Topic: Do you still bother to engage non Bitcoiners? - page 11. (Read 13322 times)

that's is really true it's harder to convince people even the family members or friends if talking about money matters  difficult convince them to invest in crypto without showing of evince how earn profits. I agree to give warned before investing in crypto currency  about risk but we need to explain the importance of crypto before they convince to get involve for their awareness.

I really do not debate with friends but they have a general concept about the new market and when ever they plan to invest they used to ask about my opinion and even i messed up big time when there were many scam projects with convincing white papers and good ratings from prominent sites, never imagined everyone is a shill shit review sites who accepts money and write good reviews, lost a lot of money during that phase and so i stopped advising when i had those bitter experience but i last year i was active in another forum site not related to bitcoin but another venture where i am the crypto guru  .

If they are ready to learn then there is nothing wrong in educating them but don't make it look as if you are trying to convince them into investing in cryptocurrency, because when they lose in the cause of they usage they may blame you for that and even term bitcoin a scam.

That is true, I already have seen this before, and it's tough to convince or explain something new to them. They will say no, I don't want to try that thing because I don't have time to learn a new thing or another reason. They keep trying with the usual way without the want to try to do a new thing. But we cannot force them if they don't want to and we could let them choose what they want.

Agreed. It's a rather sad look by now. Bitcoin itself of course doesn't give a shit, but it makes them look like twats.

I find all these r/bitcoin articles along the lines of 'Azeri man with large eyebrows can't buy misfiring Suzuki because his bank is covered with manure by protesting farmers - Bitcoin user not affected' pathetic.

It took me much efforts to convinced  two colleagues  of mine on the need to adopt  cryptos luckily one of them bought some bitcoin for a trial in December last year when btc was $3400+ surprisingly with the recent pump he sold at $7800 making an reasonable  profits within the span of four months,  this guy was glad and willing  to buy again when the price dump more to it I was able to practicalize how to use and transact  bitcoin thus I won't relent in my efforts to bring in more people  into cryptocurrencies

Absolutely not. I will not convince someone to invest in a market that is so hyper-volatile and risky, because when they get shaken out during bear markets, it's a bad feeling to know you played a role in getting them involved. If I am approached, I'll answer questions as best as I can. But I make it clear this market is not for most people.

I do not debate those that do not believe in Bitcoin. Talking to this category of people is useless. I only talk and encourage those that have interest in the cryptocurrency. I will not want people to  invest in Bitcoin  because I talked them into it and if they lose their investment they end up blaming me.

I just don't think convincing them with all our might will allow them to change what they firmly believe in if they don't have any intention to be convinced. We'll just be wasting our energy. Just like I always say, people have different perspective on things. I think we have already done our part of explaining to them the capabilities of bitcoin. If they don't want to be convinced, then so be it. As long as I know that bitcoin is real and is really here, I don't have to explain my belief furthermore. I'll just sit tight and wait for them to be convinced. Then eventually, I can tell them, "I told you so."

I used to do it but not anymore.
it has reached a point where it is a waste of time to argue with these certain types of people. not because of what they say and not because of their lack of understanding but only because of lack of want of understanding. they simply don't want to change their mind and they are absurd enough to want to force their false opinions on other people too! I  never waste my time with this group.
of course there are times when someone is seriously misled by that first group and needs to be clarified on some reality in which case I try to enlighten them to the best of my knowledge because I believe that you have to spread the knowledge that you have even if it is small.

I can't say there are a lot of people I talk to about it. I will however have a conversation about Bitcoin with anyone who wants to. After first getting involved, I had a 67 year old coworker who had next to no use for anything new with tech. We did talk about it a lot though as I spent an abundance of time on the forum as well as anything involving my home mine. He though tit was interesting but couldn't see any utility apart from a store of value like silver.

Thought of that as a win, considering he didn't online shop or buy anything not in person.

From that I had a few discussions with people at work around mining and some of the ways I was able to use BTC. A few friends have been interested in using some older miners to heat out-building and other non occupied spaces in the winter.

I don't tell people to put there money in though, I only want to share what I know about it and how I use it. The rest is for them to decide. I did caution people not to buy in when things were in FOMO, kind of said maybe wait a bit this has been a crazy run, see how things shake out. Even then it was just a discussion about it.

I wouldn't be able to stand having the same discussion over and over as I'm not here to convince anyone. I do like when people bring it up again though and seem to be more interested. I have an uncle who at first couldn't be bothered to hear anything about mining or BTC, asking a lot of questions with a genuine interest in the process. Still not interested in getting involved but has a peaked interest.

everyday, I yell it in the streets as I walk past the 10 banks LOL

I always going to explain for the one that want to listen, I won't bother to try to convince anyone anymore, they already see how they can get profit by only holding it, and Japan already start to adopt, many countries already start to study crypto, so if they not interested then its their lost

Apparently, there are some people who have the zeal of religious followers and they will not stop until they can convince unbelievers into their side. This is unnecessary and can even make Bitcoin cheap and maybe even cultist. The best thing to do is just refer people to different sources of reliable information and give the person the freedom if he wants to join the Bitcoin bandwagon or maybe decide things later. Sure, this means that there will be slow growth but if it is steady and solid then we have nothing to worry about. This is not a recruitment program, anyway.

There are only a few open minded people around me, most of them does not have the intelligence to think out of the box.

So I does not try to convince them anymore.

I still try to make people adopt bitcoin, even now that bitcoiners morale is a bit low... It's very common to praise bitcoin and hear a negative reply back, because the low value compared to the maximum price already reached out.
Well, then I don't have many arguments against it, as I know on the practice it has a lot of impact on peoples minds, price and stability is everything for the ordinary citizen. But I try to share the message that bitcoin can open a vast new world for its users.

No don't force them.  I try to offer it as an option.   If someone wants to buy my stuff I ask for bitcoin.   Eventually you get people to use it.   Worse case is just not selling at all but again your going to keep trying until you get one person curious about bitocin.   I let bitcoin be an alternative option when it comes to money transfer.

If you force them it will lead into heated arguments and would never use it at all.

Which non-bitcoiners? Altcoiners or common people?
For altcoiners, I still engage in the discussion on why they should put more weight in bitcoin, not altcoin. However, for the people outside of the cryptocurrency community, I do not want to shill them into buying bitcoin since it is a high-risk investment. I only explain about the technology when they ask me about it.

Well, I don't bother debating with naysayers and non-crypto believers. It's a waste of time since most of them are not open to changes and what is coming. Let them be left behind, we all know that bitcoin is here and it will stay. Do no bother spreading crypto to people who are not interested on the first place, if they are interested they will ask and approach for help and information.

i am following another bitcoin related topic in another forum but i only get involved when someone is making a bad technical mistake and is telling others to do the same. for example there was this thing where they were using blockchain.info and thought it is the wallet for bitcoin as PayPal.com is the wallet for PayPal dollars!

but as far as discussions about bitcoin future goes and the naysayers i don't get involved anymore because anybody who is still in that topic and is still negative about it is either trolling or lying. there is no way someone finds bitcoin that bad and still sticks around and passionately spreads FUD about it.