Topic: How would you convince a newbie to use BTC? (Read 2696 times)

How do you convince a newb to use Bitcoin?

The same way Satoshi did. Sell it as magic or sell it as science.

Honestly, Until now, I still have not yet convinced my parents . LOL

They have not believe in what is Bitcoin

I have tried to convince my family to understand what is bitcoin worths and how to spend it , how to earn it,... They ask me "who will pay for you" ? Computer ? what happen if "it" don't pay ?  

I am very tired of that. Until they still not yet believe me . LOL

Nope. Completely wrong. 99.99+% of people are content with their national currency. There is absolutely 0 benefit to using bitcoin currently. Any potential discount is completely offset by the difficulty in obtaining bitcoins, and the transaction + exchange costs associated with it.

It's clear that the bitcoin of today is no where near as versatile, as useful, and as easy to use as USD, chinese yuan, japanese yen, euro, or any other major currency. Bitcoin fails on pretty much every point for the average person.

The bitcoin of today is about as useful to the average joe as the first computers were. Or the first airplanes. Or the internet in 1990. It simply is NOT useful yet.

Even if the action of sending bitcoins from one address to another is not particularly difficult, that is only a small part of the whole process, as it is. Showing people how to do that doesn't help. Even if they think, okay, that's not too difficult, when they look for an exchange and see how hard it is to actually obtain bitcoins, they'll give up right away.

But let me ask you this. If I had this card, and I show you how it works (say it works exactly like a credit card, except it's accepted at 1/10000th the number of stores visa/mastercard is accepted at) and you see it's not too difficult to use, what motive do you have to suddenly start using my card? None. There's no benefit to it. So you're not going to use it.

It's really that simple. The reason you guys might want to use it is because you're motivated by a particular interest, whether it's in technology or some political agenda. But the vast majority of people in the world don't have that motive. They need to see actual, real benefits to THEM. They don't care if this technology succeeds or not. So they have no reason to use bitcoin.

Again, the selling point of bitcoin is in its promise as a TECHNOLOGY. Perhaps it will ONE DAY be feasible as a currency, once the foundations have been set, and disruptive businesses have been built on and around it. Once it's easy to use, and is beneficial for the average person. Currently, that's just not the case, and to "force" it into a currency won't help at all.

People are pretty skeptical these days. Words such as "digital money, virtual currency" only give people red lights, and make them think it's an elaborate scam. Especially when you tell them that this "money" essentially came out of thin air. The fact that fiat came from thin air as well doesn't even matter, because people are hypocritical, people are irrational like that. They're used to fiat, they're not used to this new thing, and they'll be skeptical.

I think we should avoid bringing up those words. Especially when you're talking with someone who's never heard of bitcoin before. If they've heard of it, don't stress that point. Rather, stress it's amazing potential as a technology, how it might be used to build business that was not possible before, how innovative it is, and how it'll continue to improve as more and more people build on top of it. I think people will be less skeptical, and less defensive like that.

Rofl. Just convince them, ....convince and convince. They will understand it after. I think so

Convincing them that bitcoin is an online payment system that is most convenient, fast and cheap.

And also, bitcoin can be used to make money.Especially if it is supported by video and blog post for sure they will be more understanding about bitcoin.

Oh yeah that shit is pretty awesome. I was so turn off by the idea of needing to give your ID, a tax paper and god knows what else in exchanges, even your god damn fingertips in actual BTC ATM's to get some damn money. With stuff like that now we can use the existing infrastructure to get things done quick, instantly without even waiting for confirmations. The future is now gentlemen, and we are 10 years ahead of the pleb.

Only think is a lot of people couldnt handle number 2, leading them to an instance of number 1.  Either getting scammed while buying, selling, sending coins to wrong address, losing private keys, etc.  I've seen even experienced members of this forum do those things, making it a tough sell for new users

Most of the doubt from newbies come from 3 categories:

1. They are not sure if it is a scam

2. They are not sure if they can handle the required IT skills

3. They don't understand why bitcoin is superior than fiat money

No need to educate them, they just need a proper channel to find out the answer by themselves

Time is also important, I have several friends constantly express their doubt for bitcoin during last several years but now they start to accept it as a normal existance

In my country is very easy!I just say how safe do you believe your money are in your Bank??

P.S. I live in Greece!


Just kidding i believe that the most attractive today for someone wich is not idealist is to show him the charts from the beginning (for investing and profit purposes) and explain how much you can earn from time, fees, anonymity and how useful it can be the network and use of Bitcoin.That is my personal opinion, also if you want to trick him you can say: The best part is that you can start mining your own! profit from a machine working for you in your home!Woohoo no one newbie(without any knowledge) will ask for the power cost or difficulty!  

I really never make it well explaining Bitcoin to my friends...or they are so closed minds.
Some reactions are: Total unsecured, Buble, oh another fraud, The only value is money that you can have in your pocket, What is that like the free coins in games?

Kind Regards,
BTC-Bank.

SEE and this is why you should not introduce the currency as a commodity to invest in.

INSTEAD you introduce the currency as a currency to use to buy things.

When did anyone ever introduce a fiat to you talking about its exchange value with other currencies.  Most people come into contact with 'foreign' currencies when they visit other countries, and at that time you really, for practical purposes, don't care what the exchange rate is you just want the local currency so that you can buy things.

 




BINGO ... give them money and have them BUY SOMETHING!

How you convince someone to be interested and use bitcoin is dependent upon the target audience, but the three easiest ways to do it are:

1) Go to a store or restaurant that excepts Bitcoin and buy something with bitcoin in front of them (repeat if needed)

2) Send them a off the chain tip or gift with coinbase or changetip that gives them bitcoin without them having and account yet and lets you know if they setup an account to claim the free gift(by returning unclaimed)

3) Buy something on amazon for 15-25% off with purse.io or brawker in front of them and brag how bitcoin saves you so much money.

well, yeah!
I was explained to my friends about cryptcurrency (not only BTC, but also i've introduced some other coins) with price comparison.
By this price comparison, unfortunately BTC has more valuable than other coin. So they're wondered and now they're using..

I recently watched The Rise and Rise of Bitcoin. It's worth the watch if you're into BTC, which I'm assuming you are if you're reading this. One of the things I heard a few times in the movie was people's frustration with trying to explain Bitcoin. Several people likened it to trying to explain what the Internet was during the early-mid 1990's. It took time for people to understand what the Internet was and the possibilities it offered. So, during the movie, a point was made that's essentially this (I'm paraphrasing):

Bitcoin is to money what the internet was/is to communication.

You see that sticker I hastily slapped on my car? Between the time I posted that pic and this post, I had a guy (early 20's) at a gas station ask me what Bitcoin was. We were pumping gas so there wasn't much time, so I just told him it was basically money for the internet, that no government controls it, it's free to get and basically free to use, and can be sent globally. He said he'd never heard of it but he seemed receptive to it. I suggested that he do what I did: put a sticker on the back of his car and maybe someone will send him Bitcoin (money). He asked if it would cost anything, and when I told him no, he said, "yeah, free money, why not?"

Tell me about it. I am so passinate about this but all around me fail to grasp th eimportance and still look at me as if I am some idiot. It has me half wishing for an economic collapse or funds seizure from banks so that I can say to them that they shouldve listened to me earlier.

I think everyone will understand widely if their goverment accept Bitcoin

I believe most publicity is good publicity.

I wear a bitcoin t-shirt about once a week and have had a few people ask me about it. They usually begin with, "I've seen that on the news. What is it?"

Just yesterday I put this on my car. This weekend I'll get a more professional-looking sticker but for now, I'm hoping for a few questions...and tips

I think most people will think that bitcoin is dying if we do that without a proper explanation 

tell them to look at the 5 year price charts...then let them decide!

You cant really convince people telling them, you can showing them. Show them how you can easily convert BTC into fiat quickly without anything else but a smartphone with bit2me. This is effective.