Spreading bitcoin awareness; Your personal security matters first

[Sanitough]

The essence of Bitcoin is to provide privacy and freedom and if these two important Bitcoin features are not taken seriously,  people may run into trouble holding Bitcoin be it in banned countries or where Bitcoin is already adopted.
Privacy from both hackers and criminals who you exposed to by advocating for bitcoin, making them aware of the your bitcoin involvement and so on, this can have much negative effect more that it positive impact on the people in question,  i don't advocate publicly for Bitcoin adoption, but i always make sure my privacy is protected and only make few people around me know about Bitcoin and the advantage it offers it, users.

That’s also what I’ve been considering about bitcoin adoption. You don’t need to lecture everyone like going in a school and ask permission to teach. That would be risky knowing you are exposing yourself that you’re into bitcoin and that people may instantly think that you are hodling big amount of bitcoin which will eventually put  you in danger. So I’d definitely won’t do that. However, I make sure I’m also doing my part for bitcoin adoption by educating my family first and those close friends around me, but to be clear I won’t waste my time teaching to those whom I think will never agree on the advantages we can get from bitcoin.

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[Odusko]

I don't know where you live right now OP, but in my country owning Bitcoin is not a crime, it's currently legal to own a bitcoin here, as long as you don't use it as a currency. Centralize exchange are free to advertise their platform and to give proper education about bitcoin and crypto, so there is no need of secrecy to discuss bitcoin.

I wish anywhere you live, you will be able to discuss and buy Bitcoin freely very soon.

You can be called lucky since you live in a country where Bitcoin is allowed. I am different in that in my country, Bitcoin is in the gray zone; it is not clear what could happen tomorrow. And that is why I see no reason to tell people what I do or why I do it. After all, if you follow the adage, then money loves silence, people can sometimes misjudge Bitcoin, thinking that if someone has it, then there should always be a lot of it, and therefore you can use the wrench method to pick it up. The Internet is vast, and people's interests are just as vast. Those who are interested in Bitcoin can easily find the correct information on the network; there is no need to teach someone, much less impose it.

There is no need to become so crazy with promoting bitcoin since Bitcoin is not a crowdfunding network that needs advertisement to push it to the mainstream, bitcoin is already doing well and that is noticeable in the value of Bitcoin, and as that, we can say Bitcoin privacy practice become the best shot for anyone regardless of your country whether Bitcoin is legal or banned.

But promoting Bitcoin in a country where the government has an anti-bitcoin law, you risk losing your freedom if anything goes wrong and you get reported, I believe keeping silent is the best practice for any Bitcoin holder.

[Smartvirus]

I feel like bitcoin should be spread in these kind of communities secretly and cautiously to avoid exposing our privacy and hampering our security.

Secretly you say!
Bitcoin wasn’t meant to leave in the shadows or to serve as some currency that exists on the dark web. Bitcoin was meant for a world wide usage which requires it going public in a number of ways. Publicity by seminars, classes and more is one of those ways.

I get it that in doing this, one gets to expose themselves to security challenges as, you can’t tell who is in the crowd, there motives for being there and the steps they are ready to take based on there perception or what they perceive to be what is or what could be from the entire event.

This makes hosting such event to be something you should exercise caution about and be well aware that, you encroach on your privacy in doing so.

[tvplus006]

I don't know where you live right now OP, but in my country owning Bitcoin is not a crime, it's currently legal to own a bitcoin here, as long as you don't use it as a currency...

Regardless of where you live, you will have to say goodbye to privacy if you use any cryptocurrency as a payment acceptance for services or goods rendered. And it is this aspect that the OP mentions in his post. Accordingly, if anonymity is an important factor for you, then you should not part with it so easily.

[Russlenat]

Our own security should be the topmost priority in the first place. Especially in countries where they are strongly against with bitcoin, I guess the best thing to do is just to zip your mouth shut and secure yourself and your bitcoin first rather than spreading the information about bitcoin and the next thing you will see is that the government officers are coming to you. However, my country is not as strict like this when it comes to bitcoin. Although they make it clear that bitcoin is not yet legally adopted, but we are free to invest in bitcoin as long as we also take hold the responsibility to secure our own funds not to get scam. But I don’t think teaching bitcoin in a crowd is possible, as it could trigger the reaction of the government and banks officers.

[Frankolala]

If bitcoin is illegal in your country and has a penalty for whoever talks about it,I will advice you not to talk or let anyone know that you are into bitcoin,so that you don't implicate yourself.

On the other hand,if bitcoin is legalize in your country, it wouldn't be problem for you  to be a bitcoin preacher. You should also put into consideration the kind of people that you tell about bitcoin so that you don't end up telling someone that is a criminal or robber,because he might think of robbing you. If there will be too much risk to teach people about bitcoin, it is better that you don't do it.

[BlackBoss_]

If bitcoin is illegal in your country and has a penalty for whoever talks about it,I will advice you not to talk or let anyone know that you are into bitcoin,so that you don't implicate yourself.

As I know, you won't be punished if you only talk about something. Punishments come when you host some kind of conference, meetings for a Ponzi operation or similar activities which have financial bonds. If you don't host such things, you will be well and no governmental staffs will knock your doors to send you into jails.

Like if Bitcoin is prohibited in your country, if you use it for payments, to purchase or exchange something with someone, when your trading activity is detected or reported to government authorities, they will find you and put you into jail.

[LogitechMouse]

Therefore by spreading bitcoin awareness in countries or communities that it’s government are against it, should be done cautiously. Because once the government decides to take strict actions against the users, some of the advocates that spread it publicly or use it in their businesses will easily be traced and could be convicted for breaking the law, and I don’t think even Satoshi will appreciate that.

If Bitcoin's banned in your country, just forget teaching it to other people.
No "doing it cautiously" kind of sh*t here. If it's banned by the government, don't do it unless you're ready for the consequences. Yes I like people who are sharing information about Bitcoin, but if that will cause you to go to prison, or if that kind of act of yours will cause you to alarm the government then is it worth it? I don't think so, so just don't teach them. As for Satoshi, he/she/they don't care TBH.

I feel like bitcoin should be spread in these kind of communities secretly and cautiously to avoid exposing our privacy and hampering our security. It should only be thought to people that show interest and not going to schools to teach them because that is like breaking the laws of the community or country, and bitcoin or Satoshi himself is not have law breakers or criminals as it’s users or advocates just like how the media and government portrays it.

Nope I don't think that it should be spread secretly or cautiously.

In some places where there is a high crime rate then maybe you can do it, but there are some places where you are still safe after doing it. After all, sharing knowledge to other people doesn't mean that you have lots of Bitcoin right? As for schools teaching Bitcoin, in my country I don't think that there will every be a curriculum that regards to Bitcoin (correct me if I'm wrong though), but there are some countries that are teaching Bitcoin, I guess.

Again, why address Satoshi as a male, and why you use "himself"? Evidences??

So before spreading bitcoin awareness, first of all take care of your own security First. If you can then leave the advocacy for that period. Bitcoin Uniqness will surely pave way for itself like it has been doing through the years.

I'm not teaching Bitcoin to anyone as of now, but I'm aware of my security once there will be people who might get interested in learning it. I believe that those people who are teaching Bitcoin to other people are aware of their own security.

[avp2306]

Better not to create any noise about your participation on any crypto activity since you don't know what other people think since they could do anything bad you especially when they think that you have a lot of money.

Just stay lowkey and don't make any move that can put your life at risk. Let other people discover crypto and you don't have any obligation to spread it to your neighborhood.

[Abu-Naim]

So before spreading bitcoin awareness, first of all take care of your own security First. If you can then leave the advocacy for that period. Bitcoin Uniqness will surely pave way for itself like it has been doing through the years.

It will be risky to share Bitcoin awareness publicly in some countries where Bitcoin is not accepted by the government; however, it will be beneficial if the awareness is done in such a way that the teachers' privacy is protected to avoid government arrest for spreading what the country prohibits.

[Agbe]

Teaching bitcoin in the classroom is not bad but all depends on the subject and topic and the way the teacher present the topics to the students. If you do well in the area of your teaching then you can defend yourself in any court of law. Remember bitcoin is money so if you are teaching it from the economics perspective and mixing it with the Fiat exchange process then you are okay. And when come to the accepting of bitcoin in your business, you can use anything to exchange your goods to make profit. If I am selling groundnut and someone wants to take it and give me gold which I will use it to make more profit, I will accept it. And that is the meaning of business. I didn't offend anyone for that.

[Aikidoka]

It's not a crime to own bitcoin, but in some countries where there's limited understanding of this technology, the government may suspect some people of involvement in money laundering just by owning bitcoin.

I know a friend who lives in a country in Africa and he mentioned that if the police discover he owns bitcoin, it would become a really big issue for him. There's a chance they might seize his money, as his country currently lacks clear regulations for cryptocurrency and the government strongly opposes its use.

[letteredhub]

Op you made a good point in this context, no matter how passionate we become about bitcoin and wishes to extend the knowledge to people within our spheres we should take on serious background check about the character of those we wish to preach bitcoin to, cause the idea to many of these ignorant people is that immediately they hear you talk about bitcoin they think you're rich and have a lot of money already. Cause many of them think bitcoin is a source of getting rich quick money-making-machine and those of criminal mind might wanna come after you afterwards to have their own part of the cake. Let's be careful out there, for the days are evil.