IRL

letsdrinktothat

This seems to be getting bad in France. I try my best to not let anybody IRL know I have crypto, and hopefully what I have is not enough to warrant that kind of targeted attack anyway. But you can't help if your data gets leaked or whatever.

shes_a_gdb

What people? On the internet? Everyone on the internet is a troll or a complete moron. People IRL dgaf about bitcoin. And if they do, it's because you as a bitcoin holder is annoying about it.

ByronicZer0

I feel like you've never encountered boobs IRL

Left_Revolution4711

IRL, actual shops.

No_Knee3385

Payments where? IRL, browsers, etc.?

No_Knee3385

If you mean IRL, you would need to create a POS system (point of sale). But yes. I've been asking coinbase to do this for years. I do think it takes a big company like coinbase to pull this off.

DangerHighVoltage111

Still just a price argument + more slander. >Usage (barely 15k daily txes on a busy day) Yes, this has been the pivot point for p2p cash since Bitcoins inception. The BTC slander didn't help. But giving up is not an option BCH works and is ready. >Being an inflation hedge (never reclaimed previous ATH) It works well for me, Hint: Not everyone bought in the small time frame of ATH. And again FIAT is secondary >Ownership decentralization (Top 100 addresses own 35%+ of the supply) It's better than most cryptos and only slightly worse than BTC, mostly because Maxis sold their BCH >Public endorsement (no IRL celebrity has ever mentioned BCH) Yeah no shit, everyone that did got brigaded. Sound money is too dangerous. This either works as bottom up revolution or it don't. Your are not telling everything new, you are just showing that you are an opportunist and not interested in a better system

the_rodent_incident

I should post the long-term BCH/BTC chart now, but too many people already did that already. I'm slandering BCH's price action, not the project itself. Project is solid. Community is battle hardened, as I've said before. BCH works and there's a few wallets available. But it SEVERELY lacks: - Usage (barely 15k daily txes on a busy day) - Being an inflation hedge (never reclaimed previous ATH) - Ownership decentralization (Top 100 addresses own 35%+ of the supply) - Public endorsement (no IRL celebrity has ever mentioned BCH)

No_Knee3385

It's like a wallet IRL, you don't put your net worth in it. You put enough for when you go out

Cptn_BenjaminWillard

I'm definitely a risk-taking early adopter. I'm a big fan of AI, but we have a long, long way to go before I would ever trust an AI Agent with access to my shit. I'd want to set up a completely independent laptop with a completely sandboxed new persona rather than let it touch my IRL data.

Pascalboyart

Bitcoin IRL hits different 🟠✨

ArcadesRed

I have had to explain to people IRL why its such a bad thing. Some people are ignorant, some are full blown socialist. Reddit has a tendency to lean to the latter. Socialism and communism sounds great from your mother's basement or a college campus.

EmbarrassedGene7063

I’m not gonna lie, the IRL stuff does make it feel more “real” than just another meme with a logo and vibes. But at the same time I’ve seen a lot of projects list a ton of initiatives and most of them don’t really translate into price or longevity. Are people actually using any of this regularly or is it more community flexing? I’m trying to figure out if IRL initiatives actually matter long term or if hype + liquidity still wins in this space.

3nino

registered IP • games published as day 1 releases on the Play Solana console PSG-1 • partnership with art platform DripHaus and hundreds of original custom made pieces of art • merch shop • DAO • charity donations to Little Sunshine Pledge and SchoolOfNFT • NFT collection with built-in rewards mechanism • IRL events (maps handouts, booths, sticker contests, ads in Times Square, plane with $HEGE banner) • more community-made games • more contests, raffles, competitions, giveaways • weekly TA sessions and blog updates • collab with Capitoday for X Spaces + working on our own Spaces format • a shitload of stuff I'm forgetting welcome to the Hege fund.

3nino

• registered IP & company • games published as day 1 releases on the Play Solana console PSG-1 • partnership with art platform DripHaus and hundreds of original custom made pieces of art • merch shop • DAO • charity donations to Little Sunshine Pledge and SchoolOfNFT • NFT collection with built-in rewards mechanism • IRL events (maps handouts, booths, sticker contests, ads in Times Square, plane with $HEGE banner) • more community-made games • more contests, raffles, competitions, giveaways • weekly TA sessions and blog updates • collab with Capitoday for X Spaces + working on our own Spaces format • a shitload of stuff I'm forgetting welcome to the Hege fund. 

HSuke

I agree with OP that it's no longer early. Bitcoin has stopped developing half a decade ago, and its community is now heavily against updates. Newer 3rd and 4th gen blockchains are still developing and maturing. But maturing is different than being early. IFAICT, retail has moved on. It's now old and boring. Most of my tech friends were quite interested in Bitcoin back in 2015-2017 when retail shops were accepting Bitcoin for payment. Most of them stop following after Bitcoin got boring and stopped evolving. 2017-2018 and again in 2020-2021 (during the lockdown) was when most of retail and their moms got into Bitcoin & crypto. There were a few people in my non-techy social groups and at work still talking about crypto. This cycle, no one I know IRL is talking about it except to make fun of it. The riskier ones are now into predictions markets and sports gambling. Everyone I know who was amused by crypto in past is now against it.

Vegas_42

That's really impressive! Kendu will come out of this bear market stronger than ever. IRL iniatives matter, community matters.

TheresNoSecondBest

Are you trying to say, you've never used it, despite hearing about it for this long? Here's how spending bitcoin IRL looks like: https://youtu.be/Tlhvnpi2ukA I'm using Bitcoin almost on a daily basis. Buying groceries, paying for meals, taxis, domains/hosting, VPN... Spend and replace is usually the name of the game so no, I'm not spending bitcoin while saving in cash. If you're thinking about spending some, here are my favorite directories: http://lightningnetworkstores.com/ https://btcmap.org - awesome map, you can even add your local vendors in, once you orangepill them. https://acceptlightning.com/list.html https://spend-sats.com/ https://spendabit.co/ https://directory.btcpayserver.org/ There's also an option of buying gift cards https://thebitcoincompany.com/ https://bitrefill.com https://www.egifter.com/buy-gift-cards-with-bitcoin - this one's least fave because they use a shitty custodian for payments but are handy for a few cards. Spend and earn some sats back: https://foldapp.com - save up to 20% Starbucks, Uber, Target , whole foods , Dunkin https://www.lolli.com – save up to 30% by spending BTC anywhere but primarily USA stores https://satsback.com/stores-list - save up to 20% by spending BTC anywhere but primarily Europe stores.

stanley_fatmax

> I suggest finding a local Bitcoin meetup, talk to other folks in your community and get advice for services they use, specific to your locality Meeting and talking about your wealth IRL seems like an unnecessary risk

SpaceFaceMistake

This is good news. We need many more ways of spending IRL and having companies accept eg $BTC $LTC $XLM $XRP $ETH to be used as payment Through a Visa Card or account having Visa use or create their own Crypto Wallet system. So paying with Visa can be payed with $BTC but the company may wish to receive the Dollar or maybe 50/50. Master card or Visa then get exposure to owning $BTC or other coins for USD exchange which is super smart with $BTC the newest and longest currency to be. Or $USD the currency that is dying.

Banker_dog

Only L1 delivering privacy use cases IRL? What about Midnight?

PhysicalLodging

Me IRL

AdministrativeIce696

Nice contribution, Satoshi isn't anyone famous or publicly known. BTC was a group project and needed an unknown face. Hal chose someone he respected to be Satoshi, knowing he had ALS. That person created Satoshi and made another few key contributions to the project, as well as undertaking huge personal sacrifice. A few people on this list and the project knew the real identity. Satoshis parents are not great people and have destroyed their reputation IRL. Hint: The first letter of Satoshis firstname and first letter of their birth country are the same.

__Ken_Adams__

I do but I try to keep this reddit account separate from my IRL activity.

Rotund_Flatworm

No shit. These people are so ingrained with an external locus of control. Every problem is their life is someone else's fault. I try to distance myself from those types IRL and online because they're Losers. That's why I rarely visit reddit anymore

VUb6RUSL

Buy now there's even a bunch of stories of people or their friends or family getting robbed or tortured IRL.

adotar

See that’s what I mean lmao. People are completely delusional and if you point out that’s just not going to happen, people get almost violent. I have an okay amount of bitcoin and even if it tripled from the all time high (which it won’t do any time soon and I’m talking like more than 4-6 years) I still would not even be able to buy the average US house outright. When I say this to people I know IRL who are holding significantly less bitcoin than me, they just have no idea that they don’t get 400k just because the price of 1 coin is valued at that. If they have .1 of a coin, they are looking at the possibility of buying a nice pre owned rav4 in a couple years. 

Spitipoti

You can short Bitcoin. Not on the blockchain, of course, but you can short it on whatever trading platform. I can also short it IRL: I ask you to lend me 1BTC, I sell it, I buy it again in 1 month and give it back to you... that's shorting, what is stopping us from doing such a deal? You might not be interested in it, for sure, but I'm fairly certain I could find someone willing. I read the white paper plenty of times, so what? It's only explaining how the blockchain works, not how everything that was built around it.

Jesse-359

There is no such thing as a decentralized currency. Period. It's not a matter of technology, will, fiat currency, or a lack thereof. It's a matter of market concentration, and unregulated markets *always* concentrate wealth. Always, without exception. Play any game where people are competing for 'money' - Monopoly is the classic - and if you play it long enough someone will end up with all the money, and everyone else with none. It does not matter how 'fair' the game is. That is going to be the result of any natural 'free market' - because it's the result of *math* \- compounding interest, compounding investements, and compounding market power. If you try to design a money-competitive game where this *isn't* the outcome, it turns out to be *really hard*. Usually you end up having to implement some equivalent to Wealth Taxes to keep the game running indefinitely - otherwise everyone quits because they have no money. IRL that point where everyone else quits is usually when the violent revolution occurs, so the goal of any good economist should be to prevent that from happening - but by default it will always happen sooner or later - often sooner. Oh, though it should be noted that highly speculative markets like BTC have one other possible outcome - everyone loses when the speculative market crashes out entirely.

KingThunder01

Maybe go get validation IRL. Or is it hard to get friends for reasons u dont understand (but we do)?

TheAudacityofHopium

Great little app, I think it looks good! I'll have to play around with it to see how I can use it IRL. Question: How does it take into account the price every day? I'm still learning how to use it and don't see that yet

Serenaded

I'm just saying I've been in this exact scenario before in 2020, and again in 2023. Where the community and everyone you talk to IRL is like "Oh crypto is so dead, all those idiots got rugged". That's where we're at now. When it's like this, you can't possibly imagine that crypto will ever bounce back. Then it does. Just saying, I've seen this happen multiple times now and sentiment always gets to this level before it hits new highs.

bigounce321

Call me crazy but 3 years ago I had a dream I was on my phone at my pc on Coinbase seeing things crash even more than this, but then around October-November seeing shit rocket up. I think 2026 is gonna be interesting because every part of that dream and other dreams have occurred IRL and given me massive Deja vu 

Head-End-5909

Why do people feel the need to talk about their gains to everyone? IRL, people only discuss things like this with others who share the same interests. This applies to tradfi and crypto like Bitcoin

TheresNoSecondBest

Here's how spending bitcoin IRL looks like: https://youtu.be/Tlhvnpi2ukA I'm using Bitcoin almost on a daily basis. Buying groceries, paying for meals, taxis, domains/hosting, VPN... Spend and replace is usually the name of the game so no, I'm not spending bitcoin while saving in cash. If you're thinking about spending some, here are my favorite directories: http://lightningnetworkstores.com/ https://btcmap.org - awesome map, you can even add your local vendors in, once you orangepill them. https://acceptlightning.com/list.html https://spend-sats.com/ https://spendabit.co/ https://directory.btcpayserver.org/ There's also an option of buying gift cards https://thebitcoincompany.com/ https://bitrefill.com https://www.egifter.com/buy-gift-cards-with-bitcoin - this one's least fave because they use a shitty custodian for payments but are handy for a few cards. The custodian might steal your sats and ask for a KYC before releasing them, so go with tiny amounts only if really need to use them. Spend and earn some sats back: https://foldapp.com - save up to 20% Starbucks, Uber, Target , whole foods , Dunkin https://www.lolli.com – save up to 30% by spending BTC anywhere but primarily USA stores https://satsback.com/stores-list - save up to 20% by spending BTC anywhere but primarily Europe stores.

Spitipoti

I feel like there's some sort of unjustified hype around hardware wallets. If you plan on making max 1-2 tx/year, I don't see how they are any safer if you're a bit knowledgeable around computers. You can easily run Tails offline via USB stick, load your cold SW wallet there and sign your transactions offline. That's arguably safer than buying an HW wallet, considering you're putting yourself a huge target on your back when buying one: see the data leaks - bad actors can try to either try social engineering you or outright come and meet you face-to-face IRL. If I have an offline HW wallet, nobody knows I own BTC. On the other hand, I can totally see how they're handy if you send transactions on a weekly basis.

Snarvix

The NFT is the certificate of authenticity for physical sculpture drops like Marvel and Bugatti. Asprey Studio members get access to showcase their art in the gallery in London mayfair, it’s a VIP ticket to IRL events like huge art events such as art basel miami, first access on exclusive drops. Marvel and Bugatti for example only 60 sculptures are made Asprey Studio Club holders are the first ones that get the opportunity to buy before Marvel and Bugatti clients most of them are really high end rich collectors / clients. And much more. check it out!

Snarvix

One of the few NFT projects that actually built something and is still using the concept of nfts the right way is Asprey Studio… All NFT’s come with a 18 kt golden ring which’s gold value currently is close to floor price. IRL events in london, art gallery that is actually doing really well. Exclusive collabs with Marvel, Bugatti etc.

lm19891

The IRL efforts are huge, and show that a lot of people are committed to this brand for the long haul. Kendu is not some pump and dump. Kendu is a community committed to building something huge over the coming years. Major repricing will happen soon.

phi_curious

If we want the future to be mass adoption the IRL has to be the future. The majority of people live their lives offline and will not start getting involved in crypto if we are not reaching out to them. It is that simple.

damianoko31

Yeah I know. But I do my own research and I have emergency account and all this things and everyone I know IRL tell me how dump I'm if I want BTC so I ask here first and than buy btc

damianoko31

Yeah why not. Everyone I know IRL saying it's a bad idea and how dump I'm even to do stock's. So I do my research and as a last thing before I buy it I ask about it right here ✌️

malte_brigge

> If the market cap catches up to silver, we will have overhot the 200k mark (: I'd like to see this happen. I'm tired of my silverbug friends IRL looking like Nostradamus while my "money of the future" trades like hot garbage.

Arijan101

>the total value. >Obviously when btc was trading in pennies, the low psychological barriers to price movement allowed higher % fluctuations. > As the relative value of btc to usd increased, it was still volatile, yes, but also it was not widely understood or adopted. > As the value has climbed to much higher levels, volatility has slowed. We havent seen a 90% drawdown, nor a 2100% rise. This is exactly why BTC is a bad investment, especially at these levels. The upside is extremely limited, but the downside risk is enormous. Also, we're in the first few months of the bear market and BTC already plummeted by 40%. It's an over bloated $2T market cap asset, which has no use case IRL. >We have lost 90% purchasing power of the dollar since 71. That's literally a widespread commonly.known fact. Very easy to verify so if you cant accept that, this isnt a good faith argument. That's completely irrelevant to BTC. Yeah, Inflation is a thing that exists, Bitcoin doesn't fix that.

AKBonesaw

I don’t doubt what was said about most people not able to have the conviction to hold them or it being unreasonable to think they would have invested them long term being the most likely outcome. However for context, nearly all of these guys were single or just dating with no kids at the time. Also I was, and still am, a fucking BTC maxi who was trying my best to help them not blow all their money on cigs, beer and eating out and encourage them to put something aside. I led all these people to the spring and not one of them drank from it. I don’t really try to help people out IRL in this way anymore.

Innercapital89

Agree and great point. If you want to go trading you should ask yourself: what is my edge in trading against the big players and professionals. Strongest communities. I think you should check for communities that keep on pushing no matter how the market is, good or bad. Communities that are pushing into IRL stuff. Check if a community has a high level of face doxing. This creates some public responsibility instead of scammers who are just sitting behind a anonymous account. Imo the community is the main driver of all great projects. Even BTC. You know the videos in the old days where some people gave presentations in front of almost and empty rooms. They didn't care. The just believed in the project, they kept believing, pushing, creating and were willing to connect their identity with it.

KGB4L

You don’t even imagine how easy it is to lose 2M gambling. Maybe IRL casino is different, but when you can do 100k blackjack hands without any restrictions or 1000-5000$ a spin slots, it gets down really fast.

KingPettyx

You really suck. I think id hate you IRL

Amber_Sam

>Tell us more about your amazing life where you do your everyday expenses using BTC. Here's how spending bitcoin IRL looks like: https://youtu.be/Tlhvnpi2ukA I'm using Bitcoin almost on a daily basis. Buying groceries, paying for meals, taxis, domains/hosting, VPN... Spend and replace is usually the name of the game so no, I'm not spending bitcoin while saving in cash. If you're thinking about spending some, here are my favorite directories: http://lightningnetworkstores.com/ https://btcmap.org - awesome map, you can even add your local vendors in, once you orangepill them. https://acceptlightning.com/list.html https://spend-sats.com/ https://spendabit.co/ https://directory.btcpayserver.org/ There's also an option of buying gift cards https://thebitcoincompany.com/ https://bitrefill.com https://www.egifter.com/buy-gift-cards-with-bitcoin - this one's least fave because they use a shitty custodian for payments but are handy for a few cards. Spend and earn some sats back: https://foldapp.com - save up to 20% Starbucks, Uber, Target , whole foods , Dunkin https://www.lolli.com – save up to 30% by spending BTC anywhere but primarily USA stores https://satsback.com/stores-list - save up to 20% by spending BTC anywhere but primarily Europe stores.

HumblestofBears

There are so many bots and fudders on Reddit, but the thing about Kennedy is the people who are posting have been bullish and working and building beyond just one pump cycle. They believe. They know what is possible with this team of holders and workers and IRL branding opportunities.  It’s not a fly by night pump and dump. It’s a cultural force on the brink of global domination.

Petouche

Wealth concentration has a lot of negative consequences IRL. I don't see why it would be different with BTC.

OCPetrus

That's true, but if you aren't ultra rich how much are you interested in preparing for a life in another country? And even if you are, you're more likely to stock on supplies and skills. The sovereign citizen lifestyle just isn't something most are interested in. On the internet it gets a lot of exposure, but IRL not so much.

Astropin

I don't know anyone IRL that holds any crypto. But then again I stopped talking about it around 2019. Some family and relatives have some...but they haven't lost anything.

Amber_Sam

In the past few years, **over 99% of my Bitcoin transactions** are over r/TheLightningNetwork. It has **more nodes than ANY "decentralized" shitcoin** out there. You can use it for payments in **more places than any shitcoin** out there. **Successful for sure.** Can you elaborate why exactly do you think it's disappointing? Are there other solutions? Yes. Ark promises even more although I've never been able to use it IRL. The same goes for r/RGB. For now, and possibly for a long time, I'm LN Maxi.

machoman1214

Patience stat maxed out before any other IRL virtue. That is my best guess.

whitehotpro

I tried making it IRL but got concussed from too many swan dives into the coffee table

TheTrainee2014

The only reason I want it is that seems rising all 3-5 years to new ATHs and could make me more money. Nothing Idealistic, nothing mysterious. Just more money to buy IRL assets Like real estate.

phallicpunch

Big yup to Bitrefill. I usually just get Amazon gift cards & from there buy pretty much any nonfood item I need/want. For food stuff I go for Instacart, Uber, Door Dash & a bunch more. Cherry on top is Steam cards if they’re in stock. Defi puts food on the table & helps me save my IRL money.

MariachiArchery

Speculating for sure, I hold VET and POL. I thought they had potential for sure. I took a risk. *However*, against my BTC and ETH bags, they were less than 1% of my crypto portfolio. Against my IRL portfolio, *way* less. Literal moonshots. Unfortunately for OP, this looks to be everything. $28,000 into IOTA is wild with an $88k net worth. What I've learned from this sub over the years (since like 2017), is that unless we are talking about ETH or BTC, we are talking about literal penny stocks. Remember Waltonchain? Shit, this sub shilled fucking Bitconnect and Luna/Terra Labs. Yeah, when I see this sub get all bricked up about a project, it's a pretty good bet the only thing it's got going is hype.

shaggadally

Yeah it does unfortunately. In this sub and IRL. I have coworkers who only talk about Bitcoin and they regularly try to orange-pill other employees. If I wasn‘t as convicted of Bitcoins fundamentals as I am, I would have sold because of this cultiness.

Potlimitcrypto

I think down market is an understatement. 😅 What memes and alts are going through right now is akin to the very depths of a bear market, only with lower social interest than the 2022 lows. But your post is absolutely correct. This is where legends are formed. I see Kendu as very similar to Floki. It was "dead" and fudded to death for 2+ years but the team kept building and delivering and the following cycle it surpassed $2b mc. I see the same level of dedication and activity in Kendu now. Anyone looking in from the outside can see how much output the project has, IRL businesses, initiatives, products, all led by the community. People grossly underestimate what's possible in this industry with the right ingredients in the right market, being able to spot the ingredients now is the most important part. These levels are ideal for getting a decent position and getting involved for the next run. FYI $2b is a 399x from here. Even if it takes years... That level of wealth gain is beyond what anyone could possibly hope for, completely lifechanging even for small investors, and it is possible ONLY with a small handful of projects of which Kendu is #1.

ButtBooties

Better lose some money in a wallet extension than get your information leaked in some hardware wallet company data breach and get kidnapped and robbed IRL.

Amber_Sam

Here's how spending bitcoin IRL looks like: https://youtu.be/Tlhvnpi2ukA I'm usually buying groceries, paying for meals, taxis, domains/hosting, VPN... Spend and replace is usually the name of the game so no, I'm not spending bitcoin while saving in cash. If you're thinking about spending some, here are my favorite directories: http://lightningnetworkstores.com/ https://btcmap.org - awesome map, you can even add your local vendors in, once you orangepill them. https://acceptlightning.com/list.html https://spend-sats.com/ https://spendabit.co/ https://directory.btcpayserver.org/ There's also an option of buying gift cards https://thebitcoincompany.com/ https://bitrefill.com https://www.egifter.com/buy-gift-cards-with-bitcoin - this one's least fave because they use a shitty custodian for payments but are handy for a few cards. Spend and earn some sats back: https://foldapp.com - save up to 20% Starbucks, Uber, Target , whole foods , Dunkin https://www.lolli.com – save up to 30% by spending BTC anywhere but primarily USA stores https://satsback.com/stores-list - save up to 20% by spending BTC anywhere but primarily Europe stores.

GinormousHippo458

And it's impossible for gold to back IRL transactions. Its physical properties require debt instruments, and encourage dilution/inflation; which always ends in the mess the USD is in today. For OP: Lightning, FEDI, Cashu/eCash layer two solutions are already more performant, give superior finality, and privacy than fiat Credit card networks.

Crystal_Smitha

This. I keep my “visible” KYC coins and my more private stack separated at the wallet level. Day-to-day I just use a small non-custodial app (gem wallet) for normal sends and lightning-sized amounts. The big stuff is in a setup that physically can’t be accessed in one sitting. Between that and not telling people IRL what I hold, the wrench risk drops a lot.

sara_tineys

This. I keep my “visible” KYC coins and my more private stack separated at the wallet level. Day-to-day I just use a small non-custodial app (gem walllet if you ask) for normal sends and lightning-sized amounts. The big stuff is in a setup that physically can’t be accessed in one sitting. Between that and not telling people IRL what I hold, the wrench risk drops a lot.

Amber_Sam

Here's how spending bitcoin IRL looks like: https://youtu.be/Tlhvnpi2ukA I'm using Bitcoin almost on a daily basis. Buying groceries, paying for meals, taxis, domains/hosting, VPN... Spend and replace is usually the name of the game so no, I'm not spending bitcoin while saving in cash. If you're thinking about spending some, here are my favorite directories: http://lightningnetworkstores.com/ https://btcmap.org - awesome map, you can even add your local vendors in, once you orangepill them. https://acceptlightning.com/list.html https://spend-sats.com/ https://spendabit.co/ https://directory.btcpayserver.org/ There's also an option of buying gift cards https://thebitcoincompany.com/ https://bitrefill.com https://www.egifter.com/buy-gift-cards-with-bitcoin - this one's least fave because they use a **shitty custodian for payments** but are handy for a few cards. If you can buy the cards elsewhere, **avoid**. Spend and earn some sats back: https://foldapp.com - save up to 20% Starbucks, Uber, Target , whole foods , Dunkin https://www.lolli.com – save up to 30% by spending BTC anywhere but primarily USA stores https://satsback.com/stores-list - save up to 20% by spending BTC anywhere but primarily Europe stores.

kermitte777

I second this whole heartedly, you get one life. There’s plenty of people that want to know you but you have to get out of the house. Join a gaming club IRL (as in board games), or some other in person thing. Find your people, even if it’s uncomfortable. Have awkward conversations with strangers, daily!

Ok_Structure_5415

Kendu hosts events IRL, thats bullish I love the new kendu unleashed initiative

EggMedical3514

think it is very important just to learn how Bitcoin seeds and wallets work. Just go to Iancoleman.io/bip39/ and play around with it. Generate a 12 or 24 word seed and look at the addresses that are derived. Then add a passphrase and look how the addresses have changed.  Put the seed + passphrase into a "legacy" sparrow wallet on your PC and see how the addresses it generates are the same as the derived addresses on the ian coleman website. Then repeat the process when an entirely different wallet on your PC. Blue, or electrum, etc. See how the addresses they generate are the same as the derived addresses on the ian coleman website. Then grab the "account extended public key" from the website and stick it into a sparrow wallet "watch-only" wallet on your PC and see how the addresses it generates are the same as the derived addresses on the website. Repeat the process with other wallets. These little exercises will get you comfortable with seeds and passphrases and drive into you that Bitcoin and the blockchain are independent of the hardware or software that you are using. I wish someone had told me this stuff when I first started out. P.S. MAKE SURE TO NEVER USE ANY OF THESE SEEDS IRL. To use this website to generate your actual seed involves an offline process that you can learn about later.

StaticAutomatic202

Agreed. Paying installments while the asset is locked feels way closer to how people actually finance things IRL

Amber_Sam

>A currency that no one accepts? Sorry mate, thousands of vendors are accepting bitcoin payments. Square rolled out [Bitcoin payments for 4 million of their vendors](https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/square-bitcoin-payments-go-live-today). Perhaps avoid commenting on something you clearly struggle to understand. Here's how spending bitcoin IRL looks like: https://youtu.be/Tlhvnpi2ukA I'm using Bitcoin almost on a daily basis. Buying groceries, paying for meals, taxis, domains/hosting, VPN... Spend and replace is usually the name of the game so no, I'm not spending bitcoin while saving in cash. If you're thinking about spending some, here are my favorite directories: http://lightningnetworkstores.com/ https://btcmap.org - awesome map, you can even add your local vendors in, once you orangepill them. https://acceptlightning.com/list.html https://spend-sats.com/ https://spendabit.co/ https://directory.btcpayserver.org/ There's also an option of buying gift cards https://thebitcoincompany.com/ https://bitrefill.com https://www.egifter.com/buy-gift-cards-with-bitcoin - this one's least fave because they use a shitty custodian for payments but are handy for a few cards. Spend and earn some sats back: https://foldapp.com - save up to 20% Starbucks, Uber, Target , whole foods , Dunkin https://www.lolli.com – save up to 30% by spending BTC anywhere but primarily USA stores https://satsback.com/stores-list - save up to 20% by spending BTC anywhere but primarily Europe stores.

Amber_Sam

**I do. Many of us do**. Here's how spending bitcoin IRL looks like: https://youtu.be/Tlhvnpi2ukA I'm using Bitcoin almost on a daily basis. Buying groceries, paying for meals, taxis, domains/hosting, VPN... Spend and replace is usually the name of the game so no, I'm not spending bitcoin while saving in cash. If you're thinking about spending some, here are my favorite directories: http://lightningnetworkstores.com/ https://btcmap.org - awesome map, you can even add your local vendors in, once you orangepill them. https://acceptlightning.com/list.html https://spend-sats.com/ https://spendabit.co/ https://directory.btcpayserver.org/ There's also an option of buying gift cards https://thebitcoincompany.com/ https://bitrefill.com https://www.egifter.com/buy-gift-cards-with-bitcoin - this one's least fave because they use a shitty custodian for payments but are handy for a few cards. Spend and earn some sats back: https://foldapp.com - save up to 20% Starbucks, Uber, Target , whole foods , Dunkin https://www.lolli.com – save up to 30% by spending BTC anywhere but primarily USA stores https://satsback.com/stores-list - save up to 20% by spending BTC anywhere but primarily Europe stores.

uthillygooth

Good luck trying to make it work IRL. Bots have closed a lot of these or the amount needed to outpace fees is very high.

Amber_Sam

Here's how spending bitcoin IRL looks like: https://youtu.be/Tlhvnpi2ukA I'm using Bitcoin almost on a daily basis. Buying groceries, paying for meals, taxis, domains/hosting, VPN... Spend and replace is usually the name of the game so no, I'm not spending bitcoin while saving in cash. If you're thinking about spending some, here are my favorite directories: http://lightningnetworkstores.com/ https://btcmap.org - awesome map, you can even add your local vendors in, once you orangepill them. https://acceptlightning.com/list.html https://spend-sats.com/ https://spendabit.co/ https://directory.btcpayserver.org/ There's also an option of buying gift cards https://thebitcoincompany.com/ https://bitrefill.com https://www.egifter.com/buy-gift-cards-with-bitcoin - this one's least fave because they use a shitty custodian for payments but are handy for a few cards. Spend and earn some sats back: https://foldapp.com - save up to 20% Starbucks, Uber, Target , whole foods , Dunkin https://www.lolli.com – save up to 30% by spending BTC anywhere but primarily USA stores https://satsback.com/stores-list - save up to 20% by spending BTC anywhere but primarily Europe stores.

Fuzzy_Strawberry4792

Haha classic $5 wrench attack reference - but honestly meeting other bitcoiners IRL is pretty cool, just maybe stick to public places first mate

Jueyuan_WW

Yeah 99,9% is shit but people indeed use it IRL for a lot of tech-related stuff. Also IMO the Crypto that has the most value which is BTC is more of a reserve of value than to be used instead- like how you would hold gold but instead use copper or bronze ( shitcoins or fiat ) to buy stuff .

nihilum_00

Ishan, the person behind Kendu Entertainment, is one of the most hard working people I've seen. Already early on last year he made IRL video for KENDU where he gave shirts to kids if I remember correctly.

Ready_Tower_5979

I need that bottle for my IRL shelf .

malte_brigge

You know Owen Gunden IRL?

ZORBMinersGuild

The world is a crazy place, remember to protect yourself online the same way you would IRL!

wonderdefy

Binance conference is happening in Dubai today If you think Binance would host their biggest IRL event with a down day, you need to check the stats

Amber_Sam

I'm using r/TheLightningNetwork almost on a daily basis. Buying groceries, paying for meals, taxis, domains/hosting, VPN... Spend and replace is usually the name of the game so no, I'm not spending bitcoin while saving in cash. Anyone interested, here's how spending bitcoin IRL looks like: https://youtu.be/Tlhvnpi2ukA If you're thinking about spending some, here are my favorite directories: http://lightningnetworkstores.com/ https://btcmap.org - awesome map, you can even add your local vendors in, once you orangepill them. https://acceptlightning.com/list.html https://spend-sats.com/ https://spendabit.co/ https://directory.btcpayserver.org/ There's also an option of buying gift cards https://thebitcoincompany.com/ https://bitrefill.com https://www.egifter.com/buy-gift-cards-with-bitcoin - this one's least fave because they use a shitty custodian for payments but are handy for a few cards. Spend and earn some sats back: https://foldapp.com - save up to 20% Starbucks, Uber, Target , whole foods , Dunkin https://www.lolli.com – save up to 30% by spending BTC anywhere but primarily USA stores https://satsback.com/stores-list - save up to 20% by spending BTC anywhere but primarily Europe stores.

117Reclaimer

I hope whoever meets him IRL, punches him in the face

117Reclaimer

If only they would liquidated IRL

Rent_South

It means that they'll **fear** missing out (fomo) when price reaches ATH again and jump in at a wrong time. It usually also means they'll wait for a set target price of re-entry and **fear** coming back in too soon, or too late. Timing re entry and exit, means they'll have 2 potential points of failure. The number of people, who exited at a lucky time but never came back in, or tried to time re entry and failed is vastly more important than the lucky ones. I personally witnessed this online and IRL countless times across the years.

jawni

>At the same time my understanding seems like TRX really benefits from transferring stable coins like USDT which a lot of people in developed countries don’t understand the market for that. Yup, it's the most prominent chain for using USDT for payments. It has a decent amount of activity in general, but when it comes to using crypto IRL, Tron is generally the chain facilitating that. 20 comments in the thread and you still basically got the answer on your own. lol this sub sucks. https://liamhorne.com/stablecoins

Siideral

It’s a Black Friday sale. Except I don’t have money to buy anything IRL or in crypto

Amber_Sam

>so I guess my question is who makes day to day purchases with Bitcoin I do. Here's how spending bitcoin IRL looks like: https://youtu.be/Tlhvnpi2ukA I'm using Bitcoin almost on a daily basis. Buying groceries, paying for meals, taxis, domains/hosting, VPN... Spend and replace is usually the name of the game so no, I'm not spending bitcoin while saving in cash. If you're thinking about spending some, here are my favorite directories: http://lightningnetworkstores.com/ https://btcmap.org - awesome map, you can even add your local vendors in, once you orangepill them. https://acceptlightning.com/list.html https://spend-sats.com/ https://spendabit.co/ https://directory.btcpayserver.org/ There's also an option of buying gift cards https://thebitcoincompany.com/ https://bitrefill.com https://www.egifter.com/buy-gift-cards-with-bitcoin - this one's least fave because they use a shitty custodian for payments but are handy for a few cards. Spend and earn some sats back: https://foldapp.com - save up to 20% Starbucks, Uber, Target , whole foods , Dunkin https://www.lolli.com – save up to 30% by spending BTC anywhere but primarily USA stores https://satsback.com/stores-list - save up to 20% by spending BTC anywhere but primarily Europe stores. >when everything crashes so does bitcoin When the Zimbabwe dollar, Argentinian peso or Papiermark in Germany went down, other things measured in the failed currency went up. If the dollar, euro or pound goes down, Bitcoin will be the ark, everyone will be looking for.

Delta1140

I saw Magic Eden getting into this as well. On there you actually hold the NFT but you can also redeem the card IRL with Collector Crypt and hold the card IRL. Super interesting approach to tokenize Pokemon cards. Hope this approach grows more.

caploves1019

Have you even tried meeting humans IRL in your area to give cash and accept Bitcoin from? Checkout btcmaps , meetup. Com , etc.

truthwatcher_

Did I miss the hype? Apart from a few perma bulls, no one was talking about Bitcoin and crypto IRL

Expert-Detective-525

SO much is going on, no other project comes remotely close to the sheer size and quality of Kendu's IRL catalogue. The perfect definition of **Proof Of Humanity**

nihilum_00

The reason why I hold KENDU is because of the culture of work and own initiative plus is completely community driven, not relying on a dev or KOL. We're pushing a brand to become recognized world wide IRL, which makes it more like a stock and not a pure meme.

Pineapple-crypto

Great question - the partnership and token design were both built to create real mutual utility, not just marketing alignment. The core reason is shared infrastructure and shared vision: - MotionDEV brings DeSci + verifiable human performance data on-chain (sensors, AI models, data validation, research partners like Harvard, Google ecosystem signals, etc.) - Pineapple brings distribution, community, and Web3 utility rails (DEX, launchpad, staking economy, burn mechanisms, and an active token-holding community) Instead of building separately and competing for attention, we combine strengths: - MotionDEV gets real users, capital, bootstrap liquidity, and an aligned community on day one. - Pineapple expands into real-world DeSci, performance data, and wearable tech: a category bigger than pure DeFi, unlocking new user types beyond traders. In short: MotionDEV gets an economy. Pineapple gets real-world adoption. And your question around benefits of holding/staking, it's about access, influence, and upside: - Guaranteed whitelist allocations on Pineapple Express launches (like MDEV) - Priority and boosted allocations based on tier (Inner Circle, Penthouse Elite, etc.) - Eligibility for Burn2Access mechanics (burn PAPPLE to earn early MDEV) - Reduced fees and benefits across Pineapple products (DEX, launchpad, future modules) - Exclusive community access (gated groups, drops, IRL activations) - Future governance and ecosystem influence So PAPPLE stakers aren’t passive holders - they’re active participants in every launch the ecosystem produces. Very proud that MotionDEV is our first - we couldn't have started with a better project for our flagship launch! You can learn more about them here: https://express.pineappledex.com/projects/motiondev

Head-End-5909

I keep a low profile, online and IRL, and don’t make waves. Tbh, no one’s interested in what I do as a minnow around big ass fish. That’s how I get my freedom to go about as I choose.

Head-End-5909

I keep a low profile, online and IRL, and don’t make waves. Tbh, no one’s interested in what I do as a minnow around big ass fish. That’s how I get my freedom to go about as I choose.

Ok-Palpitation-74

Congrats! I'm still not sure how the tax business works with BTC, (time of acquisition, time of conversion, etc. But you may be able to hold off taxes by rolling into a tax deferred or exempt instrument like a 401k or some such thing (I'm not an accountant nor am I giving you advice, but if I just "found" that kind of money, I would be looking into that immediately myself) Best wishes! Good luck with whatever you decide to do! Be careful who you tell about this too (obviously) IRL

FaustAndFriends

That’s where the online surveillance state a future Identification processes come into play. You might still get away with these types of transactions, but there is a spiderweb encircling everyone in the form of Online IDs and advanced tracking systems both IRL and on the net. That web is slowly closing in on all of us, and nobody really seems to care. I see rules that restrict alternative forms of wealth like this as something similar to restricting travel within a communist country. It’s about controlling the populace.

Amber_Sam

>Bitcoin is trash for transactions Here's how spending bitcoin IRL looks like: https://youtu.be/Tlhvnpi2ukA Start your research here: r/thelightningnetwork