Bitcoin Not User Friendly Yet

[ethereumhunter]

The price of bitcoin has always been volatile and everyone knows that. risky everything is risky.
everyone wants to own bitcoin and they don't want to know about the risks because many people know bitcoin is expensive and tempting.

That can be wrong because they need to learn bitcoin to know more, and they can reduce the risk. I think that bitcoin is not user-friendly yet because they don't understand the basics of using bitcoin. But other people who don't know bitcoin will have a problem to use bitcoin, and if they can spend time to learn, I am sure they can feel comfortable to use bitcoin. Maybe they need to get more information from the right person to have the proper knowledge to use bitcoin.

[thirdkiller]

It seems to me that now, this problem is less relevant. Crypto platforms such as Binance, Trust, Coinbase, Ownr, Atomic and others do everything possible to make crypto trading clear and simple. With a friendly UI, of course, a mobile app and tutorials.

[mikehersh2]

I think it'd be a problem if Bitcoin becomes user friendly, because if it's decentralized it just cannot be.

You're on your own. There's no Bitcoin worker who is obliged to help you with your wallets. You are free to create, deposit to, withdraw or sign from and use an address in any way you'd like - even share the private key to it, if you will. You're just free to educate yourself and, if you're interested, to join the network. Computers aren't user-friendly either. Yet, they're being sold every year "like hot bread" (a Romanian saying).

Let it happen naturally; let the interested ones educate themselves & join us and the non-interested ones stay away.

I get what you are saying but I'm not sure I see the connection. How does it being decentralized have an effect on how user-friendly it is? I suppose in concept, Bitcoin being decentralized means each user is responsible for the managing of their own wallet/other services, but in my opinion, those wallets and trade services are quite easy to use, and over the past years it has become increasingly cleaner and simple to use. It's definitely true that the concept of bitcoin and how it works is not simple, and does require you to learn and do research on your own. But once you understand how bitcoin works, actually going about sending and receiving btc, for example, is quite simple and in my opinion, far more simple than traditional means of sending and receiving money, especially large amounts. I could be standing next to someone and offer to exchange bitcoin and all I would need to do is scan their bitcoin wallet QR code. Last time I checked, TD Bank would have a much more complicated process

[serjent05]

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Are you seriously saying that? From personal experience, young people, especially under 25 know a lot about bitcoin and cryptocurrencies than people with higher age so young generation is more educated around it.

There is nothing difficult in using bitcoin and crypto wallets apps, for example blockchain.com's wallet is as easy as ABC to use. Some people don't even know what is playstore and how to download from it, so...

Bitcoin is easy to use, problem is that it's not massively adopted and isn't as fast as visa/master card payments if you don't own card that automatically converts bitcoin into USD. If you want to pay manually from your wallet, then it's time consuming.

I agree that Bitcoin is easy to use.  People are just used to being spoon-fed.  It is easy to download the Bitcoin wallet.  Easy to set up whether on PC or mobile phone. If they read how the transfer of Bitcoin works, they will get easily accustomed to it.  People just lack the patience of understanding how things work that makes them think that Bitcoin is not user-friendly.  

[Fatunad]

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Are you seriously saying that? From personal experience, young people, especially under 25 know a lot about bitcoin and cryptocurrencies than people with higher age so young generation is more educated around it.

There is nothing difficult in using bitcoin and crypto wallets apps, for example blockchain.com's wallet is as easy as ABC to use. Some people don't even know what is playstore and how to download from it, so...

Bitcoin is easy to use, problem is that it's not massively adopted and isn't as fast as visa/master card payments if you don't own card that automatically converts bitcoin into USD. If you want to pay manually from your wallet, then it's time consuming.

I agree that Bitcoin is easy to use.  People are just used to being spoon-fed.  It is easy to download the Bitcoin wallet.  Easy to set up whether on PC or mobile phone. If they read how the transfer of Bitcoin works, they will get easily accustomed to it.  People just lack the patience of understanding how things work that makes them think that Bitcoin is not user-friendly.  

Sad to say but it is indeed true where people do really like to be spoon-fed and if they do find out some complicate parts then they do easily react and ignore it next.

Its not really that hard to understand on whats bitcoin is all about yet its comparable to fiat with some difference which it isnt really that much complicated
for a grown person to know on.

Some people do find it difficult but they should at least try first before making conclusions.

[chaser15]

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 disagree. The 20s, even early ones can now mostly understand the tech behind some things. No need to learn deeply but a basic understanding is enough. On how bitcoin works starting from buying to selling, it can be learned without putting too much time reading on FAQs.

If they are having difficulty understanding the basics of bitcoin, then they will also have difficulty understanding other basic technology outside crypto. Should not be a reason that bitcoin is not friendly why people don't have an interest in using it. It's like saying Mathematics is not a user-friendly subject.

If a person is really interested, bitcoin will be a user friendly to them someday. We, crypto-enthusiast also start from being a newbie with lots of questions but since we like to know more about bitcoin, we reached our respective status of knowledge about crypto.

[Oasisman]

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Bitcoin is easy to use, problem is that it's not massively adopted and isn't as fast as visa/master card payments if you don't own card that automatically converts bitcoin into USD. If you want to pay manually from your wallet, then it's time consuming.

Agreed!
Some people might have been influenced by the media after they heard bad news about Bitcoin, thus doubting Bitcoin's legitimacy.
Cryptocurrency wallet apps is even easier and convenient to use in a p2p transactions than cc and debits when sometimes cards are being rejected.
I have a local cryptocurrency wallet app that supports a handful of altcoins and Btc as well, and I don't find anything complicated to use about it that even a 1st grader would actually understand how to buy and sell btc instantly.

[Serious475]

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Bitcoin is easy to use, problem is that it's not massively adopted and isn't as fast as visa/master card payments if you don't own card that automatically converts bitcoin into USD. If you want to pay manually from your wallet, then it's time consuming.

Agreed!
Some people might have been influenced by the media after they heard bad news about Bitcoin, thus doubting Bitcoin's legitimacy.
Cryptocurrency wallet apps is even easier and convenient to use in a p2p transactions than cc and debits when sometimes cards are being rejected.
I have a local cryptocurrency wallet app that supports a handful of altcoins and Btc as well, and I don't find anything complicated to use about it that even a 1st grader would actually understand how to buy and sell btc instantly.

There are many reasons why do people avoid bitcoin and why do countries doesn't legalizing it and one of those reason is the media because media can destroy the name of bitcoin and can make the people believe what they say but we can also use media to promote bitcoin so we cannot say that media only has bad effect on bitcoin community. In the world of business, there are many struggles we may experience but if you are a good business man, you can take advantage on that struggle.

[serjent05]

Some people do find it difficult but they should at least try first before making conclusions.

My experience why people find it difficult to use Bitcoin is because they tend to believe that they need to know the whole mechanism of Bitcoin, as in how it is programmed and all while, we just need to know the basic of installing and creating wallet address which is done autmatically once the software or application is installed.  Another thing is the fear factor (fear of losing funds due to messing up) that clogged their understanding that Bitcoin is really easy to use since there are lots of guide  out there.

[EdenHazard]

Just like internet ...
Years ago , people not interested in internet due how complex to operate it and not much people can afford to get the access.
Now everything is about internet, people make a living there and yeah internet become the premier needs as time goes by , as everyone else adopted to how this world running  ..

The same thing could happened to bitcoin where as time goes by .. using digital money is inevitable. It's the matter of time though.

[Genemind]

Just like internet ...
Years ago , people not interested in internet due how complex to operate it and not much people can afford to get the access.
Now everything is about internet, people make a living there and yeah internet become the premier needs as time goes by , as everyone else adopted to how this world running  ..

The same thing could happened to bitcoin where as time goes by .. using digital money is inevitable. It's the matter of time though.

I agree with this, we cannot expect something innovative to be fully embraced and adapted easily by the mass. Even I when I first started with bitcoin has to learn ot the hard way and ask a lot of people about it to learn and slowly adopt the basics of crypto. Most people maybe exposed in gadgets and stuff but not all people are into technicalities which I think is a must when you are involved in crypto.

[bayu7adi]

Just like internet ...
Years ago , people not interested in internet due how complex to operate it and not much people can afford to get the access.
Now everything is about internet, people make a living there and yeah internet become the premier needs as time goes by , as everyone else adopted to how this world running  ..

The same thing could happened to bitcoin where as time goes by .. using digital money is inevitable. It's the matter of time though.

Yup, the mass adoption process by everyone on earth takes time until it's really easy to use. After we know the very many uses of the internet, even now our lives cannot be separated from the existence of the internet.

Likewise with bitcoin, the current existence of Bitcoin is still very rare in several public places because it cannot be used easily, but if we all know the uses and advantages of using bitcoin, we can be sure that many people will start to adopt Bitcoin.

[Alucard1]

Bitcoin becomes not user friendly because it is decentralized, it took so many months before I learn what is bitcoin and what can I do about it, as of now with my almost 1-year of experience in the crypto world, I cannot say that I already learned so many knowledge because the crypto currency is so broad and I know to myself that there are still so many things that I don't know about cryptocurrency but we all have good resources to learn about it, just explore yourself on the internet and search things you want to know.

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

We can learn cryptocurrency and make it easier for people to use through these things:
1. You can apply for some crypto courses.
2. Engage yourself with motivation to learn.
3. You may also join some forums like this bitcointalk.
4. Watch some tutorials on youtube.

[Crypto_lion]

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

I wouldn't say it is too difficult to understand but the apps out there are not really user friendly for common folks to be using it to transfer it. People fear that they may lose money .

[3meek]

Just like internet ...
Years ago , people not interested in internet due how complex to operate it and not much people can afford to get the access.
Now everything is about internet, people make a living there and yeah internet become the premier needs as time goes by , as everyone else adopted to how this world running  ..

The same thing could happened to bitcoin where as time goes by .. using digital money is inevitable. It's the matter of time though.

Digital money has long existed... For example, PayPal or banking applications...
So, you need to prove to people that they need to decentralize or Blockchain, not money!

[EdenHazard]

Just like internet ...
Years ago , people not interested in internet due how complex to operate it and not much people can afford to get the access.
Now everything is about internet, people make a living there and yeah internet become the premier needs as time goes by , as everyone else adopted to how this world running  ..

The same thing could happened to bitcoin where as time goes by .. using digital money is inevitable. It's the matter of time though.

Digital money has long existed... For example, PayPal or banking applications...
So, you need to prove to people that they need to decentralize or Blockchain, not money!

Well you can't jump talk about decentralized stuff .. blockchain stuff .. they would get dizzy.

Introduce how this shit actually a digital money , then talk about the difference. Paypal bla bla bla .. indeed they are existed long time ago yet some people don't understand how that's work still till this date , so yeah that's a big challenge.. big task to Introduce the whole concept of bitcoin as a decentralized digital money.
This education to know decentralized concept won't be available urgently needed for now , but in the future they would forced to educate themselves about this as they will need it.

[3meek]

Just like internet ...
Years ago , people not interested in internet due how complex to operate it and not much people can afford to get the access.
Now everything is about internet, people make a living there and yeah internet become the premier needs as time goes by , as everyone else adopted to how this world running  ..

The same thing could happened to bitcoin where as time goes by .. using digital money is inevitable. It's the matter of time though.

Digital money has long existed... For example, PayPal or banking applications...
So, you need to prove to people that they need to decentralize or Blockchain, not money!

Well you can't jump talk about decentralized stuff .. blockchain stuff .. they would get dizzy.

Introduce how this shit actually a digital money , then talk about the difference. Paypal bla bla bla .. indeed they are existed long time ago yet some people don't understand how that's work still till this date , so yeah that's a big challenge.. big task to Introduce the whole concept of bitcoin as a decentralized digital money.
This education to know decentralized concept won't be available urgently needed for now , but in the future they would forced to educate themselves about this as they will need it.

I don't think that people want to know how the phone works when they talk on it! Or how TCP/IP protocols work when people put likes on Facebook to their favorite celebrities!
With bitcoin it can be the same ... Downloading a wallet to your smartphone is not very difficult....

[milewilda]

Just like internet ...
Years ago , people not interested in internet due how complex to operate it and not much people can afford to get the access.
Now everything is about internet, people make a living there and yeah internet become the premier needs as time goes by , as everyone else adopted to how this world running  ..

The same thing could happened to bitcoin where as time goes by .. using digital money is inevitable. It's the matter of time though.

Digital money has long existed... For example, PayPal or banking applications...
So, you need to prove to people that they need to decentralize or Blockchain, not money!

Well you can't jump talk about decentralized stuff .. blockchain stuff .. they would get dizzy.

Introduce how this shit actually a digital money , then talk about the difference. Paypal bla bla bla .. indeed they are existed long time ago yet some people don't understand how that's work still till this date , so yeah that's a big challenge.. big task to Introduce the whole concept of bitcoin as a decentralized digital money.
This education to know decentralized concept won't be available urgently needed for now , but in the future they would forced to educate themselves about this as they will need it.

I don't think that people want to know how the phone works when they talk on it! Or how TCP/IP protocols work when people put likes on Facebook to their favorite celebrities!
With bitcoin it can be the same ... Downloading a wallet to your smartphone is not very difficult....

Thing here is that people do easily ignore nor reject when something is being introduced to them and if they do had that first impression where bitcoin is somewhat complicated for them then
they do easily ignore and just skip out but if they do just really try to learn even the basics then it isnt really that hard for someone cant able to understand.Even on a simple single explanation
you would really get it all.I dont see for it not to be user friendly just because thinking off a digital money or with your credit card works then thats how the concept looks like.
The difference is that you do have all the full control of those funds without 3rd party involved in middle.

[The cure]

Some people do find it difficult but they should at least try first before making conclusions.

My experience why people find it difficult to use Bitcoin is because they tend to believe that they need to know the whole mechanism of Bitcoin, as in how it is programmed and all while, we just need to know the basic of installing and creating wallet address which is done autmatically once the software or application is installed.  Another thing is the fear factor (fear of losing funds due to messing up) that clogged their understanding that Bitcoin is really easy to use since there are lots of guide  out there.

Based on my own experience when I was just starting to learn bitcoin I really had a hard time at first because maybe I was not familiar with modern ways how to use a decentralized asset, and just like you I am also afraid that I may loose my funds and may regret after, but I still tried because I wanted to learn it. And there are many ways to know if you do not understand something, so far i have learned the basics but i am still expanding my knowledge about bitcoin.

[Dewi89]

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

Do not compare each location with the same knowledge because we are different races and ethnicities, everyone has their own way of knowing bitcoin with different levels and knowledge of bitcoin can also grow independently because of access to global bitcoin news. You can create a small community about cryptocurrency to expand the use of bitcoin in your location.