Bitcoin adoption: Don't just sit down, do something

[rollingstorm45]

First of all its a true wonders that a barber shop which has not much banner for advertising them (since they have printed in a paper only) accepting bitcoin and ethereum,for now the fee is not a concern for small payments so we can encourage the retailers to make bitcoin as payment atleast in very few scale.

The community gets bigger and stronger not today but surely for someday.

something big will definitely start with a small action, one of them is by buying and selling using bitcoin at the lower level and with a small value. if all are used to it and the public already knows more about bitcoin then in the future it will likely create a stability in buying and selling. so let's together do the best even on a small scale.

[Danslip]

In time, they will understand what you're talking about.
I was hesitant at first also upon hearing such digital currency way way back.
Many people have negative connotation when you talk crypto because they have read articles of hacking, stolen funds, etc.
And they didn't know nothing about why those bad circumstances happened.
They will understand it on their own. Hard to push somebody to believe you.
Let them ask you first and not the other way around. That strategy might be effective.

It is not easy to explain to others about crypto and its advantages because of negative FUD on the media. Media manipulates the news for their own sake of their advantage. If others believe to this lies blindly then it is meaningless to explain the same things over and over to people around me. Just my 2 cents.

[richminded]

I agree with you. We ourselves should contribute to the promotion of bitcoin to the masses. If we tell our friends about bitcoin, maybe they will tell someone else. And some of them who have their own business may also think about accepting payment in cryptocurrency. That's great.

A small move like introducing bitcoin to your friends can be a big help, we should really help this market up.
Always think that a small rise in the market, is also are rise so if the market succeeds we can also succeed but if we continue to give false news or feed people with the wrong person, I think it will be hard for us to make a new peak. Let's not just watch the market, start to invest, invite more people, and become a successful investors.

[steampunkz]

I agree with you. We ourselves should contribute to the promotion of bitcoin to the masses. If we tell our friends about bitcoin, maybe they will tell someone else. And some of them who have their own business may also think about accepting payment in cryptocurrency. That's great.

Im been doing this for a quite while now, but bitcoin reputation in our country are negative because of the wrong news of media, but still i am trying to explain to my friends and relatives that using bitcoin is easy and even profitable, I also told some of my friends that i bought my own pc  or desktop using bitcoin. Sadly only few of them are serious to learn.

[conected]

I agree with you. We ourselves should contribute to the promotion of bitcoin to the masses. If we tell our friends about bitcoin, maybe they will tell someone else. And some of them who have their own business may also think about accepting payment in cryptocurrency. That's great.

Im been doing this for a quite while now, but bitcoin reputation in our country are negative because of the wrong news of media, but still i am trying to explain to my friends and relatives that using bitcoin is easy and even profitable, I also told some of my friends that i bought my own pc  or desktop using bitcoin. Sadly only few of them are serious to learn.

- Why do you try to explain to others about bitcoin? Believe me, it really doesn't bring too much meaning and efficiency, this explanation only makes people more suspicious of bitcoin, even suspecting you're a fraud because almost everyone has no concept of making money online and they are always influenced by government and media, they believe the information that governments and newspapers say, they do not believe what we say. So we don't need to do anything, it's a good way to contribute to bitcoin, advertising and explaining too much just making stories about bitcoin become more complicated

[asus09]

We all want bitcoin to be globally adopted right, you want to be able to use your bitcoin as a currency to buy foodstuffs, goods or service in your local community then what are you doing to encourage that? No one here can tell me that he/she hasn't sold anything before, so you have no excuse of not accepting bitcoin in exchange for what you sold be it your books, gadget or anything salable expect you never knew of bitcoin then.
I walked into my barbers shop yesterday then notice something was different (i took a closer look at what was printed on the A4 paper pasted on the notice board and it reads "We now accept Bitcoin & ETH as payment options" it went on to explain that ETH will be accepted for the $2 and below fees and bitcoin accepted for fees above that. It gave me joy because I was the one who introduced him to bitcoin few years back. As an act of encouragement I have promise to promote his business both online and in popular blockchain related gathering I attend.
Few of my previously sold gadget monetary value were received in cryptocurrency and i have come to realize if we want the world to take us seriously we have to act ourselves so I'm encouraging the service providers and others we have on forum to start accepting bitcoin, charity begins at home.  

I appreciate what you do, but the real problem is always a scourge in every level of difficulty. in my country, it is very difficult to be true, because until now bitcoin or crypto is still not legalized. so this is the main factor. As for the other things, because of the weak selling value in the market, this lowers many concerns for beginners or new investors

[teejayrichard2]

First of all, I must commend your effort in trying to convince people to adopt and use bitcoin. If we all follow what you do, in no time bitcoin will be used by shops and companies all across the globe. We all should talk to shops and businesses close to us and let them know the importance and benefit of accepting bitcoin as a means of payment. The current bitcoin community is huge, imagine if each and everyone of us is able to convince at least two persons who own a shop or business around where we stay to use bitcoin, in no distant time we would be able to convince so many people into the adopting bitcoin usage. Nice one, keep the good work goind and we all should do the same.

[TheCoinGrabber]

We can't really blame business owners that are not bitcoin enthusiasts themselves. Even those that are, maybe they are still waiting for signals from the consumers, if they even have cryptos.

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Don't just blame the community! Try to know why they are not able to help in the adoption process! Majority of them are legally bound like me!

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I operate more on the informal economy, would you really get in trouble for accepting payment in anything else except fiat? Can you accept foreign currencies? Coz if yes, it'll be hypocritical of them.

[shamc]

When walking through the local shopping mall i saw a huge sign flapping in the wind by the entrance. To my surprise it was advertising the bitcoin ATM machine below it. Although no-one was using it i was glad to see it spreading

[ChrisPop]

I'm working hard to launch my fashion online eccomerce business in my country and I will surely accept Bitcoin as a method of payment right of the launch! I also encourage all my business peers to start integrating cryptocurrencies in some way.

[mapanlah]

It is like you invest without a fee and commissions.  
Charging payments can be possible in my country with cryptocurrency, but most people are uninformed about digital currencies. Especially the old generation. They say "I can not make a deposit if I can not see what I bought."

I think buying and selling using bitcoin has been done a lot, but what is usually a barrier is from the government which usually prohibits it, if the government is difficult to give permission to store stores to be able to accept bitcoin as a means of payment, this will hinder the flow of crypto currencies. and this always happens in countries that don't support bitcoin as a currency.

[AjithBtc]

it takes time to get Bitcoin totally acceptable worldwide .
this maybe can take more then one generation.


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Fiat usage around the world is found for generations. With that it isn't an easy task for bitcoin to takeover fiat. Bitcoin will get accepted all around the world soon or within few generations. But it's acceptance same as fiat won't happen. From my understanding fiat is so strong with its years and years of history, upon which I believe bitcoin will serve as an alternate to the fiat.

[teejayrichard2]

The truth is if we all do our part every now and then in educating people about the great benefits of using bitcoin as a means of payment and also go further to show them how it is done. in no distant time we would be able to reach everyone. All of us in the crypto community has at least 5 shops in our vicinity. Imagine each and every one of us take out time to educate those 5 shop owners and show them how to use bitcoin for payment, no doubt the crypto community will experience a massaive expansion in no distant time. Lets alll come out and spread the news. There is so much we can achieve doing this.

[sammyp]

Unfortunately, those who have the means to act won't act since they are getting tons of benefits of keeping bitcoin on where it is right now. Let's face it, our collective individual efforts wouldn't get much if we only are spreading the word but not practicing what we preach, and also without the help of those with the $$$, our ideas will only remain ideas unless we put some more effort and money into it. Everyone can be as enthusiastic in getting the word out, but not everyone can make a drastic change in the current shape of the ecosystem.

I totally agree that we do not need individual efforts now. We all need to come together as a unit and see how we can get people to trust and use bitcoin. It would have been very nice if the early adopters who probably still have at least double digits of bitcoin initiate and sponsor projects in the name of bitcoin. This would have quenched the fear people have about bitcoin.

[1BTC EQUALS 1CAR]

That's very inspiring but I do think that the huge impact that will lead to mainstream adoption is already on the way. Your contribution will work but will take a very long time to succeed. While those huge companies like Google, samsung and particularly Facebook will soon introduce their own coin globally.

[michellee]

That's very inspiring but I do think that the huge impact that will lead to mainstream adoption is already on the way. Your contribution will work but will take a very long time to succeed. While those huge companies like Google, samsung and particularly Facebook will soon introduce their own coin globally.

I hope that they can influence people in their circle to know and learn cryptocurrency and not just bitcoin because that is what we need to see the adoption will happen in every where. I am sure that with the biggest community in Google, Samsung, and Facebook, many people will know about cryptocurrency especially bitcoin and they will know that bitcoin is the strongest coin in the cryptocurrency.

[Finestream]

I live in developing country which is with $2  we can pay the barber. Other than that, in my country just few person who knows bitcoin most of them just use money paper in all day. I can't do anything to promote bitcoin in my country, I should have a power to make everyone believes that bitcoin is real and bitcoin is really worth.

I think we all have the power to make people believe that bitcoin is legit through its more promotion and advertisements in facebook or in google.Even sharing it to our friends and relatives can be of big help to sustain promotion of bitcoin.After all,if a person gets interested in bitcoin,he will surely make a thorough research about it.

[FlightyPouch]

Maybe there are more crypto user on your place thats why he is already accepting cryptocurrency payment, by the way it is a good step because it will attract customers curiousity for those who doest know what bitcoin is.

There are a lot of people that knew Bitcoin all along and I am even surprised that a lot of people I know knew about Bitcoin and also including other crypto currencies but still not using nor investing on them since they are scared of what might happen with their money. I do understand that they are scared of how the price moves but I just always told them that without the risks, there will be no profit, that is the reason it is called investment.

[Ucy]

* Promoters have to be 100% sure those dangerous volatility that happened recently won't repeat again.

* We should advice against negative publicity about Bitcoin...
I think most Governments could become hostile if you try to spread Bitcoin in countries. They will certainly use all sorts of bad words to discourage citizens from using or promoting it.

[madjavismart]

I think people should start developing more applications to encourage transactions. For example, I'm creating a website to help people find venue spaces near them called https://venuesnear.me

How is bitcoin going to be implemented? well once I'm finished with the website, you'll be able to pay for venues using crypto. I Know, super simple but it's a small step. Even if it means showing the bitcoin logo to help with awareness it will do. Anyone working on any cool bitcoin projects?