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How to better explain bitcoin to people ?
Please give me some directions

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Do you mean, that you want to explain BTC to other ppl, or do you need some help in understanding bitcoins?
I showed a couple of poeple how to use BTC, where to get BTC and what BTC / onlinecurrencies are in general.

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the best way it's a new type of payment systeme Globaly used and it's easier to use then other type of payement methodes

I would first introduce them the e-banking how works then introduce a new online currency and so on.

I would tell them that it's a currency "Just like dollar, euro" or whatever you use in your country, but it's not issued by a goverment, or any particular entity, but by the people that run the network which is the miners, cannot be counterfeited, and can be sent across the entire planet without anyone's permission.

I would explain that it was a digital currency no different from any other currency. Tell them it could be a good investment but as like any investment there are risks. If they live in big cities more than likely there are places that accept it no different from normal money. Don't confuse them too much with it just keep it simple

Explain to them briefly the price history of bitcoin over the past years and I bet you that most people will be interested.

After you get their interest you can goo in deeper about all the uses and possiblities, but their attention will be much higher after you explain the potential profits.

Take the btc paper, and give to read. Some times could be the best answer to all doubts.

"If you don't understand how it works doesn't mean it doesn't work!"

Something like this, but stop joking
Make a brief summary of what you think btc could improve...
like "privacy", "banking system" and so on... I think every one of us noted a peculiarity on btc itself and know what can make the difference, and could help the "common user".

I think starting with giving some bitcoins to the newbies as gifts can be good introduction of this powerful crypto currency for them
You can then explaining how it works bitcoin and how can be easily converted into fiat nowadays

explain them all basic things about bitcoin in easy to understand language. that will help them to understand the first things. after that show them how easy it is to set-up a wallet and to start sending and receiving some transactions.

I've tried like dozen techniques to try to get people into crypto. I've tried showing plewbs A.Antonopoulos senate meeting. I've tried sending them free bitcoin, I've tried showing them all the websites associated with bitcoin, I've even tried to explain the core protocol with the help of the whitepaper.
Last person who is interested in bitcoin, I just told him that he will shit himself when he finds out what bitcoin is. He's now looking to find the cash to buy some.
I think that introducing bitcoin to right people helps a lot. Most people just don't give a fuck.

I'd tell newbie's to 'research, research, research'.

https://bitcoin.org

https://bitcointalk.org

Best 2 places to start ^^

Good suggestions here, kind of.  I have a hard time giving people any sort of idea why bitcoin is better than cash.  If anyone here can tell me how I can suggest to people why they should exchange their fiat for bitcoin I'd love to hear it.  Unless you're speculating or sending funds to another country I really don't see the advantage of it.  Most people don't care if they're anonymous--look at how many suckers use facebook and all that other stuff.

Maybe if you'd tell them, that bitcoin is a global currency that's deflationary in the long run.It's competing with euro and dollar and whatnot and a single unit is already 400 times stronger than a dollar.Also lighten them on fiat currencies overall where debt based currencies have all failed because of the trust issues that we run into.
http://georgewashington2.blogspot.com.ee/2011/08/average-life-expectancy-for-fiat.html (http://georgewashington2.blogspot.com.ee/2011/08/average-life-expectancy-for-fiat.html) That study was based on 775 currencies. Then tell them, that all the currencies on earth are based on debt to put things into scale. Then tell them about the recent hyperinflation in Argentina and other countries. I could write more but I'm kind of repeating myself with all of this. However people usually never notice.

You're right, because day-to-day fiat functions very well.  People get paid in fiat and pay rent in fiat and everything else.  Why would I suggest that someone exchange their relatively stable currency for a digital one whose volatility can be breathtaking and whose legal status is subject to the whims of government?  And a currency that offers none of the protections that banks offer? 

These are the questions I can't seem to answer myself. 

The trend of bitcoin is surely an upward one and for sure people don't like to lose 20% of their value overnight, but the trend is going upward, so even if people lose out in the short term, they'll gain a lot more in the long run. You can pay your rent and everything with the services that the bitcoin network offers, but it has some sort of a learning curve, so it's not meant for everyone at the moment. In my opinion there are too many businesses tied to the network, so if a government want's to make it illegal, they will most likely get sued. Kind of paradoxical if you ask me.
However bank offers little to no protection when it's failing. If you look at how much money the banks owe, then most of them are currently failing in my opinion.

I think we need a huge disruption in the current monetary system for people to open their eyes. The 2007 market crash wasn't big enough.

I agree. When I first started out these were the areas I was busy researching also.

To explain bitcoin to people that didn't know anything about this kind of money its better to talk without technical words, speak about bitcoin as normal money, that you can use to buy and sell things. And explain that you can store them on a wallet app on their phone. If they have real interest on bitcoins, you will have time to explain more things about. But first easy things.

show them by example

1. get them to download a webwallet and send them some bits

2. ask them how long did it take to receive the payment from you after you said 'its sent'

3a. if they are day trade investors show them an exchange, get them to deposit that funds and make a trade
3b. if they are asset/antique/rare mineral hoarders (long term investors) show them how to get the private key and tell them to hold onto it for a year as thats
the most important thing
3c. if they are just a consumer (they just buy things from shops), find a local retailer that accepts bitcoin and get them to buy something with it.

4. ask them, did they need to hand over passport information to set up the webwallet, did they need to wait 1-3 business days to get verified, did they need to wait for delivery of a debit card and pin number after getting set up.. no, no, no

5. then show them how many retailers accept it where its useful, show them a few bloomberg videos (financial news) where they are praising bitcoin. show them the price of bitcoin.

There is a lot of information out there to explain the basics of bitcoin for you and your friends. I think it is unnecessary opening new threads just to ask for questions widely answered previously.

tell them that bitcoin has a good prospects in the future, the price itself increase in 2016. and tell them you can earn bitcoin free and no need money to do it.

The bitcoin video is quite some information I think. Video link @
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Um63OQz3bjo

When they are done reading it, let them visit the bitcoin wiki @
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitcoin

Keep it as simple as possible...
Include incentives for them...
A decentralized system is far more secure than a centralized database... you can reference the recent security breeches with:
1) Anthem Blue Cross (80 million patient and employee records, potentially exposing names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, email addresses, employment information and income data).
2) Ebay February 2014...compromising customer names, encrypted passwords, email addresses, physical addresses, phone numbers and dates of birth
3) JP morgan 2014... compromised usernames, addresses, phone numbers and email addresses.
4) Home Depot... 56 million credit card accounts and 53 million email addresses5
5) Significant others klike  Sony, Target, Global Payments Inc., Tricare, Citibank, Heartland etc

You can mention the limited supply vs. the Fed reserve printing money at any time.
Large growth potential with a solution for the 2 billion unbanked...  http://www.worldbank.org/en/programs/globalfindex.
Nearly 1 billion in recent VC investments including Wall Street mainstays like the New York Stock Exchange, Goldman Sachs and the Fortress Investment Group.
Bitcoin is out performing all fiat currencies for the last five year average.

That enough for now don't want to overwelm them :^)

You definitely have to relate to the person who you're trying to explain Bitcoin too... If they are someone who likes anonymity, you should be honest and say it's primarily pseudononymous and explain why... If the person is a libertarian and doesn't like central banks, explain how it is different from the central banks, etc. ... You have to understand what would interest the person in the first place. The major issue is trying to talk to someone who doesn't have any interest in this, and just want to use something primarily for convenience, or the reason that everyone is doing it.

I present it to my relatives in a straight forward way - instead of fiat, I sent them Bitcoin. Explaining it's cheaper chat bank transactions + 4 currency exchanges. In their country there are service where you could sell BTC to one site and receive fiat in 10 minutes in almost every big store.

there is so much to explain! I usually just give a short explanation of how it works and
how to get it.

But then I tell them to come to this forum and just read the posts as thats where I learned the most
about bitcoin.

 I explain to them that bitcoin is digital currency and you can use bitcoin online and you can cash it out

after that i show them the example, like i purchase things online using bitcoin, or i exchange bitcoin into fiat money, after that usually they will understand

I explained btc to a friend last night as a digital cryptocurrency. He questioned if it was a fraud and I said Hell No. It is a

digital money similar to real money. It has value and you can sell and buy with it. It is mined with special things called

miners. Welp, it was a long talk.

The first explain how you get a free bitcoin from signature campaign  ;)

It's always a BAD idea to get technical with it. Just limit yourself to explaining it's usages and a bit of context into why it is important, other than that, trying to explain random noobs about what the blockchain is and how mining works will probably just alienate them even more.

My advice might you have to explain about bitcoin slowly by introducing that bitcoin is very easy to earn money and after that certainly you tell people who would be interested. Then after he was interested in the new explain how to earn money by collecting bitcoin.
Perhaps in this way will work because the first bitcoin friend of mine introduced me in this way.

Blah Blah..

no one cares since they already have money in their wallet.

This is what you tell them..

I bought BTC at 220.00 in August and sold for 450.00 in November. Where else do you get returns like that?

Let their greed guide them as its the only reason people will invest in BTC.

Just tell them there's an online money named bitcoin. and you can buy and pay anything with bitcoin, and 1 bitcoin same as $400+. and i'm sure newbies will interested about it.

If it is Newbie or Hero, Whoever It is Bitcoin IS big gun for all. It is the future of currencism. Future World gonna deal their all transaction through bitcoin transaction Only. It Gonna replace USD Range by bitcoin.

Mainly only people with computer knowledge can be interested in Bitcoins. Even then some people need help from forum members, because average computer knowledge is not high  ;)

Sometimes I mention Btc to a random person and explain a little to see if they are really interested. I usually add a little history, like

mention the December-January 2014-2015 when it was such a splash on the news. Some people remember that and I add more

explanation and see what they say. Sometimes I have to spend time and really explain it the best I know how to get them interested.

If they somehow aren't interested, I leave it at that.

you can tell them it's a new way to get money with no restrictions and it can be used in different things and used around the world

Well, in honesty, that IS true. I have mentioned that before, but this was kind of an afterthought. I ought to clarify this further.

Faucets may help you better. People will get attract to free money always. Show them some online usage of bitcoin like mobile recharge from faucet earning. Then newbie will ask you how to get more bitcoins and how to be active with bitcoin ecosystem.

not the greatest of examples. as you say bank transactions use 4 currency exchange.

but you putting fiat into bitcoin is one
then using the service to sell bitcoin is two
then going to the big store to receive fiat is three.

the better way is to show them how much they would receive if you sent $100 via a bank to their native fiat
then show them how much they would receive if you sent $100 via bitcoin to their native fiat.

as long as they see that they can get more as a result, you dont need to explain the banking differences in the middle

Just show them real money. How? Start from showing them your btc's then do the cashout process.

If i had to explain BTc to a total newbie, i'll leave out at first step the technical and echonomical aspect, talking essentially about what is it nowadays and what can be in future.
Then i'll explain how BTC basically works (wallet, address, blockchain), then i'll show him how easy is to make a transaction, giving him some mbtc for free :)
When the newbie has lost the words, i'll let him to make echonomical consideration, asking if he want to stay for more time out of the business ;)

not good examples
thats like throwing a penny on the floor every hour and saying how great the dollar is..

Fiat fiat fiat.

This is the only important thing to show newbies that btc really exists.

If i had to explain BTC to a total newbie, i'll leave out at first step the technical and echonomical aspect, talking essentially about what is it nowadays and what can be in future.
Then i'll explain how BTC basically works (wallet, address, blockchain), then i'll show him how easy is to make a transaction, giving him some mbtc for free :)
Then i make another step showing him how to make a cashout from BTC to FIAT  ;D
When the newbie has lost the words, i'll let him to make echonomical consideration, asking if he want to stay for more time out of the business ;)

to introduce bitcoin to show off my usual newbie bitcoin prices are so expensive, I only say that it is necessary 1 bitcoin to generate      $ 400 more, and they are really interested, but they do not know how it's difficult to get one bitcoin

usually if you tell bitcoin, about bitcoin which can be used to buy whatever we want
and 1 bitcoin exchange value of $500
I'm sure they'd be interested, because I also ever experienced that

First, don't explain it all cuz people will usually difficult to understand. Just explain the simple example of what is Bitcoin and what can you do with Bitcoin and any other thing about Bitcoin.

Well I have a hard time when Im introducing bitcoin to my colleagues. Just a simple thing I do, I show them I can make real money thru bitcoin by showing them personally the money I got thru transaction. Then I state my weekly earnings which they are amazed then start doing btc earning method now. It's hard to explain for those who want an easy money.

Simple, give them the link to this forum and  blockchain.info . That's all! That's how I have learnt.

Better than referring to blockchain.info, the newbie can refer to this forum where one can learn ever minute detail about bitcoins whether it's the price, wallet and he/she can even earn bitcoins here faster rather than on any other platform. Since I started my journey with bitcoins over here, I dont think there can be a better palce to start with.

Give them instructions to send and receive bitcoin via online wallet like blockchain.info. IF they have used other processor like paypal, skrill before than they will understand it and after that they will do their own search to understand more about bitcoin.

Ask them to make an account on this forum.Just keeping reading trough random posts in different sections for about a month,that would be enough for them to know everything about bitcoins at a newbie level.

Yes introducing this forum for newbies with Bitcoin's world is really powerful idea to present this crypto currency for them. You can also encourage them by talking about getting some income from the signature campaigns here.

The best way would be to have a site with only bitcoin tutorials and instructions.

So people don't have to use google for accessing this information.

To understand it better I teach others. To teach others I built a website (https://incorporatingbitcoin.com).

It is an electronic currency that people use to sell and buy things online. Users agree in its value on a offer/demand protocol, and you need to own a Bitcoin wallet (either locally on your computer or online) to use it.

To talk about the ledger and blockchain is perhaps too complicated and not needed in order to use it.

Building a website about bitcoins and crypto currencies generally could be interesting method to advertise and support this currencies, but you need to make some budget to advertise your website and going up with its Alexa rank.

My site (https://incorporatingbitcoin.com) is three weeks old, I've been promoting it for three days, and I'm doing OK. I think my traffic growth is right on schedule. Advertising may be in my future soon, but I'm doing OK with self promotion right now.

There's a lot of videos about bitcoin in social media. That's one way to educate newbies in bitcoin. Plus you can ask him to go here in forum for more information regarding bitcoin.

i cannot explain it fully I just gather some articles about bitcoin from reputable sites something that they will understand it in a layman's language and send them all to them but first I made a very good introduction that bitcoin is the next new discovery after the internet,I think it's a good strategy on my side had converted a lot of people from this method

Tell them if they can make their life easy with bitcoin and how you earn money from crypto world.

Tell them to download the blockchain.info app or something and send them one satoshi using your own phone. Tell them that cost you alot, and that there are faucets out there which give out thousands of satoshi.

Mindfuck.

And also have to tell them to continue to post and also tell them that if the higher the level the higher the pay.
Because it will make them interested

There is really no good way to present or show Bitcoin to new users. But I would just tell them that Bitcoin is an online currency and it is the first ever cryptocurrency. I would explain how it is just like Paypal except better, because most people use Paypal to pay for things online. Don't start explaining how mining works and all that kind of junk. Even I don't fully understand that and I have been using Bitcoin for quite some time. Mostly because I was never interested in learning about it.

If someone got skills to make a game, make the game about bitcoins or just make the ingame currency is bitcoin ;D

They maybe will find it fun to play and understand too

Or, making a video explaining bitcoin in 5 minutes or such, soo that they will understand bitcoin a little first

First, I will explain what it is bitcoin ? and secondly I will explain how to create bitcoin wallet , and a third I will explain how to get bitcoin .

If you try to explain them how the underlying tech works (blockchain, mining process, what is centralized vs decentralized, open vs closed source software) they will look at you as if you are a mad scientist disconnected from reality. Unfortunately it's too hard to explain this to casuals.. specially when they have no idea how current money tech works to begin with.

Just say them it is a currency with varies price

when I first explain bitcoin  to some of my friends, I advise them to know the basic bitcoin by searching on google. once they understand some basics, like making wallet or get small on faucet, then I introduce also this forum. I am sure after they visited on this forum and always read, they will understand in the end.

I will only tell about this site. they must visit and read all :)

Coming to understand bitcoin is always a hard and a little bit complex thing. You therefore need to make sure that the method you are using is easy to have the newbie get into action faster. One way I can advise is that of taking the newbie and mentoring him or her. Let them follow what you do on a daily basis, there is always the power in learning on the task itself. Just guide them until they reach a place they have proper understanding. Do trade with them and share some profits together.

There is an overwhelming amount of websites and guides out there now about Bitcoin. It is a great time to start.

Dear its better we can inform BTC to newbies as a digital money where it works far better then share markets earnings in a very less investment. Now those who is buying the btc will become rich in future.

Best way to explain bitcoin is to explain it in the way you see bitcoin through your eyes. That's the way I've been doing it.
Some people become interested in it so they start asking questions themselves, some who are not interested at all just don't bother to ask about it.

It is quite easy to explain / they dont need details. Just explain wallets, sending, exchanging.

Nope that's not enough. Most of today's currencies are already in digital form.
You have to tell a bit more. Say you can send it like e-mail, only with copying it. That it is like Bittorrent. A network without an entity who controls it, like a bank for instance.

Easily, show them some videos, teach them how to use wallets. And that is it.

It is best to treat your friends with beer. Then you say that beer is purchased through Bitcoin. After that, they will begin to ask questions. This is the best advertising!

Hey? Do you use Bitcoin?

What is Bitcoin?

Good! I like your question!

[pick one from PrimeDice what's Bitcoin contest]

Cool.

[show them you paying internet bills or buying things online using Bitcoin]

Great! I will start using Bitcoin today!

I'm confused... Does your bar accept bitcoins as payment? I mean, I think I get where you are coming from in saying that you made a good bit of money off being a somewhat "early" adopter in Bitcoin and all... But I think it will still come off as a risky stock market kind of trade than actually using Bitcoin as a legit currency.

We have to explain all bout bitcoin's feature and its use but the common people will not believe at all that. They want use something vibrant like fiat or gold. So what we need to do is We should make bitcoin to know with common people Social media and other ways. then we have to create a demand in market for it.

Bar does not accept Bitcoins. They first need to be exchanged.
My friends and acquaintances know that I swap Bitcoins for cash. They see how I get cash from an ATM. And all this thanks to Bitcoin.
They see that this is no big deal. That's when people start to ask questions. What is Bitcoin? Where did you Beres? What is its price? They become interested.
All who know me - everybody knows about Bitcoins.

Introducing bitcoin with people who do not understand about bitcoin should slowly so that they may be interested to use bitcoin. They should be curious first and they want to learn. Sometimes people are hard to believe

First of all, I will explain about what are the benefits of using bitcoin, such as obtained ease if we use bitcoin as a substitute for conventional currency. They should be curious first and they want to learn. Most people will be attracted by the positive things they have heard. On the other hand, in my opinion explain something to someone who has no interest in is a useless effort (just my IMO). After they are interested then just explain a little by little about bitcoin.  ;D

If the people mentioned by you don't know the use or at all the computer must begin with this first. But since you are talking about the knowing of bitcoin it is to be understood that this kind of people for sure must know computer. Otherwise have not meaning to speak about this aim.

The most easy way, according to me is the practice and not the word. So take the person and go with him in front a computer. Open your wallet, explain as simple you can all it is within it and then do a send of bitcoin to itself. Then tell him how is produced, what is the use, the good qualities of this coin, the importance of it as an invention and show him the page about bitcoin at Wikipedia. At the end even the bitcointalk. That's all. If the person in question will become interested there are to much sources to became very soon a big bitcoiner.

Actually most of the people in online money making industry wants a clear view of the money. In case of bitcoin, just show them that bitcoin is really a money although with no physical appearance and its really possible to have a real cash by doing bitcoin earning methods.

just crossed my mind, since people are usually easier to convince if there's a tangible (physical) thing presented, then maybe one of the easiest way to tell newbies (other than faucets) (and suppose that you're generous enough) is by giving them free debit card preloaded with btc!! hahahaha  :D
you can give me one if you want to  :D

Just a signature campaign method that will be showed by you to them is fine.

This is the only method I used to tell my friends about my method to earn bitcoin (although I have others too) back in their newbie and right now they are living proof that in this method they can actually earn "money". And they grow up now and know other type of earning method.

The method you suggest is true. I first was introduced to bitcoin with the way my friend told me about the signature campaign. My friend told me that we can get a lot of bitcoin in the signature campaign. After that I tried and felt drawn

I have a BTC List (http://bloggingwithbloggers.com/List)/BTC Rotator (http://bloggingwithbloggers.com/Rotator) of faucets so they can start earning free bitcoin as well as information on how to create a BTC Wallet (http://bloggingwithbloggers.com/Bitcoin/Wallets/). While they're working on getting enough posts to start there signature campaign they can start there :D

Yes, introducing btc to the new bees is not that easy and we just can not ask/provide them to read big articles
about btc that might not interest him/her. Better explain how easy and anonymous payments can be possible with
btc alone and if it is a practical approach, it would still be a better way.

It's best not to start explaining all the technical stuff.
I think it's best to start talking about how bitcoin will benefit them in the future.
and if you have made profits already, tell them about it and how you did it.

Let them play with satoshi I bet they will start doing some bitcoins and bitcointalk for signature campaign.
For students Signature Campaign is a good way to do if they want to earn some money just in home.

If a newbie has played satoshi he definitely interested and find out much more. If he finds a signature campaign for sure he would be happy and often collect bitcoin.
But I think it's better if they newbie playing taps only once as if playing a signature campaign bitcoin obtained nothing

Well, honestly, that does not promote bitcoin in any aspect whatsoever to be honest... if you were to promote bitcoin, you would have to be in a bar that accepts some format of bitcoin. 

What you are doing is promoting bitcoin in the form of some kind of stock or asset, not a currency in itself.  You can say to someone, "Oh yeah, I made $100 by buying one bitcoin at $350 and now it's $450 and the beers are on me tonight".  But what good does that do?  What promotion is that, when the sole purpose is to eventually sell bitcoins and to buy beers for USD, euros, or whatever? 

I hope a good movie producer like Michael Bay or Jerry Bruckheimer use Bitcoin in one of their action movies as a good plot or at least someone uses them in the story to make people who watched it get curious about Bitcoin.

For me, I explain bitcoin first to my friends,
with out really knowledge about bitcoin is by
telling them what is it. and how CHEAP the transaction is.
I focus on using bitcoin to send money to their love ones.
because in here, every now and then people always
send money to their family or friends. Then I followed up with a
message that they can earn bitcoins online with out buying it.
such us faucets, sig. camp., trading etc. If I saw that he/she is interested,
I sometimes send them a little amount just to start with.

I think perhaps by introducing bitcoin bitcoin beforehand that it is very easy to earn money. Then told to try the tap and signature campaign. And suggest to him that diligent post and always be patient to collect bitcoin bitcoin because if the high level obtained is also a growing number of

explain bitcoin to someone have to see who the person is, if people ask you is a layman, so conceited he that bitcoin is digital money and can be used as payment or investment.However if he was a student or a student, tell him about the initial concept crypto currency ,

I think it's hard explain people about bitcoin like that man, because people will think we explain about MLM. Better you using bitcoin infront the people you want to explain and i'm sure they will ask a question about it and interested.

This is by far the best "What is Bitcoin?" explanation video out there..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4APcgsRdW6w

There are many things about bitcoin..
Start with explaining them bitcoin as a new online payment system..
Then slowly and gradually tell them ways of earning and trading..
Then tell them about from where bitcoins mined..
Then go for mining sections.. and more and more deep be will get knowledged by internet if he gets interested in it by surfing..
remember, the things learned by own hard work gives more than explained by someone

You could tell them that there's a virtual currency in the internet that worth a lot of money.

If they in need of money, then they'll bite.

Or, just make a film / games about or include bitcoins, maybe they will do some research about bitcoin

in fact we did not bother, we just have to tell them that learn about bitcoin, it is an easy way to get a lot of money on the internet  ;D

I think the best method to present BTC to newbies id giving some bitcoins as gifts for them and asking them to download a wallet and then explaining how it works and how powerful this crypto currency for them

Well I have presented to my friend how I earn bitcoin with some signature campaign when he heard about how much I earn he started to want to know about bitcoin.
I told him to do some faucets I think for noobs presenting the faucets world first I think they would be very happy to do.

If I need to explain bitcoins to friends I would first show them a quick video on what bitcoin is and what they can do with it and then run them through the official bitcoin site to pick up a wallet of their choosing and then I would gift them a paper wallet with some bitcoins on it.

Both of your idea was already made, there's game where you can earn Bitcoin
There's a movie about bitcoin too
if you want here's the whole list to it http://www.coindesk.com/six-bitcoin-documentaries-watch/
Though my favorite one is Bitcoin:The end of the money as we know it ;)
Good luck

You can create a blog or a website about Bitcoin and explaining everything about this crypto currency

and then invite your friends and relatives to visit your blog/website

I also just started talking about it in informal conversation with my friends. Surprisingly, many of them started researching about it on their own.

First, I will explain the benefits of using bitcoin transaction . The second way to make bitcoin wallet . The third way to get bitcoin the first time .

I think that such an event would be a little more difficult. Because we explain to the newbies who does not know anything about bitcoin, it should be even better we describe directly because they are easy to understand and be able to ask directly that they do not understand to you directly. That may be a very effective way in my opinion

But usually people often bored when get told about a new thing that they never know before :(

Firstly show them the usefull video "what is bitcoin" on youtube then teach them how to make a wallet and starting transaction send or receive the bitcoin, then created an account on exchanger to teach them how to trade bitcoin to fiat or opposite

Easily the best idea, I've showed the "what is Bitcoin" video to some people who had no idea what Bitcoin was or for some who were interested in it but not entirely sure of what it was, and it was the best method for success out of all the methods I've tried. Most of them became very interested in it after watching the video, and they've joined the Bitcoin economy.

But if you tell easily earn money through bitcoin and evidence of the fact that in bitcoin we really get a lot of money for sure he is interested. Possible barriers that the person does not like to linger lamaan in front of the computer.
It must be notified continuously so that they could be interested

A Crypto-Currency that is on computers. I guess a better definition would be an irreversible online money you can somehow acquire. Then you would need to further identify specify how it works such as how to hold on, wallets, giving it to people, depositing or withdrawing it...etc

true, Yeah the video "what is bitcoin" it's really helpfull i've shared it on my facebook and twitter to my friend , moreover there is  already "what is bitcoin" version in my native language so people dont understand english can learn about it yeah i think it's pretty cool

Yeah and nowadays the youths of the countries are very tech friendly with the existence of internet and smart phones and I am sure they would really love to learn a new technology in the form of bitcoins and once they are aware that they can make money with bitcoins then would surely start getting into it.

When there is a demand, there would be a will.
When many online shopping giants starts accepting bitcoin, bitcoin will reach to mass. So, we need to take steps to make online shopping websites to adopt bitcoin payments. This will present bitcoin to many new people.

Just tell/show them how bitcoin works.
Best way would be to show how to recieve payments/send payments.

Try to show amaze them first... buy a cellphone load then tell them what you've used to pay... if they ask how you did that, explain how you got the bitcoin, tell something about the faucets, and that they are now left behind as they don't know bitcoin... :)

You could tell them to read or play a game about bitcoin, that should make them entertained.

Or you could show them what you earn from bitcoin, then they maybe will join up.

It was a really nice way :D Surely they will be curious and want to try to earn money with bitcoin. Due to the fact that most people play bitcoin want to earn money.
I was also so  ;D

lol, if you ever buy a cell phone through Bitcoin faucets, I feel bad for you because you've probably wasted a year of your life with something you could've afforded easily with a job. Bitcoin isn't magic free money... It's amazing how many times you have to explain this to people, and I explain that when I'm talking about Bitcoin with people who don't know how it works.

Honestly there are a lot of people who are concerned about me paying for my bitcoins, because it's nothing that you can have that's tangible... When in all reality, it's no more tangible than the money they have in their checking accounts and they can monitor them on their bank statements.

i think you should explain it in your own words ;)

A puzzle that is permanent and builds upon itself.

I'm not much of a poet though.

Lol yeah bad explanation could make people get misleading, they could judge bitcoin bad if you tell and show faucet in their first impression . why? It looks bitcoiner = beggars that collecting a cents and absolutely wasted the time.
Try to make them impressed by other way , like tell them bitcoin is best thing to trade than fiat trade forex , bitcoin market opened 7 days a week .
Bitcoin is the best option to invest your money in long or short term because of it's fluctuations etc or something good that make bitcoin image awesome.

The key is that ween need to increase the demand.  There are a number of people who would love to get involved with something like this, but they know nothing about what it is.  We need to eduicate so that we can help push for a stronger demand.  Sitting here exchanging Bitcoin for Bitcoin in our group is not getting it out there any further.

Basically people will be happy with anything because he was interested and wanted to try.
Make him interested in trying bitcoin first if it has been interested for sure they will want to try

Everyone is different, some people like technical stuff, others would rather have things explained to them in plain simple English (or other languages  :P ). But I think the most important thing is for you to be genuinely interested in Bitcoin first. If you are then I think finding the best way to explain it to others should come naturally. If you yourself have never cared enough to really learn about it then explaining it to others is going to be impossible.

nope, just a correction, not a cellphone... hahaha... it was a cellphone load. a mobile load which only costs lower than 1$ in my country....  :)


Anyway, thank you,  :) good vibes..

That's some good advice. Everyone is indeed different and not everyone will understand the technical stuff around bitcoin. It's best to keep it as simple as you can.

If they show that they are interested, they will come back to you and ask you questions as well.

As long as they are interested, you should be okay. If they are not, then it gets harder to explain, don't push it too much though.

If those newbies is all the time at home tell them to do Faucets with just doing some of it he or she can earn 50 cent with just clicking. Also tell them with just doing some online job and bitcointalk with signature campaign that you can win a quite a lot of money with it.

⚐My name is Joshua, i'm  new person in this forum. So, i'm here to learn, share and trade with you.

Hope i'm welcome here?

Thanks
JJ

Hello there brother... welcome to the forum... I hope you could spend a  little time reading at the beginners & Help section to familiarize with everything around here... you are at the right place  if you want to learn about bitcoin and others. here is the link to the Beginners & Help https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=39.0 enjoy reading and goodluck...  :)

I think the best way to learn them is to explain your process. Meaning how you learned about bitcoin.
For me it was by a giveaway where I participated. Then i started googling it.

I would let them google Bitcoin and let them learn that way, it's the easiest approach.  ;D

Nah, i think it's the worst way to introduce bitcoin to newbies. google will take a bit time to understand what is bitcoin and etc. i think the best way is just talk head to head about bitcoin.

Yes you are right information in google is not 100% accurate because not all the information on Google considers that bitcoin is good. Better straight talk face to face because in addition to easy also beginners can directly ask him what he does not understand bitcoin

Yeah when it comes to bitcoins it is very technical and google cannot take care of it for sure, we need to explain them practically then only they would understand the concept of bitcoins and that is the only right thing to do with the newbies or else they won't entertain bitcoins, as they would find it really difficult at the initial stage, so its better we teach them step by step.

Yes you are completely ineffective if know bitcoin through google for information on the Internet is uncertain. if you want to know bitcoin should be face to face / taught directly. And I think everything on this forum know bitcoin from each as my friend, too

Some people will be quite confused if tell them like that, showing them how to use bitcoin they will much like it..

For newbies to understand bitmain try to explain the concept. Miners generating the coins (inflation which is normal for a currency).
The moment they understand bitcoins are not generated on the fly but cost money, they will understand it's not free money like some people say.

From there the step to accuring bitcoins will be more easy.

Preseting bitcoin as technology first than only as currency could be good option to try.

Take the btc paper, and give to read. Some times could be the best answer to all doubts.

"If you don't understand how it works doesn't mean it doesn't work!"

Something like this, but stop joking
Make a brief summary of what you think btc could improve...
like "privacy", "banking system" and so on... I think every one of us noted a peculiarity on btc itself and know what can make the difference, and could help the "common user

That could be good option to try, telling people somehow is kinda hard thing .

How can bitcoin need money? I think bitcoin does not require money, we just berkumentar for the signature campaign, finesse to sell services to be able to get bitcoin.
Then you need the money according to what? I have not understood

But sometimes newbie need  ask to someone senior by face to face . If only read from Google, i think it is not enough

There are many things about bitcoin..
So start with explaining btc as a online worldwide transaction method to normal people and a source of trading to a marketers or traders..
And then they will personally take interest and they will explore it themselves by own work or slowly teach them about trading , mining, hash , blocks, gambling, etc etc..

You're right, because day-to-day fiat functions very well.  People get paid in fiat and pay rent in fiat and everything else.  Why would I suggest that someone exchange their relatively stable currency for a digital one whose volatility can be breathtaking and whose legal status is subject to the whims of government?  And a currency that offers none of the protections that banks offer?

These are the questions I can't seem to answer myself.

Even after also, people love to convert their fiats into bitcoin just for the faith they have on bitcoin ecosystem. The mentioned problems like volatility, regulation law are will fade away in time. I too believe bitcoin will function well and will outperform fiats for sure.

Exactly, giving them more detail would help out a lot

How it works is a better option to explain this to them.

Start by giving them free coins maybe around 10$, tell them to buy something online and they'd be interested.  Money is a great motivation, it can do miracles and so introduce them to online wallet first, maybe blockchain.  I just hope what you get in return will be much valuable, you can come up with something.

That is great to give them 10 dollars I think they should try to trade with that so they can see how much you can earn. Also is very nice if you let them know about faucets is just nice to do in your free time.
Don't forget for altcoins this just a good resource to know more about bitcoin.

That's not too bad of an idea

It will give them some sense of how it works when they buy something online

I think it will also be a good idea to explain on how they can earn more bitcoins

talk about btc than send to him some satoshi, most likely they'll love, just for the fact of keeping money in mobile, and whitout a bank

Some people find it difficult to understand how btc works
It's not something they can see or physically hold
That's what most people have gotten used to over these years.

tell them about the basic things of bitcoin and give them a little bitcoin, so that they begin to practice

Honestly it all depends of eargerness of people to learn. For a newbie, even you send him some nice satoshis as first present to BTC, still it is not an assurance he will try to learn more.

I present BTC first to some newbies by showing them my weekly earnings. Some become interested and really engaged in the world of faucets until they left it and began focusing on other method. Others stopped their journey thinking it's really a long way to earn bitcoin. See the difference? I showed them the same way but it's really depend on the people you are showing if they will continue or not.

I think this all depends on if the person you are presenting to is interested or not
It becomes harder to explain if they are not showing any interests
If they are interested, just explain it the way you see bitcoin.

Like me I didn't knew what bitcoin was I was also not interested, but when I earned money with faucets I just begun doing it. I think you need to tell them how to earn a lot of money with just bitcoin and the potential going up.

Yes like the one I stated above.

One more thing, I presented this to my little sis just last week and showed ther the same way I present btc first to other newcomers.

She never received anything until now but the eagerness is there to learn. For the meantime, after finishing some basics way to start in btc world, I advice her to browse this forum. She saw me that Im making money thru bitcoin earnings as my part time while at the same time I have real life job, that is the reason why she like to learn.

From this we can see that it really depends on the people if they want to enter btc world whatever way we showed them about btc.

nowadays there are a lot of good youtube videos available that describe everything about bitcoin with beginner-friendly language that makes it easy to understand it. if i had not lost my bookmarks i would have posted some here but you can find it by searching.

also i think the best way is to giveaway some amount to start them off and show them how to send/receive bitcoin in action and not just in theory.

I will going to tell them that bitcoin is also a currency like fiat.
But it is easily to use.

I will told him to search in internet

This is a wrong idea.. you will just give them burden and pointing them to a wrong direction... what if they too find out about faucets? and those ponzi schemes?   :)

I observed no one get interested on bitcoin just by words of mouth. The best way is to show them.
1. How can they have bitcoins (start with teaching them how to have bitcoin wallet and earning thru faucets)
2. The most important part is teach them how to actually withdraw or exchange their bitcoins to fiat or how they can use it like buying something thru bitcoins. (To see is to believe)

In the process, they'll eventually become more interested learning more on their own (mining,trading, etc...)  after learning how can bitcoin be useful to them.

some newbie ask me about what is bitcoin,and i just answer like this : "bitcoin is digital money,earn from internet and specific machine,can be traded and using for payment" just like that,mostly,they understand.

The best way to get newbies participated in bitcoins is to award them some satoshi on little tasks and this would make them love the currency sooner or later, I think this would work.

If they don't know enough about Bitcoin and crypto currencies generally, they will not become encouraged to make this micro jobs and using the Bitcoin's currency then, so i suggest telling them a little about Bitcoin before inviting them to such jobs

I present bitcoin to my friends as a currency that is only digital and it's used only in the internet/online, online like e-banking transaction.

Bitcoin with e-banking transactions in my opinion is very different though equally as online.
According to my bitcoin transaction costs cheaper than the e-banking

Actually its quite hard to explain what is btc to them that totally dont know what is btc..
The simply way is...tell them that is a online money digital money,we can earn and buy a thing with that,good investment bcause the price keep increase per btc and also can do a transaction throught other btc user...

Yeah. E-banking is also good though, but i think bitcoin is more easier and simple. Present bitcoin same as e-banking is good though. it's same, because an online thing. and newbies will easier to accept that.

Yes essentially tell about all the advantages of bitcoin.
And tell him continuously so that they are more confident and eventually want to try bitcoin

I think the best way to learn them is to explain your process. Meaning how you learned about bitcoin.
For me it was by a giveaway where I participated. Then i started googling it.

Don't tell a newbie about bitcoin unless you have a reason why he/she really needs bitcoin. It sounds shady if you want to convince someone to use something he/she doesn't really need.

I hqve friends that like to play poker, they play for bitcoins now and slowly they get into the btc story.
There is something for anyone u just need to know what to present to certain person. Also show them what they can buy with btc.
I think we need some better games for wider population, more interesting games.

Yes really tell me how you get bitcoin and how much money you get in bitcoin, if you interesting stories and managed to divert his attention and make him interested he would have a lot of questions and finally trying to do the same thing as you're describing it.

Just be honest and tell it how bitcoin works and tell them that the bitcoins are risky because you cant reverse sent transaction if you're been scam.
Just tell it honestly. Also just tell it that the bitcoin price is always increase and dump and there is no permanent and stable price...

To me BTC was introduced as by someone : he said to me , buy some BTC and once price increase sell it, AND really it did, so I got crazy at BTC.

I have introduced bitcoins to  a lot of newbies with a simple strategy, you need referrals often, right ? So you pay them in bitcoins as the payment and tell them all they procedure needed to make it cash.

Yes it also includes a fine and easy.
It is also beneficial for us. It was a great idea

Thats not the right procedure to make a newbie enter or to teach him about bitcoin. In your case you had investment you bought bitcoin and sold it for high price, but to one who does't have initial investment it's not fair. While you selling you got good value and if it has not occurred you could have ended up using bitcoin

first try to find a comfort place to tell them..make them to wondering first what is btc
aftr that you can try to explain little by little the function of bitcoin and the advantages..
im sure they will join btc soon..

I normally start of by saying the price of 1 Bitcoin is $400. That gets peoples attention.

first i join bitcoin because my friend show off what he get from bitcoin and i want it , but not only the good things , he tell me how hard to get bitcoin if you start from new...maybe the best ways is to be honest when telling people what is bitcoin , how to get it , how to increase income from bitcoin and not just what good news ,risk to use bitcoin must be explained too  

How that is done by the same friend in a way that made my friend to introduce to my bitcoin. Probably not cuman our friends who had used it but most tell to their friends about bitcoin the same thing that is word of mouth. Maybe the way it makes people curious and want to try to mine bitcoin.