Mandrik
@Mandrik
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Sold baklava for #Bitcoin in 2011. Past: @blockchain, BitInstant
Joined March 2009
My dad ran a diner for 35+ years, and my mom spent 30+ years working an administrative job at a hospital. I grew up middle class, a child of Greek immigrants. My dad retired 2015, my mom 2019. In 2013, I gave my mom some Bitcoin for money that I owed her. She said she'd hold. I.
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Christmas dinner:.Aunt: What's the price of a bitcoin today?.Me: About $11000.Aunt: Wow! So it has gone up $3000 since I last saw you on Thanksgiving?.Me:
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WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING TO HAPPEN IN 2024/2025 TO TOP THIS SHIT?!.
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I'm retarded, but not "I really thought Trump would mention Bitcoin in the Inauguration Address" retarded.
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I'm open sourcing my "famous" baklava recipe so you can make it at home! 👩🍳. Who knows, maybe yours will also sell for 14 btc one day. 😄. 🧵👇
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Holy shit, he's literally Roger Ver.
@itsALLrisky Ideally, Doge speeds up block time 10X, increases block size 10X & drops fee 100X. Then it wins hands down.
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I've been a bitcoiner for 13 years and I don't totally understand Bitcoin.
@TheGuySwann Listen I totally understand Bitcoin, it’s not really that complicated. I just prefer not to put my money into it 🤷♂️.
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I tell the grocery store checkout lady that I drive an EV and she rings everything up at the old prices.
WHITE HOUSE: IF YOU DRIVE AN ELECTRIC CAR, HIGH GAS PRICES ARENT AFFECTING YOU.
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In 2012 I cleaned kitchens & scrubbed toilets for BTC, because it was one of the only ways for me to earn them. I also cooked, accepting this piece of brass in exchange for a $5 sandwich. I don't have a degree to hang on a wall, but I have this to remind me of my roots.
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Bitcoin adoption is great, but I'm not a fan of forcing someone to accept it as payment. Bitcoin should always be voluntary.
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Ross Ulbricht: Double life sentence for making a website. SBF: 25 years for stealing BILLIONS . Disgusting.
Judge Kaplan: It is the judgment of the court that you are sentenced to 240 months then consecutive 60 [etc] for a total of 300 months [25 years].
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Max pain would be a trip back to the $80k range after $108k. Class of 2024 needs to feel it.
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I have never seen a mother work harder for her son's life than Lyn Ulbricht. What an incredible woman. Jan 21 will forever be Free Ross Day, and it's because of your love & determination, Lyn. 🧡.
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Buying the ATH and watching the price drop is a Bitcoin rite of passage. Enjoy the pain, new holders.
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This tweet is hilarious. Some people in the early days had money and dumped a lot into Bitcoin, but most of us were poor as fuck. I was an ideological retard selling baklava and cleaning toilets for bitcoin instead of getting a real job. You think I had $25,000 to invest in.
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Every bitcoiner should own a little bit of gold and silver bullion, just to see how utterly fucking useless it is.
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ALSO. You guys act like we had The Bitcoin Fucking Standard and 500 different podcasts to listen to. All we had was a few sci-fi novels, Bitcointalk forums, Free Talk Live, and a bunch of fucking autists in New Hampshire that were using brass Chuck-e-Cheese tokens made by some.
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I often wonder if KYC-free Bitcoin stacking in earlier years was the greater opportunity than its low price.
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My Christmas tradition: gift family members Bitcoin that they cannot sell or access. 🎅. They receive a statement that shows every btc gift I have given them. It includes:. -the date each gift was received.-btc amount.-fiat price at that time.-current price.-total balance in both.
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Ross is coming home. To all the doubters - admit you were wrong or STFU.
@wirelyss @AutismCapital Ross will be freed too.
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Bitcoin Mining Council sounds about as effective as a high school Student Council.
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Bitcoin dumping at ATH is the market rejecting Creed as the pump anthem.
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Yesterday I bought a 4lb beef tenderloin roast from the meat section of the grocery store. An employee had to escort me to the checkout counter to make sure I paid for it. That's how bad things are getting.
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This one picture explains why you shouldn't listen to Roger Ver's take on the blocksize war.
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What's the point of holding Bitcoin if you don't plan on raising a family?.
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2011 was the hardest year of my life. I was laid off after a decade, divorced, poor, & obese. Instead of despairing I -. -switched to keto, lost 75lbs.-became self-employed.-discovered #Bitcoin & came up with ways to earn btc. It felt impossible. I took it one day at a time.
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Is it just me, or are lip injections the most repulsive fiat thing you can do to your face?.
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Friend: Tell me everything about Bitcoin. Me: Here's a copy of The Bitcoin Standard. Get back to me after you read it. Friend: <months of silence>.
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Wishing this on someone for "tax evasion" is gross. Max promoted Maxcoin many years ago. He was unapologetic in the aftermath. He lashes out at anyone who mentions it. No humility, only ego. Not the kind of human I want to interact with.
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After this past weekend, I'm questioning how knowledgeable Elon is about other topics I'm not as familiar with.
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You wanna get "lucky?" Here's the plan:. -Buy Bitcoin.-Live below your means.-Do nothing. Sounds easy, right? It's not. In fact, it is literally the hardest thing to do in Bitcoin. Why?. Temptation. FOMO. Greed. It's what drives people to gamble, be it on sports or memecoins.
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How about shutting down the 800+ US military bases in the 70+ countries around the world to raise infrastructure money?. Where's that proposal?.
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People used to post on Reddit when they joined the 1 in a million club, reaching a stash of 21 Bitcoin. A few years after that, 6.15 bitcoin was the goal set by @americanhodl8. We've reached a point where 1 Bitcoin will be unobtainable for most. What's next? 25M sats?.
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No one called it "crypto" in the early days. They just said Bitcoin.
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