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Topic: Bitcoin adoption: Don't just sit down, do something (Read 1197 times)

jr. member
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When walking through the local shopping mall i saw a huge sign flapping in the wind by the entrance. To my surprise it was advertising the bitcoin ATM machine below it. Although no-one was using it i was glad to see it spreading

You're saying that it is like a disease that is spreading.

There are a lot of Bitcoin ATM machines in some countries, some don't have them and some don't even legalize Bitcoin. I don't know why we should advertise Bitcoin but I don't think we should force people to do it. I know that as an investor it will be our profit doing that but I don't know if other people will be doing the same.
Agree, using and investing in bitcoin is always a job that others should automatically do, we should not force or encourage and promote bitcoin to them because I feel it will make the image of bitcoin worse, I don't deny that when we advertise and recommend, bitcoin may be more popular but what people remember is just an obnoxious person talking about a scam product. As long as the quality and benefits that bitcoin provides are good, it will grow rapidly, we need not do anything else except to accumulate and earn from it.
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Yes you are right. For bitcoin adoption to enter mainstream, we all as the crypto enthusiats have a lot to do. It is our duty to create awareness of bitcoin in all available media, accept bitcoin as payment for services, and encourage others as well. We are the bitcoin army, lets go make mass adoption a reality
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When walking through the local shopping mall i saw a huge sign flapping in the wind by the entrance. To my surprise it was advertising the bitcoin ATM machine below it. Although no-one was using it i was glad to see it spreading

You're saying that it is like a disease that is spreading.

There are a lot of Bitcoin ATM machines in some countries, some don't have them and some don't even legalize Bitcoin. I don't know why we should advertise Bitcoin but I don't think we should force people to do it. I know that as an investor it will be our profit doing that but I don't know if other people will be doing the same.

If we advertise and promote the bitcoin then i don't think it is harmful for anyone. If you think as a investor you also have a benefit in it. Because when people have awareness about bitcoin then they do invest more in bitcoin and it will be profitable for all of us. But now we have no need to promote any crypto currency even Bitcoin, because Bitcoin has some in this place where it don't need any praise from us.
Few years back, people did not know about bitcoin too much but now i am happy to see that the world environment about crypto currencies has been changed.
sr. member
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You are right with everything you said. I will already follow such advices and provide such payment options for my customers in the future as i'm with current software developments.
I might as well talk with some partners to discuss how they could be winning with crypto market for their own businesses. So let's see if more of them will adopt their payment systems.

This would also boost up Bitcoin prices as more people would be willing to buy more and more coins just for their own real life situations.
I think it's a +1 and we can't ignore it.
hero member
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When walking through the local shopping mall i saw a huge sign flapping in the wind by the entrance. To my surprise it was advertising the bitcoin ATM machine below it. Although no-one was using it i was glad to see it spreading

You're saying that it is like a disease that is spreading.

There are a lot of Bitcoin ATM machines in some countries, some don't have them and some don't even legalize Bitcoin. I don't know why we should advertise Bitcoin but I don't think we should force people to do it. I know that as an investor it will be our profit doing that but I don't know if other people will be doing the same.
hero member
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* Promoters have to be 100% sure those dangerous volatility that happened recently won't repeat again.

* We should advice against negative publicity about Bitcoin...
I think most Governments could become hostile if you try to spread Bitcoin in countries. They will certainly use all sorts of bad words to discourage citizens from using or promoting it.
who the promoters is ? we can't give that promise to potential investors, we know that fluctuations will continue to come at any time, and maybe will make prices fall back later, that's a natural thing in the real bitcoin market.
negative news will continue to come because bitcoin competitors will continue to stand next to bitcoin, all we have to do is educate them about bitcoin
full member
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People who are living in countries where cryptos are banned can contribute by educating other people about cryptocurrencies who are not still aware of it.

Given that bitcoin is already banned on your country then why bother talk about bitcoin to others ?  I think its useless because they cannot still use it anyway  . you will only risking you self because you are doing illegal things that is against the law  .  all i can suggest to you  is to wait for your government or country to unban/allow  the use of crypto and that is the time to start your advocacy about spreading the word bitcoin to other people  .
copper member
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We all want bitcoin to be globally adopted right, you want to be able to use your bitcoin as a currency to buy foodstuffs, goods or service in your local community then what are you doing to encourage that?

I would love to encourage people to accept cryptos as a payment option, but if I try to do it, I will be arrested by Police because bitcoin or any other cryptos are notified illegal tender in my country. Can you do something about it? No!

Don't just blame the community! Try to know why they are not able to help in the adoption process! Majority of them are legally bound like me!

People who are living in countries where cryptos are banned can contribute by educating other people about cryptocurrencies who are not still aware of it.
When more people in your country will have crypto knowledge then surely sooner or later government will think to lift the ban.

We all want bitcoin to be globally adopted right, you want to be able to use your bitcoin as a currency to buy foodstuffs, goods or service in your local community then what are you doing to encourage that? No one here can tell me that he/she hasn't sold anything before, so you have no excuse of not accepting bitcoin in exchange for what you sold be it your books, gadget or anything salable expect you never knew of bitcoin then.

Exactly, it's time to do it practically instead of waiting for the future while sitting, we should need to start it from grass root level.
If you don't have your own business where you can accept crypto as payment, then you should encourage other people in your local community who can do it.
newbie
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I think people should start developing more applications to encourage transactions. For example, I'm creating a website to help people find venue spaces near them called https://venuesnear.me

How is bitcoin going to be implemented? well once I'm finished with the website, you'll be able to pay for venues using crypto. I Know, super simple but it's a small step. Even if it means showing the bitcoin logo to help with awareness it will do. Anyone working on any cool bitcoin projects?
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sr. member
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* Promoters have to be 100% sure those dangerous volatility that happened recently won't repeat again.

* We should advice against negative publicity about Bitcoin...
I think most Governments could become hostile if you try to spread Bitcoin in countries. They will certainly use all sorts of bad words to discourage citizens from using or promoting it.
sr. member
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Maybe there are more crypto user on your place thats why he is already accepting cryptocurrency payment, by the way it is a good step because it will attract customers curiousity for those who doest know what bitcoin is.

There are a lot of people that knew Bitcoin all along and I am even surprised that a lot of people I know knew about Bitcoin and also including other crypto currencies but still not using nor investing on them since they are scared of what might happen with their money. I do understand that they are scared of how the price moves but I just always told them that without the risks, there will be no profit, that is the reason it is called investment.
hero member
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I live in developing country which is with $2  we can pay the barber. Other than that, in my country just few person who knows bitcoin most of them just use money paper in all day. I can't do anything to promote bitcoin in my country, I should have a power to make everyone believes that bitcoin is real and bitcoin is really worth.
I think we all have the power to make people believe that bitcoin is legit through its more promotion and advertisements in facebook or in google.Even sharing it to our friends and relatives can be of big help to sustain promotion of bitcoin.After all,if a person gets interested in bitcoin,he will surely make a thorough research about it.
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That's very inspiring but I do think that the huge impact that will lead to mainstream adoption is already on the way. Your contribution will work but will take a very long time to succeed. While those huge companies like Google, samsung and particularly Facebook will soon introduce their own coin globally.

I hope that they can influence people in their circle to know and learn cryptocurrency and not just bitcoin because that is what we need to see the adoption will happen in every where. I am sure that with the biggest community in Google, Samsung, and Facebook, many people will know about cryptocurrency especially bitcoin and they will know that bitcoin is the strongest coin in the cryptocurrency.
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That's very inspiring but I do think that the huge impact that will lead to mainstream adoption is already on the way. Your contribution will work but will take a very long time to succeed. While those huge companies like Google, samsung and particularly Facebook will soon introduce their own coin globally.
full member
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Unfortunately, those who have the means to act won't act since they are getting tons of benefits of keeping bitcoin on where it is right now. Let's face it, our collective individual efforts wouldn't get much if we only are spreading the word but not practicing what we preach, and also without the help of those with the $$$, our ideas will only remain ideas unless we put some more effort and money into it. Everyone can be as enthusiastic in getting the word out, but not everyone can make a drastic change in the current shape of the ecosystem.
I totally agree that we do not need individual efforts now. We all need to come together as a unit and see how we can get people to trust and use bitcoin. It would have been very nice if the early adopters who probably still have at least double digits of bitcoin initiate and sponsor projects in the name of bitcoin. This would have quenched the fear people have about bitcoin.
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The truth is if we all do our part every now and then in educating people about the great benefits of using bitcoin as a means of payment and also go further to show them how it is done. in no distant time we would be able to reach everyone. All of us in the crypto community has at least 5 shops in our vicinity. Imagine each and every one of us take out time to educate those 5 shop owners and show them how to use bitcoin for payment, no doubt the crypto community will experience a massaive expansion in no distant time. Lets alll come out and spread the news. There is so much we can achieve doing this.
sr. member
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it takes time to get Bitcoin totally acceptable worldwide .
this maybe can take more then one generation.


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Fiat usage around the world is found for generations. With that it isn't an easy task for bitcoin to takeover fiat. Bitcoin will get accepted all around the world soon or within few generations. But it's acceptance same as fiat won't happen. From my understanding fiat is so strong with its years and years of history, upon which I believe bitcoin will serve as an alternate to the fiat.
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Charging payments can be possible in my country with cryptocurrency, but most people are uninformed about digital currencies. Especially the old generation. They say "I can not make a deposit if I can not see what I bought."
I think buying and selling using bitcoin has been done a lot, but what is usually a barrier is from the government which usually prohibits it, if the government is difficult to give permission to store stores to be able to accept bitcoin as a means of payment, this will hinder the flow of crypto currencies. and this always happens in countries that don't support bitcoin as a currency.
legendary
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I'm working hard to launch my fashion online eccomerce business in my country and I will surely accept Bitcoin as a method of payment right of the launch! I also encourage all my business peers to start integrating cryptocurrencies in some way.
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When walking through the local shopping mall i saw a huge sign flapping in the wind by the entrance. To my surprise it was advertising the bitcoin ATM machine below it. Although no-one was using it i was glad to see it spreading
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