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How would you explain what BitCoin is to someone that is not tech-savvy?
Please share your ideas here.

Best idea would be to find a good basic explanation on youtube and send them the link.

I'm sure there should be a few good non-technical videos on Youtube

You can ask every tech-savy in any discussions here in bitcoin. Moreover, theres a 10 meetings in bitcoin that includes how Bitcoin works. Also, you can search for youtube tutorials that will explain the process.

its simple really its the very same thing as when you go to the bank and lodge money in your bank account and then you go online and view the virtual representation of your money . bitcoin is virtual so if you need physical cash you would simply convert to cash . the price goes up and down like every other item as demand and supply dictate......we behave as if bitcoins is from space (is it?)and does not respond like anything known to man ....bitcoin is no different from what already exist it just achieves its goals through its own revolutionary channels.

Well I think you should leave out a lot of important details (at first). Just say it's a digital currency in a system that's designed so that people can't just copy the data and have two coins. Also that you don't need to ask a bank or institution to send a transaction.

Also say that it's so valuable because the supply is limited which gives it scarcity and speculators are speculating it will go up in value.

The best way is to start with the basics. Explain Bitcoin without the tech stuff, introduce it as a digital decentralized money. Compare it with how the currency or monetary unit of a certain country works (economic side) and how you would compare and contrast Bitcoin with how the stock market works (in terms of investing). Explain it like you're a manual, and you're putting yourself in his/her position. Explain it little by little. What are the first things that you would want to know about?... in order for Bitcoin to be interesting and encourage someone to invest or buy some. You can search for very catchy youtube videos and presentations, OR you can make one yourself. It is the best to engage with that person not just by sending them videos and links, but also explaining everything to him/her personally or via call.

Make your explanation more simple and in real life situation. For example, teach him first the usage of bitcoin, show him how to transfer funds from one point to another. Next, show him the blockchain technology, what its uses. Then, try to input things on him but you should not teach him very fast but try to teach him gradually.
It is hard to teach something based in technical but it is easy to teach when you apply it in his real life activities.

Sometimes it is somewhat confusing to explain bitcoin to a technologically blind person, but I usually explain by direct practice and while enlightening the use and benefits of bitcoin in technological advances.

It's a little difficult to deal with when we explain to someone who does not understand technology, we have to teach and give a direct understanding and practice with bitcoin and patience that we desperately need.

Take a look at this few website:

What is Bitcoin? - "A Simple Guide for Non-Technical People." (https://steemit.com/bitcoin/@thecryptofiend/what-is-bitcoin-a-simple-guide-for-non-technical-people)

What is Bitcoin? A non-technical explanation. (https://hackernoon.com/what-is-bitcoin-a-non-technical-explanation-42c40688a6ad)

What is Bitcoin (https://99bitcoins.com/what-is-bitcoin-for-dummies/)

How to Explain Bitcoin to Your Family
 (https://discover.coinsquare.io/digital-currency/how-to-explain-bitcoin/)
Personally, I just compare it to Gold. Everyone knows that Gold is being mine just like bitcoin and I'm sure that they can gauge that concept of it by comparing it to Gold and tell them that bitcoin is the digital gold.

People needs proof on whatever they don't believe about,in my opinion i will show them what i have because of bitcoin.When he/she becomes curious and ask on what it is then i slowly explain to her/him what bitcoin is and how it works.Maybe i will let him watch through different sites,read articles and guide him/her by myself (though i'm still in process of learning),but i will teach him/her all i know about it.

Why do you need to understand the technical aspects of cryptocurrency? It is enough for you to accept the ideology of a free economy. The future belongs to cryptocurrencies. You just need to open an account on the stock exchange and start earning cryptocurrencies. I recommend you to learn more about trading strategies on the stock exchange.

if explained in detail is rather difficult, we just tell the outline, what is bitcoin, bitcoin purpose and bitcoin income, if that's just not understood, then we must teach the technology first against that person.

There is no shortcut if you want to teach that to someone who is not tech-savvy, specially if he/she is not want too. But if you see that he want to learn about Bitcoin, there's always a possibility that he/she will learn, but it cost a lot of time and deep explanation. But it's ok if you are willing, you need some tangible example like money,diamond or even gold if you want to see how valuable bitcoin is. Also, the computer/tech is a problem, well another effort will add on it. So goodluck... but still, it's possible.

Does he believe in bitcoin? Because if he doesn't believe on bitcoin it will be a pointless explanation, he will just think that it is scam. I already told many people about bitcoin, but most of them just laughed at me and said to me that it is a scam. But since I know what bitcoin is I didn't care of what they said and I just continue of what I am doing. Now they are the one asking me to teach them. I explained it by what I gained and achieved.

But if he is really eager to learn about bitcoin, he will do his own research even though he is not tech savvy. And you just have to explain what you know. Don't promise a huge profit becaise he may loss his money.

I suggest to explain the technology using to develop any Coin and how far and how quickly the coin develop its new feature to sustain in market, that's the only way to explain Bitcoin to someone who is non-techie  

If we want to teach about bitcoin to a layman, then we should teach it starting from the bottom of the back system that is blockchain, first we have to convince the person to understand and believe in blockchain.

In addition, the important thing we should say to him is the risks of bitcoin, and we should give him consideration so that he will not be disappointed with us and himself if one day he loses in the bitcoin world.

Bitcoin is complicated thing to explain, tell them that bitcoin is money that many people are agreed that it has values. Show them how to use it, but don't push them. May be they are already rich and don't need bitcoin for now.

I think first you need to give a technical concept of what technology and computer, if a person understands this, then it is easier for him to understand what bitcoin is.

it is not easy to teach them about bitcoin, it will take some time to know them.
youtube is the best way to teach them about cryptocurrency. some people never accept some people will definitely believe suddenly,
after showing our earning history all people will definitely believe,

If you're asking this question last year then it might be hard to explain, but nowadays even news and government started talking bitcoin everyday and anybody whoi is not tech-savy would know what is bitcoin and its only up to them, if they really want to know more and learn about bitcoin then they will find a way for it. There are explanation about it everywhere even in newspaper now and you don't even need to open your computer or website to learn about what and how bitcoin work  ;D

The first in terms of providing an understanding of bitcoin to people who have not fully understood the technology is to provide a core understanding of the benefits so that they will learn about bitcoin. Let's say that with bitcoin activity we will definitely get great benefits. because I think giving someone an understanding of bitcoin will be very difficult if the person has absolutely no desire to learn it.

I think it is difficult, if he does not understand the technology, should we have to explain the technology first before explaining bitcoin.

in theory, maybe he will easily catch the theory about bitcoin, but he will be difficult to practice.

The point of a tech-savvy who really does not understand the tech world, like someone who lives in the forest? Or is someone who lives in the city but does not understand technology, but they who know tv, have mobile phones or other technological tools. For the type of person who lives in the city but does not understand the technology is very easy to explain. For example we analogy about bitcoins like pulses, not physically visible but valuable. Because the function bitcoin is not much different like the pulse. But if someone who does not know the outside world, they just live in the forest I'm sure it's very unlikely to understand what bitcoin is.

I think there are better ways to handle the situation than this, the one which is my favourite and I have done it on many people is what I am going to share here with you all, you can copy it for your own good if you like it. What I do is that firstly I tell them how fiat currency came into existence and how people were resistant towards fiat currency when it was slowly and gradually taking over from the gold and barter system. When they show their interest at that point I tell them about the recent shifting from fiat currency to crypto currency and that is when they start asking questions themselves which shows their level of interest, hence they end up learning about the crypto by their own questions.

To be honest, I'm not good at explaining something. Instead I explain it in simple words, I rather explain it in complex. That just the way I was. I would prefer to check youtube to watch videos about crypto currency and this forum, the read threads about bitcoin and any cryptocurrency. That way, it can be simple. But if they want any idea, I'm open to that. I can give them what they want but they need to understand what am I saying.

I would lend them my books on blockchain and cryptocurrency markets, and when they read these books.
So they would know how bitcoin works and how it works.

The easiest way to explain is to tell him your bitcoin experience. Maybe that person will understand what bitcoin does

This question has been answered many times already in this forum. I believe on the saying that, "If there's a wheel, there's a way". If the person is really interested to know Bitcoin and cryptocurrency, he will exert effort to study and learn it. No need for you to teach him the whole thing. He should invest time and effort on something he really wants to know. If we want to help them, let's just teach them the basics and the rest is up to them!

I will not explain it to them and let youtube do its work. But, if necessary, I will only explain to them that bitcoin is a new form of money that is not the same as fiat and is much more easier to transfer. I will not go deeper into the blockchain because they will not be interested and I will just tell them that bitcoin is used as a substitute exchange in businesses because it is more secured and more accessible.

It will definitely difficult to explain this type of subject when it comes to those who are never been exposed or been hands on even in a simple gadget. Yes, people who have never been exposed to gadgets are still exists especially our old ones that lived in the rural areas. So yes by theory if you explain it briefly and in a simple discussion they will probably understand it, bit in handling it I guess they will find it difficult too.

I think it's very hard for you to explain bitcoin to someone who doesn't understand bitcoin technology, you can find a video for him to understand and then explain it to him, which is a lot better.

It's very simple, bitcoin is like a regular currency, just decentralized. That is, no one can track it and it does not belong to any bank. How blockchain works, you can watch the video on the same youtube.

Even the person is not really a tech-savvy type but he/she is willing to learn then it will be easy, as we do have a lots of venue to use in order to give them a glimpse of information, first try to use your own way, if how you approach and adopt bitcoin , giving them such idea will lead them to gather interest with this industry, then use google or youtube to begin enhancing their knowledge after they already gain interest with your guidance, then bring them here inside the forum to read more, what is important is the interest that you will see  because it will lead  them to be more eager to understand bitcoin.

I consider myself not a tech-savvy as well. But you know, you can just explain the basic things about bitcoin to them, well at least enough explanation until they can get a grip about bitcoin.
If they're interested to know even further, then ask them to browse this bitcointalk forum, since i learn everything from here. Reading the posts and such, and from knowing nothing, i can now understand and explain bitcoin to others.

People relate more with money. Introducing bitcoin as digital currency rather than cryptocurrency would help. So, it will be easier to assimilate bitcoin as a digital currency rather than the name bitcoin first. After the assimilation, we can then tell the person that bitcoin is a name of one of the internet or digital  currencies and that we have many others.

We can also support the teaching program with videos and tutorial materials from internet.

to explain about bitcoin to people who do not understand or do not understand technology for me a very difficult job and to explain often with how to show it real how how it works, its regulation and its performances so that he can see and understand about bitcoin, that's the way often I use to explain bitcoin to friends or people who do not understand the technology

There are a sh*t ton of videos on YouTube regarding how Bitcoin works but I prefer just to show my friends how it works via screen sharing or something like that.

Yeah, I think there might be a lot of such non-technical explanation videos about bitcoins on youtube. You should try those out. Even if the person doesn't have much knowledge about technology but, still know some important things about finance, economy, market,  he/she would be able to understand what bitcoin basically is. So you can explain it in 'non-technical' terms. It is simply an investment method which is pretty effective if you want to increase your money. But as some other profitable investments, even this has a little risk as the market can crash.

You don't really have to make them understood what BTCis unless they invest. If they do invest thru you then I guess you somehow have the responsibility to make them understand what even blockchain is and the exchanges they can use to trade to be safer. Other than that they can read and learn them all  in the forum.

I will explain by direct practice method.
Because if we just talk without showing or without us practicing I think they will just be confused and not understand at all or no picture at all.
while explaining we show how things work and how to do things.
we can also show some videos about bitcoin so they have an idea of ​​bitcoin and train whether they can be taught or not, if we teach bitcoin to people who do not understand the technology we must explain in detail and extra patience.

It might be difficult to explain how Bitcoin works to someone who doesn't know much about technology. Most people don't see anything wrong with current financial system and they even are against cryptocurrencies because a TV reporter told that it is dangerous and easy way to lose money. People don't know what inflation is and most of them don't care what their country's national central bank does. I'm afraid that some people won't be able to understand it due to huge lacks in education or simply laziness.

It is a new currency that will make the world a better place by knocking down borders and ensuring everybody has a chance at banking. Hope that is concise enough!

For me the best way is to search for videos that orient about bitcoin after that teach him to register here and let him read so that he will have knowledge. If you know bitcoin so well you could explain it to him/her also.

This book was at top media articles last days. Maybe it can be useful for your case
https://images-eu.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51hR7HY%2BBeL.jpg

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Early-Bird-Gets-Bitcoin-Everything-ebook/dp/B079DJ778D

Start with the basics. Make your explanation more simple. Send them link from youtube and tell them to watch so that they will have idea what is bitcoin. Take time to read. Thats what im doing coz im a newbie also.

There are a sh*t ton of videos on YouTube regarding how Bitcoin works but I prefer just to show my friends how it works via screen sharing or something like that.

You can tell them about virtual currency and virtual wallet. Take example of gmail or cloud computing. Also this forum can be helpful for teaching someone about bitcoin.Refer some videos and articles also.

Its easy ask them to explain money to you
if they fail:-
        you already won
if they succeed:-
        they end up saying it is controlled by government and backed by gold.
       

Then ask what is gold why is it that valuable
if they fail:-
        you already won
if they succeed:-
        they end up saying it is precious metal can not be created or destroyed on earth.

Explain that is what bitcoin is -A Digital Gold- cannot be created or Destroyed

So the bitcoin system works just as well. Only the task of this program is not to transfer files between users, but to give them "virtual glasses"

Videos are really helpful. One can demonstrate the returns being given by bitcoins in the form of charts so as to give them a correct idea about bitcoins. I first started with text only but when I started investing in bitcoins, I had to takr help of videos as well. This was required as I was not able to understand certain features of the exchange I was using for trading bitcoins. I just watched some video tutorials related to those features and was able to understand everything in very less time.

Refer them in no investment and if there any problems like they can't read or write or use computer then teach them first after that back here in crypto to earn money all we need is be knowledgeable about crypto to earn so better to study it than to think negative about what we can't do and always move in your comfort zone then if you don't have knowledge or don't want to study it just leave or find other way

Trying to explain the bible to somebody who isn't tech savvy is like trying to explain logic to a christian, it does not compute.

If I were you, I would avoid trying to explain it to them. Typically people who aren't tech savvy as those who are not open to new ideas, I mean they have missed the technological revolution because of their own ignorance, why would they have any interest in learning about Bitcoin?

I think it's hard to explain Crypto on the people who is not techy it takes time to explain to them that there's a good thing by using your computers, My family too are not open minded in this kind of investment and they locked in the thinking that being just a office workers are the best thing to do to become successful in life but they didn't see that if you're just have a fixed salary how will you become successful in life?

We need to explain it simple, word by word until he/she will get it

God knows I have tried to teach my older brother about it but being not tech-savvy he just disregards it. I'm having the same problem. He doesn't even own a smartphone, just a regular one for calls and texts. I guess to start, the other person should have interest to learn.

I will explain him that bitcoin is like digital gold but with many advantages than gold. Compare to gold, bitcoin more easy to safe and we can carry any where. And as investment, bitcoin can give good return

The only best options is to encourage them to watch crypto videos and about bitcoin. Research also may help to explain what is bitcoin.

For me, being a tech-savvy is not really an edge here in bitcoin. As long as you got interest on it or on what you are doing, you can freely do bitcoin. But then, if you are really after want to do bitcoin even if they do not like, then influence them. Show them how bitcoin helped you.

what I know bitcoin is one of the first crypto currencies, which currently has the greatest capacity level among other payment instruments. bitcoin can also be considered a monetary unit and the payment network in situ transactions with crypto currency is done. all data about transactions are openly available.

You can tell them directly that this is a new type of digital currency, the first cryptocurrency in the blockchain, and has a great investment value.

You dont need to explain to him so hard, there are many guides here in forum and google, also there are bitcoin explanation in youtube for him to watch. Just make it basic first like bitcoin is a digital currency that can use to send or receive online.