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Bitcoin is digital currency revolutionizing the finance Industry which many predict to be the currency of the future.

We live in global village that comprises of the educated ( Digital age) and the uneducated(stone age ) .the stone age is the era of the early men who are still alive and also practicing old cultural ways passing it from generation till date ,they have not been privileged to read and write .
The Digital age  have maximize the useful of the Bitcoin technology for easy and trans border transaction etc but the stone age  have not been able  to reap this benefit Bitcoin have to offer  due to their poor background in education . Let's take a proper example in the Africa continent we have more than 50% who where not eligible to go to school due to lack of funding and infrastructures within their territory.

The worst senero is that they can't read or write which makes it difficult for them to operate the internet since Bitcoin transactions are done on the on internet.they prefer to use the traditional paper currency  they feel it is comfortable  for them.
This is the major reason why Bitcoin and other cryptocurrency is yet to be adopted by the masses.

How can these set of population be carry along to use the Bitcoin as mode of financial transaction if Bitcoin is the said "future currency"?

There is no project on the crypto space to address this unforeseen challenges.

Deliberations and ideas are welcome on how the group of personal can be integrated in the system.

the same thing that happened to them when the world started turning into digital and everything including money started to have a digital form which is used more than the physical form (eg. electronic banking versus cash). they will be left behind and slowly catch up.

BitcoinHodler has it in a nutshell.  Keep in mind that most 6 year-olds can immediately understand and use a bitcoin wallet on a dumbphone, and 1.2 billion people in China are already exclusively using digital wallets so when it comes time to shift to a new digital wallet using real money they will be ready.  It doesn't take much literacy to press send, scan QR code, and input an amount. 

It might not but maybe OP here is referring to people who cannot even operate a smartphone correctly when he said "stone age people". If that is the case how can they even press send, scan QR code and input an amount if they find it hard to just simply use their phones or user friendly applications? Either way, I am sure they would find many fault in using bitcoin as currency.

Thanks for your response I really do appreciate your comment , but have you  ever thought of this ,if Bitcoin is own by you and so many people you market your currency to don't understand how is been use  because of their poor background in education do you think they will use it as means of financial transaction for their petty trade.  To my opinion they will not .we need answer to their inability to operate  the internet.Senior mate, I believe what make a currency is that is must be generally accepted

Well there are ways to make it easier. Someone who is 20 years old won't immediately know how to use bitcoin even after explaining it to him for a bit. It is not easy to know all the stuff about, wallet, wallet safety, private keys, forks bla bla which is why adoption is hard to achieve.


Yeah but electronic banking is still far easier to understand and use than bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies. It wasn't hard for older people to start using credit cards, for example, however a bitcoin wallet would be fairly hard. Also considering that you have to be on alert for a lot of things, forks, price, etc etc.

The thing is with your question that what it takes for a worldwide adoption is such an awesome simplicity, such a user-friendlies interfaces that any gramma can use.get the point?

If bitcoin is adopted everywhere. It should be optional not mandatory to use only bitcoin and any other digital currency. So illiterate peoples will use traditional currency and they will also increase their understanding regarding digital currency with time.

Yes they do will be leave behind but soon they will adapt and i do think the goverment should help them and eventually i believe all people could use cryptocurrency easier.

The exact same thing is happening with elderly people right now regarding internet based everything.

You either have a spotty grandson to help you out or you slowly starve to death. No one else gives a shit.

In terms of banking they tried to kill off cheques in the UK a while back. So many people were still using them they had to ease off. I expect a very long lead time before the old ways are shut down completely.

Bitcoin will ever remain where it is. It cannot be adopted as the currency of any people. It best serves as an alternative currency of transfers. This is when you don't want to pay the huge bank charges and speed up your transfer. It can also continue to serve as alternative payment method for peer to peer transactions. But to adopt as a national currency, it is far from it.

People should know that the world is fast evolving and things are fast moving by the day; technologies are advancing as well. I believe in cryptocurrency simply because it is an innovation that suits the present era. The stone age people will only have themselves to blame at the end, for not accepting it.

Which it is the thing that currently most of the cryptocurrencies project lack of. They damn hard tricky and not user-friendly. The UX design urgently needs an improvement. The adoption will surely follow when the problem is solved.

I was teaching one to use Amazon a while back. I pointed at the massive fucking button with 'buy' written on it. She turned to me and said 'so how do I buy something?'

Grandmas will reject anything that's put in front of them that they don't want to understand even if a furry hand came out of the screen and pressed their fingers where they needed to go.

Even if Bitcoin is adopted worldwide, it doesn't mean that it will replace fiat and just like in today's time, there are people who don't know what internet/mobile banking is, there will be people who'll still be living in a state of oblivion when it'll come to digital currency or Bitcoin.

I am sure if bitcoin is globally adopted, all the people will be able to use it. They have to use it and will try to learn it.
Credit cards and debit cards are now used by almost all the people. When credit card had been created recently, it was something new. But now it's something ordinary.

Even if the adoption of bitcoin will reached 100% still paper money will exist. People from different walks of life should have options onto what they are gonna use when purchasing something. The people you are referring to nowadays will eventually adopt but in a very slow manner. We just have to empower those people for them to gain knowledge about the technology and be able to cope with what is happening now technologically

Illeracy will be a very factor among others that will restrict the use of bitcoin by everyone everywhere. Bitcoin is an online currency which requires internet accessibility but in some parts of the world where there is no or little education, people who are not educated especially in internet usage will not value it and they may not be able benefit from it.

I don't know to what extent something can be done about it, I mean, you can make totally user-friendly wallets and applications, you can simplify the operations at the level of a five-year-old child, you can include tutorials, but you can't teach people to read and write and, above all, you can't do anything against the lack of motivation, because many times people do not learn new things because they don't want to. For example, you can give a tablet or a smartphone to a little child who still cannot read or write and in an hour he/she will have downloaded several applications and games and will be handling the device like an expert. It's true that a child's brain is not like an older person's brain, but I think that nobody should self-limit himself because of not having an education. If you want, you can learn to send and receive bitcoin without problems, at least the basics.

Thanks  for all your comment. according to Warrren Buffet "bitcoin is here to stay".  what are the measures so far that have been taken for sustainability of bitcoin is why the question of what happen to the stone age people. i will like to clarify here that many don't really understand  how the stone age people we react :
you will agree with me that one of the causes of criminal  activities in most developing countries is as a result of noneducational measure not put in place .
if you leave the illerate behind because  of digital revolution and they are not carry along it will be a big challenge later .

Nobody can fight technology and thats why Bitcoin is the future and will replace paper money but the loop holes in the Bitcoin must be fix.
Bitcointalk  is a  forum with lot of innovative ideas that are unveil everyday which has result to so many Altcoin coming on board in the crypto space. l believe therefore that if this issue is address technically it might result to another Altcoin be develop in the cryptocurrency community .

We all know that bitcoin is the most successful and the most popular crypto currency among all and there are millions of people who are investing into bitcoin and being benefited by its potential and inspite of all this there are other huge part of population who is completely unaware about the bitcoin and specially the illerate one and the areas where there is no reach of internet so for them we need to aware them about the bitcoin and tell them the potential and the future with bitcoin.

thanks so much , l believe we all need each other in this world , l totally agree with you sir , in my own opinion we can reach out to them through educational  campaign like the way religious leader do by erecting cryptocurrency adult school in every locality and those who can't read  & write  there should be an app they can also use to enable them to use Bitcoin & Altcoin for their daily business.

It's really not only something that is limited to just bitcoin.

It's pretty much going to affect any notion of of a cashless society where these people may be left behind.

In my opinion, it's not really that big of a concern since we've seen extremely fast innovation in terms of the accessibility features of bitcoin wallets, while maintaining control over the private keys, which means that essentially wallets will be less and less technical to use. Besides, digital literacy has been on the rise and will continue to be so. So while it is a problem, it can be easily addressed. Just look at China and their WeChat pay, even older generations are using it because of the ease of use. I imagine bitcoin to be no more problematic in terms of adoption of these populations than that.

I don't think it's something to worry about. Because if they have to pay with bitcoin, they will find a way for that.
Also, I am sure many companies will provide some tools to make that easier for them.

It's funny how you automatically think that only due to the fact that someone attended school they will be able to understand and like Bitcoin.

The truth is, that even when your point of view is respected it is not really accurate. The word educated could be used in so many ways and probably most of them could be accurate. It doesn't necessarily means passing through a school, it is not the ticket to enlightenment.

It's precisely the people who research by themselves, with or without attending school and the ones who have open mind those who can really understand the current and future potential of Bitcoin and the Blockchain technology as a whole.

Precisely, planting an innovation spirit into society will do wonders towards that goal. Innovation in everything, including of course official education.

Well, there are people in Africa who actually uses internet and probably knows how to use bitcoin. And getting to know bitcoin won't really take a long time. You just need someone to explain everything to you. Even though there is a chance that bitcoin can be used widely in the future, non digital currency will surely exist. You can't remove the real currency in the map.

You see, people will re-invent themselves when money matters is at hand irrespective of their class and status in life. Literacy will never dictate the course of currency growth, and that includes turning digital. People will always adapt.

In fact, in many places all over the world, governments and charitable organizations started handing out ATMs to many indigent communities to secure their monthly social allowances. And this has been effective so far. So i am sure that should currency transform to digital form, illiterate members of the community will adapt well.

As banks have ATMs, Bitcoin (along with some top altcoins) does too. And the rest of atlcoins will surely follow suit. And this ease of access is already familiar to the community members you cited.

They will learn to adopt the technology step by step just like before imagine when there is no fiat currency when the time they only do trading of foods and their things in life but time passed by everyone learn to use money.

Operating bitcoin is very simple and I think this is the most probable reason why bitcoin is able to provide employment to millions of people around the world as any person can operate bitcoin who simply has the knowledge of internet and I think in this modernised world, everyone has achieve of internet and for the complete illiterate ones, the awareness is the biggest influence as they could be educated about the internet and bitcoin and this will be the happiest moment of bitcoin will be adopted world wide.

This will takes time before we can see a mass adoption of bitcoin as this will encounter a series of transaction failures if many people will transact at the same time. Also it's difficult to eliminate the fiat worldwide as we have many countries that has against cryptocurrency.

Indeed, it would be very difficult if someone did not know about the Digital era, there needs to be a socialization from someone who can introduce digital technology today.
Cryptocurrency is very dependent on technology today, because there the technology of all activities to easy.
I think it will be very difficult of develop against Bitcoin, if there are still many stone age.

Bitcoin, been adopted to that extent is not possible, like it will never replace a fiat of any particular country. The population who is not literate won't face any problem with adoption of crypto. Adoption would only mean it will not be illegal and without any restriction, we can trade it with cryptos and fiat as well. Maybe a tax will be imposed. The government may come up with their own cryptocurrency, but even then physical currency being completely vanished from the society is way too far to experience.

Of course, there are more developed countries in the world and those that lag behind in development. It always has been and probably is unlikely to change. Even now, in some countries are actively using digital currencies, and in some of this little is known. Therefore, the so-called people of the stone age just continue to live their normal lives, while others will keep up with the times.

I guess this very problem is what is preventing bitcoin and cryptocurrency generally from being adopted or adapted because there are still some people and countries who are very low in science and technology. As the idea of cryptocurrency and it's adoption will be a very huge problem as there are unsolved problem of low internet connection and even electricity!

Its obvious that the level of literacy is increasing at a faster rate , every individuals want to be educated at least to know how to read and write invariably the stone age era is gradually winding up while the jet age would be in total control hence the issue of adopting bitcoin will be taken care of I don't think there is any course for alarm.

i can tell you everyone wil be taught how to use and transact with it. whether you are old or young, it dosent matter once you can read, write or operate a device, you will learn to use it and cope well with it.

this is not a bitcoin related question. in fact it has nothing to do with bitcoin, it is the same with any other technology when it comes to certain people that OP is talking about in here. they aren't that many and they don't change for any technology whatsoever. for example you don't see them using cell phones because they are "too advanced" for them. so you can change the word "bitcoin" in OP's question with anything else and then focus the discussion there. which is out of the scope of this forum since that would be a Anthropology discussion.

Technology will be the answer for this problem too, because people will innovate and come up with "One touch" solutions to help these people. I have seen systems being used by pensioners and uneducated people, where social grants has been paid out to them and deposited onto smart cards.

They simply give their card to merchants and the merchants deduct the value of the purchase from their balance. People always find ways to survive, even if they have to ask a educated friend or a family member to help them.  ;)

Even if bitcoins are adapted that does not mean that the Fiat currencies will be disappeared. Peoples who have less intrest into the digital world may yet go for the centralisef currencies.
But i guess that the majority of peoples will learn about bitcoin if they are adopted by yhe society.

When bitcoin is adopted, it does not just go hundred percent and every alternative means of payment goes obsolete. No. There are always phases of implementation to ensure a large percentage of the population are on board with such development and if its coming from government, several workshops, enlightenment, trainings, campaigns are carried out to ensure that huge percentage are carried along. Its just going to be the period of smart phones, it does not mean that the java phones are no longer working but its a gradual one that the illiterates who could not use a smart phone were developed in their own pace to now use it for basic function.

If someone want to use the crypto currencies then they no need to be much educated and have to understand the blockchain technology.They just need to know how to use the smart phones and this is already we have among 80% of world's population since they are owning smartphones so it won't be much problem for the adoption.

Even if btc is adopted in the long run, every body have to slowly catch up with digital transactions as they are the future and also would be the mainstream usage in daily life. So let's hope that we all come together and learn the process of digital transactions slowly and catch up with rest of the world.

If bitcoin become popular and use in many merchant, i am believe many people will learn about bitcoin and how to use it. We are already thru that phase when smartphone launch and right now we see many old people using internet with easily

well when bitcoin is adopted, the stone aged people will have no choice than to learn about bitcoin and how to make use of it, else they will be left behind time, and trust me no one wants to be left out, so they will definately study and learn cryptocurrency.

Actually even the poor country and poor villages are now knows about the new technology specially internet connection to communicate to their family our love ones.

So if bitcoin become single currency use by worldwide i think if the progress of the literature are can move the same fast from new technology people become knowledgeable about the currency.

We are all moving forward to digital technology and those remote areas will eventually adopt to technology slowly. There are some areas that has even no access to electricity or internet connection. That is why bitcoin will never be adopted 100% since there are really people who prefers to use the traditional way of payment because of lack of knowledge and access to the internet.

Bitcoin is very huge and very potentiating crypto currency and the most probable cause of the success of bitcoin as the only requirement for accessing bitcoin is the access to internet so the bitcoin is accessible for almost all the people but still there are remote areas in the world who still don’t have access to internet and I think awareness could be the biggest influence for them as in future bitcoin will definitely be declared as the central currency globally.

I see no problem at all.

1. Fiat currency will not die off, so these people don't have to use Bitcoin if they don't want to.
2. Even some of the stone age people can use bank cards (debit, credit). Bitcoin use will become this easy sooner or later.

What i can see is that most of such kind of peoples don't even knew to use credit/debit cards and had rarely any bank accounts. So did it really quit banks?  ;D No, but it made them to go for it and atleast learn some basic transactions. The same will go ahead with bitcoins too.

Understanding bitcoins is not that complex and if peoples can learn using debit/credit cards, they should also start learning bitcoin transactions. A good alternative for it would be launching bitcoin ATM's globally with bitcoin debit cards. This is really going to make Bitcoin transactions much easier than we ever thought.

Right,OP is referring to those people that dont even know whats gadget is all about or those people thats not civilized.

Maybe they will become even moe delayed in the progress world has taken place and for them the saddest part is technology will cover the universe without their learning even the oldest one

Bitcoin will not destroy Fiat currencies soon, perhaps they will be fully used only when the beginning of a new generation of mankind.

I guess for people or country not comfortable with crypto then they wouldn't adopt it. It might take sometime for them to realised that if they didn't adopt, they will be left outside. Well there's mobile phone even in Africa so I doubt that they will not follow this global phenomena, its going to be painful and slow process for them, but the earlier they take that small steps, the easier for them to learn and support crypto.

That is the major challenge that bitcoin will face in the future how to accommodate the stone age citizens since it is design to be use by the educated and this will further hinder the adoption of bitcoin as the global currency because suce global entity should be able to be accessed by all and not just few class of people.

bitcoin when accepted like cash it would be the same, for the illiterate population it will be more difficult since it requires additional devices and information when using bitcoins. specially a great number of illiterate people don't have access to technology

Bitcoin is very easy and safe to use, but to mine and trade requires more knowledge and sufficient experience to try it so I think bitcoin can be adopted everywhere

you are right mate , but l am glad to let you know that cryptocurrency is like every other currency that is use as a means of transaction for goods and services globally although yet to be adopted massively  . the manufacturing companies depend on raw material for their finish product which is gotten from this stone age class of people in the society, since they are not familiar with the internet of things this might slow than the rate of production if the stone age refuse to accept cryptocurrency. we cannot leave them behind we need them in our every life for effective business deal.

when phones were created, there were people who continued to communicate with letters, telegrams, etc.but what we see now. there's no person who doesn't have a phone. everyone just needs time.

I think that is the reason why bitcoin cannot be fully accepted in every country. We will not be able to fully switch to using cryptocurrency. Too many technical and other aspects must be taken into account.

I think that such people will always exist. And in most cases, unfortunately, it is their own choice. It is possible that with the passage of time and the change of generations, everyone will be able to use bitcoin and be technically competent - to be able to use a computer, telephone, Internet, and so on.

I think if bitcoin adopted for payment or as currency, people still have a time to learn how to use it. Beside that, i am believe paper money still exist and used. I am believe bitcoin can not replace paper money because bitcoin is decentralized cryptocurrency

I wouldn't call them illiterate though, maybe there are people who doesn't trust banks or doesn't want to put their money on a bank. I guess it's either they adopt crypto or be left out, simply as that. If they went to a grocery and buy something, they will still go and used fiat, nothing will be change for those people.

They will probably have to adapt or get some of their kids or relatives/friends to help them out, or there may be service providers that will charge a small fee to help those more Bitcoin impaired peeps with their day to day activities. Like you have the smart cities now that automate a lot of stuff, I think that would also be the case where Bitcoin is concerned, there would be automated systems that will carry out the work for you at a push of a button. Even a Bitcoin impaired person will be able to press a button to get things done. We have AI and Bitcoin creating a smart technology environment for everyone, even the most technologically impaired people.

I think stone age people will left behind but majority of them will have to adopt an how because if bitcoin goes as a mainstream currency and there it nothing can be done without using it in the future some how people will have to full fill there needs but the rest who will not change or who cannot will definitely will left behind from the financial world because you need to have money to do any businesses and if people doesn't know hot to use them there is no way to survive in the financial world

If that passed, there would be many people who start spending on Bitcoin and will try to own it. Those who already own Bitcoin will start laughing loudly because Bitcoin is high and they will earn a considerable profit. But there will be many people who lose their opportunities to become more prosperous.

Here, first of all, you need to decide what the expression "if bitcoin is accepted" means. If we mean the legalization of cryptocurrency, including Bitcoin, by the states, then even if it happens in all states, citizens will have the right to choose which means of payment they can use. At the same time, most of the world's population will use paper money all the same, especially in rural areas. Over time, something may change, but it will not be soon.

Cryptocurrency will never be the primary means of payment and will not be able to completely force out paper money from circulation. The public should also not be forced to use a particular type of payment instrument.
Venezuela now holds a special position in this, where President Maduro ordered state bodies to pay pensions in the local cryptocurrency El-Petro. Let's see what retirees will do.

It's a funny question because the world has been evolving for centuries leaving some people ages behind. In the colonial era people in Africa were mostly hunting with spears and running half naked and the Europeans had warships, guns, brick houses with bathrooms, and many other things. 200 years later those villagers in Africa were still running half naked hunting in the jungle and the rest of the world had cars, aeroplanes, nuclear reactors. People get left behind. Deal with it.

Well the bitcoin network can be use by any body that is the fact it that simple to see, once bitcoin attain that status of being the global currency then all the people in the global space will learn how to use it and at the same time you don't need to be literate before you can use the mobile phone.

A currency for the future does not mean that it has to replace the paper currency or a national currency as such, it will be an alternative for international trade and is the cheapest form of transaction even if you are dealing with millions of dollars worth of trade or be it a billion.

To have a major adaptation it does not mean that the entire world should start using it, only a small percentage use the platform and in that only a few use it as a mode of transaction at this stage, it is in its early stages and with time we will see a rapid change in adaptation atleast by merchants around the globe to conduct international transaction. In the mean time we need more user friendly front ends so that everyone can use.

Indeed, I don't expect Bitcoin to replace national currencies. As long as states exist, they'll continue using currency as a means for economic stability and control. I do expect central banks to eventually start holding Bitcoin reserves as a hedge against currency risks, though.

Though not everyone accept change easily, some will like to stay in their old way of life until everyone around have left them behind before they will make a move.

The stone age people will also adopt bitcoin but it's just that they don't flow with new system, they do like to see people that have tried it before they can venture in it, so that's their own way, but sure they will adopt too.

Hahaha
Stone age people doesn't exist anymore.
Figuratively speaking this could mean the poor people who couldn't read and write or less comprehension to understand even the simple writings and meanings.
In case the massive bitcoin adoption happen, I assume the government will do something initiative to teach those illiterate people in their sovereignty. Those people will learn step by step process. I believe once they are eagerly desiring to have something better they will study and learn. Nothing is impossible to achieve the dream with sacrifices and practices.

Nothing will happen the old age people has to accept it. If the entire system changes it has to be adopted by all the people then only it can be called successful change or migration. This is the challenge faced by many countries in adopting bitcoin. once the benefit and need of bitcoin is understood by stone age people they will surely start using BTC.

yes they didnt exist . what the op mean is the older/elder people because these kind of people will prefer to stick to the traditional stuffs ( e.g traditional currency )   but your also right  ,  the phrase stone age can also be applicable to poorer country or poorer people that hardly know on what is happening on the latest trend .

Bitcoin on the other hand is already adopted worldwide . some are trying to understand and learn it , while some only stick to their same old life.  We cant force those who didnt want to use crypto because fiats arent going to extinct anyway  .

Yeah maybe he is referring for those big population that until now still now operate smartphones in which we can find mostly in 3rd world countries or even those digital country but some of the people stay away from technology

But just like what the first answer says,nothing different from what happen to them when the world starts browsing google even while walking in the street

Many of those populations that do not have contact with the modern world do not use money anyway and still use barter to trade among each other or have their own local currency so they will not be affected by it, the only problem are the communities that are no that isolated and have contact with the modern world but which do not have access to the internet or electricity in which case gold and silver could be a good choice for those communities.

I say this because at least for now is impossible to not have some form of physical money and the best money with those characteristics will be precious metals.

I believe mosy people in this world how to deal with the new term technology and using bitcoin is not much harder when compared to the other basic level skills they needed in the modern days so they will learn the bitcoin to be transacted on what way in a day or two.

That's one of the problems facing bitcoin adoption. In 3rd world countries where there are a lot of non tech savvy people, it's really difficult to imagine how they will adapt to the new technology. We still a lot of people who have refused to use mobile banking but would rather prefer to walk into banks before making transaction.

everyone that is not controlling the cryptocurrency index will be left behind... not just untechnological people

There are many possibilities that technology provides us and some people cannot benefit from them because of cultural reasons or impossibilities. This is usually not their fault. As Blockchain technology develops, more useful products and services that can appeal to every sector will be launched and will be allowed to participate by these people.

I think that they will live just like they lived before and will be even more backward from civilization

Anyways that kind of people could just ask someone young/proficient in handling the technology(Which is pretty easy due to the basic user interfaces) to do it for them and problem solved. Even lonely people could ask some neighbor they trust. They could of course create some security issues but that is another subject.

However, i personally don't believe fiat will be disappearing too soon. So people still have some time to adapt, first cryptos will be widely used before it becomes that way if it ever happens.

If bitcoin is adopted it should be a matter of choice who wants to the use the digital currency or the fiat it will be a matter of time for those in the stone age to adapt to this system it should be a matter of choice

I agree unlike other technologies in the modern world to use and do transactions with bitcoin a person should only posses basic IT skills but we should agree to the fact that there is a majority of people who doesn't have even that knowledge so for those individuals bitcoin adoption and expansion will be a huge problem to do day to day transactions in the modern world but such situations won't continue forever because this can only be a problem for the old generation who had no learning about technology

Why would they get left behind? People can still get everything done with cash, at least in my country.
You have old people who literally keep all of their money under their mattress, they can still pay for everything.

I think it's highly unlikely that Bitcoin will just take over everything, it will be used as a complementary payment method, not replace existing ones. 

The problem of such people is not only in the use of cryptocurrency, but also in the use of technology in general. I'm thinking. that this problem cannot be eradicated, because many countries are so poor that they simply do not need any computers, much less digital currency.

In this I see the main problem of the idea of bitcoin as a global single world currency. A fairly large percentage of the population, especially in the third world, is illiterate and lacks technology. And the use of bitcoin as a currency will cause them difficulties. But I do not think that this will be a serious obstacle to the development of bitcoin, just not all countries will accept it.

Nothing. These people will remain illiterate. Sadly, that's true. Progress is unevenly distributed throughout the world, and this is quite natural. Therefore, these people will simply continue to use their national currency. And I don't think it's going to be a problem for them, they have bigger concerns.

I think if bitcoin adapted and become currency that people use in merchant, ilerate people will learn. Beside that, i am believe paper money will still exist and side by side with bitcoin. Bitcoin can not replace paper money because in many place, paper money more flexible

If Bitcoin was formaly adopted by governments in countries that wouldn't mean that ir would be obligatory to use it and that fiat would disappear. But it's not that only older people are technology iliterate and have some reserve towards Bitcoin, there are younger too and besides that you can't force anyone to use Bitcoins, it's the matter of choice. But I agree that is the problem and that education, especialy for modern digital world is very important but not enough efforts are being done to change that.

They say crypto/bitcoin is the future of money and it will soon replace fiats therfor even iliterate people will forcesibly learn themselves on how to use it because they will only suffer at the end .


what technology are you pertaining to ? Cellphone , internet , computers ?  Well these stuffs are now easy because many models are now being built with user friendly features so that even dumber person can also understand and learn on  how to operate them because in our current world everything is evolving into a new digital era .

I agree

It will cause them difficulties in so far as the technology as in wifi or internet
coverage and aquiring at least a smartphone. It is still easy to own bitcoin
without knowing the technical stuff behind it.

Ilerate people can still learn how to do things, powering on, downloading
an electrum wallet and send/receive funds on a smartphone is not
complicated.

I really cannot see bitcoin as a global single world currency, not in my
lifetime anyway.

Well of course time should be into consideration. Fiat, and the use of credit or debit cards, as well all know is well is use in today's society and it likely went to this stage also. Though a little bit more complicated, with time and exposure i think even those in third world countries will eventually learn how to use  it. The length of time for that now is an entirely different discussion.

One biggest problem for BITCOIN adaptation for the world use.
This is one big problem which most people are facing now, there are big percentage of population in the world who dont use computer.
Some might be using computer but has no knowledge with cryptocurrency and how to use it.
There will be a big gap to reach on both ends.

Don't call them iliterate. To be honest, I think we need more people to support cryptocurrency. If the people you call (iliterate) don't believe that anything here is real, then let them be, and show them results. It was also hard for me to get convinced here. Learning about cryptocurrency is a hard thing to do especially during the market the red market situation.

"Stone age" people just stay in the stone age and we don't care about them.Just move on.
The fact that bitcoin is adopted worldwide doesn't mean that fiat money will disappear.
All the old people can still use fiat. ;D

As there is no project to address this unforseen changes as you’ve said, there is also no guarantee that cryptocurency will be a global currency so they are still free and besides, there is nothing impossible. If there is a desire, there is a way. They may not be educated like the rest but sure when needs arise, there will be nothing too hard to adapt and learn. Just like how we first learned the ABC’s of everything we are now enjoying.

I think there might be room for them to adjust nothing is permanent on earth and everyone and everything is prone to change though it may take sometime for them to adapt but they will

I guess fiat would have to be here until stone age people are no more. I don't think they would be forced to learn Bitcoin, so we would have two systems. Or Bitcoin would be kind of simplified  and all people would have to learn how to use it. We would find a compromise anyway, they can't be left out from the system.

As technology becomes cheaper it could be possible that everyone gets access to computers and so everyone could get access to bitcoin but I doubt that could happen anytime soon, there are still 1 billion people without access to drinking water and we can all agree that water is something that we all need and if that is the case then the only alternative I see in which people use money that is not fiat is if people begin to use precious metals as their currency.

But for that to happen we will need to have a world where governments no longer control the money supply and that day is very far away as well.

It seems to me that crypto will not be able to completely replace Fiat money and they will still exist together. We will need a lot of time for crypto to be accepted and therefore by that time the situation in such countries can somehow improve. In any case, society is constantly developing and we do not know what will happen next. Perhaps technology will completely change the world and society will be fully digital. But this is unlikely in the near future, so we can only observe its development.

Are there illiterate people today? if there are still very few in number, if bitcoin is adopted by all countries the process might be slow, because some countries will certainly take several steps to provide a comprehensive understanding of their citizens, if this happens surely the state will provide some facilities for its citizens can use digital currencies, this only applies to countries that are still
 underdeveloped, so the adoption of bitcoin for all countries will definitely run very long.

If bitcoin is adopted widely and made a payment medium for exchange of goods and services.
The illiterates may fell defranchised at the initial stage of the development but will try to adjust their positions to Lear how to make transactions using bitcoin.
I also believe that there will be measures put in place by blockchain experts to make learning easy for these ones.

I think that's the reason for the slow spread of bitcoin, but I'm sure that the world will become more sophisticated as well as the people. the blind generation of technology will disappear, replaced by a generation of millennial people who understand technology, thats why need a process for the development of bitcoin

Anyway, one needs time to achieve the most absolute progress and underachievers will always be.  It's borne out of history more than one. The main thing is people, prepared for something new, should be able to explain advantages and teach the rest ones. It will take a lot of time to get rid of panic. And one day bitcoin will be an usual event for everybody.

I think if bitcoin is adopted by the whole world and becomes a payment method, everyone will use bitcoin. We don't know in what year it will be done, in the next 20 years or the next 50 years, and I think for that time I thought there would be no more illiterate people, so people would be able to use bitcoin easily.

Technological advancements will support everything that is not possible, I believe that is true because not the literature must be understood as a reference. this also refers to the level of habit that continues to be carried out regularly.

most of the humans you mentioned will be able to absorb this in the future (not all), we can take the example of crypto barcode systems, etc. as an example.

there is always a way for illetrate people to use any form of technology, though initially it may seem difficult but then after a while they will get use to it. Beside, bitcoin being adopted does not mean fiat will phase away completely. Those stone age people who can't use bitcoin for transaction can surely continue with fiat currency.

The transition to the use of digital technologies and, in particular, cryptocurrency will be a matter of more than one generation. It is believed that a generation of people changes every twenty years. Cryptocurrency already exists for ten years, so I don’t think this is a big problem. However, the cryptocurrency will be introduced gradually and not everyone will eventually use it. It will go along with other types of currencies and part of the population of the planet will either not be able or will not want to use it and will use ordinary types of currencies. It will be their choice.

I don't think we need to think too far about using crypto currencies in this area. There are still many things that need to be addressed in advance from their side, which are beyond the scope of crypto currencies, especially education issues which are their responsibility together with their local government. It is good if everyone in the world can benefit from cryptocurrency, but there will be some obstacles that cannot be solved alone and instantly.

if bitcoin is adopted, the illetrate populations will somehow manage to adjust and get use to the new system. I know it is always challenging but then remember when internet newly came in, it was a challenge to so many people in the stone age but gradually everyone had to fit in somehow and that is what will happen if bitcoin is adopted fully

Exactly.Once bitcoin is fully adopted,i think the government will also make some  information dissemination to all the people particularly those who are illiterate ones.They have no choice but to adjust to the new technology we have right now.If they have surpass the usage of internet before,i'm sure they will surely learn how to use bitcoin right now.

That could only happen if bitcoin beats fiat completely to the point people no longer trust in any currency printed by the government and I have huge problems believing such a scenario is possible, if fiat fails then you can be sure that governments for a time are going to back their currencies with gold or silver and then once the stability is recovered then they are going to print money like crazy once again so I do not see the government being that cooperative towards cryptocurrencies.

Besides it is really impractical, it is better that such people still use some form of money that has physical form and in this case gold and silver could be perfect candidates to be used by people like that.

I think they will left behind for a bit but they will cope up with it. For me, I don't think that we need Bitcoin to replace fiat currency. I think its better if we use Bitcoin as an ALTERNATIVE payment system aside from using fiat money.

Teaching Bitcoin to illiterate people will be hard because this is more complex compare to fiat. It needs more components than fiat.

I think the process of digitizing finance for many people will require a long and periodic time. fiat won't disappear at any time anyway. and illiterate people will get to know technology more and more as time goes by, it's just about time actually

First of all i assume you are referring to the word “illiterate” and not “ilerate” you should consider editing that,

Secondly, i really don't see any point in this topic as of now, why, presently only a very tiny % of words population are into crypto, the other larger % consist of both the literate and the illiterate, among the literate one's, many has not yet accept the concept of blockchain nor want to have anything to do with it,

i don't think the focus should be on the illiterate one's rather it should be on the larger % of literate who are yet to welcome blockchain and crypto.

I don't think there will be any policy that will compelled everyone to make use of Bitcoin and crypto currency in general. And it all depends on what you meant by not educated because there are not educated but still there can operate their phones and not only that, Bitcoin or crypto currency in general can't and will not be the only currency in the world.

Nothing will happen to them because fiat currency will always be a valid means of exchange. The moment we start looking forward to a time when cryptocurrencies will completely make fiat an outcast, the more we appear to be extremist. In the world we live in, I believe that the so called illiterates make up the majority of the population. Trying to take them out of the equation will mean that we're counting them off from life.  The bottom line is that it will be a matter of choice what each person seeks to use for exchange of goods and services. If one does not understand cryptocurrencies, fiat will always be there.

But most of the illeterate can use the fiat currency in digital form right? so why they can't be able to use the digital currencies.

Maybe currently it is not convenient to use by everyone but when ut becomes the payment mode surely we will have lot of tools to make the cryptos to payable easily for everyone.

This thread is a good one and still questionning my mind.
There are more people who dont know what is ATM? there are some who knows how to use ATM though they are just average!
in Cryptocurrency! we can't take this easy nor fast there are not just some but more people out there that just not to know how it woks but no idea!

a phone is also an invention an if it is necessary then people will adopt this kind of invention, and ofcourse not all the time this kind of invention is not applicable the everyday living of a illiterate people. And maybe if this industry will be 100% adapted then those illiterate people are no longer exist.

if all countries adopt bitcoin, it will take a very long time. because there are several supporting facilities that must be met to be able to use bitcoin online. Internet networks can create obstacles for some underdeveloped countries. maybe the use of bitcoin is more suitable for use in developed countries and is an alternative currency for countries that have not been able to provide supporting facilities for bitcoin.

If Bitcoin will be adopted, it will not replace fiat, but it will coexist with it and improve a lot of issues from current payment systems.

Nobody will force you to use btc instead of fiat. Nobody forces you to use credit card instead of cash, even if it's way easier to do it.

Human intellectuals will follow the era, meaning that no one cannot be as long as the technology is obliged to be carried out, for example the use of household electronics. Likewise with digital currencies such as bitcoin, which must be used throughout the world, people must follow it.
In theory bitcoin can be required to be used, but in its implementation it is not that easy, because high-speed internet network must be provided by the government, it is not an easy thing. Moreover, the people in the interior are still primitive and only know something that is physical, while digital money is not physical.

I think it is not necessary for them to be introduced bitcoin in their era. Even money does not yet exist to them, if ever it is introduced to them maybe they just left it and their next generation would probably understand it. Even now, many people also doesn't understand crypto as well. Only few percentage of population in this world have a knowledge and idea about bitcoin and cryptocurrency.

It must be borne in mind that some people simply will not use cryptocurrency, because they will not need it. Everyone does his own job and not everyone has just the time to do something new. Some people will just live the old way and it will be convenient for them. What, in fact, can they be blamed? Each of us has the right to live and do what he wants. Cryptocurrency, in my opinion, will not be as common with time as some think.

My grandmother can't even use a smartphone properly. She's got a regular cell phone. Even to withdraw money from the ATM I have to go. What kind of bitcoins can we talk about? And there are a lot of such people all over the world and nothing can be done about it.

I think OP was underestimating people a little. Mobile payments for example is big in Africa, even among the unbanked. I can imagine "Stone Age" people just acquiring the older tech. When people moved on to bitcoins using smart phones, they'll be the ones moving on to mobile payments using dumb phones.


I know someone who has never kept money in a bank. Let that sink in. All her money is at home. Just imagine what happens when the house gets robbed.

The world is constantly evolving and so are citizens and technology.
Understanding bitcoin is not rock science in other words its not so complicated to get the knowledge of it.
So I don't think we literally have any stone age people.

stone age people will surely find a way around and get to use and understand bitcoin gradually. Remember when computers and even telecommunication just got introduced, we thought it will be difficult for the less literate ones to use but today we have seen how it has been widely adopted all across the globe. No doubt the illiterate ones will gradually get use to bitcoin usage as times goes on.

the stone age people will adjust to the use of bitcoin with time same way they did when past technologies were introduced to the world. Though they may find it a bit uncomfortable to understand and use initially but then they have to adapt as bitcoin is something the world has long waited for and has come to stay.

I am very sure that bitcoin will use world wide legally. Individuals should realize that the world is quick developing and things are quick moving constantly; advances are progressing too. I put stock in cryptographic money basically on the grounds that it is an advancement that suits the present time. The stone age individuals will just have themselves to fault toward the end, for not tolerating it.

It's normal. My parents don't use computers at all. They lived their whole lives in a world without Internet and disregarded it at first as something tech geeks are into but it progressed and left them behind. Now they think it's too late to learn from scratch so they ignore it and live their lives like they did in the 80s.
When they want something to be scanned or printed they ask me. This group will never use crypto but they will die before it takes over.

There are many people who are in these conditions, a solution to this, can be a massive campaign by radio, television, social networks, where they can give training to these people.

That they create special implementations, such as debit cards that have a QR code included for transactions, and work for both FIAT and Cryptocurrency money.

Especially provide very good explanations of how is the currency equivalency with respect to fiduciary money.
In that way, and repeatedly every day, they would assimilate it.

Do you really think that repeated advertising in the media will make them grasp cryptocurrencies? These are people who aren't using smartphones or bank applications at all. They are paying with cash or card and they never use any applications. Telling them to do so will not change anything. Smartphones are promoted and so are online bank applications. If they chose not to use them they will not change their mind if you scream crypto in their faces.

That is great question. Most sadly must die to make place for young people that easier will adapt new knowledge.
So if they need to die, we need around 30-40 years time for next generation adopting it not in terms of 30% or with good education 35% but 80% and with good education 85% :)
Progress is best with new generations.

Well I guess, those stone age people or the ileterate population of the world will come to have a hard time in the current way of living. Adopting Bitcoin all over the world is not that simple as saying but entails a lots of adjustments and knowledge to make it happen all over the world.

It is not that easy as it sounds, people who use smart phones are the ones who pay fiat currencies in digital form and all of the applications they use are registered with the local government and policies are clear and even if you loose your password you can retrieve it, that cannot be said when it comes to cryptocurrencies, either you have to store in online wallets which is not the safest option to store your coins, you need to have your own wallet where you hold your private key and a causal user will not bother to go through all these obstacles.

Since you are talking about illiterate people how can an industry adaptation change illiteracy, hope you understand what you are talking about  :P ;D

Not all stone age people will be able to adapt with the technology and there is nothing to be done about it ,we can't force anyone to join crypto space, but I'm sure many of them will want to learn and that's all that matters ,if they are ready to learn then they will get better at the technology

I think paper currencies will still be valid and will still be used, and even though bitcoin is adopted but I don't think it will be able to eliminate traditional currency.

We have made different changes and development in the world.
People all over the world were using BARTER before and slowly adopted the gold and silver coins.
The paper money came this world and people learned on how to use it, then banks and cards development still, people catch up.
same will happen again and again!