OK. yes. but on the flip side to this... I'll speak at meet ups, do videos, conferences, whatever to get the message out there. but on a few occasions someone with way more fiat than me has asked for 1 on 1 hand holding for setting up a wallet, securing a seed phrase, and moving coins from exchange to self custody. I absolutely bill per hour for this, because I do IT consulting for a living and I don't see this as fundamentally different from fixing a QuickBooks server or setting up an email account. also, I know of a woman in my area who did offer 1 on 1 bitcoin help for free, her help included making a copy of all her "clients" seed phrases and running off with the funds. I charge by the hour and make sure my clients know to never show their seed phrase to anyone.

Naw I would never accept payment for teaching people the knowledge I already possess…

But I have been paid to just set stuff up for people, that was a service lol they didn’t want to learn…

I don't see much a problem in charging to teach stuff and it's more effective in some ways, people often don't give any thought to free advice and free books.

I just don’t feel right taking payments for spreading knowledge

I see, it's ok