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Hello everyone!
I've been thinking a lot about Bitcoin adoption lately and I think that adoption is still pretty slow partly because of the Bitcoin reputation. Despite it being a progressive technology of the future, a lot of people still think that it's a joke.

So there is different opinion among people about Bitcoin. Some people consider Bitcoin as "criminal money" because it's often used on the dark web and helps criminals to get away with selling drugs and stuff.
There are also people who think that Bitcoin is a bubble that will explode and lose its value, so they don't trust it. It's probably because these people don't know how Bitcoin and blockchain work.
And there is a third group of people who think that Bitcoin is used just for gambling so they don't want to buy it.

I think it would be good if we can convince these people that they are wrong. I know that an obvious way to do it would be an education, which will help A LOT. But as for now, do you think there are other ways to change these people's opinions?
Like would it be good if we could create a system that somehow will make the life of criminals who use Bitcoin harder?

I do not know about you, but in my personal perception and according to what I recall hearing and reading about Bitcoin from past years, the stigma on Bitcoin has been reduced drastically in comparison.

Granted, It can always be better and more people can be more open about new things like this one, which is supposed to help people to take control over their assets, i would rather an approach which promotes education about the blockchain technology in general, so people can continue from there and do their own research (as they are supposed to).

Also, as far as I am concerned more cyber criminals have moved from Bitcoin to other coins which take an emphasis in being fungible and privacy, because there are already tools to track Bitcoins on-chain that discourage them.

People are free with their minds and they can think Bitcoin is either a joke, a fraud or a virtual thing. You don't need to convince anyone that Bitcoin is a good thing with good reputation. It was not created to be used for criminal activities including dark markets and money laundering so it is not related to bad reputation caused by those activities.

Is Alfred Nobel related to many deaths in the Russia invasion to Ukraine and Russia - Ukraine war? He is not responsible for it and you know who is responsible for it.

He has patent for dynamite (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Nobe) but he is not responsible for people who used it to kill others, in wars and invasions.

Tell them about bubbles and collapses from banks. Bitcoin is not dead but many banks were dead.

https://buybitcoinworldwide.com/bitcoin-is-dead/
https://99bitcoins.com/bitcoin-obituaries/

That's not really a good idea.

If you create a system to make the the life of <usergroup-A> harder, what's stopping you from using that same system to make the life of <usergroup-B/C/D..> harder for whatever reason you can think of.
Bitcoin is permissionless for a reason.

I don't think it's slow, adoption also takes a long time so I don't know where you're getting this. Regarding the reputation, can you list at least some reasons as to why do you think that it's the reason that the adoption is slow. Give us an example like an article about people that think that bitcoin is a joke. You need to cover your bases my guy because you're spouting nonsense right now.

Bitcoin is decentralized and it's a freedom to choose, if you're force them to buy Bitcoin because of the good thing or advantage in Bitcoin, what's make it different with a government which force their citizens to use their worthless fiat? you're just make a centralization in Bitcoin since you force anyone to follow your choice.

Let alone people who think Bitcoin is an illegal currency, bad currency, bubble, haram etc.

I know Bitcoin and I have a good reason to buy Bitcoin, why should I need to wasting my time to convince everyone else?

It would be unnecessary to convince them to believe to Bitcoin if their mindset is fixed to it as a "joke". That's actually just fine for people to intercept Bitcoin since it's too complicated for people who doesn't have prior knowledge about it. If they want to really deepen their understanding to crypto and blockchain technology they would learn if for themselves, you only have to share your experiences without convincing them, for them to have an idea what could Bitcoin benefits and cons its up to people if they'll study it. Criminals are opened to Bitcoin since it is a decentralized system but their addresses could be track for people to be aware on their wrong doings. Doing such system for making people life harder would just complicate things, its just fine the way it is.

There is nothing to fix, bitcoin was not design to be used by bad actors, but if someone is taking advantage of it, then we can't do anything about it.

And according to this report:


https://www.redbull.com/int-en/theredbulletin/bitcoin-currency-of-criminals

As far as it's being used by gambling, then there's nothing wrong with it, you can't stop people from gambling and even if fiat industry, gambling is a big business billions worth every year.

Keep thinking. I think you are 5 or 10 years too late, it had a much worse reputation before.

Because you give the wrong diagnosis you put forward the wrong proposals. The adoption of bitcoin is not a matter of reputation.

Perhaps now with the next launching of CBDCs governments will want to attack reputation but as of today it is unstoppable and is on a slow but sure path to mass adoption.

According to my experience, people are afraid of something new. I remember that there was a drawing 100 years ago showing electricity as something evil.


Therefore, it is natural for people to be afraid of Bitcoin or warn of it, and we do not forget the role of the media in drawing this bleak picture and the bad use during the first years of this technology.

The more time increases and the alert gradually increases, people will understand Bitcoin, especially since many user-friendly wallets began to appear, and not in the past, where the use of Bitcoin was restricted to those who had good knowledge of dealing with computers.
So the issue of changing awareness requires a little time and it is a gradual issue, the view will not change in a year, two, or even five years.

I remember post 2017 every main stream media had an agenda of creating negative image of Bitcoin. For some reason it got less after 2021 and now none of them are discussing about Bitcoin after few banks went bankrupt.

I think this year has been the best for Bitcoin reputation and I believe that it will remain the same in coming years. Adoption has been steadily growing and we can expect a few countries this year or next to declare it as a legal tender.

I do not think that we need to do anything now. All we need to do is to wait for USD to plunge downwards and we will see that the reputation of Bitcoin to go upwards.

But who is creating that reputation? Who is pushing for that image to form in the minds ordinary people over and over again? Those in power of course, for such a reputation to change we will need those very same people to change their minds about bitcoin, an impossibility if you ask me.

So there is nothing we can do to bring a massive change to the way bitcoin is perceived, and our only option is to let each person to discover on their own the truth, a very inefficient method I am aware but the only one which is within our grasp.

You don't have to convince anyone to trust Bitcoin.
This is not the exact same reason why Satoshi said that. But the quote is still valid.

People are still dumb enough not to understand Bitcoin. Bitcoin is a currency. It cannot be a bad thing. It depends on how you use it. We invented weapons for our safety. We Invented drugs for our health. A weapon could have various uses. Criminals use it to do bad things. But Army uses it to protect our country. Most Criminals use Fiat money to deal with. A few percent of Criminals use Bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies for their work. That doesn't mean Bitcoin is criminal money.

Bitcoin doesn't have a bad reputation. It's a currency. It shouldn't have a reputation.
A Gun shouldn't have a bad reputation because it can kill a human. It can kill innocent people, and it can also kill a criminal. It depends on who uses it and for what reason. We don't have to fix anything. Everything will be improved over time. Just let it happen.

The challenge is that we would be going against strong propaganda centers that have been spreading the FUD about bitcoin through the media that they also control or have tight relationships with. It is extremely hard to counter that because we don't have the same reach.
The only thing we can do is to first educate ourselves and then give those people "facts" about bitcoin with indisputable data.

Bitcoin is a tool so like any other tool it can be used for many different purposes. Just like you can't make a kitchen knife that couldn't be used as a murder weapon you can't create a currency that criminals don't use.

Bitcoin is decentralized, unfortunately, there is no other way to change people's opinions about Bitcoin, if they are not willing to help themselves by doing research and learning about why Bitcoin was created, we can't help them, no one can.

Do your best and leave the rest they say, I have done my part and I will continue to do it, I have been able to prove some people wrong, and they listened, the argument started when they remained firm on their point that Bitcoin is for fraudsters, so I just gave them a few reasons why Bitcoin is better than government banks and fiat, and this caught their attention.

Today these people are not Bitcoin believers, we don't have to force anyone, but if they are ready to learn, the door is always open.

A good number of people have already been trying to debunk these misconceptions through YouTube videos, conferences, articles, social media replies, you name it. It's just the simple fact that a lot of people don't want to be convinced otherwise.

Before Satoshi created BTC, criminals were using every other currency and tools for their crimes, after BTC was created it only became another currency added to the list of currencies that criminals can use, BTC is not their only tool like the government want people to believe. We don't have to create any system to counter criminals because that would mean censorship, whereas BTC is a censorship resistant and permissionless currency.

The system has made the life of criminals harder because it is not possible for a malicious actor to control 51% of the hashrate, and the network is very secure through the proof of work algorithm, but when it comes to usage, the network is free for everybody and it will never censor people like centralized services do.

I don't think it's important to convince people to believe in Bitcoin. For what? I once heard the thought, "People who don’t want to hear about Bitcoin now are like those who once refused to hear about the Internet."
Give them time. Bitcoin goes its own way; everyone comes when they're ready for it. There is no need to forcefully teach anyone, and even more so to agitate them to invest in Bitcoin. Let people think the way they want while you live your life using new technologies. The world is changing, and as it was with the Internet, so will it be with Bitcoin.

Why should we bother convincing people about their misconceptions? I'm sorry, but this approach looks too desperate. New innovations take time, and despite having been launched for over a decade now, Bitcoin has received tremendous attention from the public the last few years after Covid, due to its great performance. More and more people will eventually understand its technicalities and why these common misconceptions are basically myths to a large degree and not something worth noting.

It's very easy to debunk each one of those points you mentioned, especially the last one regarding gambling. Physical and online casinos have been a thing long before Bitcoin became popular, so I don't get why there are still people claiming that cryptocurrencies are gambling-oriented.

Bitcoin price was less than $1, but now the price is over $20000. Bitcoin marketcap was nothing before, but now over $500 billion. It has only been 13 years since bitcoin was created. No asset has increased like bitcoin. If they think bitcoin adoption is not significant like they think it should be, we are still satisfied with how it has been so far. If not more than 5 million people have bitcoin in the world for now, it is a good thing because it means it is never too late yet to buy and expect good ROI in the future.

Has darkweb not be existing before the creation of bitcoin? Bad people has always been having a way to hide many of their bad activities.

And these are the people that misled some people that did not buy bitcoin at the appropriate time and they miss the bull market. That is why it is good to never believe people. It is good to do own research to know about a project or a coin like bitcoin, rather than listening to people.

If anyone do not buy bitcoin because it is used for gambling, that is stupidity. If a person can argue with me and say it is not stupidity, I will tell the person that it is not stupidity if he or she will not be spending fiat again because it is used for gambling.

Education is the way, I agree to this. But it is good to also educate them about the bear market and how to avoid it.

For sure there are a lot of people that have a bad perception of Bitcoin mostly because it is involved in a lot of different activities including illegal ones. I mean that's totally normal if you don't know a thing and you heard nad things about it your going to have a bad perception about it and probably think that Bitcoin is illegal or something like that.

I think the best thing to do is just to promote Bitcoin, the more we promote Bitcoin the more people will get interested in it and will probably learn and understand it. If they understand Bitcoin and know what it is they will know that it is not what they think it is, theres no need to convince them.

Years ago, this was probably true, many people considered bitcoin a good joke, just like the tulip craze that will one day disappear. But so far, things have been entirely different, people have taken bitcoin seriously, and I don't see any delay in accepting bitcoin. We can't ask the whole world to accept it at once, that's impossible. Bitcoin is a decentralized currency, it is normal that some governments will more or less dislike it. For me, what's happening with bitcoin is pretty fast, not slow at all, with new technology and a lack of support from many governments, such development is excellent.

Indeed, education is an important tool to change people's minds about Bitcoin and blockchain. The more people learn about technology and its potential benefits, the more they can appreciate its contribution to the world of finance and economics. However, besides education, there are other ways to change people's minds.
You can also promote the use of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies in legal areas such as tourism, retail, and micropayments. The more people start using Bitcoin and learn about its real benefits, the more they can understand that Bitcoin is not only for gambling or criminal activities, but also for use in the real world.

People have different taste for benefit and risk. You can not have anything with benefit only and without risk. Bitcoin brings you potential benefit that is true but it contains risk too.

You can convince people who are more keen on benefit with Bitcoin and consider risk is small or not important. Nevertheless there are other people who consider risk is more important than benefit and they will ignore Bitcoin, choose other alternatives which they believe are safer than Bitcoin. They can be wrong with their assessment of Bitcoin and other alternatives but you can not change them.

Bitcoin has a bad reputation because the governments tell people that it's bad and used in illegal activities. The problem is that average person is Dumb and the aim of every election campaign is to focus on these dumb people and tell them what they want to hear and at the same time ensure them that this or that is good or bad for them. They do these because it's the quantity of votes that decides the fate of results.

So, we know that bitcoin is good and the governments know it too but problem for them is that they don't have power and influence over Bitcoin, they can't control it, they can't do whatever they want with this currency, that's why they are giving bad reputation to bitcoin.

But, at the same time, what they say is right. You can see a lot of examples when bitcoin is used for illegal things but so is USD. Money is money, everything has price, some people pay for good things, some people pay for bad things, bitcoin is not the root of evil there. By the way, here again, they keep your attention on the fact that bitcoin is used for illegal things while they completely ignore that USD is used for illegal things and banks have constantly done illegal transactions on purpose and tons of money has been laundered via them.

Well, I can show anyone that I can buy PC/Laptop on NewEgg by paying with Bitcoin. I can buy KFC chicken with bitcoins, I can buy gifts for someone with bitcoins and make them happy. I try to show them by doing so that it's not an enemy currency.

Do you have any evidence that bitcoin adoption is slow, or is that just your opinion? How long did it take you to accept it, and do you want people to accept it immediately? What I'm seeing is bitcoin being accepted too fast compared to other assets. A new asset class, opposed by the government but still strong enough to survive and thrive, it was a huge success for bitcoin.

I think the goal should be to inform about the facts regarding bitcoin instead of convincing them to invest in it. When you inform someone about bitcoin, you are providing them with information and knowledge about what it is, how it works, and its potential benefits and risks. The goal is to provide them with accurate and unbiased information so that they can make an informed decision about whether or not to use or invest in bitcoin. On the other hand, convincing them is like persuading them right away to buy or invest in bitcoin. They may think that it is part of a scam especially if they are already so closeminded about it. Since it is always challenging to convince someone to invest in bitcoin if they hold a negative view of it or believe that it's a joke, it's important to start by addressing their concerns and misconceptions about bitcoin.

It'll be best to inform people first and let them decide for themselves whether they want to use or invest in bitcoin based on the information you provide. We may not ultimately remove the bad reputation of bitcoin but atleast we are able to inform more people about its facts. It will be their lost if they don't listen.

We all have this feeling that "Bitcoin's adoption is really slow", but when they're ask for any proofs that the process really is slow, they can't give anything.
As for adoption, do you think that it will take only 13 years for Bitcoin to be fully used by people around the world? It will took a longer amount of time before many people will be using it. Also take note that not all of the people have gadgets that can access Bitcoin.

Bitcoin being used for criminal activities. Fiat currency is being used for criminal activities as well so what's the difference?
Bitcoin as a bubble. They think that way because of how volatile Bitcoin is, and I think there's no way for these people to change their minds unless they will get used to it.
Bitcoin being used for gambling purposes. I guess it's a good thing since it just shows that many people are using Bitcoin.

Convincing people that they're wrong. I don't know if it's only me, but I don't really like convincing people when it comes to Bitcoin especially if they aren't interested in learning it. Yes we can educate those who are interested, but those who are interested doesn't look Bitcoin that way IMO. I'm pretty sure that they will learn what really Bitcoin is. Create a system for criminals? It's just a waste of time. Just let them use Bitcoin for their criminal activities because after all, fiat currency has been used for that purpose as well, and yet, no one is stopping them from using it.

I don't think we should even try to do that as it is usually waste of time. People have their preconmceived ideas about Bitcoin and amount of persuasion will change them. Instead, it is the best to let people come to that by themselves gradually, as Bitcoin is slowly getting into mainstream.



Problem is that you would screw us the regular people if you implement some system that makes it harder for criminals to use Bitcoin.

I have talked with a lot of people who are not so much into anything technological and non-tech savvy people and what I can gain from them is this.

"It's not tangible"

I think as humans, they want something real and really be held using arms or something. They want to really have that tangibility that some assets have and I think that's where it's hard to grasp for other people. Some people know that it's the people who are evil and not the technology itself so I think it's not the reputation per se.

A system is actually already in place. There are now updated crypto regulations. There is already KYC/AML required by governments. But may I remind you that this is not Bitcoin's task. Bitcoin is invented as a decentralized currency, and it is truly successful being what it is. Bitcoin isn't concerned about enforcing the law or even making sure it isn't used by criminals. The problem is that it seems when criminals or some lawless elements use Bitcoin in their transactions, some are very quick to generalize Bitcoin as a criminal money.

No, we do not do anything about it. We just keep it as it is and see how Government changes its infrastructure for Bitcoin adoption. In time, they will have to change it because Bitcoin is unstoppable. The more banks fail, the more criminal activities rise, they will have to go through it systematically and see what can be done.

I might sound a little off the track here however, a system can only be set by Government in the current scenario. The negative image is all because of a few criminals around the world. If we start doing something for Bitcoin, then it should be buying more holding more, and having our own keys in our possession. That is all for its survival and long-term future.

Time is great at convincing. The longer bitcoin exists the more people will change their minds.

You need decades to change people's way of thinking. Sometimes you need a whole new generation to grow knowing about bitcoin. You can't make 70 year old people who grew up using fiat to understand that fiat is the real joke, not bitcoin.

The easiest way to make it harder for criminals is to stop believing them and falling for their traps. They are stealing from people because people think they can get something for nothing.

There is no need for that, Bitcoin has withstood so many trials in the past that's why the number of people who believe in Bitcoin is increasing to date, you might not see it but believe me it's happening.

I can use my country as an example, in 2017 very limited people know what Bitcoin is all about, and a couple of friends that I told about Bitcoin do not believe me, only my biological father trusted me and encouraged me.

Today, things have changed, many people now know and understand what Bitcoin is, and even those that failed to believe in me when I told them about Bitcoin are now strong believers.

Leave the fixing side of things, Bitcoin is already doing that.

I don't think we should persuade people to buy bitcoin or try to make them understand bitcoin. If they do not want it, we will not achieve a positive result.

People need more time and more useful resources where they could learn about bitcoin.

Bitcoin only has a bad reputation because of how famous and widely adopted it is. You will always see this either with famous people or famous things, the more popular they, the more hate they get from trolls. There is no way to stop them from slinging dirt on Bitcoin but the dirt will never stick. Anyone with half a brain understands that using fiat is way more anonymous than using Bitcoin, but nobody is talking about fiat being bad because of all the paper money drug trades...

Let them talk about Bitcoiner as they wish. It will only make Bitcoin more popular. There is absolutely no reason to "do something against it". People will find out for themselves what Bitcoin really is.

Decentralization cannot be stopped and people are free to do whatever they want with Bitcoin. We do need to provide education but that is only limited to education and nothing more. Because everyone has different goals based on the use of Bitcoin. Even now the government has issued threat after threat for those who carry out illegal activities. Not that the government can stop the movement behind the scenes.

I don't know if a system like this can be created, but for my part, I think that the solution to clean up Bitcoin's reputation is to disengage from centralized exchanges, because most of the bad reputation comes through centralized exchanges.

After the FTX incident, one of the Muslim clerics issued a fatwa prohibiting dealing in Bitcoin because it causes loss and he mentioned as an example that people lost millions in FTX exchange, this clearly indicates that there are many who do not know much about Bitcoin and think that these losses or collapses that occurred because of Bitcoin.

We need to correct these misconceptions by making people understand that there is no connection between Bitcoin and centralized exchanges.

Time and time again we have seen this type of discussions and its just passing away, we do not need to really do anything. I get that people really want to see this pass and want to live in a more bitcoin covered world but that doesn't mean that it will happen tomorrow. It has been over a decade since bitcoin was created and we have already come so far, and if you wait another decade you will see it in a lot more places and in another decade even more. As long as that linear line is there then we do not really need to do anything about it. Just keep pushing and put more and more bitcoin into your life and that would be enough for you, let the rest take its time in history.

I've often come across topics like this in this forum. On the question of how to convince the wider public to fully trust and not misunderstand about Bitcoin.
Everyone is free of their thoughts on Bitcoin. Because each individual has their own thoughts and maybe their bad experience about Bitcoin. We shouldn't seem to blame them for their lack of knowledge or force them to believe in Bitcoin like we do.
In fact, today's public interest and adoption has increased towards Bitcoin from previous years, you can check it on Google, there are many articles and surveys about it.
All we have to do to support Bitcoin is spread news Bitcoin as it is, not exaggerate and not reduce or cover up the risks involved when investing or trading with Bitcoin or any other cryptocurrency.
Everyone has a different acceptance of technological developments such as Bitcoin, so let the people themselves who have the awareness to know Bitcoin without coercion or on their own awareness, that's a more comfortable way for all of us.

The people think bitcoin as a joke because they don't have any experience about it and they don't see the success of bitcoin with their own eyes. But Those individuals who involved in it and have some profit from it have strong believes on its successful future.

The old people which have no knowledge about bitcoin  investment think that only government jobs can give then money while all other online business are just fake and they have no reality but the people of present age prefer investment in bitcoin more than any other job because it has higher return so because of this return they forget about its failure.

Bitcoin does indeed used for bad things, but it does not imply that it is meant to facilitate those things. The main issue that you raise about limiting Bitcoin usage in order to eliminate criminals might have unintended consequences. If we specifically reserve a centralized entity to make anyone able to censor a transaction, it is very likely would make Bitcoin lose its significance.

It is necessary to look at another thing when you have that kind of mindset. Say, a simple thing like a knife, if it is used to kill people, do we surely want to somehow restrict its usage?
Actually, in Bitcoin, miners are able to include or exclude a transaction, so practically, there is a way to exclude alleged criminal usage. Nevertheless, how does someone make sure that it is indeed an illicit transaction?

It's not really their fault they learn/know Bitcoin that way since there are against Bitcoin in the first place and those are the people who can easily spread fake news or manipulate the people through media. What they just showed was the negative side effect of having a Bitcoin but they never saw the other positive side. It's like hearing a hearsay of someone who did something to fight their rights yet they did a terrible thing in order to fight that right but they never listen on the other side opinion/story.

In conclusion, there are always two sides of the story which people doesn't seem to comprehend or are they just being irrational? Adoption may be looking slower but we are taking a small steps towards for greatness since there are regulations already in place so that people can have an assurance that their money won't be gone for good. Although, investment are still risky if you don't know what you're doing.

There are other ventures of exchange for money even in the USA that still exist to this day like drugs and weapons that investigations are not allowed, and that are criminal entities than bitcoin. The fact that bitcoin is used for criminal purposes does not mean that fiat cannot be used, but let's put it in the same asset class as gold, crude maybe, this time around as a digital asset. While bitcoin mixing can protect identity with transactions, some other anonymous coins still exist with high transaction volumes, though they are not discussed as often as they were in the past, but are still very active and private.

I think information dissemination is one of the best approaches to changing peoples' negative views about Bitcoin and it is being done.  Another factor that can greatly help is the government's acceptance.  If the government accept Bitcoin, all the negative thought about Bitcoin will be nullified since the government that has the authority had already accepted and stated that using Bitcoin is safe.

Along the course of Bitcoin history, the cases stated by @OP had been there ever since but little by little this bad reputation is being erased. Once upon a time, everyone thinks that Bitcoin is anonymous and is perfect for the dark market but now, many think that Bitcoin is the perfect tool to trace money laundering and illegal activity since Bitcoin transactions can be seen publicly.

You are talking about creating a system to make scam harder.

Don't forget that bitcoin is not the only coin that uses block chain, Altcoins also used block-chain.
I am not in support of fraud or scam, but come to think about it, if bitcoin introduces traceable transaction into their block chain, will all coins do ??

Let's be realistic, Most transactions done on the dark web are more massive than the legit transfers, Dark web and dr*g activities produce more money that brought most crypto to their main level today.

We only do our best but understand people are hard to convince especially those that had bad experiences through Bitcoin scammer and one thing is certain no matter how good an innovative concept is, it will still have some bad reputation that's caused through the people that abuse it benefit.

There can be the quick decision on Bitcoin promoting - buy some ad spaces in the Web and start to promote. If you have some spare Bitcoins for promoting, it could be wise start.  ;D In general most of people are not interested in Bitcoin, first of all, bank transfers are faster and more safe. Bitcoin transactions can go several weeks now.

I'm not really sure how you say bitcoin's reputation is bad because it's used in some cases illegal. Bitcoin allows anyone you use it, spend it for any purpose regardless of how you maintain privacy. Bitcoin is a decentralized currency that is basically not controlled by anyone including the government, so if you expect filtering for certain number of users, that means bitcoin is centralized.

Regardless you agree or not, money can always be misused by some people regardless of their reputation. Adoption is expected, but adoption acceleration is very low relation to the reputation of the bitcoin you are mean talking about.

This is the main power of this invisible currency that it cannot be controlled, but for those who do criminal activities based on this power, I think we and government should need to control those activities first, then this false slander will not fall on the body of Bitcoin. If what you say can be implemented, it will also be a threat to Bitcoin because it will be very controlling, and once it is done there is no guarantee that bad people won't use it again for bad purposes.
We should first think about this thing that we should not blame the whole system for the bad intentions of a few bad people, we should vanquish those people and those bad intentions. So the way to make it harder for criminals to use Bitcoin, is to control the activities of criminals, when those activities will not be there, how will it (bitcoin) be used for bad purposes? :D

There should be no reason for us to convince people to use bitcoins, because it should come naturally, when they realize what the advantages are to use the technology. (They need a light bulb moment.... and that will only happen when the find the correct information about Bitcoin)

How do you isolate criminals from normal users of Bitcoin... to make it harder for them to use it? The only way I can think of is the stripping of all pseudo anonymity .... and that will render Bitcoin use for everyone else .... useless..  ::)

What's the point of making the impression good to other people? To encourage them? We are not required to do so and also, that would be hard to achieve given that there are just really problems which do exist in this industry. It would be better to just let them have the initiative to engage in this technology for them to have sense of accountability if ever there will be something to happen with their money.Those who don't know that much about this industry may really percieve this technology to either be a scam, joke, and such. It just contradicts to the potential people in this industry are seeing and making use. Difference with perspectives is just normal. Persuading them to engage in this industry will just be a waste of time; imagine them panick during market price downfalls. Who would be blamed? Ofcourse it is who invited them. Bitcoin has been existing for years; been into a lot of issues and accusations but it still do exist and that is for sure because of a good reason those who are not into this industry, should see for themselves.

In my personal opinion I think that bitcoin don't has any bad reputation I think our thinking is wrong on bitcoin. Just as we use fiat currency in our conventional economic system, I think Bitcoin is a new currency system that is just invisible and it will increase the security of transactions and funds in our daily lives. Recently I heard a news that an Indian guy committed suicide after learning about bitcoin scamming, who do we blame for that?  Sometimes we see students committing suicide because they can't take the pressure of studies and for that we can't say that studies have a bad reputation. We can't blame Bitcoin alone either.

You are right, I agree! That's where education plays a huge role. But we still have A LOT of people who think otherwise, and, sadly, these people are the majority. And I still don't see countries adopting crypto education in schools and universities (there are some cases but it's very local).

So as I see it, the situation got way better, but we still have a long, looooong way to go. That's why I'm wondering if there are any ways to speed up this process.

Yes! That's the problem. I don't see a solution to it and I think that is what will hunt Bitcoin for the next years.
We see that government doesn't want to adopt BTC and criminal use of it is one of the key arguments they have against adoption.
I think the problem of taxing Bitcoin might play a bigger role for them, but they probably will use the "dark web money" argument a lot, and our community has no answer to that cos that's how the technology works.

Bitcoin is growing very fast, if you try to compare which asset class in the past has achieved similar achievements as bitcoin? Almost no asset can grow as fast as bitcoin. Bitcoin is only 14 years old, too young for the world economy to be in a hurry. For a revolution to be successful, it takes a lot of time and effort to get there.

And bitcoin still needs more time to be able to get support from people out there and be able to accept bitcoin as we have done. There is no doubt that the existence of bitcoin has reached its current level and will continue to grow.

But we all believe that more people will accept bitcoin because they will see the potential of bitcoin for their lives. And when those people have proven it, they certainly don't want to leave bitcoin.

There is actually a reason for us to convince people to use Bitcoin. That is actually helping them. That is what Bitcoin education is basically for. But not convince as in insist, if they already have a different perception of Bitcoin. It is enough that people are enlightened about the case of fiat and what Bitcoin truly is for. Let Bitcoin's features convince them after making them aware. If awareness failed to convince them, then it is their choice.

Bitcoin promotes a system of voluntary mutually-agreed interactions where both sides benefit from the deal, and everything is happening without any aggression or coercion. People come to understand Bitcoin in a natural way because it solves real problems that they face in everyday life, for example, the constant decrease in purchasing power of national currency and the corresponding raise in prices, which we usually call inflation. Once people understand what Bitcoin is, they no longer consider it a tool for facilitating money laundering or other criminal activity, which harms the reputation of a currency. Learning is, therefore, a key to realizing the real potential of Bitcoin, it is the only way to understand why governments and banksters don't want a wide audience to use Bitcoin instead of gradually debasing fiat money. The problem is that people are lazy enough and prefer sitting before a TV screen because it requires little effort unlike reading books or articles about decentralized technology.

I think the true answer is neutral there is always people who want to fix the bad reputation of bitcoin but meanwhile there is always people who want to destroy reputation of Bitcoin is two side of coin sometimes the bad win but the good can win too.

What we can doing right now is by spread the good things and try to educate anyone who want to invest in crypto

Likely bad people making bad names on bitcoin because they were using it for bad intentions and is the disadvantage of bitcoin. Still there are lots of good things that bitcoin brings to the people who has good intentions to bitcoin's usage. More good usage of bitcoin and less bad about it

I'd personally think I'm the joke if I fuck up my entry by buying high and selling low, but hey, it's a lot easier to blame something else instead of yourself.

I don't think we need to do anything with regards to criminals, the government is doing its stuff about that (and is affecting also other regular uses unfortunately), and even then, they aren't exactly wrong that it's being used for criminal activity, I mean, if it was biased about that then it wouldn't be decentralized anymore. It's just that the first notion people see Bitcoin as is for "criminal usage", so we should change that to "anyone without being controlled" instead. Sadly with a bit of looking up this can easily be clarified, but well, idk. The internet was supposed to make looking up info a lot easier but it seems like a lot of people regressed in that regard instead.

The actual problem of BTC is, in my opinion, weak psychological perception, while fiat money have adorable effect. Most people got used to fiat money just because they believe in its reliability (though the reliability of a y fiat currency is far not that strong), and one more thing for psychological acceptance is good infrastructure: for fiag money there are ATMs, branches, all the shops/banks/employers are in favor of working with fiat, and there is no such infrastructure for BTC: none of financial structures are ready to work directly with bitcoin. While the system remains the same, BTC will remain no more than a way to earn fiat.

Bitcoin is like cash: it's for everyone.

If you're going to punish criminals, chances are you're going to punish good people too...

I think it is not reliability or anything like that, it is not even "liking" fiat, I think it is just the wide adoption. For example if you live in any nation, the fiat of that nation would be accepted everywhere, doubt it would be possible to go anywhere and not be able to pay with that fiat, whereas we all know crypto is not like that right now and that's an issue. All in all I would expect that the people who end up not really using it would be the people who go towards crypto anyway.

So, when it comes to crypto vs fiat, the biggest difference and the reason why people prefer fiat is the fact that it is already accepted everywhere and can pay anything you want with it. As long as crypto goes up in adoption, we will get there.

cash is artwork patented by the government. its their property that they can inflate, seize or take out of circulation. bitcoin is not like cash

bitcoin was better when it was private property(2009-2014).. before it was declared money and financial laws started marginalising bitcoins utility with services.

but even classed as money, bitcoin is better then cash.

but just keep in mind, now its declared as money it means financial laws DO apply. so research that
its not government property but it is in government jurisdiction(regulations)

I would personally never like to go back into centralized payment processors like Paypal after I have discovered the way to store my money in a cold wallet and how to sell just what I need through P2P.

The terms of service of Paypal are just very bad and if you take a look a their subreddit, you will find a lot of people having problems with seized funds and frozen accounts for whatever reason.

It can get worse for people which live outside of USA or Europe and do not have a easy way to legally reach out to Paypal and get answers.  ::)

Once you learnt how to operate with BTC and altcoins, it makes several FIAT processors to look like shitcoin wallets.

I've rarely used Paypal since I got to know crypto. I don't like Paypal's rules that are too complicated or strict where if there is even the slightest discrepancy, our account can be locked and take days to be unlocked.

But I believe that even though bitcoin gets a bad name because of irresponsible investment programs that have deceived many people or because of using bitcoin for criminal things, bitcoin will come back with a good name. People will see bitcoin as something that can give them hope.

Actually, if it leads to the realm of crime, it's not just bitcoin that is misused for crimes, in my opinion the number of crimes caused by misuse of bitcoin is very low, compared to the number of crimes caused by other things, such as money or gold jewelry.
So actually what makes people dislike bitcoin is caused by slanted news about bitcoin, maybe it's fake news, or real news, but it's exaggerated by certain parties.

And to create a good image for bitcoin, I think bitcoin already has a positive image among crypto investors. But if in ordinary society, it seems that there are still many who think neutral and do not find out or analyze bitcoin, especially in my country, there are still many people who are foreign to bitcoin.

In conclusion
according to my view and judging from the situation where I live,
Bitcoin already has a good image among crypto investors, but it doesn't yet have a good image among people who are half-assed in bitcoin, and is still neutral among people who know, but don't want to know more.

I am not sure that if you know this or not, but these things have been happening right from when Bitcoin first started going up. People used to call it a bubble, a criminal's currency that they used for illegal activities, they even called it useless and something that isn't worth any attention, but did that really make a difference for Bitcoin and its growth? The answer to that is in front of us.

Even if the adoption rate is slow, it will still not stop Bitcoin at all, and we all know that it cannot continuously keep going up since we know there are cycles of growth and drop, so whenever it starts dropping, people will start talking negatively about it, but at the end of the day, it won't stop Bitcoin from being what it is.

Bitcoin has bad reputation because the organized financial sector promotes it under bad light. Whenever they found some involvement of bitcoin with some criminal activities, they promote it in a way as if bitcoin has done it. That's not going to change anytime soon.

Don't convince people, that will bring more trouble. Rather start some philanthropic work with bitcoin and promote it in the best way you can. That's one of the major ways to slowly change the mind of the people about bitcoin.

True, I don't think it will be gone completely. People talk like that only when they don't really understand Bitcoin, but more and more are getting involved with years, so I think it doesn't really matter. New technologies are almost always feared or misunderstood when they appear.

The media has already created a bad image for Bitcoin. I think it will extremely hard of not impossible to change majority of peoples opinion on Bitcoin. It is easier to write about Bitcoin in bad color, people desire to get negative news more than positive. Lots of people havent used or have zero knowledge about Bitcoin, yet thanks to media they automatically connect Bitcoin with criminals, terrorist, drugs, scam, ponzy and etc. Frankly speaking, I dont know how to fix Bitcoins bad reputation.

Totally unnecessary my bro. I do educate people on Bitcoin but it's only those that have shown an interest. I'm not about to start trying to convince someone who thinks Bitcoin is a bubble or scam that Bitcoin is not either of those things. It will be a total waste of both our time, and I hate wasting people's time just as much as I hate my time being wasted.

If people have been hearing about a particular digital asset for at least 14 years, some 10 years, some 5 years and they've not bothered to really research and find out what this digital asset really is, then it simply means they're not interested and that's totally fine. Everybody can't invest in the same thing.

I get sick of people who always blame Bitcoin for crimes. It's like blaming the gun for gun violence instead of the asshole who shot the gun. It's like blaming the internet for internet fraudsters instead of the actual perpetrators of the crime. It just doesn't make sense to me. Whatever crime they're accusing Bitcoin of has been in existence years before the existence of Bitcoin and they've not been able to categorically show us facts on how Bitcoin has increased these crimes.

You've been here almost as long as I've been as we got registered on this forum the same year. As such, I believe you've seen worse days for Bitcoin than we've now. Remember, in 2017 and the years before it we had the tag of Bitcoin being a bubble? Do we still have people think that way today? Of course not. The thing is that no matter how good or bad something is there are going to be people who will take a divergent view on it. If you asked me, I would say Bitcoin is having a better time now that in the past. More people are becoming fans, and many more are going to join as time goes on.

Before the advent of Bitcoin, we had all kinds of criminal activities involving fiat. So, we shouldn't make it look like money laundering and financial criminalities are coming up because of Bitcoin.

It's wild how folks have totally different takes on Bitcoin. While some peeps think it's the way of the future, others straight-up call it a joke or even dirty money. But if you ask me, Bitcoin's got way more potential than folks give it credit for. Yeah, it's been used for some shady business before, but that don't mean it's all bad. In fact, the tech behind Bitcoin, called blockchain, could be a game-changer for lots of industries, making them way more secure and efficient. So let's not get rid of the good stuff just 'cause of a few bad apples, ya feel me?

If we wanna change people's minds about Bitcoin, education is key. We need to teach folks how blockchain works and how it can be used for good. But we also need to address their concerns about Bitcoin's past. Maybe we can create a system that makes it harder for criminals to use Bitcoin without infringing on the rights of law-abiding folks. That way, Bitcoin can be seen as a positive force instead of something shady. Exciting stuff is on the horizon, folks!

Here are some reasons I think people take Bitcoin as a joke or have a bad reputation in their mind for it:

1. They can't afford it at all. 1 complete BTC is impossible for 90% of people in Crypto. That's why they make a joke out of it and keep buying thousands of doge.
2. Look at gold, people from Crypto Industry make jokes about it and it worked for more than 2000 years as a store of value. Bitcoin is the same, just on the blockchain.
3. Transaction speed - this is what I agree with people, it takes ages to get a confirmation on deposits and withdrawals if you use it on any platform for payments.
4. It was basically used hugely by drug dealers and the black market in the early days, so some stock market investors don't take it seriously, in the end it's their own loss.

I am a proud BTC Investor and will treat it as a piece of brick of gold.  ;D

One of the major problems we are facing today with bitcoin is the process of trying convince people to buy the idea of this new technology, probably making investment. The only way it would have been possible is to implement it as course of study across all schools both the Primary, Secondary and Universities, this would allows an inbuilds mentality for the users to have separate and a clearer orientations and how bitcoin is being operated than just thinking of investment. The investments parts of have really made it's current users not to understand what is bitcoin and the purpose of the origin of bitcoin, the investments aspect keeps scaring people away due to the high level of volatility.

At first, I thought that you were wrong about BTC price, but regular people don't even know that you can buy a fraction of it. At other things I completely agree, sometimes even I'm scared when I'm buying my Bitcoin and waiting for more than 15 for it to arrive.

I think education is the best way to change people's opinions about Bitcoin and blockchain technology. With education, people can learn about the technology, its use cases and the potential benefits it can bring. You can start by creating a website or blog that explains the basics of Bitcoin and blockchain technology and how it can be used in a positive way. You can also create informational videos, tutotrials and other materials that will help people understand the technology better.

I don't think bitcoin's adoption is slow rather I think that it is moving at its own pace and surmounting the hurdles on its way. These hurdles are the regulatory issues, and security concerns. At the right time we are sure to see a lot of changes once these obstacles are overcome.

In my estimation, creating systems to counteract the activities of bad actors in the bitcoin space is good but on the other hand it may negative affect the good guys with pure intentions. For example, the good guys may feel that their privacy and security will be compromised thereby forcing them to abandon bitcoin which in effect slows down the adoption process. Anyways, whatever is done while trying to fix "bitcoin's bad reputation" should be balanced out with preserving its core principles.

Yes, bitcoin education for everyone is the most effective solution to this problem. But the only person who can put bitcoin in education is the government, but the government is the most anti-bitcoin. So it is very difficult to implement this plan.

To me, there is nothing wrong with people recommending bitcoin as an investment, but the barrier that keeps people from wanting to learn about bitcoin is the government and no other reason. As long as the government accepts and informs everyone to use it, all problems will be solved. Governments are key because they control the world.

Nowadays, you can find websites, videos, and blogs about bitcoin a lot, it is not a new and effective solution. I agree that education is the only way to help people understand bitcoin, but for education to be effective, it needs to be included in educational programs in schools. It's the best way to help people get educated about bitcoin.

We shouldn't go out of our way to change perception of BTC frankly speaking op. Many people will always hate on BTC and other cryptocurrencies since they aren't smart enough to understand the advantages related to them.

However, as time passes, more and more people are beginning to realise how revolutionary BTC truly is due to various reasons and shift from haters to supporters just like that.

BTC's reputation is a mixed bag which will always stay that way op.

I do not see why we should go out of our way to change the image some people may have about bitcoin, when I first heard about bitcoin there were a lot of negative things which were said about it, but instead of simply believing them I took my time to find out what was bitcoin and many years later I am still around.

So those which have even the most minimal interest about bitcoin will learn more about it on their own and will decide if they want to adopt it or not, and the best part is that all of this will happen without our input, making this organic growth slower but way more difficult to be manipulated by the governments.

Many people not understood yet about advantage from Bitcoin and reason why still not legal as global payment currencies transaction, another side as competitor war how to make Bitcoin drop and get bad reputation until face difficult get legal as payment currencies. Using Bitcoin for transaction give transparent detail from receiving and sending around to all wallet, most likely with Bitcoin can send around the world with lower fees and faster without few minutes. Impossible thing with fiat has process faster for sending exactly need many progress when huge amount transaction difference with Bitcoin give us choose with faster sending or receiving transaction.

The issue with Bitcoin is that it's been associated with altcoins and they're the ones scamming yet Bitcoin is getting the bad reputation. All the failed altcoins that crashed due to greed are affecting the general market.

It'll be very hard to distinguish Bitcoin from others as people will always call them cryptocurency when referring to the market. We have to do our best in letting whoever we see making this false accusations about Bitcoin to understand the truth.

Every currency can be misused and right now the advantages of Bitcoin is been misused by mostly the scammers and that's the reason behind the bad reputation. We have to always let critic understand what Bitcoin really is all about whenever we encounter them.

Absolutely, not even only the government but the risk aspect (volatility) levels would kept giving them the impression of not totally go into bitcoin. Yes it's true that government is the anti-bitcoin but doesn't yet still stops the operation of bitcoin instead it keeps spreading wider and stronger. Individuals may decide to take up these responsibility by practically teaching people about bitcoin to enhance their basic understanding towards bitcoin not necessarily the investment aspect of it.

For now, I think that the condition of bitcoin can still be said to be fast, regardless of anything now, actually it's getting better year after year. As for the issue of reputation from Bitcoin, I think this is back from the point of view of course because indeed we also cannot force everyone's perspective to make bitcoin good because what is forced like that of course will not go well.
On the other hand, when classifying bad people, for example regarding bitcoin, it is also difficult because even we cannot even identify criminals in bitcoin.
Even if it can be identified then how to isolate them is also not easy because of course they are not that stupid either.

there are indeed many people who think badly of bitcoin, and the funny thing is that those who think badly of bitcoin are people who have never invested in bitcoin and don't know about bitcoin.

but if people who know about bitcoin mostly think bitcoin is a rare valuable asset. and potentially good for the future.

I think in this case there is no need to convince people to accept bitcoin and like bitcoin.
because I think later on people who don't like BTC will realize that they see people who invest in BTC being successful. surely he will find out and learn about btc.

people would always have their opinion about things, it's up to them and that should have nothing on us.
Everyone should stand on what the believe.
Fiat is also use for money laundering, gambling and even used by criminals the more but that hasn't stopped anyone from using it.

many people don't like btc and of course they also have reasons such as people who invest in btc many suffer big losses, so that finally btc's reputation in some circles of society is bad.

and in my opinion, so that btc has a good reputation, of course it must be supported by the government, including the government must create schools that teach about btc, or in every school there MUST be subjects about bitcoin and blockchain.

I want to believe that this is an assumption. All tho I under what you are saying. Over time Bitcon has gained acceptance and little popularity even with some countries not accepting the reality, like I have previously said in the forum, Bitcon is the future. with the slow acceptance of this reality, the race will be won in the long run.
I will say to fix the acceptance not reputation, I will say Bitcoin needs more awareness even in the remote area and gradually Biton will gain popularity. Change is very difficult and not easy for us human beings but change is inevitable,
Nevertheless.  the impact of this coin on the economy of a county is very important too.

Our world is called a society, and as a society, there will be many different types of people. We cannot expect everyone to use and accept bitcoin as we do. Even the internet today really brings undeniable benefits, and it is as necessary as water in our lives, but there is still a part of the elderly who do not like the internet because they think it destroys their children. Bitcoin too, it's good, but it's not perfect so I don't see a problem that only some people hate it.
Don't care too much about what other people think of it, if you find it beneficial for you, enjoy and use it your way.

In my mind thing is not bad his use will be good or bad, everything has good and bad side just like dollar is not a bad thing but it's bad use for drugs or money laundering is bad. Same things is with Bitcoin, Bitcoin is itself not a bad things his use may be good or bad, like mentioned that it's use in darkweb for bad activity but at the same time it's has a lot good usecase like through Bitcoin we send and receive million of dollar within seconds it's safe our time while it's also provide freedom from banking system and also provide transparency in different feild, also removed inflation too by using Bitcoin

If the government supporting BTC and they're create a school to teach about BTC, I'm sure Bitcoin is already accepted as a legal tender and the government is really controlling BTC. This make Bitcoin lose it's decentralization, you have no privacy, and you need to follow all their rules. You're can only take advantage over the profit, all the thing is same like banks where they're control and monitor your wealth.

Agreed since I have heard other peoples opinion and it all involves that they think it is just an investment scam. But, if you ask them, it is not the bitcoin really is the reason why they see it that way. Most are really the altcoins that dump really so hard that they know someone who lost their investment because of this. This is kind of hard to clean the image of bitcoin as an independent coin since it would always be associated with altcoins that has poor performance in the market.


The thing that we can do is to continue share the good words about bitcoin specifically so that a lot would really see the potential of it independent with other altcoins. I agree that it is still a challenge and that education with these new innovations would make it be acceptable by more people in the future.

I do not consider the mentions issues as a bad reputation on bitcoin, there is absolutely no system out there without flaws or cons, nothing made by man is completely perfect, so when I first discovered bitcoin and dived into, I never expected it to be a perfect system of digital decentralized money.

On the issue of criminals getting away with their criminal activities through bitcoin, crimes have been and thrived before bitcoin came into existence, why is now that people consider bitcoin to be a getaway means for criminals?

In my opinion, I don't think it makes sense to try to convince anybody to love or invest in bitcoin, bitcoin has achieved alot in just few years, so for me, I say that bitcoin will do well with or without anyone, or some group of persons.

If given a chance why not? we all wanted people around us even those far from us to invest and trust bitcoin but how can we achieve that if they are closing their eyes and mind about the reality?
even some of us or many that starts having that doubt in the past in which i must admit to be one before, but eventually as there are some things that opened my eyes?
let time have this for them mate, I believe that it wont take long anyway.
and that's it, having education such schools and university opening for crypto connected thing? then that would be the faster result .

Well, all of these was done up until now using the fiat currency. If Bubble, ponzi scheme and whatever they call Bitcoin is, it should've probably burst in a couple of years before it's official release, but obviously not the case for Bitcoin who has been in existence since 2009 and still continuously rising in terms of adoption, usage, and value.
These people are just being ironic, they shouldn't use fiat money as well, cause some of these fiat money came from criminal activities (mostly from corrupt politicians and money launderers), some came from taxes from casinos and other gambling firms.
So, I don't think convincing them is necessary, let them realize what Bitcoin is about to become in the next coming years. And as far as criminalities are concerned, we can't really do much about it, because criminal activities do exist in everywhere and anyhow.

You can try to educate people or make them aware but the problem with those people who have fixed their mindset of bad image about btc it's hard to change and for me I am not into wasting too much efforts in convincing anyone that why it's good because until they make their own research and came to know about it they won't believe it.But in comparison yes there has been significant change in people thoughts about btc due to awareness and increasing adoption rate.You can always try to put some efforts but not feel bad if people are not into it because it's their loss in the end.

Bitcoin is used on dark sites because transactions can be done anonymously. and because of this Bitcoin is very popular for many criminal activities.  However, apart from being used on dark sites, Bitcoin is also widely used for good purposes. fiat money through credit card fraud is also used for many criminal activities like buying/selling drugs, buying illegal weapons etc.  Would you call fiat money also help criminal?

Even though the value of bitcoin decreases sometimes, its price always increases but you look at fiat money, the value of fiat money also decreases constantly but once its value decreases, it never increases again. so will people distrust money like Bitcoin?

Bitcoin runs on blockchain technology but Bitcoin and blockchain are completely different things and blockchain is now being used in the banking sector as well.  So to understand about Bitcoin, you have to study about Bitcoin itself.

Bitcoin is used on gambling sites as it is a simple and fast payment method but it is a misconception that Bitcoin is only used for gambling and who said Bitcoin is only used for gambling.  He himself knows nothing about Bitcoin

This is all because of the Government trying to control us and preventing us for getting the freedom which bitcoin offers. They spread all this negative rumors and news to create fear among us. And that's how this kind of mindset has been established. Criminals use money, gold, and any other currency to do their dirty deals. Has the government ever considered banning them? No!
So why only crypto? It's all about creating a controlling environment.

I don't think this will ever change anything. People will find out new ways of doing things. You can not completely prevent anything regarding Bitcoin as it is decentralized. So it is better not to think about those and focus on the positive side. As I said, it's all about creating fear. So it will better to avoid these.

bitcoin doesn't have a bad reputation completely, it's a relief that those bad operators of bitcoin can get apprehended by security agencies. Like Pooya87, suggested it'll be difficult to have a currency that segregates criminals from genuine people. It was meant for victim to stay wise and be able to avoid scammers once they dictate them. If many bitcoin scam victims, which is also a bad reputation for Bitcoin, joined the forum or researched thoroughly about Bitcoin and what works and what doesn't work they wouldn't fall for some cheap scam threats. Once a person recommends a scam exchange to me I'll know immediately because it doesn't look real in the eye and also it's not popularly known in the market. And for the top brands in bitcoin that folds with lots of people's money, it's also a criterion to consider in the Bitcoin market, it has chased lots of investors away from the market. Hence, not everyone experience this hardship or disputes. That's why the market still grows, we need more people to understand the market, at least to reduce scam. But, for the illicit transaction going on the darkweb I don't think it can get terminated. Currency is used by both the good and bad.

In fact, there is no particular need to convince those who have already formed their opinion about bitcoin, it is just a waste of time at the current stage. There are a huge number of people who still do not have enough knowledge about bitcoin, and they are the ones who need to be told about it in the first place. Moreover, to to be told truthfully, with all the pros and cons, so that they eventually get the right idea about bitcoin, and so that they do not lose due to lack of awareness. And then, with the growing number of those who will benefit from the use of bitcoin, even those who now have a negative attitude towards it, doubts will begin to creep in, and they will also reconsider their attitude over time.

I totally agree with you, there is nothing useful in trying to convince people who have a negative fixed idea about Bitcoin.
Back in time, there have been people opposed to the electrification of cities and villages, there have been people opposed to smartphones, social networks too. There are those who are opposed to Bitcoin and cryptos more generally.
Even with global adoption, there will always be a portion of people who are against Bitcoin.

It's not this category of people that it's useful to debate Bitcoin with, personally I think we're past the point where Bitcoin has a bad image. Drugs and guns have transferred to the environmental problems of mining. Once this is no longer the case, even for the detractors, there will be something else to blame on Bitcoin.
Who cares, it has never prevented or blocked the development of BTC, the share of humans who don't know about Bitcoin but are not opposed to it is still greater than the share opposed to Bitcoin.

I see here that a multifaceted approach is urgently needed including education, regulation, and technological innovation, to change negative perceptions about Bitcoin and increase its adoption as a legitimate technology.

The decentralized nature of Bitcoin is one of its key features, which makes it difficult to regulate or control. Therefore, any attempt to address negative perceptions of Bitcoin must balance the need for increased security with protection of Bitcoin's unique features.

You are right to point out that Bitcoin's reputation has been negatively affected by misconceptions, including its connection to criminal activity, its instability and its use in online gambling. This misunderstanding has contributed to the slow adoption of Bitcoin as a legitimate technology.

To disassociate Bitcoin from its negative associations with gambling, illegal transactions, crime, and other negative activities, a great effort is needed. The negative framing that Bitcoin has received is largely due to media controlled by opposition forces. As a result, newcomers will immediately feel the negative aura surrounding Bitcoin.

Discussing the profits of investing in Bitcoin is not the right approach to attract people's interest and improve its reputation. Lately, I've noticed a lot of people flaunting their investment and trading gains as a means of enticing newcomers to learn about Bitcoin. Instead, we must campaign for Bitcoin's unique decentralized character. This can be achieved with the help of strong media support to change public perception of Bitcoin.

Yes exactly, skeptical ones always try to find more fault even if you have circumvented one for him/her. But I think that's a good thing too because when you ask questions over and over again it represents the interest of the questioner and thus, in the end, most of them accept the good reputation of Bitcoin and blockchain. As the Op said, most people think of BTC as gambling but we who are already involved in it, know that it is gambling when we do it without proper analysis. Even in the real world when we start a business or invest in any assets we do a proper analysis which increases the profit rates and thus it's no more gambling.

No, they will not distrust fiat like BTC because Banks and Fiat are there from the beginning and had made people so dependent on them like people can not even think about other options. This looks like a matrix of which Andrew Tate was talking about  :D. But i have seen more people coming toward crypto and admiring other companies for making their payment systems to avail option of Crypto.

Agreed, But sometimes, these skeptical people are the product of the faulty education that we tried to give them because currently one of my cousin just got into University and one of his roommate is involved in trading then he asked me on weekend about trading. (he did not know about my experience with trading) so i tried to share both the good and bad sides of crypto trading, because if he walks on this journey then it should be his decision, not just because i have shown him some good profits. I have spent a hell lot of time in explaining crypto to others and every time i improve myself. like if someone ask me any question which i knew not i seek more time to answer them.

Instead, of misguiding them, because by doing that we are also creating skeptical people who think of BTC as bad and then i don't think there is any way to fix it in the near time.

I think this is a statement that's got a bit of conjecture to it.  I know a lot of people who see bitcoin as having a great reputation.  Typically the problem is many people whom view bitcoin as "bad" typically simply do not understand it, how it works, what it is, and why it's a breakthrough technology.  I've met plenty of bitcoin pundits and have easily "schooled" them i.e. proved them wrong and every time I'm able to do so because they are straight up not versed on it.

To change the ill opinion of people towards Bitcoin I suggest enlightening younger ones like high school kids  this will help enhance their liking towards Bitcoin through teaching them about it and possibly giving them ways to earn with Bitcoins etc
Also we have to condemn fraud to the barest minimum as this will discourage those with little knowledge about Bitcoin due to fear of being defrauded them may not intend in engaging in Bitcoin

How can you conclude that Bitcoin adoption is a bit slow?
It is true that Bitcoin has some bad reputations (bubble, criminal currency, no future, etc). Personally, I think the bad reputations are made by the haters. They don't want people to join/use Bitcoin massively. In fact, the bad reputations aren't proven yet, Bitcoin even has a better advantage than legal currencies. People who labeled Bitcoin with bad reputations don't want Bitcoin to replace legal currencies.

Anyway, the adoption looks good. Bitcoin even becomes legal tender in some countries. There will be more countries to consider Bitcoin as legal tenders as well. In some countries, Bitcoin can be used to pay for goods or services. So, I assume the adoption looks quite fast.

It is just people's assumptions, it doesn't mean a fact. We can't blame people, some of them may not know the truth. Some may be the haters who spread FUDs. This is something difficult to avoid, it will disappear once Bitcoin increases its popularity and be an important part of human life.

How to convince the people?
I think we have no effective ways to convince the people.
If Bitcoin continues to exist and develop, people will believe that Bitcoin is something good and necessary for human life.

To be honest, however we fix this, as long as there are big parties against Bitcoin, don't like it and want to drop Bitcoin, then this won't work. will continue to be repeated regarding negative Bitcoin news from time to time. Because it is also included in how someone wants to respond to something new. And usually they will believe more in what the social media tell, not from us who like to give a defense according to them.