A no-Bitcoin friend turned a old Bitcoiner

[BD Crypto]

Why would someone try to hide their Bitcoin involvement from their friends that tried to teach them all this while?

I feel somehow about my friend because I just found out that he has been into Bitcoin for a long time, probably before me, what's surprising to me is whenever I tried to enlighten him about Bitcoin he always Shawn me down and say he has no interest..

Maybe Bitcoin is still illegal in your country as like mine. And your friend is very serious about his security and about the activities in crypto or he want to be an anonymous user. So it's not a bad thing at all. Bitcoin was created to make transections decentralized, Anonymous and secured. So he is enjoying the properties of Bitcoin.
You should not force or try to know about his Bitcoin involvements.

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Maybe he just wanted to surprise you, and it also depends on what level of friends you guys have sometimes when it involves money, people won't tell you about it because they have multiple valid reasons to do so, and one example is they cannot reveal it to you because they fear that you might going to ask them to borrow it. If I were a sincere friend, I would leave it as it is because that was what he wanted, he didn't want anyone to know, or maybe the dude just wanted to hold his bitcoins for the long term, and at the same time, he is hiding it to others as well.

I personally think there is no harm in discussing anything about Bitcoin. Those of us who work in Bitcoin certainly talk about it with people we know around us who I know who are related to Bitcoin Through this discussion we get good results.  There is no possibility of financial loss. But your friend knows why he did that. Maybe he doesn't want to tell you about Bitcoin, maybe your friend wants to surprise you.

[Casdinyard]

I mean for their safety of course. The only people who goes out of their own way to let everyone know that they are investing in bitcoin are those who have little to none of it in the first place and are only doing it for clout or to perhaps look cool in front of their friends. Your friend's clearly not the type of guy to play with his own security so I don't think this hiding of his investments from you is in any way a low blow or what. We all have ways to make sure nobody ever gets their hands on our investments, be it online or offline. I even saw one time a guy hide his investments from his wife only to have it be taken away from him when divorce came and happened. It's not wrong to hide what you do from the people you're with, and I don't think this is something you should stress over since after all, he's still your friend and it's probably for the best.

[pawanjain]

Why would someone try to hide their Bitcoin involvement from their friends that tried to teach them all this while?

I feel somehow about my friend because I just found out that he has been into Bitcoin for a long time, probably before me, what's surprising to me is whenever I tried to enlighten him about Bitcoin he always Shawn me down and say he has no interest..

Today I get to know from a relative of his, who thought that we are into Bitcoin investment together, a coincidence that brings up some suspicious thought, now I am left with thoughts of why he was hiding this all along from me?

At first I though maybe he was scared bringing me along, but it doesn't make any sense because I thought I knew better than him and I needed to teach him.

What do you think is probably ongoing here?

I think that's quite normal because a lot of people like him and me are reluctant to say about our investments to anyone.
A lot of people care more about their privacy and security and there are some who also think they don't want to take the risk of getting others money at risk.
Also, there are few people who don't want others to get ahead of themselves and so that might be one of the reasons why your friend didn't tell you about bitcoin.

[ImThour]

It depends from person to person, or maybe he didn't wanted to share his investment with you specifically just like he didn't shared with his other friends.
No need to feel like he didn't acknowledged telling you however sometimes it's good to stay quiet and keep investing yourself as educating others to invest in something is not an easy task.

[_BlackStar]

What do you think is probably ongoing here?

Everything seems normal - but you need to understand that your friend also needs privacy. You don't need to know why your friend isn't talking about it and telling you that he knew about bitcoin before you - that's a very personal question and you don't even have to push him to give you an answer.

I can also think of one thing - maybe your friend doesn't trust you about bitcoin either, so he should cover it up from you even by pretending he's not interested.

-snip-  but I will make this my last comment in the thread, it's fine.

If you draw conclusions like this - then lock the topic now. I assume you've found a suitable answer and the problem is solved.

[Rruchi man]

Today I get to know from a relative of his, who thought that we are into Bitcoin investment together, a coincidence that brings up some suspicious thought, now I am left with thoughts of why he was hiding this all along from me?

At first I though maybe he was scared bringing me along, but it doesn't make any sense because I thought I knew better than him and I needed to teach him.

What do you think is probably ongoing here?

You most likely feel betrayed, because your openness in the friendship was not reciprocated.

While other people may feel like you were not told because your friend was interested in his privacy, telling you considering the relationship you have with him that he knew about bitcoins even when you were trying to talk to him about it would have taken nothing from him.

You are deeper in friendship with this person than they are for you, that is a lesson that you must learn, and also learn from them how to shut your mouth. Not everyone needs to know what you know, don't say if you are not asked.

[sokani]

Maybe Bitcoin is still illegal in your country as like mine. And your friend is very serious about his security and about the activities in crypto or he want to be an anonymous user. So it's not a bad thing at all. Bitcoin was created to make transections decentralized, Anonymous and secured. So he is enjoying the properties of Bitcoin.
You should not force or try to know about his Bitcoin involvements.

I thought about that too and the only way to play safe and not to draw attention to himself because of the ban of cryptocurrency was to pretend he does not know about Bitcoin and he's not interested in learning about it either. The Op feels pained and betrayed but he failed to realize one important thing that Bitcoin was created to give people autonomy, anonymity, security and decentralization and it's easy to admit that the friend is a better Bitcoiner than the Op because he values his privacy and security.

[SmartGold01]

The heart of men aren't the same you might be friends for long and but that doesn't mean he would share his secret with you, No!
Because possibly he doesn't want you to know his source of income that you won't go revealing him to others that may attack him, I know too well that when people hears about bitcoin they often feels like such person's might be having thousands of it without knowing is just some fractions. So learn to be secretive and security consciousness because people you thought are your friends are not really your friends but just your enemies.

[SamReomo]

Why would someone try to hide their Bitcoin involvement from their friends that tried to teach them all this while?

I feel somehow about my friend because I just found out that he has been into Bitcoin for a long time, probably before me, what's surprising to me is whenever I tried to enlighten him about Bitcoin he always Shawn me down and say he has no interest..

Today I get to know from a relative of his, who thought that we are into Bitcoin investment together, a coincidence that brings up some suspicious thought, now I am left with thoughts of why he was hiding this all along from me?

At first I though maybe he was scared bringing me along, but it doesn't make any sense because I thought I knew better than him and I needed to teach him.

What do you think is probably ongoing here?

The person is hiding his involvement with Bitcoin and crypto-currencies because of privacy issue. There are many people who hold huge amounts in Bitcoin and they never share the thing with anyone. I even saw someone who hold Bitcoin rejected the fact that Bitcoin is trusted, because a few people don't want others to be financially stable and that's why they use the game of discouragement. The secretive people always hold their assets without anyone's knowledge and they won't share their secrets with anyone, not even with their spouses.

What I recommend you is to not mention Bitcoin of anything related to it in front of your that friend because it isn't worthy to continue a conversation about a thing that other party is trying to ignore. You don't even need to share your knowledge with him or ask him anything about Bitcoin and his investment on it. You should also try to not let your friendship bond breaks because of his behavior, and you should keep in mind that everyone is not willing to share their investments with others.

[Wind_FURY]

Why would someone try to hide their Bitcoin involvement from their friends that tried to teach them all this while?

I feel somehow about my friend because I just found out that he has been into Bitcoin for a long time, probably before me, what's surprising to me is whenever I tried to enlighten him about Bitcoin he always Shawn me down and say he has no interest..

Today I get to know from a relative of his, who thought that we are into Bitcoin investment together, a coincidence that brings up some suspicious thought, now I am left with thoughts of why he was hiding this all along from me?

At first I though maybe he was scared bringing me along, but it doesn't make any sense because I thought I knew better than him and I needed to teach him.

What do you think is probably ongoing here?

Don't take it personally, and he shouldn't take it personally as well if it happened to him. Because as a Bitcoiner, as yourself "Who should I trust"? The right answer is, NO ONE. Especially when Bitcoin surges to a six digit valuation, you definitely should never trust anyone. Keep your Bitcoin in cold storage and don't talk about it, ever.

I already posted about how wealth doesn't really change the person who has it. It changes the people around the person, and how they act with the person.

[jossiel]

Because that's how you do it.

That guy understands on how important it is to live a private life and no need to broadcast it even to his friends that his into Bitcoin for such a long time.

I am also doing this when friends of mine that have asked me before and then follows me up and asks me if I'm still in. I'm choosing people where I'll be serious about matters and that guy probably feels the same thing.

[robelneo]

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Today I get to know from a relative of his, who thought that we are into Bitcoin investment together, a coincidence that brings up some suspicious thought, now I am left with thoughts of why he was hiding this all along from me?

At first I though maybe he was scared bringing me along, but it doesn't make any sense because I thought I knew better than him and I needed to teach him.

What do you think is probably ongoing here?

Not all holders are the same I'm also holding some information on my friends and relatives who are investors like me, I value my privacy when it comes to investing so just be happy that he is into Bitcoin like you when it comes to investing in Bitcoin and you know someone, learns to accept the fact that you do not have the privilege to ask him to open up.

You can now talk about the market and news about the industry and what coins are good and what are going to be pumped but not to the point that he will open up his investment to you, I don't want to say that he distrust you because you know him better, but still congratulate him for investing in Bitcoin.

[KiaKia]

I believe this friend of yours is in fear of the mind of men, but I won't support the point that you two aren't genuine friends, I know that friends turn to enemies and friends do better themselves, but the privacy thing makes sense when you keep your worth a secret, it doesn't break privacy teaching people about Bitcoin, it takes a deep thinking to understand this.

If your friend can talk about Bitcoin investment in his family, what makes him think that he is safer doing so? There is a saying that everyone's real enemies are within our mist, some people's real enemies are in their families.

It's all in your front now, your friend don't trust you and he feel unsafe around you when it comes to making money, if you are a good person, you should just accept the truth and move on, but all I see here is untrust between two friends.

[Fivestar4everMVP]

A man without secret is not a man enough, like some persons have said, being friends is not an automatic ticket for you to know everything about me including my finances and investments, there is always a limit to what a friend should know about another friend, and those who are wise know and practice this..

Me for example, I have several friends, both casual and those I consider to be close, but several of them know nothing about my finances  and my involvement in bitcoin, so what your friend did is nothing to feel bad about, consider it a lesson your friend thought you, and maybe practise same going forward from now on.

[Oilacris]

Why would someone try to hide their Bitcoin involvement from their friends that tried to teach them all this while?

I feel somehow about my friend because I just found out that he has been into Bitcoin for a long time, probably before me, what's surprising to me is whenever I tried to enlighten him about Bitcoin he always Shawn me down and say he has no interest..

Today I get to know from a relative of his, who thought that we are into Bitcoin investment together, a coincidence that brings up some suspicious thought, now I am left with thoughts of why he was hiding this all along from me?

At first I though maybe he was scared bringing me along, but it doesn't make any sense because I thought I knew better than him and I needed to teach him.

What do you think is probably ongoing here?

He just want for it to be private and just like on what other people been saying on here on which even you are friends but doesnt mean that he should obliged himself on telling you everything on
everything he do or simply with those secrets which we know that it cant really be that something to be shared on considering that it do involves money and there are indeed people who cant really
be just simply so open on their engagement on things and its true that its better to respect his privacy.

If you do have interest on telling him about Bitcoin then just simply proceed but if you do see that he had already the knowledge then simply cut it off and move on. Just live and treat him
as your friend despite of such condition on which telling him about Bitcoin. You might thought that you are better than him but you shouldnt really make yourself that get
shocked on the time that he would really be more knowledgeable than you, so better none on pushing things.

[Furious 7]

Why would someone try to hide their Bitcoin involvement from their friends that tried to teach them all this while?

There are several conditions where we really want more privacy, especially when investing in bitcoin.
Your friend wants that and it's good enough actually to see someone who is so humble and continues to be a hidden individual like that because he really wants a different and different life when he is in an investment and friendship environment.
Hiding from those closest to the fact that it is very difficult and I quite salute what your friend did because he is firm with the anonymity he carries out.
On the other hand, he is also not too interested in exhibitions which are sometimes always done, especially when discussing or talking about bitcoin and I like that.

For other things in friendship, you don't need to be discouraged when there is a secret that is not leaked because each of us may have some that you don't want other people to know, including your friends. the most important thing is that your relationship and your friends are fine apart from investing in bitcoin that is enough because being in bitcoin openly or covertly will not destroy friendship.

[alastantiger]

What do you think is probably ongoing here?

Trust no one. If you have ever thought why bitcoin is anonymous then this is a perfect reason. Beside it is better to feel safe knowing that no one ones about your bitcoin holdings than to feel terrified about get robbed because someone knows about your bitcoin holding. Still it is easy to know those who have bitcoin by just going to their social media and looking at the activities and types of conversations that they engage in. Your friend may have chosen to live a quiet life. Just buy and hold.

[SOKO-DEKE]

Why would someone try to hide their Bitcoin involvement from their friends that tried to teach them all this while?

I feel somehow about my friend because I just found out that he has been into Bitcoin for a long time, probably before me, what's surprising to me is whenever I tried to enlighten him about Bitcoin he always Shawn me down and say he has no interest..

Today I get to know from a relative of his, who thought that we are into Bitcoin investment together, a coincidence that brings up some suspicious thought, now I am left with thoughts of why he was hiding this all along from me?

At first I though maybe he was scared bringing me along, but it doesn't make any sense because I thought I knew better than him and I needed to teach him.

What do you think is probably ongoing here?

Security and anonymity are crucial, particularly when it comes to Bitcoin investments or any type of cryptocurrency.The fact that he didn't tell you that he was investing in bitcoins doesn't necessarily imply that he didn't trust you, but in order to increase security, it is best to keep quiet since if you do, someone else might find out. In fact, whenever it comes to financial matters, we should never put our trust in anyone because people are often seduced by weath.I've seen a number of instances where someone killed their best buddy for a small sum of money he told him he hide in somewhere, so it would be best if he kept his investment a secret.

[drwhobox]

Trust no one. If you have ever thought why bitcoin is anonymous then this is a perfect reason. Beside it is better to feel safe knowing that no one ones about your bitcoin holdings than to feel terrified about get robbed because someone knows about your bitcoin holding. Still it is easy to know those who have bitcoin by just going to their social media and looking at the activities and types of conversations that they engage in. Your friend may have chosen to live a quiet life. Just buy and hold.

Perfect, I feel the same about OP's friend. Maybe he don't trust him as much as he trust his friend. Because he saw OP talk too much about bitcoin and thinks that OP can scam him. Also some people don't want to share anything with others, maybe your friend don't to share the knowledge with you.

Why do you waste your time on thinking about something that you can not control? Your friend ignores you and you should do the same. No hard feelings.