Bitcoin Forum

I have considered telling my family and some of my friends about Bitcoin but whenever I've tried, they fail to understand why it does have value and why it is extremely important specially in the current socioeconomic context.. they don't get it and see it as something really strange. Needless to say I wouldn't tell them to put any money on it. In a way it feels like im keeping something amazing to myself, but at the same time, I don't want to put people into the pressure of holding through rallies long term because most people aren't cut for that.

How to introduce Bitcoin to absolutely clueless people and is there even a point? Should we just let time pass and wait for them to naturally learn about it once it goes more mainstream?

I talk frequently with friends and family about bitcoin, I like to blow people's mind. :)

And I always advise not to buy, usually that's not even a problem because they are not tech savvy enough to do it...

Just let them see what is bitcoin share some experience you have when you work with this site. In that case some of your relative will the first one to ask you what kind of business is that. just like that give them proof

Just tell them about the bitcoin and its functions. Do not recommend them to buy or less. They have to make their own decisions.

Same :D
I told my mom I made some BTC on the internet (besides the one I tend to buy monthly with my wage as dollar cost average method) and I always get the same response: "when are you going to sell some of it? what if it falls?" they never believe in long term, always want to sell it and buy something. I showed her how my BTC went up $150+ since it went from 230 floor to the new 380 floor, holding works.

It is worth talking to people about it even if it is just laying the foundation, sooner or later they will hear about bitcoin in the news and from other sources and will already have a little bit of understanding. 

It is always worth mentioning this forum as a place to go to start with then they can do as much or as little research as they like, there are also faucets which they can use to get some satoshi so they can see how it all works.

I have spoken to a few people but interest is quite low although when the price shot up last week they seemed a bit more interested :)

Actually that is real problem to talk with friends and family about BTCitcoin because it is some what complicated to understand the whole mechanism in first meeting i think talk regularly and let them do make search about this if they are really interested they can find a lot of informative materiel in these it more easy to understand. 

For me it is wast of time. Even when i talk with friends they tell me I am crazy. For them bitcoin is some virtual scam.But I am persistent and I hope in time they will get it. I think bitcoin is here to stay so it's never gonna be late to join this ride, it is just matter who will take best seats.

If you talked with your friends when it was around $250 so now great time to talk about it again because now price has been increased incredibly amazing so it can make them to let know more about bitcoin what is it and how it works. ;D

i had the same problem just like you when i'm telling about bitcoin to my family but when I talk about it to my friends

they look interested To find out more about bitcoin and some of them already use bitcoin for purchase they needs

My mum uses faucets, has her own Xapo wallet and uses Coinbase too. She's fairly well aware of the 'micro-economy' but she still doesn't understand what it can be spent on. Purse.io was a cool app to her, but she hasn't seen it in action!

My best friend runs a few faucets!

No, just because your not seeing any results from the efforts you've made til now for introducing bitcoin, doesn't mean it's a waste of time... I would have surprised if they understood how it works and how great it is in terms of use and its potential... I've tried to go step by step since I'm the only tech person in my family (it sucks) and explaining to them the BTCitcoin is like explaining a college algebra to a elementary kid so it really takes time before they get a piece of how it works...I'm getting close there but it's just really hard teaching non tech people about it specially if their old...I suggest to gather them all up and try to compile some videos from YouTube that explains it real good and let them watch from time to time... I've seen positive results this way in shorter amount of time since the known speakers of BTCitcoin community do know how to attract people to BTCitcoin

No it definitely is now, my parents have shown greater interest in Bitcoins rather than in Gold. They often monitor the Bitcoin prices, but they don't trade in it or purchase it. Also, they ask about how it's performing once in a while when they're not monitoring it. A couple of my friends already have a fair idea about Bitcoins, but they can't find an easier way to buy it without worrying about being taxed.

 ;D its really a waste of time when you trying to explain to a non-tech members.
Really you'll get depressed. Yeah! When ever i try to explain (not how bitcoin was working and what the heck is that, but i tried to simply how to use it) to my friends they always laught at me. Because, they didn't beleived me as i failed to make money on PTC sites, they thought bitcoin too like that. And when i try to explain to my parents, simply they didn't give any reaction and saw me as an alien/stranger :o ???

i dont think its a waste of time.

just keep it simple. talk about the money aspect first!

how can i sent 1 USD to a girl in japan who posted a funny cat picture on her facebook/twitter account (or a song etc) ? only possible with bitcoin.

i can sent 0,10 USD or 100.000 USD - nearly for free. in the same time. 24/7/365

only possible with bitcoin. sent and recieve bitcoins with an APP on your phone.


dont talk about mining or nodes or stuff like that.

simple answer:
wait

reason:
right now think about your friends and families lives.. how they earn their income and what do they spend it on.
are there any shops in your city that will accept bitcoin. who will sell car fuel, toilet paper, cigarettes, alcohol, baked beans, meat, clothing.

ask yourself do any of your relatives shop online. and if so do those online stores accept bitcoin..

now the real question.. if you just handed them 1BTC, how useful would that bitcoin be to give your friend and family something to live on and pay the bills for a week..

now, if its not useful as a real world lifestyle currency right now in your city.. dont explain bitcoin as the worlds best currency.. they wont see it..

however
if they are not natives (thus foreign ancestry) and they send funds oversee's to relatives.
if they just go abroad alot and are sick of the exchange rates/transfer fee's of fiat
if they are in business and want to accept international customers without said exchange rates/transfer fee's
if they are interested in investments.

then that would be your key discussion topic.. showing, not telling.. showing them how less stressful bitcoin is compared to fiat money movements.

as for investments. i would say for the complete sceptic, just throwing $200 at an investment is a safe risk.. as its only a few days of wages and not a big deal.
dont be trying to overstate and exagerate bitcoins current position trying to coax people into multi-thousand dollar investments.

dont try over stating and overagerating the future..

keep to reality and keep to the discussion of your friends/families understanding level. using real life examples where appropriate.

that said bitcoin is still in the innovation era, and has a long way to go before granpa and granma would use it to buy their knitting needles and Y-front underwear using bitcoin.

so use some eye-wash to clear away the glaze of bitcoins potential and think long and hard about bitcoins reality, and tailor that to your friends/families needs..
if there is no solution to families needs. then wait it out until bitcoin expands.. and even better, you yourself fill that void. getting your local stores to accept bitcoin while you wait.. after all its your local store. in your town. so you would be perfect to get your local stores to accept bitcoin, to expand its usefulness

it seems so, they don't believe at all that bitcoin can overcome fiat one day, or even play a big role along side with it, they just see it as an instrument for trading, for quick money

they see it as a new trend or something

Yes it's worth, if they show some interest. You shouldn't at all pressure them and be boring. That's my experience and trust me I have introduced it to many people.

You mention it and you look at their reaction. If someone is interested, he or she will even come and pull your sleeve to tell them more. If they look at you blank just drop it right away.

No it's not a waste of time even if they don't care for it or believe it has value. It still gets bitcoin into th heads and when they hear more about it or start seeing it being adopted they might take more care. Don't stop telling people about it because we still need to spread the word even if people don't care for it now they might in the future.

maybe because you are not showing them how they can buy toilet paper at your nearest store. or baked beans or any lifestyle stuff.. but i guess thats because you have no local store which accepts it..

so if your talking to people who dont really invest, about some new money maker that you are literally screaming that it is a guaranteed win.. it will sound like a ponzi..

so learn who you are talking to, and how they actually spend their money.. then SHOW them something they usually do, but done via bitcoin..
dont exaggerate bitcoins potentials to people that will never use those potentials.

and if all you can say is that the price rise will make them $$$$ profit... then that would burst any statements that bitcoin will take over fiat..
after all if fiat dies, there wont be a $$ .. because fiats dead!!

I've mentioned it to family on several occasions. They seemed somewhat interested but fear they could lose any invested money very quickly. Gotta say they have a point as the price of Bitcoin can be extremely volatile and last but not least, there's always the chance a major exchange simply 'runs away' with all the money/crypto (Mt.Gox). They're rather conservative about it and I've got to admit I'm still somewhat reserved too about this phenomenom, though I find it interesting enough to actually own some crypto.

I got introduced to crypto by a friend who was already mining Bitcoin in 2011. He once had 75 Bitcoin, now 3 or so and some Alts.

I don't talk about it with family.  I do with my friends that like tech stuff too.   I don't tell people to invest though,  I don't tell people to invest in anything anymore,  If the price goes down they will hate you.

I talk about bitcoin, Just as a small hobby for web and app development ideas.

If you or your family has amazon prime they can watch the rise and rise of bitcoin for free. It may introduce them to bitcoin. With that said I haven't talked to any of my friends or family about it for the fact that I think it would be a waste of time. Most of my family doesn't even invest in stocks due to the "volatility" of the stock market. I've brought up bitcoins with my friends briefly in discussion and most of them gave me blanks stares.

Maybe one day they'll take more interest, but for the most part they could care less.

It is only a waste of time if you don't know how to explain. I believe that we need to help Bitcoin going mainstream by being a Bitcoin evangelist. The familly of course will be the first to be evangelized...

I think that this is a really good point, i did always the same, just becuase ( and i dont know why )  people tends to think about news things like scams or ponzi, so i always strat with that premise :P

Btw about the main question,ofc that is not a wasted of time also i recommend to talk with them about it, because something that could be good for you, maybe could be good for them, yes?

Yet people will constantly tell users of lotteries/faucets to 'buy' Bitcoin with their fiat. Why do that when the first miners got their BTC for sweet FA? That's the allure of BTC - the fact it has essentially pulled value from thin air.

Not exactly thin air, but people might as well think of it like that.

Damn, your friend has really made some "great" investment decisions then. If that's true, that is a lot of bitcoins to lose.

Then again when you see number of scams in this space, anything is possible!

No, I'm doing it quite often, and it's definitely useful. I'm talking about what BTC can do, and most people hearing me seem quite interested. Older people are harder to convince though. When I say I've invested more than 1,000 €, they think I took a lot of risk.

It's useful talking about it. After that, if people hear something about BTC in the news, they'll think they know someone who uses it.

You can't force people to agree with you, but there's no harm in explaining to them how it works and why you (and others) believe it's valuable and useful. It can be hard for people to see the need to go through more effort to pay for goods and  services that they can pay for easily with fiat.

Maybe you could pay for something with Bitcoin when you're out with these family members so they can see how familiar it really is, how easy it is, etc.

Well i have a friend ,we had thinked to mine bitcoins ,but we stopped as the investment were huge for the both.Then i find this forum were getting more information about bitcoin,then i saw someone saying that get paid to post i had joined.My wife considered that i waste my time on internet even when i said i were earning money,in the case bitcoins,she said yes sure as always... i had sold some btc to fiat and show her what i were talking about and she said wow not bad since before you invest and loose ,or you earn 2 dollars montly ,and clicking 2 hours a days to such thing.Later she talked to her brother and girlfriend and another friend ,soo the thing is we must show that bitcoin has value is possible convert into fiat,or buy something with it.

It is not a waste of time. It takes a while but in the end most people get interested in buying some coins.

Actually got my parents and grandparents to buy a coin, just in case it really goes boom.

i doubt it i told my one friend about bitcoins like two weeks ago or so and he was really into it now he is using it a lot and he is happy about it

I am more than happy to share everything I know about Bitcoin with family and friends. I have done it already and will continue doing so as long as I support Bitcoin. If 10% of the people I tell about Bitcoin will actually use it in whatever way, I am satisfied already. Spread it :)

I think introducing Bitcoin to family and friends is best marketing Bitcoin can get. I got in to Bitcoin when one of my close friends show me what it is back in 2013, and i have lot of ppl close to me introduced to Bitcoin so they use it now.

Well, he sold around 65 BTC during the april 2013 bubble and roughly 10 in the final weeks of 2013. During 2014 and 2015 he bought again on a smaller scale. His profits were large enough to buy a small car and pay off a portion of his mortgage, though he somewhat regrets that the majority of his coins are now sold.

Regrets?He had made a good return from the coins ,some users had made their life better from bitcoin,a small group,and others are  getting bitcoin and able to do things that they could do with the extra income from bitcoins.I hope someday at my city people know it and able to use it to pay,i dont see now people here knowing what it is and for what.

my brother is probably the most interested family member regarding btc. he is a far left libertarian, conspiracy theorist dope smoking nutcase who has over 100k worth of silver bars buried... somewhere...

i kid you not. he's all 911 was an inside job and everything. i know for a fact he has all that silver too, ive seen it when he bought it (yeah he bought most of it all at once... i didn't say he was smart) i have no idea where he buried it, but i do know he has guns, so i wouldn't go snooping.

anyway, when i first got into btc he was the only person in my family who would have any sort of discussion with me about it. he wanted me to buy him ONE (1) btc and store it for him....

I basically told him that that is not what btc is about. i could store his btc, but i wont because HE should be HIS OWN BANK. I pointed him at all the relevant info (here, bitcoin.com, bitcoin wiki) and told him to read up and educate himself

a month later he comes to me and says hes got it all under control, but is a little leary of the exchanges. too much ID required plus it was just after gox.

I was gifted 0.25 btc years ago when i first joined this forum by a very generous user, so i paid it forward and sent my bro 0.25 btc.

the next time i talked to him, a week later, he had already forgotton his wallet, where it was, what his password was and where he put his private key.

fuckin idiot threw 0.25 btc down the toilet.

NEVAR AGAIN

On principle I try not to mention it to anyone. If asked I'd say it's an interesting medium of exchange, and an even more interesting anarcho-capitalist adventure in getting rekt.

Don't try this at home, kids.

Keepin' them away with fear always works.
Or beatin' them over the head with intellectual jargon works just as well  ;)

I only got one person to get semi interested in it.  He only likes the trading part of it.

Me too I just told my friend about btc but he ignore me at we continue playing counter strikes. But I know next time he knew about btc he will regret ignoring me. LOL its not my lost.

I have introduced the bitcoin faucets to many people just like PTC sites. They love the free bitcoins. I believe they are collecting all the bitcoin's and hopefully they have not spent anything from that collection.
I strongly believe they will enter into full bitcoin ecosystem slowly once they understand the advantages of bitcoin.

I don't think it would be a waste at all. Though personally, I think it would take more than simply talking about it to them to get them to really be interested in it. If they hear enough people talk about it, maybe they would get interested in it though.

My uncle caught onto this very quickly, because he is a Doom's day prepper. He has fears over the pending global financial collapse and he is preparing for that. He was looking into alternative payment methods and inflation proof currencies and I introduced him to Bitcoin.

I gifted him 0.5 BTC in the beginning and he has since given 1 BTC back with interest. He has this theory that fiat currencies will collapse and alternative currencies and old bartering systems will return. He is stocking up on food and cigarettes and also some bitcoin. ^hmf^

Yes the faucets are the point that everybody is getting accepted and getting attracted to. Faucets are doing very good work for attracting new users into bitcoin ecosystem. I will try your idea of getting the people via faucets.

 I once tried to explain how banking works to one of my friend that its just paper. And he laughed at me, I told him how money is created but he said we will see. Bitcoin was a whole new level for him. A virtual currency :D, First question was can it get hacked ? I explained him about blockchain and stuff but not much interest was shown. People dont like to challenge the norm thats the problem here. No matter how you present it. This is a major problem.

I stopped bringing it up a long time ago. Now I only talk about it with people if they are genuinely interested and I explain some of the benefits (different things for different people) but always state clearly that it a risky investment and experimental in nature.

Exactly, they hesitate in experimenting with their money in something that they really don't know, I recommended few of my friends but they were simply not interested and they said its better to invest in something reliable rather than investing in bitcoins, the only thing came to my mind was this guys are gonna regret in the future when they would come to know that I am a super rich guy  ;D

To be honest i feel that yes, it's a waste of time. Whenever i mention it, whether in my family or when hanging out with my mates they moan because they think they know what it is and they think it's useless and a waste of time.

But I keep doing that because i feel like one day bitcoins will be the dominant currency and promoting it is a worthwhile cause.

If you explain Bitcoin well enough to them, then they will definitely see the benefit of Bitcoin. People who think it's useless simply don't know Bitcoin, even though they say they do. Bitcoin is superior at this moment, people would save themself a lot time and money if they started using Bitcoin instead of old fashion banks and payment processors.

Bitcoins have gained success and popularity over the years. The world is progressing now. People are becoming now more and more tech-savvy. People are now considering doing anything wireless without physical movement. The same is what people want with currency now. They want it to be easy and tech-related. Bitcoins are the best choice for this generation and there's nothing waste of time in recommending it to family and friends. This will increase no. Of bitcoin users, aware people about it's benefits and make the world an easy place to live and a currency which can be used anywhere around the world.

Internet Explorer is probably the lamest, or one of the lamest web browsers out there but still, the most commonly used worldwide.
But what do I mean here? Regular everyday normal mot**** people don't like trying something new as long as what they already know works fine enough.
Now think about all the worries that bitcoin brings about in terms of security in the minds of these people who'd like to keep it simple? Well you've got your answer: people won't learn how to secure a computer just for the sake of something they don't feel like needing.
Now that might be because I'm from a remote countryside with a rather conservative background, but still, I truly believe that people think of bitcoin as being too much of a hassle, while their own everyday currency/banking system works fine enough in their minds (and I'm talking about the Euro here  :)).
A lot of changes in mentalities will be needed before bitcoin can start to have a ghost of a chance of success with these people.

Family and business does not go together... I have learned that the hard way. Do not give them financial advice, even if you do that for a living. At this stage Bitcoin is just a

experiment. You cannot spoil family ties over bad investments being done by family, based on your suggestions. I once told a family member about the returns I were getting on a

Ponzi scheme...  I told him about all the risks and he still invested. {Saying at the time... It's all for fun} The ponzi collapsed and he lost all his money... I reimbursed him from my

profits and he is still giving me the lip, every time I talk about financial matters. Never again  :(

Last week a friend of mine finally bought his first bitcoin. I told him a long time about it and we also made a presentation together about Bitcoin in a lecture. I guess he knows what he is doing as he really had enough time to think about it and I gave him so much informations.Furthermore he is dealing with penny stocks from time to time so he will enjoy the rollercoaster here. ;D

I had showed a friend about bitcoin  explained that what it is and i didnt told about fees i said its possible to make a week income easy.

Not a waste of time, but make sure they understand the risks. If they can afford to, advise buying more when the price goes down.  :)

To the average person, Bitcoin is not something of interest. So yes, it's practically a waste of time. If you are talking about finances and the general economy, it's probably worth mentioning and discussing. Going up to a family member and randomly talking about bitcoin seems random and a bit awkward honestly. There usually has to be some sort of context of money before a foreign concept like BTC can be discussed.

I view it like that aswell, if your ignorant enough to not care about this, then it's really not my loss, it's theirs.

Only if you believe that it is.

im my opinion no, my cousin introduced me to bitcoin and hes the reason i started using it. i became interested in bitcoin and just got hooked onto it. i always mention it to my friends and im trying to get them to use it.

Don't bother to tell anyone about it now. They will just laugh in your face and say they can use that $309 for groceries to feed their kids for a week. :-\

some of people are to busy to earn money or just do something to their business or job.  so if you just tell about btc they will make laugh at you and say "I have a lot to do so maybe you can tell to others who have more time to spent in useless coins what you want me to try"

really?? So for me why should I share this to others if someone told me like that ?

Never!

But i only recently started feeling this way. The more we talk about it the more familiar it becomes to people. Less mystery. Less weird. More "maybe i shpuld get into this!"

What?!  Who's too busy to earn money? We all need to earn money to live!!

Yes sir, Some of people focus on one. they scared or no trust in anything they just do what is tested to there life. My friend told me that experience I really mad to the man who said that to my friend.

Exactly! I think if you share the basic things with them in very easy-non technical language with them about Bitcoin, then they surely have a good think about it. If they don't care about the possibilities after you explained everything in detail to them, then it's not your fault. They are simply not interested then.

Is it a waste of time mentioning Bitcoin to friends and family?
NO
if they are enthusiastic and curious about technology
YES
if your family/friend indifferent and unconcerned about technology

My friend told me he didn't show any rude or any bad words to him. He just tell exactly what btc is and they just talking about there own earning in life my friend told me where the man attitude came from by that time. Maybe he have bipolar disorder LOL just kidding. By the way I just share my friend story not mine 

That's why the majority of people will not try their hand in it. Out of fear of losing their money. Usually the people who work hard for their money will have this kind of attitude.
Tested and true, sure. But that is the old money way of talking. Think Warren Buffet with those words when talking about money vs. cryptocurrencies. He will never accept it's use since he has the old world of money way of thinking.

I do not waste time talking to them about bitcoins. They do not appreciate it and their are not techie enough to try using bitcoin. It's my friends and officemates who are interested in it. We talk about it almost everyday. Price movements, new ways to earn bitcoin. That kind of stuffs.

Nah, I think it's a good idea because if you there's also a bitcoiner in your family you can work together to earn a bitcoin. Plus you can get a loan easily whenever you ask without collateral.

Naturally learn from where? From media? Where bitcoin is often presented as "virtual currency" of cyber criminals and terrorists?
Or from their bank where they probably learn that bitcoin is unstable, and is 'not backed' by Banks therefore it is risky to even look at it?

It's not quite a lost cause but it is still fairly complex to buy Bitcoins seeing the time it takes to go to an exchange etc.
Explaining the idea and concept is simple enough if you consider applications for Bitcoin like recording transactions cheaply, sending money abroad using mobile platforms and mentioning exchanges and services that take Bitcoin already.

Of course not all people have guts. And its not their weakness, its because they don't have any extra money to buy or to spend to anything that they didn't experience. And I know some people have there limit to there money and its reserved to their daily life.  

You're so right about this, when you tell your family or friends to buy bitcoins as an investment they look at you like there's something in it for you, which is not the case, so what I do now is try to educate to them what bitcoin is as a currency and how it will change the way we keep/spend the money in future, if they see something in it, they ask me themselves how they can buy it and then I point them into the right direction, if not, then I don't mention it to them ever again. So don't persuade anybody to buy it but do educate anyone you can.

Well, on second tought, in my opinion it mostly depend on who you are in real life. If you are trusted member of community in real life, sure it is worth to mention and introduce ppl to bitcoin. But if you are some lowlife scumbag, please dont do it LOL.

I guess it is not affective to chat about Bitcoin around friends.
Only tech geeks are really interested in btc, others seem interested but they are not.

Not a waste . I got my friend introduced to bitcoin and soon after he became a localbitcoin trader and now makes a living out of just that. Also its good for bitcoin overall. So its good to.

To add another point - in general people will tend to blame you if their investment does poorly, and in Bitcoins case it has a tendency for rapid high/low movement in the space of a few days. You don't really want to turn a friendship into something sour because people think you're trying to sell them something that turns out to hurt them.

IMO, if people are interested by all means talk and tell them about it - but if they don't care/interest doesn't lie there I wouldn't spend to much time on it. They'll come around if Bitcoin does make it big and if it doesn't nothing lost.

I never sugested anyone to invest into it i had telled them there is a way to get an income montly from doing almost nothing,can be captcha,faucets or signature.

Well it is good to mention but if they do not understand i really just escape this situation - personal experience, sometimes it does not worth.

No is not wasting time, maybe you have to learn to do an interesting introducing.
When you tell it to someone, start with the small thing but interesting. Like what can you do and how can you be rich with Bitcoin.
And then after that you can start to talk about more complicated things.

People with computer knowledge understand BTC things better, especially with developed computer skills  ;)

I have actually got stuck in a situation where a family member has invested a small amout with me since way back in end of 2013-2014 and the price has gone down since.  Im waiting to break even so i can hand them the money back.

Very bad idea overall, i think saying stuff like hey check out bitcoin and what good it can do for the world is good. Saying stuff like, hey check out bitcoin you can make loads of money = bad.

Yeah but who has that guy on their family? almost no one has a guy that would understand it enough for it to appear interesting to them. Most people's computer knowledge is youtube and facebook, so you can't expect much unfortunately.

Computer knowledge isn't the key driver to people investing in bitcoin now its more likely business or perhaps occasionally some political reasons.

I don't think it's waste of time, because you already try to support Bitcoin by telling people around you about this powerful currency, and Bitcoin still need advertising as much as we can.
You can start offering your relatives some bitcoins as gift and then explain this currency for them, i think it's not bad tool to advertise bitcoin

you can change your method and still advertising bitcoin to your friends and relatives, it's depending to your method of talking about Bitcoin i think

I also have same problem,and consider to stop explain to them..i try to tell them to see me use bitcoin ;D

Unfortunately, it's true statement.
Not just bitcoin, but if I mention anything connected with Internet earnings, virtual currencies etc. my friends become so much skeptic and just don't want to listen.
I had to give up trying to explain them what is bitcoin.

I told a relative, who'd possibly speculate if he found a bandwagon, that to buy bitcoin to speculate with is as parasitic and useful as the activity of a tapeworm, but that if anyone will pay him all or in part for his work in bitcoin, he should definitely get bitcoin because that is a sure sign of it turning mainstream.

So, I'll talk but I don't do the hard sell.  Bluffing up the price of bitcoin would be a waste of time.  Obtaining bitcoin for any purpose other than speculating is what I recommend to anyone.

Well, I think speculating with Bitcoin is as legit as working for it... it is a free market after all. Also, most day traders get burned.. find me a guy who is making solid bank off daytrading and specially something like Bitcoin which is crazy volatile.

The thing is, family and friends will not believe it's a real thing until I cash out some of it and bring dollar bills home, but I don't want to cash out because I like to be my own bank, and if I start cashing out the bank will ask where did this money come from, and they will know I am a Bitcoin user, not sure if its a good idea that your bank knows you know about Bitcoin and own some..

You can convince your friends telling them that Bitcoin can be exchanged for fiat easily, so it's useful even if the government don't allow it for now. Many people still thinking that Bitcoin is only "virtual" currency and worthless but it's wrong idea as known

My family and friends probably won't understand the concept.

It may be better to keep on giving friends and family who don't understand Bitcoin some small amounts of information at certain times you see them, such as: gibing them a bit of information each week. It is harder if your friends and family don't understand much about the Internet, but if they do then it will be easy for them to understand bitcoin and its concepts.

I have tried myself but it's all in vain, because when they ask you "what is Bitcoin" there are no ways around it... the explanation is going to be pretty hardcore. If you say "peer to peer decentralized money" they will be like.. what? So you will go into detail, you are forced to.

Not necessarily true. I think people with more knowledge of how money works and how the inflation will devalue your savings will undersand BTC better.

You can't force people to get interested into something they're not interested in.

If you already mentioned it a couple of times, and they're still not interested just stop mentioning it

Unless someone asks you more about it, you can't stuff down their throats

Maybe someday when bitcoin is more commercially known, they'll get interested

Well my dad is interested about Bitcoin but he want to do it. But He is just scared if it goes low and etc..
My mom in other hand is just: Oke what is Bitcoin? I don't understand. So that is just not worth of time. Because she don't know anything even I explain she wouldn't understand.

So yeah let it be if they ask for more that tell them more if not just don't force it.

yes it is waste of time and even stupid idea. based on my experience:

* they don't care

* you will become their personal security expert, banker and finance adviser + they will blame you if something goes wrong

yeah i think it's so wasting time.
everytime i expalined bitcoin to my friends or family they are very difficult to grasp and understand bitcoin, many are actually gets confused and asking strange things.
so I always reply to see google if you want to know about bitcoin

It is a waste of time if you keep bringing it up and they are just have 0 interest in it at all

They don't care, so i wouldn't bother with it

Before I tried to explain to everyone, now I just keep it to some close friends that understand the meaning of bitcoin, my father is very smart about this too.

I used to keep bringing it up as well to my family and friends

but after awhile I realized that there was no point since they weren't intrested in it

I'm okay with that, I just let them be

the toughest challenges in promoting bitcoin to laymen
sometimes we get jeers,
 insults satire etc

I don't know anyone else outside of this forum that's interested in crypto. I have brought it up in conversation once or twice with people but they aren't interested so I don't bother anymore.

very much agree with

Imho its wasting time for me since my family are too busy to listen to my bullshit they said.
My friends a little bit listening to my words.

When i try to explain bitcoin to other people they just quiet. Didn't understand what i explain.

Mostly like that. So now i just give up to explain bitcoin to anyone. Only interested if someone ask me first.

I need to learn more about bitcoins myself before mentioning it to my friends or to anyone... But to my family, never mind, am sure they don't have even the slightest interest in it...

To family is a waste of time if you tell them and they are just not interested.

I was a student and all my friend talk about Bitcoin . And of course we talk about bitcoin because we are a IT student.

I am not saying all IT student just know about bitcoin but just the most and I know some that they don't know about PC they still do Bitcoin.

Oh, that blaming part you got very right. I know this from my personal experience. It is usually happening when I share my bitcoin knowledge with people and they become somewhat interested in topic but lazy to the point that they don't  want to seek additional info for themselves. And they they start blaming me for not telling them that bitcoin bubble is approaching or for sudden negative price spikes...

I'm not sure how things goes in your country , but in mine you can talk how much you want ... that's not going to change anything at all . All they trust is physical cash in their hands (that's in general) .
Now if we speak about my family , they will probably won't ignore you and hear you talking but that's not going to change anything and for what comes to friends they may only get interested but it won't be enough to make them use it so yeah it's mostly waste of time .

Instead of dumping it down their throat you could jus sublty mention it in between conversations

If they ask you for advice you can provide it to them

But making people around you force into believing what you believe has a future is not the best idea

It makes sense that they trust physical cash, Bitcoin's volatility and all.
The market is completely unpredictable.

I mentioned to my colleagues at work about how I am trying to earn BTC through different ways and most didn't know what it was, and the others who did where babbling uninformed speculations about bitcoin and all the rest who were clueless about Bitcoin just agreed to be part of the mass sheeple to feel accepted lol

Friends - mentioned it on some friends, two got interested and now involving themselves in bitcoin.

Family - my brother started noticing that I always buy new things for myself such as a new phone for me and my girl but he doesn't see any cash on me. He found out about my bitcoins and started gaining interest on it. Even my parents want to know more about it after I mentioned how much my hodlings are worth in our currency.

In my experience, to get people interested: hand some major news about bitcoin and show them the current exchange rate on your own currency. You'll see that it will get them hooked. ;)

At Brazil i had showed a friend mine about bitcoins explained that what it is and that is possible to earn a good ammount montly doing some services ,as signatures and faucets and trading,anyway,he said how much did you get from those and how long you present at it,i said and showed to my wife first ,now she understand why i spend sometime writing and more then 3 hours online daily.
But the thing that made them joined were the exchange ratio,money of Brazil its real and 1 dollar=3 reais ,when i said isnt too much but my friend as me like to spend sometime online,searching and having fun ,soo he can now be rewarded from some of his time.

Not a waste of time at all. Droning on and on about it after their eyes have glazed over...that's a waste ;-)

Most of my close friends know I'm interested in this "thing" called bitcoin, some call me whenever they hear something about it. I've given small amounts as gifts.

ive tried recommending bitcoin to my friends before, but barely anyone actually joins bitcoin. ive even gave some free btc to some of my friends to let them pay for coffee with it or something. :P

ive also sent some btc to my friends to incentivize them to get started with bitcoin,but it just never works  :(.

It wastes time at the moment. My friends had the same response and wouldn't bother to touch it. Never mind at least I share with them what I am doing. They will realize their mistake in the future.

Your family - it probably is.

I don't really think that mentioning Bitcoin to anyone is a wast of time. Anyone that you can persuade to get into Bitcoin is great, it is great for you as you know that you helped someone out and it also helps them as it would improve their life. So try persuade anyone you can as it will improve the Bitcoin community.

Yeah. Normally I don't tell people to buy, I just tell them how it works and most of the time they are like, why don't you just use paypal. FACEPALM. I once told my friend to invest in Bitcoin and he got completely rage at me because he stupidly sold when the price was falling. Next day the price went back to normal. Since then I don't tell anyone to buy Bitcoin.

Well it's very easy to use Paypal or Credit Cards. Common people don't really need Bitcoin, it's a complete hassle to acquire for the price to fluctuate endlessly. Maybe in the US is easier with Coinbase and similar services but in the rest of the world is expensive and complicated. If you don't care you are much better using Paypal or CCs, they have success because they work.

Now Bitcoin of course is for many of us a long term investment as we see the potential in its technology. To others, they could benefit for short term trading. I feel Bitcoin needs to find its niche where it's much better to use it compared to an alternative. I can't find any examples sadly...

the most difficult of introducing bitcoin is how to make him trust bitcoin is good
because we know more people imagine bitcoin is bad, terorism, drugs, gamble, sex etc.

i think media must expose bitcoin is good comodity bitcoin is "real currency" bitcoin is future of money

No i would not say its a waste of time.

It is simply going to take more time for the general public to understand it and for more places to start accepting it.

Thanks

I did  mention Bitcoin to my family though, just in case i wanted them to know that I do have money inside my BTC wallet so whatever might happen to me, they might wanna access my wallet so they can withdraw. If I die the next day, i'm pretty sure they can have it when they log into my laptop.

Nothing is wasted when you made an effort to introduce Bitcoin to you family, friends and loved ones. Regardless if they accept it or not, what's important is they we're introduced, they we're informed and if they did not accept, it's their loss not ours.

I always tell my friends and family about bitcoin.
I tell them about the good impact of bitcoin for many people who understand it.

depending people who mentioning by your self,if that people really dont know about internet money or earn money from internet,its very hard,and i think its wasting time,you are right for this case.
but if that people are internet freak,know about internet marketing or earn money from internet,its not hard to tell them about bitcoin,and its not wasting time..

I explained my friends what is bitcoin and how they can use it, some are interested about using it but they will not buy because there aren't enough shops to buy with it. I think that is interesting to talk them about bitcoins, and when they read a good new about bitcoin in media, they will be more interested.

most people around me do not know about bitcoins and its potential ...
so its really a waste of time talking about it...instead i like to be here on the forum and learning more about bitcoin

I don't think it's a good idea in my case. I started talking to my gf about BTC and she told me it's a bad idea and I need stop wasting real money "on such internet scams". I guess it would be even worse if I told my parents.

you need a simple sentence to explain and you are ready to go make them understand.

Yes. Easy language is very important. Especially if the people you want to explain them things about Bitcoin have no interest in such things. If they know how it can benefit them, then they will realize that Bitcoin isn't a waste of time. ;)

Yes but the fact is the family is traditional and sometimes very conservative, they even stay away from internet and introducing them to bitcoins would be a really great battle to win, as they even haven't used internet or computers in their ages so they would definitely hesitate in investing bitcoins.

I do not think that it is a waste of time. Some may get interested if you spend the time to explain it, show them some wallet usage and how to earn a bit through faucets, show them some sites accepting Bitcoin etc.

Yes and if your friends and family are tech friendly then the would surely welcome bitcoins with open arms or would simply ignore it, but as a bitcoin users it is our duty that we share this information atleast once with them and whether they want to get into bitcoins or not is totally their decision, even if they ignore we should respect their decisions.

i did all this, but they still find them too complicated, there are many 50 years old that don't even know well how to use a computer let alone bitcoin and everything related to it

my father still can't understand about the whole mining thing, and a bit skeptical about the decentralized thing, they think that is contrrolled in some way

This is the main reason why people are not that into bitcoin. They think it's too complicated and only tech savvy people get it. Actually there are pretty nice GUI for phone wallets and pc wallets alike. Even a retard could operate those. The real reason why these people don't want to get into bitcoin is because they're too ignorant to change. They hate change and everything about change. Too bad bitcoin is all about change.

Depends on context, if someone doesn't care, then they won't be listening, and vice versa...

i dont think so as people get interested in new technologies fast

As b!z said above. It depends on context. Traditional family mostly dont care about technology and it will be waste time to explain.

I've had some success trying to get the younger ones to learn bitcoin. I'm somewhat young myself so it doesn't look creepy when I explain tech related stuff to my younger relatives. For some reason though, I don't really want my family members getting to know bitcoin very well. If someone has an addictive personality bitcoin could be the gateway to worse things. Some people are better of sticking with Actual Money™. I wouldn't want their mothers blaming me for stuff they might do after being introduced to BTC ::).

lol i guess it would sound a bit weird if someone just randomly started showing your kid this new thing on their phone.
personally i havent had much luck trying to recruit people to bitcoin

That'd depend on the reputation of that someone. hehe Personally I'm good at making things sound harmless, plus most old people in my family just ignore all sorts of technobabble they hear.

its not a waste because mentioning it might get them interested

Exactly! Even though I had many unsuccessful tries to introduce Bitcoin to the new people, these failures shouldn't prevent us to keep spreading the word about this amazing technology.

This is the only way that we can reach another level in the user adoption! Yes it's hard work, but the Rome wasn't built in a day!

Yes we need to keep on trying and insists them to use bitcoins atleast once, if they look at the positive side of bitcoins and the benefits it is offering us, they would surely start using or even if they don't use they would buy few bitcoins and keep it safe for the future if we make aware them this could be best investment product in the future.

I agree with you, in addition i think that mentioning Bitcoin to friends and family, and to the relatives generally is an good tool helping to support this cryptocurrency and advertise is as well

We have to support Bitcoin's cryptocurrency by mentionning it to friends and family
Many people still not hearing about Bitcoin till now

Only mention if you think they will like to know about BTC. Sometimes you and your family have different tastes.

It is kind of annoying when people keep mentioning things I have no interest of.

I wouldn't say it's a waste of time. A friend of mine got into BTC a couple of years ago, and I thought it was ridiculous at the time - my perception of it was that it would end up obsolete and be absolutely full of scamtards... I was only half right.  ;D  
I remember him getting a noisy little miner and shaking my head when he celebrated getting a couple of dollars a month, while his electricity bill was god-knows-what. Also, I found the entirety of it quite overwhelming, so I never pursued it.
Two years later, he reintroduced it to me, and I'm quite glad that he did. The possibilities with this are endless, and I am a bit miffed with myself that I didn't look into it when I was first introduced.
So I think for some, it just takes time, and small bits and pieces of information.

I haven't gotten anyone else into BTC, but it's probably because I need to put more effort into my sales pitch: "volatile digital space monnies you can use to gamble or buy drugs, hits, and child porn"... apparently not everyone shares my sense of humour.  ::)

I sometimes talk to friends and they saying they need more money i say well did you know bitcoin?Do you know you can earn some bucks doing some easy things as post or others ways ?They usually ignore me and think im crazy that i really make money online.

My friends and relatives heard about this phenomenon but so far not eager to join the cult of great and almighty tothemoon ;D

The reasoning is that they have not felt the vibe that is all around this community.

I've managed to get a couple of my friends interested in bitcoin. One wants to start actively buying some from his salary each month. Other wants to learn more about bitcoins. It's not a waste if you can serve the information in a way that seems good for them. People are too stuck in their own egos.

Its a good thing to speak to some friends and family. I spoke to my dad about it and he said he is interested in the idea behind it and how can gain a good % back on it from leaving it. some friends I spoke to think its a scam, only because they do not know how powerful it is or they do not fully understand it enough to understand what it is. Some other friends and family I spoke to use it and see it as a way to build savings up and leave it for the future as do I. Putting funds in banks now is kinda stupid when you can have a Bitcoin bank and watch the interest surpass any bank.

I am facing the same problems to explain to friends and family the importance of bitcoin in the financial future and the east in that this currency is changing all paradigms about money and governmental controls, but at least I try to give them the basis to be aware for the relevant events to come in the worldwide economy.

They ask me why I spend so much time getting excited about internet money.

The more people that know about it the more respected it will become.

I think its not a waste of time at all.
First, all of my friends were kinda suspicious when i told them about a currency without any backing and just made with complex algorithms.
But after showing them how Bitcoin system works and showin them that u can buy real world stuff with it.. they kinda got interested.. even tho they didnt
get a wallet yet.. im sure they will anyday :)

Not waste time , just need to be patient to make them understand. It's not easy job mentioning technology to traditional old people.

Main problem for me is i use computer all days and most of my friends stand all day into cellphones,even with internet they are on whatsapp usually and dont wanna do nothing else.At my family there is around 6 people like me but we dont talk and we dont see all days each other,soo is hard to talk about something with people that dont understand or dont use internet for pleasure.

No it is not waste of time because I do believe in Bitcoin and I am sure someday surely I will succeed to change their opinions about Bitcoin and already few of my friends begin to use Bitcoin with very small amount which is vey encouraging and big thing for me.

I've told my friends. They all appereantly already knew about it from their friend, but they hadn't made any step to start it themselves.

I've told a few people before but if I get the feeling that they're not interested, I drop the subject.

I used to mention it to every single person I talked to but it came to a point where they just didn't wanna hear it so I drop it.

Most people I talk to about bitcoin are people online anyways.

personally it really depends if your friends or family is computer literated I have friends who are computer literated when I tell them about bitcoins and explain to them what is bitcoin? and what is it for? they understand it quickly however when i tell it to my friend who are not that literated when it comes to computer they just laugh at me and accuse me as a scammer , now see the difference ,just tell bitcoin to those friend  or family that shows interest on it otherwise just don't mention it.

it would be better if you keep them update on how youre doing with bitcoin if you earn enough bitcoin and
exchange it with your local money in decent amount they may get interested. in short word give them a demonstration
on how to eran money with bitcoin.

If you want to sell something new and what the find potential buyer, you need to explain it eventhough it waste your time because we can't predict that waste your time can be switch into worth of your time  ;)

Just simple analogy when you want to try introduce bitcoin starting with your own family, friend , etc

Explain that for that "internet money' you can purchase anything you want, and if you want, you can exchange that 'virtual' currency to USD, EUR or any FIAT you wish.
Ask them if they use internet and if they even heard about internet 20 years ago. It will be same story with bitcoin.

It is an easy conversation starter, especially at this time of year when you have family get togethers around the holidays starting this week.
And to be honest, who doesn't like talking about money and currency when it is increasing at a good rate.
Good news is always the best news to talk about with the in-laws.

It would be easy if they understood what bitcoin was and what the concept really is. I've met people who couldn't wrap their minds around the fact that it was a digital currency and something that they wouldn't be able to hold on to physically.

It is a good thing to have your friends, family and anyone who is close to you know about bitcoin. The reason is where we are heading to will be highly dominated with bitcoins and other forms of digital currency. Inform them will also make those who are interested in the trading pull a stand. There are people who are willing to invest in almost everywhere but have no clue of what happens around. be a mentor to such like persons and they will live to celebrate you always.

Definitely no,, because bitcoin gives you money that is need in our daily life.

Hmm but he is asking if it waste of time mentioning, but I know what you mean.

But let say your mom or father don't give a fk about bitcoin so I think is just a waste of your time right mentioning it?

Of course it is not waste of time. The more people know about bitcoin the more successful it will be. It is really that simple.

No its not.
Actually it is an interesting topic for my family and friends.
It is worth it.

Well you are lucky that your family is interested about Bitcoin I wish my family was it too.

Well my friends are interested so I talk to them.

The way I see it, no. By telling your friends about this, you're giving Bitcoin more exposure to your friends who would otherwise have no idea of. It would be better if you could explain it's pros and cons in depth with them. In the future, they wouldn't be so unfamiliar with it if they want to use it. By recommending Bitcoin, you are basically endorsing it. Even if they don't listen, they would at least know what it is about.

I would rather learn them themselves about bitcoin than wasting my time and energy.People will not understand the importance of bitcoin unless they have some bad experience with fiat.

True but the general public don't even know about Bitcoin at all. If you mention Bitcoin to them frequent enough with the low transfer fees and the near instant speed, they may keep it in their mind and give it a try after they realise the cons of fiat. If you don't, they would think that fiat is the only legit way and continue to use it.

Even if they know bit coin exist will they be interested in it? It is better if you introduce bit coin properly and make them know
On how to earn and if it will be profitable and not wasting their time. Many people give up bit coin because of long process
Of earning big bucks. Just let them know that it will be worth the time.

Talk about it as it is another topic on the dinnertable, that's it. It's a waste of time talking to people about many things anyway

Yes you are right we can tell them the benefits of bitcoin but they will actually start using bitcoin when they can spend them where they usually spend fiat.For example my nephew buys a lots of stuffs from online shops but none of reputed local online ecommerce website accepts bitcoin so despite its all benefits,my nephew is not interested in switching over to bitcoin.I think we need more and more merchants to accept bitcoin for bitcoin to become mainstream.Take my example, I didn't know about skills money processor until I visited dynadot domain registrar and found skrill as payment method besides PayPal and CC.Out of curiosity I searched for skrill and found it better than PayPal.Needless to mention I immediately started using skrills.Now I use PayPal only if skrills payment option is not available with merchant.Bitcoin can become more popular if reputed merchants star accepting it then you and I dont need to spread the word anymore

Yeah, I've told all of my friends about bitcoin, but guess? There is no one interested in Bitcoin, and I already told them that Bitcoin has many useful feature.

The friend that know bitcoin one of them doesnt know speak and even understand english soo he avoid join something that hasnt its native language,the other one loves to play a game soo he has no time to search about bitcoin and to start earn some and even invest .

You guys have to serve the information so, that they would seem to be interested. The main problem I see is that people serve the idea of a bitcoin so that the server would profit from the idea more than the one who the idea is served to. You need to serve the idea of a bitcoin so, that they would profit from it more than you do.

The problem we are facing is that no one wants to learn something new, they all are busy in their jobs and now they are used to that routine and boring life, so they don't wish to change their attitude and wants to get carried away with the same situation, but I am very much sure they would definitely regret in the future.

Maybe yes, some people who couldn't understand the Bitcoin technology to distinguish Bitcoin from other fade digital currency, these people might think that you're doing a pyramid sale.

you dont need said like that,its never useless when you tell your friend or family about bitcoin,its not wasting your time.
maybe your knowledge or your way to mentioning bitcoin to them,still not good..just try different way to mentioning them about bitcoin.
one of that it,show them what can bitcoin do,for payment or commodities.

exactly
no harm in introducing a cool new currency to new people! it is beneficial for us all!

It's a conversation point for relatives on Thanksgiving,
Example: So what have you been doing lately
You know Bitcoin.
(Whats That)
Insert explanation

I don't really bother anymore. The few people I mentioned it too looked at me like I had invested in a floppy disk manufacturer.

I think any word of mouth is good even to anyone including family and friends. Free publicity is good publicity.

Yes and mouth publicity is the biggest publicity, if people hears something positive their perception towards that particular thing also gets positive, and ofcourse vice-versa So if we present bitcoins to them in a positive way then definitely they would try bitcoins atleast once and once they are in, I bet they would never leave bitcoins in future.

I do not think it is a waste of time. It might be a hit and miss but I think it is important to give bitcoin as much exposure as possible.

Recently I tried once to explain to my family what bitcoin is so in generally they do understand what it is ( a digital currency) but not more any further details as they do not understand what network hash is etc..

The part in bold ca be partially right, according to me, if the people seems to not be interested to know or have to do with bitcoin. Push over some limits give the opposite effect. So better let things go on their way. Anyhow there are behaviors that can be made indirectly and that can give inputs about bitcoin to everyone. For example one of these can be the told of various curiosity which have to do with bitcoin. There are several of those that can be read in various online sites. Speak about those as a curiosity and not as something related with bitcoin can make the people interested even for the subject of the curiosity. One of them for example may be the register of the name of new born baby at the blockchain from the father. This is a very strange thing that can attract the attention of most people and make them curious how is possible this. So here it is the open road to speak about bitcoin and make the other part interested about it. If possible and if the attraction is in the needed "amount".

hahahahahah man I gave some dogecoin wallets to my brothers, they were never used....On the other hand, one of my friends work at Cisco, and he didnt really care for btc, didnt understand really, but now hes really interested in the blockchain and all that, so thats good.  it takes time.

Friends - mentioned it on some friends, two got interested and now involving themselves in bitcoin.

Family - my brother started noticing that I always buy new things for myself such as a new phone for me and my girl but he doesn't see any cash on me. He found out about my bitcoins and started gaining interest on it. Even my parents want to know more about it after I mentioned how much my hodlings are worth in our currency.

In my experience, to get people interested: hand some major news about bitcoin and show them the current exchange rate on your own currency. You'll see that it will get them hooked. Wink

It is not a waste of time if the information is delivered in proper way, and I feel if your friends and family likes innovative ideas then they would definitely try new things, and for them bitcoins is new so basically depends on how they view at the new technology and ready to accept it or not in the long run.

But most people just don't understand how it works. I also tried to mentioning Bitcon to friends. The already started about that's just for illegal stuff and that kind of nonsense. The technical part is even harder to explain.

Yes we need to approach in a friendly and proper way. I was successful in my last 5 attempts out of 7. This was possible only when I start with faucets. Even before knowing what is bitcoin, most of my friends owned some satoshis. I believe I can spread bitcoin ecosystem to more people this way.

I think this is the key to get the ball rolling towards other people.
Having some satoshis in hand gets them questioning what they do with it and then they start to explore what they can do with it. Then the next stage would be them wanting to find out more about it once they find out what it's real potential is.

I think it doesn't have to be a waste of time. I pretty much know who I can approach and who I shouldn't approach. Usually it goes well.

i think to explaining the persons about the bitcoins is totally waste of until they wants to understand .
i had also explained many persons within few days .
but i was failed to explain my brother and cousin about bitcoins as they don't want understand about it but i had insisted to know about it and its value in the future but that was totally waste of my time.

I own a restaurant ,but the most clients that comes here usually around 30 years and above it,soo try to say hey i accept bitcoin to them may lead me into some problems as they for sure doesnt know what it is,i will be using a pin or something with the symbol of bitcoin and im sure some people will ask about it,i had thinked to make a tatoo but that well its too much,but would impact who see and the curiosity.

In what country is your restaurant located, if I may ask? 30 years and above is an age that allows people to think correctly about their money and future savings. I am sure these people will be interested if they know exactly what Bitcoin is and what it does.

You can also create a custom Bitcoin related sticker that you can stick on your front window with nice big letters that will draw attention of customers and others.

Something like this for example:

http://alaskarobotics.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/bitcoin-accepted-here-525x700.jpg

Stickers as previous user has suggested are surely a way to go. And don't be to pushy. Let them see the sticker and approach you, by themselves. This is a slow battle that we are fighting here, but we are also slowly winning.

I am sure that as years pass by, you will have more and more interest in paying with bitcoins in your restaurant!

And once they are aware about the benefits attached with bitcoins I am damn sure that would definitely take next step to know it better and try to have real experience with bitcoins, the attractive nature of bitcoins would definitely help people in building trust on bitcoins.

They would not be having faith in crypto currencies or rather they would prefer going with fiat currency, and whether people around us starts using bitcoins or not totally depends on the scenario in that particular country, if no one have heard about bitcoins it would be really difficult to explain them about it.

Yes it is unless they have a demand for it.

If you family is just casual people, they wont find bitcoin useful at all. Wait until the economy gets worse, and then everybody will beg to you to teach them about bitcoin.

Definitely no, because its helps you to get money

i do not think so, i think it may fascinate some but confuse other, but overall it is good to plant the seed in people mind about bitcoin :) it may lead to good things!

No this is not waste my time
introducing bitcoin is 1 way to help bitcoin comunity stronger

more people invited, more people joined, more stronger comunity and more future

It wouldn't hurt to mention it to them,I have to my friends and they wanted to jump aboard when I mentioned silkroad 1.0,but loss interest when it went down.

For me yes because when I tell them about bitcoin they just ignore or laugh at me :(

Lol I have thought about this many times. People literally think you're talking about something illegal, or some ponzi scheme. They don't understand that it is legit. When you show people how much money could have been made on some of these swings, they just refuse to believe there isn't really a catch.

I've gotten alot of my friends into bitcoin by telling them mining is profitable. (Yes, I'm evil.) My friend bought 2 antminer s7s just a few days ago. Let's see if he can mine a block by the upcoming halving xD

But to my close relatives, yes, its a waste of time. They look down on me for working on such a "fluctuating" currency. The fluctuation is what makes it fun :(

I would say definitly no! Because Bitcoin is a new kind of technologie and its not descoverd by everyone. I think a lot of people are interested in this fast kind of paymend method and also because its decentrilized.
Iam also teeling my friends and family about it and they also feel it because iam buying good stuff from several merchanideses via btc.

I buy my btc at anycoindirect.eu - its an netherlands service with is really legit and pays u uppon the actuall course.

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My dad gotten into bitcoin lately after i mentioned it to him. He seemed pretty interested :)

That's great, we want that all generations should participate in the journey to make bitcoins more popular, as if the older generation starts using bitcoins they can easily convince others to get into bitcoins, as people have more faith in older generation as compared to the younger generation as they believe that they have more experience then we does.

How hard do you try to getting him into bitcoin?
I don't even bother to recommend bitcoins to my family, they are tech impaired person
im the only in my whole family who understand technology stuff ;D
I don't really want to waste my breath explaining them if they are not even gonna understand anything i talk to them about :P

Just as I've ever experienced ...

Every time I try to introduce Bitcoin, they immediately frowning brow and said, Bitcoin ?! What is that? And I was trying to explain it to them.
But it needs great effort and continuing to introduce Bitcoin either in meaning or usefulness.

Is not easy to explain Bitcoin to ordinary people, especially not so familiar with the internet and technology.

Parents would definitely not agree to invest their time in any digital currency as they are not used to internet and computers So they would definitely ignore us by saying that its not worth to waste your money whose future is not secure, but yes friends might be interested if they come know that you can spend it to buy things and it has a value.

Just tell them that in Bitcoin there are not fat-asses emitting money however they want thus inflating existing supply of money. That's the reason why all world economy is failed and why we're still in the middle ages. Absolutely most important question on planet Earth right now is who and how emits money. Implications of this answer are deep as they can be.

I've given up.  They laugh at me. I'm just looking forward to seeing there face five years from now. :D

Don't give up , even if they laugh at you nowadays they will believe soon that you are right so be tolerant with them and try to understand their situations , because good parts of people don't even understand how it works the Bitcoin currency till now

when we can explain how it works the bitcoin and altcoins currencies for our friends and relatives they start to use it i think

i think it is not a waste of time, i think it is good to introduce btc to new people no matter who

Of course not.
It is not a waste of time.
Actually I shared my experienced on bitcoin with my friends and family.
They are really amazed because on how bitcoin helps a lot of people.

its not wasting time,you can try my step.
firstly,you can fin out their problem,problem in payment or papper money. and than you introducing bitcoin,tell them that bitcoin can solve their problem,and tell them about ease of bitcoin. i know it will not easy,but if you try again and again,i think they will understand wht is bitcoin.

Im living at Brazil,i believe people will ask about what is that symbol even some can do some research but in the end is they are limited ,here there is financial problems ,corruption happening at the same time,and most people scared to spend money they can need to survive tomorrow,but well thanks for the image inloved .

Try to use bitcoin by buying some useful thing and then prove to them that what power does bitcoin has, i think that it is not a waste of time but don't go deeper explaining something as it will become at the end boring.

Yeah, I just thought that telling people about bitcoin is the wasted my time. really, i just cant deal with that people.

If you really love Bitcoin it is not a waste of time. If you just use Bitcoin like how I use ... (sorry) it is a waste of time. Whether they use or not will not affect me much. I am more affected by the rates which is affected by many others in the world.

No cause its gives you money,, i tell my friend but did not believe haha,, any way is not tired to say so

Sometimes it is worth mentioning but most most of the time it's just a waste of time because they will never understand you and they will just think like it is just a normal networking which really sucks me !

It depends on the listener. But most of the time, it is not helpful.

Hahah Lol nice topic
i think it will be waste depends on your mentioning and telling
if you have good telling about bitcoin maybe they will be interesting

Yeah that could be that went you tell something is not boring :P

But in my case my parents just don't have interest about bitcoin so yeah.

I think it's alright to mention it as long as you you're not throwing it all up in their faces.

It's never a good thing to push people when their not interested.

Yep, I just telling to people around about bitcoin and if they interested ind bitcoin then I would help them but if not I cant pushing them to use bitcoin..

Do not be that guy or girl that brings up NutriSystem at every opportunity.....you get the idea.  If anything has true value as a system or investment or whatever...then put the idea out there and let it be.  Let your success be the advertisement.  When you are doing your thing and making money hand over first, every one comes running back to you and asking how you did it. 

Yeah, same here mate, I just curious how their faces looks like about five or ten years from now seeing bitcoin more known well.

Yeah that's pretty much it.
IF someone is interested because he saw you reading some specific articles or websites, then tell him.
But don't try to convince people to listen to you regarding that topic.This won't work.

Exactly, I don't like to force people into liking the same stuff I do so I'd rather not push other people.

But if they bring it up sure, we can have a nice conversation about it

Yeah, I did this, I dont pushing in something that they dont feel interested at the first I told them..

bitcoin is actually very interesting, everyone will be interested, like people will be interested in money,
it means, you're not good in telling about bitcoin on them, thats why they not interested :P

Yes its wasting time mention about bitcoin to you friends or family, but it when your friwnds and your family really dont know about internet marketing,but if they were know,its not wasting your time

It's not a waste of time if they are interested in it.

If they show no interest I wouldn't bother to bring it up unless they do.

yeah true, Sometimes I feel lazy, if told to ordinary people about bitcoin
they don't know about internet marketing,
I must tell all things, and it requires a lot of time, it would just be a waste of time

Somehow, there is good speakers or not to make people interesting in what topic she/he puts in.. So, its kinda hard for some people my friend..

yes it just a waste of time they will never understand you(well this is my case) they just laugh at me and think that i am crazy :(

In my case, they just interest to know more about bitcoin when I gave them proof that I really make money online. So hard to explain at first so need a clear output as a proof.

Same here, they just interesting in something that benefit.. My friends are not interested until I showed them I can making money online..

Yes, I'm sure that it's a waste of time. But some of your cool friends maybe will interest

Well money always do the things :P
No matter how hard you try to convince them how to use bitcoin it will be hard to do that unless there's money involved
:P
Money, money never changes ;)

I think it's not waste your time
if your friend interesting you can invite him to buy bitcoin with coinbase and you can also earn with referal system

Come on dude, its not as easy as you talk. You must be never arguing with your friend or family when you invite them to join use bitcoin.
They are super hard to suggested due they think its for tech savvy only.

introducing bitcoin to other people is like selling car or a computer,
you need to get a good impression to get their attention, you need
to have a good explation so they can understand it properly. just like
how you sell a car or a computer.

Most of my friends always wanna get some extra income the bad thing is without being able to write in english is a hard way to try to generate a decent income ,as there arent yet any honest project paying soo well as signatures,soo without those skills what i had done were show the transfers made when i had sold my bitcoins to another person and my wife saw and can proof to others that i had made money really,in the past i played ptc and several hard ways to try an income in the most i had lost every cent invested .

same with me, I have repeatedly promoted bitcoin to family and my friends, but instead they ignored me

You don't have to desperate, they normally will ignore you the first days, but if they see that you earn enough from Bitcoin's opportunities, and if they see that it's real money (currency) i think they should be convinced that's deserve interesting at least

You think that bitcoin is exceptionnal, but it doesn't mean it really is.
Why do you want to tell you're family and friends about that ?

mentioning bitcoin to freinds is worth trying but family i don't think so freinds are more acceptable to new ideas then family

I did not even try to mention them besides mine wife. Also mine Facebook is not showing anything about Bitcoin. Will keep this black money out of the sight.

To tell someone about bitcoin for the first time you have to be simple and do not use those tech terms like algorithm and block, etc.. . You just tell him it is a digital money that no one control it and s/he can exchange it to dollars easily and the transactions are so fast and with very low fees
I think using this method may work

I try to tread lightly with friends and family because it is so volatile.  I share with them that I am very enthusiastic about it and then tell them to do as much research as possible.  I was telling them back in the 200's btw  :-\

It is false to say that no one control it, It is true that it is not controlled by a single entity.
Hodlers and traders control bitcoin.

We have to choose the right moment and method to mention the Bitcoin to our relatives
Because the advertising method is really important to convince people

Yes, I agree and by showing some proof instead of talking and telling something about bitcoin. Well, We know people will not satisfied in just explaining something about bitcoin how it works and how can you earn

You should tell everybody over bITCOIN  BTC BTC BTC Its so ezy and fast to use!
Everywhere!
Cashless Payments!
Cool  8)

regards
lama-hunter

Explaining bitcoin is not as easy as you talk over your posts. They always think monetizing in internet always have a bad image yess they think all is scam.

not easy like that, i want to give you questions, if they do not interesting about your mentions, what do you do ?

It isn't a waste of time mentioning BTC to the friends and family members but it's a waste of time when you're make the smalltalk too profound.

I will show them ! How easilly it works! And everybody will be aware and interested in that moment !  ;)

You will see, try to impress sombody with the BTC and it will be greatfull for You :)

regards
lama-hunter

To convince someone you must show the exchange rates and some money you had earned with my wife i have done those i had to proof to her that i were making money when i type or invest at some project before it goes scam,but well,if it didnt closed i would be swiming into some 10btc at the momnt.Not a waste financial problems may lead into some way to protect their savings,their income,soo bitcoin is one way to have full power of our money.

It's certainly not an easy task. What happens when they asks you, "how do the coins get generated like? from where do the actual coins come from? how do the coins look like? who created it??".. you get all those questions and you end up looking like a mad scientist or some computer super geek trying to answer. It's not an easy task just like it wasn't easy to explain the internet back when it was something obscure.

Its funny mentioning BTC cause when its down all the people who know you're into it just laugh. Until you prove to them you can make money with it.

Yess it could be one of many good way to explain bitcoin , make them laughing and in a couple days make them surprising.

Most still view it as a giant ponzi scam ):

Yes there is a time when i tell them about bitcoins they will  just laugh at me and said that I am crazy however when I tell them about Bitcoins with a proof (real cash) they just become shock and started to become curious about it , I guess it is worth mentioning if you included some proofs when you tell them so they will not laugh at you hence they will look at you amazed and brilliant.

here is example questions and answers when talking to others

  you: bitcoin is a new currency that works without banks and is super fast at making transactions
them: so i can buy a roll of toilet paper faster than debit card
  you:: yes
them: so i can walk down to 7seven eleven right now and buy toilet roll with bitcoin
  you: no... because you first need to convert it to a debit card at coinbase or xapo
them: oh.. so its bank money!! 7eleven receives from coinbase/xapo. making the transaction at 7eleven the same speed of debit card.. because it is a debit card
  you: yes.
them: ok so bitcoin still needs banks to help everyday people use it..
them: so say i had $10 of bitcoin and i wanted to put it onto the debit card to then buy some toilet roll. how do it do this?
  you: well you log into coinbase website. and swap it they then put $9.98 onto the debit card
them: ok ill ignore the 2cent loss, but im not confident using the internet is it simple to set up and transfer my life savings
  you: well you need to go online and scan your personal documents and wait for them to set up a account with coinbase
them: so i have to trust a website that has no bank branches to visit. and to use it at the shop i need to convert it to a debit card.. like i get from a bank
them: so ok its not useful in shops, and not easy to set up use... so how can i benefit from it apart from what you already said?
  you: well it's good for investing.
them: so if i put my life savings into bitcoin and got some third party company to manage it.. like retirement funds do, what guarantee's are there. what regulations are there
  you: um. none. but its safer to just hold it privately, rather than day trade via third party services.
them: so its like holding gold under the bed waiting for the gold price to rise instead of day trading gold contracts.
  you: yes
them: so the price is based the true value of bitcoins production of the 15million in circulation with a small bit of speculation like 10% based on supply and demand changes.
  you: um no. only about 50,000 of them are traded each day and its based on the average of them being traded where speculation can be upto 400% at times
them: so your telling me i cant use it directly in many shops, its not safe to day trade.. so basically your telling me its more of an volatile asset to hold rather then usable currency
  you: yes
them: so why didnt you just say it was an speculative volatile asset

so guys..
until it can be used to buy every day things. where confirmation times don't delay retailers direct acceptance or needing conversion to fiat to cope with capacity.
until there are secure and trusted services
until getting/converting/holding/using bitcoin is very layman friendly..

.. its not ready for mainstream.

and if you are going to mention it to people dont shout the uptopian dream. dont give the long conversation. just know the person you are talking to and use a real WORKING example that WILL benefit them. no speculating, no over promising, no vague info, no false info.. just tell them one thing that WILL improve their life.

How many people have you told, what all of them are interested and join in bitcoin now? interesting to see

True true. But maybe preach it from an angle where it is used for online transactions. I mean bitcoin cannot be directly compared to cash in real life. Bitcoin is made for the online world whereas online payment services such as paypal or credit card are real cash adapted for the online world. I feel that usage in the real world is not as important for bitcoin, usage of bitcoin for such services and goods makes more sense. So preach it from an angle that it useful in online payments perhaps?

Even though how hard you try to introduce the pros, people would still find a con in regards to using bitcoins. Best thing to do is to educate yourself first before trying to educate others about bitcoin so that if in case they have questions, you can easily answer it.

Bitcoin can be popular for computer geeks, they always have interest to computer things, like software and so on - so they can be the first BTC newbie  ;)

You are approaching from the wrong angle. First you have to spike the interest of the person. This is not done by definitions of what exists. Instead tell they can earn a lot of money by using bitcoin. Surely "You can make a lot of bucks" is a more motivational phrase than "Bitcoin is.."

I have to say that I tried many times to explain bitcoin to my friends but on the i just gave up, it's useless.
They are either afraid of it, don't care at all, don't listen or they are very skeptic.
So, yes, right now it's really waste of my time and energy to mention bitcoin to friends and family.
When bitcoin finally become mainstream and its price rise again, than I will show them :)

I've managed to get two of my friends to buy bitcoins. They get it that in the long run they'll benefit from it. However Most people are a bit skeptical about bitcoins. I think the main reason for them to be skeptical is, that they haven't had much contact with bitcoins yet. However time will fix those people. When there's a lot of people speaking about something that is too good to be true. they'll start believing it.

have you explained them everything about trading or also how the people can benefit from using bitcoin instead of paypal, mastercard and so on? and that it also allows them to use it as a store of value and that they in fact own their money?

There is a problem we encounter when talking with people about Bitcoin, it's that currency still need to be converted into fiat in order to use it and make deals in the most famous marketplaces

This is indeed one of the main reasons the average person is not willing to get on Bitcoin, they think it's a waste of time if they have to convert to their local currency (and of money since there are fees to do so). Like some pointed, being paid in BTC is a crucial step in everyday type of usage.

I will briefly tell you about my experience in encouraging friends and relatives to use Bitcoins. Till now, I might have talked to some 50 people regarding Bitcoins. 5 or 6 took it seriously, and started collecting them. But later, some of them got bored, and dumped their coins and moved on. One or two are sill holding BTCs.

Don't know if it's a waste of time or not.  My parents both know about bitcoin but neither of them own any or want to own any, and they knew of it from news reports.  I have mentioned it to some friends, but I don't pester them to buy or otherwise proselytize the benefits of owning bitcoin.  Why would anyone bother doing that?  Most of the time I can't figure out any true advantages to owning myself other than capital gains.

Yeah the thing is people that would benefit the most from Bitcoin aren't the average joe living in a suburban first world place because most people don't need any changes in how the way money works. But people that are entrepeneurs and want to start receiving payments easy and fast, or people that are overseas sending money, or people in places like Argentina.. but those aren't the people most of us have for friends. I think the importnace of Bitcoin will not be clear to most people in developed world until fiat starts to collapse real bad.

we are still having trouble, to use bitcoin directly, buy goods with bitcoin is still very taboo, this makes people less interested

Today was a good time when i explained a bit about bitcoin to my relatives, because the price is increasing they are interesting to invest a little bit so i think it's not a waste of time.

This is pretty much it, most people becoming interested when there is a general increase in price, not the perfect kind of attention, but it's still positive.

Personally, I dont think it's a good time for non-tech people to be introduced. Most if not all mining has gone the way of asics and gpu's, meaning the only feasible option for obtaining bitcoin is too buy straight up. For some this buy-in wall can be daunting.

As for altcoins, (although not in the scope of the OP, also worth mentioning here) there is far too much instability in pricing (and devs) too be a good long term buy, and as for mining, again asic and gpu.

No matter how you choose to enter the bitcoin world, there seems to be quite a stiff buy-in now, with a constant arms-race for miners. Also, for those gullible (read GREEDY lol) few like myself, there's soooooo many opportunities to be scammed out of you hard earned coin/dollars. (eg. XPY, GARZA, Coin Doublers, etc.)

IMHO the nicest and safest thing to do (for your friends and family), is to keep them far away from the BTC/ALT world for now.

Signed,
a perpetual bag-holder

It's never a waste of time.  You can even learn something sometimes from someones fresh perspective, whether you agree with it or not.  

Buying is not the only way. Newbies can become signature campaign members, run a website with bitcoin advertising, offer services, trade bitcoins or sell goods. There are quite many options and the bitcoin economy will likely expand.

Everyone would be interested when something goes up, but i know that they will hate me when the price goes down like the last few weeks but they should understand that investing has always are % of risk.

true, traditional people think like.... technology is a complicated thing that they won't do, so bitcoin too people think they will get trouble to use bitcoin.
it's hard to use because it's hard to understand too.

Many people think that Bitcoin is just an "virtual" currency and can't be real money
That's why we need more advertising Bitcoin

It`s important to bring it to People.. Yes, but you should know how. Maybe you just know some Parts and therefore you should just explain it in your owm words and very short.
So perhaps i might think your friends and family will get it and also know what the bitcoin is  ::) Also, of course there gonne be People they never gone check it :D like the grandmother maybe ;)

But anyways - Its great you guys think about how to tell somebodyhow you do it for what ;)
tell over your experiences guys.

regards
lama-hunter

my father still refer to bitcoin as a fake money, i've explained to him that the real fake money are those printed out of thin air, but he is helpless

he only see it as a good way for speculation

you must the character of the person who would you introduce bitcoin, if your friend is a person who is interested in the online world,
I am sure he would be interested in the technology bitcoin, and i succes invited my friend to use and learning about bitcoin.

and this is not waste of my time

This is normal, most of the older people are still dismissing Internet. My mother still thinks that the Internet is nothing but a bunch of crazy, imaginary people! :)

It's normal that older generations never embrace some never technologies!

Yes indeed, I've mentioned bitcoin a couple of times to my mom and now she wants to know more about it. She asks questions on how it works what the concept is etc. She's also interested in how the government looks at it.

 do not think so, i think it may fascinate some but confuse other, but overall it is good to plant the seed in people mind about bitcoin Smiley it may lead to good things

also the vast majority of btc user (even btc talk members) adopt bitcoin for speculation, "fast way to become rich".
But there are some other aspect that are distinct by it's value, take for example blockchain technology... well before talk about the "value" in dollars, it could be better start to talk about the advantage like low fees to send money, no government issues/stopping, and so on...

How could you refer Bitcoin as gambling money? Get rich? We all know that gambling is risky! Addicted Gambler could lose every thing. Many ppl probably hate or complain it to you, which causes them lose money.

Will for some people they just think bitcoin like a fake money. So you need to let them see that is real money and you can earn a lot with it.
My family will my father was like is fake, but when I let him see what it is he is kinda enteresting about it.
The only think that is stoping him he is old and he don't want to learn new things, because is difficult.

I think it's okay to mention bitcoin every now and then. I don't think it's a waste of time at all.

But don't push it if they are not interested in the topic of bitcoin.

You can't really force them into it unless they are interested in it and want to know more about it.

You are right, indeed forcing people to use Bitcoin can really make negative results, we have only to explain how it works bitcoin transaction for people to simplify it and then that's could be a strong method to advertise and support this crypto currency

It's normal that people want to become more wealthy, that's not a problem. Also, promoting Bitcoin in the current stage for mainstream adoption is not a good idea in my opinion. It's better that it still stays as something that people in-the-know would understand, at least for 1 or 2 years more. The average joe is not ready for Bitcoin and Bitcoin is not ready for the average Joe. Once it is more polished, then we will take over the world I have no doubt about it.

It's not just your parent, mostly old people can't imagine that how many things are happening in the internet and how this is changing our daily life order, sometimes it is a waste of time to explain bitcoin to them but better than nothing.

People are using internet do to some shop,as they know usually internet products are cheaper then go to the store,and even with the new minds,there is always some people that avoid use any detail about credit or debit card or any other kind of information.Bitcoin has 7 years almost,but the most companies avoid accept ,pay or other stuff related to bitcoin,even when there is several projects running with it,soo i may say give time to time ,the same way as bitcoin had boom into 1000 dollars ,i believe that we will achieve it again on the next years and the most people we talked about as family will say ouch if i had listen a bit more about it,my life could be different.

It is worth talking to people about it even if it is just laying the foundation, sooner or later they will hear about bitcoin in the news and from other sources and will already have a little bit of understanding. 

It is always worth mentioning this forum as a place to go to start with then they can do as much or as little research as they like, there are also faucets which they can use to get some satoshi so they can see how it all works.

I have spoken to a few people but interest is quite low although when the price shot up last week they seemed a bit more interested

IMO, yes. It is a waste of time to mention Bitcoin to my friends and family. I've show them the YouTube video on bitcoin.org repeatedly and it seems they will never get it. I was like, "Did you get it?" and they were like, "What was that?".
Some of my friends just don't give a fck about it. lol

I have talked to people about btc and have gotten a few interested parties and some weren't as interested. It is hit and

miss with people. Sometimes and sometimes not. I have met acquaintances that have  been interested because they

have heard about it on the news at one point or other.

You need to have a well balance of life and bitcoin  :D

No, just because your not seeing any results from the efforts you've made til now for introducing bitcoin, doesn't mean it's a waste of time... I would have surprised if they understood how it works and how great it is in terms of use and its potential... I've tried to go step by step since I'm the only tech person in my family (it sucks) and explaining to them the BTCitcoin is like explaining a college algebra to a elementary kid so it really takes time before they get a piece of how it works...I'm getting close there but it's just really hard teaching non tech people about it specially if their old...I suggest to gather them all up and try to compile some videos from YouTube that explains it real good and let them watch from time to time... I've seen positive results this way in shorter amount of time since the known speakers of BTCitcoin community do know how to attract people to BTCitcoin

Yes I too don't think it's a waste of time trying to introduce bitcoin to our own members of family and friends.
It was not that hard for me to convince them that bitcoin is better than fiat in many ways, atleast for those who can
operate computer.
I just showed them practically how easy and anonymous to send and receive money via btc transaction and they are into bitcoin now. Of course some may find it difficult.

True, and its not a waste of time mentioning or introducing Bitcoins to friends and family because if we introduce Bitcoins to friends and family means we are giving life to bicoins future.

It is times like these that remind one to make sure to inform family and friends that it is highly volatile and adventurous, not for the weak of heart . . . of course this follows all of the great things you say about Bitcoin.

All you can do is talk about it to people who are around you, you can't do much about that.

You can't force them to get interested into bitcoin, I think the one thing that would help bitcoin get more known is media.

Since the media only puts out bad stuff about bitcoin, it becomes harder for people to adapt to bitcoin.

Very rightly said, the main problem that bitcoin is facing is the negative publicity from media and people are getting carried away with the news, as people are more influenced by press and media it makes it difficult for them to have faith in bitcoins, as it is said that bad news travels faster then good news, so people hesitate in getting into bitcoins.

never give up tell them, show them also the profits of bitcoin, then they will be interested

If bitcoin is introduced to them in a proper and positive way then I think they will be attracted towards bitcoin, and if we inform them that they can make money with bitcoins then they would really think to know about the bitcoins, because everyone wants to make money, and I don't think that its a waste of time.

Depends on how you would otherwise spend your time. If you are confident that you are on your way towards becoming the next Einstein or for that matter, Satoshi Nakamoto, I guess it is a waste of time, relatively speaking.

Yeah same with me. it's hard to introduce and tell our family and friends about bitcoin. once i tell my friend what is bitcoin and how it works. and he don't understand about that.

ahh, the Amway approach

I think also that the method of advertising Bitcoin is really important.
The community have to simplify the using and the explaining of how Bitcoin's works for everyone and especially for newbies with crypto currency's world

That's true , because many newbies don't even know anything about Bitcoin and crypto currencies world
So explaining them a little bit the things could help to advertise this powerful crypto currency

I've actually started talking about bitcoin to one of my coworkers, and he seems intrigued.  I think I posted this somewhere else, but I told him what a signature campaign is and that I'm in one and he seemed interested that I could earn money just by posting stuff in an online forum.  Admittedly the payouts aren't huge, but the bitcoin is paid out nonetheless.  I've told some other people, but I still have a hard time explaining the advantages of bitcoin.

Telling our family about bitcoins is not a bad idea, as they would never make fun of you if anything wrong happens.
I think sharing with friends is bad idea though sometimes, because they make fun of you when things go wrong and they do not like it.

In my case, they just interest to know more about bitcoin when I gave them proof that I really make money online. So hard to explain at first so need a clear output as a proof.

yeah you right. same like my family. when i tell them about bitcoin and you can earn it online, my family hard to accept that, maybe because they scare for being scammed online.

no,i dont think mentioning Bitcoin to friends and family is wasting time,its just show what you have and what your passion for several years,and they not interesting because they know i am learn about bitcoin almost in two years to know little bit more about bitcoin.

I believe that once took place the change of generation, will be 'much more' easy to understand and use bitcoin for beginners because they use computers or smartphones already at  '6 years old.

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i believe you are right, my nephew and niece are groing up with tablets and smartphones in their hands.

It's always good to tell your family and friends what Bitcoin is and how it works.
Because you never know, maybe they get a Bitcoin later. 

I will move to another friend, when the friend who  is not interested,
until when are you going to tell him dude?
just waste of your time

you should always try and spread the word about bitcoin, this is what i always try and do.
try using your own experience and introduce them to bitcoin with setting up a wallet for them and giving them a small amount to hook them up.

I usually talk about Bitcoins with my buddies, persuaded a friend to buy some Bitcoins few years ago. But not got anyone to use it often. But the struggle continues.

why tell family and friends when u can get in 20 years ahead of them

before they even work out wtf is going on

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I think its better to tell them more about the benefit of holding and using bitcoin as payment processor than other usual one like paypal. Showing them how to get profit out of bitcoin may sound hard to them at first.

I think it's very interesting and important that we mention Bitcoin to friends and family and relatives. Because this powerful crypto currency still need more support from the community, and we notice that a lot of people not knowing anything about it till now

Of course it's not waste of time, because Bitcoin deserve and need more support and advertizsing especially from the community and it's users

it is a waste of time our IQ is off the charts compared to the general population

the average dude struggles to get past ghey thoughts and sucking ****


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Yes it's true that many kids also get involved with technology at a very young age and for them bitcoins will not be too tough to understand. I have seen many school students are talking about faucets and bitcoin giveaways. So, I believe any age people can use and save bitcoins.

In my opinion....YES!
I talked with many friends about bitcoin and all of them are very skeptic.
Even my wife don't trust bitcoin and thinks that I wasting my time and money here :)
Believe me, I gave up and will not talk about bitcoin offline any more, to my friends, only online.

Meh, sing it loud and proud.  Friends come and go and as for the mrs yeah that is a triky one i can say my mrs took a while to understand wtf the deal was and even now shes not really into it.  Either way spread the word.

Sometimes it just takes time to explain to them what is and how bitcoin works but it worth because they probably will support you and help gaining more bitcoin for the future.

Re: Is it a waste of time mentioning Bitcoin to friends and family?
Not if they're trapped & you have a knife.

No, this is what's needed, if they don't care about the concept show them what people have purchased with it, e.g. that Tesla car that was bought a few days back.

However, they may not be interested in the currency at the young age and hence bitcoins need to be used by users above 13 years to understand the price fluctuations and not just randomly invest in it. My family members have bitcoin debit cards and it was me who introduced them to bitcoins.

It's not a waste of time but you need to talk to friends who want to search for an investment opportunity or who are traders. Bitcoin is not for common users who just want to save money and spend it for their household expenses but it is for those who can take a risk.
I spoke to 2 friends who are brokers and they were interested in investing in bitcoins and one of them is already a bitcoin trader who constantly buys and sells bitcoins online.

This is actually very good way to promote BTC!
You can use your trust to bring more people to bitcoin ..This is healthy growth!
But don't spam via email or facebook..

Yes promoting bitcoin must be every bitcoiner's responsible action to help bitcoin community to grow. So, I feel it's not waste of time on talking about bitcoin to our friends and family. even they do not accept.

Not a waste of time at all, Most of my close friends know I'm interested in bitcoin because I've given small amounts as gifts.

Ofcourse it's not a waste of time, it's good to introduce bitcoin to the people around you, unaware of it's value and usage, i would do it when i get a chance to share it with my friends and family members.

it is never a waste of time to spread the word about bitcoin to anybody.

because it is up to us to introduce bitcoin to others if we want to reach the mass adoption stage sooner. and who is better to start with than your friends and family .

If your family & friend is open to for new information then go for it.

If your family & friends isn't interested, then nah. It will be a waste of time

yes i agree with that,just because my friend and my family is regular people,i mean they not too interesting with technology,esspesially payment technology,they too apatic.

Bitcoin is almost considered the same as telling folks you play Word of Warcraft,you get the same look.
Its also like telling co-worker you gamble,they will expect you to pay for drinks because they presume you win all the time.

Until the media shows love or we get a huge burst of people using it,would be careful who you mention it to.
Some associate it to dark interests and terrorism,especially older folks if they heard anything at all about it.

Yes the problem is that they want to make money out of it but they don't want to invest their fiat into it, as they find it risky in investing into digital currency, and the main reason is they are not tech savvy so it becomes difficult to explain them.

You know they can actually made money even without investing their fiat in bitcoin. There are lots of way to earn bitcoin then use that earnings to earn more bitcoin. Trading will fit here.

Did people mention they where professional videogamers/online poker players to the masses?
The fact is most people will stare at you and nod there head,soon as you are out of ear shot or they are back at home the dismantling of you begins. If you do not want people all up in your business its best to just coast a long and not mention it.

Depends on what is the perception of your friends and family towards digital currency and new technology, if they are ready to accept the change then they would surely show their interest in adopting new technology.

yes i also think the same . that is to teach anyone about btc is a tedious work .
and i also think it is totally useless to explain them .
the better way to explain them is to leave them to understand itself.
i had started to explain my many friends about it but all of them says that it us a way to make fool to any person .
they said that it is also like practical money and there is speed and fast way to earn btc without taking risk .
so i think. t is a useless work to tell about btc to any person .

No its pretty good for the future of the bitcoin itself.
The bitcoin is getting bigger everyday so its good.

Yeah its getting bigger and popular day by day, and that is a good sign for the bitcoin community, so more users will lead to bitcoin getting more popular, so we should surely recommend it to our friends and family.

Initially if your friends or relatives feel it is useful and if they often ask you about bitcoin and you explaining them is not waste of time. You itself can understand who has willing to know and who doesn't. Based on knowing this try to teach them which will be more effective.

Yeah and there would be a scenario that they would hesitate at initial stage, but if you keep on repeating it than they might show some interest and start to learn more about bitcoins. They will not show any interest at initial stage for sure.

No, it's not a waste of time. But like the old saying goes, "You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink."

It might sound like a Herculean task to explain the concept of bitcoins to other people but the truth is that it eventually pays off. I have talked to quite a good number of people about bitcoins and a few of them have responded positively. This makes it easier because I have people I can deal with locally. When I feel like selling bitcoins I first contact this people before I go online.

That's not so bad I guess. If you can then you can do fun things with them of the rich.
If you only lose money then it is a waste of time.