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There would be more women investing in bitcoin if they had more educational materials to help them, a new report found. Find there https://www.coindesk.com/what-do-women-want-more-educational-materials-before-investing-in-bitcoin

"93 percent of the women surveyed said they’d be more open to investing if they had more educational resources available to them"

I think there's ample of material concerning cryptocurrencies out there though, it's just that the good content isn't just compiled into one website. They simply just need to know where to look. I think this is just the case that men are probably(?) more willing to invest on risky things than women. Just as how men are more likely to do risky things/activities in general.

Google is available for women as well, I don't think search engines are coded to be macho lol. Seriously they have the same resources as men. There is no difference between both we have the same brain. Perhaps they have less time compared to men. I'm all for gender equality, but it's not something natural in some cultures.

20 years ago anything tech was considered to be something for women, most of the jobs were done by women, now it's the total opposite and machos think the tech industry is not for women.

I think the same information about bitcoin goes to men and women. The thing here is who is really interested in it? Is like car mechanics, why most of them are a man?  Do you think a woman can't take that job? she can, but they give a fuck about that and leave that job for men. And something like that happens with Bitcoin.

What more do they need? It's as if we live in 2000 to not have mainstream internet which you can get knowledge from, just few clicks away.

I think what the surveyed women thinks when being interviewed is to answer the positive way, because of whatever their reason is, without actually having the intent to do so.

If they really do want to invest in Bitcoin or cryptocurrencies, then they should even have started to search what it is. If they even don't know it's core ideology, but rather only the terminology (in which they just heard from the 2017 hype), with current available online resources, then it could be concluded that they are either reluctant to learn it, or just doesn't care what it is at all.

I could not fully comprehend what kind of educational material that these women surveyed are referring to when one can easily search Google and YouTube for an avalanche of details on things related to Bitcoin. Are they perhaps referring to a formal courses like what some schools are offering or maybe thinking of getting spoon-feed information? Well, anyway, the takeaway here is that there is a high interest expressed by women and maybe they are just reluctant seeing that Bitcoin can really be so volatile and we know that many women are longing for some form of stability in everything they do and think. We actually need more women on this industry to balance things off with the influence of men, and this can partly change the dynamics and the landscape of cryptocurrency.

It's not any surprising issue for me, It's very true that without any proper knowledge about this cryptocurrency system, not only female but also any male should not invest in this platform at all, You have to gather a proper information about this thing and then you may take a decision following your reading experience, so crypto-based education is very essential to the people who are interested in this system for trading and investment. Females are real potential for any platform for further expansion, so without their contribution, it's difficult to make this cryptocurrency world more sustainable.

I disagree, men and women have different characters, most women fear loss and would rather spend their money on spending rather than investing, let history speak, since long time ago, most stock and forex players have always been men, history of famous forex and stock players in male domination.

Maybe the women wants is more educational materials because when it comes to internet and cryptocurrency, mostly men are the only one who have the interest about it because when it comes to technologies men are the one who dominates about it so that they are the one who got the interest about cryptocurrency and different fields of the internet. Women are afraid on the investments that are happening in the cryptocurrency so that they don't want to invest here because they are lack of knowledge about that crypto is due to not enough resources like materials on how to research about crypto and lack of interest and time to research about this so called crypto. That would be the andwers on your what about women.

Not all women have the same kind of perspective or thinking when it comes to cryptocurrency. It still depends on what are the things they practiced in bitcoin.

Yes, some of the women spend their money to something that isn't reliable for everyday use, but they are the one who also manage the funds in houses when their husbands gave them budget. They use it wisely, some of the women know how to prioritize things using money.

I've heard about different degree of retention to different teaching approach in male and female. But when it comes to finding educational materials and learning, that should not differ among the sexes as they could do that in their own way.
The lesser number of women investing in crypto could rather mean the difference in spending and saving habits of the male and female, the power to make financial decisions and the need to justify their expenditure. Male tends to be more risk takers than female in general.

that sounds more like sexism to me!
anybody would want to educate themselves before they invest in anything. they do research first and measure the risks and rewards. the only difference is how much time they put into this important step and their gender isn't much of a factor here.
not to mention that this article is yet another "survey" that is failing in its group selection step so its result is extremely biased.

Even men if you're a responsible investor then you will consider to seek for more information before you put money, that's not new in this generation where scammers are just beside us. So by this study, it looks like women are a responsible investors and they don't want to put money on the things they don't know. As an investor of any gender, you must invest on the things you understand and use every materials to strengthen your analysis, that's the best way for you not to become the victim of scammers.

We clearly need more Bitcoin related info with pictures of kittens and shoes on it. That'll draw the lovely laydeez in.

Aside from that crypto has a content problem from the bottom to the top. Most of it is shit put together by morons either for empty clicks or to steal your money. It's probably only going to get worse as more arrive.

I don't think that we need to discuss this so much. In the census [1] (https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/briefs/c2010br-03.pdf) with regards to population, there are a lot more women compared to men so in general, they would be the dominant sex to be possibly investing in an asset like Bitcoin or any other cryptocurrency. What I think what the article should be telling is that there should be more interest given by women in order to satisfy that claim (In which there would be more women compared to men when investing)

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[1] - https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/briefs/c2010br-03.pdf

I don't really think that there's a difference between a man and a woman in the term of investing in Bitcoin, both of them have the same brain and they just can read a lot about Bitcoin and crypto currencies in general. I just think that man are more favorable to risk than woman while we know that the crypto market isn't stable so, but investing is always got some risk in whatever Field.

actually everyone needs it and not just women, if the educational material about bitcoin or crypto has spread then people will be more structured in using crypto. because when we come to new people we will continue to be confused to find crypto information, but if there is education about crypto then I think new people will be more structured in understanding the concepts

I don't think that women should find educational materials before they invest in bitcoin because they could learn about bitcoin and cryptocurrency easily by just searching in google and other search engines sites to help them. We all know that bitcoin is very complixated and confusing to understand, they could also learn by just reading comments and opinions here in this forum because there are a lot of helpful information that they could learn about it.

Most women i know will prefer spending their last dime on what they can see physically, feel of them don't even bother having good savings or leverage kinda things, but everybody needs bitcoin isn't it? I'm glad bitcoin is for everyone, men are always far into these kinda things than women, men have the guts and only very few women thinks same way

I think educational materials are not really necessary. As long as we have our internet connection and a smart phone, you can do reasearch on the web. Investing in bitcoi  is not really that complicated. You just follow the instruction on the platform you've chosen. Internet and pc.or smart phone are maybe considered educational materials for others. But mostly these are really the basic tools to invest or earn bitcoin.

That'd be great.  Bitcoin tends to have far too many male traders and investors.  It would be beneficial to world as a whole if there were more knowledgeable women in this field.  It's too bad there's not enough educational materials.  There's been a lot of drama the past year so even if you are an expert, any advice that has been given hasn't helped as much as it should.

Check out a more recent report by OECD (http://www.oecd.org/finance/financial-education/2019-cryptoassets-in-asia.pdf) (whom I would actually trust a lot more than Grayscale to be honest. Not that I automatically hate all these crypto research firms but they're basically reinforcing what they want to know. OECD looks at much more useful/relevant indicators.

Anyway, so apparently in the 3 major fintech economies in Southeast Asia (Malaysia, Vietnam, Philippines), the women are no longer a small minority. In Vietnam even there are more women crypto holders than men, if we're to believe the 1k ppl surveyed in each. They're behind in Malaysia, but not by much at all.

I don't really think that the issue here is the thinking capacity of womens and mens, the issue here is how cryptocurrency is widely accessible and relevant to the things men and women do. In some cases, men are more exposed to investment platforms and firms but in comparison to women, they are more focus on their job and not much on taking risk, so no matter how smart or good they are at thinking capacity, what matters is their environment where they  mostly spend their time.

I think it depends on the person itself because if they have determination to learn and to be a successful investor then they will look for some ways to enlighten themselves so that they can make the right decision. Investing involves taking risk that is why you need to have a enough understanding so you can face any problems and handle things very well since there is no assurance that the outcomes of our decision will always be positive. Like for example here in the forum, people gives and share their own knowledge to give us a better understanding for a lot of other things, you should just open yourself for new learning because it's already there and you just need to acquire it.

actually there are enough sites that provide education and also learning about crypto, but in terms of education quite rarely people are interested in crypto because it is not very popular and also material about crypto is not enough to discuss significantly

This is not only applicable for women, other guys as well don't want to invest on cryptocurrency because they don't have enough knowledge and education about it. And maybe it's because women are more afraid of taking risk with money knowing that they are more practical with things (this is what I believe). Mostly men are more attracted with bigger profit that's why they're more willing to invest in crypto because of the return.

Bitcoin was invented for every single person living on this globe regardless of its gender and nationality. There is lots of material available on google, youtube, bitcointalk.org and other sites regarding bitcoin and other cryptocurrency. If something is willing to join she don't have to give such excuses.

I think in the generation that we are in it we already have the enough educational materials that we need because we have google that we can easily search everything that we want to know about bitcoin and blockchain technology. Also, i think the reason why women needs more educational materials because they are not risk takers like men that they can handle the risk before and after buying bitcoin.

i totally agree to this, even though i don't have any statistical data to support my believe but i have the feeling that women are very much active in the crypto space and are also investing for future support, i think the awareness is spreading and more women are showing interest, this number will keep increasing because women have more patient than men ;D

Ehh my guess that if the "report" was actually legit, the women that were asked in this case were simply just uninterested(besides the risks of investing in a highly volatile asset). They're uninterested with probably the same reason why more men are more interested in tech rather than women(based on employment in tech industries).

I think women are only interested in something that they are currently experiencing, feeling, whatsoever going through the at the moment. They use google just to know what might be the reason why it is happening or what is the best way to handle those things. They won't ever bother to learn a single thing about new tech like crypto. Maybe they are good of spreading the news, we are seeing most of the crypto investors are men, only have few girls in the field.

Does gender even matters in bitcoin? Let's say that right now that mostly men are investing in bitcoin but I can see that if more women discovered bitcoin, they will be more good at investing and handling their btc than men. Women can also be interested in bitcoin, we just need more adoption so they can be aware of bitcoin.

It’s true, they need a lot more understanding to how it work, this is very bad, all the women I know get into it just for the money, they would choose a wallet that’s very easy to access, with just 4 keys password and and android apps, I’m not sure what they read all over the internet about bitcoin but their action noticingly frighten me, their concern for Cryptocurrency security is nearly as low as non existent, can you even believe that? That’s why I suggest bitcoin need to be as easy as internet banking, women need a lot of help from the banker to manage their money, they can’t perfectly independent with using bitcoin, they would always need a lot of help from sending, buying, selling and receiving it, there is no easy way for them except A LOT more help, and every single day they need that help, a life time help and more knowledges.

Ehh. Let's just remember that every person has their own knowledge and experiences that can affect their own investment decisions, regardless of sex/gender. :P

it is not only material is what they need instead they also need assistance personally ,because investing here with total risk needed anther people to explain to them seriously and giving them confident before believing the legitimacy of cryptocurrency.
but nice share as this will open their mind to make some looks about this market and sooner may encourage them to try.

women have a higher sensitivity about asset management, but they still tend to be very careful, in contrast to men where they would rather try something risky at the same time.

women are more pleased with real education, many female participants are seen every time I attend various local bitcoin-blockchain seminars. That may not be visible in statistics, but in fact they are actively adopting crypto.

Most of womens are spenders but some of them, there are still many women that better than men in terms of trading or investings. It's rare to find a woman like that because basically women love shopping and always being a consumtive person. But i think nothing wrong with that, that's a nature of a woman and the men are responsible to handle those

Women needs a lot of guaranteed info to risk into some investments. I know Women who are good in handling or budgeting money but are too hard to convince in investing especially in crypto as they see it too risky. But there are some who are interested only once they see some proofs but people they know that are able to earn thru crypto or experience the 2017 bull run.

Unless women don't speak an entirely different language only understood by other women, there is plenty of information on the internet related to bitcoin and the blockchain.
So I don't think lack of information is the reason women are not investing in bitcoin.

When it comes about information, i think it's not a hindrance why women do not invest in bitcoin because if they really want to, they can check into google to find more brilliant ideas about bitcoin. I believe women are less risk takers compared to men and knowing bitcoin is a very risky investment. Women usually invest in such things that do not require more risks.

women usually prefer to invest with a level of risk that is not high, and there may be some women who do not like the risk and they sometimes do not have many friends who have scope in crypto, and these things could be a reason for women not to use crypto

Indeed. Women are not risk takers like men, that is why they intend to have more educational materials before investing in bitcoin for them not to be afraid. Women and men don't have any difference when it comes to intelligence, women are only emotionally weak, that is why  few women are only investing in crypto.

You do not need to immediately talk about women who invest in bitcoin. They have the same rights as men. Most likely, women go to trade, first of all, either on maternity leave or on vacation. Women in cryptocurrency are very prudent and carefully store bitcoins.  :D

If they really want to be educated regarding Bitcoin and blockchain, they can just go ahead and go to youtube, they can go ahead and watch bitcoin videos. People had been uploading videos explaining what BTC is and blockchain is. They can also go deeper into Andreas Antonopolous discussions. Women and men are a like, when it comes to money we all feel powerful. Women feels they don't need men when they're earning money.

After I gave this thread a read, I became clear to it that women are lazy in terms of finding resources 'that is what people think here' but this is not the case. Women are those who give us birth, take care of the whole family, do multitasking without a single holiday, and are some of the most successful personalities too in the fields of politics, business, professions, etc. So evaluating them is stupid as they can do almost every single thing next to what men can do. I have my wife involved in crypto since I created this account on Bitcointalk and I am sure that many men here have proudly introduced their women to crypto and many resources related to that of the same. And to other women who are not familiar to bitcoin and crypto in general, please help them visit this forum, come and ask whatever they wish to know and we, the veterans will do our best to serve them with the best.

I do not think there is any difference of gender when it comes to trading or investing in crypto. Both genders want to get easy money without much efforts and learning which is not possible in most cases. Both Man and women should take only calculated risk and do not invest blindly.

Women and men also want to get rich and try their best in many fields. Men can do by women. Why not? For a long time, we have often heard that women are less involved in the digital market. Because they want to be safe when they do not know, they should not invest lest losing money. Should provide knowledge about cryptocurrencies for them. I believe they will invest boldly in knowing that bitcoin is non-profit.

That is such a stupid article in my opinion. Women are a lot more resourceful than men when it comes to finding things out and they will Google the shit out of anything they want to know about.

If you don't believe me, ask a girl to find out stuff about another girl;)

But anyway that whole article sounds sexist. It implies men don't need more educational materials?

That is based from the article, but to look at the present condition we have now, more males are present in investing in cryptocurrency because we are exposed to taking risk and investment. In addition, females aren't having that much push and motivation to invest. But I am not saying men are brave holistically, but there are also females approaching bitcoin investment in a positive way.

On the other hand, more educational materials should not just for the Women, but should also be focus on teaching our youth no matter what their gender is, to be aware and knowledgeable to cryptocurrency.

It's not about what women wants and what men wants. Any women/men can google in case of any query. As of now we can see women also investing in cryptocurrencies. Men take risks more oftenly, but women will also groom gradually. So its not the thing that women needs educational materials, both the genders are equally smart.

If I would be ask, I am very open with investment, and I am more than willing to learn how do fluctuation works and other things that occur here in this platform since up to this point I am very hopeful with the Bitcoin and of course knowledge both power and money that you can use, but in this generation we should not think someone's preference with accordance to what they want to do. Bitcoin is for everyone.

we don't lack in terms of educational materials
today almost everything is available on the internet they can search in google or read books about crypto
in my opinion its not about the gender, it's about the people some of them just don't want to leave their comfort zone

It is amazing how to know that there are lots of resources for women to read to be able to know the how's in Cryptocurrency. I know that some women who are Crypto Enthusiasts make it more classy and adaptive to other women why they provided these educational materials. Though there are abundant material available on the net, they make sure that women will somehow relate to what is apt to them in Crypto.

I don't think education material is the only thing that would push women to invest with crypto. There are actually lots of resources which they could find on google so things wouldn't be too hard for them to learn. Why they need is the eagerness to learn at least the basics and the faith and trust for crypto before they invest.

What is the purpose of differentiating people in the name of gender, everyone who does not understand the market will not risk their money and if someone wants to help the non investors then they can create materials to help them rather than coming up with a statement that discriminates a gender, education material and good user friendly platforms are necessary to attract the rest of the users and lets not differentiate people.

Very well said I am strongly agree with you pal. Actually its not about the gender, it is about your willingness to learn and to earn. If you are very eager to earn money but you dont have any idea like for example in investing for a business, you should read books or articles online in order for you to learn and to earn money just as simple as that and no actually gender basis.

If they want to invest they have to if they fully understand what is the risk of investing cryptocurrencies. They don't need those educational materials just to make them invest in cryptocurrency. All they need is to understand and that's it no more chitchat or salestalk. I don't know if there's a lot of women know exactly what is Bitcoin and cryptocurrency, I highly doubt about that.

If you look at the global scenario, though there isn't a complete study, but one US brokerage accounted of women trader to be 28%. Actually women are risk averse when you compare them with men. They believe in spending money strategically instead betting or trading it. That's the bigger reason than education for women being away from trading cryptos.
I guess today women are educated enough to understand crypto, but they are not entering in this market in proportion to men because of risk averse behaviour.

I don't want this to sound like a stereotype but most women out there are not interesting in investing and creating long-time wealth. Of course there are many exceptions, but it is so hard to find an ambitious women who is really driven to achieve high-ticket goals especially in the financial industry. Same with the programming field - much more man than woman there as well.

The education materials are out there, if you have the will to learn to use something it is extremely easy to find anything with just a google search.

I kind of agree with this because most women don't tend to follow a risky long-term investment. Although i can say that there are some in this field yet you can count them easily compared to most men who can manage to do the hard work and patience. I don't know if logical thinking is needed here but it is what i noticed to most of the hard jobs.

It's all about the interest and not about the gender thought, I mean, if you're a woman and you like car mechanics, then obviously she will take this job and would be happy with it, it doesn't matter the gender. That's the same thought about bitcoin and cryptocurrencies in general.

Not only women but also men always asking first time when investing whit bitcoin and altcoin, not have different gender betwen man and woman about how to ask detail whit bitcoin and altcoin investment, how to earn profit whit bitcoin and altcoin then what the best way to start investing whit bitcoin.

My wife is very fond of cryptocurrency since I taught it after we got married in 2017. From all the ways that I teach, my wife is more interested in earning money from bounties, she is less interested in trading because she thinks it is very complicated and complex because I have to analyze charts, well basically my wife doesn't like complicated things. Most women also prioritize feelings, and sometimes that can influence analysis rationally. But not everything is like that. Women will also be very interested if given the right thoughts and understanding with cryptocurrency, especially bitcoin.

I have the same thinking. in this modern age gender is not a hindrance for everyone to achieve their dreams if they really have a passion. There are many women who are passionate in things that men are passionate about and for example is like working on oil mining and many more. It's about their will to learn and in this case educational that hold them from investing is just not a reason to keep them back from get involved into crypto if they really have their will.

I don’t really know if there is any explanation in this, but I do believe that men and women are quite different. Based on what I’ve got to find out, there are things that men would love to do that women will not be interested in. I don’t know if it’s the women I know or if it’s how it is with every women in the world.

It’s just like when I try to teach people about Bitcoin and Investment: when I mention it to men, they do show interest and try to understand it and at the end some of them start to invest in it, while others quit, those who quit is mainly because they don’t have enough finance, therefore not ready to take the risk. But as for women, they show no single interest at all.

One of the essential things in the world of cryptocurrency is knowledge. Today many traders want to earn too with the use of cryptocurrency, but the problem is the knowledge they are not ready to face the world of crypto. One of the best examples is in trading many traders lose their money because of lacking knowledge when is the right time to read grand, understand the ups and downs in the market and what currency is suitable in trading. After that loss, still one of the best things is to learn in every mistake. Those mistakes can be used as an advantage to short term and long term trading. There is no gender bias in cryptocurrency; everyone is free to learn and earn.

try to teach women who are familiar with other investments and have no difficulty with funding readiness. Women's attitudes change faster if you don't explain according to their moods, actually they learn faster than men, but you have to be patient because technical discussions that are too complicated must be explained more simply, and do some examples of actions with direct profits from bitcoin trading, and also explain the losses obtained.

For Cryptocurrency and related services haven't got more sources to gain knowledge. These days with the limited sources available on internet, youtube and on other platforms it is good to gain knowledge. Women are much active participants in each and everything, but to make themselves active they need better knowledge. What we see is just the beginning, hope more women get into the community helping in widespread of the network.

I have already read the article but female basically have same interest to bitcoin such as male but indeed if want to invest they should have more educational resources available to them and actually i can understand why women didn't take the risk to investing if they have no knowledge to bitcoin because usually women more careful in choosing various things compare to male

Cryptocurrency is one of those things which have differences of gender and both make and female have equal chances of get benefit from it. Since woman are more calm , they can better use their skills in crypto trading and may get better results than men.
Also studying is important in both investment and trading and women may have more time to do all this learning stuff.

This is a funny topic hehe. Well, women do invest lesser than men in crypto and other sectors because they are less equipped with technology, you see almost all CEOs of every technology company is male. I'm yet to see any woman leading in any technological branch :D

I am also very concerned about this as most of the women didn't like to get involved in crypto currencies unlike men as I can say that only like 5% out of 100% are women involved in crypto currencies while the 95% are all men.

I can see that most of the bread winners are men and they need to find an extra work or extra income to feed the families or the wants of their love ones but I didn't see any obstacles with regards to the women in diving to crypto currencies as their extra income. If the government will provide the materials and education to any institutions, there is a big possibility that many women will get interested to it.

It is quite not equal to consider women to need more educational material as pure involvement in cryptocurrency is caming from pure engagement and decision that men usually do, such as the initiative to invest and take risk while women are focused on other stuffs, though, it will not make them less in terms of absorbing knowledge regarding crypto. In fact, they could also read articles and news to learn, so what we need is to make them more engage rather than spend some money making more educational materials for them.

Bitcoin do not have gender restrictions, and trading also does not have nothing to with your gender. No matter you are woman or man you will excel if you will learn the trade before starting it. I think women are better in economics from their early life because they deal with it in many ways for their household activities. I would suggest you to start with short investments, once you get experience you can involve your head in long term trading also. Good luck!

Hello everybody. Some of the great ones said, informed, - means armed. Due to the high risk of investments in the cryptocurrency market, of course, educational materials that provide high-quality information will be in demand by all segments of the population. In this regard, female intuition, leading to a greater study of educational materials, before investing in bitcoins, proves its worth. You know more - less prone to various risks. In my country they say - listen to a woman and do the opposite. At least this postulate is not appropriate here. The desire of women for awareness makes us think about the desire to heed their opinions more often than we men usually do this, not only as an investment in cryptocurrency, but also in everyday life.