump on Bitcoin as soon as the price goes up.  They should look at the charts and find a dip to buy in instead of trying to get in at the highest point possible.

If someone was desperate to buy in at the 2013 pump for example, they were insane.

[hello_good_sir]

Yes fuck 'em.

That is something a little bit too expresive, dont you think?
I dont see a point in cursing just because of that, i totally admit that the behaviour of this "friend" is really not ok but there is no point in saying things of that kind.

More people means that BTC price will go higher, plus the volume of the overall trades is going to increase so thats great for all of us.

But on the other hand,  less people in the network means more time for us to obtain as many bitcoins as possible, before price going to the moon.

[The Sceptical Chymist]

My neighbor is a financial advisor

'Nuff said.  No disrespect to your neighbor intended, but listening to people in the financial world (and also business journalists) is a sure-fire way to lose money.  They are especially ignorant about bitcoin.

As to OP.  I don't have any friends who even know about bitcoin, as I generally don't talk about it in my day-to-day life.  I have mentioned it to some coworkers in the past, but they didn't shut me down.  They were kind of intrigued.  But I'd give 'em the finger anyway.

[coolcoinz]

My neighbor is a financial advisor who warned me about the bitcoin ponzi scam when I introduced him to it. I watched him go through all the stages of BTC from "You can't just create money, it's not allowed", to "well now it costs to much, better to buy alts like  stupid-coin, it's not so expensive." The final stage is "Please help me get bitcoins, I'm desperate!" He actually has asked me about doing a presentation at his business because they have had a few questions from clients.
You know what pushed him over the edge? His wife. I gave her some coin to play with on her phone and within weeks they were glued to watching the price. It is easy to understand that they have more money.
 

Haha this is so typical. I had a friend who was fascinated with how you can make money holding bitcoin. His expectations were so high that he thought he'll put $5k and have $10k next month  When the price fell a bit he sold with a loss, said it was shit and promised to never get near it again. 2 years later he started asking me how my investment is doing because he's thinking about buying some.

[Red-Apple]

well that is not a nice thing to say!
people make mistakes, we all had our skepticism one way or another. maybe we never have been a dick about it but you can't deny thinking what the hell is bitcoin and mining and all that the first time you heard about it.

- we have the highest fees ever
- network is slow, confirmation are longer that usual
- for god's sake we have almost 80k unconfirmed transaction

these 3 are the same thing!
and the second one is not technically correct. network is not slow, transactions with lower fee than other get slower confirmation.

[Emoclaw]

My thoughts exactly, I've seen so many non-believers now seriously regretting not buying in 2014 when the price was ~$100.

- we have the highest fees ever
- network is slow, confirmation are longer that usual
- for god's sake we have almost 80k unconfirmed transaction

these 3 are the same thing!
and the second one is not technically correct. network is not slow, transactions with lower fee than other get slower confirmation.

The network is technically congested, therefore making it slow overall. It should have been faster at lower fees.

[Daniel91]

My neighbor is a financial advisor who warned me about the bitcoin ponzi scam when I introduced him to it. I watched him go through all the stages of BTC from "You can't just create money, it's not allowed", to "well now it costs to much, better to buy alts like  stupid-coin, it's not so expensive." The final stage is "Please help me get bitcoins, I'm desperate!" He actually has asked me about doing a presentation at his business because they have had a few questions from clients.
You know what pushed him over the edge? His wife. I gave her some coin to play with on her phone and within weeks they were glued to watching the price. It is easy to understand that they have more money.
 

Haha this is so typical. I had a friend who was fascinated with how you can make money holding bitcoin. His expectations were so high that he thought he'll put $5k and have $10k next month  When the price fell a bit he sold with a loss, said it was shit and promised to never get near it again. 2 years later he started asking me how my investment is doing because he's thinking about buying some.

When we deal with money and finance, we should be very rational, not emotional.
If people follow emotions, they loose money, every time.
It's the best to make long term goal, and stick to this plan doesn't matter what happen.
If something is ''real thing'' as bitcoin, its value will increase over time, of course with occasional ups and downs.
If people act in panic (every time) because of a temporary decline in value of bitcoin, they will never become successful and rich.

[European Central Bank]

When we deal with money and finance, we should be very rational, not emotional.
If people follow emotions, they loose money, every time.
It's the best to make long term goal, and stick to this plan doesn't matter what happen.
If something is ''real thing'' as bitcoin, its value will increase over time, of course with occasional ups and downs.
If people act in panic (every time) because of a temporary decline in value of bitcoin, they will never become successful and rich.

all correct.

and almost no regular people are capable of doing this. if everyone was rational there would never be any bubbles anywhere. the most people and attention always arrive just before the end and most will abandon it before it rises again. in 1000 years it'll still be the same. that's how most minds works.

[LeGaulois]

I have a few friends in this case, who now are interested in bitcoin. But they are only interested because of the possible profits that can be done. I am not interested to talk with them about this, but prefer to explain them what are the pros and cons to use cryptocurrencies compared to traditionnal money. And i surely not going to tell them to buy bitcoin to make profits "quick". I prefer they make their own due dilligence. In case the price decrase, i don't want to be responsible for their potential lost lol.

[Leonard2016]

it seems that you lack patience
i on the other hand have a lot of it when it comes to introducing bitcoin to someone specially if they are a firend. and believe me when i say i have had lots of them who didn't even accept it at first but they all came around and came back begging for more information. and i always give it to them.
they all thanked me later.

[Kprawn]

How does he expect you to "hook him up"?

Is expecting you to give him bitcoin? You should offer to sell a small amount but add a 20% premium to the price for the pain and suffering he caused you way back when.

They usually talk down on you, when you bring up the subject... but when they hear that you actually make some decent money ....then they want

to know more. I had the same thing with a family member .... we would have a family dinner and someone else will say, " Oh, I hear you are into

Bitcoin. " ..... He will chip in and say something bad like ..." Yea the currency favoured by drug addicts "..... Then you double or triple your

investment and they turn on a dime... and shows a lot of interest. 

[IIOII]

My neighbor is a financial advisor who warned me about the bitcoin ponzi scam when I introduced him to it. I watched him go through all the stages of BTC from "You can't just create money, it's not allowed", to "well now it costs to much, better to buy alts like  stupid-coin, it's not so expensive." The final stage is "Please help me get bitcoins, I'm desperate!" He actually has asked me about doing a presentation at his business because they have had a few questions from clients.
You know what pushed him over the edge? His wife. I gave her some coin to play with on her phone and within weeks they were glued to watching the price. It is easy to understand that they have more money.
 

That's why I never took advice from financial advisors. These guys became advisors, because they are bad investors and can't generate a fortune with their own abilities. So they seek jobs, where they get paid for ruining someone else's fortune.

Buying something just because it has already risen in value shows a total lack of ability in financial judgement. A good investor buys because of analyzing the value of something and buys good values even if everybody else is disinterested / hostile towards the investment.

[avikz]

The sweetest revenge is to ignore them and nothing else. Don't share your secrets of earning bitcoin and let them find it on their own. I believe that's how every veteran started their journey with bitcoin. No one showed the way, but still we were able to find the right way to make more money with bitcoin. Let them have the pain.

Because experience comes with pain which really pays off. If I were you, I wouldn't have entertained them at the first place. But let them feel jelous about you because the pricing of bitcoin makes it the most desired investment available in the market.