Topic: All aboard! Who have you convinced to step on the BTC Train? (Read 2277 times)

I told all my colleague when the price is $200, no one care, after it shoot pass $1000 they are not happy about it and once it drop back to $400, they said "I told you so",

Now I would just shut up and wait the price cross $5000 and then let them know again,

MUAHAHAHAHAH

Interstingly some of them seem to believe in it but they still haven't bought any, don't really understand why. They're definitely not too poor to risk loosing a little bit, and some do invest in gold, silver and stocks etc.

I convinced some friends that Bitcoin is a good idea. One bought some at the worst possible time and then couldn't get it out of Mtgox.
I felt so bad that I bought them from him and lost a lot of money in the process.
 
Now I am a bit more wary. I will tell ppl about it if they ask. I also tell them there is a lot of fraud and that it seems that most people in Bitcoin don't actually see the larger picture at all.
They don't see how we all live better than kings would have 100 y ago and how advancement of humanity through technology has helped all of us. They don't see the possibilities of what the world could look like 100 years from now with the help of technologies like bitcoin. The way I see it humanity is one organism of which we are all part. The internet is a new nervous system that is being developed and cryptocurrency is a part and function of that organ. People believe in conspiracy theories because they can't zoom out their perspective to see that all of this is happening very organically and on a scale that is beyond any single or group of individuals.
Fraud and lies is like a cancer on all of us and the small minded who live in fear and inferiority cheat and steal.

That is why we should treasure the people who design and build like Satoshi Nakamoto.

I can't believe you didn't jump on that deal 

I've convinced absolutely nobody to join. Everyone wants ME to personally guarantee that they will leave with x% of profit and to cover anything they don't get (ie. "I want 10x what I put in. If I give you $100 to invest, you have to return $1000 regardless as to what happens to the value of the coins).

Others keep thinking it's a get-rich scheme and if they put up $1k now they will be millionaires within a week.

I've got all my family and friends interested, only a few have dowloaded wallets, none have bought any btc. (they all want me to give them some though )
just today however I convinced a local non-profit art gallery to take btc donations. I am going over tomorrow to walk them through the wallet/security things and to print them off qr code to display and hopefully get money donated.
this is thier website, http://ministryofcasualliving.ca/
I guess they will have to install a donate btc button on there too, any suggestions for a good, free "donate btc" app to add to the website or is a qr code and public address good enough?

I have introduced bitcoin to most people I know and given coins to a couple friends.  I am thinking about trying out the new app on Facebook and send 5 bucks to like 20 friends who may be interested. 
One of the best things anyone can do is attend a local bitcoin meetup or just start one yourself and post it here on the forum.
Keep spreading the word.  People learn in layers, they might not understand it the first time around, but if they hear about is 3 or 4 times they're more likely to grasp it.
Peace

Irony...of ironies.

My family is humoring me, I think, because they think they're the smart ones in the room. Besides, faux news has demonized bitcoin - um, bitcom - so they're indifferent.

My ex, as it turned out, took an interest...so I sent him btc (where he, of course, promptly forgot his password   )and while he does now own btc, it remains to be seen whether or not he will figure out his password and be able to access it. I sent it to him at the best possible time though because it'd been 489ish or around there. Now it's $100 higher and he's psyched.


Plus it's torturing him knowing he can't access it so that's always a bonus for me 

i didn't try convincing anyone in my family, but instead i just brought it up and they all didn't seem very receptive about it. my uncle is still bearish on it, even though it was $15 when i told him about it.. and now it's over $500.

I convinced about 4 people. You could turn this thread into a poll

I've tried to convince my family getting into bitcoin about a year back. Didn't work out though.

I heard that Bitcoin went bust/Bitcoin's CEO ran away with everybody's money. So much wrong with that statement.

Excuse me sir, do you have time to talk about our Lord Savior, Satoshi Nakamoto?

More quotes I recalled during my mission to spread the BitGospel:

"Get out while you still can."
"At least with gold you can hold it in your hands."
"Didn't bitcoin get hacked by MtGox?"
"At least with Apple and Google, I'm able to control my investment."
"I don't trust it because there's no central authority. Anybody can hack it."

For all the troubles and ignorance I've had to face, converting even one individual makes the entire effort worth it. I converted four so far.

Been talking about Bitcoin since a bought my first for 13usd 2011. Some are a skeptical, some don't even begin to understand it, but some are actually quite intrigued. The total number of people I convinced to actually buy some coins: 0. I do sometimes enjoy saying "you should have listened to me back when it was at 13usd" though

i have only converted one person, but he bought a miner and is getting his coins. he bought the miner when btc was worth $800 though, so it looks like he's down so far.

I got into it when I read about MT Gox. My wife and I discuss it a lot but we prefer to keep it kind of quiet. 

Everyone needs BTC love.   

Unrequited care warrants no BTC love

Dude, I care about you.  Show some love!   

You dished out at least 17 BTC amongst those you care about? Are they the only ones that have access to the wallets?

Nice shout though. Was the intention to give as an investment?