How to explain bitcoin to teenagers or children

[bravehearth0319]

Bitcoin is difficult to explain. I also felt difficulties in understanding bitcoin for the firs time. Let's share how to explain bitcoin to children of teenagers. In My country I can say 98% children don't know bitcoin. In fact, bitcoin can be future money. If the children not familiar with cryptocurrency or bitcoin, how can they face the digital era in the future.

It is defenitely right, Bitcoin is really hard to explain. Even the simpliest way of explanation about in bitcoin its not that easy for the adult to catch up what is all about, how much more for the teenagers. Unless the teenager will open their mind into it.

[bravehearth0319]

We dont need to explain it to teenagers or children. Let them focus on their school first! Teenagers and children dont need cryptocurrency yet! Later when came the right time and intersted, they will understand it easily since this isnt a hard subject to learn!

So you are saying, it is not important to teach your kid about the future of money? Most of the academic shit being taught in school are political drivel and evolution theories. The real world is a rough place, where people will do anything for money and power.

You should teach them from an early age, how to survive in the concrete jungle and how to protect their wealth.

I think right, there is the right time for them to know and learn about bitcoin, let them focus more on school.
because if they were interested in getting money, I am afraid they would rather make money than to seek knowledge in schools.

That's correct much better for the children or teeneagers to focus their attention in schooling compare to this matter. Besides as you said, there's always a right time for everything.

[traderbit]

I think we can start explain bitcoin by tell them that bitcoin is like other international currencies dollar, euro and many else. They will understand and you explain more about bitcoin.

I agree. we should teach and explain them in simple way.. going to deep details may cause their mind more confuse about bitcoin.
so the best way is to just tell them bitcoin is a currency and it can be use via internet to buy things and it can be earned for free by doing small jobs and works.

Teenagers are smart enough to understand bitcoin.

I don`t know what`s the point of explaining bitcoin to children.

They just won`t use btc because they are still woung and don`t need money.

They have parents to give them money.

the point is not that kids don't need money or bitcoin..but tthe point is kids should know about bitcoin specially a teenage kid who's age is above 15 should know about bitcoin because bitcoin is money of futre I believe.

[lucki777]

i do not feel any need that teenagers or children should know about bitcoin they should only pay attention to their study.

[virusasog]

Bitcoin is difficult to explain. I also felt difficulties in understanding bitcoin for the firs time. Let's share how to explain bitcoin to children of teenagers. In My country I can say 98% children don't know bitcoin. In fact, bitcoin can be future money. If the children not familiar with cryptocurrency or bitcoin, how can they face the digital era in the future.

It is defenitely right, Bitcoin is really hard to explain. Even the simpliest way of explanation about in bitcoin its not that easy for the adult to catch up what is all about, how much more for the teenagers. Unless the teenager will open their mind into it.

Understanding upto the people, even children can be work inside the bitcoin technology. My friend's son who is just 8 years old but he can give answers for so many arithmetic calculations in 5 secs. It's all upto the people So I would say bitcoin is easy to explain to anyone.

[warwar]

Bitcoin is difficult to explain. I also felt difficulties in understanding bitcoin for the firs time. Let's share how to explain bitcoin to children of teenagers. In My country I can say 98% children don't know bitcoin. In fact, bitcoin can be future money. If the children not familiar with cryptocurrency or bitcoin, how can they face the digital era in the future.

It is defenitely right, Bitcoin is really hard to explain. Even the simpliest way of explanation about in bitcoin its not that easy for the adult to catch up what is all about, how much more for the teenagers. Unless the teenager will open their mind into it.

Understanding upto the people, even children can be work inside the bitcoin technology. My friend's son who is just 8 years old but he can give answers for so many arithmetic calculations in 5 secs. It's all upto the people So I would say bitcoin is easy to explain to anyone.

It is very understable to them Yeah your're right it is up to them. But if we are talking to teenagers like me and childrens i know they could really catch up it really quickly because almost of the children and teenagers are adapting the technology now so it is pretty easy to them to understand it and try to use it

[Playstreet]

If the parents know about bitcoin then they should have to educate their children for that and intelligent children will understand it soon, there will be no any problem for them

[hajimasan]

you are facing the same problem like me. but i am teaching daily atleast one person in my country about the bitcoins so i think there should be all advertisment by own at social Media by us ., in this way we can teach everyone about btc .

[Kevin77]

you are facing the same problem like me. but i am teaching daily atleast one person in my country about the bitcoins so i think there should be all advertisment by own at social Media by us ., in this way we can teach everyone about btc .

Facing the same problem, as in you're teaching teenagers about bitcoins as well? Generally, that's not a bad idea if you're just 'teaching' them about cryptocurrency or bitcoin in general. However, if you're forcing bitcoin on them, that's a different story. If you're going to be explaining what bitcoin is, make sure that they know that it can be profitable because I know most teenagers now are trying to find the easiest way to make money.

[bestluck]

teenagers who will need money will find it sooner on internet when they will search to find the ways to earn money online, so with that they will adopt bitcoin and will try to learn about that currency themselves.

[neochiny]

I think we can start to explain bitcoin by telling them that bitcoin is like other international currencies dollar, euro and many else. They will understand and you explain more about bitcoin.

* Yes, just giving them a simple explanation is enough, like say, 'Bitcoin is money, a type of digital currency which can be converted into any currency in the world and can be used to buy things in certain online sites.' After their interest is piqued, the rest will follow, they'll research and know about it on their own. Ways to earn, places to spend, and such.

[skylighters]

there is no way to explain it other than say that it is money

[Backside walkaround]

I don't work with kids and I actually don't know any kids.  I would think it's a lot easier to explain to them than what people are thinking.  Kids nowadays are kind of intuitive about technology, and if they know about money they will probably grasp bitcoin easily. 

I have a hard time explaining bitcoin to anyone, adults or anyone.  It's a magical digital currency that fluctuates in value and is hard to spend because merchants don't accept it.  Try telling that to grandma.

[QuestionAuthority]

I'll care about little children using Bitcoin when little children start getting jobs and bank accounts.

[jerowacik]

for my of children do not deserve to know bitcoin. children have a period of education and mental training.
bitcoin is a technology that requires us to know him more deeply.

[DOGE12321]

I know Bitcoin is hard to explain; even to adults. I have developed a short text that could be useful to explain Bitcoin to children of teenage age. Here it is:

Have you ever wondered about a world where you could bank without banks? A world where your private transactions are public? A world where you could send transactions internationally in a peer-to-peer situation without going through a third party like a bank? It sounds crazy but that is what Satoshi Nakamoto created in the January of 2009. He created Bitcoin.

Bitcoins are the first decentralised digital coins that can be sent via the internet. This means that it has “no central control, no central private vault of information, no central management, and most importantly, no central point of failure”. Bitcoin is controlled by the people who use it. Everything in bitcoin is public. This is contrasted with the centralised system of third party verifications such as banks or clearing houses. Bitcoin is shaking the foundations of the society in which most people live in today. It is a new, technology that can change the world.

Compared to other alternatives such as fiat, which is the currency that has been approved by a government tender, bitcoin has advantages on many levels. These advantages all rely on Bitcoin’s central philosophy of decentralisation. Bitcoin proposes a form of peer to peer transactions, which means that we are ditching banks for good. In the centralised world, banks have control over transactions. They charge payment for verifying the validity of such transactions. As there are no banks in the case of Bitcoin, it means that business fees are much lower, we can use Bitcoin internationally and that your wallet can never be frozen.

Let’s look into how these Bitcoins work. There are many currency exchanges in which people can sell or buy Bitcoin for dollars, euros, pounds and more. Obviously, as each currency has different values, the price of Bitcoin is dependant on the currency used. All your Bitcoin are stored in your wallet on your phones, computers, the internet or other devices. Sending transactions to other accounts is as easy as handing money over the counter and anything in the world can be bought with Bitcoin. These networks of Bitcoin transactions are secured by people called miners who are rewarded with newly created Bitcoin in relation to the number of transactions verified. Now you may think that this is the same as banks, but the fact is that banks charge you for approving transactions, whereas miners are rewarded for transactions. In a sense, Bitcoin depends on transactions. Once these transactions are verified they are placed in a publicly stored Ledger called the Blockchain. Here, all the verified transactions can be viewed.

Bitcoins complex technology is revolutionising our current society. It will minimise fees charged by businesses, it is free to create a wallet and start using them and there are no chargebacks. All in all, Bitcoin provides advantages for everyone. To get more information visit bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=1.0 . Banking is necessary, but Banks are not.

[QuestionAuthority]

I know Bitcoin is hard to explain; even to adults. I have developed a short text that could be useful to explain Bitcoin to children of teenage age. Here it is:

Have you ever wondered about a world where you could bank without banks? A world where your private transactions are public? A world where you could send transactions internationally in a peer-to-peer situation without going through a third party like a bank? It sounds crazy but that is what Satoshi Nakamoto created in the January of 2009. He created Bitcoin.

Bitcoins are the first decentralised digital coins that can be sent via the internet. This means that it has “no central control, no central private vault of information, no central management, and most importantly, no central point of failure”. Bitcoin is controlled by the people who use it. Everything in bitcoin is public. This is contrasted with the centralised system of third party verifications such as banks or clearing houses. Bitcoin is shaking the foundations of the society in which most people live in today. It is a new, technology that can change the world.

Compared to other alternatives such as fiat, which is the currency that has been approved by a government tender, bitcoin has advantages on many levels. These advantages all rely on Bitcoin’s central philosophy of decentralisation. Bitcoin proposes a form of peer to peer transactions, which means that we are ditching banks for good. In the centralised world, banks have control over transactions. They charge payment for verifying the validity of such transactions. As there are no banks in the case of Bitcoin, it means that business fees are much lower, we can use Bitcoin internationally and that your wallet can never be frozen.

Let’s look into how these Bitcoins work. There are many currency exchanges in which people can sell or buy Bitcoin for dollars, euros, pounds and more. Obviously, as each currency has different values, the price of Bitcoin is dependant on the currency used. All your Bitcoin are stored in your wallet on your phones, computers, the internet or other devices. Sending transactions to other accounts is as easy as handing money over the counter and anything in the world can be bought with Bitcoin. These networks of Bitcoin transactions are secured by people called miners who are rewarded with newly created Bitcoin in relation to the number of transactions verified. Now you may think that this is the same as banks, but the fact is that banks charge you for approving transactions, whereas miners are rewarded for transactions. In a sense, Bitcoin depends on transactions. Once these transactions are verified they are placed in a publicly stored Ledger called the Blockchain. Here, all the verified transactions can be viewed.

Bitcoins complex technology is revolutionising our current society. It will minimise fees charged by businesses, it is free to create a wallet and start using them and there are no chargebacks. All in all, Bitcoin provides advantages for everyone. To get more information visit bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=1.0 . Banking is necessary, but Banks are not.

[Wowcoin]

Much better you explained it in person for them to understand and teach them hos to used and how to get bitcoin. You can explain in front of your computer or in cp for them to understand. But if explained it in text or in messenger it hard to understand.

[bitkilo]

there is no way to explain it other than say that it is money

That is a shockingly bad answer. Bitcoin is not just money, it operates completely different to the way normal cash transactions are done around the world and telling a kid it's just money would not interest them at all.

[pooya87]

there is no way to explain it other than say that it is money

That is a shockingly bad answer. Bitcoin is not just money, it operates completely different to the way normal cash transactions are done around the world and telling a kid it's just money would not interest them at all.

"bitcoin is money" is a short an efficient answer to most people. especially those who think bitcoin is a rocket to get on and leave in a couple of days to become millionaires.
and i think it is a good but you might want to add a little bit to it just as you explained.