How do you convince people into you using Bitcoin?

[Meowth05]

No problem about that basically they really need a proof to make them believe that they can really earn money or bitcoin in that site and that's really obvious i think even you you will believe unless you see a proof that it is legit.

[Rahar02]

Many people need big proof to satisfy that this site is legit ..whats the best way to convince your relatives or friends

I don't see a point to do that, no need to convince everyone, people believe what they want based on their knowledge and experience.
The best way are just show what bitcoin is and let them learn about it whether they find it interesting or not, let them judge.
Furthermore, people will take something beneficial for them and bitcoin is one of that obviously.

[hatshepsut93]

I don't believe that people adopt new currencies because someone convinced them. This sounds very like Bitcoin evangelism, which is quite ineffective - sure it brings some new people to the community, but it's not enough to compete with fiat currencies. I think mass adoption will be reached if Bitcoin will have most of its problem fixed and big companies like Ebay or Amazon will adopt it first so people will start using Bitcoin on their own.

[dmamigo]

I don't believe that people adopt new currencies because someone convinced them. This sounds very like Bitcoin evangelism, which is quite ineffective - sure it brings some new people to the community, but it's not enough to compete with fiat currencies. I think mass adoption will be reached if Bitcoin will have most of its problem fixed and big companies like Ebay or Amazon will adopt it first so people will start using Bitcoin on their own.

Convincing is not that easy as well, one cannot be convinced if he is not interested. Competing with fiat currencies are still far away, though many online services has started accepting Bitcoin, but it thrive once large companies and even domestic currencies start using it.

[roadbits]

Many people need big proof to satisfy that this site is legit ..whats the best way to convince your relatives or friends

I don't see a point to do that, no need to convince everyone, people believe what they want based on their knowledge and experience.
The best way are just show what bitcoin is and let them learn about it whether they find it interesting or not, let them judge.
Furthermore, people will take something beneficial for them and bitcoin is one of that obviously.

Here no need to convince anyone, first of all why we should do this? Earning Bitcoin from various ways and making money is our business. Why should we convince our family members and relatives? And for suppose if this situation comes and we have to convince someone means just show your Bitcoin wallet balance. They will convince to see your BTC wallet amount.

[Gens09]

Before investing in a site i think it is just normal for a people to ask for a proof of payment to make sure there invested money will not be scam by anyone i think maybe you also do this we know scammers are everywhere so we need to be smart where we invest our bitcoin so many people start doing a research before investing surely.

[strategics]

Sadly some people are just short sighted. I've been singing this Bitcoin song for a couple of years now and none of my relatives have brought in. I still see a huge bull run once an ETF is approved. Rather than purchasing company stocks I see a ton people buying into Bitcoins stock economy.

[giveen]

It is really easy for me to convince people. As most of the people who live with me in my community are really good friends and they have saved up a lot. So i just told them to invest their savings in bitcoin and luckily the traders on local bitcoin are really good for my country , most of them normally provide 5% more when we sell. So i told them that when you need funds just sell and instantly get cash.

[isen]

There are two ways
1) You explain to them what exactly Bitcoin is and all the philosophy behind it (decentralisation, privacy, etc.) and if they are smart enough it is a matter of time until they turn into it.
2) Everyone cares about profit, the only thing you need to do is to show them a chart with the price increase the last year, even though this is the wrong reason for someone to start using Bitcoin it can convince them very easily.

[Rizky Aditya]

Many people need big proof to satisfy that this site is legit ..whats the best way to convince your relatives or friends

I don't see a point to do that, no need to convince everyone, people believe what they want based on their knowledge and experience.
The best way are just show what bitcoin is and let them learn about it whether they find it interesting or not, let them judge.
Furthermore, people will take something beneficial for them and bitcoin is one of that obviously.

Here no need to convince anyone, first of all why we should do this? Earning Bitcoin from various ways and making money is our business. Why should we convince our family members and relatives? And for suppose if this situation comes and we have to convince someone means just show your Bitcoin wallet balance. They will convince to see your BTC wallet amount.

that is the problem with many people that they always need proof about any thing, they always think that someone is cheating them and in the case of bitcoin that is the best solution as you quoted that we need to show our bitcoin wallet balance then they will convince by themselves to use bitcoin and also it will increase their confidence about using bitcoin and after that they will try bitcoin.

[omonuyak]

Many people need big proof to satisfy that this site is legit ..whats the best way to convince your relatives or friends

since I covert my bitcoin earned into my local currency my friend and colleagues has been asking me many questions on how to invest in bitcoin and crytocurrency. The only way people can have trust and understand bitcoin is to show them proof of our earning because every one what to make money and any opportunities for making money the will like to invest in it.

[stripykitteh]

There are two ways
1) You explain to them what exactly Bitcoin is and all the philosophy behind it (decentralisation, privacy, etc.) and if they are smart enough it is a matter of time until they turn into it.
2) Everyone cares about profit, the only thing you need to do is to show them a chart with the price increase the last year, even though this is the wrong reason for someone to start using Bitcoin it can convince them very easily.

I can't really convince anyone to using Bitcoin though I can let them know that Bitcoin is an easier method for paying for certain things that you may only find online. However, I don't recommend using Bitcoin to people that have no idea on how a computer works because using a computer is one of the most important things when trying to use Bitcoin to send a payment to another person that lives on the other side of the world.

[ArnoldChippy]

I don't believe that people adopt new currencies because someone convinced them. This sounds very like Bitcoin evangelism, which is quite ineffective - sure it brings some new people to the community, but it's not enough to compete with fiat currencies. I think mass adoption will be reached if Bitcoin will have most of its problem fixed and big companies like Ebay or Amazon will adopt it first so people will start using Bitcoin on their own.

Convincing is not that easy as well, one cannot be convinced if he is not interested. Competing with fiat currencies are still far away, though many online services has started accepting Bitcoin, but it thrive once large companies and even domestic currencies start using it.

yes that is too much difficult and specially if you do not have proper knowledge about bitcoin then you cannot convince a person so easily. i think it is the duty of such people who have good knowledge about bitcoin and they are using bitcoin for long long time to convince people about bitcoin in future.

[Pattberry]

It is not possible to force anyone to use anything.The people who are interested in technology and who believe in taking risk has invested in bitcoin and those type of understand must be self attained rather than forced. If someone is intelligent enough to understand the positive side of technology then they would have made a bigger profit and with time people will understand what bitcoin is all about.

[maku]

I talked to my friends many times, some of them were more willing to listen about Bitcoin than others.
Conversation usually goes like this: I told them that Bitcoin is probably the best investment of our generation. In the end they all always ask me:
"Can you guarantee me that if I buy Bitcoin now it will be worth more tomorrow/next year".
When I reply that no one can 'guarantee' something like that, because bitcoin is not backed by central bank, my friends usually lose interest.

Also, it is still to complicated to buy BTC, to use standard exchange you need to be verified, it is troublesome, considered bad reputation bitcoin exchanges have.

[gentlemand]

I keep it to myself in general. No one's going to understand it in the course of a few conversations and I wouldn't want to get anyone involved.

If they're sceptical then fine. More coins for everyone else.

[ilovefeetsmell]

Many people need big proof to satisfy that this site is legit ..whats the best way to convince your relatives or friends

Show them that you can earn a profit or extra income rather using bitcoins. Convince them that you can easily get bitcoin and you can buy it into goods or services. In my first impression about bitcoin is fake or not legit. First, I wouldn't believe that you can earn money from there, maybe an extra income. I'd say to myself that I am wasting my time here but I was wrong.

[btccashacc]

I don't see a point to do that, no need to convince everyone, people believe what they want based on their knowledge and experience.
The best way are just show what bitcoin is and let them learn about it whether they find it interesting or not, let them judge.
Furthermore, people will take something beneficial for them and bitcoin is one of that obviously.

exactly, i personally always tell  people around me that bitcoin is a payment method which is simplest for paying things online you don't need to upload your document to start using it. It's better to mentioned bitcoin's function than tell that bitcoin is investment tool that make you rich in couple days, and i don't want the "speculators" just came to here for buy bitcoin and hold untill they rich then dump the price, they dump as fast as possible to get their fiat out, we should covince people that bitcoin is the future, bitcoin is a virtual currency, though we still have some problems like confirmation issue.

[Rostadom]

I talked to my friends many times, some of them were more willing to listen about Bitcoin than others.
Conversation usually goes like this: I told them that Bitcoin is probably the best investment of our generation. In the end they all always ask me:
"Can you guarantee me that if I buy Bitcoin now it will be worth more tomorrow/next year".
When I reply that no one can 'guarantee' something like that, because bitcoin is not backed by central bank, my friends usually lose interest.

Also, it is still to complicated to buy BTC, to use standard exchange you need to be verified, it is troublesome, considered bad reputation bitcoin exchanges have.

People want assurance and that's something that you can never have. Scammers are using the phrase "100% guaranteed!" on their investments because that's what people are looking for. There's no guarantee about anything in this world. It's not even guaranteed that you're going to live tomorrow, who knows?

You don't need those people. They are probably just going to invest a couple of bucks anyway. No need to feel sorry about them not investing in bitcoins. All those type of people combined is just equal to one whale. But of course some of the whales wouldn't be so interested about bitcoins if there's not much user base.

[mrcash02]

I keep it to myself in general. No one's going to understand it in the course of a few conversations and I wouldn't want to get anyone involved.

If they're sceptical then fine. More coins for everyone else.

I agree with you. I keep it to myself, I don't want to introduce people that don't understand about Crypto-Currency on it. It's a complicated situation, these people can spend their money on Bitcoins and something goes wrong...

Surely I don't think BTC price will fall or crash, but the possibility exist and I don't want others charging me because they lost money or anything like this...