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Re: Had a talk with my son today about my bitcoins
by
airdnasxela
on 21/04/2018, 03:23:48 UTC
I sat my 7yr old son down and showed him my ledger nano and how to use it in case anything ever happens to me.
I explained there is electronic money on it and it will be his one day. Went through the process of wiping it and restoring with the seed. But reminded him never ever tell anyone about it is our secret.

He's a smart kid and was amazed at how it's secured by an extremely complex code and that no one can steal the money you can take it anywhere and it's safer than a bank because the ledger is a bank itself (i know that's not quite correct but still). I didn't tell him how much are on there but told him one day it will be extremely valuable that's why I'm telling him about it is for him when he grows up.

Later that day we talked about how to secure the seed and printing it on a metal plate. He thinks it is so cool.

It amazed me how a child instantly understood it and showed how cryptos are for the future generations not us. We are early adopters so buy at least 1 bitcoin for your kids. Just might set them up for life.
This is a good idea considering that they are the potential future users of digital currencies. What I only can say that you need to be careful in sharing him your keys because he might pressured by his friends or older peers and he might give it to them.  Educate him the best way you can so that he will be also a responsible and a successful user of bitcoin in the future.  Good luck!