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Just curious how many people have you gotten interested in Bitcoins?

I don't know if I can count off the top of my head, but around the office, I seem to be the only one who had purchased BTC, and i've gotten dozens of people interested and following BTC.  It's crazy the number of people i've got excited and interested in this cryptocurrency.

I got my whole college class into it.
My networking teacher even let us mine them during gone class.ha.
He asked the class how would we put the class computers to test. (3.1gh quad core cpu and mid range Nvidia graphics cards on each)
I suggested bitcoins.  I was completely shocked when he told me he didn't know what a bitcoin was.
I'm fully sure the network admin is sitting on thousands of bitcoins. I mean, having a full college to farm your bitcoins 4 months out the year.  ;D

That would be theft of electricity.  Not everyone who has power abuses it.

Oh,I'm fully aware of that but I do live in Ireland  ;) ;D

I've been able to bring about 8 people on board so far, trying to spread the word;)

No idea how many. Family/Friends/Coworkers ..but the most valuable have been the small business and franchise owners I've talked to. In just about every case, they hadn't even heard of BTC. It surprises me every time, but I suppose the average Joe isn't as plugged into BTC as most here.

Spread the good word!

Relatives, Friends, Family and my 650 friends on FB.
Basically everyone who is in touch with me, I've introduced them to Bitcoin with full 15 minutes crash courses  ;D

I've told people but most aren't interested. Some even laughed, telling me I've been suckered into a scam, so I generally keep quiet now.

Anyone willing to talk to people about crypto has had this. It can be difficult to handle that sometimes. Not the easiest thing to explain to people in the first place, then throw in some that are more short-sighted and it can be an uphill struggle. Some that looked at me and laughed, or rolled their eyes are now sending me messages about new BTC news they find. Keep talking! You can laugh back as the price continues to rise.

Ive gotten about 7 people interested and convinced 3 to buy. One of my friends got in on it right after the crash yesterday.

Pretty much nobody I know uses bitcoins, except .. uh no.  Nobody I know uses it, they think it's some sort of "scam" :D

I've never once encouraged anyone to buy. That makes it look like a scam. I just say do your own research.

My dad and my wife, but they didn't care to find out more about it.  In fact one of them said, "oh, Bitcoin is real?"

Just my best friends. I showed them how to GPU mine Bitcoins late last year, but they sold or spend it already before the price rise above 20 USD  :)

I still have some BTC left

A lot of people in my area are interested in what they are, cause they are just unable to comprehend the technical aspect of it. I try to explain it to them from time to time, but most of them lack the understanding. Also some yell that I'm caught in some "Pyramid scheme"

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My three closest gaming friends are now into Bitcoins.

Convinced 6 people to pool our $ and buy an ASIC super hasher.

Super hasher ? Sounds like it doesnt exist now and is preorder instead  :P

I convinced 7 of my collegues to buy bitcoins! And 5 more that are very interested by the technology but will never spend 1€ for this futureless currency.

I think I've interested countless friends and family.

Not enough to get them to buy in though...

I tried, but I failed to convince them to buy actually. But it is their fault, they got chance

I told my uncle about Bitcoin didn't really pay any attention until I told him how much i have profited. ;D No one knows about Bitcoin here in NJ tho, and when i try to explain it to them they don't understand or get confused. I just tell them if your interested in making money then do your research and find out for yourself!

This isn't surprising. It'll take a few more years for the mainstream to catch up. It's still oftentimes hard even for technical people to understand the exact application of cryptography in Bitcoin and understand why the system is very secure. It takes a lot of work even for programmers to fully comprehend BTC. A non-technical person who is exposed to Bitcoin for the first time would be more likely than not to think it's a scam.

We just have to prove it to them by developing an actual economy that people use.

So far just one, my brother. But he got into it pretty seriously, he turned his new gaming PC into a lite coin miner. Gamer for life now has to revalue what he does with his time.

I also live in an non-profit affordable housing coop and am applying for the bitcoin100 (which is how I found my way here)! I already got one house mate who said they would make donations in BTC if possible and would love to pay rent in it. 

 

Was able to get a buddy of mine to invest back when it was < $150..he's been addicted since.

About 5 friends are now buyers. One is thinking about mining litecoins, and I am looking into sexcoin too.

Friends don't understand, family would think its a scam.. co-workers are in buying units now though :)
 ;D

Most people i've talked to have been pretty open about it, and understand it.  Most people are pretty good and realize there is a need for it and that it really isn't a scam.

Though a few of the people who in our security department think it is 'a scam' solely for the fact that the only drive for BTC is for illegal and anonymous trade.

I think people need to be somewhat educated on the subject because at first it can be very very confusing :)

This is, in my opinion, about the most important thing we as a community should be working on. Nobody gives a shit really, and they think it's ridiculous not holding a tangible thing in their hand ..even if it can be a credit card, they'll get used to it. Tell them it's entirely digital, and they will resist. But show them the very reasons why and how crypto benefits every holder/consumer/merchant of the coin, they'll wish they had heard of it sooner.

We should be hitting up the business owners and  merchants, more so than mates than can only speculate on it. The market is inflated, and crashing now because it is built on too much speculation and not enough application.

Yes, it's pre order with ETA of June....2015   :P
Seriously, we're starting off with one BlackArrow X-3 and reinvesting all profits into new hardware. 2TH/s should be OK for the next 6 months, after which it'll be an expensive and inefficient heater for the coming winter months.

My pitch is getting better. My whole family is holding bitcoin now and they tell all their friends. It was a shame I couldn't convince them when it was at $100.

I convinced 4 of my friends .. and trying to get others into   

just a few but they are very interested in minng and have lots of hardware and whatnot..we will have fun with it at least