Why does BTC cause so much controversy even with friends and family?

[Jordan23]

The idea is amazing as is the technology. Why is there such a instant rejection of the idea? It can literally start arguments with what I see as intelligent people. I don't get it.....

[lihuajkl]

Because bitcoin is revolutionary cryptocurrency, completely different from what we are understandding about wide spreading fiat issued by central gov and used everywhere in our daily lifes. So different ppl have different views of bitcoin.

[Jordan23]

It's a subject I cannot even touch with some people. But damn if we can't talk about a football player like that football player is going to change anything for anyone. I had a coworker ask "who owns it". I said no one it's decentralized on a peer to peer distributed network. At that point it was a total failure to him. I'm like WTf.

[Lethn]

You can blame almost a century of brainwashing by the central banking system for that, the reason people our age and so on are more into Bitcoin is because like with any new technology young people are more open minded, but the older generation has had it hammered into their heads that paper is the only form of money and anything else is fake. It also doesn't help that these people make ignorant assumptions and don't even bother researching anything and actually try to use it.

[Envrin]

My family just gives somewhat of a "whatever, Envrin" laugh, and thinks I'm doing something naughty.

That's their judgement, and they're sticking to it!  heh.

[Beliathon]

Why does BTC cause so much controversy even with friends and family? The idea is amazing as is the technology. Why is there such a instant rejection of the idea?

The same reason people instantly reject the idea of anarchism. In a word, indoctrination.

"The measure of the state’s success is that the word anarchy frightens people, while the word state does not. We are like those African slaves who believe that their master is their benefactor, or those Russians who still believe that Stalin was their guardian. "
-Joseph Sobran

"...Everything had to have its own nature and limitations, including the state; the idea of a state continually growing, knowing no boundaries, forever increasing its claims on the citizen, offended and frightened me. It could only end in tyranny."
-Joseph Sobran

"Nationalism is our form of incest, is our idolatry, is our insanity. "Patriotism” is its cult. It should hardly be necessary to say, that by "patriotism” I mean that attitude which puts the own nation above humanity, above the principles of truth and justice; not the loving interest in one’s own nation, which is the concern with the nation’s spiritual as much as with its material welfare — never with its power over other nations. Just as love for one individual which excludes the love for others is not love, love for one’s country which is not part of one’s love for humanity is not love, but idolatrous worship."
-Eric Fromm, The Sane Society

[Lethn]

They've probably been watching too much television where they claim we're all terrorists, drug dealers and paedophiles >_>

[RaXmOuSe]

The idea is amazing as is the technology. Why is there such a instant rejection of the idea? It can literally start arguments with what I see as intelligent people. I don't get it.....

As I regard it, the main problem for people is to understand it properly. The instant rejection comes from the lack of knowledge.

But that won't imply for "all people" because I don't grasp this whole new revolutionary technological aspect, I get the idea and how it works but I have no clue how to code such a thing.

They've probably been watching too much television where they claim we're all terrorists, drug dealers and paedophiles >_>

That is also why it is controversy, propaganda....but that will change in time anyway. 

If we think how Time works can we all agree that both Internet and Crypto is still in it's foster stage... Exciting times ahead. 

[Q7]

The same argument that i would submit to myself when i first got into bitcoin. The problem is mainly not fully understand how the system works and immediately come to the conclusion that it will not work. Actually 2 among my circle of friends thinks that bitcoin is a scam and they are very reserved and immediately brush aside simple facts no matter what you tell them

[Jordan23]

The same argument that i would submit to myself when i first got into bitcoin. The problem is mainly not fully understand how the system works and immediately come to the conclusion that it will not work. Actually 2 among my circle of friends thinks that bitcoin is a scam and they are very reserved and immediately brush aside simple facts no matter what you tell them

That's exactly what I get too. "It's a scam". I asked our corporate IT guy about it when he was at my job . He said it was used for drugs through TOR. I feel like I can't even bring it up. Definitely not at work.

[juju]

The idea is amazing as is the technology. Why is there such a instant rejection of the idea? It can literally start arguments with what I see as intelligent people. I don't get it.....

Education, most people can't comprehend the impacts of what Bitcoin has solved, possible applications etc.

Fact of the matter is it took nearly 1/4th of a year of next too constant research for me to feel comfortable with the majority of Bitcoin's ideas. After hearing about how Bitcoin works from people for nearly a year and a half I still am able too learn new things about the protocol.

[notbatman]

The blue woman symbolizes death or cyanosis and she's the face of the world in that image.

[Walter Rothbard]

My family just gives somewhat of a "whatever, Envrin" laugh, and thinks I'm doing something naughty.

That's their judgement, and they're sticking to it!  heh.

That is the same reaction I get, and there has never been any hint of controversy.  Sometimes we have a laugh about "worthless internet money."  But nobody in person has ever intimated to me that Bitcoin should not exist or people should not use it.

[factor280]

It's just something unknown and unfamiliar to people. So obviously new stuff scares some people.

[Robert Paulson]

The idea is amazing as is the technology. Why is there such a instant rejection of the idea? It can literally start arguments with what I see as intelligent people. I don't get it.....

probably because to understand bitcoin one must first understand what monetary system we have today and how it came to be and why it doesn't work.
after that one must learn about the bitcoin technology, how it works, and why its not a scam but the best form of money ever made.

for most people it simply takes too much learning to really understand the fundamentals behind bitcoin and without that people just assume its another internet scam.

[Daniel91]

The idea is amazing as is the technology. Why is there such a instant rejection of the idea? It can literally start arguments with what I see as intelligent people. I don't get it.....

It's normal thing really.
Every time when new, revolutionary idea, is introduced to the public, a lot opposition and skepticism show up.
People are used to do things in certain way and don't like to change and try something new, not proven.
When bitcoin become mainstream, this will change.   

[cambda]

Peoples are grown in centralized systems (political, monetary) so they are sceptical how can decentralized systems work. Even the regular torrent users dont need to understand the technology behind, or care how torrents really works.

[franky1]

if your having fights and arguments with family and friends over money.

then maybe its time you changed the subject, or atleast approached the topic from a different angle

[btckold24]

it took awhile for people to adopt money over gold back in the day.  So its going to also be a challenge for btc. There is no reason over time btc can't have the same adoption. Especially as we are more and more digital everyday

[Buffer Overflow]

The idea is amazing as is the technology. Why is there such a instant rejection of the idea? It can literally start arguments with what I see as intelligent people. I don't get it.....

Fear of something new.