I think we need to start asking people if......

[KiaKia]

The water system in my house got some blocking issues and I needed to call a plumber, the plumber guy I was used to was not available, I called and he said he is far away, so I looked for someone else.

After he went through the problem and fixed the pipes for me, out of joke I gave him payment options that are available, if he will like any.

I asked him if he will want cash, bank transfer or Bitcoin, to my surprise he answered Bitcoin, I don't take this very seriously because, you know, most people don't care about Bitcoin here, but he brought out his smartphone and told me to scan the QR CODE.

I asked if he really his serious and he said yes, I had to pay him in Bitcoin and he said something that caught my attention.

He said people don't ask that's why he believed no one is using Bitcoin as payment.

He also said collecting cash will make him spend the money faster but he chose Bitcoin because he planned to start buying the following week.

While I was trying to question him about how he know about Bitcoin he revealed that he is a student, and that being a plumber is his side hustle, this answered my curiosity about how he knew about Bitcoin.

Have you guys been promoting Bitcoin by asking workers if they will receive Bitcoin as payment? How was it? This is actually the first time I will do such, all my mind was focused on, if I didn't see Bitcoin Payment Receive here I wouldn't bother.

[NeuroticFish]

I tried to promote - long ago - bitcoin to friends and colleagues. Most have dismissed it almost instantly. Some few still remember of that. One envies me. Another one still tries - after so many years - to explain me the price is manipulated and it's all a scam.

But nowadays the paradigm has changed and many people - including me - prefer to not brag about bitcoin, no matter how big or small the amount is, to avoid unnecessary hassle with burglars or worse.
So... yeah..  

[alastantiger]

Have you guys been promoting Bitcoin by asking workers if they will receive Bitcoin as payment? How was it? This is actually the first time I will do such, all my mind was focused on, if I didn't see Bitcoin Payment Receive here I wouldn't bother.

It is crucial that we start to ask these odd workers or skilled professional. Bitcoin awareness has spread more than we know it and some of these guys just want to experiment with it. Some would even choose to get paid for their services in bitcoin as one of the ways of accumulating bitcoin rather than buying from an exchange. A furniture maker once jokingly requested that I pay for the wooden furniture in bitcoin after he overheard me talk about bitcoin with a friend on the phone. Well, I didn't pay him though. Maybe next time. What we should observe is that bitcoin awareness has travelled far into all walks of life.

[coin-investor]

Have you guys been promoting Bitcoin by asking workers if they will receive Bitcoin as payment? How was it? This is actually the first time I will do such, all my mind was focused on, if I didn't see Bitcoin Payment Receive here I wouldn't bother.

Yes, many times, and I'm surprised that they are open to accepting Bitcoin, workers or providers that I thought were not aware of Bitcoin, Bitcoin is already popular here in our country but you have to ask people if they are willing to accept Bitcoin or keeping Bitcoin, it has something to do with our people being conservative or secretive on their wealth because of misconception.
Some people think that you are rich if you have Bitcoin or accept Bitcoin as payment you really never know here in our country who's into investing or holding Bitcoin unless you ask or have a hint that they are.

[Nwada001]

You will be amazed if you try to conduct a survey on people who are using bitcoin within your surroundings, as it's not being written on people's faces; some people are just low-key. and this is really going to be beneficial to him as he is taking the payment for a skill and not something that he is selling, so he can save up without even thinking of losing a cent when the price drops or even thinking of selling off to buy back some goods.

And another reason why most people don't usually ask for such a payment option for a repair job like this is because they don't see them as people who will be interested in Bitcoin, and the repairer might also not ask because they don't know if the company they came to work for is Bitcoin friendly. Another aspect of this is that the amount involved might not be large enough to request that it be paid in Bitcoin unless it's actually a big job that's more than a simple repair.

It's actually nice that you asked and ended up completing a service using the payment option, and I hope you continue working with him in order to help him meet his accumulating target on time.

[Ojima-ojo]

Hell no, i don't promote Bitcoin in my locality to avoid security threats, and government sanctions since Bitcoin is banned where i leave and at that we only engage in Bitcoin discussion online, that is the only means i can promote Bitcoin by trying to get engage in it discussions on Reddit local sub-forum that way only those who are interested in Bitcoin discussion and information comes onboard., i have read of the ugly experience of those who could not keep they Bitcoin involvement as a secrets and thereafter exposed their lives to a lot of security threats.


In the society where we live, when anyone hears about Bitcoin, what comes to mind is either you have tons of money from illegal means and the government coming after you, or criminals from your neighbourhood who may have gotten information about your Bitcoin involvement, This is why privacy has become a paramount thing for most of us, in fact in my neighbourhood, I avoid any discussions that can involve Bitcoin or cryptocurrency on a face to face means to avoid problems.

[Majestic-milf]

 Well, good luck to him on his Bitcoin hodling journey. Gradually, Bitcoin is spreading to nooks and crannies and the funny part is it's being adopted by those we least expected. The Op expressed his shock about what the plumber said simply because he didn't expect a menial worker to have access to such knowledge.
This is a welcome development for BTC and this can help to fast track it's adoption.
 In my area, I find it difficult to preach or ask people I transact business with because it's not popular and I've assumed they are used to using the traditional fiat or credit cards to pay for services. Also, they might look at me like I've developed two heads so I just keep it to myself.

[Zaguru12]

But nowadays the paradigm has changed and many people - including me - prefer to not brag about bitcoin, no matter how big or small the amount is, to avoid unnecessary hassle with burglars or worse.
So... yeah..  

Definitely, my take, as long it is a thing of the internet many people with tag it scam and would not want to come in. A mindset like this can only be changed if at all you promise them that there is a lot of money to be made from it. But if you tell them the outright truth that there is risk also involve in it they don’t get interested.

I also don’t want to push to hard one based on your security reasons too and secondly I don’t want to be accountable for any lose when they lose there funds. I will stick to the aspect of teaching only if you requested. Like the OP did I don’t even ask workers for bitcoin payment option because to me I will only use that method for a cross border transaction because at this point my bitcoin is too valuable to be used to pay for little stuffs like this.

[Frankolala]

That is the fact,if you don't ask the service men,you wouldn't know if they accept bitcoin. I do ask once in a while but I have seen anyone that has told me that he accepts Bitcoin payment so far. Although in my country bitcoin is restricted and I do look at the individual before asking them if they accepts bitcoin so that I don't go and ask a CIA

Last week I needed a laptop and I asked the sales representative if they accept bitcoin for payment so that I don't pass through the stress of using an exchange but he said No. It will be lovely if people around us are into bitcoin just as we are,so that it will be used as a payment method and not only for investment.

[Faisal2202]

Well, I think your joke got heavy on you as you lost your hand on your BTC. BTC has nothing to do with our labour force, specifically the plumber force. Because the one who came into your house was a plumber and a student too, he must have had good problem-solving and learning skills, which must have encouraged him to adopt new technology. Not to mention the fact that learning such new technology can become a headache for some.

And the plumbers here in my area or in my district are not students because plumbing is not some work that could generate decent income here, so everyone has to do a full-time job; they cannot do this work part-time. And the ones who are full-time plumbers do not want to learn new things; instead, they are just fed up with their lives so much that they do not even want to hear anything aside from their job and personal lives.

[komisariatku]

If it's a true story then that's amazing, and what do you do, offering payment in bitcoins is an alternative to promoting the use of bitcoins in transactions. That's great.

But, I'm not as lucky as you. I live in a country where bitcoin is not legal for payment. In my country, bitcoin can only be owned as an asset and can only be used for crypto trading, so I can't do bitcoin promotions like you.

From my experience introducing bitcoin to my friends, most of them weren't interested, some were interested but unfortunately they thought the price of bitcoin was too expensive so they didn't dare to buy it, even though I said buying bitcoin could be done in small quantities.

[Z-tight]

He said people don't ask that's why he believed no one is using Bitcoin as payment.

I feel that as a merchant, if you accept payment in BTC, you should make it known to your customer base that you accept BTC, you wouldn't wait for them to ask you before you tell them the payment methods that you accept. If i walk into a store that accepts BTC, i would want to see their notice that "BTC is accepted here", that is how to attract customers that will pay you in our decentralized currency.

Have you guys been promoting Bitcoin by asking workers if they will receive Bitcoin as payment? How was it? This is actually the first time I will do such, all my mind was focused on, if I didn't see Bitcoin Payment Receive here I wouldn't bother.

I haven't been promoting BTC in this way, i don't talk about BTC except when i am at home with my family or when i'm with my friends, BTC is very popular, but too many people are not interested so no need to bother them, and if as a merchant you accept BTC, the logical thing to do is to let your customers know.

[Pablo-wood]

I asked if he really his serious and he said yes, I had to pay him in Bitcoin and he said something that caught my attention.
He said people don't ask that's why he believed no one is using Bitcoin as payment.

I doubt if there are people who live in today's society who don't know about Bitcoin. Maybe some might not have had the privilege to own one but they must have heard of it in one way or another and as rightly presented in the thread it good to ask people if they will prefer Bitcoin has payment, that way we too are promoting the Bitcoin p2p transaction and increasing the demand.

Have you guys been promoting Bitcoin by asking workers if they will receive Bitcoin as payment? How was it? This is actually the first time I will do such, all my mind was focused on, if I didn't see Bitcoin Payment Receive here I wouldn't bother.

I have been too sceptical about offering people the option of been paid in Bitcoin but with a thread like this I will try to see how many persons will prefer to be paid in Bitcoin.

[Eternad]

He said people don't ask that's why he believed no one is using Bitcoin as payment.

99.99% of my experience on asking a certain service if they accept Bitcoin is they totally don’t have any idea about Bitcoin. It depends on country and location for people to become involved in Bitcoin maybe you are from country which Bitcoin is hype even for hard laborers.

He also said collecting cash will make him spend the money faster but he chose Bitcoin because he planned to start buying the following week.

I’m not easily convinced with this because the payment is for his service. That is his salary and not a spare money which means that he will need to spend it for his necessities unless his work is just a part time job and he has other source of income.

[Lorence.xD]

I'm actually a student as well back then when I started studying Bitcoin online. I've heard it from my friend who started earlier than me but the rest I learned it by myself. So to answer your question, I tried to promote Bitcoin by just trying to do what my friend did to me back then to my other friends. Cause when pandemic hits, NFT games are hyped back in 2020 so they actually doing exchanges thru Binance where they have seen different coins.

Of course since they are engaging in the crypto world I didn't hesitate to introduced Bitcoin to them and explained the benefits, the risk, the volatility and almost all the information that I could think of about Bitcoin. At first they are really interested knowing the fact that I've earned in Bitcoin. In the end, they just simply said "they have no luck in Bitcoin" and kept grinding on NFT games where it's coin doesn't reach 1 dollar value today. Any kind of promoting is good but it would really depends on the people if they will acknowledged Bitcoin.

[nakamura12]

Well, I don't force someone to be in crypto or not but I would ask if they know about Bitcoin and other cryptocurrency before I ask that person if he would like to get paid in Bitcoin, cash or e-cash (which is most used in my country). It's good if they accept Bitcoin but in my country, many people prefer cash or e-cash since it will be used to buy goods in the market where the vendors didn't even know about cryptocurrency and prefer cash as payment method.

[Etranger]

I believe this will only work with quite young people, like the one from your story, OP. Mostly people say that they heard about bitcoin, of course, but for their work they want "real money". If someone agrees to take payment in bitcoin, he has to be familiar with how this works, he needs to have a wallet and the address and be confident with the usage of them. In my country, people who work in the field of services such as plumbing or electricity have no idea how to use such things. And they do not set themselves the goal of learning. That's why I never offered Bitcoin as a way to pay for their work.

[_typer_]

But nowadays the paradigm has changed and many people - including me - prefer to not brag about bitcoin, no matter how big or small the amount is, to avoid unnecessary hassle with burglars or worse.
So... yeah..  

Let's have a look from the other end. I'm a retired programmer and about a year ago I was invited by a long-year customer who invested over 2 million in more vacation-houses. We talked about finances in general and then got deeper into assets we are invested in. Really trusting this man I asked him if he is acquainted with Bitcoin and he was very interested even though I talked more about the vision than the possibility to lambo. Soon after we met again and he asked for help as to where and how to buy. Being told of course not to buy for more than he could afford to lose overnight without any pain he bought. And he bought again in November 22, hitting it nice (while I was waiting for the prive to go down a little more...).

What I'm trying to say is that we're in the same boat now what threats are concerned and we trust each other. Now I work for him again once in a while and he pays me with Bitcoin. We are both happy.

Why not spread the idea of Bitcoin among people you trust without a doubt. I know he woudn't tear down my house trying to find my seed(s) (and he sure would have to).

But I agree - never brag, never even talk about it with anyone you don't completely trust.

[bittraffic]

I think I heard this story not so long ago. I can't remember where it was posted.
Everywhere today is adopting cashless payment and the CBDC in my country has been adopted widely as well. I saw a store that once accepted BTC but they seem to have stopped after the fiat base wallet was introduced.

I wouldn't expect someone who provides services will prefer to be paid in BTC but I'm sure those service provider who knows crypto are proud to put a sticker with the words Accept Bitcoin.

[taufik123]

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It's good if they accept Bitcoin but in my country, many people prefer cash or e-cash since it will be used to buy goods in the market where the vendors didn't even know about cryptocurrency and prefer cash as payment method.

In some developing countries whose governments provide strict regulations on crypto will certainly not allow the use of Bitcoin as a medium of exchange, which this greatly affects.

For those who do not understand, will choose cash for sure, but for those who understand crypto, Bitcoin will be an option because it has an investment value that will increase later, despite the high volatility.

As people who understand crypto, we only explain easily what crypto and bitcoin are, if they are not interested then just stop there, nothing needs to be forced.