Topic: Act local and think global (Read 456 times)

I think there are more money printed during the election season to fund the politicians so the rate of local currency is actually smaller than usual but there must be other times when the rates of our local currency is higher and when this happens, you should hurry up. Take advantage of it and buy more Bitcoins even though the price of BTC isn't totally small because I think happenings like that are rare to occur.

Stocking BTC can be done at any times and not only during a bear market if you are into long term investing. This helps a lot to strengthen the value of BTC. By the way the strategy that is been used during this process is called DCA if you didn't know it yet.

Yeah, time might not wait us but we don't have a choice but to wait until satisfying price of bitcoin is being hit. The governments that have been interacting and starting to adopt it, sees the same thing as what we can see with it.

The great potential that it possesses is undeniably good and that's why even them are into it.

It's already being used and accepted, globally. If it's not then we're not using it and that's why it's already been there and you and I and the others as well are enjoying the use of it.

I personally feel if we're to adopt the concept of acting locally while thinking globally we have to get to that point where we are to get to a point where do DYOR on our individual local currency index and be able to run permutations in comparison to the BTC prices then know the amount of BTC to buy like in my country in the election season the our currency slips against the dollar if the price of BTC gains I chill and when it drops a bit then I stock up more BTC as I believe we're still in the bear market.

In my opinion, as long as this is maintained, bitcoin will be used and accepted globally very quickly. As I have seen, every time the bull run comes, bitcoin hits a new ATH, and more institutions and countries will be interested in bitcoin. In 2017 we did not have any company or country participating in bitcoin, but in 2021, there are many corporations and countries investing in bitcoin and seeing it as the future. Honest, I don't see bitcoin adoption being slow, it's actually happening really fast.

It won't really happen overnight, but we are already far since its first release and also the pandemic, which was the time bitcoin was featured in the news and very well known on social media. Bitcoin is doing its own thing to be heard by all people. When the pandemic hits, a lot of people that I've known have been talking about bitcoin and asking me about it, as I've always shared a post on my social media about it and shared some of the items I've purchased. The future of adoption of bitcoin is bright; let's just observe and continue what we are doing.

The limited amount of time we have needs to be used effectively because time does not wait for anyone. Since bitcoin began to rival conventional currency, governments have been trying to outlaw it, which is the main cause of the cryptocurrency's slow growth. Depending on how you want to look at it, Bitcoin is both local and global. One of the most popular projects in the area has drawn large crowds interested in understanding how the area is regulated and runs. More people relying completely on the project means that Bitcoin has a bright future in this area. As a result, it may be relied upon to quickly and confidently obtain monetary pieces.

It's going to be a matter of time.

It seems that everything is being set and put on the table and we just have to wait until everything finalizes. The governments have already been aware of its existence and the digital revolution that they might join.

While for individuals, it's also being known that the word of bitcoin has already been heard somewhere but it's either they don't know how to buy it or they really have no interest at this time of owning it.

But it will all change when they see its price soar again.

And many people also worry because many countries still ban Bitcoin. Many FUD about Bitcoin really give certain influence to the mindset of most people. This leads that Bitcoin is still extremely and not recommended for investment assets, moreover for a means of payment because of its utility and no underlying fundamental.

We can spread the good news about Bitcoin to society, but not suggest or invite them to invest in Bitcoin because the risk is higher for you and to avoid being blamed because of Bitcoin. It is important to teach them and to lead them to learn more about bitcoin first. Until they have their own willingness and awareness to invest in Bitcoin, not because of us.

In recent years the adoption of bitcoin have taken faster phase. Prior to that we had been experiencing slower adoption as the user count is low and had big opposition from the governments. Now things have changed alot and the same lets people use bitcoin and have more stores and services accepting bitcoin.

And people that are thinking that it's quite slow in progress should even be happy with it because, they're still early on adopting in.

The talks of adoption progress is actually fast but if it's quite slow in their eyes then so be it. But to look at what's happening in every side of the world, the adoption is continuous, whether it goes fast or slow.

The adoption of a concept and system that has disrupted the accepted standard of currency was going to be a slow and arduous process. I think all things considered, we are ahead of where I expected to be when it came to awareness and adoption in 2023.

What are too many people for you? where do you get that subjectivity from, in reality no one knows or can measure at what level the "adoption" is going, or is it? there is no objective way to measure that, well, there is a case, in El Salvador, now, knowing to what degree that adoption is acceptable is a matter of criteria. For example, measuring success or failure in relation to... what parameters, there is a 2% of "x" in relation to bitcoin in El Salvador, yes, whatever, for many it is bad, it seems excellent to me because the rest of the countries are at zero. 0%.

Now, from this perspective, this does not imply that adoption does not exist, since countries do not need to adopt bitcoin as a local currency, only that they legislate and if they do not legislate, the bitcoin rebellion is always there, among users. silent doing sale, purchase, hodl and figuratively putting the "bitcoin accepted here" sign.

The Point:
Let's not put bitcoin users in grids or, as they say, stigmas that certain advertising must be enacted and/or done socially.

But if you look at news, Bitcoin had been adoption had already been in global mode since years ago.  Different country either accepting or banning Bitcoin and that is already in global scale.


True, and the fact that "us" are living in different countries, regions or place around the world, it is enough to say that global adoption is already taking place.  It isn't about how we lecture people, it is about how many people we influenced to take part in Bitcoin economy.


The time we tell people about Bitcoin is already a marketing act.  Bitcoin do need marketing and marketing is done through the use of words, spreading awareness to people who have no idea what Bitcoin is.

I think that's the best thing about bitcoin, you do not need to do marketing for it, you just do you and bitcoin will make your life better and when it does, people see it and people will think "this guy wasn't living this great, then he got into bitcoin, and now he lives great, maybe I should go into bitcoin as well" and that is the best marketing for bitcoin.

It makes your life better, depends on how you use it of course, there are idiots out there who put all their money into 100x leverage betting and losing and they are living a terrible life which gives bitcoin a bad name, but there are millions more who makes money from it and I can tell you that it's really a good thing.

You are right, We need to make contribution to spread awareness about Bitcoin, Crypto currencies.No matter how week your network is but when we all crypto users aware this field we all get rewards in long-term for spreading this high potential branch of blockchain technology ,

You have said my mind op. There is a saying that says " a journey of a thousand miles starts with just a step"  as we all know, bitcoin did not start just today, It has been on for sometimes now and so far so good, it has gained huge trcaction from people all over the world and it is still growing. I myself, I will use myself as a card study. I decided to embark on  a bitcoin movement which includes promotion and adoption in my locality and so far, it has been yielding positive response and results. This awareness really needs to start with us and not the masses because the ones close to if are fully aware, would definitely tell about bitcoin to others there is where the awareness tales place effectively at he grassroots. We should not wait for big firm or big shots to talk or do before we do. If everyone takes part by playing their own role within their capacity, bitcoin awareness would spread like weird fire.

It is not easy to expand Bitcoin adoption in this world. There are many interests from the government as well as certain parties that hinder its development. Starting from their rejection of Bitcoin adoption, their desire to control and make it more decentralized, or overcoming them with various rules that hinder the development of this adoption. This has happened many times and we sometimes find it difficult even to relate to Bitcoin due to the strict regulations of a particular country. Bitcoin is like an enemy of the interests of the state or certain parties who also have high power.

We never move beyond our capacity to endure, this is meant to keep the negative side out of the efforts of those who dislike bitcoin. Bitcoin adoption has been going pretty well at the moment, even though we don't take the role of educating people about bitcoin understanding. My question is, is there anyone who has never listened to bitcoins? my answer is no!!!

I've started from small things to spread awareness to accept bitcoin, you can see from some of the posts I've summarized on the forum, but the difference is that we take another approach that doesn't implicitly say bitcoin is the best asset.

The approach we take is only introducing bitcoin through good values that encourage concern for others and using a pattern of approach to social values, so that negative assumptions about bitcoin indirectly disappear from people's minds, I only intend to do things that are simple and lightweight, because an approach like this is much easier to do and does not have a negative impact on society, moreover talking about bitcoin is inseparable from risks and price fluctuations under certain conditions.

Although widespread adoption of bitcoin is not coming so soon, but someone ought to be thankful for how far it has come globally. 2019 saw the invention of bitcoin, which has given many people financial freedom, the opportunity to build wealth, and access to new payment methods.

Actually, adoption of bitcoin begins with us. Creating awareness of bitcoin will go a long way in its adoption. I can not count how many times I've lectured my friends and my locality on bitcoin. Never in my life have I kept my exposure to bitcoin to myself. I keep spreading the good news of bitcoin to people I come in contact with

If that is the total number of members ever registered on this forum, that is too small. It is less than 4 million. I was thinking we are more than that here except if that number is only for active members. This is after 10 years of establishing this forum and we are still at that figure despite the fame this forum has attained?


Every new thing begins from zero usage and popularity. Am not surprised this forum and bitcoin started that way. But what matters is how well they are performing. We craw before walking. No one starts walking at once.

Until now, even if we share bitcoin with any person, even if they are interested, they will not immediately understand it as we started here when we were newbies in the world of crypto.

    But I agree with what you said that adoption should start with us. And if the majority of people in different parts of the world will start adopting bitcoin, I think it will quickly help raise the value of bitcoin in the market for sure.

If the government has been supportive on bitcoin in the first place, then bitcoin will be easily adopted globally but the problem is that bitcoin’s views and perceptions are against the government rules so we cannot expect for the respective government officials to lead the mass adoption by educating the people about bitcoin. Although the government might change their views in the future, and will start siding bitcoin hopefully, but for now, let’s accept the fact that bitcoin is still good as investment rather than being a currency.

The journey of a thousand miles begins with one ,We shouldn't expect adoption of Bitcoin to happen overnight.
The adoption of Bitcoin is steadily and gradually on the increase over the past years, looking at the number of users, transactions, wallets that now owns Bitcoin, awernes and countries that has came out puplicly to declare their interest or their adoption of Bitcoin has been on the increase, even the donation and support of people that are affected in the Ukraine war last year using Bitcoin has also help spread the awernes, Therefore it a matter of time, Bitcoin will get to its destination point.

no need to worry, bitcoin is now running well, everything is smooth and growing.
there is no need to force bitcoin adoption globally, because not everyone knows about bitcoin, and those who already know are also not a few who don't support bitcoin.
not because bitcoin is bad, but in essence many people don't understand.
and the first thing to do to spread bitcoin is to give people an understanding of bitcoin, and there is no need to rush into running it, let their minds get digested first.

I guess even if we don’t spread the news, bitcoin adoption is already inevitable seeing it’s all over the internet. I’m not really into voicing out about bitcoin and all the positive things it has done for me, but rather I’m more on showing them the proofs how bitcoin changed my life. But if they come to ask me about bitcoin, of course I’d be very willing to answer them based on facts, including the risks involved when investing into bitcoin.

Thus Bitcoin will be helped to spread and add insight to those who are new to it, the introduction of Bitcoin makes very good conversions, they will know about good financial use with Bitcoin, maybe these changes will occur when they learn and can take advantage of all the moments of Bitcoin movement, they're going to research it on Bitcoin, when they get it I think it's going to be great with the growing adoption of Bitcoin.

“Every road leads to the end of the world" similar to what OP just suggested. It's very important to hold such conversations that'll yield the conversion of more people to use Bitcoin. Like @Franky1 said; Bitcoin doesn't fly, I mean someone told each and everyone of us about Bitcoin starting from Satoshi who began the dissemination of his invention. Between most people don't need much explainations; hearing Bitcoin for the first time can lead someone to research about it. More so than most, the forum members, through our daily activities, are doing a great job to spread Bitcoin to the world, and if additional efforts are required then we can reach out to people locally and soon they'll be a positive change.

As long as bitcoin users help spread bitcoin to many places around them, sooner or later, people will notice something new that can help their finances in the future. And that change will probably take place sooner than now because if someone or a few people can feel the benefits of bitcoin, they will tell many people about it. And this has been happening for a long time but maybe there are still some who are afraid of unexpected changes in bitcoin prices.

I have given bitcoin awareness to people in my neighborhood, friends and even at my working place. Bitcoin adoption can only spread fast,if everyone in the forum can talk to people within their reach,especially friends and families. Everything in life is a gradual process, therefore this is how bitcoin adoption will be like,gradually its adoption will get to the ends of the earth.

If we can't teach people about bitcoin for easy adoption, you can promote it by putting the logo on your t-shirts, get bitcoin stickers in your cars,gates or wherever it can be seen. Ignorant is what is a challenge in this exercise because,you can't force someone to invest, if he or she hasn't decided to embrace bitcoin.

In fact, today the Internet is very extensive. When talking about Bitcoin, don't put too much pressure on people to get interested. I think that everyone should wake up to it in due time and grow up. If people see in movies and TV shows that Bitcoin is presented as a means of fraud, and this is exactly what happens in my country, why should I argue? Let them think about what they want. Time puts everything in its place. I don't know—why rush things? Whether bitcoin will be accepted and when it will happen, we can only observe the regrets of those who did not know about it before. As a result, I will not argue or force, but if they ask, and they ask in a good way, not ironically, to confirm my convictions, I will tell them. Otherwise, why waste your valuable time on fools?

There are just some people who are not patient, and some people are greedy. Some people are only here because of money, which is very wrong. The essence of Bitcoin is not for money only.
People must start to learn the really use of Bitcoin and the global adoption is the key for that, people also will become curios about Bitcoin.

Yes it deserves, global adoption is a great ambition that needs many years, we don't know exactly how many, of course we should start with the circle around us to spread knowledge about Bitcoin.

Looking at my community in which I live, I notice a big change since I entered the crypto field until now. The number of people who knew about Bitcoin was very small, but now this percentage has increased significantly.

But in my opinion, global adoption does not only need to spread knowledge among people. This is not enough. Global adoption needs a strong infrastructure that is ready to use Bitcoin as a means of payment in daily life, and this is what companies or governments must provide.

Another problem is that if those people wanted to use bitcoin or something similar they should be part of this market already, as it is difficult to miss bitcoin when so much information is available online about it.

So we must suppose that anyone that has not invested or at least is aware of the existence of bitcoin does not care about it and trying to convince them to buy bitcoin is a waste of time, each person will adopt bitcoin at their own pace and there is no reason to try to rush them.

One of the best things one can accomplish in a lifetime is definitely becoming embedded with knowledge. While some people are only now becoming aware of Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies, it is a long-term project that has been in existence for decades. In certain nations, bitcoin is widely used; in others, not so much. Promoting bitcoin locally is extremely challenging because the average person doesn't want anything that will confuse him about his transactions or money. They lead an antiquated lifestyle devoid of technology, and the majority of them don't even know how to use a smart phone, let alone own one. Although not always in the surrounding areas, persuasion can be guaranteed.

spreading news about bitcoin is necessary, and of course with the aim that people have valuable assets for the future, but people's thoughts are of course different. So in my opinion, in spreading the news about bitcoin, just relax, because later they will find out for themselves
if there is evidence of us being more successful because of investing in bitcoin. because there are many stories of people as a result of seeing other people's success from btc and finally they find search btc the internet.

That's a must, because the spreading about Bitcoin in the early days happened through word of mouth spreading. Now scenario is different. Even now word of mouth spreading will work, but we don't find it a big way. Maybe thats because of feeling of advertisement better than word of mouth.

Whether the large scale network start accepting bitcoin into their businesses or not, it is our responsibility to do the best for the development of the network. On such a move it is good that we try to have bitcoin acceptance from the bottom on small scale businesses that we users own.

The difficult when promoting bitcoin locally is that local people usually lack interest or necessity of doing global transactions. They are fine with fiat payment system and their debit/credit cards. Also, they don't get inspired by having their money in self-custody, that is, on their own hands the whole time. They are fine with banks taking care of it (or it's because they don't even have money at the bank). So depending the approach they don't get interested in btc.

I believe the way to persuade them to adopt bitcoin is the profitability potential on long term, but then, we have to ask ourselves, does it worth to promote bitcoin this way?

More of allow those interested to engage as well as those who don't want to. Pushing adoption would also mean putting more people into risk. This industry has advantages and one is simply being profitable right? But that's not as easy as it sound. The price is volatile for cryptocurrencies which makes it difficult;price moves a lot without certainty of when will be the trend be bullish. Same reason why I don't want to persuade my circle of investing into this technology because I myself is stressing whenever the market is in red marks. Considering whether they could endure more or not, is simply the idea of adoption across countries.

I do not think that it is compulsory to introduce bitcoin to the people especially when the person introducing the Bitcoin does not have the complete knowledge of Bitcoin, thereby giving the newcomers a half-baked information or and misinformation.

Most times we have seen when newcomers are told that bitcoin is a get-rich-quick scheme and within few months of joining the scheme they rather lose money than getting rich and this will make them begin to question the credibility of Bitcoin.
If you have to introduce someone, tell them the truth about bitcoin.

It's not about spreading... like the boy who sold the newspapers, it's not an obligation, in any case in times when it's very difficult not to be informed, it's about people finally accepting the change of thinking what is needed.

I don't know why some people will just expect miracle to happen, you should ask them if bitcoin price just grow overnight, when Bitcoin was created we all saw what bitcoin price was, and we can all see bitcoin price today, the increase in price didn't happen overnight or wetin one week or one year, it's a gradual process, the same thing will happen when it comes to global adoption its going to happen gradually and we shouldn't expect it to happen within a day or one year.

It's a great idea to "act local and think global" in your caption. Over the years, Bitcoin has encircled the world with its tentacles. Although many of us live in local communities—some of us even reside in extremely distant areas—we have heard of bitcoin and have invested in it to the best of our ability.

Bitcoin has a way of promoting itself to even the most remote regions you can imagine, so although the idea of meeting people and lecturing them about it is a nice one.

Definitely that is true and global adoption is not something which will happen overnight anyways. It has so many huddles on the way. The infrastructure, bigger mining facilities, issues associated with scaling, network speed and congestion overcoming. When we speak about the global adoption we only think about or imagine a world where every single person is holding portion of bitcoin and transacting with it. However, thats not adoption. We need above mentioned fact checks to fulfil the need of every peer to go on those heights.
Every country needs to seed it from their own homes, they need to build or inspire to build infra's related to bitcoin. Whether it is mining facility or OTC for bitcoin transaction or educational hub. We need that much power to go beyond our visions.

Yeah I understand that. But currently the extent of adoption that Bitcoin has had in today's society makes it just another form of accepting money that will essentially be converted to fiat. Its currently not a unit of account anywhere. Like, if a shop has a bitcoin price for something, that's not the true bitcoin price, rather a converted price for the fiat amount the shop owner is willing to accept. If bitcoin falls against the particular fiat currency, the asking bitcoin price would increase exponentially for that item.

Only when merchants are willing to accept bitcoins for payment without regard to the bitcoin exchange rate against fiat currencies can we truly think of Bitcoin as having become a unit of account. For that they need to be willing to see that alternatives to fiat exist too. Unless a large part of the population accepts that Bitcoin has some sort of inherent value (rather than just being an exchange thingy to convert to fiat later), its not really going to be a true currency.

Many local efforts put together will slowly but effectively bring global adoption closer. The summary of OP's discuss is that we should focus more on the one we can do and how we can effectively bring the knowledge of bitcoins to people around us locally first before worrying about the global challenge. Except your environment does not encourage it, sharing the knowledge about bitcoins to people who need them should be our primary concern. You do not have to gather people into a room to teach them, if that is not possible for you, engaging in personal one on one interaction, can achieve a lot.

Op suggests a compelling approach of everyone doing their small part, but I understand that many won't be into it. Firstly, some prefer to hide that they own Bitcoin because they don't want to become targets. Secondly, Bitcoin can be impractical (for example, if you live in an area with low percentage of Internet penetration) or even illegal in some places. Thirdly, global things like this forum or conferences  or other things matter as well. Finally, some may not feel like promoting Bitcoin because people usually promote scam.

Adoption is happening at a fine pace. A lot of websites oriented toward meet-ups have a lot of blockchain/web3/bitcoin meet-ups popping up on a regular basis, at least in my locality. It is great to see. One thing you should not do is push information upon average people. If the topic comes up, go wild on your explanations. If not, don't be pushy. You will likely have an adverse effect this way. As I said in another thread, the most powerful tool is knowledge and your ability to explain to people. If you improve this, you will succeed a lot more in conveying information when the opportunity arises to share it.

I like the idea of acting local and thinking global. On this forum I have read a lot of thread where uses are carrying out some sort of Bitcoin awareness India local community. I have seen uses talk to market women talk to school children talk to religious leaders and others.

The aim of this in simple Bitcoin adoption periods so when all of this acting local and thinking global as it relates to Bitcoin is that Bitcoin should move towards adduction why most people.

Global adoption will not happen instantly, and it still takes time to be accepted globally, especially from the government side. We as citizens can still use bitcoin as a preparation if one day bitcoin can be accepted in many countries or even in all countries so we don't have to bother buying bitcoin because we have prepared it from now on. What's important is that we have to prepare for that time and having bitcoin from now on will help us later. Forget those who don't want to join us in investing in bitcoin because they don't want to change their lives through bitcoin.

But it is true that I witnessed with my own eyes that many are concerned about the adoption of bitcoin, even though those who are for bitcoin are only bitcoin for them.
We have to start with our environment, from family, relatives and friends, the next are people who greet us in the community, they must know about bitcoin and we become pioneers in society who introduce them to bitcoin and how bitcoin works and to see that it is possible it will spread in the country or area that we live in.

Yes of course it's worth it, and not a problem, however
So far we have not spread about Bitcoin, in the sense that we have not provided in-depth insight for those who don't really believe in it, although at least this is not a problem and has an impact on Bitcoin Adoption, even though they know Bitcoin and have sufficient knowledge. about Bitcoin it really changes some important and very significant aspects about it, but some of them don't have a good direction, everyone is different of course.

But this is not a big/small problem with Bitcoin, day after day so far we feel that the popularity of Bitcoin is increasing and getting better, as well as the adoption of Bitcoin even though it doesn't happen significantly globally. not only that the adoption of Bitcoin itself has been carried out by large companies even though there are some who still haven't done it maybe there are several reasons behind it, but this ongoing adoption has really helped make Bitcoin even better.

Even though we don't spread Bitcoin news, we also don't hide it from the public, we ourselves are Bitcoin adherents and Bitcoin holders in the sense that we also invest in Bitcoin.

Bitcoin is 14 years old, that's enough time to show some results. How much adoption did other inventions get in similar timeframe?


If Bitcoin needs in-person convincing, it's a sign that it's having problems with adoption. People didn't preach adoption of TikTok or Facebook or the Internet to their friends, those things grew on their own. But Bitcoiners are acting like Jehovah's witness, with similar success.

Bitcoin is mostly getting popular because of bull markets that offer a promise of getting rich quick. Without them few people would care about it.

We are already on 2023 while Bitcoin was invented during 2009. It’s already more than a decade for Bitcoin existence and people is not thinking global adoption should happened overnight because Bitcoin adoption is really very slow. I will understand your comment if we are on 2010 or 2011 because people will obviously too impatient but right now Bitcoin already have the spotlight and the capability to speed up Bitcoin adoption. We just need to do our job to support Bitcoin and become more aggressive than ever.

Just let your friend tell what they wanna say about bitcoin or its adoption. It won't be an instant adoption but if we'll based all of the years from the very start up to this moment, it's safe to say that bitcoin has gone that far already.

And we can guarantee that adoption is continuosly happening. If they're not satisfied with what they're seeing then let them wait until they see that most countries has it. But the reality is that, it has already come further than before.

What else do they need to get aware of about bitcoin aside that governments in some countries are yet to adopt it as a legal tender, so far so good bitcoin has gained a world rank recognition with all the 14 years Achievements it has acquired within this little time and that's why everyone searching on the internet today want to make more discovery about bitcoin because they know it's a advantage for a financial opportunity for security and freedom, except for those who were not technology inclined on digital currency will assume bitcoin is not moving fast enough with adoption.

Always believed that, even if it sounds xenophobic. But local's always been "myself" first. You can only gain so much by preaching, if I look back on myself, I've always only really been convinced by seeing rather than hearing.

Bitcoin's pretty much the same. I knew about it pretty early on, slashdot was a thing back then. Even covered it as a journalist down the line, but it was really only in 2016 when I read about it and started using it that I was convinced.

Looking back at Bitcoiners I've met over the years, pretty much the same. They all did, and acted "locally". That contagion happens after, and naturally.

I think it is very important to explain the philosophy behind Bitcoin when explaining it to people but I felt that they were looking at me meaninglessly when I was really explaining it to a few people around me. They looked at me like I was a scammer. I think Bitcoin is still not well understood and i can say that the solution to this is not by thinking locally and acting globally. It is much better for people who are respected around the world to tell about Bitcoin than locally. Thus it will be easier for the masses to adopt Bitcoin.

All i know is good thing take time and besides I don't expect bitcoin to dominate instantly without going through many phases in life.. why because the gradual process and dominance will build more confident than instant adoption, and instant adoption means a thing of forcefully wanting people to accept all concept of bitcoin without studying how it's. Remember it may not be globally accepted because I think today there are still some country who don't have internet facilities to access the digital world, it may be lack of electricity and modern gadgets in such country. How do you think they will start making use of bitcoin.
Only 1st to 3nd class world that is active  promoters of bitcoin. I my self have been a good example working hard around my locality making sure I impact on some young youths to have some basic clue about bitcoin, and for those who are tasty to know more I do refer them over here to read more about bitcoin due to their zeal and interest.

I've introduced bitcoin to friends and few of my family members. The latter part is upto the person whether to invest or just leave it. Further if they ask support I used to help them, I don't volunteer. People are much interested into it, but at the same time they aren't ready to accept something that is virtual. In my locality some have used the term cryptocurrency and scammed people. So, if I try to spread people might indicate me a scammer. I need to be very careful handling things in my locality.

its not about trying to bang peoples heads against the wall to drop fiat and only use bitcoin.

its about just telling them there is a different option
its like telling them instead of bank accounts that offer 0.001% interest gains
there are credit unions that offer 2% gains

its not about converting carnivores into vegans. its about saying try some potato alongside their steak

its not about asking a beer alcoholic to get sober and drink water. its about offering him a fine wine or a whiskey

I kind of agree, but also the fact that most people do not really want to change from the current global standard that is fiat makes it difficult, its kind of like preaching into the void. There's no way a large part of the population will accept bitcoin as a form of viable currency exchange in their lifetimes.

But the tech enthusiast can be convinced otherwise. There are programs to make people more and more involved in understanding bitcoin, its use, why it can become the new money standard that can be used worldwide - without conversions and centralized oversight. Things like Summer of Bitcoin is definitely helping people in my country get more hands on with bitcoin (albeit its mostly just university students), but nonetheless, these initiatives come with courses that shed light on some of the aspects of bitcoin that make people avoid it - mostly because they don't know about it all that much.

Bitcoin's popularity did not suddenly rise, it took years of tireless struggle and evolution to gain popularity. Bitcoin's popularity didn't suddenly spread worldwide after Satoshi Nakamoto invented Bitcoin. Rather, after the discovery of Bitcoin, few people knew about this Bitcoin, then with the evolution of time and necessity, Bitcoin has now become the most talked about digital currency in the world.

I tried to explain the matter with a very simple example.  For example Bitcoin Forum was created in November 2009 when there were only four new members of Bitcoin Forum now Bitcoin Forum has 3516956+ members.

November 2009 bitcoin forum new members 4
November 2010 bitcoin forum new members 374
November 2011 bitcoin forum new members 1993
November 2012 bitcoin forum new members 2708
November 2013 bitcoin forum new members 19683
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November 2017 bitcoin forum new members 97283

So today bitcoin forum members amounts 3516956+

See ref:https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=stats

The popularity of our bitcoin forum was close to zero in the beginning, now the popularity of bitcoin forum is very high worldwide and constantly new members are joining the world and trying to occupy an important place in the world. Just like the Bitcoin forum, the popularity of Bitcoin will not be created in a day, but more time is needed to spread the popularity of Bitcoin around the world and more advertising is needed to spread the popularity of Bitcoin widely around the world.

alot of people treat bitcoin as if it some entity with arms and legs and a mouth which will one day get on a plane and come to someones area and start a business in that area. or educate everyone at a conference it has organised.

bitcoin is not AI nor an entity that hops on a plane

it is very much users doing things in their area/ability.. working together and individually to do small parts which act as a whole to strengthen the bitcoin ecosystem

much like how bitcoin works
each peer has its set rules and plays its part in communicating and storing information around it where the subsequent mass of people doing the same thing, which makes the network strong and robust

dont rely or wait or hope for central point/entity to do it . each person plays their part

if you are just waiting, following, hoping some influencer will be the next big thing for bitcoin. you are waiting and hoping for the wrong things
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you do not need to be the next big thing for bitcoin in your area
you can simply be a person that finds a nice cafe in your area with enough seating for multiple people. and invite people to have a cup of coffee and chat about bitcoin

find out peoples interest in it, find out their involvement and skills. let them vocal-network with each other to find out who is a energised buyer who is a energised seller. let them be known as the people to go to, to do trades with face to face
find out who are the local business owners, promote them as stores that could sell produce for coin
find the miners and developers as the "tech" group who can teach what they know to others.

ask each of them what are their main local shops they all prefer, like a hotlist of shops most would love to see accept bitcoin. and find the guy thats a good spokes person to go promote it to said hotlist.
you dont need to be the techie, or the exchanger, or the spokes men if thats not your skillset. but starting off small like a coffee morning and see what others can offer can start a positive movement

if your coffee meetings get popular upgrade them into seminars, conferences and such.

I did not spread bitcoin to my community, close friends and even blood relatives. However, I am not hiding from those around me that I am a bitcoin believer and I have an investment in it. I provide genuine responses to questions they occasionally pose. I even explained to them what bitcoin is all about and my own predictions regarding the price of bitcoin in the future. Therefore, it is their decision whether or not to invest. I do not care, and I am not going to be criticized if something happens to the bitcoin price, which is normal given its volatility.

In life something good always win for itself even in the midst of all obstacles that no matter the oppression it receives the good in itself will make it prevail at the end. When the internet was first invented, it received so much criticisms from many angles but today everyone has seen how advantageous it is and it now have a universal acceptance, so if today bitcoin is not receiving the rapid global acceptance many bitcoiners has expected that doesn't mean it's ain't making a gradual progress.
It's global acceptance is necessarily not about we preaching about it.

What Bitcoin has achieved in the last decade is beyond imagination as it was a totally strange means of payment and investment, yet it beat many prominent ideas just like that. However, it needs more adoption, but this will not happen overnight. You will hardly see anyone in an urban area that has not heard of Bitcoin now, only that some have not adopted it due to one reason or the other, while the government of some countries are not helping out.

Notwithstanding, Bitcoin will always prevail and more time is needed for many countries to reconsider, and this will help in more adoption. Also, we have to do our homework if we are truly helping the situation as BTC enthusiasts.

I have actually started mine already as I teach people about the coin for free.

I'm the one who not act anything about Bitcoin in my local and never spread any news because there's no any reason for me to do it. In my country there's few local countries, but I never use one of them and only use P2P platform.

I think even we're not doing anything in the country where we live, but it doesn't mean it will make Bitcoin adoption is decreased, because many investors and people who're looking to make money via online, will recognize if Bitcoin is one way from many.

After all, any people who hold Bitcoin regardless how much the amount is, already give an impact on Bitcoin adoption.

Today too many people are in worries about Bitcoin adoption, they want to see the global adoption happens overnight, that is impossible, I had some chats yesterday within a mist of friends and they are talking about how they don't notice any fast global bitcoin adoption, I told them that it won't happen instantly.

Bitcoin came into the world in 2009 and so far it's been doing so well. My last piece of advice to them is that Bitcoin adoption starts with us, let's forget about the global side, how many people have you lectured about Bitcoin this year locally, I asked.

The same thing goes out to all of us on here, every part we take locally will have a big impact on Bitcoin adoption, never get tired of spreading the news, it's worthy.