Maybe your friend doesn't want to know about world developments or, more precisely, the current developments in financial technology. Hence, he gets very angry when someone pushes him to collect more Bitcoins. That's okay because I guess you can just let him go and let him think about what to do.
A person's rejection of new things or things he doesn't know is normal. But if he is willing to open up and start learning about things he doesn't know, it can provide new knowledge that might benefit him.
But I admit that his father was wise in wanting to prepare for his son's future by giving him Bitcoin. His father has tried to give something that may be more valuable than inheritance, property or gold and your friend should be able to appreciate what his father will give. Let's hope your friend realizes he made the mistake of rejecting the Bitcoin his father gave him.
Topic: A advise to my friend about his decision - page 5. (Read 729 times)
Not only do a lot of people lack basic knowledge about bitcoin but a lot actually do not know the existence of it. Bitcoin has grown tremendously over the years and more and more are being encouraged to learn about it however there are still portions of the world that may not know what bitcoin is let alone how does it work. I can’t blame your friend for having such a reaction if he really didn’t have any idea at all. I found out about bitcoin because of my father and is the very reason why I’m here in forum trying to learn more about cryptocurrencies. It makes me wonder why didn’t his father (may he rest in peace) talked to him about cryptocurrencies especially when it seems like he has a great amount of knowledge about it. Nonetheless, it’s great that you talked him back to it because that would’ve been such a waste if he didn’t accept it. There’s still a lot more to learn in bitcoin and I hope he learns a lot and make the best out of those coins.
ps. sorry for his loss
ps. sorry for his loss
You are newbie and want to teach your friend. Are you knowledgeable enough to teach your friend?
I doubt any newbiew can teach about Bitcoin and when you are learning, you must be more careful with your words in conversation as if you make mistakes in knowledge, security advice, you don't help your friend but do something harmful.
I doubt any newbiew can teach about Bitcoin and when you are learning, you must be more careful with your words in conversation as if you make mistakes in knowledge, security advice, you don't help your friend but do something harmful.
Just because he's a newbie on the forum doesn't mean he's a newbie in the market, not all bitcoin investors will have an account and be active on the forum, mate. But even if OP is new but as long as he has basic knowledge of bitcoin he can explain bitcoin to someone who has never heard of bitcoin. He was just trying to talk about the value of bitcoin with his friend, so it shouldn't be a problem and requires a lot of knowledge to do so.
If your friend inherites it from his father but wants to reject it, why should you engage in?
I am unsure how his dad can leave information about bitcoin private key, seed to your friend and how the lawyer engages in this case. It is risky to share private key in an inheritance document and leave it to a lawyer.
This story sounds fictious.
I am unsure how his dad can leave information about bitcoin private key, seed to your friend and how the lawyer engages in this case. It is risky to share private key in an inheritance document and leave it to a lawyer.
This story sounds fictious.
But I agree with you, this story sounds fictional and it's not clear at all. We can't be sure OP's story is purely fictional, but OP needs to provide more details to make it more real.
How many years earlier this instance took place? As you are saying I am surprised that anyone would be furious about inheriting some bitcoins as most of us have heard about it whether in positive or negative way.When you talk to him even if you have showed him prices at current he would have thanked his father for the same but still if he gets in touch with it and learn more about it he will come to know it's the true money over which he can have control.
My question is do you have any knowledge of Bitcoin and if yes, you only need to tell your friends that Bitcoin is very valuable and also has value because with this maybe your friends will realize it because they are tempted after knowing the price of Bitcoins if converted to fiat. And after that you can provide basic knowledge according to what you know and also tell the functions and benefits of Bitcoin.
And if you don't have much knowledge about bitcoin you can look it up or tell your friends to search the internet as there is a lot of knowledge about just about anything you want to know including Bitcoin.
and your initiative is good to realize and guide your friend that Bitcoin which he inherited from his father after his death is actually very valuable, but by the way. Do you know how many bitcoins his father inherited, because this is also important for his security.
And if you don't have much knowledge about bitcoin you can look it up or tell your friends to search the internet as there is a lot of knowledge about just about anything you want to know including Bitcoin.
and your initiative is good to realize and guide your friend that Bitcoin which he inherited from his father after his death is actually very valuable, but by the way. Do you know how many bitcoins his father inherited, because this is also important for his security.
But while his father decided to give him bitcoins, my friend was furious and even left the house because he believed his late father had given him some money out of hate for him. When my friend came to my house to tell me the story, I encouraged him to collect the coins and learn more about bitcoins, and he was furious to listen to me until I started the show and started explaining it to him. At that point, he was happy and walked back.
Assuming this story is true, respect to the dead but your friend's father didn't do well when he was alive. The responsibility of every father is to teach them, to pass onto them knowledge and skills that would make them succeed in life and family even after they are gone. If your friend's late dad had taught him what Bitcoin is and it's true potential then he won't have reacted the way he did. Secondly, the lawyer on the other should have don his due diligence and told the boy what Bitcoin is. Well, this story sounds too simplistic to be true. It lacks a lot of intricate details.
His father gave him a double inheritance...
1. The monetary value of the coins - I do not know how many coins he gave him, but you said "coins" so I assume that it is a lot.
2. Knowledge is power - He forced him to expand his knowledge and I bet you he is better off by gaining this knowledge.
Good job, turning this guy from making a huge mistake.... and guiding him to a bright future.
1. The monetary value of the coins - I do not know how many coins he gave him, but you said "coins" so I assume that it is a lot.
2. Knowledge is power - He forced him to expand his knowledge and I bet you he is better off by gaining this knowledge.
Good job, turning this guy from making a huge mistake.... and guiding him to a bright future.
Many people lack basic knowledge of bitcoins.
I became interested in this topic when I learned that a friend of mine was so ignorant of bitcoin that he recently received bitcoins from his father, but he had no idea what to do with them. As a result, he tried to reject the inheritance and was spared from having to argue with the lawyer who was reading the deceased father's will, which was being read aloud. Why wouldn't someone, he insisted, give him some houses and perhaps some cash so he could launch a new business?
But while his father decided to give him bitcoins, my friend was furious and even left the house because he believed his late father had given him some money out of hate for him. When my friend came to my house to tell me the story, I encouraged him to collect the coins and learn more about bitcoins, and he was furious to listen to me until I started the show and started explaining it to him. At that point, he was happy and walked back.
Your story looks fabricated and many things did not add up. You only told us the father left the son (your friend) some Bitcoin as an inheritance but you didn't tell us about the seed phrase, where it was kept. Was the lawyer the one who handed over the seed phrase and how did he do it? This is something that should only be known by the owner (the late dad), and the lawyer just handed it over to him in an envelope? I know of possible instances through which this might have occurred but your story is just fake. I became interested in this topic when I learned that a friend of mine was so ignorant of bitcoin that he recently received bitcoins from his father, but he had no idea what to do with them. As a result, he tried to reject the inheritance and was spared from having to argue with the lawyer who was reading the deceased father's will, which was being read aloud. Why wouldn't someone, he insisted, give him some houses and perhaps some cash so he could launch a new business?
But while his father decided to give him bitcoins, my friend was furious and even left the house because he believed his late father had given him some money out of hate for him. When my friend came to my house to tell me the story, I encouraged him to collect the coins and learn more about bitcoins, and he was furious to listen to me until I started the show and started explaining it to him. At that point, he was happy and walked back.
Your account was newbie means you just created an account here? Or you already have knowledge about bitcoin even without knowing this forum exist?
I have been exposed to bitcoin over the past two years, I do in fact have knowledge and a great deal of knowledge about it. I was just introduced to this forum by a friend, and I'm excited to be a member because it will allow me to learn more about bitcoins.
No doubt that majority of us here wants to learn bitcoin and we might have a deal of knowledge even prior to joining here, I will give it to you.
However, as others have said, the story seems to be like "too good to be true". And so there are a lot doubts and questions whether it is true or not. So we will leave it to the community to decide. But if this is true, then best of luck to your friend and hopefully his inheritance from his father won't be wasted and hopefully you will teach him how to protect his bitcoin first and then in the future, make more money from it by just HODLing.
I would say half knowledge is dangerous. Instead of you teaching him about Bitcoin(s), you should refer him to other individuals who are greatly in this topic. You can read many articles and blogs available on the internet and then share it with your friend instead of you teaching him in your way. Even if he's not a English speaker, he can surely translate the guide/pdf and understand. Learning the basics of any topic is very important, Trading or Money is not Bitcoin.
~~~
It’s been a long time since I last laughed hard like I did while going through your post.
Like you could have done more than just sit down and formulate a BS story, the whole post sounded like something we normally see I’m movie. I don’t know what made you create this thread but if it’s for merit fishing, from what I can see it’s not working.
There are stories that when you start to read you’ll see some truth in it but yours have nothing like that in it, JSYK we have seen stories like this before in this past so it’s very easy to identify it once we see it. Better luck next time Op.
Many people lack basic knowledge of bitcoins.
I became interested in this topic when I learned that a friend of mine was so ignorant of bitcoin that he recently received bitcoins from his father, but he had no idea what to do with them. As a result, he tried to reject the inheritance and was spared from having to argue with the lawyer who was reading the deceased father's will, which was being read aloud. Why wouldn't someone, he insisted, give him some houses and perhaps some cash so he could launch a new business?
But while his father decided to give him bitcoins, my friend was furious and even left the house because he believed his late father had given him some money out of hate for him. When my friend came to my house to tell me the story, I encouraged him to collect the coins and learn more about bitcoins, and he was furious to listen to me until I started the show and started explaining it to him. At that point, he was happy and walked back.
I became interested in this topic when I learned that a friend of mine was so ignorant of bitcoin that he recently received bitcoins from his father, but he had no idea what to do with them. As a result, he tried to reject the inheritance and was spared from having to argue with the lawyer who was reading the deceased father's will, which was being read aloud. Why wouldn't someone, he insisted, give him some houses and perhaps some cash so he could launch a new business?
But while his father decided to give him bitcoins, my friend was furious and even left the house because he believed his late father had given him some money out of hate for him. When my friend came to my house to tell me the story, I encouraged him to collect the coins and learn more about bitcoins, and he was furious to listen to me until I started the show and started explaining it to him. At that point, he was happy and walked back.
From your story OP, that's sad to hear about your friend's loss. It seems both of you are not knowledgeable yet in Bitcoin. But before acting up mad at something that your father left behind you, why not search the purpose first right? Like how Bitcoin works what's its purpose something liek that, we are already in the era of the internet where everything can be searched up. Because if I were your friend, of course I would be curious on something my dad left for me so I would gather some knowledge for sure it would take long because Bitcoin is not something you would learn by just a week. It's a complicated system where you really need to be familiarize on it. If he decided to hodl it for a long time or sell it already then it's up to him since his father already left the authority to his son.
Your account was newbie means you just created an account here? Or you already have knowledge about bitcoin even without knowing this forum exist?
I have been exposed to bitcoin over the past two years, I do in fact have knowledge and a great deal of knowledge about it. I was just introduced to this forum by a friend, and I'm excited to be a member because it will allow me to learn more about bitcoins.
Your friend's late father was smart enough to left Bitcoin for his son, but the son isn't smart enough to understand that how visionary his father was. Tell your friend that Bitcoin is also money and it's far better than cash because it's totally virtual and can be accessed anywhere around the world without any trouble.
Your friend only needs some encouragement and should be guided in the best to way to utilize and store the bitcoins he received. I would recommend you to tell your friend to learn about Bitcoin from this forum because any question related to Bitcoin has already been answered by the reputed members of the forum and if you friend still has questions then he will get the best answers from this forum.
Other than this forum you can also suggest your friend to learn about Bitcoin by doing a Google search or watching some videos from YouTube as information related to Bitcoin is available everywhere these days, and it won't be difficult for your friend to gain some understanding about Bitcoin within few days. Just go and tell him to do the above mentioned things then your friend will be very happy once he understands that his father has left the world's worthiest asset for him.
Your friend only needs some encouragement and should be guided in the best to way to utilize and store the bitcoins he received. I would recommend you to tell your friend to learn about Bitcoin from this forum because any question related to Bitcoin has already been answered by the reputed members of the forum and if you friend still has questions then he will get the best answers from this forum.
Other than this forum you can also suggest your friend to learn about Bitcoin by doing a Google search or watching some videos from YouTube as information related to Bitcoin is available everywhere these days, and it won't be difficult for your friend to gain some understanding about Bitcoin within few days. Just go and tell him to do the above mentioned things then your friend will be very happy once he understands that his father has left the world's worthiest asset for him.
A 100% made up story, you can find the not so hidden truth in this topic easily, it's crazy how some people replied normal to this fake story as if they can't see that it's not looking legit, as a youth, who dares get furious about inheritance in Bitcoin anyway? Even those who don't get involved will still be happy that someone left Bitcoin for them, if they lack the knowledge about Bitcoin they surely knows Bitcoin is worth something and they will start looking for a way to sell, not walk away.
Sorry pal I ain't buying this no single side of truth story, nice one for the write up anyway.
Sorry pal I ain't buying this no single side of truth story, nice one for the write up anyway.
Many people lack basic knowledge of bitcoins.
I became interested in this topic when I learned that a friend of mine was so ignorant of bitcoin that he recently received bitcoins from his father, but he had no idea what to do with them. As a result, he tried to reject the inheritance and was spared from having to argue with the lawyer who was reading the deceased father's will, which was being read aloud. Why wouldn't someone, he insisted, give him some houses and perhaps some cash so he could launch a new business?
But while his father decided to give him bitcoins, my friend was furious and even left the house because he believed his late father had given him some money out of hate for him. When my friend came to my house to tell me the story, I encouraged him to collect the coins and learn more about bitcoins, and he was furious to listen to me until I started the show and started explaining it to him. At that point, he was happy and walked back.
I became interested in this topic when I learned that a friend of mine was so ignorant of bitcoin that he recently received bitcoins from his father, but he had no idea what to do with them. As a result, he tried to reject the inheritance and was spared from having to argue with the lawyer who was reading the deceased father's will, which was being read aloud. Why wouldn't someone, he insisted, give him some houses and perhaps some cash so he could launch a new business?
But while his father decided to give him bitcoins, my friend was furious and even left the house because he believed his late father had given him some money out of hate for him. When my friend came to my house to tell me the story, I encouraged him to collect the coins and learn more about bitcoins, and he was furious to listen to me until I started the show and started explaining it to him. At that point, he was happy and walked back.
I had in my gut feeling about this story being fictitous and you’re just a newbie who recently create an account here. Sorry but I do not believe in OP’s made-up story.
We have yet to determine about his true intentions here in this forum, but we’ll keep an eye on his latest moves.
And if this was indeed true, the OP might possibly take advantage by handing him over the “keys to the kingdom” if that friend needs his help to withdraw, etc.
Adult-fairy-tale story, sorry.
I believe any father would teach his child about bitcoin and its value long before he decided to present it as a gift to youth. He would teach his child that bla-bla-bla about bitcoin possession is the threat to the whole family.
I believe any father would teach his child about bitcoin and its value long before he decided to present it as a gift to youth. He would teach his child that bla-bla-bla about bitcoin possession is the threat to the whole family.
And as you may be aware, a lot of people have already embraced bitcoin, but they are still unaware of this topic's existence. If such individuals join the forum at this time, will they already be novices both in terms of information and the forum itself?
If they can find this topic on this forum, they can find many online guides how to store and use bitcoin. Finding this topic is harder than finding those resources with Internet and those resources can be more useful that this topic.Quote
Man, you are missing something here, so if you have family and you are a bitcoin investor, you can't tell any of your family members your private key and other necessary things they are supposed to know so that when you are no more, they will be able to get access to it. Nobody knows they are date of death. For if I'm a bitcoin investor, I'll find someone who I trust among my family members and give him my private information
Sure you should let someone knows about it. If it's me, I will let my children know that they will have inheritance in Bitcoin when I am healthy or I will let my wife or husband knows about it. The person should not be the lawyer. You want your children inherit your bitcoin but let the information to the lawyer, not your keys, not your coins and when you give the keys to lawyer, you are stupid.I am discussing about general rules to keep your bitcoin safe and to give it to children but again, let me repeat, this story is very fiction. I agree with Lucius too.
That is a really amazing way to go about it. You have done a good job by teaching your friend about Bitcoin and letting him know that it's not a waste of inheritance but the classic one.
I am just getting bugged up with one thing, if his father was so much into Bitcoin then why his son was not? Did his father never teach him about Bitcoin and have at least a basic introduction to it? I mean its a father who inherited Bitocin that means he had everything planned properly and he must have been a hardcore Bitcoiner for sure.
I am not sure what happened in between the Son and Father, but the Son seems to be disinterested from the beginning itself. Hope so you will teach him right lessons and may be show him the doors to this forum so that he can come to know more about it.
I am just getting bugged up with one thing, if his father was so much into Bitcoin then why his son was not? Did his father never teach him about Bitcoin and have at least a basic introduction to it? I mean its a father who inherited Bitocin that means he had everything planned properly and he must have been a hardcore Bitcoiner for sure.
I am not sure what happened in between the Son and Father, but the Son seems to be disinterested from the beginning itself. Hope so you will teach him right lessons and may be show him the doors to this forum so that he can come to know more about it.
It is his choice for him to accept bitcoin as inheritance from his father. If because he doesn't know bitcoin well and he can't make use of it their is no problem about that. It is better for him not to accept it than mismanage it due to ignorance. I do not blame him for his reactions because he knows better about it.
You are newbie and want to teach your friend. Are you knowledgeable enough to teach your friend?
Op is newbie in the forum, maybe not a newbie in bitcoin in the real life. If truly he is not a newbie outside forum he has every right to share knowledge with his friend about bitcoin. Jump to: