Do you spread the word about Bitcoin?

[Herodes]

Things to do that will have a nice effect the more people who does it:

1. Link to bitcoin.org or other good bitcoin resource in your signature in other forums.
2. Link to bitcoin.org or other good bitcoin resource in your e-mail signature.
3. Send e-mails or call your local businesses and ask them when they're going to accept bitcoins.
4. Send coins to your friends using something like instawallet
5. Purchase services and goods from businesses that accept bitcoins.
6. Buy bitcoins
7. Write a short introduction about bitcoin for your local newspaper
8. Use it to send money to your friends and family abroad

+ many more. If you only do one of these once, then you're spreading the word about bitcoin.

We want individual freedom, we don't want governments and banks to decide when and who we want to send our money too.

We don't want to pay steep fees just to move numbers on the internet.

So step up today, and start promoting bitcoins!

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[rezin777]

Unfortunately some think that promoting Bitcoin is fraud. Perhaps if posts like this weren't getting green on fatwallet I would be more inclined to spread the word. I'm getting tired of explaining the difference between a Ponzi scheme and a high risk investment.

http://www.fatwallet.com/forums/finance/1090435/m15947491/#m15947491

[Soran U Ali]

that is a really good information by you ...well done...

[WhatTheGox]

I do what i can to promote bitcoin and it all helps to bring us to another price bubble which seems to send everyone crazy to get into bitcoin.  Very good advice from OP.

[stuff0577]

Well I'am just working on my home and some people are quite fascinated by it. So I'am using that opportunity to tell others about bitcoin. but I'am very careful with the word that i say because of the volatility. I don't want them to blame me for a sudden lost.

[newcripto]

I am doing my best to spread the word in my circle of people.Some of them are already interested in Bitcoin and few already started to use Bitcoin.Those who heard from me surely will talk about others to in their circle to ask their opinion as usually happens about every new things which is unknown to people.Little by little we all are doing our work.

[Kprawn]

I spend a lot of time and money to promote Bitcoin daily.... I have a small system, when I introduce people to Bitcoin. First tell them... if they come back to ask questions.. I

demonstrate it to them, by creating a web based  wallet and a paper wallet. I then transfer some Satoshi's to them for them to play with... usually $1 to $5. It's always easier

when people do it hands on... My success stories in ratio = 4 out 5 start to use Bitcoin.   .... Most times, the people send me some money back in gratitude for showing it to them.

[Denker]

I spend a lot of time and money to promote Bitcoin daily.... I have a small system, when I introduce people to Bitcoin. First tell them... if they come back to ask questions.. I

demonstrate it to them, by creating a web based  wallet and a paper wallet. I then transfer some Satoshi's to them for them to play with... usually $1 to $5. It's always easier

when people do it hands on... My success stories in ratio = 4 out 5 start to use Bitcoin.   .... Most times, the people send me some money back in gratitude for showing it to them.

Wow! That's really imressive. I'm spreading the advantages and challenges as well.But from 10 people being interested in cryptos maybe 1 person really starts to buy and use it.

[Btcforall]

I also say my family to use btc but they not started it

[coinpr0n]

Lately I'll only speak about Bitcoin if someone asks about it. It can sound cultish if you just bring it up all the time. And usually I like to know what aspect of it they are interested in first to better cater to their use-case.

[ajareselde]

I stopped talking about bitcoin, since most people approach such topics with great suspicion for whatever reason.
Occasionally tho, i end up mentioning it, but try my best to stay quiet. If people are interested in a tool like bitcoin, they will find it without anyone talking them into anything.

[foreveryoung]

very good way to spread bitcoin,but sometime you need explain without open some link..

[NorrisK]

I've mainly spread the word to my family members and some of them have bought a fraction of bitcoin because of it. Other than that, people seems sceptical or just don't want to bother buying it (these also don't bother to buy stocks or something).

[OmegaStarScream]

I do some of the stuff you mentioned , I also contacted Webzen (big company that own some known MMORPG Games) but they said they will transfer this to the convenient department and that kind of shit that means "NO" with a nice way .
I contacted also QFX Software (KeyScrambler creators) and they said that they are already planning to do that and it's currently under developpement .
I think we could do a lot of things only by using Change.org personally and contact a lot of important and huge comapnies and they may start accept bitcoin (depends on amount of signatures we collect)

[dre1982]

I am sometimes chatting with some friends about it but the just don't want to be part of it. Too bad for them.

[Herbert2020]

whenever i want to introduce bitcoin to any of my friends additional to introduction in my own words i give Link to bitcoin.org and then instead of using a third party i make a pc wallet and send some coins to it to get them started.

but most of all i am currently looking for some youtube videos, because watching a video is much easier than reading a lot of text.

[Mickeyb]

I am lucky that with the work I do, I meet a lot of new people. So I try to spread the word as much as I can, I that this is very important. I am not trying to be pushy or boring. I ask did you hear about it on not and if they show an interest, just then I start ranting about it.

There are many people actually that I meet that would like to hear a bit more about it but they had no one to explain it to them.

[pjsonowal]

I always do spread the word bitcoin to my friends and on my blogs.... I take up some positive points to them..... And encourage them to satrt using bitcoins....... I LOVE SPREADING THE WORD BITCOIN....

[Altxxx]

I linked bitcoin.org and bitcointalk.org on hackforums, got bad reputation for advertising a scam site :D:D

[Hugroll]

yep, i sent 1k bits to everyone who doesn't know about bitcoin and help them set up a wallet.

[oblivi]

I don't really, everytime I have tried to talk about Bitcoin they make weird faces and look me strange as if I was talking complete nonsense. I tell them why it would be worth it to own some even if its a small fraction, but they just don't care unless you mention you can make money with it- I have given up on trying to make people aware on Bitcoin anymore, I just don't care and only worry about me. Most people aren't simply mentally ready for what a decentralized p2p currency constitutes.

[thuging]

yep, i sent 1k bits to everyone who doesn't know about bitcoin and help them set up a wallet.

Where do you do this? Don't you get scammed because people making alternate identities?

[RGBKey]

I do tell people about bitcoin if I think they would be interested, because I think its worth it for them to know.

[Hugroll]

yep, i sent 1k bits to everyone who doesn't know about bitcoin and help them set up a wallet.

Where do you do this? Don't you get scammed because people making alternate identities?

i dont do it online. at my campus we had a booth set up for bitcoin, and we showed bitcoin to people and helped them set up wallets. its not like a thousand people signed up so getting scammed wasnt really an issue.

[coinplus]

Definitely. It's every bitcoiners duty to spread the word to get mutual benefits. If you do not speak on bitcoin to your close relatives, after  bitcoins' big price they will scold you when they hear your benefits from bitcoin. So, spread word on bitcoin. Accepting or not, that's their rights.

[megatown]

I tell my friends about it, some of them listen and others don't care.

[randy8777]

i try to explain bitcoin to as many people that i know as i can. but you have to accept that some of them are simply not interested in it. and the people who are insterested will get more in depth information about purchasing their first coins, the wallet, how the network works, and what the minders do.

[Santoso]

I told about bitcoin to my friends. Some are interested and want me to teach them. I told them I don't earn much yet but we can learn and earn together. I spread bitcoin mostly to full-time mommies 

[NoRespect]

The information is very good
especially for beginners who want to learn about bitcoin especially in this forum 

[deon]

I am gonna do a garage sale.  Post it in the local paper with "bitcoin accepted".

You guys gave me an idea too.  Maybe make a youtube video of the garage sale and show how easy it is to accept payment.

[ikydesu]

I tried to teach my friends to use bitcoin, and get 5 friends which have been used.
I also shared about how bitcoin will be the future of money on my social media.
Also start to build a merchant which accept bitcoin too.

[c789]

All good points.

The best way I've personally experienced to spread the word is to wear a Bitcoin shirt or cap. I get asked by at least one person about half the time I wear it, "What is Bitcoin?" Since they brought it up, I don't sound cultish.

I've also sent BTC to non-techie friends and relatives as a way to hopefully get them to see how great BTC is, but they've treated it as an investment.

So, the shirt has worked best for me. I custom-made it on a t-shirt website. It's a black t-shirt with "bitcoin" in orange Ubuntu font (the official font).

Still, what you've all hit on is the root issue: most people don't know about Bitcoin. They can't use it if they don't know about it. Bitcoin needs an advertising campaign. It would benefit everyone. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1160780.0

[wxa7115]

Yep, all the time but the problem is that no one listens, I’m not the most persuasive person, you know. So I’ll try to spread the word on the internet.

[Wapinter]

Honestly I dont want to spread the word about bitcoin until I get hold of atleast 100 or more bitcoin. Ask me why.Because the more people join in the more hard it would become for people like me to earn bitcoin. I think all those who are promoting bitcoin are the one who possesses considerable amount of bitcoin and they want to gain by creating a bearish market for bitcoin

[Cryptopher]

I try to, some people get it while others don't.

Those that know that I am invested in Bitcoin occasionally ask me how things are going, or when there has been significant news on Bitcoin or on the stock markets they ask how the price of Bitcoin has been affected etc.

[knowhow]

I had talked to 4 people about it and after i convert btc into fiat and show the money inside my bank they get interested about it ,how to collect get some bitcoins for free.

[Q7]

Well, ever since i started my aim was to get as many people as possible to join in and partcipate. I have to admit everything does not always go as planned. I think most important thing here is apart from telling all the positive sides people also need to know the negatives ones as well. So there is always the disclaimer part.

[Btcforall]

No because i am also learning

[dre1982]

I am gonna do a garage sale.  Post it in the local paper with "bitcoin accepted".

You guys gave me an idea too.  Maybe make a youtube video of the garage sale and show how easy it is to accept payment.

maybe you should try Only Bitcoins Accepted. And if they don't have it give them a book Bitcoin for Dummies.