I have started teaching Bitcoin to my Neighbors

[LogitechMouse]

But I have a suggestion for you. One of my teachers said:
The best way to learn is "learning through videos."

This is a subjective one.
People learn with the help of reading the articles, some learn from newspapers, some learn from books, some learn thru videos etc. etc. I don't like the fact that you consider "learning thru videos" as the best one because all of the them are considered best. It just depends on the preferences of the people.
I like the initiative of teaching people Bitcoin. In this way, many people will be encouraged to used Bitcoin or at least invest into it. On the other hand, I've seen some small mistakes.

Bitcoin was created/invented in 2008 not 2009.
Bitcoin as a tool to pay bills is not applicable to all countries around the world. You can't use Bitcoin directly to pay bills but you can convert it into your own currency and use it to pay bills.
Trading considered as a business? I don't know but is it considered a business? Can any trader answer this one . I'll be happy since I'm not sure too.
Bitcoin as a job? I only agree with this one if you are a freelancer and you are being paid with Bitcoin but aside from that, I disagree.

Anyway, it is just small mistakes that a newbie like me saw and don't take what I said as a way to criticize your initiative. I always like people who are teaching anything about Bitcoin and crypto and I always want to do the same thing (if not only for my speech defect ). Just continue what you are doing, take what we said here as constructive criticisms and I hope you will help many people in what you are doing.

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what I was doing with bitcoins and their parents said that even though I am not employed or unemployed, I can still pay my monthly billings, rental house, internet bill, electricity, and water bill within 6 years.

We are almost the same that are unemployed, I'm also unemployed since I graduated in College last 2017 (even though I worked in a government for around 8 months only), I'm also capable in paying the monthly billings here in our home.

The beauty of it is that before the end of our bitcoin session, the five of them agreed that every twice a month there will be a small home party session here at my house.

I hope that you will keep your private keys in the safest place possible because it's your home. I'm not against it but it's just a precaution just incase somebody will try and steal your coins. You might trust them now but anything can change when it comes to money .

So my only request to the other members here in this forum is to teach me what can be taught to them that I may not know at the moment, although I am not an expert here but only basic thing about bitcoin that I share with my acquaintances here in the community I'm in. So you are free to provide additional knowledge on this matter and I am willing to accept it because I am also one of those who are still learning about bitcoin.

Watch documentaries on Youtube. That's what I did when I'm starting. I always watch Youtube documentaries regarding Bitcoin and every video, I watch it twice or even thrice on some videos. There are other ways obviously but watching YouTube documentaries is what helped me learn more about Bitcoin.

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[cryptoaddictchie]

Its nice to see initiative like that but hoping they learn it by heart and not by money attached to it. Some wanted to learn bitcoin only for purpose of earning money in which we dont find it easy to do actually. Its not a direct investment matter that when you learn is youll earn profit or money from it. Its a technology which can be used as an alternative for finances in a decentralized approach. Hope you could emphasize it to them that its not a rich scheme method when you learn about bitcoin.

[Marvell1]

I also recommended it to my college friends many years ago, saying that it would really be one of those things that people look for and treat as a profitable investment. But maybe many things are still too vague for many people. When they are not ready to get close to them, some newcomers show up at the bearish phase and they say it's not good . However, in one aspect that has been through so many different cycles, I don't want to share more because it's clear that if you can't see the good in them and they give an immediate investment, then it's hard to be attractive to new people.

Put it the OP's way, introduce bitcoin to them, the technology and the difference between bitcoin, banking and traditional fiat. Don't put too much emphasis on bitcoin as an investment for those who have never heard of bitcoin, its volatile nature will scare them more than interested.

Try again with them, teach them how to use bitcoin, how bitcoin works and it would be great if you could do some transactions show them, I think they will have a different view of bitcoin.

[Stella Mese]

teaching bitcoin to people who don't know about bitcoin is a good thing. because so that they know a lot of insight, namely about how to invest in bitcoin and so on. and indeed with the current condition of the world economy is down, so indeed we need to teach them about bitcoin so that their economy is helped by the existence of bitcoin and surely I think there will be a lot of interest if we explain it to them well. and I think if they already understand about bitcoin they will definitely invest in bitcoin.

[Wexnident]

So my only request to the other members here in this forum is to teach me what can be taught to them that I may not know at the moment, although I am not an expert here but only basic thing about bitcoin that I share with my acquaintances here in the community I'm in. So you are free to provide additional knowledge on this matter and I am willing to accept it because I am also one of those who are still learning about bitcoin.

I think it depends on what you're planning to teach? If it was Bitcoin in general then simple history and use cases should be more than enough as a topic for discussion, maybe even some of the technical stuff if you know about them (or you can study them together with your neighbors).

If it was the investment side then you have a lot of topics you can consider. It's also going to help to at least let them know Bitcoin isn't a quick get-rich scheme and identify what are the things they need to know to start investing. It can also help you study it yourself, it's much more efficient especially if you're going to do regular study meetings like this.

[autumnleaf]

Aside from teaching them about Bitcoin, maybe you can also let them know and register here in Bitcointalk in that way, they can read interested and goods topics about Bitcoin from history to future development of Bitcoin here in this forum. 😊

[BitDane]

Cool effort, it is always nice to see our fellow forum members educate their community about Bitcoin, I hope that you won't get tired educating people around you specially when they got excited and bombarded you with lots of questions.

[Lucius]

It's nice that some members of the forum decide to share their knowledge with others, but I would warn all those who do it in this way to protect their privacy and the privacy of people by hiding the identity of the people participating in such trainings. The world has always been a dangerous place, and today it is even more pronounced because everyone has access to various private information.

I think that I would do everything in order not to get unwanted guests in my house and that private things remain as private as possible.

[wmaurik]

And the funny thing here is that they are all young people, and currently studying, they showed interest in what I am doing with bitcoin, what it really is. These are just some of the pictures that I will show you that I myself was really happy with them that's why I didn't regret to give them time and even it was conducted in my house in this regard.

What an amazing job for the OP, I am really amazed when there is someone who is willing to teach his neighbors about Bitcoin for free and is also able to convince them of the interests that are born of each of them, especially if they are all young people who will be very useful for the nation and the country.

Because in my area there are still very many people who are pessimistic about Bitcoin and don't like Bitcoin at all even though they basically don't know anything about Bitcoin. So I wonder why they can hate Bitcoin when they don't know it yet, this is a very strange thing but it is real here.

[Davidvictorson]

Thank you very much for taking the time to read this topic I made, and I will continue to give you updates on my next teaching to these young people. God bless you all

It gives me great joy that bitcoin education is spreading to all corners in the spheres of human life. I have read with joy and excitement how users on this forum are teaching students in their classrooms, colleagues at their offices, parents at their homes, folks in their communities and neighborhood. This is why whenever I read about a bitcoin sceptic saying bitcoin is dead, I just laugh out loud. Because, they have decided to say blinded to the present day reality. Bitcoin is here to stay and we are its evangelist.

[lionheart78]

It is good to know you are able to proceed with your plan.  I hope your student will take those lectures to heart.  Besides, you should be more sensitive to terminologies and concepts since one wrong word can misinform your students and may blame you for the misunderstanding.  Always have references whenever you tackle some terms and situations so that they can always look at them and dig even more information so that they can have a solid foundation of understanding about Bitcoin.

[bestcoins1]

As far as I know, nothing. It's like attempting to create the world's shortest program that does a specific function - they are mind games for computer scientists, but that's about it.

On what basis do you say it is a mind game for computer scientists? which even I personally never think like that because if you only teach about Bitcoin to other people or your close neighbors. I don't think it's a game because a teacher should introduce Bitcoin theoretically to the kids in the picture and that's a very good thing in my opinion.
So you have to have a basis when you say it's a game.

[BlockchainMentors]

This is a great thing and young teenagers will be very interested in it. Hope you and your students do well in future and if you have any youtube channel then recommend me because knowledge is there and it should be taken whether he is younger or older than us in age.

[Mr. Magkaisa]

Whether Bitcoin can be used to pay the bills depends on the country because it's certainly impossible in mine. Is it really possible in yours?

Bitcoin here in my country is not directly can be use as mode of payment in billings Sir, of course from Bitcoin it need to be convert into usdt from the exchange I used then proceed to P2p and transfer into our local fiat currency on the Gcash apps wallet or any bank account where through this once the transaction profit has been transfer in the apps wallet/bank account, that's the time we can able to pay the bills.

Also, have these people consented to the photos being published? If so, it's great, but otherwise it's a violation of their privacy and the faces, at least, should be blurred.

Yes it is, their parents consented me to exposed their faces while teaching this matter, also I asked these young adult as well and its fine for them. But on the other hand you are still right Sir, even it is permitted I still need to blurd their faces, thanks for the reminders anyway.

I think it depends on what you're planning to teach? If it was Bitcoin in general then simple history and use cases should be more than enough as a topic for discussion, maybe even some of the technical stuff if you know about them (or you can study them together with your neighbors).

Right now, Sir, I am not in the point to explain to them about Bitcoin technically, I know, sir, We all know here it is not that easy to understand Bitcoin because we know that it is very technical to discuss, that's why I did something different approach to them so that they don't think negative expectation about bitcoin instead of cultivating or deepening their interest to learn more about it. So since they are still newbies that I can compare to a baby, I should give them milk for now so they can absorb it easily. so that's what was done first.

[Ziskinberg]

There are plenty of tips online on how to convince people, I think you may need this when teaching them, and of course, you have to approach them in a nice way.

And aside from that, you don't need to be more technical, if you can manage to teach them the easiest way possible, that is much better. I know people who are not yet familiar with Bitcoin will hardly get the idea and that seems the biggest challenge for you OP. If you have some friends that are willing to help you, I believe that will work so fast. But I tell you a single meeting isn't enough, you have to spend more time with these people if you want to see positive results.

[dimonstration]

This is actually what I really like to see for Bitcoin introduction and not all about price/possible profit like what the influencer doing in social media to educate there followers. They are focus on TA and other bullshit tutorials while there follower don’t have any idea on what they are buying and selling.This is really a good initiative for introducing Bitcoin to unenducated fella. I just notice that most of the people attend on your mini seminar are all young age which is good because most them are open minded unlike adult that don’t want to accept peculiar technology.

Kudos!

[fuguebtc]

Aside from teaching them about Bitcoin, maybe you can also let them know and register here in Bitcointalk in that way, they can read interested and goods topics about Bitcoin from history to future development of Bitcoin here in this forum. 😊

Good idea. Here we have full knowledge of bitcoin about cryptocurrencies, it can be said that bitcointalk forum is a forum that provides quite a lot of useful information about the entire market, especially bitcoin.

Besides that, newbies will be interacting and discussing with seasoned professionals in the market and can benefit from their knowledge and experience, that we sometimes don't learn from other social media.

[Cling18]

This inspired me to share things about Bitcoin with my neighbors as well. I started sharing knowledge about Bitcoin with my colleagues a few years back and they're now investors. Though I'm having a second thought about sharing it with my neighbors because some of them might see it in the wrong way, I will still share about it in the right manner where they will also understand its risks. We really have to be careful in sharing details about Bitcoin especially when it comes to profit because it might overwhelm them.

[Leviathan.007]

That's very good to see people starting to teach bitcoin and cryptocurrencies to other people in different places and situations, just a few weeks ago I saw another person post a topic and said he started teaching bitcoin and cryptocurrencies to high school students, as well as a lot of people, which is the most crucial part whenever you are teaching bitcoin or any new technology other people is the demand by them to learn because if they are interested in learning new technologies you won't have a hard way ahead to teach them especially if they have some basic knowledge about it, that's my personal experience about teaching bitcoin to other people.

[lovesmayfamilis]

I have read here that some do not agree that the motivation for learning bitcoin from young people will be to make a profit. And what's wrong with that? The OP doesn't say that the first thing he teaches them is how to invest, of course, there will come a point during their training period when they need to start practicing. The theory is not always clear without practice. One of the students already owns his own store, I think he will be interested to start selling for bitcoins, and of course, as it is written, after gaining knowledge.
OP, my respect for you. Not everyone these days is so open to taking the time to explain, and I hope the teaching has been multiple times. Video materials, as was also mentioned here, cannot be complete training without a teacher who can directly explain all the incomprehensible points in simple language.