I did my first Bitcoin presentation last week at a York Green Party meeting

[Yorkydude]

Bitcoin is a cure for communism so I can imagine it did not go over well at a Communist Party meeting.

They do not want a currency that is fair, they want one that gets distributed (stopping first in their pockets so they can determine who is worthy).

Decentralization is the antithesis of people who want power to be centralized.

Even though the Green Party is just a front for their true passion of communism and they don't really care about the environment, here is a detailed breakdown of the carbon footprint of Bitcoin's PoW system:
http://www.coindesk.com/carbon-footprint-bitcoin/

The good news is that those types of people are typically not early adopters so they will be left with their fiat to the bitter end. Complaining the whole way down.

I disagree mate. They are the most democratic party around. Every policy they have is decided by a voting system. They support fairer economic polices and I find them very open minded, which is why I decided to vote for them a few months back. I joined the party because I wanted a better insight to the type of people running the show. I'm impressed with what I've seen. They are basically a bunch of activists that i believe are forward thinking and actually the first party to have any of their members accept Bitcoin for donations. Look here:

http://www.coindesk.com/green-activist-first-mainstream-uk-politician-accept-bitcoin/

They were very keen to have me talk about Bitcoin and the reception was very positive.

Ahh...Green Party in the UK.

I was thinking of the Green Party of the US which is basically people who love communism but don't like being linked to the baggage of the millions of people who died under those systems. So they change their name to Green Party or progressism.

Aha.... I did wonder if we were talking about the same party. Thanks for your comments though. I didn't realise what the Green Party in the USA were all about.

[RodeoX]

This is great. Early on it was people doing stuff like this that caused bitcoin to explode. When it did, it seemed to attract a lot of people who just wanted to get rich ass sitting. Nice job Yorkydude! Please PM me with one of your receiving addresses or post it here. I for one would like to tip you.

[BitUsher]

This is great. Early on it was people doing stuff like this that caused bitcoin to explode. When it did, it seemed to attract a lot of people who just wanted to get rich ass sitting. Nice job Yorkydude! Please PM me with one of your receiving addresses or post it here. I for one would like to tip you.

Agreed. Next time, film it and upload it to youtube and I will give you a large tip as well...Yorkydude. Thanks.

[dothebeats]

This was quite a challenge for me as I'm not great at presentations and obviously never done one about Bitcoin. Because I was at a political party meeting I tried to give it a political angle and not go too technical. I was also only given 5 minutes, which turned into 10 and a fair few people had questions and comments after. One of the most interesting was that proof-of-stake was a better system for the environment and an inflationary currency would be better for society. I'm curious about the proof-of-stake, but don't think people given the choice would choose an inflationary currency over a deflationary one. The guy said that deflation helps the rich more than the poor.

Anyway, it was nice to do something like this and I hope I can maybe do another one in the future.  

Honestly speaking, even if you don't do a presentation about bitcoin, or by just merely saying anything about bitcoin, it will be hard because most people don't know the concepts and the facts behind bitcoin. I tried discussing bitcoin to my economics teacher once, and she ended up telling me that "it is a scam." I don't know, but maybe people aren't that "ready" to accept bitcoin yet--even the idea behind it.

[Yorkydude]

This is great. Early on it was people doing stuff like this that caused bitcoin to explode. When it did, it seemed to attract a lot of people who just wanted to get rich ass sitting. Nice job Yorkydude! Please PM me with one of your receiving addresses or post it here. I for one would like to tip you.

Ah, cheers dude. That be very nice as I've not been tipped for anything before.

Cheers

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[Yorkydude]

Haha..... sorry I didn't realise how big the screen shot was going to turn out

[Yorkydude]

This is great. Early on it was people doing stuff like this that caused bitcoin to explode. When it did, it seemed to attract a lot of people who just wanted to get rich ass sitting. Nice job Yorkydude! Please PM me with one of your receiving addresses or post it here. I for one would like to tip you.

Agreed. Next time, film it and upload it to youtube and I will give you a large tip as well...Yorkydude. Thanks.

Yes, once I get better at them I would definitely like to record them. I'm learning Spanish too, so my dream of a goal is to do one in Spanish.

[BitUsher]

Honestly speaking, even if you don't do a presentation about bitcoin, or by just merely saying anything about bitcoin, it will be hard because most people don't know the concepts and the facts behind bitcoin. I tried discussing bitcoin to my economics teacher once, and she ended up telling me that "it is a scam." I don't know, but maybe people aren't that "ready" to accept bitcoin yet--even the idea behind it.

Economics professors within colleges and universities are 99% keynsian in their philosophy and have been trained to believe that anything that isn't inflationary and centrally controlled is flawed. They will be the last people to accept bitcoin and probably only use it if they didn't know they are which is likely to happen in the next 5-10 years . There is no reason people should waste their time arguing with these people unless they want to hone their debate skills or if they are prepared and in front of an audience.

[Yorkydude]

This was quite a challenge for me as I'm not great at presentations and obviously never done one about Bitcoin. Because I was at a political party meeting I tried to give it a political angle and not go too technical. I was also only given 5 minutes, which turned into 10 and a fair few people had questions and comments after. One of the most interesting was that proof-of-stake was a better system for the environment and an inflationary currency would be better for society. I'm curious about the proof-of-stake, but don't think people given the choice would choose an inflationary currency over a deflationary one. The guy said that deflation helps the rich more than the poor.

Anyway, it was nice to do something like this and I hope I can maybe do another one in the future.  

Honestly speaking, even if you don't do a presentation about bitcoin, or by just merely saying anything about bitcoin, it will be hard because most people don't know the concepts and the facts behind bitcoin. I tried discussing bitcoin to my economics teacher once, and she ended up telling me that "it is a scam." I don't know, but maybe people aren't that "ready" to accept bitcoin yet--even the idea behind it.

Haha, i was actually pleasantly surprised with the feedback. It's definitely encouraged me to do more and try to push these ideas more. I followed up with one of my favourite Andreas Antonopoulos youtube videos on their Facebook page. I agree though, mostly people give you some very negative responses.    

[rivoke]

So how the response after the presentation ?

Well since I'm still college guy, everybody still underestimate bitcoin because nobody ever heard about it. So it also lack of response.
Be gratefull for us for who had known bitcoin earlier 

[BitUsher]

Haha, i was actually pleasantly surprised with the feedback. It's definitely encouraged me to do more and try to push these ideas more. I followed up with one of my favourite Andreas Antonopoulos youtube videos on their Facebook page. I agree though, mostly people give you some very negative responses.    

Best way to convert someone IMHO is to get them to use it or experience it first hand. Next time you are going out for a dinner party make sure you go to a restaurant that accepts bitcoin and pay for your meal or everyones with your cell wallet. You will immediately get them interested and asking you questions and than you can go into all the reasons why you prefer it over credit cards and cash like..

1) If someone steals your cellphone you don't lose your bitcoins (as you have a HD 12 word backup)
2) If someone steals your cell they cannot use your BTC as they need your pin (mycelium and others) and with a cc they can create fraud and you can be inconvenienced by needing to order a new cc and paying the deductible
3) That local businesses appreciate it more as they don't get charged a transaction fee and thus it helps the local economy
4) There is no risk of hackers attacking the business or payment processor(I.E... target) and committing identity theft and fraud as bitcoin was designed to secure you by not giving over your personal identification , credit cards are flawed by design and while applepay is better is still weaker in security than bitcoin.

ect...

[RodeoX]

Gracias por difundir la palabra.

.01337 tip sent to a "leet" bitcoiner!

[Yorkydude]

Gracias por difundir la palabra.

.01337 tip sent to a "leet" bitcoiner!

Muchas gracias señor! Espero hacer mas y mas

[Yorkydude]

Haha, i was actually pleasantly surprised with the feedback. It's definitely encouraged me to do more and try to push these ideas more. I followed up with one of my favourite Andreas Antonopoulos youtube videos on their Facebook page. I agree though, mostly people give you some very negative responses.    

Best way to convert someone IMHO is to get them to use it or experience it first hand. Next time you are going out for a dinner party make sure you go to a restaurant that accepts bitcoin and pay for your meal or everyones with your cell wallet. You will immediately get them interested and asking you questions and than you can go into all the reasons why you prefer it over credit cards and cash like..

1) If someone steals your cellphone you don't lose your bitcoins (as you have a HD 12 word backup)
2) If someone steals your cell they cannot use your BTC as they need your pin (mycelium and others) and with a cc they can create fraud and you can be inconvenienced by needing to order a new cc and paying the deductible
3) That local businesses appreciate it more as they don't get charged a transaction fee and thus it helps the local economy
4) There is no risk of hackers attacking the business or payment processor(I.E... target) and committing identity theft and fraud as bitcoin was designed to secure you by not giving over your personal identification , credit cards are flawed by design and while applepay is better is still weaker in security than bitcoin.

ect...

I agree, the best way is to get people to use it. Which is why i've been giving paper wallets with a small amount of BTC on to all my friends for their birthdays.

[Hollingsworth]

Awesome that you had an opportunity to present bitcoin to an audience.

I have always thought that the best way for someone to really learn what bitcoin is, is to give a simple demonstration. Transmit a few dollars worth of btc from your phone wallet to an audience member with a laptop. Then have them order something with a btc merchant.

When folks see how you can transmit bitcoins over the internet for themselves, it starts to click. I may start doing this in my local internet cafes, and try to get the coffee shops themselves to accept bitcoin, for ease of demonstration.

H.

[Yorkydude]

Hi,

Yeah I suppose showing people how it works is a good way to make people understand it better. And I suppose if it ever does go main stream most people won't need to know much more than this.

This presentation was only short and I had to stop in the middle of what I was saying because I ran out of time, but I hope I can do a much longer one someday.

I was very surprised that everyone in the room had heard of Bitcoin and two people actually had some. Not what you'd expect from a political party with only about 30 people in the room. If i'd have asked that question 2 years ago i'm sure it would have been close to zero. It's so interesting to see where this is all going.

[jt byte]

The topic itself is a bit challenging.
The next time i would like to suggest you to present to the audience some facts.
https://99bitcoins.com/test-yourself-are-you-the-ultimate-bitcoin-expert/
That i learned today and are very interesting and would make the audience more attractive to your presentation.

[BillyBobZorton]

Bitcoin is a cure for communism so I can imagine it did not go over well at a Communist Party meeting.

They do not want a currency that is fair, they want one that gets distributed (stopping first in their pockets so they can determine who is worthy).

Decentralization is the antithesis of people who want power to be centralized.

Even though the Green Party is just a front for their true passion of communism and they don't really care about the environment, here is a detailed breakdown of the carbon footprint of Bitcoin's PoW system:
http://www.coindesk.com/microscope-conclusions-costs-bitcoin/



The good news is that those types of people are typically not early adopters so they will be left with their fiat to the bitter end. Complaining the whole way down.

Even with all it's negative connotations, PoW is still king and the best way to go about securing a blockchain. PoS is in my eyes a scam. I would rather have an algorithm issuing currency than depending on some stakeholders.
Of course communists aren't going to deal with the pretty much natural law of risk and reward. They just don't get that the super early adopters bought BTC when it was meaningless, therefore they deserve a lot of reward.
Someone buying it now, deserves a lot of reward vs someone buying it 10 years down the line, etc.

[Yorkydude]

The topic itself is a bit challenging.
The next time i would like to suggest you to present to the audience some facts.
https://99bitcoins.com/test-yourself-are-you-the-ultimate-bitcoin-expert/
That i learned today and are very interesting and would make the audience more attractive to your presentation.

And what makes you think I didn't present any facts?

Thanks for the quiz. I'll give it a go later.