Everyone who's going to hear about bitcoin has heard about it - page 3.

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Quote from: CryptoTrout on May 06, 2015, 02:28:10 AM

i meet people who have never heard of bitcoin all the time

same.

Not everyone pay attention to CNBC and Yahoo/Google Finance, or even use Internet too much.

Some people just don't care about finances, so they won't care or give any importance to bitcoin and stuff

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It's not true. Still many people are not aware about bitcoins and its functioning. They would have heard but dont possess any knowledge how it works. Thing at present is that everyone is so addicted to smartphones that they can't take their eyes off it so how can they know about bitcoins??

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Quote from: Shindo1988 on May 05, 2015, 07:34:20 AM

They were trained to be guided and told what to do.
Ever since they stepped foot in school.
They "taught" them all the things they need to DO and only what they wanted them to know.

Well if you put it like that, it would mean that the ones that are awake are either special or haven't gone to school (?).
I guess it will take us a lot of years before people really catch on and Bitcoin becomes more mainstream.

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Quote from: vm_mpn on May 05, 2015, 07:14:40 PM

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Quote from: gentlemand on May 04, 2015, 09:43:34 PM

True, but there's a universe of difference between hearing a word and actually knowing all it entails.

I obtained my first mobile phone around fifteen years after becoming aware of them. I had heard of the internet many years before i actually got on there and realised the potential.

I first read of btc in 2009 but didn't bother to comprehend it until 2012/13.

Reminded me of White men can't jump scene where woody and wes are fighting over Hearing Jimmy and Listening to Jimmy. Many have "Listened" about bitcoin but few have really "Heard" about bitcoin. Here's the clip from the movie:

https://youtu.be/WIgODEvUTgU [NSFW]

Completely agree... How many times each of us has heard about Bitcoin and dismissed it before jumping in a year or two later? Even Andreas A. has dismissed Bitcoin as useless "nerd's money" first time around, just to become Bitcoin evangelist a year later. It's a common story around here.

This is true about most new things. With bitcoin as pretty much anything else there will be waves on adopters, but like the internet or computers or mobiles phones it could become where it's just another every day thing. This wont happen overnight and will take some time but it certainly could happen for us if we just have some patience.

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Quote from: ObscureBean on May 05, 2015, 10:45:14 AM

I think we still have a ways to go, we need more big companies under our belt to be able to really reach the layperson. I believe Overstock is currently the biggest retailer we have which is really awesome, it's just a bit of a shame that they don't seem to have Bitcoin mentioned anywhere on their front page, it's only when you go to pay that you get the option. People need to be able to see the Bitcoin logo more places online, if the word Bitcoin is always popping up, eventually some will try to learn more about it.

I've seen the PerfectMoney, Webmoney, and other logos about 10,000 times. I've never felt the desire to learn more about them. Why? Because I'm doing fine with the things I'm using now. I won't start using something new unless I get a big discount. It might be the same with most people and bitcoin.

Yes but nobody talks about PM or WM and those rare people that do don't put it across with nearly the same amount of energy as when Bitcoin folks talk about Bitcoin. The reason is simple, PM and WM have never made anyone rich and hope is not a sentiment associated with these two. Bitcoin on the other hand has made plenty of nouveau riche and has given plenty more people hope. The energy involved is not nearly as dull as with PM and WM. The person who's seen the BTC logo 10,000 times only has to speak with 1 BTC enthusiast to have a good feel of this energy. Having the Bitcoin logo displayed in more places is never going sway the whole world, it merely increases the likelihood of the Bitcoin fever spreading Wink

Bitcoin is different from things like PerfectMoney etc because not only is it a payment processor, but it's something completely revolutionary in that it is it's own decentralized currency as well. Bitcoin really has the power to change things and make people's lives better, PerfectMoney doesn't - it's just a money transmitter at the end of the day.

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i meet people who have never heard of bitcoin all the time

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Quote from: jehst on May 05, 2015, 10:48:47 AM

Quote from: ObscureBean on May 05, 2015, 10:45:14 AM

I think we still have a ways to go, we need more big companies under our belt to be able to really reach the layperson. I believe Overstock is currently the biggest retailer we have which is really awesome, it's just a bit of a shame that they don't seem to have Bitcoin mentioned anywhere on their front page, it's only when you go to pay that you get the option. People need to be able to see the Bitcoin logo more places online, if the word Bitcoin is always popping up, eventually some will try to learn more about it.

I've seen the PerfectMoney, Webmoney, and other logos about 10,000 times. I've never felt the desire to learn more about them. Why? Because I'm doing fine with the things I'm using now. I won't start using something new unless I get a big discount. It might be the same with most people and bitcoin.

Yes but nobody talks about PM or WM and those rare people that do don't put it across with nearly the same amount of energy as when Bitcoin folks talk about Bitcoin. The reason is simple, PM and WM have never made anyone rich and hope is not a sentiment associated with these two. Bitcoin on the other hand has made plenty of nouveau riche and has given plenty more people hope. The energy involved is not nearly as dull as with PM and WM. The person who's seen the BTC logo 10,000 times only has to speak with 1 BTC enthusiast to have a good feel of this energy. Having the Bitcoin logo displayed in more places is never going sway the whole world, it merely increases the likelihood of the Bitcoin fever spreading Wink

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Quote from: solstoce on May 05, 2015, 07:06:41 PM

Quote from: gentlemand on May 04, 2015, 09:43:34 PM

True, but there's a universe of difference between hearing a word and actually knowing all it entails.

I obtained my first mobile phone around fifteen years after becoming aware of them. I had heard of the internet many years before i actually got on there and realised the potential.

I first read of btc in 2009 but didn't bother to comprehend it until 2012/13.

Reminded me of White men can't jump scene where woody and wes are fighting over Hearing Jimmy and Listening to Jimmy. Many have "Listened" about bitcoin but few have really "Heard" about bitcoin. Here's the clip from the movie:

https://youtu.be/WIgODEvUTgU [NSFW]

Completely agree... How many times each of us has heard about Bitcoin and dismissed it before jumping in a year or two later? Even Andreas A. has dismissed Bitcoin as useless "nerd's money" first time around, just to become Bitcoin evangelist a year later. It's a common story around here.

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Quote from: gentlemand on May 04, 2015, 09:43:34 PM

True, but there's a universe of difference between hearing a word and actually knowing all it entails.

I obtained my first mobile phone around fifteen years after becoming aware of them. I had heard of the internet many years before i actually got on there and realised the potential.

I first read of btc in 2009 but didn't bother to comprehend it until 2012/13.

Reminded me of White men can't jump scene where woody and wes are fighting over Hearing Jimmy and Listening to Jimmy. Many have "Listened" about bitcoin but few have really "Heard" about bitcoin. Here's the clip from the movie:

https://youtu.be/G1FshIXjOMs [NSFW]

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I Don't think that many would have heard about the bitcoin. And if they have heard they don't the actual functioning of bitcoin . But it's not their fault actually if they keep updated themselves with latest technology they would be surely aware about the bitcoin but generally it doesn't happen.

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Quote from: fdylstyx on May 04, 2015, 09:39:29 PM

Can't argue with that.

Most people I have spoken to haven't heard of bitcoin. Perhaps the OP is living in the USA . Just because it is occasionally was mentioned on chinese or russian news broadcasts doesn't mean most people have heard about it there . There is a very specific demographic that even pays attention to financial or technology news. I would suggest the following -

~~Everyone~~ Most people interested in finance news and IT who's going to hear about bitcoin has heard about it.

Of the fraction of people who have heard about it no practically nothing about it as well.

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Quote from: ScreamnShout on May 05, 2015, 03:44:37 PM

I don't think this is true many have never even heard of Bitcoin.

Believe me there are more people who never heard of bitcoin at all. World is a big place. Some people don't have even mobile phone and PC so how could they hear, not to mention use - bitcoins.
With bitcoin, there is requirement that society will be highly technocratic. We are not on that level yet.

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What is this Bitcoin?

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They may have heard about, but they don't KNOW about it. Also foreign markets.

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I don't think this is true many have never even heard of Bitcoin.

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I Simply Don't Agree with this.

I Don't think that everyone is aware about the bitcoin. If you talk about US and European countries then I totally agree that they would heard about it but If you say that Indians are also aware about it then I totally disagree having heard and having a knowledge about it its a vast difference.

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Quote from: RodeoX on May 05, 2015, 10:52:38 AM

Kind of like the internet. By 1990 most everyone had heard of it, had a strong opinion about it, and had not even a clue as to what it really was.

I have seen a lot people comparing the early internet as to how Bitcoin is now. The internet really changed our lives, and that happened worldwide.

With Bitcoin it's quite different. In rich and well developed countries the need for something like Bitcoin is low.

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Quote from: jehst on May 05, 2015, 10:48:47 AM

Quote from: ObscureBean on May 05, 2015, 10:45:14 AM

I think we still have a ways to go, we need more big companies under our belt to be able to really reach the layperson. I believe Overstock is currently the biggest retailer we have which is really awesome, it's just a bit of a shame that they don't seem to have Bitcoin mentioned anywhere on their front page, it's only when you go to pay that you get the option. People need to be able to see the Bitcoin logo more places online, if the word Bitcoin is always popping up, eventually some will try to learn more about it.

I've seen the PerfectMoney, Webmoney, and other logos about 10,000 times. I've never felt the desire to learn more about them. Why? Because I'm doing fine with the things I'm using now. I won't start using something new unless I get a big discount. It might be the same with most people and bitcoin.

As most people on this thread have pointed out, knowing about Bitcoin, has no relation to knowing what Bitcoin is, or why it's useful. I had heard of Bitcoin 2 or 3 years before actually looking up more information on what it was. As soon as I understood what it was, I was hooked.

As jehst said, people may have seen the word Bitcoin or heard it mentioned, but they don't go looking for information on what it is.

IMHO, for a large population of people to understand what it is, there needs to be a specialized nationwide commercial in each country about what is wrong with fiat money, and why Bitcoin solves those problems. Play it enough, and you'd have a LOT of new interested people.

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it's ok. we don't need more people in the bitcoin space right now. i like the price where it is. gives us all time to accumulate more coin.

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The revolution will be monetized!

Kind of like the internet. By 1990 most everyone had heard of it, had a strong opinion about it, and had not even a clue as to what it really was.

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21 million. I want them all.

Quote from: ObscureBean on May 05, 2015, 10:45:14 AM

I think we still have a ways to go, we need more big companies under our belt to be able to really reach the layperson. I believe Overstock is currently the biggest retailer we have which is really awesome, it's just a bit of a shame that they don't seem to have Bitcoin mentioned anywhere on their front page, it's only when you go to pay that you get the option. People need to be able to see the Bitcoin logo more places online, if the word Bitcoin is always popping up, eventually some will try to learn more about it.

I've seen the PerfectMoney, Webmoney, and other logos about 10,000 times. I've never felt the desire to learn more about them. Why? Because I'm doing fine with the things I'm using now. I won't start using something new unless I get a big discount. It might be the same with most people and bitcoin.

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