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Hey guys,

I don't get what's holding us back. Every time I talk about crypto with a family member or someone at work their eyes glaze over.

I feel like I'm the weirdo talking about klingon mating rituals!

Which makes me wonder - why are we still on the fringe? What could we do to take blockchain technology and make it accessible for everyone?

Anyway, that's my rant for today...

What do you think?

It is, we're just still early adopters (even after nearly a decade).

When more mainstream companies accept cryptos as payment is when they'll really take off. Maybe you're pushing too hard, most people I talk about cryptos with come to me later and ask how to get started.

it's complicated and confusing.
HUGE learning curve.
most people are stupid.

Because it's not easy to understand imo. It's hard to use when comparing it to cash or cc, it's more expensive.
As long as cash is more efficient, easier and safer to use, I think going mainstream will be hard.

It's still pretty hard to get in/out with/to fiat. When some project will realize method which will allow to make fast and convenient transaction between crypto and fiat then BINGO will happen ;) Moreover common people should be educated in informatics and cryptography (a little at least) to be involved to crypto.

Patience, it's getting there. As it grows it will become easier to use and more accessible. With this it will grow quicker. You're looking at a ball that's just started rolling.

the easiest way is to buy some cryptos for him or make him buy some, only if he was involved, can he learn more about cryptos, then he will believe in absolutely

- it is still early and adoption takes time

- people are used to their own methods of payment and fiat so much that they don't want to change

- regarding bitcoin it is already happening but slowly. and one of the reasons is that many (like banks for instance) are against it so they do everything in their power to slow it down so they can live one more day

- regarding altcoins they do not plan on going mainstream the majority of them aim for becoming best profitable pump and dumps so they succeed at that. the rest will be trampled under feet of traders who don't care about anything other than more money

What I can say is that you are not the only one in this and there is really nothing much you can do to someone who is not ready to learn it will just be a  complete waste of time which is something I don't expect anybody to engage in. All I  do is just to talk about it with anyone who cares to listen and move on so that it will be on record that I did my parr in enlightening you but you choose to ignore my words of counsel.

no need for it, certainly in terms of currency, and not user-friendly.

Lol, if you don't consider regular MSM reporting, including on CNN and BBC in addition to being featured on the front pages of business magazines such as Forbes and the Economist mainstream adoption, I don't know what is.

It's still too complicated for most older people.
More and more young people are getting on board.
Once they start having some practical experience they'll come around.

We're still in the early adopter phase. Initially nobody had a cell-phone either and those that did were looked at strangely...

In terms of global community, the demand in cryptocurrencies of any kind still is rather low.
When it becomes much more acceptable and recognizable by the wider audience, perhaps there is the possibility for cryptocurrency to go mainstream (even though I have some doubts about that  ;)).

I think the infrastructure is not set for mainstream adoption. User friendly interfaces are just the beginning of what we need to adopt crypto as an everyday asset/value/payment medium.

People need to understand blockchain as a revolutionising technology which is very likely to disrupt our established money system. That's also the most pregnant reason why the adoption is so “slow“. Rulers want to keep control and power over their established system. One difficulty I see is to not have a privatised framework, as we have it now.

The blockchain must remain free!

It's rather simple: People in the western world don't need an alternative to their fiat currencies in daily life. When would you need bitcoin as a member of a 1st world country in your daily endeavors? Pretty much never.

This is why BTC is being used as an alternative to gold, and most people aren't bright enough to see that empires come and go and most fiat currencies will fall.

In other words, we are early adopters, and 99% of people out there are ignorant about the economy, decentralized networks and so on.

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if we explain how the crypto work is hard to grasp ,,
but if all transactions are already using bolckchain technology in every aspect of transaki it's probably easier to absorb our explanation ..
like the use of credit cards..

The demand for cash will go from the third countries. Their economies are very low and therefore people are willing to look for any opportunity for additional income. In the leading countries the people have enough income to provide for their needs. Why would they look for something new?

Just wait for the steve jobs of crypto to come and tell people how awesome it is. They will eventually fall in love with it just like they did with apple products. Perhaps you are not "selling" crypto the right way to your family and friends.

As far as I know, we are slowly going mainstream which will take time but what I know is people are scared of trying something new like the blockchain technology or people are still living under a rock with no knowledge of whats to come or maybe they do not know the benefits of the technology.

This is one valid reason, people do not want to lose control when bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies are adopted as they will disrupt this monopolized framework

In my opinion and experience I think average people find it difficult to understand the functionality of block chain. They think anything that has to do with copy and paste should be left to the geek, not to talk of diffident code.

First of all it was hard to exlpain older people what crypto is it. But now a lot of new in media about it, a lot of youtube bloggers talking about crypto. So it become easely to unerstand what is crypto now and the fact that you can earn on it. Crypto going mainstream because with each day its more and more money.

Like the old saying goes "you can't teach a old dog new tricks". This applies for crypto as well. A lot of people are just stuck in the past of using real cash and cc. However, as bigger organizations like google and apple push for apple pay and google pay, it brought people a bit closer to online payments. I guess we can assume that if these companies start to use crypto or any sort, the message will be broadcast to a wider audience, and more people will become interested in it. I guess once ICO's using crypto become more widespread, more people will be exposed to it and more people will begin to adapt and join the community. As a app developer, I think crypto can really benefit the app space in terms of payment systems. Some projects that I am currently following that in corporate in-app crypto are: OpenMoney (http://go.openmoney.digital/37kv), Kin (https://kin.kik.com/).

The internet took a long time to come where it is now . I think you have to wait years for it to become mainstream.
Older generations will be very hesistant to use it.

We're just early adopters. More and more people are joining daily, and I can see more and more businesses accepting BTC, that's always a good sign.  ;)

I guess the reason why crypto is not going mainstream is because it's quite complicated and it's quite hard for beginners to understand and it's so volatile, most people just think about crypto as an internet money that will not have any value in the real world.

Everything needs time to grow. First people thing cryptos were a joke, then some people saw how can profit from them, now we are the state that Governments will start fight them because are afraid of them.. Probably is the best time to buy now because Governments won't stop cryptos and when become mainstream profit won't be much.. 

Because understanding Bitcoin is not an easy task for most people. They need to educate themselves about a lot of things, such as information technology and the basics of economics.

But you should look at the bright side of it... at least you're having the opportunity to buy at these cheap prices. It's called first move advantage. ;)

Yes blockchain is not a well know technology to all.Crypto currency has just started a few years back.Any new technology which has a bright future will be damped initially.For example you take Internet, Social Media like Facebook. They did not get into everyone easily.When I first used facebook in 2008 in India, my friends used to laugh look at me strangely like how you said your family and friends at work look at you.It takes time for them to realize the use of blockchain. Don't underestimate yourself for being here.You are an early adopter of future technology.Have a good day.

To the extent Bitcoin is already made to the mainstream

alt coins aren't going mainstream due to the nature of uncertainty and not being regulated. this kind of economy undermines traditional banking which they want to keep under the ropes to insure that companies like JP morgan are relevant.

it'll go main stream when LAM stocks shoot up after we all start buying different color lambos ;)

IMHO it hasn't it mainstream yet basicly because there aren't any tokens with direct aplications to use in daily tasks. Once a given crypto token is implemented as an effective and reliable way to pay, exchange or something else in the real world it will boom.

not mainstream yet but we are getting closer. also lately in the news there is more coverage it's getting closer by the day. in my opinion we are just a few years away from it.

I think tech like the centra cards are going to do wonders in bringing crypto mainstream. Just need to give it a bit more time.

I definitely agree with the premise that the more people can transact with crypto the more it will go mainstream. As an app developer who has been wanting to incorporate allow acceptance of crypto into our apps, Kin (https://kin.kik.com/) and OpenMoney (http://go.openmoney.digital/37kv) are both interesting to me - in particular Open Money is solving a problem that's been an issue for us for years. I think overall we are headed in the right direction.

Mainstream is a qualitative word, so hard to measure but if you use as metric talking with people on the streets than it is really far from there. If you just talk with high tech people, it is still not there. So I think it is still on the early stages and that why it is a good time to buy and invest. When every single one is talking about it, them you figure out it is time to sell !

It's being talked about a lot more than it has been just a few months ago. All it take is a little time. What everyone here is saying about it being new tech tat people cant understand and that it isn't quite as reliable as a source of instant transaction payments is definitely true. In the matter of time though this will be the real deal.

They will try everything in order not to loose control, creating F*ake N*ews and FUD.
But slowly people start to wake up all over the world.
I'm really curious what will happen in 2018, they said a log time ago it will be a new currency (Phoenix) all over the world.
If this is true, than... MAYBE one of the crypto coins (or maybe more) are part of their next financial system.
Let's wait and see.

PS: We are still in the early stages. Profits will be big if you HODL and don't panic sell. Invest the pennys that you afford.

Whats holding us back is its TOO FKING HARD TO BUY!! ::)

What efforts of infrastructure are on the way you think? How about the impact of certain systems that will bring crypto front in center of users? Like enjincoin (http://enjincoin.io), utrust (http://utrust.io) or openmoney (http://www.openmoney.digital)? When the avg person starts seeing crypto options pop up in their face maybe we'll see a boom then.

That's the most annoying part. I lose just under $0.02 USD per Canadian dollar transferred through my bank. Buying BTC from an ATM I pay a 7%+ fee, 4% through an exchange, sometimes even worse if buying online, and finding cash in person deals isn't always easy (or a fair price).

ICO's are going mainstream, but cryptos themselves aren't needed much in the 1st world countries (yet) except for digital gold (bitcoin).

Perhaps the money making ideas have always attracted people to themselves. Everyone moves towards the system which gives money. People usually don’t understand. They don’t actually want to understand about the crypto currency. But the money factor has spread the thing rapidly.

I said this earlier, centra cards seem to be doing something that's needed but in no way will they be what brings crypto mainstream. Retailers accept fiat because it's easiest in every way. There needs to be a benefit for the retailer for them to start accepting it, then the public will need to see one or many benefits to using crypto over using their cash/debit/credit. We're a LONG way away.

it will get there with steady footsteps. cryptocurrencies have established a greater presence in the payments industry i think even Microsoft has started using digital asset exchange.

This is also true. Coinbase is making a killing and I'm surprise as to no competitor yet, for U.S resident.

Glaze over in a positive way or negative ? I'll take that as an compliment if I were you.Anyway,maybe you should not talk about cryptos with you family members then ? Why would you if they oppose the concept that much ?

Let's not even go there,the conversation will be too philosophical.Bloack-chain can/cannot be a future ,there is no guarantee of the former.

You should stop worrying about the factors that don't really matter.

It is going mainstream, the world just need to get used to it.. it  will take 50 years or so...

Its not surprising actually because i do experience the same thing too. I do look a weirdo when i do speak about cryptos in front of them.I would say that you cant do anything about it since this technology isnt been heard by most people this is why they dont really have the awareness on what are the thing you are speaking in front of them.

IMO it is going mainstream - this is just what that process looks/feels like.

Kraken, no?

Retailers won't use cryptos as long as we have this volatility like we have it today. Because every retailer has to pay his rent, insurances, employees, electricity, gas, food ... with fiat. If you want to sell something with the chance, that the amount of currency you got will halve its value tomorrow - will you sell it? You won't. Only if you could change the currency you got immediately to fiat. So cryptos will be only a vehicle for fiat, until it becomes stable. Do I see a chance to make cryptos stable? Only with regulation. But the idea of cryptos excludes regulation. Difficult situation, which is in need to become cleared. Until then: Some cases of use are demanding a specialized cryptocurrency. This cases keep the affiliated currency alive. The more usefull the case is, the better for the related coin. But usefull things come and go. And we should always remember: The whole cryptoworld is deeply addicted to technic. Let the internet crash, let the quantum computer rise - the cryptoworld you know today will be unrecognizable tomorrow...

https://e11.io - we will help crypto go mainstream with projects like CryptoWars, a mobile strategic game on the blockchain, meant to be played by everyone - introducing crypto concepts to the world.

Its still being adapted and most do not heard about it but right now there are medias updated regarding bitcoin. It would probably take another year before more people will get to know about it.

I heard about Kraken before but never look at them, also what I heard it's for Europe. I think people can't buy Bitcoin using bank account or credit card yet for U.S resident or perhaps I'm wrong as I never look at them.

Multiple reasons. First of all it takes time for any technology to become mainstream. 2nd: habits, they got used to use fiat. 3rd: people are cautions when it comes to money and payments.

It is just a normal reaction of people to be skeptical with something that is new to them especially if it deals about money.  And eventhough bitcoins started for almost a decade now it is still something new.  Money or fiat that we are using today did not materialize in just a few years.  It has also endured a lot of years before it was accepted and that is what bitcoin undergoes too right now.

We shouldnt do anything, the media is talking about cryptocurrencies more and more.
People are also getting involved in by friends or relatives :) 

I'm not in marketing but I've heard that one of the reasons Apple has done so well is that their advertisements aren't focused on product specs/technical terms or anything like that. Their products are shown to be the start of fun/excitement. Very similar to how a lot of beer commercials are these days.

Crypto's advertise their technical specs (because that's what's needed at this point). After they get past that point that's when they'll really take off.

I have reached the same exact conclusion after trying to explain it to quite a few people.

Give it time; we're still in the early adoption stages.

Just HODL your coins and everything will work out just fine

I've always considered myself as somewhat of a techie, and I had a hard time figuring cryptocurrency at first. When they make it easy to use crypto, like with a credit card, without knowing or caring what's going on in the background, then people will use.

I think we should talk. I will send you a PM.


True, but overcoming those aspects alone is not sufficient for cracking the nut of mass adoption.


Not just easy, but we need that the masses will not even know they are using crypto or a decentralized ledger.

The masses do not given a shit about the motor inside their car. They only care that the car runs. They are interested in the benefit of the car.


Not really (http://blog.jim.com/economics/cryptocurrency/).

The critical mass though has been attained at the level of fundraising and network effects in the development ecosystem, yet I do not think we yet have any projects that truly understand mass adoption. No projects I know of have any viable plan for mass adoption (just a lot of naive BS).


The problem is there is no compelling use case.

The masses do not share your ideological reasons. They need some actual benefit that entices them.

In short, no one has presented a killer app yet.

I will launch something soon to try to experiment with finding the killer app.

I can’t state the name yet. Too preliminary.


Disagree. We will never get mass adoption if you expect the masses to want lawlessness and anarchy. The masses do not care about your ideological fetish.


Bingo. Correct.


They’re always looking for something new online. But silly Bitcoin doesn’t offer any benefit they find interesting.

Our job is to apply decentralized ledgers to things they find interesting in clever paradigm-shifts that grab their interest and cause them to spend their time online in our apps.


That could possibly be me. Actually I am connected to Steve Jobs through my former boss who was recruited by Steve Jobs (http://relativisticobserver.blogspot.com/2011/12/2011-year-of-steve.html).


Yes but not in the way you may be thinking. The key is that the app must be designed such that the payment could only be done with a decentralized ledger. This is where we invert the argument against ChangeTip (http://hackingdistributed.com/2014/12/17/changetip-must-die/) inside-out and show that subscriptions are not ideal and nanotransactions are more ideal for some models of gamification.

Think about it this way. Would you like to have 10,000 subscriptions? How could you manage that cognitive load?

But it’s not also sufficient to state “nanotransactions” as some magic bullet. There must be compelling gamefication that drives an app ecosystem from a profit perspective.


Lolz. Did you also invest in Pets.com?


Lolz. What came first, the hen or the egg?

“Build it and they will come” even though no one has OpenMoney tokens and nobody will buy them. Brilliant.  ::)


Meaningless? Are you sure. Is your bias rational?


They shouldn’t have to buy it. Investors should buy it. They should receive it for participating. Study the example of how Ford Motor company kickstarted the US industrial economy by paying his workers enough to buy cars.


Thus crypto is only about selling empty speculation bags to greater fools, which will produce no real world adoption?

What is the future of ICOs (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2215817.msg22377591#msg22377591)?

  Yes, right
Large companies are the main point for the development of crypto coins but do not expect if the Bank can accept Crypto as payment because the Bank and Crypto are the enemy.

Minority of people have interest on this kind of stuff that they'd rather spend their time over meaningless things like Facebook. So which is why I think no matter how much we advertise cryptos, it all boils down to the person's priority and interest (which many don't have right now)

It was a long time before my wife started taking Crypto seriously.  It wasn't until I bought several thousand dollars worth of computer equipment from Newegg that she finally got it.  We will get there, but it will take time.

You’re overextrapolating. What did she “got it”? And what does that have anything to do with the masses?

All that happened is presumably she saw that you made gains as a speculator and you spent your gains (because she is married to a cryptonerd so it was basically forced on her). That has nothing to do with any mass adoption phenomenon (other than possibly a Tulip speculation bubble in ICOs). That the BTC is spendable on Newegg is irrelevant. The mass adoption of crypto will not be driven by big ticket item purchases because there are no compelling advantages (and some disadvantages such as the lack of the ability to issue a refund against a scammy vendor), but rather by gamefication of invisible nanotransaction purchases.

My prior comment elaborates.

It takes time for someone to get used to with new technologies. Give them some time. Next time they try to buy something online offer them bitcoins and show them how easy it is to things with bitcoin. Don't go into too much into details as they might end up losing interest.
And always try to keep it simple.

Crypto is 1) still hard to understand for the average user, and hard to explain a quick and succinct manner, 2) the tech isnt user friendly yet. We need a company to make it simple for users from all ages and cultures. People have no idea how bluetooth/wifi/credit cards work, but they understand it enough to be able to use it on their day to day lives - crypto hasnt reached that stage yet.

has crypto solved any problem that cannot otherwise be solved?

Well maybe because crypto is a very deep and kind of technical and not all people understands it but I think crypto is gaining popularity everyday its taking one step at a time maybe in a few years crypto will be mainstream just like the internet and all other innovative things.

I thing crypto  will go  mainstream only after it will be convenient to buy with it in the  glossary store, without  knowing that you using  block chain technology, and without fear that  it can drop twice time in value in the next morning.

It seems to me the technology lay is still very blockchain to many people especially those who do not understand technology at all it will make them really do not understand, I'm also experiencing something like this

Well still too few people know about it. It is really surprising that a platform like this which worths billions is under advertised but i'm fine with it since this is a huge gate of money.

as regulation gives with the details as legals and mechanism the use of altcoin should helps more people to work with the online transaction to counts with micro and nano payment with the nominals.

if this can be done we might see more progress and maybe some commercials will make more people to invest with this currency, right now we are
still seeing more negative feedback regarding to this system more big names are showing around and giving their own opinion and even its a bad
publicity its bringing more interested people to check what bitcoin/crypto are.

It is going mainstream. There are always conservative forces resisting a brand new technology.
People used to conventional fiat finds it difficult to understand.
And a population in the earth lives doing nothing but manipulating the fiat, and such people controls government and they are the one resisting the most.

Everything needs time. Here you are talking about a completely new form of currency and what makes currency, a currency is trust. Building people's trust in something is simply not easy. That is why so many people are still skeptical about cryptos. The underlying technology is tough to understand which also keep people at bay. Moreover, there is not much advertising effort. But with time that too will solve. We are stil in initial phass. Its not been even 10 years.

Interesting,  what is this problem Open Money is solving?  

Scaleability enough to tackle mainstream level loads?  

Ease of use,  simplicity and no technical knowledge required to get into,  mine and use?    

Simple and self explaining enough for a doofus to make transfers and deal with it without feeling they will screw up/loose money if they don't set a certain setting right they don't understand,  and isn't explained right where you set the setting?

Protection from loosing ALL their money essentially their entire bank account if the device their bank account wallet is on gets compromised in any way....
Said protection being handled under the hood and needing no technical knowledge other than having to remember a password?

Those are the main crypto problems I know of that need tackling,  any new crypto tech that aims on solving those issues and making Cryptocurrency more viable for mass adoption and use by the average joe moe and harry without them accidentally screwing themselves over too easily are what I'm interested in the most

Crypto is most times not easy to use and most coins are so volatile that people won't take the risk to get some coins. There are a couple of stabilized-price coins and in my opinion the new coin CORION could be one of the first mainstream cryptocurrencies...

Lots of good points and I'm too lazy to use the quote function :/ so some reguritation of previous points.

This post is coming from someone who is entrenched in western(US) thinking, so not a global view at all.  But US folks are very used to easy/non-complicated buying.  We can't even change to the metric system, yet you want mass adoption that would require folks to think in terms of fractions (.0002 bitcoins per whatever).  Yes we have cents to fractionalize dollars, but how many people say "This costs 75c"?  More than likely, they will round up and say "This costs $1"

Also need to define what we want mass adoption to be.  Right now, the news articles are painting pictures of crypto being investments, not currency.  And our current adoption is towards that end (investments).  Why are you here?  To find a way to spend money without fiat, or to make money?

The main things I see that need to change for mass adoption as a currency is: (and doesn't need all, just most)

Stability.  Consumers and merchants don't want a currency that can depreciate/appreciate 25% in a day

Ease of Use.  I don't want to have to unlock my wallet, scan a code, wait 10 minutes for acceptance.  Culturally I am used to swipe, sign and done.   There is progress being made in this space (at least according to the shills :D )

   Related:  Clear winner for currency use (btc is common, but see Stability).  "Oh cr@p, this website only accepts xyz token?  Now I have to trade some btc, lose the network fees, download a new wallet, wait for all the transferring around, *then* buy whatever". I have hopes for the multiple debit card options that are being developed to help in this space, but the average consumer does not carry dollars, euros, pesos, all at once.

   Simplification.  Currently there are just too many coins/tokens available and having that many choices scares folks away from change.  How many search  engines are there?  How many do you use?  googling is a verb, binging is not :)

Killer app.  This may be different for everyone.  The reason I got into crypto was online poker.  Sites I played on accepted bitcoin, and withdrawal was faster/easier with btc compared to cc/paypal.  But we need something that makes transitioning to xxxcoin easier/as easy as cc/dollar.

Economical disaster.   What is the compelling reason for the masses to adopt cyrpto?  The dollar is stable (in decline, but stable).  Venezuela is an example of this.  Their currency sucks, so btc is becoming more prevalent there.

Consumer protection.  If someone hacks my bank and steals my money there, I am federally insured up to xxxxxx.  Someone gets my phone or hacks my wallet, I am out whatever my balance is there.

I think most of the people think crypto is illegal and dangerous when they first hear about it. That's why  %90 of the people who know about crypto stay aways from it. Tho i don't think this will continue like this for years. All those big moneys will attract more people everyday. We will see crypto going mainstream in couple of years.

They refused to even talk (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2227736.msg22486800#msg22486800).

i dont think its going not mainstream.

in austria you can buy bitcoin in public station.
also more markets accept BTC to buy stuff.

give the market more time and we will be happy :D

media as main stream is contolled by huge players and those huge players are still cannot dominate the crypto, so they don't want to attrat public to BTC

I think one of the biggest hold-back is the mostly complicated withdraw to USD. If the withdraw to USD would be easier it would grow much fast IMHO.

It is going mainstream definitely. These kind of things take a lot of time. The idea of current money system existed for way to many years for this to just be able to blow up that quickly.

I think we are on a good track to make it mainstream! It maybe will need 1 or 2 years, but we will see more and more people rushing into the markets!

Crypto isnt going mainstream because of it hart to understand in the beginning, and so many peoples don't know about crypto now. In my circle of contacts much more then a half of peoples dont hear about crypto and it hard to explain them what it is crypto. People love comfort and simplicity. Maybe later it will be crypto.

too hard to buy and get verified and limits and such.

Actually we don't have to do anything but by the continuous support we will be able to see it then that is accessible to everyone. And we are getting there in the mainstream since it's name was being in the news so people are curious about cryptocurrency and they are seeing it's chart to be realistic and it's an attractive investment because there are big people that are showing its support and interest.

Most people don't really get it. They seem to be completely unable to grasp the logic and the mechanics of cryptos. Some of these people however dream of being able to enjoy the advantages that cryptos eventually bring to people who adopt it (ie getting rich - perhaps) without however getting any clue of what cryptos acctually consists. These are the people who are perfect victims for scams like the Onecoin Ponzi scheme.

For anything to reach the general public, expect a 3 year delay after it feels like everyone knows about it. From there, you have to have companies come in and make things simple.

I feel like there are ICO's that are very mainstream like Unkrn's UnikoinGold. They launched last month and their ICO is ending this month. They got a lot of attention when big honchos like Mark Cuban, Ashton Kutcher, and Pantera Capital (the people that funded Twitter and Snapchat) funded them. Even some of my friends who know nothing about crypto and ICO's mentioned it to me lol.

I think the idea of blockchain and getting money for math problems just doesn't compute to most people. More "important" figures will need to adopt it in order for the sheep to follow.

It's still much too complicated. Crypto exchanges are hard to navigate and understand for someone new to crypto. They're also greedy and the fees are too high.

It's normal that new things have a process to be known and accepted, especially it seems not illegal in some countries, but I think it maybe not a bad thing, if everyone think cryptos have a brighter future, then all of them will get involved, then it will be more difficult to gain profits

Simple: ease of use and security.

The bulk of crypto requires a degree of computer competence beyond perhaps 85% of people. 98% of people if you include the entire world.

Security: If someone steals my identity and drains my bank account, I report it, and my bank keeps me whole. If someone hacks my Bitcoin key and drains my wallet, I have no recourse, cannot reverse the transaction, and am totally fukt. Try convincing an elderly retiree to use bitcoin under those circumstances.

Who said it's not? Crypto currencies are new. It is not even a decade since the initial release of the oldest one, bitcoin. Crypto currencies right now is like credit cards back in the 60's. Everything new is not easily embraced by the masses as there will always be doubts. Give it time and it will go mainstream. Japan is doing the right thing already. Integrating bitcoin into society.

It will be next year, bitcoin will finish on a high despite the negativity from key market makers trying to crash the price. Marketing will increase, retail investor focused companies will begin funds and provide access to the cryptosphere.

2018 will be a big year, mark my words.

Crypto does not go through because it is not common to anyone and some do not know this crypto, perhaps in the next few years it might be known, but if it is named and mailed

I claim Facebook was spread by viral uptake and friends-of-friends saying, “are you on facebook?”.

Crypto is not mainstream because the mainstream has no use for it yet.

I'm personally not sure why Crypto isn't going mainstream yet since i hear it all over the news. 

I recently read an article from TheNextWeb and they mention Bitcoin and Ethereum will be everywhere? - Heh how soon will that be.

If you want to read about it, here's the link: https://thenextweb.com/contributors/2017/09/29/bitcoin-ethereum-will-soon-everywhere-reals/#.tnw_QPO9ybFP

in my village also many people who do not understand what is blockchain technology, this is because they think it all  that does not mean anything and has no benefits. Now to give knowledge to the people about  blockchain technology is by  seminars and others more advertise in the social media to provide precise information about what is blockchain actually. But i believe day by day and year by year more people will understand what is blockchain technology.

People are too busy with Facebook, twitter, Instagram etc.... furthermore... it is still too difficult to do those crypto, to understand the blockchain. Also we have registrations on 1000 websites, wallets and exchanges  ;) . I am still not getting used to that.

But time will come when crypto will be more easy and then prices will moon.

Had a talk with someone from China about Bitcoin yesterday. I was looking at coinmarketcap and he asked what I was looking at. I told him about bitcoins, and he told me he heard about it and said it was just gambling. He had a pretty negative opinion on it, and nothing I could have said would change his mind. I think a lot of people still equate crypto to online drugs and hackings. It will probably take a long while for crypto to go mainstream, but it's more time for us to accumulate more until it does go mainstream

Are you seriously asking this ?
WOW.

How did you miss the fact that crypto is a scammy pointless joke (for bitcoin profits) ?
How did you miss the gazillion scams where people lost money ?
How did you miss the SEC "investor fraud warning" ?

How did you miss the fact that 99.99% of all "coins" are scammy pointless bullshit
..with......... no hope in hell at ever getting used as intended ?

And if they are not used as intended then what is it you think the "mainstream" public is going think of this shit ?
Unregulated pseudo penny stock ICO "coins" for profit on centralized govt compliant exchanges ?

Are you seriously wondering why this hasn't gone "mainstream" ? really ?

You people really are truly god damn fucking stupid.

http://i65.tinypic.com/35d2536.jpg

THE PUBLIC GOT THAT WARNING.. so uhhhhhhhh ?

https://www.sec.gov/investor/alerts/ia_virtualcurrencies.pdf

Good question. And the best answer is, in my opinion, such - be an active member of society. Promote bitcoin among their friends and acquaintances, try to pay with bitcoin wherever possible and so on.

It's too easy to scam or to be scammed for common people at cryptoworld. It's really anarchy. Government institutes trying to adopt this market but it will take pretty much time.

I keep thinking I'm late as I didn't get involved until 2017. But in fact I'm just late relative to most people on this forum. In fact I'm very early compared to the population at large.
Mainstream adoption will come, we're heading there slowly. The non-crypto world needs to catch up and develop the right infrastructure. Look at something like Ethereum smart contracts. People say this could underpin the next iteration of the internet. Yes it could, but it's still in the future. We need to be patient.

I see, here in the Netherlands, mainly negative views on crypto and bitcoin in the media. Today there was an article in a national newspaper about ICO's that was mostly talking about scams, pyramid games, easy ways for companies to generate money without having to deal with regulations, etc.

These views are caused by many (the majority?) of ICO's that indeed seem scammy and fraudulent. The actually legit well-managed ICOs suffer from this image. For mainstraim adaptation, it certainly has to be regulated in some way.

Another thing is the association many people have between bitcoin and the black market/criminals. Furthermore, people don't understand the technology so it is 'scary'. I think mass adoption can only start with some viral campaign that educates people and makes them enthusiastic, but that is only possible after regulations have been adopted that make people feel secure against hackers and scams.

just leave your friends and prove it real that in bitcoin can earn a tremendous income so that they will feel the consequences after humbling you before and they could have asked for your help to teach him from scratch.

Every new technology or change takes time in acceptance and Its natural. People who were trading through Traditional modes took time to accept the digital revolution some were against it, some in favor but lastly all did accept it as a part. The most prominent factor that is affecting its acceptance is the paramount concern is whether it can satisfy customer needs and deliver value in a better way. well, time is the key.

Human nature gets in the way, as it tends to do. It is difficult to stabilize prices in a world where people would rather play the market and get instant gratification by re-selling their coins for as high a price as possible. Stable prices don’t just happen by accident. They require a carefully constructed foundation. A stable currency needs a stable ecosystem first.

With a truly stable currency, on the other hand, you can have currency conversion, remittance, ATM withdrawals and other financial services with lower fees than fiat systems. In other words, it can be used as intended — as money. This is what will ultimately attract a mainstream audience and will actually incentivize them to make the switch to cryptocurrency.

Crypto is going mainstream bud, nothing happens overnight, not anything this big anyway, its kreeping thru all the side streams prettysoon it will hit the rivers and overflow into the oceans.BOOM

This is why i dont talk want to talk about bitcoin in my family or even if im in computershops because i think they will call me weird, bitcoin is not that like i see, they said its just a name of coin.

You have to remember that this is still new technology and it is in the front of most people's mind. You throw down the term "bitcoin" everyone has heard of it.

Also the fact is now that celebs have started to endorse cryptocurrencies it will be just a matter of time. I would sit back and wait my friend ;)

And the fact that we've seen so many recent attacks from the mainstream, be it governments or JP Morgan, does seem to indicate that they now see cryptocoins as a genuine threat... which shows that cryptocoins are having more and more of an impact on the mainstream.

What I can state is that you are not by any means the only one in this and there is truly not a lot you can do to somebody who isn't prepared to learn it will simply be an entire exercise in futility which is something I don't anticipate that anyone will participate in. Whatever I do is simply to discuss it with any individual who considerations to tune in and proceed onward so it will be on record that I did my standard in illuminating you yet you disregard my expressions of counsel.When it turns out to be substantially more adequate and unmistakable by the more extensive gathering of people, maybe there is the likelihood for digital money to go standard.

What hold us back is of the eraly stage of cypto, not all people are aware of it or know how to use crypto, and also companies accepting crypto is srill minimal. Maybe in the near future companies will come and invest on crypto and accept crypto as payments for services.

How many people do you think are already aware about cryptocurrency globally ? We are also still at the adoption phase with a whole lot of development still going on gradually, governments are still contemplating and we are already talking about going mainstream ?

It is one step at a time, and we won't even need to ask all these questions as we will glaringly see it ourselves. Rome was not built in a day and we cannot expect cryptocurrencies to take a huge turn just within a year.

A lot of hurdles still need to be taken: technical, legal, usability, marketing... for crypto to really break through.
However market cap is x10 in the last year and imo more and more of a framework/eco-system is developing. Especially for BTC and ETH. Might take a couple more years but hopefully we'll get there.

Crypto currency isn't going mainstream because it is hard for them to understand the meaning of Bitcoin and what is the value of it.Some people always give a negative opinion about it.

It will be - you have to remember although bitcoin has been around for years and has only recently had recognition in the media in a positive light (ignore silk road) the past two years.

People do not understand block chains and cryptocurrencies, once it gets adopted you will see a rise in mainstream and new money flooding in.

It is just a matter of time when it will become a matter of necessity for business, government agency and many organization will start looking for most crypto project that are developing product that make money for their owner and make life easy for client and customers .

At this point in time I think it's too technical, and as of recently there is a pretty high entry price.

Perhaps some already got burned in 2013 during the previous hype ?
I know a guy that had that happen.
Get it ?

You are stupid noobs yammerin' on in your greedy short sighted ICO facade chamber.
Keep thinking you know things noobs.  :D

EDIT:
I lost count how many times some kid told me in crypto he/she found some coin "boring".
Every time i hear that i am blown away.
It's a currency.. use it.

Calling yourself an "investor" ?
Then act like it.
Show me an investard that buys into ICO's for long term support.
It doesn't happen.. they buy and they dump.. for profits ASAP.
Bitcoin / FIAT profits.
While talking shit like an idiot every step of the way..

Mainstream ?
What is there to get mainstream ?
Buying shitcoins for ROI's ?
Not everyone wants to get involved in shady sketchy bullshit for BTC profits.

I think when the public sees what is going on here they smell FUD.
And so they should.
Shouldn't an outsider watching this stuff have Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt about it all ?
Seems appropriate to me.

I think there are only 2 ways that crypto currencies can become more universally accepted in the world we live in. Firstly, more stability in the value of the coin. People want to know that the value doesn’t dramatically change from day to day activities. Secondly, more adoption by big retailers such as Amazon or Walmart. We need to have more places to be able to spend crypto in order for people to take it more seriously.