How to explain bitcoin to teenagers or children

[coolcoinz]

Don't explain, give and let them find out by themselves. People were doing similar projects in the past.
You giveaway a certain amount of Bitcoins to strangers in the street. If they want to claim they have to install a wallet and add a private key by themselves. It will require them to do some research, but the effort will be rewarded.

[Fatanut]

Don't explain, give and let them find out by themselves. People were doing similar projects in the past.
You giveaway a certain amount of Bitcoins to strangers in the street. If they want to claim they have to install a wallet and add a private key by themselves. It will require them to do some research, but the effort will be rewarded.

Wow.. This "people" surely have a lot of time to waste. You don't just ask people around to install this and that and most of them probably have something better to do. Unless you live in a place where everyone's broke but have smartphones, then this is a bad idea. Approaching strangers and asking them to do something is always a bad idea. Since we're in the digital world, they would think that you're scamming them or taking something from them or you're putting virus on their phone simply because everyone questions those that give something to people out of the blue.

I think it's probably only going to work in a first world country where a good percentage of people are open minded and actually have heard about bitcoin but simply don't use it.

[Souldream]

Don't explain, give and let them find out by themselves. People were doing similar projects in the past.
You giveaway a certain amount of Bitcoins to strangers in the street. If they want to claim they have to install a wallet and add a private key by themselves. It will require them to do some research, but the effort will be rewarded.

Just give them a hint. If they are interested they will make a way and earn it by themselves. It is a lost of time if we encourage them or we push them even though they are not interested anymore.

[coolcoinz]

Don't explain, give and let them find out by themselves. People were doing similar projects in the past.
You giveaway a certain amount of Bitcoins to strangers in the street. If they want to claim they have to install a wallet and add a private key by themselves. It will require them to do some research, but the effort will be rewarded.

Wow.. This "people" surely have a lot of time to waste. You don't just ask people around to install this and that and most of them probably have something better to do. Unless you live in a place where everyone's broke but have smartphones, then this is a bad idea. Approaching strangers and asking them to do something is always a bad idea. Since we're in the digital world, they would think that you're scamming them or taking something from them or you're putting virus on their phone simply because everyone questions those that give something to people out of the blue.

I think it's probably only going to work in a first world country where a good percentage of people are open minded and actually have heard about bitcoin but simply don't use it.

Yes it was being done in first world countries. Several projects in NA and some in the EU.
This one is a good example, a treasure hunt in San Francisco.
https://99bitcoins.com/sf-hidden-bitcoin-san-francisco/

I wasn't thinking about third world countries. We want to make young people try it out and making such a treasure hunt is not very expensive for long time bitcoiners and can do wonders in terms of advertising.

[VitorPl4y]

You need to teach them while you are working on Bitcoin, first of all, just explain the benefit using online system payment. Tell them bitcoin is the most popular nowadays, explain everything bit by bit over a long period of time so that it becomes easier for them to take in their brain. Ask them out to buy something using bitcoin payment, that will encourage them make, earn, and learn bitcoin.

[streazight]

For children's bit difficult to explain and there is no need to explain about bitcoin let them enjoy their childhood it's the precious time in human life. And serious note teenager has to understand value of bitcoin explaining to them based on their interest show them how to earn bitcoin by giving services based on their skill set

For children it is difficult to make them understand the term bitcoin then teenagers. but it does not mean children don’t have any concern with it. Now a day parents use to buy things according to the choice of their children and it will be easy for them to use it in future.

We can help the links and informing them now to use and hold bitcoin safely children can use it to buy games and video games etc in this way they will learn how to use bitcoin and they will get to know how easy it is.

[GXHPP]

Explaining to teenagers isn't hard at all, a large number of current BTC users are within that range as teenagers are mostly well versed in technology and willing to accept the risky nature of investing in bitcoin, explaining bitcoin to one of them isn't hard. However a child is very different, even the principles of cash aren't apparent enough to them, let alone something like bitcoins.

[bamboylee]

Why do we have to explain bitcoin to children? Does anyone explain to you the fundamentals of money when you were a child? All they need to know and only concern is how to spend it. That is the only thing you need to teach them. If they mature and wanted to learn the fundamentals of bitcoin, they'll learn it on their own.

[Mr.Joshua]

I've found that even after explaining at a simple level, many people still tend to not take it seriously.  They look at it as some online monopoly money.  Yet, they all know and value systems like Paypal.

[fan_of_things_and_stuff]

Why do we have to explain bitcoin to children? Does anyone explain to you the fundamentals of money when you were a child? All they need to know and only concern is how to spend it. That is the only thing you need to teach them. If they mature and wanted to learn the fundamentals of bitcoin, they'll learn it on their own.

This is actually a pretty good point. Unless there is a good reason, you really don't have to lol

[stadus]

Why do we have to explain bitcoin to children? Does anyone explain to you the fundamentals of money when you were a child? All they need to know and only concern is how to spend it. That is the only thing you need to teach them. If they mature and wanted to learn the fundamentals of bitcoin, they'll learn it on their own.

This is actually a pretty good point. Unless there is a good reason, you really don't have to lol

Maybe the right time will come that we will explain to them when we feel they are ready and they will comprehend
bitcoin. At a minor age they are interested into something else and it's useless to educate them when they are not
interested yet, they have to apply it in order to benefit.

[KennyR]

Making children learn about bitcoin as well digital currency is good, because they themselves feel to be the early adopters when the bitcoin last for generations. With bitcoin the profiting happens in the basis of first come, first served. In that manner the early adopters where the one to benefit big.

[hendra1988]

Bitcoin can be an education for teenagers because of preparation for working the business world. Where this is told to them about the definition, benefits, objectives, initial concepts and how to use them should be in detail we teach them. We tell them that with bitcoin and no money in hand we can do business and can do what we want.

[mornabo]

Maybe if we explain about what bitcoin, teens will be difficult to understand? The way I explain it is to get them to work on bitcoin pay and after that they will understand about bitcoin 

And of course if you explain what bitcoin is to them of course they will not be interested in bitcoin. Just tell them the advantages, the excess, if you use bitcoin. Then they will be interested and will find out for themselves about bitcoin

[rockem5]

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.

you don't need to make it difficult for them by explaining the blockchain. All you need to explain on how bitcoin being decentralized helps.

[BattalgiaTR]

Introducing a new concept related to financial and technology fields would be a waste of time for children, even the basic understanding regarding money and it's spending doesn't exist in most of children, so explaining something even more complicated wouldn't work.
For teenagers however, who are mostly very well versed in the technological fields, explaining bitcoin is easy for most, if they have interest in it.

[Pamadar]

Maybe if we explain about what bitcoin, teens will be difficult to understand? The way I explain it is to get them to work on bitcoin pay and after that they will understand about bitcoin 

And of course if you explain what bitcoin is to them of course they will not be interested in bitcoin. Just tell them the advantages, the excess, if you use bitcoin. Then they will be interested and will find out for themselves about bitcoin

Good just tell the advantages and how they can use it for their benefits online such as that they can buy steam loads and some good gadgets if they collected enough btc since out of curiosity they will find it by them self just let them be surprise for the big market behind.

[rikybrosh]

I've found that even after explaining at a simple level, many people still tend to not take it seriously.  They look at it as some online monopoly money.  Yet, they all know and value systems like Paypal.

That is normal, you need to give them proof. Or just give them a wallet with 1$ usd worth of bitcoin. And tell them to check it after 6 month.  Everybody are bussy with their business.

[fan_of_things_and_stuff]

Making children learn about bitcoin as well digital currency is good, because they themselves feel to be the early adopters when the bitcoin last for generations. With bitcoin the profiting happens in the basis of first come, first served. In that manner the early adopters where the one to benefit big.

As long as bitcoin's primary use-case is to profit from the investment, there will never be widespread adoption. Those two things are mutually exclusive

[NEWGOODOUBLE]

Maybe if we explain about what bitcoin, teens will be difficult to understand? The way I explain it is to get them to work on bitcoin pay and after that they will understand about bitcoin  

Actually teens will be easier to teach because they have a great inquisitive spirit than adults. I'm sure if you tell bitcoin with a fun thing they'll be interested in listening and may also be interested in adopting