Topic: Being a Bitcoiner Boosts Financial Literacy and Personal Growth - page 2. (Read 255 times)

Totally agree with this one, if I wasn't exposed to bitcoin at all when I was still in high school, I'd probably be barely scraping by right now when it comes to money and financial matters because even with a job, I still can't do what I want to do most of the time which is trying to buy the stuff that I want without any worries about my payment for bills and daily necessities. I find it hard that people that are still not exposed to bitcoin investing are still existing especially those people that are at my age, that's really surprising and like people don't really care about the fact that they should be investing into something to get profit for their future expenses? I mean it weirds me out but I do get it because not everyone has an extra money to spare when it comes to investment as not everyone who works have a really good paying jobs and even if they do, most people would choose the happiness of buying stuff that would help them along the way rather than risking it on something that they don't know much about.

I’m gonna be honest and say that I do feel like I am part of a much exclusive elite community compared to my peers who aren’t aware of bitcoin forum lol.

But seriously speaking, if I were to teach someone about crypto this is probably where I will direct them to. Sure there are many articles out there however to be able to converse and participate in a community-based platform is always much better.
This happens because you have to remind yourself that you are interacting with real life people with real life opinions and you have to be respectful and kind to everyone yiu encounter.

Because it's quite hard to become Bitcoiners.

Most people got scammed in ponzi scheme.
Most people got scammed in shitcoins.
Some people lost their coins due to bad OPSEC.
Some people lost their coins smart contract and centralized exchanges.
Even they didn't get scammed, if they keep watching the graph every minute, it means they still not trust in Bitcoin.

But, if they can overcome all the obstacles, learn from other people, or due diligence in order to safely investing in Bitcoin, they're having high knowledge.

His Youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/@aantonop

His Github with two free books on Github for reading https://github.com/lnbook/lnbook/commits?author=aantonop
Mastering Bitcoin 3rd edition
Mastering the Lightning Network

He has an account on this forum but left 10 years ago.
https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/aantonop-79085

He is a legend and contributes a lot for Bitcoin community.

As always, I consider this forum a crypto university, so I am definitely one of the examples of someone who became stable and financially solvent after joining the forum. I am not saying I just earn from the forum; I learn how to make money from crypto. At the beginning of joining the forum, I only knew about Bitcoin but wasn't aware of how it actually works. From the forum, I learned about cryptocurrency and how we can take advantage of it. I engaged in a valuable discussion thread and learned. Though there is no end point to learning, what I learned helped me a lot to become financially stable. I learn crypto marketing and trading from where I am making money from home. So if someone concentrates on learning and has good intentions, they should be financially stable here. 

Can confirm. Found bitcoin when I had near-zero(knowledge of a fresh college grad with a non-finance degree) financial/economic knowledge, only the thought that I needed a 'currency' to use online without having a bank account.

After bitcoin then rose in price from approx $700 to around $3000, I was like — "what the heck is this Bitcoin thing anyway and why is it going up". Landed upon the legendary Andreas Antonopoulos videos, fell into the orange rabbit hole, and the rest is history.

Personally I think I grew a lot from being in this forum.

Reading different kinds of threads in here made me curious and interested and therefore allowed me to go beyond what I know and really study other details about bitcoin or crypto. I also think that not only in crypto but just in life general, this forum has helped me. It has given me advices when it comes to financial and career options. The impact this forum has is definitely something researchers should study.

If you have been here long enough and have actively participated and engaged in discussion about bitcoin in the various boards, chances are that you have become more financially literate and intellectually curious than many of your peers who are not involved in bitcoin. To put it another way, if you had taken a pretest on financial literacy before joining this forum say in 2021 assuming you were a complete bitcoin noob and scored poorly. If you are given the same test in 2024, after actively engaging in the community, you'd likely score much higher. Simply by being involved, discussing, and learning from other members, your financial literacy could easily double or more compared to when you first registered..

In addition, other things that you would have seen happen to you within the time are that:

• You will tend to be intellectually curious and emotionally stable
• you will value personal growth, relationships, community over material possessions

This is the result of a study by a behavioral scientist from University of Toronto called Stefano Di Domenico, PhD presented at a Canadian Bitcoin Conference. 

Now, although the data wasn't collected on this forum specifically I find it relevant to bitcoiners in generalize and can be applied to our community. At least I speak for myself and newbies who I have watched go from making off-topic posts to engaging in intellectual discussions about bitcoin and related topics.

What do you guys think. Are the findings of the study relatable in your experience, or that of someone you know on this forum or elsewhere?