Topic: Anyone living with older people? - page 2. (Read 1021 times)

Well, they have reasons for not understanding new technology. If they are not willing to learn or understand leave them with their point of view. You don't need anyone's permission to keep doing what you think is right and demanding for yourself.
Father is the most supportive person you can have in your life. May his soul rest in peace.

Not everyone would see reason as you do that bitcoin is the future. Stop stressing yourself in explaining to your grandfather and uncle about bitcoin, if they choose not to understand it. Just let them be and focus more on your crypto earnings. The worst mistake to do is to force or convince someone to see reason with you, why they should accept bitcoin.

Nothing to do actually than keep earning your crypto privately. You can even start up a business that can get you busy cos most of our family members do have this mindset that you must be working before you make ends meet. They don't believe that you can earn money from the comfort of your home

Seriously I don't think their is anyway you can explain to them that they will believe you, most of those old people believe that bitcoin and cryptocurrency in general is scam, they don't believe anything good can come out of it, they only believe in fiat currency. I don't blame them because when they were still young their was nothing like bitcoin or digital currency, so it will be definitely difficult for them to understand it. Just tell them what you know about bitcoin, then forget about it, you don't have to convince them to believe in bitcoin.

I thought try with a more understandable approach. like making an example of a parable that is more familiar to them. do not immediately tell the terms that are foreign to their lives. but try to make parables with terms they know. even though it would be a lengthy and time-consuming lesson. But it must be tried and still be patient.

And I know it must be hard. Sometimes people who don't understand your work will actually underestimate you. And some people have a hard time understanding crypto.

As you have said it will be seriously hard for those are not   exposed to term of technology to easily understand Bitcoin despite efforts you to make them understand. but the only thing I know this that once Bitcoin adoption have seriously increased and people around them are making uses of Bitcoin and they see it benefits they will definitely understand what Bitcoin and the blockchain is all about. Let me take my cases as a example;l was aware of Bitcoin over 5 years before I accepted it as alternative to fiat currency despite I was expose to technology due to people around were not making uses of Bitcoin by that time, so my believe was not that strong with Bitcoin because many people are always be scammed online.

let's ignore the reason why you would even bother to explain anything about Bitcoin and digital currencies to someone, showing money is certainly the best way to convince someone of the possibilities of something. buy some important things, for example, a new home appliance, a car... it will still make them doubt that something really exists on the other side of your computer.

I don't think age will be anyone's limitation going into Bitcoin investment. Rather, we should be looking at ignorance, lack of interest and exposure to the current happenings or illiteracy; not age. There's a user here who is well into his 70s (I don't want to mention his name). So, you see that getting into Bitcoin isn't about age. Interest is the first thing. To get people interested in Bitcoin or any other investment, talk more about what they stand to gain from it. Tell your folks that Bitcoin is an asset that appreciates like land. Old folks understand land better.

I have said it countless times that It's impossible to educate someone that barely doesn't have a knowledge on how to operate simple devices like cellphones or PCs... It's just impossible.
You see, we're lucky to be born in an era where the least child in the household owns an iphone and a PC...it wasn't so in those days.. nobody believed it will, until it started happening this days.
The HODLing, trading, buying and studying process of Bitcoin needs someone with the new-era technological cognitive; it's hard to start instilling these knowledge in them at thier old age.
Bitcoin isn't meant for everyone; just like we've got Alot of peeps in a certain peripherals, but when it's time to vote, few will turn up.

Sandra 🧑‍🦰

I don't think that the happen is just to you , I think here is also a lots peoples who were also suffers this kind of problems.
Especially such cases are more among the people of third world countries those were unfamiliar with technology. I have also suffered this problem my parents were also told me in the first this is only wasting of time And they didn't want to believe that it was possible to earn through the Internet. But now they are forced to accept.  I will say to you also that you continue your work, and now you do not waste time on their words.  One day they will be forced to accept it through your succes.

Initially I will say it's not too hard and not too easy too, you have to let the both of them understand the meaning of what you are about to show them because It's the money you get from it that makes them want to join you in it,now you make them know what it cause for everything in bitcoin investment.it will be very hard or difficult for both to learn if they are not educated.
I guess you look at were they are coming from and may be you take it from there. If not that,you have to explain deep about everything in bitcoin and you know older ones don't like anything that will take there money,so you have to get all this first then you know were you can start from  I guess.

Older people are the hardest to deal with, I have never had any luck with them, not for once, they always think that what they knew is the best for we the younger ones, when I started investing in crypto my father and mother don't understand me, I tried explaining over and over but they are worried that I will burn my time away over nothing, until a radio station talk about crypto investment and my father rushed down to my place and told me to put in more effort.  He is late now and I miss him so much, he was a big part of my never give up spirit.

Till this day my mother still doubts and I just get used to it, instead, I spend time trying to teach younger generation about crypto and blockchain, they are just easier to get along with.

Educating older people who don't believe in innovation or older people who believe things will always remain they way it was when they were growing up is always difficult or impossible. And in those cases it is pointless, instead do your investment on your own, make your plans and execute them in silence and when the proceed comes introduce them to something they are very familiar with. Because if you still push them into Bitcoin they will have high possibility of getting scammed.

I understand this kind of feeling,that you are trying to teach,educate,and make them know something,but they don't understand,the feeling is so frustrating.Well,let me shock you,you aren't the only one suffering from this kind of situation,its happening to me too,where I have tried everything possible to explain what is known as Bitcoin to my dad,and to him,I am performing magic to make money.
He believes that there is no way one can make money online,except you  either work with your hands everyday.
Because he isn't understanding me,I had to stop explaining,because no amount of explanation will still make him understand.

let alone teach about bitcoin and crypto, teaching them cellphones is sometimes very difficult, it's natural, maybe because of the age factor.
Your grandfather and uncle don't need to know either, it doesn't matter, the most important thing is that you make yourself useful for yourself and for the people around you like your grandfather and uncle.

the initial thoughts of ordinary people are indeed directed towards illegal methods, because the average person I meet who is not familiar with crypto or bitcoin thinks that bitcoin or crypto is a business like Ponzi, multi-level and the like. some people start to understand when we explain what crypto and bitcoin really are, but others cannot accept and think crypto is just a toy currency that isn't real and can disappear at any time. It's not easy to give understand ordinary people who can't accept that cryptocurrencies like bitcoin are a very valuable digital investment, they continue to think that it's just a digital currency that will quickly disappear and be worthless.

There is no way to educate people like this, because they will never care what you do, instead they will say are you gambling? People who are illiterate or of the generation who have not touched technology at all will never have the trait of acceptance, because the logic they use will not go that far, they have never known bitcoin nor do they know how to use it. Whatever approach you try to use will never work.

Stop educating people like this, because their ability to accept is far greater than a sense of rejection, for me there is no formula to explain everything, especially for those who are not familiar with technological terms.

Almost all crypto work is derived for norm Internet world. You could use base Internet words instead of crypto derivations, or just say I do freelancing.

It depends on their urge to learn and would like to invest some people don't want to risk themselves or even their money because of this not having assured investment, you cannot blame them because we came from the different generations that they will stick what they see before and currently have, if you want to teach them it takes a lot of process because you cannot push people who don't really like what they want

Educating individuals who are illiterate about Bitcoin can be challenging, as it requires finding alternative methods of communication. Here are a few strategies that may be effective:

Use visual aids: Create diagrams, charts, or illustrations to explain key concepts related to Bitcoin. This can help individuals who are illiterate understand the basic mechanics of how Bitcoin works.

Use videos and audio recordings: Create videos or audio recordings that explain key concepts related to Bitcoin. This can be helpful for individuals who are illiterate, as they can watch or listen to the videos and recordings multiple times to better understand the information.

Use hands-on demonstrations: Use physical objects or props to demonstrate how Bitcoin transactions work. This can help individuals who are illiterate understand the process of sending and receiving Bitcoin.

Use a translator: if the person doesn't speak the same language as you, use a translator to explain the concepts related to Bitcoin.

Engage a local community leader or someone who already understand Bitcoin to help educate the illiterate person.

Overall, it's important to remember that educating individuals who are illiterate about Bitcoin will require patience and a willingness to try different approaches until an effective method is found.

They say that for sure not without reason, surely they have a reason right?
Even if your grandfather and uncle say you are wasting your time, that means they still care about you.
You cannot force them to understand and agree with you about your activities in crypto or Bitcoin.
If you want them to understand it means that one day you will have to be able to show the evidence you got from what you did with Bitcoin.
After that you can only say that what you are doing is not just a waste of your time and maybe they will understand by themselves.