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The end of 2025 marks two years since our family switched entirely to a Bitcoin standard. Two years ago we chose to stop earning fiat altogether, began earning Bitcoin only, spending Bitcoin whenever possible, and saving in Bitcoin. We are starting this year with more sats in cold storage than ever before. #thankyousatoshi

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I am not sure, probably not since I don’t know either. Most of my bigger activity has always been with strike. The convenience of being able to have a checking account associated with it was amazing - I used bill pay a lot. I just really like what block is doing with progressing bitcoin payments for small businesses so try and support them too. Sometimes I use both at the same time
Earning sats directly completely changes the game. Instead of exchanging fiat for Bitcoin as a secondary savings tool, we do the opposite: Hold as many sats as we can, convert only the minimal amount necessary to pay our few remaining fiat bills each month, and most importantly β€” spend sats directly whenever possible. It becomes a game of how many of our basic needs can be fulfilled using Bitcoin directly, and how little we ever have to interact with the legacy fiat systemsβ€” rather than how many sats can I stack and save, while still fully participating in the fiat systems which are built to hold you back. Withdraw completely. Use Bitcoin. Exit the system completely, and take back your sovereignty. #optout #bitcoinonly2026 View quoted note β†’
What process do you use? River, Strike or something like that for direct deposit straight into BTC? Then pay things directly or with a card that you pay off monthly? Something like that? I’ve been thinking of doing this to finally move to a BTC standard, but the execution plan is still a bit fuzzy. What I mentioned above is what I’d assume I’d do, so I’m curious what y’all are doing.