Bitcoin Not User Friendly Yet

[YOSHIE]

I am thinking that even the apps out there are still confusing for people to use.
Sure many people may own a mobile phone but many do not understand how they work.

I take a few points from your question.

Actually people if they use android phones and the like, it is very easy if they want to learn and learn about Bitcoin, especially in this forum you and also other people who do not understand the use of Bitcoin, all information can be found here, the important thing is they want to read and learn it.

For example: this guide is for those who cannot understand how Bitcoin works via mobile.

Topic: [General] Bitcoin Wallets - Which, what, why?

What are 5 things you think are needed to make Bitcoin more easy for people to use.

And this question at least has a purpose with this one: Topic: BitCoin Is Too Complicated for Average People!, maybe, 50%, the answer is in that topic, answering about the simplicity of Bitcoin.

[adzino]

Bitcoin Not User Friendly Yet


Hello everyone. For all of us who are very pro Bitcoin and other crypto.
We all look to the day that more people use it and accept it as daily use.

However we are far from that. One thing that I am finding is Bitcoin is still not user friendly enough.
Many people even who are young like 25 and under and even over 25 etc. Are not tech knowledge or financial educated enough to understand.

I am thinking that even the apps out there are still confusing for people to use.
Sure many people may own a mobile phone but many do not understand how they work.

Therefore many people do not understand Bitcoin and seems too complicated still.

What are 5 things you think are needed to make Bitcoin more easy for people to use.

More less they can use and move Bitcoin without really being mindful of what they are doing in a transaction.

Thoughts

Not friendly enough in terms of what? You don't have to know how bitcoin and blockchain works to use it as long as you know the complete basics. Learning the the basics probably doesn't even take more than 30 minutes. You don't have to be a techy guy to understand how to use bitcoin. And people who are young that are having hard time to understand what bitcoin is, I guess they aren't even trying. If they know how to make online transactions using paypal or anyother service, its going to be a piece of cake for them to make transaction using bitcoin.

[3meek]

The only thing that bitcoin lacks for its convenient use is easy conversion to fiat and vice versa, excluding exchangers and huge fees! Everything else, in my opinion, has long been user friendly! Now everyone uses mobile banks... It's just as easy for everyone to install a bitcoin wallet...

[AjithBtc]

The only thing that bitcoin lacks for its convenient use is easy conversion to fiat and vice versa, excluding exchangers and huge fees! Everything else, in my opinion, has long been user friendly! Now everyone uses mobile banks... It's just as easy for everyone to install a bitcoin wallet...

Conversion of bitcoin to fiat and vice versa has been made easier with the continued development of different services. I find localbitcoins to do the service in exchange for a small fee. Apart from this we can see more services offered exchanging to cash and buying bitcoin on our forum. This services were mostly for PayPal and other digital payments.

Maybe it hasn't turned to be user friendly same as that we use traditional fiat, but the advancement have made people spend from their wallets just scanning the QR code of the bitcoin address. In day to day life things were getting better and convenient/user-friendly with time.

[ololajulo]

Bitcoin Not User Friendly Yet

What are 5 things you think are needed to make Bitcoin more easy for people to use.

Thoughts

I expect the 5 factors to be discussed, It doesn't give the right insight to the opening message. Bitcoin had grown to a the leading, reliable, portable and secure asset in the world, which makes it incomparable . The factors I could have considered is the slow transaction and volatility, bitcoin transaction has improve over the years with speed of transaction, faster than 4 years ago with increase number of transaction daily. The volatility is an advantage when its going up and the most attractive feature of the asset, we only need to learn how take the advantage of volatility

[3meek]

The only thing that bitcoin lacks for its convenient use is easy conversion to fiat and vice versa, excluding exchangers and huge fees! Everything else, in my opinion, has long been user friendly! Now everyone uses mobile banks... It's just as easy for everyone to install a bitcoin wallet...

Conversion of bitcoin to fiat and vice versa has been made easier with the continued development of different services. I find localbitcoins to do the service in exchange for a small fee. Apart from this we can see more services offered exchanging to cash and buying bitcoin on our forum. This services were mostly for PayPal and other digital payments.

Maybe it hasn't turned to be user friendly same as that we use traditional fiat, but the advancement have made people spend from their wallets just scanning the QR code of the bitcoin address. In day to day life things were getting better and convenient/user-friendly with time.

Try to explain to your dad about need to register on localbitcoins to exchange bitcoins for fiat... Or even more so about the fact that you need to register on the forum to send money to someone you don't know!

Exchange of cryptocurrency for fiat is convenient for those who understand and know how to use it, in particular, you and me. But it is still far from mass application.

[ethereumhunter]

The factors I could have considered is the slow transaction and volatility, bitcoin transaction has improve over the years with speed of transaction, faster than 4 years ago with increase number of transaction daily. The volatility is an advantage when its going up and the most attractive feature of the asset, we only need to learn how take the advantage of volatility

The slow transaction can be cover by the fee that we need to increase for a bit, so the transaction process will not be slow to confirmed by the network. So far, I don't have a problem with the transaction because I increase for some satoshi before I send the amount, and that makes me have to confirm in less than an hour. But if you don't want to increase the fee, you don't have to do that.

Yes, volatility is one of the advantages of bitcoin that we can use to make a profit. And if people can learn how to make a profit from that, I am sure they will know how to make money from bitcoin. I think bitcoin is user-friendly or not will depend on each people on how they learn bitcoin. If they want to learn, they will know bitcoin, which will help them use it without having a problem.

[gabbie2010]

Bitcoin Not User Friendly Yet


Hello everyone. For all of us who are very pro Bitcoin and other crypto.
We all look to the day that more people use it and accept it as daily use.

However we are far from that. One thing that I am finding is Bitcoin is still not user friendly enough.
Many people even who are young like 25 and under and even over 25 etc. Are not tech knowledge or financial educated enough to understand.

I am thinking that even the apps out there are still confusing for people to use.
Sure many people may own a mobile phone but many do not understand how they work.

Therefore many people do not understand Bitcoin and seems too complicated still.

What are 5 things you think are needed to make Bitcoin more easy for people to use.

More less they can use and move Bitcoin without really being mindful of what they are doing in a transaction.

Thoughts

Maybe bitcoin is not getting user friendly or beginner friendly because if you have no perseverance as a businessman/woman then you are just going to waste yourtime with it and it will only make you spend money for nothing because bitcoin is not a playground where anyone can enter since it is very complicated and you have to be a better trader or holder if you want to survive. Every businessman/woman has a characteristics of having a long patience.

That is exactly my thought If don't persevere and learn how to use bitcoin wholeheartedly, you may absolutely be discouraged on how to use it due to some technicality involved in it however with dedication and willingness to learn one will able to surmount those challenges more so It is easier if a mentor can practically put a newbie through all the basic knowledge required so as to able to navigate all the user interface particurly when using App

[witcher_sense]

Try to explain to your dad about need to register on localbitcoins to exchange bitcoins for fiat... Or even more so about the fact that you need to register on the forum to send money to someone you don't know!

Exchange of cryptocurrency for fiat is convenient for those who understand and know how to use it, in particular, you and me. But it is still far from mass application.

What you are talking about is not a problem of bitcoin, but rather an uncertain situation with bitcoin regulation. Bitcoin as an independent currency should not necessarily be exchanged for fiat, it can be used as it is. So, improvements in user interfaces should encourage users to stay inside the bitcoin network as much as possible, users of bitcoin should be always eager to make transactions in a completely peer-to-peer manner. Even if it comes to fiat on/off ramps. Advanced bitcoin users tend to be self-sovereign, to rely on no one. If they want to convert their bitcoins into fiat, they will rather choose an effective approach in which no bank is participating. I would say, make P2P platforms easier to use for average Joe and we are fine, no regulations are needed.

[Slow death]

Let's look at the past:



2020:



people are much more intelligent than we think, anyone who has any interest in bitcoin will work hard to understand bitcoin. many people use social networks, so if they are able to learn about social networks and spend hours on social networks, then they are also able to learn about bitcoin. The problem is at KYC when buying bitcoin. many people do not have their own home and live in their parents' house, how will KYC buy bitcoin if to make KYC it is necessary to deliver a TV bill, water or electricity in the name of the person who is registered in the exchange? it is more complicated to buy bitcoin than to learn about bitcoin

[rodskee]

What do you mean by friendly user?Bitcoin already adopted of a teenager since the beginning and has been earned million dollars last 2017 so how come that you are saying this words?
also Blockchain in some universities has been a course so this means it is been in the youngsters now.

instead of asking here,why not Help Bitcoin by asking people you know to try and invest in this market?

for that you are doing something good for the community since you said that you are already experienced here.

[3meek]

Try to explain to your dad about need to register on localbitcoins to exchange bitcoins for fiat... Or even more so about the fact that you need to register on the forum to send money to someone you don't know!

Exchange of cryptocurrency for fiat is convenient for those who understand and know how to use it, in particular, you and me. But it is still far from mass application.

What you are talking about is not a problem of bitcoin, but rather an uncertain situation with bitcoin regulation. Bitcoin as an independent currency should not necessarily be exchanged for fiat, it can be used as it is. So, improvements in user interfaces should encourage users to stay inside the bitcoin network as much as possible, users of bitcoin should be always eager to make transactions in a completely peer-to-peer manner. Even if it comes to fiat on/off ramps. Advanced bitcoin users tend to be self-sovereign, to rely on no one. If they want to convert their bitcoins into fiat, they will rather choose an effective approach in which no bank is participating. I would say, make P2P platforms easier to use for average Joe and we are fine, no regulations are needed.

No, this is a problem with the whole infrastructure... I know what you're talking about, that 1 BTC=1 BTC... But still, in this world so far, everything is measured in fiat currencies, which by the way also exchange among themselves!

I have an example ...
My lonely uncle Arseniy wants to buy a premium account on Pornhub, and from a friend he heard that he can do it more privately with bitcoin, but he doesn't have it! How can he easily buy them?

I am not talking about cryptoanarchists manifestos. I am talking about ordinary users (teachers, cab drivers, salespeople, housewives...) from whom Bitcoin is still very far away...

[witcher_sense]

No, this is a problem with the whole infrastructure... I know what you're talking about, that 1 BTC=1 BTC... But still, in this world so far, everything is measured in fiat currencies, which by the way also exchange among themselves!

Isn't this the very reason why bitcoin was created in the first place? Governments will never allow for free exchanges between bitcoin and fiat  because in such case most people will eventually come to conclusion that bitcoin is merely better. They will forget what fiat is, they will be asking themselves why they have been using paper backed by nothing for so long.

I have an example ...
My lonely uncle Arseniy wants to buy a premium account on Pornhub, and from a friend he heard that he can do it more privately with bitcoin, but he doesn't have it! How can he easily buy them?

I am not talking about cryptoanarchists manifestos. I am talking about ordinary users (teachers, cab drivers, salespeople, housewives...) from whom Bitcoin is still very far away...

I already answered this question, P2P platforms should be more user-friendly, so that ordinary people could buy bitcoin in two clicks. Anyway, the easiest way for your uncle to buy bitcoin anonymously is ask if his friend would like to sell some satoshis to him directly.

[NavI_027]

Therefore many people do not understand Bitcoin and seems too complicated still.

If you will think deeper, every new invention come out in this world is not user friendly at first and Bitcoin (the concept of cryptocurrency as a whole) i not an exception from it. Of course all people will have a hard time to cope with it since it was new. Hello, even our ancestors spend lots of time before mastering how to forge a sword lol. It is the same as using bitcoin. You can't master it in one night, adopting it for a very long time is required for you to fully understand it .

So give it a chance to prove its worth. I know this one is tor the geeks but with the right amount of interest and determination I believe that all of us can apprecaite its magic.

[yazher]

If you don't use some local exchanges to purchase things with BTC, you will have a hard time purchasing goods because the transactions will take too long to finished except if you are doing P2P trading with the other person. But little by little there are some people who develop some technology to change this situation, namely the Lightning network. But with our current situation in our country, we have some user-friendly crypto exchanges that we can use to pay our bills and some other things with BTC and so far we don't have a problem with it until now.

[MWesterweele]

Therefore many people do not understand Bitcoin and seems too complicated still.

If you will think deeper, every new invention come out in this world is not user friendly at first and Bitcoin (the concept of cryptocurrency as a whole) i not an exception from it. Of course all people will have a hard time to cope with it since it was new. Hello, even our ancestors spend lots of time before mastering how to forge a sword lol. It is the same as using bitcoin. You can't master it in one night, adopting it for a very long time is required for you to fully understand it .

So give it a chance to prove its worth. I know this one is tor the geeks but with the right amount of interest and determination I believe that all of us can apprecaite its magic.

I agree with it, and as i what observed me either was not an exception to the advancement of technology and its not a user friendly at first. Everything that was an advancement of technology today needs our patience for us to be able to learned it. Even if up to now bitcoin was not totally a user friendly yet due to it is not really easy to access and needs expertise before you can dealt it perfectly, also you need more time to be able to study and research about it.

[mezzaluna]

I can agree upon that. It took me months to understand how bitcoin works technically, but I believe that learning just how it works on theory is enough. Bitcoin is not user friendly, but you know what? I don't expect from obsolete people to use bitcoin, at least not as a medium of exchange. They use paypal or a bank and I'm pretty sure they're okay with it. Bitcoins are in danger on their hands.

Facts like bank's trust abuse model requires some education to understand why it is good for everyone to be responsible for their own wealth.

I agree with you too but as much as we can think about it, Bitcoin is already user-friendly in a way since the applications or wallets that holds it creates such easy steps to convert it into cash but you also have to do your part to understand the necessary steps to those steps.

Of course its impossible for people to earn from Bitcoin just by hearing about it and that is the part where people needs to step up and do their part by studying and understanding this Cryptocurrency Industry.

[kamadazje]

It's not that Bitcoin is not user friendly because the problem is not coming from the Bitcoin instead the problem are coming from the people who have no enough knowledge about the latest technology.

Base on your reasoning, below 25 and above 25 have difficulty in using bitcoin because they are not tech knowledgeable or financial educated enough to understand how bitcoin works.  But if you are really going to dig it, the problem is coming from them because they don't have the proper knowledge in using the advance technology or for short they lack the proper education but if we are going to teach them slowly then I am sure that they can easily understand and use bitcoin properly.

[TedMosby]

I am thinking that even the apps out there are still confusing for people to use.
Sure many people may own a mobile phone but many do not understand how they work.

people used their phones only for youtube and social media nowadays.
we need to educate them about mobile finance first.
during these pandemic situations, it should be boosted up because online/cashless payment can support physical distancing (covid-19 protocol).
when mobile finance already becomes casual, then they will find alternatives.
people usually will learn it by themselves when they found it as a hidden gem.

we need to educate people about eating. why do they need to eat, how to eat, what can be eaten, etc.
and when they understand about eating, they will find and choose what foods to eat.

we need to educate people about the root first, mobile/internet finance.

[AniviaBtc]

You don't need to rush things if you don't understand bitcoin at the first time own some.

It really needs a lot of time, effort, and patience for you to fully understand how bitcoin works in the market and in our economy.

Bitcoin is a user-friendly and worth it to invest that's why there are a lot of people who are risking their money for it.