What's stopping people from using bitcoin?

[bamboylee]

What is letting people not using the bitcoin is the bad name, a lot of media has really given the bitcoin a bad name.
People are thinking its only used by criminals...

Those are the people with narrow mindsets and I really don't think that we should waste our time in thinking what people around us are thinking about bitcoin, better to move ahead and keep on earning.

Yeah, you know the benefits of bitcoin and the opportunities it gives to people of using it. If other people can't see it, then it is their loss not yours. Important thing is, you share it to them and that you explained it to them. If bad news stop them from using bitcoin, it is their wrong. Just enjoy earning and using bitcoin.

[Fatanut]

People will stop using bitcoin if the price of bitcoin goes down so hard, like the bitcoin's price become $1-$100. People will stop using bitcoin and change into another cryptocoin.

Or maybe people would start using bitcoins because it would be a good timing to invest. It's almost impossible for bitcoin to reach 100$ but let's just assume that it just happened. People would surely fill in their stash. Everyone knows that bitcoin's price will shoot up no matter how low the price goes. And also, if that's the bottom of bitcoin's price, then the only movement it can do is to go up.

[Enotche]

I think another point that stops people from using Bitcoin, is the inability to cancel the transaction. Many scams are, and sending them money the way back will be gone. And this has nothing to do. You can not write to the police, because the case related fraud Bitcoin has not reviewed and does not know how to govern. People are afraid to lose money forever.

[serjent05]

Well I think the one that is stopping people from using bitcoin is the media I think. They always relate bitcoin to drugs and that is what's stopping people to use bitcoin.

I agree bad press plays a huge role why people are hessitating to use BITCOIN.  Everytime media news about bitcoin being used in Drugs, people think that Bitcoin isn't a good thing.  They are afraid that authorities will be after them because they use Bitcoin.  Another big stuff is Bitcoin being use in money laundering.  People think that maybe government will be after them once they use BITCOIN.

[redsun114]

Very hard to detect why people don't using bitcoin, it's individual problem for everybody, somebody don't like bitcoin, somebody is too old to start and many other reasons.

I dont think age matters. It is the mind. If they open it and willing to be taught about it then there would be no problem at all. As long as the person knew some basic computer it will be done.

Yes and sometimes young people are curious to know more things and that is the reason why most of the bitcoin users are youth. I think the lack of interest and curiosity is what is stopping people from using bitcoins.

[boyptc]

Very hard to detect why people don't using bitcoin, it's individual problem for everybody, somebody don't like bitcoin, somebody is too old to start and many other reasons.

I dont think age matters. It is the mind. If they open it and willing to be taught about it then there would be no problem at all. As long as the person knew some basic computer it will be done.

Yes and sometimes young people are curious to know more things and that is the reason why most of the bitcoin users are youth. I think the lack of interest and curiosity is what is stopping people from using bitcoins.

Well definitely age doesn't matter about this. There is no fact study or survey on what are the range of ages of the bitcoin users. And it really doesn't affect if they are old or young.
But the thing is people are really lack of knowledge and interest about bitcoin so instead of stopping using it, they haven't used it at all.

[danherbias07]

Very hard to detect why people don't using bitcoin, it's individual problem for everybody, somebody don't like bitcoin, somebody is too old to start and many other reasons.

I dont think age matters. It is the mind. If they open it and willing to be taught about it then there would be no problem at all. As long as the person knew some basic computer it will be done.

Yes and sometimes young people are curious to know more things and that is the reason why most of the bitcoin users are youth. I think the lack of interest and curiosity is what is stopping people from using bitcoins.

Yes and that is why more are also greedy because of their hot blood. Young ones that got a lot of questions in their mind will be the one profiting from here if they can control that greed also.

[tabas]

Very hard to detect why people don't using bitcoin, it's individual problem for everybody, somebody don't like bitcoin, somebody is too old to start and many other reasons.

I dont think age matters. It is the mind. If they open it and willing to be taught about it then there would be no problem at all. As long as the person knew some basic computer it will be done.

Yes and sometimes young people are curious to know more things and that is the reason why most of the bitcoin users are youth. I think the lack of interest and curiosity is what is stopping people from using bitcoins.

Yes and that is why more are also greedy because of their hot blood. Young ones that got a lot of questions in their mind will be the one profiting from here if they can control that greed also.

Greediness is really one of the bad attitude that can make a person fall. But we can't blame them. But as for those youths that are experiencing to earn real money with bitcoin that is a good model for those older ones.
But still if those old people are not really interested in bitcoin then they aren't going to use bitcoin at all.

[hoban_GREEN]

Most people don't know about bitcoin. and the people who know, well they are for the vast majority sceptical, for now it's still incredibly a closed tiny world. Even if everyone talked about it for a while (the news, good magazines, etc) after the initial 'that's cool' people in the middle lost interest. I believe the main reason is that they perceive the entire thing like something dangerous somehow. I talked with a lot of firends that know bitcoins but are just too scared about trying and they don't have a good incentive (basically they don't need them): If you spend just a few hours on your laptop every day, you may see the entire thing like a distant and complicated world.

[agustina2]

Very hard to detect why people don't using bitcoin, it's individual problem for everybody, somebody don't like bitcoin, somebody is too old to start and many other reasons.

I dont think age matters. It is the mind. If they open it and willing to be taught about it then there would be no problem at all. As long as the person knew some basic computer it will be done.

Yes and sometimes young people are curious to know more things and that is the reason why most of the bitcoin users are youth. I think the lack of interest and curiosity is what is stopping people from using bitcoins.

Curiosity is different from lack of interest.

Curiosity is to reserach or putting themselves on bitcoin world. Because of curiousity people automatically putting themselves in the situation of earning bitcoin. If they will like it, they will continue, if they don't then they will flee.

[justdimin]

I think one of the major drawbacks is for the newbies, and even for the experienced, it's very easy to make a mistake and end up paying a lot of money, or not enough money, but mistakingly adding or subtracting a zero or moving a comma, and BTC has no way to get refunds so..

That can really be a reason as people might feel that once sent the bitcoins with wrong amounts, it is similar to seeing your money being burned live. But I feel users are careful and should be careful enough to avoid such mistakes again. Thank you very much for sharing. It would help a lot of members here.

[2double0]

I think one of the major drawbacks is for the newbies, and even for the experienced, it's very easy to make a mistake and end up paying a lot of money, or not enough money, but mistakingly adding or subtracting a zero or moving a comma, and BTC has no way to get refunds so..

It is manly because of the lack of knowledge newbies should have before starting to do transactions in bitcoins, it is better to learn before actually starting to do it. Mistakes in bitcoin transactions could cost you a lot if you accidentally send non-purposed amount to anyone.

[langedwig]

BTC has not yet reached the whole world. Some do use the BTC and some do not as they think it has a lot of risk in moving with this. But BTC is alwasy a safest forum to gain money. People should get to know more benefits of BTC. The more they know, the more they will be aware interested.

[Bitcoinsummoner]

BTC has not yet reached the whole world. Some do use the BTC and some do not as they think it has a lot of risk in moving with this. But BTC is alwasy a safest forum to gain money. People should get to know more benefits of BTC. The more they know, the more they will be aware interested.

Honestly yeah not all people dont know about bicoin  but the problem is this is not the only forum that can earn money .. we don't know that there is more precious outside in this forum.. and they are afraid for bitcoin because they heard many things that bitcoin is scam and the other thing is the already experience of scam.. thats why they are stop using bitcoin..

[rababo]

I think lack of knowledge is the major issue here. People are not aware about bitcoin, so it makes difficult for them to start using it or invest their money on bitcoin.
If people know they could earn decent money from bitcoin, that would encourage them to use bitcoin.

[romero121]

I think lack of knowledge is the major issue here. People are not aware about bitcoin, so it makes difficult for them to start using it or invest their money on bitcoin.
If people know they could earn decent money from bitcoin, that would encourage them to use bitcoin.

As quoted lack of knowledge about bitcoin is one among the important factor which stops people stand away from bitcoin. Even users who know about bitcoin don't really understand its potential.

[rickadone]

Most people don't know about bitcoin. and the people who know, well they are for the vast majority sceptical, for now it's still incredibly a closed tiny world. Even if everyone talked about it for a while (the news, good magazines, etc) after the initial 'that's cool' people in the middle lost interest. I believe the main reason is that they perceive the entire thing like something dangerous somehow. I talked with a lot of firends that know bitcoins but are just too scared about trying and they don't have a good incentive (basically they don't need them): If you spend just a few hours on your laptop every day, you may see the entire thing like a distant and complicated world.

Most people wouldn't even dare touch the surface of what's bitcoin is to provide. Even the smallest info.

People are too ignorant to know of the possibilities of bitcoin and too afraid because the mass media has always been reporting negative issues about bitcoin.

[VERUMinNUMERIS]

Too many steps to use and difficulty to secure.

[rekinthis]

So after reading this article and especially the ending:

One thing is for certain: having made Bitcoin less of a security worry, transparency will now be key in attracting users to new models, placing control of funds and fees in an upfront way in their own hands.

I'm wondering what's stopping people from using bitcoin?

And now I'm talking about people who already aware of bitcoin and how it works but still not using it.

The price is now pretty much stable for more then a year, security issues are out of the question - so why we can't see in 2015 more companies switching to it, especially considering the unstable condition of moden economy?

i think large reason why not many people use bitcoins yet is because they don't know enough about this, so they need  info about bitcoins to use it, i am sure

and second reason is maybe because they are afraid of losing their money as they think that it is a scam, or they will lose their money after any bitcoin price drop

[betohell]

Well I think the one that is stopping people from using bitcoin is the media I think. They always relate bitcoin to drugs and that is what's stopping people to use bitcoin.

yeah I do not know the media is controlled by anyone but why do they always proclaim the ugliness of bitcoin? and make bitcoin be ugly image in the eyes of the community