Everyone knows that holding or HODLING your coins is a key part of
getting involved in Bitcoin and Crypto, the idea is not to get rid of them
in case you miss the next big pump, which could happen at any time for
example.
There have been arguments previously around the idea or necessity of
"spending" your Bitcoin and Crypto to create an ecosystem of earn and
spend and promoting the idea that Bitcoin is a currency and can be used
to actually purchase goods and services and also to earn coins for goods
and services supplied.
The most famous purchase of goods with bitcoin was by Laszlo Hanyecz
Back in 2010 when he bought 2 Pizzas for 10,000 coins.
To aid Bitcoin in its future I propose that some Bitcoin needs to be spent
To create and promote an earn/spend ecosystem.
From a personal experience I have earned, bought, traded, sold and held
bitcoin since 2017 but the majority I have on HOLD.
The biggest personal example I can give of this earn/spend idea is from a
security point of view and something which I am actively working on, personal
online security and anonymity.
I started with Email and web browsing to reduce my dependency on google
and currently looking at the services from Proton, protonmail and protonvpn
both of these services are paid services and can be purchased with Bitcoin:
https://protonvpn.com/support/vpn-bitcoin-payments/https://protonmail.com/support/knowledge-base/paying-with-bitcoin/I have been earning Bitcoin since 2017 on the forum with signature campaigns
and with graphic design. With this purchase I can retain a degree of anonymity
by paying with Bitcoin while proving to Proton that people do spend Bitcoin
and that it is a useful payment option to provide.
The biggest proponents of spending Bitcoin are “The Bitcoin Family” who
Have been traveling the world since 2017 on the proceeds to going all in
On Bitcoin >
https://yolofamilytravel.com/If you want to EARN Bitcoin you can head over to the “How to earn Bitcoins - Part 1”
thread here >
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/general-how-to-earn-bitcoins-1629118If you want to SPEND Bitcoin you can check out this list grabbed from a quick
[ahem] google search >
https://cryptomaniaks.com/latest-cryptocurrency-news/where-can-i-spend-bitcoinThere are many ways to earn and spend, are you adding to the ecosystem?