Are you helping mass adoption ?

[notech]

Guys I'd like to share Bitcorner.it will refund your pizza in bitcoin.
There is a competition opening today till midnight 22/05/2016
Get a pizza (in any currency) which reminds about Bitcoin Pizza Day, such as tomato written BTC or anything else..
Take a photo of it and upload to facebook page or directly to the portal.
The most creative and original will be refunded at the end of competition to your bitcoin wallet.

Competition link http://www.bitcorner.it/2016/05/06/22-maggio-2016-anniversario-bitcoin-pizza-day/though this is in italian as it's an italian crypto news website.
English Rules can be found herehttp://www.bitcorner.it/pubblicita/bitcoin-pizza-day-2016/. Competition is open wordwide!
Happy Bitcoin Pizza Day!!! 

[dippididodaday]

i do think the biggest mistake a lot make is to start talking about bitcoin as an investment, and how the price has gone up and how it should go up in future etc. as many people do not want to hear about investments.

If the price of bitcoin fluctuate up and down and more down and up again how can you not relate to it "investmentwise"? Gambling is a huge problem for the poorest of people because gambling promises instant "investment" success which of course tragically almost always ends up a total loss for almost everybody. Nevertheless, you don't have to be all technical about bitcoin and talk to folk in terms of 'investment' and use all kind of fancy jargon. We can use plain ideas when introducing bitcoin. The point is people of the world have become much poorer and more than ever are looking for "investment" to quickly get out of poverty.

Maybe we tell the masses bitcoin help you keep what you've got if you switch from fiat and chances are quite good (much much better than gamble) you will also gain more [over time] by just holding on to it and using it with friends and buying tasty pizzas with it.

[mki8]

i do think the biggest mistake a lot make is to start talking about bitcoin as an investment, and how the price has gone up and how it should go up in future etc. as many people do not want to hear about investments.

If the price of bitcoin fluctuate up and down and more down and up again how can you not relate to it "investmentwise"? Gambling is a huge problem for the poorest of people because gambling promises instant "investment" success which of course tragically almost always ends up a total loss for almost everybody. Nevertheless, you don't have to be all technical about bitcoin and talk to folk in terms of 'investment' and use all kind of fancy jargon. We can use plain ideas when introducing bitcoin. The point is people of the world have become much poorer and more than ever are looking for "investment" to quickly get out of poverty.

Maybe we tell the masses bitcoin help you keep what you've got if you switch from fiat and chances are quite good (much much better than gamble) you will also gain more [over time] by just holding on to it and using it with friends and buying tasty pizzas with it.

My point is the majority of the public switch off when they hear investment, as they then think bitcoin is just a gamble.
The majority of people would take more interest if they knew what they could actually do with bitcoin, instead of just being told its an investment.

[MFahad]

Celebrating World Bitcoin Pizza Day on MAY 22nd will be a great idea.  These are the few small events that can really promote the bitcoins .
 People will enjoy discounts on Pizza and at the same time it will involve bitcoins to buy pizzas

[bob123]

This sounds like a pretty good idea.

[mki8]

Celebrating World Bitcoin Pizza Day on MAY 22nd will be a great idea.  These are the few small events that can really promote the bitcoins .
 People will enjoy discounts on Pizza and at the same time it will involve bitcoins to buy pizzas

The pizza day marks the first day bitcoin was used in the real world it just happened to be pizza's bought with bitcoin,
we can do anything we like to promote bitcoin, but i think we as a community need to start coming together with planned days and events as a whole, we need to help bitcoin help us.

Its one thing the people that are more invested in bitcoin are missing, we need to do more as a community to bring awareness to the masses on a daily basis but big day events or days to celebrate are what can get peoples attention and make headlines


I did just think of a great idea, which hopefully someone could try May 22nd or they could use a different day and it would be another date on the calendar
How about a beer for bitcoin day, either a one day event for local brewers, or just a promotional night in your local pub or bar.

[mki8]

Maybe we can setup a "localpizza.com" to help people look for pizza shops that accept bitcoins...

perfect idea, its more thinking like this is what we need,
you could take it a step further and just have bitcoin map app of every outlet that accepts bitcoin
probably someone on it already, if anyone knows such services please do share.

but more thinking like this whats needed

I'm sure that a service already exists, and if it doesn't, should create it soon because it will be an important application in the future !

Yes if you read i do state someone is probably already on it,
and if you read the very next comment you would have seen i posted the links

https://coinmap.org
http://bitcoinrestaurants.net/
http://spendbitcoins.com/places/
http://usebitcoins.info

Also Bitcoin ATM map

https://coinatmradar.com/

[Daniel91]

This is great idea but not for everybody and not everywhere.
For example, in my country almost nobody know about Bitcoin and many people don't or can't use Internet often.
Also, people even don't use Internet often for financial transactions, Internet banking, buying or selling on Internet etc.
So, concept about Bitcoin is still very difficult to explain to them.
I tried with several of my friends but without results, they was very skeptic.
It's obvious that in some countries foundation for Bitcoin is much bigger than in other countries.
I like your idea about World Bitcoin Pizza Day  and wish you every luck- but it's to early to try something like this in my country.

[mki8]

This is great idea but not for everybody and not everywhere.
For example, in my country almost nobody know about Bitcoin and many people don't or can't use Internet often.
Also, people even don't use Internet often for financial transactions, Internet banking, buying or selling on Internet etc.
So, concept about Bitcoin is still very difficult to explain to them.
I tried with several of my friends but without results, they was very skeptic.
It's obvious that in some countries foundation for Bitcoin is much bigger than in other countries.
I like your idea about World Bitcoin Pizza Day  and wish you every luck- but it's to early to try something like this in my country.

Its not my idea mate, but i do think we need to start acting as community when it comes to bitcoin awareness,
which is why i suggest we start making an effort to celebrate these historic days for bitcoin in an effort to make others aware.

and this can be for everyone everywhere, how about you make May 22nd the one day that the only thing you must do that day, is show someone bitcoin and give them some, that itself helps, you just need to find one person with a smart phone, install mycelium and give them a few satoshi.

Every little helps and we need to act as a community and stop making excuses like i cannot explain what bitcoin is because people dont know, thats exactly why we need to explain, i understand it may be too much for some, but nobody expects anyone to go and convert a nation over night, but we need to make more effort as a whole. Speak to those that have more of a reason to be interested like a business owner first instead of those who got more important things to think about like people more concerned about putting food on the table.

[Hirose UK]

agree with this

Buy some online and something offline with bitcoin.
Buy something from openbazaar
Show someone how to buy from Openbazaar (buy an item)
Show someone how they can sell on openbazaar.

the simple way is telling a seller how they can sell on openbazaar. tell them how they will get more money from openbaazar. maybe it will make them want to sell on openbazaar.

[mki8]

Maybe we can setup a "localpizza.com" to help people look for pizza shops that accept bitcoins...

perfect idea, its more thinking like this is what we need,
you could take it a step further and just have bitcoin map app of every outlet that accepts bitcoin
probably someone on it already, if anyone knows such services please do share.

but more thinking like this whats needed

I'm sure that a service already exists, and if it doesn't, should create it soon because it will be an important application in the future !

Yes if you read i do state someone is probably already on it,
and if you read the very next comment you would have seen i posted the links

https://coinmap.org
http://bitcoinrestaurants.net/
http://spendbitcoins.com/places/
http://usebitcoins.info

Also Bitcoin ATM map

https://coinatmradar.com/

That's not what I meant. I meant smartphone-based application. These ones also are not very precise and don't cover anything except the United States, or not as good as they cover this country.

Whats stopping you from using coinmap on your smart phone ?

agree with this

Buy some online and something offline with bitcoin.
Buy something from openbazaar
Show someone how to buy from Openbazaar (buy an item)
Show someone how they can sell on openbazaar.

the simple way is telling a seller how they can sell on openbazaar. tell them how they will get more money from openbaazar. maybe it will make them want to sell on openbazaar.

See there's a mistake, you should not tell them they will make more money on openbazaar, as of right now they most likely will not as openbazaar is still in very early statges, but what you can explain to them is:

• It costs nothing to list products on openbazaar
• No setup fees
• no sales commision fees (FVF)
• no chargebacks
• no scamming buyers abusing paypal policies

so they have nothing to lose by advertising on openbazaar, and if they get in early they will be seen a long term trusted sellers by the time openbazaar takes off with the masses.

I understand if you meant they would make more profit per sale when selling on openbazaar as no fees, but as a whole it will be a while before they would generate enough sales on openbazaar to better the profit a seller makes from ebay or Etsy etc.

Etsy sellers are a great target to introduce to openbazaar.

[iram66680]

I'm a bit guilty of not making use of BTC for what it's supposed to be used for. I'm holding on to some (not even 1BTC), but I'm really planning on spending some, if there are more merchants who'll accept it as payment. I also try to open conversations about BTC to my friends while we're heading home from work. They don't seem too interested as I am, but atleast it's being part of our conversations.

At first I didn't know what to spend bitcoin on either because of not being accepted at most places I go too.
But now I use it for placing bets as I see it as a way to try to make more of it instead of outright spending it. 

[mki8]

I'm a bit guilty of not making use of BTC for what it's supposed to be used for. I'm holding on to some (not even 1BTC), but I'm really planning on spending some, if there are more merchants who'll accept it as payment. I also try to open conversations about BTC to my friends while we're heading home from work. They don't seem too interested as I am, but atleast it's being part of our conversations.

At first I didn't know what to spend bitcoin on either because of not being accepted at most places I go too.
But now I use it for placing bets as I see it as a way to try to make more of it instead of outright spending it. 

do you ask everywhere you go if they accept bitcoin ?
do you show small business owners how they can easily accept bitcoin ?

[dippididodaday]

do you ask everywhere you go if they accept bitcoin ?

'Everywhere' you say. Your zeal truly runs deep.


I can't vote formally I'll vote here and now. First one is good start point. Then watch to see if interest is sparked. Go on to second in line cause who doesn't like saving especially as inflation runs amock. Then move on further down the line with more if interest really gets going, and so on and so forth.

[jossiel]

This looks good and I hope this will be a very good event but If I will help to adopt that?
Do you think tell will send me a pizza to my house?

[apriyoni]

I help the bitcoin community by using the bitcoin. I use the bitcoin to buy online goods. The bitcoins are from mining.

[qiwoman2]

I am always trying to educate lay people about Bitcoin and I usually do it mainly through social media. I am going to train three people this week on how to collect and also buy bitcoin to start using it as part of their long-term savings plan and then on how later to spend it for goods and services. 

[Denker]

I help the bitcoin community by using the bitcoin. I use the bitcoin to buy online goods. The bitcoins are from mining.

From mining? That must be either some old coins or you live an area with really chip electricity.
In my place there is no way mining could be profitable.Therefore the only left options to get Bitcoin is buying them and do some trading for profits or accumulation.

[Rizky Aditya]

I gave all my friends some Bitcoin to buy games on g2a and they were all very surprised at how easy it was to use. Unfortunately none of them liked it enough to start only using Bitcoin when shopping online.

[mki8]

I gave all my friends some Bitcoin to buy games on g2a and they were all very surprised at how easy it was to use. Unfortunately none of them liked it enough to start only using Bitcoin when shopping online.

have you shown them how you had stuff from g2a for nearly half price because you bought btc a while ago ?