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Quote from: EdenHazard on October 15, 2020, 05:59:46 PM

Just like internet ...
Years ago , people not interested in internet due how complex to operate it and not much people can afford to get the access.
Now everything is about internet, people make a living there and yeah internet become the premier needs as time goes by , as everyone else adopted to how this world running ..

The same thing could happened to bitcoin where as time goes by .. using digital money is inevitable. It's the matter of time though.

Yup, the mass adoption process by everyone on earth takes time until it's really easy to use. After we know the very many uses of the internet, even now our lives cannot be separated from the existence of the internet.

Likewise with bitcoin, the current existence of Bitcoin is still very rare in several public places because it cannot be used easily, but if we all know the uses and advantages of using bitcoin, we can be sure that many people will start to adopt Bitcoin.

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Quote from: EdenHazard on October 15, 2020, 05:59:46 PM

Just like internet ...
Years ago , people not interested in internet due how complex to operate it and not much people can afford to get the access.
Now everything is about internet, people make a living there and yeah internet become the premier needs as time goes by , as everyone else adopted to how this world running ..

The same thing could happened to bitcoin where as time goes by .. using digital money is inevitable. It's the matter of time though.

I agree with this, we cannot expect something innovative to be fully embraced and adapted easily by the mass. Even I when I first started with bitcoin has to learn ot the hard way and ask a lot of people about it to learn and slowly adopt the basics of crypto. Most people maybe exposed in gadgets and stuff but not all people are into technicalities which I think is a must when you are involved in crypto.

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Just like internet ...
Years ago , people not interested in internet due how complex to operate it and not much people can afford to get the access.
Now everything is about internet, people make a living there and yeah internet become the premier needs as time goes by , as everyone else adopted to how this world running ..

The same thing could happened to bitcoin where as time goes by .. using digital money is inevitable. It's the matter of time though.

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Quote from: Fatunad on October 15, 2020, 04:45:33 PM

Some people do find it difficult but they should at least try first before making conclusions.

My experience why people find it difficult to use Bitcoin is because they tend to believe that they need to know the whole mechanism of Bitcoin, as in how it is programmed and all while, we just need to know the basic of installing and creating wallet address which is done autmatically once the software or application is installed. Another thing is the fear factor (fear of losing funds due to messing up) that clogged their understanding that Bitcoin is really easy to use since there are lots of guide out there.

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Quote from: Oasisman on October 15, 2020, 05:31:46 PM

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Quote from: worldtraveller321 on October 12, 2020, 09:31:54 AM

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Bitcoin is easy to use, problem is that it's not massively adopted and isn't as fast as visa/master card payments if you don't own card that automatically converts bitcoin into USD. If you want to pay manually from your wallet, then it's time consuming.

Agreed!
Some people might have been influenced by the media after they heard bad news about Bitcoin, thus doubting Bitcoin's legitimacy.
Cryptocurrency wallet apps is even easier and convenient to use in a p2p transactions than cc and debits when sometimes cards are being rejected.
I have a local cryptocurrency wallet app that supports a handful of altcoins and Btc as well, and I don't find anything complicated to use about it that even a 1st grader would actually understand how to buy and sell btc instantly.

There are many reasons why do people avoid bitcoin and why do countries doesn't legalizing it and one of those reason is the media because media can destroy the name of bitcoin and can make the people believe what they say but we can also use media to promote bitcoin so we cannot say that media only has bad effect on bitcoin community. In the world of business, there are many struggles we may experience but if you are a good business man, you can take advantage on that struggle.

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Quote from: shield132 on October 12, 2020, 10:41:05 AM

Quote from: worldtraveller321 on October 12, 2020, 09:31:54 AM

~snip~

Bitcoin is easy to use, problem is that it's not massively adopted and isn't as fast as visa/master card payments if you don't own card that automatically converts bitcoin into USD. If you want to pay manually from your wallet, then it's time consuming.

Agreed!
Some people might have been influenced by the media after they heard bad news about Bitcoin, thus doubting Bitcoin's legitimacy.
Cryptocurrency wallet apps is even easier and convenient to use in a p2p transactions than cc and debits when sometimes cards are being rejected.
I have a local cryptocurrency wallet app that supports a handful of altcoins and Btc as well, and I don't find anything complicated to use about it that even a 1st grader would actually understand how to buy and sell btc instantly.

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Quote from: worldtraveller321 on October 12, 2020, 09:31:54 AM

Many people even who are young like 25 and under and even over 25 etc. Are not tech knowledge or financial educated enough to understand.

I disagree. The 20s, even early ones can now mostly understand the tech behind some things. No need to learn deeply but a basic understanding is enough. On how bitcoin works starting from buying to selling, it can be learned without putting too much time reading on FAQs.

If they are having difficulty understanding the basics of bitcoin, then they will also have difficulty understanding other basic technology outside crypto. Should not be a reason that bitcoin is not friendly why people don't have an interest in using it. It's like saying Mathematics is not a user-friendly subject.

If a person is really interested, bitcoin will be a user friendly to them someday. We, crypto-enthusiast also start from being a newbie with lots of questions but since we like to know more about bitcoin, we reached our respective status of knowledge about crypto.

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Quote from: serjent05 on October 15, 2020, 04:23:32 PM

Quote from: shield132 on October 12, 2020, 10:41:05 AM

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Are you seriously saying that? From personal experience, young people, especially under 25 know a lot about bitcoin and cryptocurrencies than people with higher age so young generation is more educated around it.

There is nothing difficult in using bitcoin and crypto wallets apps, for example blockchain.com's wallet is as easy as ABC to use. Some people don't even know what is playstore and how to download from it, so...

Bitcoin is easy to use, problem is that it's not massively adopted and isn't as fast as visa/master card payments if you don't own card that automatically converts bitcoin into USD. If you want to pay manually from your wallet, then it's time consuming.

I agree that Bitcoin is easy to use. People are just used to being spoon-fed. It is easy to download the Bitcoin wallet. Easy to set up whether on PC or mobile phone. If they read how the transfer of Bitcoin works, they will get easily accustomed to it. People just lack the patience of understanding how things work that makes them think that Bitcoin is not user-friendly.

Sad to say but it is indeed true where people do really like to be spoon-fed and if they do find out some complicate parts then they do easily react and ignore it next.

Its not really that hard to understand on whats bitcoin is all about yet its comparable to fiat with some difference which it isnt really that much complicated
for a grown person to know on.

Some people do find it difficult but they should at least try first before making conclusions.

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Quote from: shield132 on October 12, 2020, 10:41:05 AM

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Are you seriously saying that? From personal experience, young people, especially under 25 know a lot about bitcoin and cryptocurrencies than people with higher age so young generation is more educated around it.

There is nothing difficult in using bitcoin and crypto wallets apps, for example blockchain.com's wallet is as easy as ABC to use. Some people don't even know what is playstore and how to download from it, so...

Bitcoin is easy to use, problem is that it's not massively adopted and isn't as fast as visa/master card payments if you don't own card that automatically converts bitcoin into USD. If you want to pay manually from your wallet, then it's time consuming.

I agree that Bitcoin is easy to use. People are just used to being spoon-fed. It is easy to download the Bitcoin wallet. Easy to set up whether on PC or mobile phone. If they read how the transfer of Bitcoin works, they will get easily accustomed to it. People just lack the patience of understanding how things work that makes them think that Bitcoin is not user-friendly.

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Quote from: 20kevin20 on October 12, 2020, 09:50:05 AM

I think it'd be a problem if Bitcoin becomes user friendly, because if it's decentralized it just cannot be.

You're on your own. There's no Bitcoin worker who is obliged to help you with your wallets. You are free to create, deposit to, withdraw or sign from and use an address in any way you'd like - even share the private key to it, if you will. You're just free to educate yourself and, if you're interested, to join the network. Computers aren't user-friendly either. Yet, they're being sold every year "like hot bread" (a Romanian saying).

Let it happen naturally; let the interested ones educate themselves & join us and the non-interested ones stay away.

I get what you are saying but I'm not sure I see the connection. How does it being decentralized have an effect on how user-friendly it is? I suppose in concept, Bitcoin being decentralized means each user is responsible for the managing of their own wallet/other services, but in my opinion, those wallets and trade services are quite easy to use, and over the past years it has become increasingly cleaner and simple to use. It's definitely true that the concept of bitcoin and how it works is not simple, and does require you to learn and do research on your own. But once you understand how bitcoin works, actually going about sending and receiving btc, for example, is quite simple and in my opinion, far more simple than traditional means of sending and receiving money, especially large amounts. I could be standing next to someone and offer to exchange bitcoin and all I would need to do is scan their bitcoin wallet QR code. Last time I checked, TD Bank would have a much more complicated process Cheesy

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It seems to me that now, this problem is less relevant. Crypto platforms such as Binance, Trust, Coinbase, Ownr, Atomic and others do everything possible to make crypto trading clear and simple. With a friendly UI, of course, a mobile app and tutorials.

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Quote from: vania vin on October 14, 2020, 03:16:30 AM

The price of bitcoin has always been volatile and everyone knows that. risky everything is risky.
everyone wants to own bitcoin and they don't want to know about the risks because many people know bitcoin is expensive and tempting.

That can be wrong because they need to learn bitcoin to know more, and they can reduce the risk. I think that bitcoin is not user-friendly yet because they don't understand the basics of using bitcoin. But other people who don't know bitcoin will have a problem to use bitcoin, and if they can spend time to learn, I am sure they can feel comfortable to use bitcoin. Maybe they need to get more information from the right person to have the proper knowledge to use bitcoin.

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Quote from: worldtraveller321 on October 12, 2020, 09:31:54 AM

What are 5 things you think are needed to make Bitcoin more easy for people to use.

First comes the knowledge, it is always the first thing we need, to fully understand what bitcoin is and how we can use it in our everyday life. Second, I think it is a good thing if there will be more creative tutorials uploaded on youtube or any other platforms where non-cryptocurrency users can watch and take all information regarding cryptocurrency. Third, I also think that bitcoin being advertise by some large and known companies will be a great idea to make people patronize bitcoin. Fourth, patience to learn, ofcourse the beginning will always be the hardest part. If they do not have that characteristic then bitcoin will always be difficult to digest for them. Last but not the least is having the resources

you can not use bitcoin if you do not have the resources in your hands.

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Quote from: worldtraveller321 on October 12, 2020, 09:31:54 AM

Bitcoin Not User Friendly Yet

Hello everyone. For all of us who are very pro Bitcoin and other crypto.
We all look to the day that more people use it and accept it as daily use.

However we are far from that. One thing that I am finding is Bitcoin is still not user friendly enough.
Many people even who are young like 25 and under and even over 25 etc. Are not tech knowledge or financial educated enough to understand.

I am thinking that even the apps out there are still confusing for people to use.
Sure many people may own a mobile phone but many do not understand how they work.

Therefore many people do not understand Bitcoin and seems too complicated still.

What are 5 things you think are needed to make Bitcoin more easy for people to use.

More less they can use and move Bitcoin without really being mindful of what they are doing in a transaction.

Thoughts

I agree with you to a good extent but I don't totally agree that it is only Bitcoin problem, this also affects other coins. If someone who owns a phone cannot understand how most apps works, it means whether for Bitcoin or not or even other apps, he will not understand it, therefore not a matter of being user friendly.
Let's go this way, some mobile wallets now supports multi-currency that is, you can store Bitcoin etc, from the best of my knowledge, it is easy to use because it is explanatory enough, you click and you are told what to do, and so on.
But I think the first point of concern should be on educating them about Bitcoin first. Let them know what it is, how it works, its potentials and possibilities, with that the hunger to know more will arise and they will be able to operate any type of wallet they come across because they already have the needed knowledge

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Quote from: vania vin on October 14, 2020, 03:16:30 AM

The price of bitcoin has always been volatile and everyone knows that. risky everything is risky.
everyone wants to own bitcoin and they don't want to know about the risks because many people know bitcoin is expensive and tempting.

true, everyone also knows that investing in bitcoin certainly has an impact and influence with high risk because the price is quite good. but every high risk will produce something that can make you receive an abundance of that risk, namely the reward value you get is quite high.

for that with a high risk it takes patience and does not panic quickly and experience analyzing every movement that occurs in bitcoin. with the experience you have, you can at least avoid big losses.

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The price of bitcoin has always been volatile and everyone knows that. risky everything is risky.
everyone wants to own bitcoin and they don't want to know about the risks because many people know bitcoin is expensive and tempting.

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Bitcoin business is for everyone who have interest and to obey all the rules guiding the platform. If you do according to the rules of bitcoin then you become a good friend to bitcoin family.
Bitcoin is a decentralized which it work for those who really understand the way it works in the market. If you invest your coins very well and monitor them to a due time to release them to market . I think if you do your research very well and calculate it very well in the areas of bitcoin market it will remain your friend.

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I don't think so, it depends on us using it. Bitcoin is also very useful as a digital payment, but because of its unstable price it is very difficult to develop.Some people like bitcoin because it can make a quick profit but the risk is also high, like trading requires a good TA.

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Quote from: Serious475 on October 12, 2020, 05:08:14 PM

Quote from: worldtraveller321 on October 12, 2020, 09:31:54 AM

Bitcoin Not User Friendly Yet

Hello everyone. For all of us who are very pro Bitcoin and other crypto.
We all look to the day that more people use it and accept it as daily use.

However we are far from that. One thing that I am finding is Bitcoin is still not user friendly enough.
Many people even who are young like 25 and under and even over 25 etc. Are not tech knowledge or financial educated enough to understand.

I am thinking that even the apps out there are still confusing for people to use.
Sure many people may own a mobile phone but many do not understand how they work.

Therefore many people do not understand Bitcoin and seems too complicated still.

What are 5 things you think are needed to make Bitcoin more easy for people to use.

More less they can use and move Bitcoin without really being mindful of what they are doing in a transaction.

Thoughts

Maybe bitcoin is not getting user friendly or beginner friendly because if you have no perseverance as a businessman/woman then you are just going to waste yourtime with it and it will only make you spend money for nothing because bitcoin is not a playground where anyone can enter since it is very complicated and you have to be a better trader or holder if you want to survive. Every businessman/woman has a characteristics of having a long patience.

Bitcoin is indeed not user-friendly or for beginners. Others find bitcoin complicated, broad, and challenging to understand due to its technicality that not all people can understand and follow. But some people interested in bitcoin are dedicated to knowing how bitcoin works like creating a wallet, protecting their private keys and wallet accounts, and making transactions because they find bitcoin beneficial in their daily lives as an investment and a cryptocurrency.

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Everyone uses money but only a few understand how money and the financial system work, but I can say money is very friendly to everyone because everyone likes them.
Going back to bitcoin, if you are a developer or you want to dig deep into the development of cryptocurrency then you need to research it. Most people do not need to be too concerned about the technical problems of bitcoin, learning just a few basic things is enough knowledge to use bitcoin.

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