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

[phillipsjk]

It takes effort to learn how revolutionary Bitcoin really is. My room-mate does not want to take the time to read the white-paper.

My brother thinks Bitcoin is "useless". After asking which is more important: Games or Bitcoins, he answered "games". I then revealed that Bitcoin market cap (4.4 Trillion billion at this writing) exceeds the entire revenues of the world entertainment industry (2.8 Trillion in 2009).

Both my banker and sister classify Bitcoin as an investment, akin to the stock market. They see the volatility, but not necessarily the fundamental potential of the technology.

I also have an acquaintance that informed me they (as in the people in charge of it) "canceled" Bitcoin (this was in June or so). I resisted the urge to tell them they failed to tell me to shut down my node It appears people can't comprehend that it is decentralized.

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[The Hacker known as 4chan]

It takes effort to learn how revolutionary Bitcoin really is. My room-mate does not want to take the time to read the white-paper.

My brother thinks Bitcoin is "useless". After asking which is more important: Games or Bitcoins, he answered "games". I then revealed that Bitcoin market cap (4.4 Trillion at this writing) exceeds the entire revenues of the world entertainment industry (2.8 Trillion in 2009).

Both my banker and sister classify Bitcoin as an investment, akin to the stock market. They see the volatility, but not necessarily the fundamental potential of the technology.

I also have an acquaintance that informed me they (as in the people in charge of it) "canceled" Bitcoin (this was in June or so). I resisted the urge to tell them they failed to tell me to shut down my node It appears people can't comprehend that it is decentralized.

Bitcoin's market cap is not 4.4 Trillion :X, it is 4.4 Billion which is alot less than the sum of the entire Video Game industry. Use this time before they understand to get well ahead of the plebeian minded fellow.

[phillipsjk]

Bitcoin's market cap is not 4.4 Trillion :X, it is 4.4 Billion which is alot less than the sum of the entire Video Game industry. Use this time before they understand to get well ahead of the plebeian minded fellow.

I just figured that out myself

I suppose I should go apologize to my brother now

[okae]

So easy answer:

• ppl are always scared about what they dont understand
• ppl always criticize what they dont understand
• ppl are always scared about what is out of his "confort zone"