Come on, you don't think you can be happy without money? Tell that to the people who live in slums. Being happy is not to do with what you have, it's how you perceive what you have. Just like bitcoin's worth is only defined by the value people assign to it.
Bravo, bro. I didn't exactly grow up dirt poor, but there was definitely not enough money for a lot of extras--toys, clothes, bicycles, etc., so I had to do without a lot of the fun stuff kids tend to enjoy. But I made do, and the biggest factor of whether I derived pleasure out of something was my own imagination. There were no smartphones when I was a child, and I didn't own a video game console until my late teenage years. Anyway, my point is that I agree that money does not equate with happiness.
There are extremely rich individuals who live in their own private hell, and all the money in the world does nothing to assuage their pain. I've met quite a few such people. Their money ends up owning them.
Right now I've got enough dough to live just how I'd like to live. I'm
not wealthy by United States standards by a long shot, but I have everything I need and a lot of the things I want. I just bought a beautiful gold-plated fountain pen for $140, and it's been exceeding my expectations and keeping me very amused and satisfied throughout the day. I don't need big expensive things to keep me happy. Those are all external solutions to what amounts to an internal problem if that's what you need to be happy.