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Quote from: xSkylarx on November 29, 2023, 10:03:14 AM

Has anyone ever tried wearing a Bitcoin clothing in public? I wore mine to an event earlier this week and noticed that most of the young age people were looking at it. One person even asked me if I owned a Bitcoin(which I've answered him ). It just popped into my mind that is it making myself vulnerable to bad people? We are aware that we should keep quiet if we own Bitcoin because of the risk that someone will hurt us or target us so that they could get our Bitcoin.

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I don't think that's a good idea, I have heard many horrible stories about people who have been targeted by bad people because they found out about their wallets.

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I can say that one can see such t-shirt or polo and buy it because they like it as a result of the bitcoin design on it. Wearing it depends on your environment too because that would guarantee your safety. If you feel that your are just wearing if for the design without thinking of your bitcoin involvement then you should know what to do and places you wear it to otherwise, it is better you take caution because you just can not tell who is watching at you in the public to launch an attack on you. It is generally assumed that guys into bitcoin are well to do and if it happens that you have been on their list of how you manage to get your money and they finally see you on a bitcoin logo shirt then they would conclude that your source of income is from the bitcoin you are involved in. So in that case your privacy is no more guaranteed and you might be a possible target to them.

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Quote from: xSkylarx on November 29, 2023, 10:03:14 AM

Has anyone ever tried wearing a Bitcoin clothing in public? I wore mine to an event earlier this week and noticed that most of the young age people were looking at it. One person even asked me if I owned a Bitcoin(which I've answered him ). It just popped into my mind that is it making myself vulnerable to bad people? We are aware that we should keep quiet if we own Bitcoin because of the risk that someone will hurt us or target us so that they could get our Bitcoin.

Its just a t-shirt nothing can put you in harm with that unless you display your ledger or anything that can show that you hold some balance in your position. If you are worried about it well don't give your self a stress and don't where anything that can make you easily identified as a bitcoin user or holder.

I have couple of bitcoin and altcoin T-shirt designs and wearing it on public then so far it didn't put me on any risk. If some ask if I am bitcoin user then answer plain that you have some amount but only a small percentage only don't tell them that you have a lot of it since maybe it can caught the interest of bad people since bitcoin still a form of money. Also don't think about negative things for wearing it since bitcoin is not known by majority so for sure they don't give a shit on the design of your shirt.

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Quote from: naira on November 30, 2023, 03:07:45 AM

Quote from: xSkylarx on November 29, 2023, 10:03:14 AM

Has anyone ever tried wearing a Bitcoin clothing in public? I wore mine to an event earlier this week and noticed that most of the young age people were looking at it. One person even asked me if I owned a Bitcoin(which I've answered him ). It just popped into my mind that is it making myself vulnerable to bad people? We are aware that we should keep quiet if we own Bitcoin because of the risk that someone will hurt us or target us so that they could get our Bitcoin.

This is exactly like wanting to show others that you are a Bitcoin Trader or Bitcoin Hodler. However, because this is clothing, not everyone will be amazed, for those who don't know, this is not something strange. Or here you want to try to show off by wearing Bitcoin clothes? I've done it but it serves no purpose other than to cover the body. There are around 20 t-shirts with the Hodler Bitcoin logo. So, after I thought about the risks of this being a target for hackers, I finally stopped wearing the t-shirt and now it's probably only suitable for collecting.

But how about those people who accidentally wear clothes that have either a bitcoin logo or anything related to bitcoin? I don't have a sample, but I once encountered a person that wore a t-shirt with the printed "Bitcoin" and the "B" designed as the logo of bitcoin, and from the looks of it, he looks like a person who doesn't have any idea about bitcoin, so out of curiosity, I asked the person where he brought the t-shirt and said that it was from their local clothes store, and I asked him again if he knew about the print, and he said no. So basically, there are clothes stores that have this kind of design but don't know its meaning. But in the case of the OP, he intentionally wore the t-shirt, maybe to show off or because he doesn't have anything to wear, so expect that many people will be curious about him doing crypto currency stuff, as the bitcoin logo these days is very popular. They know about bitcoin, but they don't know the indebtedness of it.

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Quote from: xSkylarx on November 29, 2023, 10:03:14 AM

Has anyone ever tried wearing a Bitcoin clothing in public? I wore mine to an event earlier this week and noticed that most of the young age people were looking at it. One person even asked me if I owned a Bitcoin(which I've answered him ). It just popped into my mind that is it making myself vulnerable to bad people? We are aware that we should keep quiet if we own Bitcoin because of the risk that someone will hurt us or target us so that they could get our Bitcoin.

You have a cool Shirt mate, have you the one designed that? or just a purchase from store or some bitcoin loving designer because I really love white shirt with simple print on it so maybe now I have Idea what kind of shirt i am going to send to the clothing shop(Is it OK if i copy your design?)

I have seen some design Online but most have big Logos of Bitcoin that for me is exaggerating , am not a fan of those type of shirt and also I wanted to have it as Hood so there is 2 version that I am planning but with different design of course.

Quote from: inthelongrun on November 30, 2023, 03:10:06 AM

Before, I thought about putting Bitcoin and crypto marks in my house but I didn't because maintaining my privacy, especially about bitcoin is better. The same thing happened to my earlier plans of having shirts and caps with bitcoin markings. So far I only have a tiny bitcoin logo on my phone and laptop.

Seriously ? you have the same as mine? yeah Infront of my Computer there is a Bitcoin Logo and yes in back of my Mobile phone there is a Big Bitcoin Logo that can be noticed because of its color gold Grin

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Maybe in modern and open countries, this is not a problem. But lately, in my country, our government has been trying to emulate what the US is doing including Binance. Tax analysis computations are still in process. Living in a very corrupt country, I prefer to just stay private.

In my Provincial visit last year(somewhere in our Summer capital) have seen a couple(Husband and Wife) wearing Ethereum Shirt though this is not a Bitcoin but at least they are proud wearing cryptocurrency that I believe almost have same approach as Ethereum is the highest ranking altcoin.

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Before, I thought about putting Bitcoin and crypto marks in my house but I didn't because maintaining my privacy, especially about bitcoin is better. The same thing happened to my earlier plans of having shirts and caps with bitcoin markings. So far I only have a tiny bitcoin logo on my phone and laptop.

Maybe in modern and open countries, this is not a problem. But lately, in my country, our government has been trying to emulate what the US is doing including Binance. Tax analysis computations are still in process. Living in a very corrupt country, I prefer to just stay private.

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Quote from: xSkylarx on November 29, 2023, 10:03:14 AM

Has anyone ever tried wearing a Bitcoin clothing in public? I wore mine to an event earlier this week and noticed that most of the young age people were looking at it. One person even asked me if I owned a Bitcoin(which I've answered him ). It just popped into my mind that is it making myself vulnerable to bad people? We are aware that we should keep quiet if we own Bitcoin because of the risk that someone will hurt us or target us so that they could get our Bitcoin.

This is exactly like wanting to show others that you are a Bitcoin Trader or Bitcoin Hodler. However, because this is clothing, not everyone will be amazed, for those who don't know, this is not something strange. Or here you want to try to show off by wearing Bitcoin clothes? I've done it but it serves no purpose other than to cover the body. There are around 20 t-shirts with the Hodler Bitcoin logo. So, after I thought about the risks of this being a target for hackers, I finally stopped wearing the t-shirt and now it's probably only suitable for collecting.

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This is not a good way of spreading information about bitcoin because we don't know that the individuals who are asking about bitcoin are loyal with or not. Actually sharing your success with others means that you are revealing yourself to them to put your lives in danger. We can also share bitcoin knowledge online but wearing cloths of bitcoin will not give you any profit instead making your life threaten by hackers and haters.

Share your ideas about bitcoin with relatives is good idea to spread information among them but don't show them that you are also a bitcoin holders and hide all your success from others to an extent to which you can. One cannot bear the profitability of others so why we share profit with others to make our investment more risky and insecure.

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Quote from: oktana on November 30, 2023, 01:07:36 AM

Today, the average person that hears Bitcoin almost forgets that it is possible to own fractions of it. And they assume that you’re either owning at least one of it (which gave you the confidence to wear the Bitcoin clothing in public) or that you make a lot of money from it. You may not own so much Bitcoin yet, you can place targets on your back subconsciously and innocently. So, be careful; people are watching, don’t create the ideology of being rich.

People just assume anyone that has something to do with Bitcoin (whether he is trading or hodling) is super rich. Wearing Bitcoin clothings will only affirm their curiosity because it is kind of rare to see people wear clothes with Bitcoin inscriptions and logos on them. Apart from the fact that the wearer of such outfit will be at risk of being a target to bad people, he will also be exposed to fake friendships. Yea, everyone wants to associate with the big guys. When you have such people around, they won't rest until they drain you financially and your privacy too will obviously be at stake.

This is not just limited to Bitcoin. In general, once people know where you are earning from, they begin to assume a whole lot of things about you and three things comes on their mind. It's either they ignore you, attack you or be friends with you. This is why we have to be careful who we expose our source of income to.

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You have to understand that not all bad or criminally minded people knows about bitcoin since they have only worked stealing or sticking up people that have fiat in them so I do not think that you are going to be in any danger wearing that, you are not flaunting your wealth in any way just because you are wearing a bitcoin themed tshirt and if you are really that worried about your well-being then your problem is you are probably living in an area that has a really high crime rate so maybe it is not your outfit that is attracting this type of stuff so go on and where what you want, you are spreading the gospel of bitcoin and you are comfortable with what you are wearing.

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Quote from: xSkylarx on November 29, 2023, 10:03:14 AM

Has anyone ever tried wearing a Bitcoin clothing in public? I wore mine to an event earlier this week and noticed that most of the young age people were looking at it. One person even asked me if I owned a Bitcoin(which I've answered him ). It just popped into my mind that is it making myself vulnerable to bad people? We are aware that we should keep quiet if we own Bitcoin because of the risk that someone will hurt us or target us so that they could get our Bitcoin.

I also have several t-shirts with the Bitcoin logo on the front and I often wear them when I leave the house or go to other public places here at my place. Indeed, there are several people who glance and see me when I wear clothes that have the Bitcoin logo on them, but they here at my place don't tend to approach me to ask about Bitcoin and maybe they also think that to find out about Bitcoin it's enough to go through the internet.

And I'm actually quite comfortable that no one wants to ask me about Bitcoin so that I don't have to spend my time explaining it to those who do. Apart from that, I have also seen other people in my place wearing clothes with Bitcoin written on them and I didn't approach them to ask because for me it was very normal, especially since Bitcoin is now known by many people throughout the world. So it wasn't something that really wowed me and it wasn't something that was surprising to me either.

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I haven't tried it but I think people wear a whole lot of customized clothes that bear brands and signature logos that they are not even a part of and people don't take them that seriously. Of course, the young ones who know about Bitcoin would easily suspect that you own a bitcoin and that's what inspired your choice of dress bearing bitcoin which might draw unnecessary attraction but it all depends on how free you are in sharing your bitcoin personality with people.

If you're in a society that even when people know that you own one bitcoin or more, it won't make anyone to see it as a big deal, then wearing such a customized product shouldn't be a problem but if you're in a county that are against it adoption and are doing anything possible to stop people from getting involved in Bitcoin, then you should know that you inviting some sort of unneeded attention to yourself.

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Quote from: xSkylarx on November 29, 2023, 10:03:14 AM

Has anyone ever tried wearing a Bitcoin clothing in public? I wore mine to an event earlier this week and noticed that most of the young age people were looking at it. One person even asked me if I owned a Bitcoin(which I've answered him ). It just popped into my mind that is it making myself vulnerable to bad people? We are aware that we should keep quiet if we own Bitcoin because of the risk that someone will hurt us or target us so that they could get our Bitcoin.

Most people are not aware that Bitcoin can be bought in bits so they assume that every Bitcoiner owns at least one Bitcoin. If you own one Bitcoin in my area, you are a millionaire and one of the wealthiest in my location. This will make you a target to criminals such as scammers and thieves. It is better to remain anonymous because it will reduce such negative attention and make you move around freely. Before now I used to speak to people about bitcoin but I reduced my awareness programs and my focus now is to educate close family and friends. Bitcoin awareness is important but we can also advertise Bitcoin anonymously. Hopefully this will change in future when Bitcoin adoption has increased in many countries.

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Really good to see how you’re marketing the idea of Bitcoin, but then, security it very important. Today, the average person that hears Bitcoin almost forgets that it is possible to own fractions of it. And they assume that you’re either owning at least one of it (which gave you the confidence to wear the Bitcoin clothing in public) or that you make a lot of money from it. You may not own so much Bitcoin yet, you can place targets on your back subconsciously and innocently. So, be careful; people are watching, don’t create the ideology of being rich.

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Not a good idea for me because you are just removing your privacy for having Bitcoin holdings and you might be target by scammer since they already have an idea that you are a holder.
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This is just a downside for me, it is more likely you are exposing your own self that you are a Bitcoin hodler, and some criminals can target you.
But the good side here is you are advertising Bitcoin for free, and when someone sees your t-shirt some could become curious and they will start to research it or best way to hold some also.

I don't understand why people always think that when we wear clothes with the bitcoin logo, we will become a target for criminals? So what if we wear clothes with gold or diamond logos printed on them? Do they think we have a lot of gold and diamonds?

What's more, if we all always hide and don't reveal to the world or promote people about bitcoin. So how can we always expect it to become more popular and become a currency when we never want to use it publicly? Isn't that a contradiction?, we all want privacy and we want bitcoin to be popular and widely used?

Because you don’t understand the crime rate difference on each country especially in ours. Bitcoin is new here and known for quick reach scheme by normal people. Come to my country and try to do that in the public to understand what we are talking about.

Probably you leave from the country which crypto is just a norm but try doing that on 3rd world country like us with high poverty rate. You will instantly get robbed by wearing valuable items such as gold when you walk down the street.

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OP, One day we will be walking down the street wearing the Bitcoin symbol on a t-shirt like you and people will see us and ask if we are a Bitcoin investor or do we have a BTC bit coin. But it is not possible to do this at the moment because Bitcoin in Bangladesh is not legalized. When we get Bitcoin legalized we will be able to freely walk the streets wearing Bitcoin t-shirts.

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It makes you feel cool, but it makes you more vulnerable to criminals.
For me, safety is more important than showing to the public that you're involved with cryptocurrencies.

As adoption increases, so do scams, and criminals that can extort you, and force you to give your Bitcoin to them. Take note that it's easy now to learn how to send, and receive Bitcoin since there's something called "Youtube" that can help them. I've thinking of doing that in the past as well, but it's good that I didn't do it because of the fact that I was in the city at that time, and criminals were just lurking around, waiting for a victim.

It's easy to make Bitcoin clothing, but you will risk your safety if you do it. You'll be more susceptible to a "5$ wrench attack". Well, there are some who are still doing it, and there's nothing wrong with it I guess as long as they feel safe while doing it.

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Actually, many people already know about Bitcoin, especially young people, but because there is no real community, not many people know about Bitcoin even in the same city. However, if we are worried about the security of our assets because many people already know, then it comes back to maintaining our private keys, as long as we can protect them I don't think there will be any problems, and of course there are many suggestions for being able to protect our private keys.

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Quote from: laurenB7742 on November 29, 2023, 11:53:48 PM

As I see it, most people do not support this action of yours because it can endanger you by people with bad intentions.

Yes, in general it is a bad idea. It is one thing if you are in El Zonte (El Salvador) or Bitcoin Island and wear a Bitcoin t-shirt there, but wearing a t-shirt or other merchandising item with the Bitcoin symbol is putting a bullseye on yourself that all it has are risks and no benefits, so for me the decision is clear.

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As I see it, most people do not support this action of yours because it can endanger you by people with bad intentions. That means people also advise you not to share bitcoins with others because once you spread the word about bitcoins, everyone will know you own bitcoins.

In my opinion, you should adjust flexibly depending on the environmental conditions where you live. If there is an environment with good security and people are sociable, then popularizing bitcoin to everyone is necessary and advisable. If your area has a lot of crime and social evils, you shouldn't brag about everything.

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