Is Bitcoin/Cryptocurrency user friendly?

[hulla]

depends on the wallet. some apps are very easy, but don't have all features. electron is a great wallet, but hard for noobs to understand.

even when you recommend a simple mobile wallet, people are still scared if you start talking about private keys and backups.
they are used to passivity, to pay a bank for this responsibility.

Firstly, bitcoin is user friendly but the wallet in subject was electrum not electron and like you said wallet, app or platform people uses determine the ease of using bitcoin but the article with news some newbies read are misleading. However, I will never advise anyone to totally believe in mobile wallet or keep huge fund on it.

[iMark]

bitcoin is friendly to users as long as these users can use bitcoin wisely. now the obstacle of bitcoin is that prices go up and down quickly, someone who can be patient and can manage bitcoin might be able to make friends with bitcoin and maybe bitcoin would be friendly to him.

Actually this question will have a varied answer, and of course the answer is not always positive, bitcoin can be called unfriendly because it is difficult to use, use the internet and gadgets and etc, I think the use of bitcoin today for modern people like me is friendly, just need a lot repairs such as network transactions that are sometimes slow and expensive fee, fix that then it will more better

[tiedcoin]

Cryptocurrency is opening all sort of possibilities. To stay user-friendly and to operate at a high position with consistency, it has created the cryptocurrency wallet and digital wallets.
There are many digital currency wallets such as Gatethub, Coinbase, Bitcoin Core, which you can choose to check your scores. Blockchain technology and cryptocurrency are doing everything in their power to make transactions and online transfers convenient for people. 
But, still, there are many people who are not familiar with the concept of cryptocurrencies. It will take time, but I think soon fiat will be far behind the cryptocurrencies.

[Kapyong]

Not really, no.

There is a lot to learn, many choices for wallets or exchanges, and there are many things that can go wrong - which can cost you your BTC transaction, or even your whole wallet.

Have a look at the number of posts here saying something desperate like :
"help, I lost my BTC and need help getting them back !"
(if you stuff-up, your BTC are gone forever - almost NO chance of recovery.)

But it is getting better.

Kapyong

[finaleshot2016]

I believe that most problems for Bitcoin owners arise due to the lack of certain knowledge.  I am sure that you simply can’t lose your cryptocurrency funds just like that, because always a person makes a certain mistake.  I believe that the massive use of Bitcoin is still under the “big question” because our society is not yet ready for it.

Yes, every certain thing should be learned, ignorance on a certain thing is not an excuse to say negative accusations about bitcoin. Every knowledge and experiences can be acquired through other people, that's why we're here in the forum to discuss everything.

[ghost424]

It is made to be user friendly. Bitcoin along with other Alternate Cryptocurrency was made to be understood to those who have less knowledge about Blockchain Technology. They create their platforms as simple as possible because lot of investors might come from people who have few knowledge about Crypto. Bitcoin was easy to understand when i first learned about it. It gave me different ideas about how versatile Cryptocurrency can be.

[libert19]

Cryptocurrency — be your own bank. Most people are not yet ready for it. Mnemonics, private keys and now dpos systems such as eos which is even more complicated to understand, in terms of keys.

This needs to be bit simpler.

[Chaki #diarize]

Bitcoin is harmless.

How people use Bitcoin is another thing.

People create bitcoin for income, business, to learn trading and others.

But other people use the bitcoin to scam and hook money from others.

As for other thing, Bitcoin also needs computer and other gadgets to be used and circulated, and this machines produces radiations.

[dimastegar]

As long as I know Bitcoin, I have never had difficulty using it. It's very user friendly btw. Because in its application (we as users) only sell / buy transactions and Bitcoin transactions between wallets. That is the basis of this Bitcoin. As long as we carefully write the wallet address, the Bitcoin that we send will be safe.

[Artemis3]

Cryptocurrency — be your own bank. Most people are not yet ready for it. Mnemonics, private keys and now dpos systems such as eos which is even more complicated to understand, in terms of keys.

This needs to be bit simpler.

You are being a fool by saying this. Pay me and I'll keep your coins you can't by yourself, simple. That's what a bank actually is, a full reserve bank.

And guess what, that has NOTHING to do with "cryptocurrency", it is you who decide who you give them to safeguard them, not the coins. Nobody is forcing you to keep your own wallet, you should, but that's besides the point. There is a lot of online wallets and exchanges you can trust your coins to, and hope they never disappear or go bankrupt, like banks do...

[imstillthebest]

Cryptocurrency — be your own bank. Most people are not yet ready for it. Mnemonics, private keys and now dpos systems such as eos which is even more complicated to understand, in terms of keys.

This needs to be bit simpler.

You are being a fool by saying this. Pay me and I'll keep your coins you can't by yourself, simple. That's what a bank actually is, a full reserve bank.

And guess what, that has NOTHING to do with "cryptocurrency", it is you who decide who you give them to safeguard them, not the coins. Nobody is forcing you to keep your own wallet, you should, but that's besides the point. There is a lot of online wallets and exchanges you can trust your coins to, and hope they never disappear or go bankrupt, like banks do...

His point is not about totally on banks because the topic is not foccused on banks but its about the difficulty of using a bitcoin or a crypto  .  though he mention crypo similar to banks on his first sentence  .

Anyway  . private key , phenomic phrase , seeds or other ways to open a wallet are only optional but most of the wallet and exchange mainly used  traditional passwords or pin numbers which is understandable by anyone . so id say cryptos/btc are easy to use

[SirLancelot]

Cryptocurrency — be your own bank. Most people are not yet ready for it. Mnemonics, private keys and now dpos systems such as eos which is even more complicated to understand, in terms of keys.

This needs to be bit simpler.

That is why cryptocurrency is an alternative to the traditional bank, if we have people that do not understand it or think it is quite complicated, and then they can just stick with the use of their traditional banks, while those who would understand it can continue to make use of it.

I would not even want it to be so easy for everyone right now, because it would quickly shift the attention of people to crypto, and then make them drop traditional banks suddenly which will still not be good because it would make the government system suddenly become irrelevant, but we need to gradually grow in it till government finds a way out to regulate, then we can talk of simplifying its technology, the system is still this complicated, hacker are hacking into it, not to talk of when it is simpler.

[Anonylz]

Well i think this varies from different individual, what Mr A may find user friendly may not necessary be so for Mr B, while most people find it very easy to understand the nitty-gritty of blockchain and the usage of crypto in general, others are struggling to understand the basics,
there are a lot of little details one needs to take note of when using crypto, especially the non reversible aspect when doing any transactions, one wrong letter among your wallet address could result to loss of funds,  if there is anything that need enhancement then i think that area should be looked upon.

[Blackdeath]

I'm curious to know what the community thinks in terms of how user friendly entering this market is? I know we've come a long way from the days when UX/UI was extremely poor for most companies but are there other areas that require improvement?

For me, bitcoin or the crypto community is a user-friendly because anywhere and anytime you can access your wallet and any other crypto related if you have an internet connection. But entering this market is dangerous because you can lose your money but you can also gain more money.

[btcethltcc]

It it's bro use it

[btcethltcc]

Depends I do think so

[btcethltcc]

I uses Jaxx for wallet I think it's fine
Depends on wallet provider

[fakefrombot]

As pay instrument yes, now its user friendly. As technology no, most of people still don't understand what is it and how it's working. But masses should not understand it. Its like internet: everybody using it but only small percent of users understand how its working.

[johnmason92]

As a relatively new user of BTC and Cryptocurrencies as a whole I think that it is user friendly, mainly because of the many options for web wallets and wallet applications that are being offered and improved every day. You don't need a whole lot of knowledge to execute transactions and most companies or sites that provide Cryptocurrency-payment methods are optimising their systems for the average user.

[Vaskiy]

Just think of the transformation from normal keypad mobiles to the present smartphones. First people find it difficult to use, other than the people who are much associated with technology. When days passed things changed. As a measure even the one without basic learning uses a smartphone without flaw.

With cryptocurrencies too the same happens, people weren't aware of its existence. Further when they came to know about it they find it difficult to use. Later they'll get used to it, and finds it user friendly.