Topic: Need Advice on Purchasing Bitcoin (not financial advice) (Read 342 times)

We can only do the best thing is exactly teach her what we know. Eventually, it will boost her confidence and create her courage to buy Bitcoin. We can't force her to save or spend money, but if she is ready to learn about this, then we should support her, otherwise no one can judge her decisions.

Agreed, apart from all those things there is always a sister brother relationship. In that stance he have taken the responsibility and willing to do the best of his ability. According to me, understand the interest of your sister and try to educate her about cryptocurrencies. Surely she'll find ways to meet her financial needs and start saving $5+ every week in the form of bitcoin.

If I were you, it's better to help your brother in finances so that his needs are met,
where are the children's fathers?
if he still has a husband even though he is divorced and the husband is still alive, there really is no need to worry where the responsibility of the child is the husband's responsibility in all matters concerning the child.
and even if you want to give bitcoin to your sister, you just have to keep it, give it when you really need it and that too is in the form of fiat, not bitcoin

Yep, thats exactly what I did, I transferred some of mine over to the wallet that Im holding for her. 1,000,000 sats is only a few hundred bucks now, but over the long term may be significantly more. I will save it for the kids for when they graduate and beyond or need me. After running a BTC profit calculator, I'm not sure its even enough to split between 3 kids 20 years from now. Anyway, point is, I'll leave it for the kids unless of course one day sis becomes a bitcoin bull. Never know.

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NoNo, I would never tell her that I have money for her and then hold it hostage. LOL, she doesnt know anything. I never pushed her to invest in BTC either, just told her about it and told her what it was and made the suggestion to put some $ aside if she could. I planted the seed but have left her alone about it since. She did show interest at the time and I let her make her own decision from there. I dont do pressure campaigns and maybe she plans to but going about it a different way. I dunno. I'll give it to the kids later in their adulthood for college or first home down payment or to my sister to assist in her retirement or whatever they want to use it for. Or they all turn into a bitcoin bull and just hodl it. LOL. Either way, Im sharing the blessing of the worlds hardest asset.

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Excellent point!!!!!

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^ That is definitely a good idea, at least you will help them when it comes to financial matters in the future when they are going to college which is they need financial support. I read the OP story and it seems since his sister has two kids, it is impossible to have free money to invest and I just wanted to know how much monthly income that she can afford to save aside $5 a week for the BTC investing. I don't think it will work if you let her handle your BTC, it is good if you will hold the wallet and give her at the right time when she needed it most.

A lot of people would want to invest in bitcoin because of its growing value overtime, but not all can sustain the patience and persistency to hold bitcoin when there is already a big crash happening or when emergency arise. Some would definitely sell and others would remain hodling them. However, in your sister’s case, looks like she’ll fall being a weak hand. She’s certainly not a pro investor so I don’t think she can manage to make those bitcoin grow. Just reserve them for your nephews, they will needing good finances in the future. If their mother can’t provide it for them, at least you are there willing to help them.

If you are in doubt gifting your sister with bitcoin, then just save them for your nephews, that way it will be more valuable. However, I also understand your sister as being a single mother is hard, raising his two kids from his own sweat and hardwork. But still, if she is really determined to save so she can invest in bitcoin, regardless of the amount, she can always do it no matter how small her income. Gifting her is not wrong, but those bitcoin will be more useful for her kids’ bright future.

Actually buying bitcoin will be the good and best option for your future.We know the price of bitcoin will change at every half.So as you said,keep buy of bitcoin with 5$ each week.When the year completed,you will save 260$.And if you save 100$ a month,you will have 1200$ in a year.In both manner,you will had good amount of money in terms of bitcoin.As the new halves came,you will double the dollars from the holding bitcoin.

In my opinion you should give her he hardware wallet instantly and teach her ho to use it. The teaching can be done in one day, and then she can decide if she spends the bitcoin (unlikely from what you say) or even put more in there. If you keep the wallet for her, that would be enough of an issue for me that I would not save more bitcoin. Because as it was said million times, not your keys, not your coins. And relations change.

My opinion here is for you to do what you feel like doing rather than thinking if she would be able to add more funds on the Bitcoin account or wallet. Even though she can't add more funds to the wallet it will be better for her to know that she owns a Bitcoin than thinking of not doing that for her. The $100 worth of Bitcoin could go a long way for her if the market commence the bull movement. I think you just need to do it for her and allow her to leave the fund there for a long time so the money can grow.

I think this story lacks some context. Firstly, financial context. Are you significantly more well-off than your sister, especially considering that she has to provide for 2 children? If you are (and from other posts it looks like you are), then I think you should buy up and gift the .01 BTC to her on a special occasion (birthday?) or when you can see she's in a hard place and needs a win. If you aren't and she can't set money aside on Bitcoin because she doesn't believe in Bitcoin anymore, then I don't think it matters much, and you can just give her the current hardware wallet. Also, I don't like the whole "I would be keeping custody" thing and giving it years later. It's very patronizing, and also anti-Bitcoin because one should always store one's own keys and rely on nobody else. I'd be mad if someone told me that someone has money for me but would keep control of it and not let me get it for years to come. If she doesn't know and it's a secret, then it's a different story and hodling it for now, so that you can give her much more later when the value grows makes sense.
In any case, you shouldn't push anyone to investing money. Like others pointed out, if she has two kids and can't afford to save up to invest in BTC, she's doing the right and responsible thing by not investing what she can't afford to lose.

Single moms may not have much time or energy to devote to crypto. But her two kids might. 

There are blockchain based games similar to pokemon go like coinhuntworld that kids can play to collect crypto prizes.

https://coinhunt.world/

My 8 year old nephew somehow knew what dogecoin was, even though I never told him about it. Crypto has become enough of an internet meme that kids apparently learn about it simply by browsing the internet.

There must be other games and fun activities kids can do to earn crypto on the internet. Imagine being a kid. Playing games to earn crypto. Which can be exchanged for cool stuff. It can't be that bad of a thing, I would guess.

Today it is worth a little more than $200, in 20 years it may be worth 20 times more, or even 40 times more, but what will you be able to buy for $4000 or $8000 in 20 years, given that money loses value? I think that the amount in BTC you are talking about is something that for me personally would not create any problem in my life in the sense that I would ask myself whether I should do it or not - but on the other hand, I long ago gave up on convincing others that Bitcoin is good or bad - it should be a matter of personal choice.

Maybe your sister understands Bitcoin, maybe she has money to invest in it, but she simply doesn't want to - like 95% of people in the world who didn't do it for these or similar reasons.

😀. Will do. Thanks

Don't force people to buy bitcoin, she understands what bitcoin is all about but she is afraid, if she doesn't feel comfortable living her $5 in bitcoin, you shouldn't go to any length to make her do it by force. The fact that she is a single mother and not financially stable and lives with her boyfriend doesn't mean bitcoin will elevate her from that position either.

If you genuinely want to gift her a bitcoin, then do it for the purpose you have intended, gifts are surprises. I'm sure that she will be stunned when you handed her that hardware wallet that contains bitcoin, who knows this will give her more encouragement to start buying and add more sats to the one you wanted to gift her. Try it, it might be worth all your effort trying to convince her.

Even though I love this post and you are right. There is also the saying, “help those that help themselves” What I meant when I said that is if someone is not going to put in the effort to learn, understand, and then “do” then why should I do it for them.

Why is it scary when you save $5? You put aside what you can. And I know she can. Just doesn’t. $5 was just a low example. I have helped her on many occasions when she first moved here, before the good job and before the boyfriend. And I did it because I love her and wanted her to make it. And now that she has the means, even if not a lot, I feel she can invest in herself for the long run. That’s all I’m sayin. I’m not special or better than her, don’t misunderstand.

With all that said, you still have an excellent point. That makes me think about the bitcoiners who blessed others with sats and taught us. In the name of freedom, I should do the same. (First paragraph, last sentence kinda hit home for me. Thanks)

Seeking for bitcoin advice it's very important for someone who want to learn when is the proper time to invest in cryptocurrency or to purchase Bitcoin. The best time to buy cryptocurrency especially directly to Bitcoin is when the price of Bitcoin is low and when you buy you will hold for some years or long-term investment so that you can make a connection. And doing so, it's good to someone that have money. Because if you lack money everything possibly how to make your investments target not achieve.

You have money, but your sister does not. Your phrase "why should I" speaks volumes. Why are you posting here? What would you like? For us to tell you that you are such a nice, cool dude?

Just help your sister; it's scary when people save five bucks. Give her a gift, tell her about bitcoins, and don't think about why you should. If such questions arise, then do nothing; let everything be OK with you because you don’t owe anything to anyone, right?

You know, there is such a sign-when you give, you receive. Today you help your nephews, and tomorrow someone will help you. The rule is working.

The thing is is that she is not poor, but broke. She can afford to put something small aside. I only know this because she has saved several hundred in cash before. But overall is financially undisciplined IMO. But she does not make enough to never need help from me. She works as a Jr. software coder and understands Bitcoin to a point. I don’t think she her lightbulb went off about how it’s price is irrelevant and deep down what it is. I may just set it aside for her or her children and give it to them in 20years and then turn my head so I can’t see what they do with it (after I give them more education). I don’t know how much 1 million satoshis will be worth in 20 years but…….

It seems to me that your sister would benefit from financial help now in the form of $, judging by the fact that even $5 is a problem for her on a weekly basis. To me, that would seem more logical than persuading someone to invest in something they clearly do not understand and show no interest in.

If one day you want to give your sister a certain amount of Bitcoin and if it is not a problem for you, I don't see why you are in such a doubt - you can simply do it, or decide not to do it. My opinion is that it is completely wrong to convince someone to invest in anything risky, and Bitcoin is definitely in that category.