That's actually quite surprising. If you haven't been somewhat notified about these type of questions, I can understand that people will struggle with them, even if they have heard of it in the media or whatever.
I'm sure that a lot people here on this forum don't even know the very basics of Bitcoin, so how can we expect that from complete strangers? A lot of the average joes are only hyped about the potential returns.
They have no idea what the underlying technology is and how it functions in basic terms. Making money is their only incentive right now, and I seriously hope that it will change eventually. We nearly all started like that, right?
That’s quite true. Many here in this forum don’t even know the other components or functions of bitcoin or cryptocurrencies itself because they mainly focus on how to generate money from it.
Hopefully this new school requirement in the Netherlands would lead to more scholarly discussion about bitcoin and crypto. It’s not a surprise that not many have knowledge about it because there’s not that much sources of information to get from. Aside from some websites or blogs, there should be scholarly articles and journals related to crypto for people to take it seriously, and not think of it as merely a scam or easy way to get rich.