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Bitcoin Not User Friendly Yet


Hello everyone. For all of us who are very pro Bitcoin and other crypto.
We all look to the day that more people use it and accept it as daily use.

However we are far from that. One thing that I am finding is Bitcoin is still not user friendly enough.
Many people even who are young like 25 and under and even over 25 etc. Are not tech knowledge or financial educated enough to understand.

I am thinking that even the apps out there are still confusing for people to use.
Sure many people may own a mobile phone but many do not understand how they work.

Therefore many people do not understand Bitcoin and seems too complicated still.

What are 5 things you think are needed to make Bitcoin more easy for people to use.

More less they can use and move Bitcoin without really being mindful of what they are doing in a transaction.

Thoughts

I find this quite similar to a topic discussed about one week ago. I'd suggest you start reading people's thoughts from there: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5279525

I can agree upon that. It took me months to understand how bitcoin works technically, but I believe that learning just how it works on theory is enough. Bitcoin is not user friendly, but you know what? I don't expect from obsolete people to use bitcoin, at least not as a medium of exchange. They use paypal or a bank and I'm pretty sure they're okay with it. Bitcoins are in danger on their hands.

Facts like bank's trust abuse model requires some education to understand why it is good for everyone to be responsible for their own wealth.

I think it'd be a problem if Bitcoin becomes user friendly, because if it's decentralized it just cannot be.

You're on your own. There's no Bitcoin worker who is obliged to help you with your wallets. You are free to create, deposit to, withdraw or sign from and use an address in any way you'd like - even share the private key to it, if you will. You're just free to educate yourself and, if you're interested, to join the network. Computers aren't user-friendly either. Yet, they're being sold every year "like hot bread" (a Romanian saying).

Let it happen naturally; let the interested ones educate themselves & join us and the non-interested ones stay away. :)

Hello Friend how's it going? If you are absolutely right but you also have to know that there are people who tell others that they put your money in bitcoin and when it increases in price you sell it and it is not like that, many people for lack of knowledge tend to see it difficult because they are not educated to see tutorials and read a little

Of course, it's not user-friendly, but it's something that requires a little more knowledge than a plastic card that we push into the ATM and type in a 4-digit PIN. Although in order for BTC to be used successfully, the average user does not have to be familiar with some technical details - it is enough to know what a public coin address is, what a private key is and how to receive/send a transaction with the appropriate fee. My basic opinion is that everyone who wanted to learn it can master the same thing within 60 minutes with the appropriate support.

What is a much bigger problem is actually that few people choose to swim against the current, in this case to dare to think that there is anything better than banks and the existing financial system. Most of these people will not even try to understand what Bitcoin is, they are in some ways already lost cases, lifelong prisoners of the system in which they live.

Are you seriously saying that? From personal experience, young people, especially under 25 know a lot about bitcoin and cryptocurrencies than people with higher age so young generation is more educated around it.

There is nothing difficult in using bitcoin and crypto wallets apps, for example blockchain.com's wallet is as easy as ABC to use. Some people don't even know what is playstore and how to download from it, so...

Bitcoin is easy to use, problem is that it's not massively adopted and isn't as fast as visa/master card payments if you don't own card that automatically converts bitcoin into USD. If you want to pay manually from your wallet, then it's time consuming.

At morden age little children using a phone without the help of older people. They try to recognise the pattern and symbol to open photo/video gallery or play different games. I have seen a lot of children who haven't learned to read yet but they can use phone nicely. Let's come to the point, bitcoin isn't so much complicated that younger generation won't understand it. At the beginning everything looks tough. But when younger people will show some effort to learn about bitcoin they will found it easy. Cause bitcoin works same way always. If a child can use phone by following the pattern/symbol why younger people won't able to use bitcoin if they give it a try!

Nonsense. These people at age 25 +/- know how to install most of the software, games and wallets to pay for the games. You don't need to be a tech specialist to open google, search what is bitcoin and spend 30min reading it, then download wallet, search for exchange and follow FAQ hints.

You even need to go deep into all technical aspects. Just download app wallet, follow quick steps and buy your first cryptocurrency.

Bitcoin is User Friendly that means the coin is easy to get and easy to spend, but what you are talking about is about massive adoption, those are two different things... If not all the people are using bitcoin is because they are not interested, they have a nice life with their bank accounts and know their way to manage their money.

If we haven't seen a massive adoption is because we don't need bitcoin to have a good life.

I admit that younger people don't know much about bitcoin because they seem not interesting in bitcoin. I think they still want to use what they already used. If they can be interested in bitcoin, I am sure they will spend their time reading more about bitcoin. With the growth of internet technology, they can use their mobile phone to read, learn, and practice, so they will know about bitcoin. Maybe they can not understand in short, but if they are still learning bitcoin, I am sure they will be familiar with bitcoin, and they will not have a problem to use bitcoin.

im a bit flattered for calling me a verry pro . no im not that pro enough but i have small understanding on how to operate a btc  . 25 yr old  isnt the age group that people people will understand to use a crypto but they can be below than this and can be older than you can imagine  . they dont need to have a knowledge on tech stuffs or knowledge on financial before they can use it but like  me  as long as they are not uneducated they are welcome here . we dont need 5 things , thats too much  . btc is not too complicated for that

But please take in consideration that we are talking about Finances here and I believe most of us are very cautious on this matter especially if user is new on this kind of things like cryptocurrency. If you search on Google about bitcoin, there are some article that shows previous hack, scam, fraud and other negative things about bitcoin so if you are newbie and zero knowledge about it. You will hesitate to install and transfer carelessly. It is not easy as what you are describing because of negative psychological effect.

Maybe you know cryptocurrency during early stage and you didn't experience converting your fiat money to BTC when you are still new on crypto.

The interesting fact is the young ages (18-34) are the most group that holding Bitcoin [1]

I understand how difficult to learn Bitcoin if you're not tech-savvy person. You'll feel dizzy when you see some alien word and tired to understand every single of these word. Never give up and it really need times, nothing instant in this world.

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[1] https://medium.com/blockchain-capital-blog/bitcoin-is-a-demographic-mega-trend-data-analysis-160d2f7731e5

Today it's too hard to introduce the use of the bitcoin because there are a lot.of people telling this is a scam but if they prove it they don't have too much idea regarding this.

The reason why is because of the rumors they hear about the bitcoin that this is a scam but the truth is not.

If you want to share the use of the bitcoin I think the very catchy thing to tell them is they can earn with the bitcoin, it's safe and it's transparent for sure someone caught their curiosity about this kind of topic.

But I think the elders don't want to join with the bitcoin because they are afraid of changes and they don't know most likely the risk-takers are the teenagers.

You are mistaking wallet user experience with a whole technology, that is mostly transparent to normal life. Your user experience is determined by the wallet you use. The millennials should have less trouble using an app to pay and get paid, its some of the old dinosaurs that need their physical bills and coins and not newfangled electric thingies to move money around...

Things to do: Nothing, Bitcoin is fine the way it is. If anything LN made it a bit more complex, but you can ignore LN entirely. Else, if you have an issue with YOUR user experience, then you have something to tell to the developers of the wallet you used.

Bitcoin has nothing complicated. You just send money to an address, there is nothing more to that. Maybe you'll want to remind your users that all transactions are FINAL, this is no paypal, wiretransfer or credit card, you cannot revert a transaction. But you could use a mutually trusted escrow.

You may also choose to pay less in transaction fees if you are willing to wait a day or so, but most wallets don't even show you that part unless you delve in the settings. Unfortunately this also leads to the misconception of Bitcoin being "expensive" or "slow", when its actually your wallet deciding for you (or the service you are moving funds from).

Most of these things are not even related to Bitcoin but the use of virtual currency. If you live in a country with an excellent super strong fiat, you are probably too spoiled and used to just fork cash for anything. If you live in a less blessed place, you are already quite familiar with using electronic means, trust me, there is no cash with hyperinflation, just crazy online banking. I feel for the poor souls that lived the Pengo one under communism, but history says people just used things like cigarettes or liquor bottles as a means of exchange. Today there is Bitcoin...

Far from the expectations of others. Thus, bitcoin isn't really that user friendly like fiat money. They are saying it is complicated because we need crypto wallets, btc address, internet connection to send bitcoin payments. Unlike fiat money that we can easily spend it without even the use of anything. Although there are selected areas wherein they are accepting bitcoin as a payment but most people considered to pay in cash as well.

Also, bitcoin is not yet ready to be used by majority of people. No offense but they just don't want it to be just complex.

Bitcoin will always not user-friendly for a person that will stick to that idea for long. I know, there are difficulties understanding even the basics of using Bitcoin but I believe the majority here, including me, experience that kind of difficulty during our newbie days. What are those things we did in order to deal with that problem? If we can, then other people, especially "millennials" can do the same. At that age period, and seeing the status of today's generation, they should at least understand some basic concepts about using bitcoin.

Honestly, the problem is not about being user-friendly but the whole image of bitcoin itself. That was the concern of other people who hesitate to be involved in the crypto-world. Even they are aware that there are several people already who prove that bitcoin is not a bad scheme and since it's inception, bitcoin able to established a vast community, there are "things" in their mind buzzing them all the time that in Bitcoin won't last for a long-time.

I don't blame them. Let them think of that. Bitcoin will progress even with that negativity. On a positive note, no doubt that the adoption is increasing over time, even how slowly it was looked at by others.

Maybe bitcoin is not getting user friendly or beginner friendly because if you have no perseverance as a businessman/woman then you are just going to waste yourtime with it and it will only make you spend money for nothing because bitcoin is not a playground where anyone can enter since it is very complicated and you have to be a better trader or holder if you want to survive. Every businessman/woman has a characteristics of having a long patience.

Tutorials on bitcoin are quite everywhere on the internet for us to properly educate ourselves and make it friendly for the world is really changing and we need to grow with this new financial system.

What kind of "User-friendly" do you mean? Its utility? Well, Bitcoin maybe not perfect enough moreover it is not used yet for payment transactions around the world, only limited to several companies or parties that accept BTC as payment.
But, what I understand from your point is not friendly yet seen from its user.
Well let's say this:
I do not know what happens in your country, but in my country, there are a growing community and many more people who are involved and interested in Bitcoin. As for what, I experienced in the past, yes I can't understand Bitcoin because it is a new technology for me. But, does it mean that I can't? NO! I will never be able to understand about BTC is I don't learn about it exactly, don't read about the information of BTC, and don't follow about the BTC progress. If I don't do so, I will never know and understand about BTC.
So do the other people out there, I am sure that if they do learn and try to understand about BTC, they will really know about it.
So, it relates to how we personally stare and concern about BTC itself.

But of course, it needs our involvement again to share more about BTC to many more people and ware of BTC.

Most of people now do own smartphone and i can say that it is much more complicated rather than on understanding on whats bitcoin is all about.

People doesnt able to get on how digital currency work just like on typical credit cards or what.For sure they would already have the idea and also if you are

tending to tell someone about it then the very basics will really be not that hard to explain and no dumb person wouldnt able to understand unless if you do talk
about those people who are completely illiterate both reading and writing but for people that do even study on elementary or highschool will able to scope
up on whats bitcoin directly on simple explaination.

I feel you and that is what I thought before but it was changed, and if you just open up your mind and try to understand its role definitely will change also your insights. It was not an instant learning, in fact, it takes months for me to do it, possibly it makes you hard because you just giving up.
I understand that it needs those technologies, but if you wanted to have a change in your life, just like having a new phone then you'll have to find a way.

No wonder based on data that the majority of Bitcoin users are under the age of 40, and all Bitcoin transactions must be done online.
This proves that Bitcoin is not user friendly, especially for old people who find it more difficult to understand technology, definitely more
difficult to understand about Bitcoin. So it takes a lot of education and promotion related to Bitcoin,  so many people will understand
Bitcoin. Although really understanding Bitcoin does take time. But I believe that over time people will find it easier to use Bitcoin.

Maybe people find it difficult to understand the true meaning of bitcoin, the way it function, the backing technology and the process of mining and all. In terms of accessibility bitcoin applications were much user friendly. Maybe the users find it difficult just because of its value. A small mistake can lead to big loss as it is a one way transaction system.

Earlier when Android phones reached the market people find it different and are used to the keypad mobiles. Later the continued usage made the people get used to it. Same is with the Bitcoin and associated applications developed for its usage. When we start using it'll be much easier.

Bitcoin is still in a Beta phase as more issues araise, the earlier it could be developed to a more user friendly way of payment like paypal. As we now, Bitcoin recently has been gaining popularity, and thus congestion has become a big problem but it has been solved. Although, you need good tech understanding to atleast use the second layer solutions. Its good while Bitcoin is in semi adopted issues like this gets, called out for in the future gets more GUI.

There are still lots of people who doubting how everything works around this industry, those who are not ready to take time learning the system are surely having a hard time. As it's really new to them, from those things that you have mentioned, it's not easy to convince a person where he / she really don't know nothing about the system/chain.


That's a good comparisons, with continue use and continue progress bitcoin along the way will also be embrace as another alternative currency that will co exist with the current fiat system.

Yet reliable and good for investment and earning profit. No wonder that even how bitcoin is complicated especially at first try but people tend to love because they can earn on it especially in investing on with bitcoin. This is why others are motivated taking advantage on bitcoin market price volatility.

Yet, bitcoin market price volatility is could also be risky especially if one does not know when to invest in bitcoin. In bitcoin investment one should know when to invest or not and when to sell or hold. These are the key factors in bitcoin investment.

I remember the first time I used the social network facebook, I did it on the recommendation of a friend. If we recommend a friend, family member and people around us to use Bitcoin, we could gain more users.
And so people could use Bitcoin easily and safely in their daily lives.
In my case, it has not been easy to make people around me understand because they are rooted in the traditional banking system and Bitcoin is unknown or afraid of risk.

Its too hard to give an introduction to the people who want to join bitcoin but they don't have a will to learn. The bitcoin becomes a user friendly to those people who already know the use of it because they already experience the different benefits of it. (AFAIK there is a thread tackle about the benefits of the bitcoin). If you are just a newbie you need to learn with different things better to understand at the start or the core the bitcoin so you can follow the next generations of improvement wit the use of it.

Right now the bitcoin takes a lot of adaptation came from different establishments also recently there are different bitcoin atm to make more convenient to withdraw the funds.

Bitcoin isn't easy in use for most people, but simplifying it isn't the solution. We should educate people about Bitcoin, so they will be able to understand and use it.

First thing that I look, bitcoin haven't been accepted by young people is we have to look the utilization of bitcoin itself. As we all know bitcoin was created for payment system but since our government hasn't been able to accept payment system using bitcoin then there will not be many people who will know it or using it. Unless, if the government accept bitcoin as a mean of payment mothed then I'll bet there will be many people who use it especially young people.

The second thing, in my country especially just a few young people who have an investment place or their mindset have known that investment is something that should be had/done. Because they can't rely on to make money from their work only, they should have another income for daily life. I think for those who have an investment place they will have or at leasf know what bitcoin is. But as of now, in my country just a few people who have an investment place, most of them just underestimate investing.

i can see what you mean by not being "user friendly" but in my opinion the problem is mostly with people's laziness rather than with clients being not user friendly. take Electrum for instance, it is a very easy wallet to use, it is safe and is as user friendly as it gets. but the user still has to make some effort, do a little search and learn what bitcoin is, what fees mean and how they are calculated, how to secure their wallet/create backups safely,... this won't take more than 10 minutes but when they don't make this effort and all of these simple things are new to them, they will have a hard time working with such as simple wallet.

If they don't want to learn about bitcoin and don't have a passion for knowing a new thing, we can't do anything because that will depend on themselves. But we can inform people about bitcoin and explain why bitcoin can be a solution to be used for the payment system, a source of income, or an investment. The rest will be up to those people.

Young people keep busy playing with their social media, but I am sure some are open-minded with something new and make them curious. Young people are trying to know more about bitcoin, especially if they can find that bitcoin can help their life in financing. Yes, we still need to educate people and spread more about bitcoin in many places to hear and know, and they will want to learn about bitcoin.

Bitcoin isn't user-friendly because there are no wallet apps that can be trusted. This excludes an entire class of mobile users from using bitcoin. We do have Electrum for Android, but what can I use on my iPhone 6s for example? I don't trust BlueWallet enough, much less the closed-source alternatives.

Electrum is a trusted wallet, and one of the things I always wanted to do is to make an iOS port of Electrum, but I'm at so heavy odds that this is just wishful thinking. Take for example the IDE. Without a Mac I could do XCode in a hackintosh VM and then upload the bundle to a third-party service that tests it on a cloud iPhone, but I'm not in a financial position to justify paying the $200/year developer fee (by credit card) just to list it on the App Store. And you can't simply sideload these apps on an iPhone because you have to reinstall them every week.

So it's a matter of who is able to take control of the mobile app development.

Electrum isn't that user-friendly tho - at least not the desktop version of it. A newbie-friendly wallet means not having many very important functions. Most of the confusion comes from stuff like the choice of having lower/higher fees, multiple inputs/outputs in received/sent txs etc. We aren't used to controlling everything about our transactions, because banks do it for us.

It just can't be both newbie-friendly and keep a very basic and intuitive UI while having all the functions a wallet should have. The best thing one can do is probably create a wallet that has those kind of tips you get when you first set up a new smartphone.

It won't be the first time I've said that Bitcoin's not yet as easy to use as it should be, and I don't know the compromise for some of the things central to the idea of Bitcoin like keeping your own private keys (really, it's not easy, explaining it for the first time to people, so it's a whole mindset thing in the end).

But a couple of things I think would really make things easy, based on the complaints I hear a lot: fees. Make it dumbfire to pay a fee. If you need to ask the user, ask them how long they would like the fee to confirm in. approx 1 day? ASAP? And then make it so they never overpay a fee.

Second, a way to allow the client to check the sent address is the intended one. Forced QR scan could be one on some, but surely another way to do this? Can't count the number of times I've heard people cry over wrong sent addresses. It's of course solvable by asking to double and triple check but usually too late by the time you get to tell them.

Yeah actually i am one of those,i have a High Performance Mobile but don't really understand everything about the apps or the features because what important to me is i can use this in my daily base needs.
The main thing that Bitcoin need to be more easy to people?is the idea that this will be accepted of their own country so the Bitcoin and also altcoin will be promoted normally and will be studied and learn of each people.

It is true that bitcoin is not user-friendly yet, I mean it still seems complicated to laymans. The use on everyday basis is so inconveniently difficult for only those who haven't given much thought to even why bitcoin was actually created. They don't need it, they don't understand why they should use it instead of "convinient" credit/debit cards. That's the main problem. In order to "want" bitcoin, you have to comprehend its usefulness first. The other problem of bitcoin, the reason why its developers aren't focused on user interface improvements is because bitcoin is still far from technical excellence, there are many problems in bitcoin that need to be solved to be completely sure that the time to attract users by shiny, flashy  interfaces has come. Security (perhaps privacy) of a decentralized system goes before interfaces. After all, what is the point of building interfaces when the system itself is not perfectly polished.

I take a few points from your question.

Actually people if they use android phones and the like, it is very easy if they want to learn and learn about Bitcoin, especially in this forum you and also other people who do not understand the use of Bitcoin, all information can be found here, the important thing is they want to read and learn it.

For example: this guide is for those who cannot understand how Bitcoin works via mobile.

Topic: [General] Bitcoin Wallets - Which, what, why? (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1631151.0)

And this question at least has a purpose with this one: Topic: BitCoin Is Too Complicated for Average People! (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2350913.0), maybe, 50%, the answer is in that topic, answering about the simplicity of Bitcoin.

Not friendly enough in terms of what? You don't have to know how bitcoin and blockchain works to use it as long as you know the complete basics. Learning the the basics probably doesn't even take more than 30 minutes. You don't have to be a techy guy to understand how to use bitcoin. And people who are young that are having hard time to understand what bitcoin is, I guess they aren't even trying. If they know how to make online transactions using paypal or anyother service, its going to be a piece of cake for them to make transaction using bitcoin.

The only thing that bitcoin lacks for its convenient use is easy conversion to fiat and vice versa, excluding exchangers and huge fees! Everything else, in my opinion, has long been user friendly! Now everyone uses mobile banks... It's just as easy for everyone to install a bitcoin wallet...

Conversion of bitcoin to fiat and vice versa has been made easier with the continued development of different services. I find localbitcoins to do the service in exchange for a small fee. Apart from this we can see more services offered exchanging to cash and buying bitcoin on our forum. This services were mostly for PayPal and other digital payments.

Maybe it hasn't turned to be user friendly same as that we use traditional fiat, but the advancement have made people spend from their wallets just scanning the QR code of the bitcoin address. In day to day life things were getting better and convenient/user-friendly with time.

I expect the 5 factors to be discussed, It doesn't give the right insight to the opening message. Bitcoin had grown to a the leading, reliable, portable and secure asset in the world, which makes it incomparable . The factors I could have considered is the slow transaction and volatility, bitcoin transaction has improve over the years with speed of transaction, faster than 4 years ago with increase number of transaction daily. The volatility is an advantage when its going up and the most attractive feature of the asset, we only need to learn how take the advantage of volatility

Try to explain to your dad about need to register on localbitcoins to exchange bitcoins for fiat... Or even more so about the fact that you need to register on the forum to send money to someone you don't know! ;D

Exchange of cryptocurrency for fiat is convenient for those who understand and know how to use it, in particular, you and me. But it is still far from mass application.

The slow transaction can be cover by the fee that we need to increase for a bit, so the transaction process will not be slow to confirmed by the network. So far, I don't have a problem with the transaction because I increase for some satoshi before I send the amount, and that makes me have to confirm in less than an hour. But if you don't want to increase the fee, you don't have to do that.

Yes, volatility is one of the advantages of bitcoin that we can use to make a profit. And if people can learn how to make a profit from that, I am sure they will know how to make money from bitcoin. I think bitcoin is user-friendly or not will depend on each people on how they learn bitcoin. If they want to learn, they will know bitcoin, which will help them use it without having a problem.

That is exactly my thought If don't persevere and learn how to use bitcoin wholeheartedly, you may absolutely be discouraged on how to use it due to some technicality involved in it however with dedication and willingness to learn one will able to surmount those challenges more so It is easier if a mentor can practically put a newbie through all the basic knowledge required so as to able to navigate all the user interface particurly when using App

What you are talking about is not a problem of bitcoin, but rather an uncertain situation with bitcoin regulation. Bitcoin as an independent currency should not necessarily be exchanged for fiat, it can be used as it is. So, improvements in user interfaces should encourage users to stay inside the bitcoin network as much as possible, users of bitcoin should be always eager to make transactions in a completely peer-to-peer manner. Even if it comes to fiat on/off ramps. Advanced bitcoin users tend to be self-sovereign, to rely on no one. If they want to convert their bitcoins into fiat, they will rather choose an effective approach in which no bank is participating. I would say, make P2P platforms easier to use for average Joe and we are fine, no regulations are needed.

Let's look at the past:

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2020:

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people are much more intelligent than we think, anyone who has any interest in bitcoin will work hard to understand bitcoin. many people use social networks, so if they are able to learn about social networks and spend hours on social networks, then they are also able to learn about bitcoin. The problem is at KYC when buying bitcoin. many people do not have their own home and live in their parents' house, how will KYC buy bitcoin if to make KYC it is necessary to deliver a TV bill, water or electricity in the name of the person who is registered in the exchange? it is more complicated to buy bitcoin than to learn about bitcoin

What do you mean by friendly user?Bitcoin already adopted of a teenager since the beginning and has been earned million dollars last 2017 so how come that you are saying this words?
also Blockchain in some universities has been a course so this means it is been in the youngsters now.

instead of asking here,why not Help Bitcoin by asking people you know to try and invest in this market?

for that you are doing something good for the community since you said that you are already experienced here.

No, this is a problem with the whole infrastructure... I know what you're talking about, that 1 BTC=1 BTC... But still, in this world so far, everything is measured in fiat currencies, which by the way also exchange among themselves!

I have an example ...
My lonely uncle Arseniy wants to buy a premium account on Pornhub, and from a friend he heard that he can do it more privately with bitcoin, but he doesn't have it! How can he easily buy them?

I am not talking about cryptoanarchists manifestos. I am talking about ordinary users (teachers, cab drivers, salespeople, housewives...) from whom Bitcoin is still very far away...

Isn't this the very reason why bitcoin was created in the first place? Governments will never allow for free exchanges between bitcoin and fiat  because in such case most people will eventually come to conclusion that bitcoin is merely better. They will forget what fiat is, they will be asking themselves why they have been using paper backed by nothing for so long.

I already answered this question, P2P platforms should be more user-friendly, so that ordinary people could buy bitcoin in two clicks. Anyway, the easiest way for your uncle to buy bitcoin anonymously is ask if his friend would like to sell some satoshis to him directly.

If you will think deeper, every new invention come out in this world is not user friendly at first and Bitcoin (the concept of cryptocurrency as a whole) i not an exception from it. Of course all people will have a hard time to cope with it since it was new. Hello, even our ancestors spend lots of time before mastering how to forge a sword lol. It is the same as using bitcoin. You can't master it in one night, adopting it for a very long time is required for you to fully understand it :D.

So give it a chance to prove its worth. I know this one is tor the geeks but with the right amount of interest and determination I believe that all of us can apprecaite its magic.

If you don't use some local exchanges to purchase things with BTC, you will have a hard time purchasing goods because the transactions will take too long to finished except if you are doing P2P trading with the other person. But little by little there are some people who develop some technology to change this situation, namely the Lightning network. But with our current situation in our country, we have some user-friendly crypto exchanges that we can use to pay our bills and some other things with BTC and so far we don't have a problem with it until now.

I agree with it, and as i what observed me either was not an exception to the advancement of technology and its not a user friendly at first. Everything that was an advancement of technology today needs our patience for us to be able to learned it. Even if up to now bitcoin was not totally a user friendly yet due to it is not really easy to access and needs expertise before you can dealt it perfectly, also you need more time to be able to study and research about it.

I agree with you too but as much as we can think about it, Bitcoin is already user-friendly in a way since the applications or wallets that holds it creates such easy steps to convert it into cash but you also have to do your part to understand the necessary steps to those steps.

Of course its impossible for people to earn from Bitcoin just by hearing about it and that is the part where people needs to step up and do their part by studying and understanding this Cryptocurrency Industry.

It's not that Bitcoin is not user friendly because the problem is not coming from the Bitcoin instead the problem are coming from the people who have no enough knowledge about the latest technology.

Base on your reasoning, below 25 and above 25 have difficulty in using bitcoin because they are not tech knowledgeable or financial educated enough to understand how bitcoin works.  But if you are really going to dig it, the problem is coming from them because they don't have the proper knowledge in using the advance technology or for short they lack the proper education but if we are going to teach them slowly then I am sure that they can easily understand and use bitcoin properly.

people used their phones only for youtube and social media nowadays.
we need to educate them about mobile finance first.
during these pandemic situations, it should be boosted up because online/cashless payment can support physical distancing (covid-19 protocol).
when mobile finance already becomes casual, then they will find alternatives.
people usually will learn it by themselves when they found it as a hidden gem.

we need to educate people about eating. why do they need to eat, how to eat, what can be eaten, etc.
and when they understand about eating, they will find and choose what foods to eat.

we need to educate people about the root first, mobile/internet finance.

You don't need to rush things if you don't understand bitcoin at the first time own some.

It really needs a lot of time, effort, and patience for you to fully understand how bitcoin works in the market and in our economy.

Bitcoin is a user-friendly and worth it to invest that's why there are a lot of people who are risking their money for it.

Well, you see Bitcoin as what's not friendly but be clear that, Bitcoin wasn't built like what the centralized system has build but Bitcoin being decentralized should make it more a little bit different from others. What you should understand is, always be very patients with the decentralized digital currencies because of their uniqueness. Bitcoin is a unique technology which can't be compare to another.

Indeed, Bitcoin is not well known currently. We cant not change the situation by ourselve. It needs a long process in order to become a daily asset. As long as i understand, money and the banking system are quite complicated, too. But because they are essential in our normal life, people tend to learn it by themselves or by their families. Until i totaly, i fully understood how the banking system works. Right now, it is ordinary when people do not want to spend their time researching bitcoin. Therefore, we dont need to worry about the situation currently. A big leap of technology is needed in order to modify from cash to cryptoccureny. If you want to be a part of the revolution, try to raise awareness of bitcoin to other member in your family, or maybe your friends, too

OP is assuming that it's Bitcoin that has to change and become less complicated but maybe it's we that should adjust to it.

Bitcoin isn't too hard to comprehend if people in Africa with only middle school education can use it efficiently. There's a lot of third worlders who know how to send and receive coins. If it's hard for you maybe the problem lies in you.

You got the point which is actually true, Bitcoin shouldn't really be the one would adjust but rather it would really be on people whom the one on need to.

I also agree that even mid-schoolers would really able to understand even on the most basic principle on how bitcoin works.It isn't really something that's hard to understand.

Even gradeschool for sure will able to know since most of kids on todays era are really exposed to techy thing which it wont really be hard to understand.

The same was said in the early days of the internet & look how that ended up. Give it time, mainstream adoption can happen very quickly. We will get to the promised land 100%.

When something is very complete new idea then it will take time for mass adoption, I don't find using or transacting the cryptos are difficult but the security is more concerned.Newbies are not aware of how to keep their funds safe on a wallet and they don't even know the real difference between wallet and exchange. But it may become familiar in no time so people need to start using before blaming about the things so it will give a conclusion.

Yes, it might be Bitcoin is not that user friendly in a sense that not all are being able to understand it easily. But, if you are really interested and wanted to learn the basics just like how does it work, the real essence of its existence and how can you be capable to use it effectively, then you will push yourself through on getting into the path of better understanding it. The reason why people does not understand it barely because they are not pretty much interested on learning more about it for once they find that there are certain technicalities in here is they are starting to back off because their main concern is the money involve and not learning Bitcoin alone. Newbies that are starting to engage must always start up from learning the basics to be able to survive which means you are making yourself tough and avoiding to get fooled or caught into scams and hacks. Creating of wallet as well as learning how to transact and securing your account must be the essentials needed to be learned to better understand Bitcoin.

It is true that Bitcoin is quite complicated for some people to understand, it took me a few months to understand Bitcoin.
Maybe because Bitcoin is a new technology, it will take time to understand it. No wonder the majority of the world's population
do not fully understand Bitcoin. Massive education and promotion is needed to make Bitcoin even more popular, so many people
want to learn Bitcoin, that way there will make more and more people who understand Bitcoin.

Learning about bitcoin couldn't be hard but can't be that fast. It takes so long to understand because we need to be careful then and need to fully understand it. If someone could make it in just a day, he was a genius person. That is why when talking about Bitcoin adoption, we can see it was very slow and it is because people don't make it harry. They'll need things to be secured first, in fact, this is not a competition that we need to win the race. If people don't find it easier and user-friendly it is because they don't want to learn it, they don't have the patience to understand it and obtain things slowly.

I'm a bit confused about your perspective. Less tech knowledge and financial educated aren't the problems on Bitcoin only, but they are the problems for the digital space and the investment field as a whole. It happened for years and needs time to deal with them exactly. I really disagree once you make them as the reasons to slander Bitcoin.

Anyway, yes Bitcoin isn't for everyone. It is just for people who know its potential and believe in future investment.
In addition, I think investing in Bitcoin doesn't require a big amount of money. And nowadays, there are a lot of sources on the internet if you want to find out yourself about the information related to Bitcoin.

Maybe yes, if we want to learn about the details about bitcoin because when I learn to understand bitcoin, I only know about what is a wallet, how to send and receive the bitcoin, what wallet that I can use to store my bitcoin, what exchanges that I can use to trade. That's it, nothing more. But then, I learn more about bitcoin, read from many sources. Maybe education and promotion in every country are not growing fast, so people only know about bitcoin without understanding bitcoin.

A lot of things to consider why we can say that Bitcoin isn't a User-friendly.
-they know how to create online wallet?
-they know how to send and receive Bitcoin?
-they know how to keep the keys?

There's a lot of things we need to acquire first and these makes newcomers feels uneasy and think that Bitcoin is not a user-friendly. And much more it slowed the adoption when it was ban at their country.

Everyone uses money but only a few understand how money and the financial system work, but I can say money is very friendly to everyone because everyone likes them.
Going back to bitcoin, if you are a developer or you want to dig deep into the development of cryptocurrency then you need to research it. Most people do not need to be too concerned about the technical problems of bitcoin, learning just a few basic things is enough knowledge to use bitcoin.

Bitcoin is indeed not user-friendly or for beginners. Others find bitcoin complicated, broad, and challenging to understand due to its technicality that not all people can understand and follow. But some people interested in bitcoin are dedicated to knowing how bitcoin works like creating a wallet, protecting their private keys and wallet accounts, and making transactions because they find bitcoin beneficial in their daily lives as an investment and a cryptocurrency.

I don't think so, it depends on us using it. Bitcoin is also very useful as a digital payment, but because of its unstable price it is very difficult to develop.Some people like bitcoin because it can make a quick profit but the risk is also high, like trading requires a good TA.

Bitcoin business is for everyone who have interest and to obey all the rules guiding the platform. If you do according to the rules of bitcoin then  you become a good friend to bitcoin family.
Bitcoin is a decentralized which it work for those who really understand the way it works in the market. If you invest your coins very well and monitor them to a due time to release them to market . I think if you do your research very well and calculate it very well in the areas of bitcoin market it will remain your friend.

The price of bitcoin has always been volatile and everyone knows that. risky everything is risky.
everyone wants to own bitcoin and they don't want to know about the risks because many people know bitcoin is expensive and tempting.

true, everyone also knows that investing in bitcoin certainly has an impact and influence with high risk because the price is quite good. but every high risk will produce something that can make you receive an abundance of that risk, namely the reward value you get is quite high.

for that with a high risk it takes patience and does not panic quickly and experience analyzing every movement that occurs in bitcoin. with the experience you have, you can at least avoid big losses.

I agree with you to a good extent but I don't totally agree that it is only Bitcoin problem, this also affects other coins. If someone who owns a phone cannot understand how most apps works, it means whether for Bitcoin or not or even other apps, he will not understand it, therefore not a matter of being user friendly.
Let's go this way, some mobile wallets now supports multi-currency that is, you can store Bitcoin etc, from the best of my knowledge, it is easy to use because it is explanatory enough, you click and you are told what to do, and so on.
But I think the first point of concern should be on educating them about Bitcoin first. Let them know what it is, how it works, its potentials and possibilities, with that the hunger to know more will arise and they will be able to operate any type of wallet they come across because they already have the needed knowledge

First comes the knowledge,  it is always the first thing we need, to fully understand what bitcoin is and how we can use it in our everyday life. Second, I think it is a good thing if there will be more creative tutorials uploaded on youtube or any other platforms where non-cryptocurrency users can watch and take all information regarding cryptocurrency. Third, I also think that bitcoin being advertise by some large and known companies will be a great idea to make people patronize bitcoin. Fourth, patience to learn, ofcourse the beginning will always be the hardest part. If they do not have that characteristic then bitcoin will always be difficult to digest for them. Last but not the least is having the resources :) you can not use bitcoin if you do not have the resources in your hands.

That can be wrong because they need to learn bitcoin to know more, and they can reduce the risk. I think that bitcoin is not user-friendly yet because they don't understand the basics of using bitcoin. But other people who don't know bitcoin will have a problem to use bitcoin, and if they can spend time to learn, I am sure they can feel comfortable to use bitcoin. Maybe they need to get more information from the right person to have the proper knowledge to use bitcoin.

It seems to me that now, this problem is less relevant. Crypto platforms such as Binance, Trust, Coinbase, Ownr, Atomic and others do everything possible to make crypto trading clear and simple. With a friendly UI, of course, a mobile app and tutorials.

I get what you are saying but I'm not sure I see the connection. How does it being decentralized have an effect on how user-friendly it is? I suppose in concept, Bitcoin being decentralized means each user is responsible for the managing of their own wallet/other services, but in my opinion, those wallets and trade services are quite easy to use, and over the past years it has become increasingly cleaner and simple to use. It's definitely true that the concept of bitcoin and how it works is not simple, and does require you to learn and do research on your own. But once you understand how bitcoin works, actually going about sending and receiving btc, for example, is quite simple and in my opinion, far more simple than traditional means of sending and receiving money, especially large amounts. I could be standing next to someone and offer to exchange bitcoin and all I would need to do is scan their bitcoin wallet QR code. Last time I checked, TD Bank would have a much more complicated process :D

I agree that Bitcoin is easy to use.  People are just used to being spoon-fed.  It is easy to download the Bitcoin wallet.  Easy to set up whether on PC or mobile phone. If they read how the transfer of Bitcoin works, they will get easily accustomed to it.  People just lack the patience of understanding how things work that makes them think that Bitcoin is not user-friendly.  

Sad to say but it is indeed true where people do really like to be spoon-fed and if they do find out some complicate parts then they do easily react and ignore it next.

Its not really that hard to understand on whats bitcoin is all about yet its comparable to fiat with some difference which it isnt really that much complicated
for a grown person to know on.

Some people do find it difficult but they should at least try first before making conclusions.

I disagree. The 20s, even early ones can now mostly understand the tech behind some things. No need to learn deeply but a basic understanding is enough. On how bitcoin works starting from buying to selling, it can be learned without putting too much time reading on FAQs.

If they are having difficulty understanding the basics of bitcoin, then they will also have difficulty understanding other basic technology outside crypto. Should not be a reason that bitcoin is not friendly why people don't have an interest in using it. It's like saying Mathematics is not a user-friendly subject.

If a person is really interested, bitcoin will be a user friendly to them someday. We, crypto-enthusiast also start from being a newbie with lots of questions but since we like to know more about bitcoin, we reached our respective status of knowledge about crypto.

Agreed!
Some people might have been influenced by the media after they heard bad news about Bitcoin, thus doubting Bitcoin's legitimacy.
Cryptocurrency wallet apps is even easier and convenient to use in a p2p transactions than cc and debits when sometimes cards are being rejected.
I have a local cryptocurrency wallet app that supports a handful of altcoins and Btc as well, and I don't find anything complicated to use about it that even a 1st grader would actually understand how to buy and sell btc instantly.

There are many reasons why do people avoid bitcoin and why do countries doesn't legalizing it and one of those reason is the media because media can destroy the name of bitcoin and can make the people believe what they say but we can also use media to promote bitcoin so we cannot say that media only has bad effect on bitcoin community. In the world of business, there are many struggles we may experience but if you are a good business man, you can take advantage on that struggle.

My experience why people find it difficult to use Bitcoin is because they tend to believe that they need to know the whole mechanism of Bitcoin, as in how it is programmed and all while, we just need to know the basic of installing and creating wallet address which is done autmatically once the software or application is installed.  Another thing is the fear factor (fear of losing funds due to messing up) that clogged their understanding that Bitcoin is really easy to use since there are lots of guide  out there.

Just like internet ...
Years ago , people not interested in internet due how complex to operate it and not much people can afford to get the access.
Now everything is about internet, people make a living there and yeah internet become the premier needs as time goes by , as everyone else adopted to how this world running  ..

The same thing could happened to bitcoin where as time goes by .. using digital money is inevitable. It's the matter of time though.

I agree with this, we cannot expect something innovative to be fully embraced and adapted easily by the mass. Even I when I first started with bitcoin has to learn ot the hard way and ask a lot of people about it to learn and slowly adopt the basics of crypto. Most people maybe exposed in gadgets and stuff but not all people are into technicalities which I think is a must when you are involved in crypto.

Yup, the mass adoption process by everyone on earth takes time until it's really easy to use. After we know the very many uses of the internet, even now our lives cannot be separated from the existence of the internet.

Likewise with bitcoin, the current existence of Bitcoin is still very rare in several public places because it cannot be used easily, but if we all know the uses and advantages of using bitcoin, we can be sure that many people will start to adopt Bitcoin.

Bitcoin becomes not user friendly because it is decentralized, it took so many months before I learn what is bitcoin and what can I do about it, as of now with my almost 1-year of experience in the crypto world, I cannot say that I already learned so many knowledge because the crypto currency is so broad and I know to myself that there are still so many things that I don't know about cryptocurrency but we all have good resources to learn about it, just explore yourself on the internet and search things you want to know.
We can learn cryptocurrency and make it easier for people to use through these things:
1. You can apply for some crypto courses.
2. Engage yourself with motivation to learn.
3. You may also join some forums like this bitcointalk.
4. Watch some tutorials on youtube.

I wouldn't say it is too difficult to understand but the apps out there are not really user friendly for common folks to be using it to transfer it. People fear that they may lose money .

Digital money has long existed... For example, PayPal or banking applications...
So, you need to prove to people that they need to decentralize or Blockchain, not money!

Well you can't jump talk about decentralized stuff .. blockchain stuff .. they would get dizzy.

Introduce how this shit actually a digital money , then talk about the difference. Paypal bla bla bla .. indeed they are existed long time ago yet some people don't understand how that's work still till this date , so yeah that's a big challenge.. big task to Introduce the whole concept of bitcoin as a decentralized digital money.
This education to know decentralized concept won't be available urgently needed for now , but in the future they would forced to educate themselves about this as they will need it.

I don't think that people want to know how the phone works when they talk on it! Or how TCP/IP protocols work when people put likes on Facebook to their favorite celebrities! ;D
With bitcoin it can be the same ... Downloading a wallet to your smartphone is not very difficult.... ;)

Thing here is that people do easily ignore nor reject when something is being introduced to them and if they do had that first impression where bitcoin is somewhat complicated for them then
they do easily ignore and just skip out but if they do just really try to learn even the basics then it isnt really that hard for someone cant able to understand.Even on a simple single explanation
you would really get it all.I dont see for it not to be user friendly just because thinking off a digital money or with your credit card works then thats how the concept looks like.
The difference is that you do have all the full control of those funds without 3rd party involved in middle.

Based on my own experience when I was just starting to learn bitcoin I really had a hard time at first because maybe I was not familiar with modern ways how to use a decentralized asset, and just like you I am also afraid that I may loose my funds and may regret after, but I still tried because I wanted to learn it. And there are many ways to know if you do not understand something, so far i have learned the basics but i am still expanding my knowledge about bitcoin.

Do not compare each location with the same knowledge because we are different races and ethnicities, everyone has their own way of knowing bitcoin with different levels and knowledge of bitcoin can also grow independently because of access to global bitcoin news. You can create a small community about cryptocurrency to expand the use of bitcoin in your location.

Some people can easily understand about bitcoin on how it works and also some it's kind of hard for them to understand. It needs to slowly educate themselves to learn and adopt crypto since other people are hard to follow and judge bitcoin not user friendly. Yes, even in my assessment of bitcoin is user-friendly you just have to help yourself to learn and gain knowledge in cryptocurrency.

The bolded part is your contradictive statements..
Now I'm confused which one is your origin notion? The one who ask me to prove to people about the decentralized/ blockchain? Or the other that tell me you don't have to know things work?
The one that ask me to convince people 'it's blockchain all you need!' Just convince them like that? Without explaining how it works? Is there any other way mate?

The point is that bitcoin still a taboo thing and whenever someone try to approach to use it they are mostly struggling to understand how it's started.

Not friendly using bitcoin because many countries not support and legal for bitcoin as transaction payment, but when using bitcoin for sending to other country is very friendly. You can check how difficulty when sending your money with bigger amount to other country using the bank and how much you have pay fee for bank administration. Then you can use bitcoin and waiting several minute your payment received soon without have trouble and lower payment fees about 4$ until 5$ depend with your faster transaction or not.

I personally feel like it will take some time as people are still not get use to it, BTC is not even close to ready for use by the general public. The problem is not the lack of exposure, BTC needs sellers of goods and services in order to expand its popularity. People are lack of awareness on BTC and how it works especially in Asian countries, because the majority of the people are uneducated and they scared of using it.

People need to be educated on how block chain works only then they will start giving priority to it.

I agree that the general public does not all understand bitcoin, only some of them understand bitcoin, the understanding of bitcoin in society is still low, unlike developed countries like the USA they are no stranger to bitcoin and have even made transactions using bitcoin.

Yes, the understanding of bitcoin and blockchain is just beginning in society... As soon as people realize that only they are the owners of their funds, banks will no longer be in demand! Probably, for these reasons, the states refuse to accept bitcoins...

To get a bitcoin wallet is even more simple than register new bank account. Why people still think that btc is hard?

If we talk about what needs to be done to make Bitcoin more user-friendly, then in my opinion this is the following:

1. It should be possible to exchange local currency for bitcoins at any ATM.

2. An additional option should appear in online banking applications that will allow you to buy bitcoins from your credit card with one click of a button.

3. In stores should be able to buy any goods for BTC by scanning a barcode and paying for it from their mobile wallet.

4. It should be possible to pay with bitcoin any utility bills in every city.

5. For those who pay for goods in bitcoins - substantial discounts should be provided - thus the population will be stimulated in order to become more familiar with bitcoin and its technology.

These are five things that, in my opinion, should help make bitcoin more popular among the population of all countries.

The perception of people is different, some people find it easier to use a bitcoin wallet for people who are familiar with Cryto, but for people who don't understand crypto, it's better to use their bank book, they are more confident with fiat.

I agree with you, bitcoin not user friendly yet.l think it's too difficult to strategy used by bitcoin. So we should be much more knowledge about bitcoin. Although bitcoin is toper yet another popularity. So we can wait centralize & easy touser friendly in future.

Bitcoin can seem like it is intimidating and that is why it will look like its not User-Friendly but some exchanges and applications within the Cryptocurrency are made to be easy to use. Nobody wants to use a hard interface but as much as people want to develop an easier one, the ones existing are the best kinds there is since its hard to balance security and the pleasing appearance of these applications.

Bitcoin is already User-Friendly as it is since most local applications are really helpful on how you can convert Bitcoin into your own currency.

Yes, I agree with you on this. Thirty years ago today, the people of my country were not very familiar with the Internet. Now the Internet has become a part of daily life; Don't imagine daily life without internet.

I think the same thing will happen one day with Bitcoin. Bitcoin has already been legalized by several developed countries around the world; When the governments of the rest of the world legalize Bitcoin, then Bitcoin will also be a part of our daily lives. I believe that people with a fairly educated technology knowledge will be able to easily know and use Bitcoin.

Bitcoin as a digitized currency is technical and can be a bit complicated. Apparently the understanding of bitcoin is a function of the User interest or curiosity towards Cryptocurrency. Bitcoin is technical and needs some level of attention from the user to fully understand the whole process.well many still don’t find the internet interesting or safe to disclose their secret information and these makes it skeptical or unfriendly for some users.

Bitcoin is decentralized and isn’t controlled my any authority or organization. It’s being anonymous makes its even more unfriendly for many because they are scared to handle their own finances (send,buy,receive and operate their wallet security without any authority to oversee or monitor their account) just like the bank where you find the Cashiers and Customer care unit for complaints and seek for advice if the need arises. These basically make the operation of bitcoin sometimes User unfriendly.

"More less they can use and move Bitcoin without really being mindful of what they are doing in a transaction."

This is ridiculous. How can you not be mindful when making financial transactions?

Bitcoin is easier to use than the banking system. Easier and faster to set up as well. The only problem is finding a place to spend it but if you already know of such places then it is not a problem.
The wallets just need built in fail safes so transactions are easier to follow understand and mistakes are kept to a minimum.

Probably because they're trying to comprehend the technology behind it which doesn't make sense. They don't know what operating system the server of their bank is based on so why do they have to know how blockchain operates to be able to use it? Nowadays sending and receiving BTC can be done by scanning a QR code and entering the pasword that's all it takes to pay someone. If that's hard, the person has to be tech illiterate.

You're right mate, basically this wasn't how it was from the beginning, the usage of this technology was more difficult back in the old days compare to now. We all know that Bitcoin just reached 11years old and it user friendly can't be compared to some new technologies, so, IMO, Bitcoin is users friendly. With the new improvement from the developing team Bitcoin will come out refined as one if the best technology in history.

Bitcoin is indeed user friendly but not for all users because we all know that only selected countries are free to use this virtual coin and there are still a lot of countries who has crypto users but they are not yet allowing crypto currency as a means of payment and etc. Just like here in my country, there are a lot of users but we can never use bitcoin and etc. for payments because there are no shops or business establishments here who are allowed to use crypto currency as a mode of payment.

It is user friendly indeed. But not beginner-friendly. A lot of things that involve investing isn't gonna be favorable to people new to the scene. Bitcoin is not an exception. One has to learn a couple pf things first or have a professional alongside with him to ensure that maximum profit is gained. Nonetheless, it goes without saying that investing in bitcoin is a profitable venture in the right circumstances.

I think that's yes to Bitcoin is not user friendly. Because bitcoin is not ready for use by some people, because there is difficulty understanding the basic basics of using bitcoin and how to store bitcoin, because some people are already familiar with fiat currency, so they find it difficult to understand bitcoin. But for those who already understand how bitcoin works, it's easy for them to understand all of that. Because they are sure bitcoin will continue to grow ..

This statement is not comprehensive. I think BTC is neutral, not good or bad.

If BTC brings benefits, users will think it is good; On the contrary, if it threatens the interests of users, BTC is bad.

People are egoists, which may be good for you and bad for others. We can't think that bitcoin is unfriendly.

Wise words to say, the usability of bitcoin depends on the prices, if it is in red, people that only have a small brain capacity will say that it is useless and if it is in green, the very same crowd is going to be saying that bitcoin is really useful.

How come that the bitcoin is not a user friendly if this bitcoin that we are talking about can be used by everyone in which everyone has the chance to use and buy it. Bitcoin is not only for the rich but it can be affordable also for the poor because they can buy a small amount of satoshi in order to invest or acquire a bitcoin. This is user-friendly in which the users of bitcoin can have an access to it without any hassle or problem.

The bigger problem is not that young people don't understand new technologies like Bitcoin (which I'm not sure about), but that kids don't get financially educated.

When you are little, everyone tells you to study, to get a good job and to make good money, but no one teaches you what to do with that money - how to invest it and make more money from it, how to handle it properly without going bankrupt, and so on.

So for me, this is the main thing that needs to change - to have the right financial education for everyone.

It is the most expensive education that I am sure not everyone is willing to provide that education at a meaningless price. To get a financial education and start to make the most of our financial condition, you need to do it yourself. The government in most countries does not provide this education because everyone who sits in a seat of government has their own personal reasons which are not far from money.

We are forced to try and fail to find the best formula for this financial education. In order to manage $ 100 bills, we must be able to manage $ 10 bills. And to manage $ 1 million in cash, we must be able and successful in managing $ 10 000 in cash.

Gradually, slowly and always evaluating is the solution to getting self-taught financial education.

The biggest problem with Bitcoin's popularity is that its threshold is too high. At the beginning of this year, I joined a company researching blockchain technology, and I still don’t know much about Bitcoin until now. Compared with using legal currency, the difficulty of using cryptocurrency will make ordinary people lose interest.

If these problems are solved, there will be no obstacle for Bitcoin to become popular all over the world

Bitcoin is user friendly, it's just picky about its friend.

I do agree that bitcoin is technical and you need technical knowledge as well as hands on experience in order to use it. The good thing about crypto is that new things keep on popping up and you learn something new every day.

Bitcoin is the most modern currency and the quintessence of mankind at this time. Bitcoin combines technology and economics so there is more than one area of bitcoin knowledge to understand and use it.
Many people use money and do not understand money so it will be difficult for them to understand Bitcoin.

The problem with Bitcoin for use is that it is managed by individuals so no one bears the loss or loss but its owner.
Users need to be careful and secure when storing their Bitcoins.
Next is the unstable Bitcoin cost so it is not suitable for frequent transactions.
Apart from the above two, everything about Bitcoin is fine for me.

In the current world of wire transfer and SWIFT, bitcoin is proving very efficient in moving large amounts of money. The next big money coming into the cryptosphere is Governments and ofcourse even more institutions.

Bitcoin is known as internet money in layman's terms so if these  stats say 25 year olds and under don't know about bitcoin can I also say they don't know the internet...

So if there is no internet expect no knowledge about btc  either.

I wouldn't blame them for not knowing a thing or two about Bitcoin ,remember bitcoins  introduction to the world isn't pretty, it's linked to criminal activities, drugs etc so people have just looked the other way otherwise they are protecting themselves too.

Compared to other bank transfers and other digital mode of payment, Bitcoin is still more convenient to use. Yes, it isn't that user-friendly because it needs further understanding. It also has better security features for our own benefit. I believe that time will come that Bitcoin would be easier for people to adopt and understand. We only need time for that to happen.

I mean yea sure, it is not that user-friendly especially if you're not exposed to some kind of technology, and when it comes to blockchain technology and bitcoin it's obviously really complicated.

But considering it new technology and decentralized it's not that bad for sure, it's not that complicated if you started to research about it, and it's not that hard to learn it.

You don't really need to understand everything but you just need to know how things work in bitcoin and in cryptocurrency, similar to our appliances in our home it's complicated when we need to learn electronics and everything but it's not important you just need to know how it works.

I do not agree with you. Because people are using bitcoin very frequently and comfortably. There is good awareness everywhere. There are millions of videos on youtube to guide you about every topic of bitcoin. There are millions of websites about the bitcoin business. So there is no difficulty for the person who wishes to know and learn about cryptocurrency and bitcoin.