One of the adversaries bitcoin or cryptocurrency faces today is the issue of its real life usage. This is highly dependent on merchants whom are ready to accept but these too are hindered by the activities of government and scammers alike. I doubt the case of usage has been much of a problem lately in nations like El-Salvador and I can almost say the same for Russia and Ukraine. By there accepting aids in bitcoin is a direct admittance of its use case and admittance. You can agree with me that, these too is sure to propel its use cases and awareness.
yes donations show its real.. to another nation.. but not so much personally/locally to the person sitting infront of you
EG people know airmiles are real. but for people that dont travel they dont see any reason to try to collect airmiles if they have no reason/need/ability to then spend airmiles, as it is not a feature/benefit that fits their life style/experience
from my experiences of travelling the world and meeting people, many people have many questions.
EG 'yes its legal, but is it useful.. like is it 'money' where i can buy things from many places, or is it just like air miles/loyalty credits/shares that can only be used for limited things'
EG going to africa where by none of the villages accept bitcoin for products, there is no point talking about that bitcoin is used to buy products, as that just causes more questions with negative answers..
so before even going into lengthy speaches about how its an international and open currency, prepare to be asked about if its useful as a currency where you live by seeing if its even able to buy products near you
if its not useful as a 'money'(to buy stuff) near you, where you cant buy car fuel or food or goods near you, dont spend long trying to talk about it as if it is a open currency. instead tailor the usecase to some specific things local people can do with it
EG banking for the unbanked in africa or remittance or international trade
no one actually likes the utopian hope speaches of possible futures, they want to know what it can do for them now..
then once they are interested and see the real benefits NOW.... then talk about the possible extra's that could be possible
other things like .. well lets use the el-salvador thing
starting off by saying how bitcoin is a decentralised payment network that people own their own value and in full control... and the el salvadorians say, but bitcoin network fee's are high, so they use LN, and then they explain how LN is not full control as it is a different network involving locking up funds with someone else and using middle men to route payments and even after a payment is made its not settled that instant, and if you want to settle you need to ensure the partner your locked to does not abuse the contract.. suddenly people see LN is not bitcoin and bitcoin is not the payment system people promise when they are actually pushing them off bitcoin to use LN