🟧 Bitcoin Skill Ladder
• 0 BTC → Observer
Reads headlines, repeats narratives, no skin in the game
• 0.001 BTC → Participant
Learns by doing, first sats change perspective
• 0.01 BTC → Self-Educator
Understands wallets, UTXOs, halvings, supply mechanics
• 0.05 BTC → Custody Literate
Uses hardware wallets, understands backups & attack vectors
• 0.1 BTC → Network Thinker
Sees Bitcoin as a protocol, not a ticker
• 0.21 BTC → Systems Aware
Understands incentives, game theory, monetary history
• 0.5 BTC → Operationally Competent
Runs nodes, verifies, transacts with confidence
• 1 BTC → Protocol Native
Thinks in sats, blocks, and settlement layers
• 3 BTC → Infrastructure Mindset
Bitcoin is rails, not an asset class
• 10+ BTC → Civilization Builder
Designs life, business, and legacy on Bitcoin standards
