Topic: How do you cope with those around you not believing in you for choosing Bitcoin? (Read 687 times)

In my personal case, time has proven that I was right (so far), so those not believing me have a problem because they must agree that they were blinded by their egos or simply keep thinking that I was simply a freak that was lucky. In the second case, I don't think it will be easy for them to bear the cognitive dissonances that they must suffer when their inner voice tell them that if they listened to the freak now they'd have made some money (because for all of them this finalist perspective is the only one that worries them, they don't care about data protection or philosophy of economics, while they keep paying every single current expense with credit card like idiots).

So, how do I cope with them? I try to avoid the topic when I talk to them and, with some, I stopped talking. Anyway, I have to tell that the people I shared with my interest in Bitcoin are just a few: not the best to contribute to the dissemination of Bitcoin (I am satisfied with the work I do here in the forum in that regard), but experience has proven me that it is the best strategy for my own peace of mind in my everyday life.

the truth is that, if you like invest in bitcoin or not, people will always talk at you, if no one is not discouraging you or making you look like what you are doing will not yield positive result, chances are that you are heading in the wrong direction. For me, as long as I believe in what I am doing and I am very much convinced of the reason for my decision, I don't really give much attention to any external contribution as they will not see things in the angle I am seeing it and so there judgement is certainly not going to make any difference anyways.

The people you should get advice from regarding your investment in bitcoin should be individual already in the field that are more experienced than you as they might be in the best position to guide you in the right direction from the experiences they have gathered.

I understand; you offered Bitcoin insights before everyone was skeptical. I find it amusing that people need government approval to trust new ideas. Correct - exploitative businesses scammed, not Bitcoin. Bitcoin cant be a scam alone because its decentralized.

The irony is rich, isnt it? After government approval, everyone agrees. Associating ideologies with official stamps. Your early support was right when the government accepted Bitcoin in 2017. This is outdated thinking stopping people from realizing new technology's potential until its widely embraced.

Your experience teaches vision and patience. Innovative ideas are frustrating to reject. You also demonstrate that most people trail behind geniuses. People who rejected your advise in 2017 later sought it are proof. Revolutionary ideas gain popularity slowly in this situation. You're influencing how people view and use disruptive tech like Bitcoin.

Let me see if I'm understanding correctly: you're saying that if someone doesn't agree with your ideas/beliefs then you simply pretty much exclude from your life? If that is the case, well, it's kind of extreme, don't you think? You can express your ideas with your friends, they have all the rights to decide whether they wan't to agree or not with you.

Navigating skepticism about my crypto choices is like walking a path not everyone sees. I stay true to my belief, share the knowledge, and connect with fellow crypto enthusiasts who understand the journey, making the challenge a bit easier to handle.

I would always think that they weren't the ones feeding me and my family, so I would stop talking or keep my distance from them as it is very toxic. If they can't understand what you are doing or can't support you then it is better to stay away from those kinds of people. Always think that if your investment in Bitcoin is successful and you make a lot of money for sure those people will congratulate you and guess what they will ask money from you. Leave them as you can't gain any positive things from them.

I only discussed Bitcoin with folks who believe that Bitcoin exists to avoid unnecessary argument, Bitcoin has already advertised itself, the only people that does not know much about Bitcoin is rural dwellers who do not have a smartphone and do without internet service, people who usually make use of the internet have gotten series of information about Bitcoin, something I just feel maybe they are not interested that's why they are giving it deaf ear, for those who do not believe in Bitcoin that's is around me, I don't have any problem with them being around because I know for sure that am entitled to my decision, I already know how reliable bitcoin is, as I can't change their stands that's how they can't change mine too.

In the first place, you have no obligation to share the bitcoin with them, because even if you share it with them without their consent, I am pretty sure some of them will still blame you; the one who will be released in the end is still you.

So just believe what you believe in Bitcoin or cryptocurrency. Because of what I do, only my close friends and partner really understand what I do. I know that, until now, many of the things I do that I know are still not believed to be true, and I don't care about that.

In my early years in Bitcoin (around 2014), I was very excited to share my newly found knowledge.  So I talked about Bitcoin to my friends and told them about it.  It was a disappointing story because they all think that Bitcoin is a scam since they are looking for government acceptance like certification or whatever. Bitcoin wasn't that established that year and was used as bait to scam people.  I only told them that it was the company that exploited Bitcoin that did scam but not Bitcoin itself since Bitcoin has no central authority and any company that claims they are affiliated with Bitcoin is a fraud.

It was really a disappointing experience but I do not get mad at people who reject Bitcoin because they have their reason not to believe with Bitcoin during that time.  I just told myself that one day when Bitcoin is recognized by the government they will regret their decision.  That happened in the year 2017 when our government acknowledged Bitcoin as mode of payment and these people who ignored the information I told them came asking me about Bitcoin and how they can take advantage of the opportunity it offers.

I've never tried to convince anyone. The way I do it is I avoid starting a conversation about bitcoin and from time to time someone mentions something related to bitcoin, like ask what do I think about new KYC rules for transactions, cash limits, mining limits in countries that struggle with energy crisis... Then we start talking about bitcoin and I just say that I support it, believe in it and tell them why. I don't try to convince them, I don't tell them to buy bitcoin. If they want to do it it's their choice and they usually don't try to argue with me.
I have 0 problems with people who don't use bitcoin, but I openly tell them that I do if they ask me about it.

What must be answered to the epraosn is that the money is yours, it has no power to get involved in or what they don't care about, whether they believe or not believe in bitcoin, they cannot make us believe in what others say, it is ours. money, it is our decision and that must be respected, how many people will not accept bitcoin is strange, I find it strange because it is money, it is a way to multiply our money as time goes by, that is why it must be Be very smart when you choose to buy bitcoin and not another investment in fiat, in banks and in other real estate options, but whoever wants to buy bitcoin because it seems best to them, that must be respected.

 
Verify according to when i learnt of Bitcoin, I was comfortably in doubt and ignorant about it and it was hard  believing its reputable state of potentials else I would had been into the system since longer time ago.
So, I still believe there are people as my formal belief about Bitcoin so I could handle their negative sabotages about Bitcoin and I was able to ask them let me concentrate on my journey without trying to incite me with some negative anxieties along my Bitcoin quest.
This is one of my aspirations of creating this thread that talked about: Walking with those on the same mission as you if you must conquer" https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.62512588

 
You don't push and pull out of people just because they don't agrees to your believe else you would create unnecessary instigations and that is assumed of being biased. Knowledges and beliefs are in diverses so those of your friends is either not a waste being around you because they may hold potentials to offer outside your Bitcoin investment.
But you may decide to pull out of people who doesn't want your success and not just because they are not of same mere belief with you else it natures your you negative rapporteur and segregations sabotages.

 
The truth is that it is not healthy enough to convince anyone about Bitcoin but can only talk to them about it as much the Bitcoin markets doesn't require any form of marketing skills to attract one for personal interests of making profits.
They may doubt you in as much they are adamant and ignorant to the system but does not mean they are bad people but at the virtue where you are being expected to fail is where lyes being an anti-success and should be avoided.

@ OP, I have come to realize that if you don't talk about Bitcoin or giving one the chances to argue with you about Bitcoin no one would stress of it with you.

 Well, it's not actually giving me a hard time because I usually ignore those type of people who never agree on my own stands in life, especially when it comes to my own investments. People like them do not deserve my time explaining to them because for obvious reason, once they don't like what you are doing, they will always have a lot of negative to say to you and to your own choices in life. And for me, that's okay because we don't live to mind other life's businesses but we live for our own choices in life. And when I say I'm into bitcoin, that means I will pursue it without considering other people's ideas and suggestions especially to those people whom I think are actually against bitcoin.

My money, my rules, my own choice for my investment. That words simply means that they have no right to manipulate my decision just because we don't share the same concepts when it comes to bitcoin.

Usually, I am quite different, and I think differently. I'm not scared and don't react when someone doesn't believe my beliefs. I just let them live with their beliefs. I don't try to convince you to walk on the same path as me. Because it's related to financial investment, if something goes wrong, it would hurt me later. How can we think that everyone's beliefs are the same? All the individuals won't be interested in Bitcoin so quickly. But when they see your success, they will realise their mistakes, and they will respect your beliefs. I have real experience; one of my friends didn't believe in Bitcoin until six years ago. A few days ago, he told me he was wrong. He should have a better life if he became a bitcoin investor.

I don't really think about what people around me think. There will always be some persons who will surely be against you or not believe in you, no matter what you do. You can't please everyone, and not everyone will be pleased with what you do. My decision on Bitcoin is a personal one, others' opinions, whether right or wrong, are invalid. There will be a time when the evidence of investing will show, and at that time, those who neglected me will not have any conversation to do with when they ask me how I did it.

Let them be.
Some would be frustrated trying to win their relatives’ favor of this investment but on my end I’d choose not to encourage others to also do so. One reason is the risk; I know how fast changes take place with market behavior and I don’t want to drag other people to something which has risk. If ever they’d have the initiative to invest then I would be willing to guide them. I am avoiding conflicts; non crypto investors would normally be impressed of the profit potential but not the risk. And if ever things would be problematic I would be for sure the one to blame if ever I would choose to encourage them to invest in this industry.

Just ignore them, because only we benefit from the beauty of Bitcoin when we enjoy its benefits because Bitcoin can change our lives for the better, especially in financial terms.
And at that time I felt some people's chatter about Bitcoin, and I ignored it because I understood that they didn't know about Bitcoin and why fight it because it was just a waste of time. And after they saw the changes I experienced in a year and a few months, starting from the house I renovated, having a motorbike and also a luxurious lifestyle and so on because I wanted them to see and ask what made me change. And that's where they were amazed and when they just asked me, I just said this is the Bitcoin yield that you insulted at that time. And in the end they realized and regretted that besides my clear evidence, they also saw some news about Bitcoin rising, and also many investors who became rich because of Bitcoin.

We would just stress ourselves if we keep allowing those negative opinion coming from people doesn't know or didn't like to know about bitcoin since for sure that they will be close minded on it since they don't know anything about bitcoin. Maybe I will just simply continue on what I am doing and will not have time to explain anything to them about what I do. Just letting them to see the profits I made by investing on Bitcoin and crypto then its up for them if they try or if they ask since I will answer it on the most basic way.

Maybe they might really get interest about it when they see bitcoin bull run is already happening and to many people earning a lot of money coming from it. The profit itself will explain anything and for sure those skeptical people will might get interest about trying since they also want to earn that.

I couldn’t care less about other peoples opinions on my bitcoin investments & involvements. I’ve had many family members & friends, associates etc make sarcastic remarks when the price has gone down but they’ve all been made to look very silly as long term, the price just continues to rise & make new all time highs. You would think that they would eat humble pie & buy but they don’t. Presumably they’ll be making sarcastic remarks towards ke when the price drops from 150k to 40k or something similar in 2026/27.

However, truth be told that everyone is not meant to be the same as you and people not agreeing with what you are saying doesn't mean that they too don't have a good reason for that. Moreover, there are a lot of people today that don't like what others don't like and most of them are doing well so far.
For me, I can still keep those same people as friends only if they mean no harm to me or if they are not like a threat to my investment. Why, because we can learn from each other, they too might know what I don't know, and I can still learn from them and they too can learn from me in one way or the other.
Sometimes, those people that are closer to us are the ones that mean harm to us. There is a popular saying in my locality that says YOUR BEST FRIEND IS YOUR WORST ENEMIES and it is true because, when they are closer to you, they are getting more information about you and your assets.