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How Bitcoin Makes Me a Better Friend

May 02, 20253 min read

Bitcoin is often talked about in terms of price, markets, and economics—but there’s a side of Bitcoin nobody really talks about: what it does to your relationships.

Sounds strange, right?
How could a digital monetary network possibly make you a better friend, partner, or human being?

But that’s exactly what it’s done for me.

This is the side effect of fixing your money:
You begin fixing yourself.


Fiat Makes You Frenzied

In the fiat world, everything is urgent. Everything is fast.
If you’re not investing aggressively, you’re falling behind.
If you’re not working overtime, you’re wasting time.
If you’re not scrolling endlessly, you’re missing out.

This kind of stress bleeds into everything—including relationships.

  • You become impatient.

  • You think in short-term cycles.

  • You put productivity above presence.

  • You stay anxious about money, status, and time.

Even if you don’t realize it, fiat makes you emotionally reactive. It pulls your attention to what’s loud and immediate—not what’s true and lasting.


Bitcoin Slows You Down in All the Right Ways

Bitcoin teaches time preference—arguably its most powerful lesson.
When you adopt a low time preference, you stop chasing dopamine and start building for the long term.

This shift doesn’t just affect your finances. It reshapes how you move through life.

  • You become more patient.

  • You learn to delay gratification.

  • You stop interrupting.

  • You listen deeper.

  • You show up with more intention.

That’s what makes you a better friend.

When you’re no longer enslaved to the short-term panic of fiat survival, you have margin. Margin for others. Margin for care. Margin for showing up.


Bitcoin = Margin = Meaning

We often think of money as transactional. But Bitcoin reminds you that money is actually relational. It's how we store value, signal trust, and exchange energy.

And when the money is broken, relationships suffer.

How many families fight over finances?
How many friendships are strained by status games or envy?
How many people feel unseen because the world is too busy rushing around to even notice?

Bitcoin doesn’t magically fix these things. But it creates space for you to begin addressing them.

It gives you a foundation of clarity, calm, and confidence.

From there, generosity flows more freely. Empathy returns. Trust feels less risky.

Because when your future doesn’t feel like it’s slipping away…
You can afford to be present for others today.


The Unexpected Freedom of Emotional Wealth

Fiat teaches you to grind.
Bitcoin teaches you to build.

Fiat says “keep up.”
Bitcoin says “slow down and think.”

Fiat says “win alone.”
Bitcoin says “opt in together.”

The deeper I go into Bitcoin, the more I realize this isn’t just about sovereign money—it’s about sovereign relationships.

Ones that aren’t built on keeping score or transactional expectations.
Ones rooted in shared values, clarity, and long-term alignment.

I didn’t expect Bitcoin to help my friendships.
But when you fix the money, you quiet the chaos.
And in that silence, real connection can thrive.


Shout out to BullishBTC.com — because fixing your money might be the first step to fixing the things that matter even more.

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