Do you honestly think Bitcoin toys would help us?!

[PakistanHockeyfan]

we can see toy market is quite high so if bitcoin can enter this market than it will not only increase the use of bitcoin  but it will also promote about bitcoin to familes also even to those future guys.

How about a bitMONOPOLY? Bits instead of dollars, exchanges instead of banks. Quite a good way to spend family time with the kids don't you think? 

It does actually sound like a fun thing the create. Is there anyone in this thread or on this site with some kind of general game construction experience perhaps?

[PakistanHockeyfan]

The biggest problem would be finding a company that is willing to mass produce these types of toys. You still need to sell them somehow to people, and kids usually want "cool" toys, or toys that their friends also have.

Bitcoin is not cool to have as a toy yet, as hardly anybody knows it and hardly any kid will have toys of it. This can really take off once bitcoin grows more popular, but until then, the market is probably too small.

The piggybank on kickstarter is really cool though. Smart parents can still buy it for their kids as it is not a toy but rather a way to get them saving some cash (in a potentially very lucerative way!).

yeah but what exactly would you ever consider to be a "cool" toy? That would honestly be based on problems and beliefs in what is actually a cool toy and not. We're not even really focusing too much on that because we can actually walk up to children and ask them on their opinions on what kind of toys they'd actually play with. From there, we find a way to incorporate that with an education purpose behind BTC.

[PakistanHockeyfan]

Bitcoin toys? Funny idea. Not sure how clever this is, children shouldn't be focused only on material things and these days they mostly are from their early age.

Children love toys and genuinely appreciate them and have learned from them so I don't know why you feel that way. Don't get me wrong. I actually wasn't warming up to this idea too much but if it seems like most of the people in this thread are on board, I say we find a way to make it happen. Anyway to educate the masses of this cryptocurrency is fine.

[vero]

bitcoin toys could give good impact to kids interested to bitcoin of course will impact to they kids parents in before they not know about bitcoin. will see how it's goes bad impact or good impact for bitcoin.

[BirtRenaldsFan]

Oh hi. Thanks for throwing shade at me. Going back to the topic you're actually referring to, I don't think there's anything wrong with toys if they have a purpose to teach children. Pointless Knick knack toys like furby or robo-pup is pointless and ridiculous. I'd never purchase my children video games unless they were educational in some way shape or form. If you are gonna talk about me, can you at least do it where I can see it...

thanks.


https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1408697.0

[Erzatium]

It could help us but the fact is what kind if toys you want to bring to the bitcoins, I think that is the first thing you should consider.
It could help us but I think its difficult to make this happen.

[SirArthurVlade]

Well, If children are taught about BitCoin from the start, Its likely for them to master it at the age when they become adults.

[BirtRenaldsFan]

It could help us but the fact is what kind if toys you want to bring to the bitcoins, I think that is the first thing you should consider.
It could help us but I think its difficult to make this happen.

Not necessarily. It was difficult to build playhouses modeled after actual homes but people did that too, so...

[BirtRenaldsFan]

Well, If children are taught about BitCoin from the start, Its likely for them to master it at the age when they become adults.

My thoughts exactly. The topic the OP is actually referring to is a topic that I made. Scroll a couple posts above and see the link I provided. It has photos of toys that are designed by adult appliances and actually work.

[btcltccoins]

Its a very good idea to introduce bitcoins to the Kids. But before that kids should need proper guidance.
They should be taught of the uses of bitcoins and where to use them and not to invest them in gambling etc.
It is the responsibility of the Such toys companies that they should create awareness among parents and kids before being actually creating this.

[ebliever]

I struggle to think of a (hands-on, physical) toy that would be cheap enough to be realistic, but somehow teach about bitcoin specifically. I think a better approach would be child-oriented software (Android, Windows, etc.) that teaches about cryptocurrency.

I think there is a lot of room for this kind of activity, for any creative programmers out there. I've been interested in Piggycoin and used it to pay my kids on occasion for the past year, but even Piggycoin with its explicit focus on children, has little to show so far in the way of child-centric aps and games. They have a decent website that helps introduce kids to crypto, but even there, a lot more could be done. Someone could create child-centric websites for bitcoin too, but I've never heard of one.

[PakistanHockeyfan]

I struggle to think of a (hands-on, physical) toy that would be cheap enough to be realistic, but somehow teach about bitcoin specifically. I think a better approach would be child-oriented software (Android, Windows, etc.) that teaches about cryptocurrency.

I think there is a lot of room for this kind of activity, for any creative programmers out there. I've been interested in Piggycoin and used it to pay my kids on occasion for the past year, but even Piggycoin with its explicit focus on children, has little to show so far in the way of child-centric aps and games. They have a decent website that helps introduce kids to crypto, but even there, a lot more could be done. Someone could create child-centric websites for bitcoin too, but I've never heard of one.

May I ask why you're paying your children? Do you make them work for you or something, or are you trying to say you give them an allowance?


Apart from that, yeah. Bitcoin child oriented software would be nice. There could be little online games as well to connect the children with other children online to cross-spread information they've gathered. Sounds great.

[PakistanHockeyfan]

Its a very good idea to introduce bitcoins to the Kids. But before that kids should need proper guidance.
They should be taught of the uses of bitcoins and where to use them and not to invest them in gambling etc.
It is the responsibility of the Such toys companies that they should create awareness among parents and kids before being actually creating this.

I wouldn't say it's the company's responsibility as much as it is the parents' responsibility. It's almost like attempting to blame graphic videos for the influence it has on your child because you as a parent accidentally left it out for your kid to see it, or you let them have a computer with free range internet access to look up content like that.

[Anon_7716]

I think making coins satohi like image and make the game will make the millionares bitcoin is preferred and recognized, to remember that the previous games were also very popular, as casino games. We'll get that luxury and so much fun to play with your friends. and create virtual will also help children to remember and know of btc

[adamstgBit]

i think bitcoin is much easier to understand then fiat
a toy for to help kids understand bitcoin would be a piggy bank with a bitcoin logo on it.
money in, money out
try explaining to a kid what happens when you deposit money in a bank....

bitcoin is probably closer to what people BELIEVE money is, then what fiat money actually is.

[aso118]

Yes, I think it would. We need all the ways possible to increase Bitcoin's brand value.
People didn't think physical coins had a role to play in a digital currency, but they did help.

[BirtRenaldsFan]

i think bitcoin is much easier to understand then fiat
a toy for to help kids understand bitcoin would be a piggy bank with a bitcoin logo on it.
money in, money out
try explaining to a kid what happens when you deposit money in a bank....

bitcoin is probably closer to what people BELIEVE money is, then what fiat money actually is.

I always found there to be similarities. Explain what Fiat is to you in your own words perhaps?

[ronaldinho_07]

Well putting the logo of bitcoin at the toys should be one way as childs are the future,a toy well childs i believe they really dont care about it,my child has 4 years and she only wanna play games at cellphone,and almost all childs are at this situation.Soo a toy would be useless since childs  wanna the cellphone,soo make a game portatil(like gameboy) with the logo of bitcoins better .Or a game where you must use a person to mine and in the road being able to convert their balance to satoshis,upgrades and others things.

[adamstgBit]

i think bitcoin is much easier to understand then fiat
a toy for to help kids understand bitcoin would be a piggy bank with a bitcoin logo on it.
money in, money out
try explaining to a kid what happens when you deposit money in a bank....

bitcoin is probably closer to what people BELIEVE money is, then what fiat money actually is.

I always found there to be similarities. Explain what Fiat is to you in your own words perhaps?

Fiat is money backed by debt, when you borrow money to buy a car or a house *POOF* that money is created out of nowhere, your promise to pay creates that money.

Remember after 9/11 when the bankers came out and said " we found 4 billion dollar to fund the war on terror " what actually happened there is 4billion dollars was created out of nowhere. *POOF*

when money is created and injected into the economy, the value of each dollar goes down, why do you think the price of food is always going up Up UP!!! the price of everything tends to go up yearly. its called inflation

infact the banks target a 1-2% inflation rate

what may look like a large sum of money today will not be a large sum of money tomorrow
so poeple try to invest in assets or otherwise which causes speculative bubbles and distorts the markets
remember the housing bubble?

the economy is subject to boom and bust cycles.

but the worst part, is that there's a limit on how much you can borrow, but there's no limit on how much the government can borrow.

the government can choose to put itself in a HUGE amount of debt and fund whatever projects it feels like ( WAR! )
and we all pay for it with inflation.

fiat is a system with arbitrary rules ( complex and numerous ) which favor the ruling class.

[Palinanv]

i think bitcoin is much easier to understand then fiat
a toy for to help kids understand bitcoin would be a piggy bank with a bitcoin logo on it.
money in, money out
try explaining to a kid what happens when you deposit money in a bank....

bitcoin is probably closer to what people BELIEVE money is, then what fiat money actually is.

I always found there to be similarities. Explain what Fiat is to you in your own words perhaps?

Fiat is money backed by debt, when you borrow money to buy a car or a house *POOF* that money is created out of nowhere, your promise to pay creates that money.

Remember after 9/11 when the bankers came out and said " we found 4 billion dollar to fund the war on terror " what actually happened there is 4billion dollars was created out of nowhere. *POOF*

when money is created and injected into the economy, the value of each dollar goes down, why do you think the price of food is always going up Up UP!!! the price of everything tends to go up yearly. its called inflation

infact the banks target a 1-2% inflation rate

what may look like a large sum of money today will not be a large sum of money tomorrow
so poeple try to invest in assets or otherwise which causes speculative bubbles and distorts the markets
remember the housing bubble?

the economy is subject to boom and bust cycles.

but the worst part, is that there's a limit on how much you can borrow, but there's no limit on how much the government can borrow.

the government can choose to but itself in a HUGE amount of debt and fund whatever projects it feels like ( WAR! )
and we all pay for it with inflation.

fiat is a system with arbitrary rules ( complex and numerous ) which favor the ruling class.

Yeah that's so true. As long as they've got trees, the government can make as much money as they like. When it comes to issues like inflation, yeah, the price of things always goes up. Still though, doesn't Bitcoin have that same property of holding things and having prices for things go up?