Topic: Bitcoin Not User Friendly Yet - page 6. (Read 1040 times)

Bitcoin isn't easy in use for most people, but simplifying it isn't the solution. We should educate people about Bitcoin, so they will be able to understand and use it.

Its too hard to give an introduction to the people who want to join bitcoin but they don't have a will to learn. The bitcoin becomes a user friendly to those people who already know the use of it because they already experience the different benefits of it. (AFAIK there is a thread tackle about the benefits of the bitcoin). If you are just a newbie you need to learn with different things better to understand at the start or the core the bitcoin so you can follow the next generations of improvement wit the use of it.

Right now the bitcoin takes a lot of adaptation came from different establishments also recently there are different bitcoin atm to make more convenient to withdraw the funds.

I remember the first time I used the social network facebook, I did it on the recommendation of a friend. If we recommend a friend, family member and people around us to use Bitcoin, we could gain more users.
And so people could use Bitcoin easily and safely in their daily lives.
In my case, it has not been easy to make people around me understand because they are rooted in the traditional banking system and Bitcoin is unknown or afraid of risk.

Yet reliable and good for investment and earning profit. No wonder that even how bitcoin is complicated especially at first try but people tend to love because they can earn on it especially in investing on with bitcoin. This is why others are motivated taking advantage on bitcoin market price volatility.

Yet, bitcoin market price volatility is could also be risky especially if one does not know when to invest in bitcoin. In bitcoin investment one should know when to invest or not and when to sell or hold. These are the key factors in bitcoin investment.

There are still lots of people who doubting how everything works around this industry, those who are not ready to take time learning the system are surely having a hard time. As it's really new to them, from those things that you have mentioned, it's not easy to convince a person where he / she really don't know nothing about the system/chain.


That's a good comparisons, with continue use and continue progress bitcoin along the way will also be embrace as another alternative currency that will co exist with the current fiat system.

Bitcoin is still in a Beta phase as more issues araise, the earlier it could be developed to a more user friendly way of payment like paypal. As we now, Bitcoin recently has been gaining popularity, and thus congestion has become a big problem but it has been solved. Although, you need good tech understanding to atleast use the second layer solutions. Its good while Bitcoin is in semi adopted issues like this gets, called out for in the future gets more GUI.

Maybe people find it difficult to understand the true meaning of bitcoin, the way it function, the backing technology and the process of mining and all. In terms of accessibility bitcoin applications were much user friendly. Maybe the users find it difficult just because of its value. A small mistake can lead to big loss as it is a one way transaction system.

Earlier when Android phones reached the market people find it different and are used to the keypad mobiles. Later the continued usage made the people get used to it. Same is with the Bitcoin and associated applications developed for its usage. When we start using it'll be much easier.

No wonder based on data that the majority of Bitcoin users are under the age of 40, and all Bitcoin transactions must be done online.
This proves that Bitcoin is not user friendly, especially for old people who find it more difficult to understand technology, definitely more
difficult to understand about Bitcoin. So it takes a lot of education and promotion related to Bitcoin,  so many people will understand
Bitcoin. Although really understanding Bitcoin does take time. But I believe that over time people will find it easier to use Bitcoin.

I feel you and that is what I thought before but it was changed, and if you just open up your mind and try to understand its role definitely will change also your insights. It was not an instant learning, in fact, it takes months for me to do it, possibly it makes you hard because you just giving up.
I understand that it needs those technologies, but if you wanted to have a change in your life, just like having a new phone then you'll have to find a way.

Most of people now do own smartphone and i can say that it is much more complicated rather than on understanding on whats bitcoin is all about.

People doesnt able to get on how digital currency work just like on typical credit cards or what.For sure they would already have the idea and also if you are

tending to tell someone about it then the very basics will really be not that hard to explain and no dumb person wouldnt able to understand unless if you do talk
about those people who are completely illiterate both reading and writing but for people that do even study on elementary or highschool will able to scope
up on whats bitcoin directly on simple explaination.

What kind of "User-friendly" do you mean? Its utility? Well, Bitcoin maybe not perfect enough moreover it is not used yet for payment transactions around the world, only limited to several companies or parties that accept BTC as payment.
But, what I understand from your point is not friendly yet seen from its user.
Well let's say this:
I do not know what happens in your country, but in my country, there are a growing community and many more people who are involved and interested in Bitcoin. As for what, I experienced in the past, yes I can't understand Bitcoin because it is a new technology for me. But, does it mean that I can't? NO! I will never be able to understand about BTC is I don't learn about it exactly, don't read about the information of BTC, and don't follow about the BTC progress. If I don't do so, I will never know and understand about BTC.
So do the other people out there, I am sure that if they do learn and try to understand about BTC, they will really know about it.
So, it relates to how we personally stare and concern about BTC itself.

But of course, it needs our involvement again to share more about BTC to many more people and ware of BTC.

Tutorials on bitcoin are quite everywhere on the internet for us to properly educate ourselves and make it friendly for the world is really changing and we need to grow with this new financial system.

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 will always not user-friendly for a person that will stick to that idea for long. I know, there are difficulties understanding even the basics of using Bitcoin but I believe the majority here, including me, experience that kind of difficulty during our newbie days. What are those things we did in order to deal with that problem? If we can, then other people, especially "millennials" can do the same. At that age period, and seeing the status of today's generation, they should at least understand some basic concepts about using bitcoin.

Honestly, the problem is not about being user-friendly but the whole image of bitcoin itself. That was the concern of other people who hesitate to be involved in the crypto-world. Even they are aware that there are several people already who prove that bitcoin is not a bad scheme and since it's inception, bitcoin able to established a vast community, there are "things" in their mind buzzing them all the time that in Bitcoin won't last for a long-time.

I don't blame them. Let them think of that. Bitcoin will progress even with that negativity. On a positive note, no doubt that the adoption is increasing over time, even how slowly it was looked at by others.

Far from the expectations of others. Thus, bitcoin isn't really that user friendly like fiat money. They are saying it is complicated because we need crypto wallets, btc address, internet connection to send bitcoin payments. Unlike fiat money that we can easily spend it without even the use of anything. Although there are selected areas wherein they are accepting bitcoin as a payment but most people considered to pay in cash as well.

Also, bitcoin is not yet ready to be used by majority of people. No offense but they just don't want it to be just complex.

You are mistaking wallet user experience with a whole technology, that is mostly transparent to normal life. Your user experience is determined by the wallet you use. The millennials should have less trouble using an app to pay and get paid, its some of the old dinosaurs that need their physical bills and coins and not newfangled electric thingies to move money around...

Things to do: Nothing, Bitcoin is fine the way it is. If anything LN made it a bit more complex, but you can ignore LN entirely. Else, if you have an issue with YOUR user experience, then you have something to tell to the developers of the wallet you used.

Bitcoin has nothing complicated. You just send money to an address, there is nothing more to that. Maybe you'll want to remind your users that all transactions are FINAL, this is no paypal, wiretransfer or credit card, you cannot revert a transaction. But you could use a mutually trusted escrow.

You may also choose to pay less in transaction fees if you are willing to wait a day or so, but most wallets don't even show you that part unless you delve in the settings. Unfortunately this also leads to the misconception of Bitcoin being "expensive" or "slow", when its actually your wallet deciding for you (or the service you are moving funds from).

Most of these things are not even related to Bitcoin but the use of virtual currency. If you live in a country with an excellent super strong fiat, you are probably too spoiled and used to just fork cash for anything. If you live in a less blessed place, you are already quite familiar with using electronic means, trust me, there is no cash with hyperinflation, just crazy online banking. I feel for the poor souls that lived the Pengo one under communism, but history says people just used things like cigarettes or liquor bottles as a means of exchange. Today there is Bitcoin...

Today it's too hard to introduce the use of the bitcoin because there are a lot.of people telling this is a scam but if they prove it they don't have too much idea regarding this.

The reason why is because of the rumors they hear about the bitcoin that this is a scam but the truth is not.

If you want to share the use of the bitcoin I think the very catchy thing to tell them is they can earn with the bitcoin, it's safe and it's transparent for sure someone caught their curiosity about this kind of topic.

But I think the elders don't want to join with the bitcoin because they are afraid of changes and they don't know most likely the risk-takers are the teenagers.

The interesting fact is the young ages (18-34) are the most group that holding Bitcoin [1]

I understand how difficult to learn Bitcoin if you're not tech-savvy person. You'll feel dizzy when you see some alien word and tired to understand every single of these word. Never give up and it really need times, nothing instant in this world.

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[1] https://medium.com/blockchain-capital-blog/bitcoin-is-a-demographic-mega-trend-data-analysis-160d2f7731e5

But please take in consideration that we are talking about Finances here and I believe most of us are very cautious on this matter especially if user is new on this kind of things like cryptocurrency. If you search on Google about bitcoin, there are some article that shows previous hack, scam, fraud and other negative things about bitcoin so if you are newbie and zero knowledge about it. You will hesitate to install and transfer carelessly. It is not easy as what you are describing because of negative psychological effect.

Maybe you know cryptocurrency during early stage and you didn't experience converting your fiat money to BTC when you are still new on crypto.

im a bit flattered for calling me a verry pro . no im not that pro enough but i have small understanding on how to operate a btc  . 25 yr old  isnt the age group that people people will understand to use a crypto but they can be below than this and can be older than you can imagine  . they dont need to have a knowledge on tech stuffs or knowledge on financial before they can use it but like  me  as long as they are not uneducated they are welcome here . we dont need 5 things , thats too much  . btc is not too complicated for that