I was first introduced to this thread because I had some skepticisms regarding how true was one of her posts in another thread, and largely she (Op) informed me that she was trying to learn more about bitcoin in order that she could have better interactions with her husband in regards to the topic. You can see one of my responses
here that link to the thread of our conversation in that thread.
Also, for some reason, I thought that I had seen a post from OP proclaiming that she had bought some bitcoin, yet now I am not sure about that, and maybe I am mixing up OP in my memory with another forum member.
In reviewing this thread, I found that there were quite a few really good posts and suggestions regarding the credibility that experience brings to anyone who is wanting to have conversations with others about bitcoin, and surely it comes off as arrogant if anyone is going to want to consider themselves to strive to be a teacher before engaging in an extensive learning process first, and of course, as many members already suggested one of the better (if not the best) ways to learn is through interactive experiences.
Even in this thread, we find that there are so many members who want to help with the very basics, so anyone trying to learn about bitcoin (or any other topic for that matter) puts themselves in a pretty decent space if they can both show interest in a topic but also to take steps to show that they are engaging in the topic and learning along the way, even if the questions that are raised in the beginning might be very basic, yet if there are ways to continue to show progress and interaction, then the learning becomes more likely to continue.
Many of the longer term bitcoiners have likely seen newbies getting into bitcoin, but then getting distracted into shitcoins, and even if the distraction into shitcoins is not a path that every single bitcoiner takes, there are various patterns that tend to show themselves, even if in the end most members still end up finding their own unique path in terms of how much they might go down a strict bitcoin maximalist kind of a path or one that might involve some receptivities to shitcoins and other projects.
Another common path that any of us might find might be newbies who start threads, but then they do not follow up to the various posts within the thread. Of course, some posts are repetitive, but frequently it can be quite helpful for the rest of the thread participants to see that the newbie OP is attempting to follow through with various suggestions.. and this thread already has close to three pages of posts with various on-topic and good suggestions.
I would like to see posts from OP that discuss her bitcoin journey on a regular basis, perhaps weekly or every couple of weeks (this thread has been active for more than 5 weeks already) to show that she either bought some coins or did not buy any coins, what kinds of interactions is she having after considering the advice of this thread.. whether with her husband, with people face to face or in other places in which she is learning about various basic (and perhaps more advanced) ideas in regards to bitcoin.
I am a bit of a stickler in regards to figuring out a budget... and starting to employ some kind of a dollar cost averaging strategy, so it can take a while just to figure out your psychology and your budget with maybe $10 per week or some other amount that works, and then maybe after several months or even a year or so, figuring out self-custody if you had not already figured it out.. and of course, the more value you start to put into bitcoin, the more important it becomes to make sure that you understand how your value is secured... including the risks of holding it with third-parties, if that might have been the starting out path that had been taken by the newbie.
Many of the thread participants have already suggested that it can take years and years and years (or at least a lot of hours) learning about bitcoin, and maybe some people might only have a few hours per week that they are able to study or look into bitcoin or to figure out various kinds of transactions and/or bitcoin storage set-ups they are going to do, and then even after they might start in a certain direction, there may be decisions to change some of the set ups in order to feel more comfortable with them.
So, no problem. It seems that many of us look forward to hearing more from OP in regards to this topic, and to see some actual follow up. I am similar to others in terms of continuing to have some skepticisms regarding if OP is really serious about the topic or even willing to learn.. through sometimes difficult interactions that might take place in the forum or even in terms of real life interactions and sometimes figuring out ways to raise topics in ways in the real world that are of mutual interest rather than scaring people away... and some of us learn, over the years, that some people might NOT be ready to talk about bitcoin, or they are hostile to bitcoin or they have a lot of bad ideas about bitcoin, but it is not like any of us can fix them in terms of their ideas if they are not ready and/or receptive to talk about bitcoin in ways that are also relatable to whatever place that we might be in.. There may be times in which we need to learn more about the other person.. including that they might raise topics in which we do not know the answer or even have much if any clue about the answer, which should trigger us to perhaps considering researching more into the topic that was raised.. and/or to realize that we do not know enough about the topic that we are trying to discuss.. so in that regard, there might be risks to our own credibility if we are approaching a topic from the position of a teacher.. when our various foundational knowledge aspects are not well enough developed.. Also, sometimes we don't necessarily need to be a teacher, if we are just asking a friend what they think about a topic, and in that situation, we may well end up being way more of a student rather than a teacher... but there still would be a dynamic of making sure that we are not forcing a topic in which the other person is not interested.
