Do you honestly think Bitcoin toys would help us?! - page 6.

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Quote from: Hallseplex on March 23, 2016, 06:22:41 AM

It will be very good for the kids. They will know about Bitcoin, because Bitcoin will also have later a good future and that is good.
They can learn how to handle with Bitcoin and what you can do with Bitcoin and that is the best thing.

Just wondering, how would you design a Bitcoin toy? It has to be a way in which you actually get to educate the child with it. You can't just print a Bitcoin Symbol on a toy and then say it's an educational/informative toy. I for one actually don't know how I'd want to make a Bitcoin toy. It sounds complicated, but a good idea nonetheless!

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Quote from: Jeremycoin on March 23, 2016, 07:36:54 AM

But there's so many children toys involved money in it, just like an ATM machine, Monopoly, or even a money toy.
Bitcoin is the same as money, so do you honestly think that toys that involved "money" help our children?

Bitcoin is money, but it's more complicated than a wallet with some cash. Somebody needs to explain the actual properties of the cash (how it's made, how it works, how it's distributed, when it was founded) etc. There's absolutely nothing special about the US dollar or the Canadian dollar. It's just paper with watermarks on them. There's nothing to it at all. At least with Bitcoin, there's more to learn and understand.

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Quote from: Kprawn on March 23, 2016, 09:43:52 AM

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Quote from: jacktheking on March 23, 2016, 04:07:54 AM

To be honest, I actually feel that it might help but not much. I do not think that kid will go to Google and search for "Bitcoin" just because they saw it on their toys. I say it might help because maybe one day when the kid grow up or just started using Google, they might search for "Bitcoin". Even then, we cannot be sure that they will use Bitcoin and support it.

If I were to create a toy for kid relating to Bitcoin, I would create a game similar to monopoly with "Bitcoin" as the money.

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And maybe the "Jail" will be something like "Hacked". Buying a "property" will be like buying a "site". :p.

Haha, I like that. Very cute idea. That's the point that I'm trying to make. The toy, (or in this case a board game) within itself should be teaching that child about Bitcoin in its own unique way. This way, we don't even have to be hoping that the child will just find some type of honest interest to search what Bitcoin means and what it does. Little novelty toys like a super hero toy somebody just mentioned here earlier was seeming rather pointless. It cannot teach that child anything.

Some of these board games are pointless yes, but when I was a kid one of the local insurance companies made a financial based board game, which taught me a lot about

personal finance and budgets, and it made a difference in my life. I sold the board game to a friend, and cannot for the life of me, remember the name. I would welcome a

Bitcoin based online board game, like the one being sold by http://www.richdad.com/apps-games/cashflow-classic {Bitcoin version}

Oh wonderful!

Edit: I actually don't see the part where they're discussing Bitcoin. I saw that they were discussing the US dollar actually. I'm not saying they're not discussing Bitcoin. I'm just saying that I cannot see it. Direct me to it maybe? I love board games.

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Quote from: LinaMay on March 23, 2016, 09:15:22 AM

Quote from: jacktheking on March 23, 2016, 04:07:54 AM

To be honest, I actually feel that it might help but not much. I do not think that kid will go to Google and search for "Bitcoin" just because they saw it on their toys. I say it might help because maybe one day when the kid grow up or just started using Google, they might search for "Bitcoin". Even then, we cannot be sure that they will use Bitcoin and support it.

If I were to create a toy for kid relating to Bitcoin, I would create a game similar to monopoly with "Bitcoin" as the money.

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And maybe the "Jail" will be something like "Hacked". Buying a "property" will be like buying a "site". :p.

Haha, I like that. Very cute idea. That's the point that I'm trying to make. The toy, (or in this case a board game) within itself should be teaching that child about Bitcoin in its own unique way. This way, we don't even have to be hoping that the child will just find some type of honest interest to search what Bitcoin means and what it does. Little novelty toys like a super hero toy somebody just mentioned here earlier was seeming rather pointless. It cannot teach that child anything.

Some of these board games are pointless yes, but when I was a kid one of the local insurance companies made a financial based board game, which taught me a lot about

personal finance and budgets, and it made a difference in my life. I sold the board game to a friend, and cannot for the life of me, remember the name. I would welcome a

Bitcoin based online board game, like the one being sold by http://www.richdad.com/apps-games/cashflow-classic {Bitcoin version}

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Quote from: jacktheking on March 23, 2016, 04:07:54 AM

To be honest, I actually feel that it might help but not much. I do not think that kid will go to Google and search for "Bitcoin" just because they saw it on their toys. I say it might help because maybe one day when the kid grow up or just started using Google, they might search for "Bitcoin". Even then, we cannot be sure that they will use Bitcoin and support it.

If I were to create a toy for kid relating to Bitcoin, I would create a game similar to monopoly with "Bitcoin" as the money.

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And maybe the "Jail" will be something like "Hacked". Buying a "property" will be like buying a "site". :p.

Haha, I like that. Very cute idea. That's the point that I'm trying to make. The toy, (or in this case a board game) within itself should be teaching that child about Bitcoin in its own unique way. This way, we don't even have to be hoping that the child will just find some type of honest interest to search what Bitcoin means and what it does. Little novelty toys like a super hero toy somebody just mentioned here earlier was seeming rather pointless. It cannot teach that child anything.

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Quote from: SFR10 on March 23, 2016, 12:56:29 AM

BTCitcoin toys could have an impact on kids getting interested to BTCitcoin when they grew up and eventually be educated in some extent although not completely. Even though kids have undeveloped mindsets as you mentioned, it's our job to break it for them into simplest form so they would learn it piece from piece (the outcome could be better when they learn it like this all the way until their mature enough to understand the whole picture than when their grown up, you introduce them suddenly and surely their going to take more time before getting the idea completely as opposed to the first one).

If I wanted to invent a BTCitcoin toy, it has to have the full name of BTCitcoin in order to have some impact, so perhaps something along the super hero type with BTC letter as it's simple and name it BTCitcoin man or BTCitman. It's has to be a toy that kids would engage in order to have the most result.

Yeah that's wonderful. What I am trying to add is that it's important that the toys alone can actually educate the child about Bitcoin. A super hero of sorts might be cute and fun but I just don't think it'd really help educate the child about what the currency actually is or how it even works. If you want to see a really effective bitcoin toy, how would you pursue that and make it a reality?

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Quote from: Jeremycoin on March 23, 2016, 07:36:54 AM

But there's so many children toys involved money in it, just like an ATM machine, Monopoly, or even a money toy.
Bitcoin is the same as money, so do you honestly think that toys that involved "money" help our children?

As in future everything can be seen in the digital form. Introduction of bitcoin in toys would make kids understand the future currencies.

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But there's so many children toys involved money in it, just like an ATM machine, Monopoly, or even a money toy.
Bitcoin is the same as money, so do you honestly think that toys that involved "money" help our children?

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why bitcoin toys? i don't see any realation
if you want to teach kids about bitcoin you have to give them a wallet and charge it with their allowance then you have to find a place that they can purchase things like games, toys and stuff like that. this way they learn about bitcoin by using it.

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children pick up new things quickly. as long as the words used are simple.

EG if you say
"bitcoin is decentralized crypto currency ledger units"
they would have no clue

but if u say
"its limited supply money that is not stored in a bank but on a password that no one can access without that password"
they would understand.

then you can explain in more detail using simple words.

so it is possible to teach kids of any age as long as the language and examples are simplified into words that can be understood.

now then, as for a "toy". i dont think that in 2016 a kid is that interested in a teddybear that sings about bitcoin, they would see it as not entertaining or fun. but these days even 3 year olds can play games on an ipad or computer. so making an app that is a simple fun game can easily explain bitcoin without the kids even realizing it.

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It will be very good for the kids. They will know about Bitcoin, because Bitcoin will also have later a good future and that is good.
They can learn how to handle with Bitcoin and what you can do with Bitcoin and that is the best thing.

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Quote from: tech_solutions on March 23, 2016, 04:13:35 AM

Their is both positive and negative feed back,

positive is that idea is not bad but what you are telling is like investing in long term profit, as when the kid grow then only it will be usefull, so their should be some more innovative more for this option.

For investing bitcoins in long term profit idea is like an insurance company but the since kids are kids, they will just sell them for more toys or sweets, Unless there is parental control over the profit from the toys.

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Their is both positive and negative feed back,

positive is that idea is not bad but what you are telling is like investing in long term profit, as when the kid grow then only it will be usefull, so their should be some more innovative more for this option.

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To be honest, I actually feel that it might help but not much. I do not think that kid will go to Google and search for "Bitcoin" just because they saw it on their toys. I say it might help because maybe one day when the kid grow up or just started using Google, they might search for "Bitcoin". Even then, we cannot be sure that they will use Bitcoin and support it.

If I were to create a toy for kid relating to Bitcoin, I would create a game similar to monopoly with "Bitcoin" as the money.

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And maybe the "Jail" will be something like "Hacked". Buying a "property" will be like buying a "site". :p.

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Involving Bitcoins in toys is a great idea from the investment point of view. Since kids needs toys and parents willing to spend money on the toys for their loving kids, whats better if they will be paid for using them. Better for kids and their parents also.

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Quote from: LinaMay on March 23, 2016, 12:38:49 AM

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Quote from: CreativeCarol on March 22, 2016, 10:43:39 PM

This post is actually in reference to another post. It's really hard to take it serious for some reason. In theory it sounds rather meaningful but I don't really think it can be useful in any way. This person didn't actually suggest toys based on Bitcoin, but it actually made me go from their point to this one. Do you really think toys based on Bitcoin could be utilized to actually raise our children to be educated on the currency? Do you think they'd actually enjoy the toys? Do you think they can actually grasp what Bitcoin even is? I just feel like trying to teach small children anything huge and confusing is a bad idea because children naturally have undeveloped mindsets to not even be able to grasp what certain things mean. That's why you can't sue children, that's why children don't have jobs and that's why children can't drive.

Curious though, if you wanted to invent a Bitcoin toy, what would you make?

I think bitcoin toys would help us introduce bitcoin to people. I mean people will notice the toy and find a information about what is bitcoin. And kids will ask they parents what is bitcoin.

Yeah but it'd have to educate the child alone without looking up Bitcoin. The toy on its own should really educate. There should be some kind of pamphlet explaining the nature of the currency, and so on.

I think it will be good for the future. Because it will be good if there will be more people that can have some Bitcoin and that will be nice.
It is also good if they will know what Bitcoin can do and that is really important for the future. So they will it use it too.

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Quote from: CreativeCarol on March 22, 2016, 10:43:39 PM

This post is actually in reference to another post. It's really hard to take it serious for some reason. In theory it sounds rather meaningful but I don't really think it can be useful in any way. This person didn't actually suggest toys based on Bitcoin, but it actually made me go from their point to this one. Do you really think toys based on Bitcoin could be utilized to actually raise our children to be educated on the currency? Do you think they'd actually enjoy the toys? Do you think they can actually grasp what Bitcoin even is? I just feel like trying to teach small children anything huge and confusing is a bad idea because children naturally have undeveloped mindsets to not even be able to grasp what certain things mean. That's why you can't sue children, that's why children don't have jobs and that's why children can't drive.

Curious though, if you wanted to invent a Bitcoin toy, what would you make?

Bitcoin toys can have impact to the children when they play with those but i don't think that the children are playing too much with toys nowadays, i think a better marketing would be creating computer and mobile games for children and so they will love bitcoin

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Quote from: CreativeCarol on March 22, 2016, 10:43:39 PM

This post is actually in reference to another post. It's really hard to take it serious for some reason. In theory it sounds rather meaningful but I don't really think it can be useful in any way. This person didn't actually suggest toys based on Bitcoin, but it actually made me go from their point to this one. Do you really think toys based on Bitcoin could be utilized to actually raise our children to be educated on the currency? Do you think they'd actually enjoy the toys? Do you think they can actually grasp what Bitcoin even is? I just feel like trying to teach small children anything huge and confusing is a bad idea because children naturally have undeveloped mindsets to not even be able to grasp what certain things mean. That's why you can't sue children, that's why children don't have jobs and that's why children can't drive.

Curious though, if you wanted to invent a Bitcoin toy, what would you make?

Dildo maybe? Just kidding, lol.

To be honest, why do you think a children will understand Bitcoin when they do not even understand the currency yet? It's like asking them to commit suicide by jumping off of a building without giving them a chance to learn the meaning of life. It's just my honest opinion, though.

Children do have jobs, IMO. Did you know the term child actor or child actress? Well, but not every child can be one.

Quote from: CreativeCarol on March 22, 2016, 11:43:45 PM

Why would you say that though? What is your reasoning for that? I don't know of any children using this site. It's mostly adults.

Trust me. There is a lot of children on the Internet and so does on Bitcointalk because the Internet isn't only limited to adults.

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The biggest problem would be finding a company that is willing to mass produce these types of toys. You still need to sell them somehow to people, and kids usually want "cool" toys, or toys that their friends also have.

Bitcoin is not cool to have as a toy yet, as hardly anybody knows it and hardly any kid will have toys of it. This can really take off once bitcoin grows more popular, but until then, the market is probably too small.

The piggybank on kickstarter is really cool though. Smart parents can still buy it for their kids as it is not a toy but rather a way to get them saving some cash (in a potentially very lucerative way!).

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using bitcoin toys will give more exposure for bitcoin it is funny but if we can design well and attractive toy, just like minions for example that toys is not for kids but it gather popularity and adults delighted to, so creating a toys which design to focus to introduce bitcoin is not a bad idea for me.

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