Dad: Son, what stands the term "RBF" for?
Son: Hi Dad,
"RBF" stands for "Replace By Fee". "RBF" allows to replace a stucked or unconfirmed transaction with a new one that uses a higher fee.
Dad: Son, this seems a useful feature to save fees.
Son: Yes.
Please note that the "replacement" transaction uses the same inputs as the original one.
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Dad: Son, what stands the term "RBF" for?
Son: Hi Dad,
"RBF" stands for "Replace By Fee". "RBF" allows to replace a stucked or unconfirmed transaction with a new one that uses a higher fee.
Dad: Son, this seems a useful feature to save fees.
Son: Yes.
Please note that the "replacement" transaction uses the same inputs as the original one.
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Son: Dad, we just got the new car. :-)
Dad: Son, I am glad for you and I wish you many safe trips with it. However, you should have some spare diesel, blankets, food and water in that car. Always.
Son: Yeah, always have backups and a plan B.
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Dad: Son, why do you believe some individuals are reluctant to delve into the realm of Bitcoin?
Son: Hi Dad,
Common obstacles to Bitcoin include a general apprehension towards new technology, experiences of being deceived by unreliable shitcoins and their promoters.
Another major concern is the question, "If it's so beneficial, why isn't everyone already using it?"
Dad: I see...
Son: Breaking down these barriers often hinges on establishing personal trust. Dad, consider delving into more Bitcoin discussions with your boomer friends! ;)
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Son: Dad, when it comes to internet money, you should never use, generate or input private keys online.
Dad: Son, you have already mentioned that.
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Dad: Son, I am looking for a Bitcoin documentary. Do you have any recommendations?
Son: Hi Dad,
Sure. I would watch these in the given order:
1. Banking On Bitcoin
2. Bitcoin — Shape The Future
3. The Rise And Rise Of Bitcoin
4. Bitcoin: The End of Money as We Know It
5. Bitcoin: Beyond the Bubble
Dad: Got my popcorn ready for documentary night! Thanks for your recommendations, son.
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Dad: Son, why Bitcoin?
Son: Hi Dad,
Fiat is broken and they can’t fix it.
Bitcoin works, and they can’t break it.
Dad: Okay, agreed, but what about gold?
Son: The century between the gold standard and the Bitcoin standard – the fiat money interregnum – is the real anomaly of history.
Dad: And what about "the next Bitcoin"?
Son: The "next Bitcoin" does not and will never exist.
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Son: Dad, these are the top 5 things I learned about money while in school.
1. _________________________________
2. _________________________________
3. _________________________________
4. _________________________________
5. _________________________________
Dad: Son, it is a shame...
I am certain that the "health" list will not look any better.
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Dad: Son, what is "Cold Storage" exactly?
Son: Hi Dad,
"Cold storage" is a general term for different ways of securing bitcoins offline. Your signing keys are disconnected from the internet.
Dad: So "BlueWallet" must be a hot wallet?
Son: Yes. It's connected to the internet. This is perfectly fine for daily transactions and smaller amounts.
For storing funds long term, use a dedicated hardware wallet like the "Coldcard" or the "Passport". However, multisig – a "signing combination" of various wallet – would be the best solution.
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Dad: Son,
Bitcoin is too expensive
Bitcoin is old technology
Bitcoin is too complicated
Bitcoin is risky and speculative
Bitcoin will be replaced by another coin
Son: Hi Dad,
No, no, no, no and no.
It would go beyond the bounds of this message to elaborate on this. Talk to you later...
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Dad: Son, what about splitting the 24 recovery seed words in two and storing the two parts in different locations?
Son: Hi Dad,
This is a bad idea that should not be done because if one set of words is discovered, then it becomes far easier to brute force the rest of the seed phrase.
Storing bitcoin in multiple locations like this should be done with multi-signature wallets instead. A 2-of-3 quorum is a great configuration to secure your funds.
Dad: Well, that brings other challenges, I assume.
Son: Yes, but it's not that hard to do.
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Son: Dad, don't trust everything you see.
Even salt looks like sugar.
Dad: Son, what do you want to tell me?
Son: Use your Umbrel node to verify if your bitcoin is real bitcoin – or you will be salty in the end.
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Dad: Son, I just bought a bitcoin.
Son: Ahh..
the beginning of a deep friendship!
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Dad: Son, how long does it take to pay using Lightning?
Son: Hi Dad,
A LN payment takes only a fraction of a second.
Dad: Wrong!
Although payments take only a couple of seconds, you usually need at least two minutes to discuss with the counterparty how fucking awesome the Lightning Network is.
Budget your time accordingly, son!
Son: LOL. Thanks for your advice, Dad. :-D
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Dad: Son, what about "paper wallets"?
Son: Hi Dad,
Don't use them nowadays. These paper wallets are considered unsafe for various reasons.
Dad: What should I use instead? Any suggestions?
Son: "Opendimes" are today's paper wallets.
This is a very safe and effective way to generate a uncompromised private key.
Dad: And then I load the private key into BlueWallet?
Son: If you want to move your funds, then yes.
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Dad: Son, why is Bitcoin so hard to understand at first?
Son: Hi Dad,
Lina Seiche once said on a podcast: "The hardest part when learning about Bitcoin is to first unlearn the fiat economics you’ve been taught to believe in. Once you do, Bitcoin becomes the obvious choice."
Dad: Son, it doesn't make it any easier that you are then one of the few.
Son: Yeah, Dad, that's true. Oh, almost forgot, there is a quote from Satoshi Nakamoto himself on this.
"Sorry to be a wet blanket. Writing a description for this thing for general audiences is bloody hard. There’s nothing to relate it to."
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Dad: Son, what does m/44'|48'|84'/0'/0' mean?
Son: Hi Dad,
It's a "derivation path" and it describes how your Hierarchical Deterministic (HD) wallet derive a specific key within a tree of keys.
For example, if you want to get the next address from a wallet, it just increases the last number by one.
Dad: So this means that all receiving addresses are already known when the wallet is created?
Son: All receiving addresses, all change addresses, all accounts and much more are known from the beginning. Everything is derived from your 12 or 24 seed words using a derivation path.
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Son: Dad, Bitcoin is my Ikigai.
Dad: Son, okay, but tell me, what is an "Ikigai"?
Son: "Ikigai" is a Japanese concept referring to something that gives a person a sense of purpose, a reason for being.
Dad: Sounds spiritual... Maybe that is the reason why Bitcoin is changing many positively.
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Dad: Son, since the Bitcoin price is tied to the collapsing fiat system, what would the value of Bitcoin look like after the collapse?
Being decentralized and all, who would assign the value?
Son: Hi Dad,
Some use gold as metric.
I prefer 1 BTC = 100,000,000 sats.
Just focus on how many sats you can buy.
Bitcoin prices are determined by the market in real time. Goods and services will soon be denominated in bitcoin or sats.
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Dad: Son, how is your trade going?
Son: Dad, is it you?
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Dad: Son, how can you make a month's salary last forever?
Son: Hi Dad,
That's a damn good question!
I have no idea. Tell me!
Dad: It is quite simple.
Turn it into bitcoin.
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