Teenagers and bitcoin

[Somekindabitcoin]

I don't know why are people still saying that Bitcoin is too complicated. It took me about 2 days of using it to learn everything and start using Bitcoin on 100%. You just need to want.

It's true bitcoin is complicate. Not all of people want to spend 2 days to learn a new and unnecessary thins.
                                                                                

I didn't spent 2 days with learnings, I learned it by using it. I bought coins, used faucets, downloaded wallets, tried gambling and pew, I know how Bitcoin works, how to use it and even more!

[BillyBobZorton]

I initially wrote this post in response to the below quote from another thread, but I thought it was going a bit off topic for the thread, so decided to start a new thread.

The people can perfectly start using BTC on their own, we don't need to wait for institutions to jump in because they will most likely never do it. Anyway, in 10 years, a 10 year old will already know how to use BTC and recieve and send payments. By the time he is 18, do you think he is going to open a bank account? do you think he will like the fees, the waiting 3 days for an operation to get confirmed.. and all the rest of the shitty remarks of the traditional banking system? Nope. Thats how the traditional banking system will die.

What do ten year olds use currency for? The teenage years are an important range I think to become familiar with bitcoin. The world is something else at this age and they always need/want new stuff. When I left highschool napster had begun making waves, MSN messenger was used amongst my friends and mobile phones were part of the craze.

Any money which I used in my earlier teens came from pocket money, which would typically go towards a bus journey and a round of pitch and putt with my friends once a week, along with money each day to buy food/drinks at school. Money was not typically exchanged between friends, aside from any gambling game which we might play for small coins, but this was rare. Most of the time all we needed was a ball and we were right.

So what are kids going to use bitcoin for today? Buses wont likely accept bitcoins, sweet shops are possibly a bit more likely, but again not so likely and neither will most businesses in the short term. So what will make bitcoin cool to kids? Well the one answer that sticks in my mind is gambling. Social, skill based, gambling. I guess this depends upon the mentality of the child and questions of morality may arise, but yeah gambling on some sort of skill based decentralised gambling app on their smart phone I can imagine many a teenager thinking as being cool. I can foresee kids playing poker against each other in the middle of class getting their phones confiscated along with a detention. "Awwwww Sir!".

I don't think many kids playing casino games or sports betting sites will be seen as particularly cool amongst their peers but certainly if something decentralised was made available to them that allowed them to gamble amongst each other I could see that being popular. There would be bragging rights up for grabs.

Is there any thing else cooler that kids are going to want to use bitcoin for? Maybe buying a packet of crisps or a can of coke from their friend, but that's not particularly cool, just an opportunity for fledgling entrepreneurs.

It's always nice to see that a comment you make was interesting enough to create a new thread throught it. Anyway, I think the inflection point will be teens using BTC through online related revenue, namely, advertisement revenue through social media content. All those kids uploading Minecraft and GTA V videos hate banks and waiting for their check to arrive, the fees, the fact you need to reach % of income to withdraw, the fact you need your parents to authorize you to use a bank account.. same goes for music makers and whatnot. All those ways to make money off the internet where you need to be 18+ to even have a bank account, all those kids will be using BTC in the future and that is a multi billion dollar market alone. Who knows, we may see Youtube going myspace and streamium.io or something like that will be the new Youtube.

[wadili89]

I don't know why are people still saying that Bitcoin is too complicated. It took me about 2 days of using it to learn everything and start using Bitcoin on 100%. You just need to want.

It's true bitcoin is complicate. Not all of people want to spend 2 days to learn a new and unnecessary thins.
                                                                               

what you find complicated about bitcoins ? bitcoins is the most simple transparent and amazing thing i have ever seen bitcoins have play a big role in changing some part of my life and i bet who know how to play with it loving it

[notlist3d]

I think it's important to teach kids about money, and proper management of it.   I know as a kid I had a children's bank account.

I think learning to keep a budget is great for kids. If they can do this in fiat and BTC I think it's even better.  It leads to many good roads.

[hasmukhrawal]

Bitcoin is nowadays more popular in teens.
In many websites i have seen earning bitcoin through games and services. Though understanding bitcoin fully is a little bit tougher but now became popular.

[notlist3d]

It also depends on the subsection of people.  I know in college the business college had many people who were aware of bitcoins.  If you went to other arts, music, etc the number who knew about it went down quite a bit.

Hopefully we can change this is future where it's known equally.

[teddy5145]

Bitcoin is nowadays more popular in teens.
In many websites i have seen earning bitcoin through games and services. Though understanding bitcoin fully is a little bit tougher but now became popular.

What kind of games make you earn bitcoins? The only game i've found so far is gambling which isn't very profitable.

Maybe make some youtube videos that explains how bitcoin works with illustration on the video so teens like me can understand bitcoin better, like the videos Crashcourse made
https://www.youtube.com/user/crashcourse
Im sure if someone explains bitcoin that way, i will understand it more 

I have been using bitcoin for almost two years now and honestly i don't know how bitcoin works 
At least i know how to receive and send bitcoins 

[pooya87]

It also depends on the subsection of people.  I know in college the business college had many people who were aware of bitcoins.  If you went to other arts, music, etc the number who knew about it went down quite a bit.

Hopefully we can change this is future where it's known equally.

i think this is mostly because it is more like an investment rather than a currency like USD. so it is logical that people would treat it as such and be more popular among business school rather than any other places.

bitcoin at this stage is more like stock market and unless this is not resolved i don't see any major changes in it's adoption.

[Amph]

Bitcoin is nowadays more popular in teens.
In many websites i have seen earning bitcoin through games and services. Though understanding bitcoin fully is a little bit tougher but now became popular.

What kind of games make you earn bitcoins? The only game i've found so far is gambling which isn't very profitable.

Maybe make some youtube videos that explains how bitcoin works with illustration on the video so teens like me can understand bitcoin better, like the videos Crashcourse made
https://www.youtube.com/user/crashcourse
Im sure if someone explains bitcoin that way, i will understand it more  

I have been using bitcoin for almost two years now and honestly i don't know how bitcoin works  
At least i know how to receive and send bitcoins  

flappybird with bitcoin can make you earn some coins, but if you are looking for something more significant there is counterstrike, or you can earn hyper first and exchange those with bitcoin, later

many game support cryptocurrency today, ajd since teenergers love gaming, it is a perfect union between the two

forget to add that starcraft 2 made some tournaments where the winner could earn bitcoin

[teddy5145]

Bitcoin is nowadays more popular in teens.
In many websites i have seen earning bitcoin through games and services. Though understanding bitcoin fully is a little bit tougher but now became popular.

What kind of games make you earn bitcoins? The only game i've found so far is gambling which isn't very profitable.

Maybe make some youtube videos that explains how bitcoin works with illustration on the video so teens like me can understand bitcoin better, like the videos Crashcourse made
https://www.youtube.com/user/crashcourse
Im sure if someone explains bitcoin that way, i will understand it more  

I have been using bitcoin for almost two years now and honestly i don't know how bitcoin works  
At least i know how to receive and send bitcoins  

flappybird with bitcoin can make you earn some coins, but if you are looking for something more significant there is counterstrike, or you can earn hyper first and exchange those with bitcoin, later

many game support cryptocurrency today, ajd since teenergers love gaming, it is a perfect union between the two

forget to add that starcraft 2 made some tournaments where the winner could earn bitcoin

Cool! didn't know that you could earn btc from major games.
Too bad i didn't play starcraft 2, i don't really like RTS
But i will try to CS one
Searched and found a reddit link where you get paid for every kill on csgo
Thanks dude 

[Amph]

Bitcoin is nowadays more popular in teens.
In many websites i have seen earning bitcoin through games and services. Though understanding bitcoin fully is a little bit tougher but now became popular.

What kind of games make you earn bitcoins? The only game i've found so far is gambling which isn't very profitable.

Maybe make some youtube videos that explains how bitcoin works with illustration on the video so teens like me can understand bitcoin better, like the videos Crashcourse made
https://www.youtube.com/user/crashcourse
Im sure if someone explains bitcoin that way, i will understand it more  

I have been using bitcoin for almost two years now and honestly i don't know how bitcoin works  
At least i know how to receive and send bitcoins  

flappybird with bitcoin can make you earn some coins, but if you are looking for something more significant there is counterstrike, or you can earn hyper first and exchange those with bitcoin, later

many game support cryptocurrency today, ajd since teenergers love gaming, it is a perfect union between the two

forget to add that starcraft 2 made some tournaments where the winner could earn bitcoin

Cool! didn't know that you could earn btc from major games.
Too bad i didn't play starcraft 2, i don't really like RTS
But i will try to CS one
Searched and found a reddit link where you get paid for every kill on csgo
Thanks dude 

i played csgo to see how much you can earn if you are good enough with headshot in 4 hours 0.015 btc are possible, maybe even more

there is also minecraft and many other game that are supported with hyper, try them and see what is the best for earning more

[Somekindabitcoin]

Bitcoin is nowadays more popular in teens.
In many websites i have seen earning bitcoin through games and services. Though understanding bitcoin fully is a little bit tougher but now became popular.

What kind of games make you earn bitcoins? The only game i've found so far is gambling which isn't very profitable.

Maybe make some youtube videos that explains how bitcoin works with illustration on the video so teens like me can understand bitcoin better, like the videos Crashcourse made
https://www.youtube.com/user/crashcourse
Im sure if someone explains bitcoin that way, i will understand it more 

I have been using bitcoin for almost two years now and honestly i don't know how bitcoin works 
At least i know how to receive and send bitcoins 

flappybird with bitcoin can make you earn some coins, but if you are looking for something more significant there is counterstrike, or you can earn hyper first and exchange those with bitcoin, later

many game support cryptocurrency today, ajd since teenergers love gaming, it is a perfect union between the two

forget to add that starcraft 2 made some tournaments where the winner could earn bitcoin

Cool! didn't know that you could earn btc from major games.
Too bad i didn't play starcraft 2, i don't really like RTS
But i will try to CS one
Searched and found a reddit link where you get paid for every kill on csgo
Thanks dude 

i played csgo to see how much you can earn if you are good enough with headshot in 4 hours 0.015 btc are possible, maybe even more

there is also minecraft and many other game that are supported with hyper, try them and see what is the best for earning more

Can you post any link please? This sounds amazing and as a good cs go player I want to try it so badly

[TotalPanda]

I don't think many kids playing casino games or sports betting sites will be seen as particularly cool
amongst their peers but certainly if something decentralised was made available to them that allowed
them to gamble amongst each other I could see that being popular.

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[Elwar]

Get paid weekly allowance in bitcoins.

Download the latest boy band music with bitcoins.

Get the hottest new game with bitcoins.

In an emergency (or someone forgot to pick you up), text dad that you need money to pay for an Uber ride to get home.

[Somekindabitcoin]

Get paid weekly allowance in bitcoins.

Download the latest boy band music with bitcoins.

Get the hottest new game with bitcoins.

In an emergency (or someone forgot to pick you up), text dad that you need money to pay for an Uber ride to get home.

Teenagers don't pay for a music, and mostly don't buy any games. Just download it for free.

[Elwar]

Get paid weekly allowance in bitcoins.

Download the latest boy band music with bitcoins.

Get the hottest new game with bitcoins.

In an emergency (or someone forgot to pick you up), text dad that you need money to pay for an Uber ride to get home.

Teenagers don't pay for a music, and mostly don't buy any games. Just download it for free.

True...the dichotomy of a teen being able to understand Bitcoin but not grasping Bittorrent.

[Somekindabitcoin]

Get paid weekly allowance in bitcoins.

Download the latest boy band music with bitcoins.

Get the hottest new game with bitcoins.

In an emergency (or someone forgot to pick you up), text dad that you need money to pay for an Uber ride to get home.

Teenagers don't pay for a music, and mostly don't buy any games. Just download it for free.

True...the dichotomy of a teen being able to understand Bitcoin but not grasping Bittorrent.

What about Bitcoin giveaway or rewards for actually playing games? It would be amazing and I would use it too, definitely.
It's really good when you play your favorite game like CS GO and earn Bitcoin. It could be fixed rate for play time or just for kills or whatever is in the game they select. Like 0.002 BTC for 1 hour of playing your favorite game and that's all.

[Kakmakr]

I think the focus for teens, should be on social media. Monetize things like WhatsApp and allow them to customize it with features paid for in Bitcoin. Allow them to trade and buy data for their phone. I know GEMS allow for some payment, whist you use their service.

Just include it as a add-on within Facebook/Twitter/Reddit and you would see a massive explotion in it's use. The Bitcoins earned on these platforms, could be used on sites like eBay / OpenBazaar / Amazon / Alibaba and a lot more. The possibilities could be endless.

Not all teens play games, but all teens like to communicate on social media. 

[Somekindabitcoin]

I think the focus for teens, should be on social media. Monetize things like WhatsApp and allow them to customize it with features paid for in Bitcoin. Allow them to trade and buy data for their phone. I know GEMS allow for some payment, whist you use their service.

Just include it as a add-on within Facebook/Twitter/Reddit and you would see a massive explotion in it's use. The Bitcoins earned on these platforms, could be used on sites like eBay / OpenBazaar / Amazon / Alibaba and a lot more. The possibilities could be endless.

Not all teens play games, but all teens like to communicate on social media. 

I heard that Facebook' Messenger allows to send money through it, it's really fast and easy. It would be nice to send Bitcoin through Messenger, but this won't never happen. Facebook will probably make some FacebookCoin if it's necessary, because they don't want to support others.

[Q7]

Maybe what we need is a game where there's a trading platform which allows you to buy some special game items which can be bought using only bitcoin. But we haven't seen that happening just yet. If there is, it will be the first thing that will attract and get their attention towards bitcoin and they will brag on how cool to have it.