{"id":2775,"date":"2025-05-26T18:17:57","date_gmt":"2025-05-26T18:17:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mar101xy.com\/blog\/?p=2775"},"modified":"2025-05-26T18:17:58","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T18:17:58","slug":"start-a-bitcoin-business-keep-hodling-bitcoin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mar101xy.com\/blog\/?p=2775","title":{"rendered":"Start a Bitcoin business keep hodling Bitcoin?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Really good video by Joe Nakamoto,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Software engineers like Plamen are becoming entrepreneurs not for profit, but to advance Bitcoin adoption.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this case, Plamen had no dream of owning a bar\u2014he\u2019s a software developer\u2014but opened Bulgaria\u2019s first Bitcoin-themed bar simply because nobody else did.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He calls it the worst financial investment of his life, as he spent his Bitcoin at $25,000 and watched it double soon after. Yet, he says it was necessary\u2014to give the local Bitcoin community a physical space to meet, transact, and build something real.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019ve often said on Nostr that this isn\u2019t the ideal time to start a business if you hold Bitcoin, since its value keeps rising.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But I get it\u2014Ive seen others on Nostr think about doing the same thing, including myself, we all have been tempted to do the same: start any type of business just to say:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe Accept Bitcoin.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the fiat businesses crumble many of us Bitcoiners will have to jump in and replace them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My best advice is if you dont own the property then it&#8217;s not worth it. 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