Topic: My ideals on how to promote Bitcoin in my locality (Read 505 times)

Mate, I know you have good intentions of promoting bitcoin but this I do not think is advisable. You see religion and business,  do not mix the both of them up as they are not in the same line. Yes your religious leaders have influence on their subjects but do you think they have control over their business and finance? They can advise them and pray for them to make their choice but can not compell them to invest their money in a business they have not really have clue about. Investment is not all about influence to over your subject to do so but it the already existing speak for itself convincing other to join.

First of all, having faith in Bitcoin always depends on each individual who wants to know what Bitcoin is. Why is it preferred by investors in different countries? In short, for me, there is nothing in religion to accelerate the spread of the number of Bitcoin enthusiasts.

     But, I agree with what you say that it is better to save bitcoins than in the bank, as long as you make sure that the wallet you use to save bitcoins is safe in case you don't have to buy a hardware wallet.

Do the churches or any other religious places allow the discussion of money related things or any other matters related to the worldly discussions ?
Most of the religious places only speak about the religion and people do not come to those places to see advices about the matters related to this physical world. So I think it is not possible to preach the usage of bitcoin in the religious churches

I'm not sure why you come to this ideas mate, because Churches are far from marketing and no wonder if there are churches that will let them be used for bitcoin or other altcoins ads when the truth is? let us accept the fact that till this moment ? there are only minority that trust bitcoin(as many still find this scam or other negative things inside)
but if your church or the next will allow? then yes this is a big step favoring us crypto users.

Radio is one of the most straightforward methods. Yes, a while back, one of the forum's users posted on a bitcoin radio show. You can use the fact that radio is still widely listened to in our area to advertise bitcoin there. Additionally, you can live stream the radio program so that viewers can also watch it live.
People can listen to it while at home, in their cars on the way to work, etc. It has a broad impact and you can also let listeners call in to ask questions, obtain answers, etc.

The risk involves in bitcoin investment is not something to go about preaching to people to invest without properly educating them. The worst idea is to promote bitcoin in the church or mosque. Promoting bitcoin in a religious organization will be like a death trap to many. Many won't understand what you lecture them on bitcoin no matter how hard you try. They will see it as get rich scheme to invest their whole money for short-term goals and when it doesn't happen as they planned, you have a big cause to answer for that.

Religion Bodies should focus on their teaching and not interfere with anything like crypto investment

I appreciate your passion to promote bitcoin to more people in your area. but I think promoting through religious leaders is not wise. because not even all religious leaders will agree with you on the privileges of bitcoin. I hope you can promote other ideas without involving religious leaders or places of worship of a religion. unless you want to help build a place of religious worship and you can help by providing an alternative that donations can be made via bitcoin.

Maybe what they need is an explanation from you about what bitcoin is and how to use it to make money. It might be difficult at first because they never imagined this would happen but at least we can try to teach them about bitcoin so they can understand. But indeed, there are still many people who do not believe in bitcoin and say that it is a fraud but they have also seen real evidence from people who have succeeded in getting money from bitcoin. It's a bit difficult to open their minds to accept new things that weren't there in their previous era. And it's up to them to accept or reject it because we can't force that on them.

Exactly,publicising Bitcoin in our different localities especially in villages looks like something else.I told my old dad about my involvement in Bitcoin,and my dad told me I was into scam.He asked me how I was making money without g tooing to any office,or place of work,and I told him I work with my phone.It looked like a magic to him how phone can produce money.He asked me who was paying me the money I recieve from it,and I told him its Bitcoin. He never understood what I was saying untill he fell asleep.Using mouth to tell people in the rural area is just like a waste of time,except for those who are civilised and educated.

We have different tactics we can promote bitcoin in our geographical environment, the simple way to canvas people into bitcoin in a rural areas and especially in Africa countries is to get items mostly food items and gather people and dispense it to them, and inform them that you got the funds through Bitcoin investment, many people who dislike Bitcoin will like Bitcoin and also began to campaign or say more positive things concerning Bitcoin. So we have different dimensions we can promote the technology of Bitcoin in different localities.

They do not support bitcoin as legal tender because it is not physical, speculative, and also has no government legal force. While the majority of users believe it is legal as long as both parties agree to payment even though the price fluctuates a lot. I also don't believe religious leaders are the right people to promote bitcoin, while I support that users, exchanges, and government regulations have supported a more positive movement on bitcoin and its adoption.

Just like other investment assets, losses and gains are risk even though bitcoin is known to be a highly volatile asset compared to others.

Of course, if religious leaders make positive statements about Bitcoin, society will be easy to accept Bitcoin. However, we cannot force them to make positive statements or obviously support Bitcoin, they have their own perception of Bitcoin. As far as I know, there are many religious leaders who don't support Bitcoin because they assume Bitcoin potentially loses people's money. We cannot deny that Bitcoin is very volatile and unpredictable, so people who invest in Bitcoin with a lack of knowledge will have a big chance to lose money. Well, it is a bit complicated when we are talking about the opportunity to lose or win with Bitcoin investment, it purely depends on the individual (the investor/ the person).

In a way, religious leaders can influence someone's interest in something good, but somehow I'm not sure they would be a positive bitcoin influencer in any given place. Regardless of their religion, I don't think it's a good idea to expect them to become bitcoin influencers. In fact I can say that I rarely get our religious leaders to talk about bitcoin, but that doesn't mean they hate bitcoin even though I also caught them discussing the legal issues of its use.

I also tend to think that it is ineffective, but much better when the government backs it up with legality where big influence can be expected. In Nigeria or elsewhere I think it will be the same, and I really think that even small amount of support will have an impact on bitcoin and people's trust in it.

That could be true, as they always look up to their leaders and easily influenced by them. But believing in such things that they don’t even know will only lead to failure and losses in the end. So I don’t think it will be an effective strategy to promote bitcoin, aside from churches should never be involved in any people’s own desires to promote something that is not related to the church. Yes, it could be helpful but in a wrong way.

Trust me, promoting Bitcoin with an approach through religion in my opinion is not a good idea bro.
Because I think it will cause a lot of confusion and debate for sure.
Because religion is more sacred and involves belief in God.
Maybe it's not even introducing Bitcoin well but actually worsening the image of Bitcoin itself and your personal name.

Because it is not certain that religious leaders can accept views on Bitcoin, because Bitcoin is a newly discovered digital financial innovation.
Because basically religion is a role model for someone to live based on a holy book of each religion.
In any religious scripture, Bitcoin will definitely not be included in the discussion in the book.
Religious leaders certainly want to focus more on teaching real goodness based on their scriptures, rather than introducing a risky financial advice.

I think you better make your second view as a way of promoting Bitcoin.
Because it is clear that one of the other ways is in line with economic financial advice.
Introducing financial independence that is not bound and dependent on politics and government which sometimes harms us.

Your ideals or hopes for introducing Bitcoin are indeed good.
But I think before introducing or promoting Bitcoin to your area.
It's better to try to introduce him to your friends or people closest to you first.
If it works maybe little by little the people in your area will pay attention to you.
You should have a lot of knowledge and material provision, good and clear.
And really want to set up your time to assist those who are interested.

I saw several threads about some people introducing Bitcoin in your country.
Maybe you can ask them for advice on how and what to prepare.

^For people who did not understand, it could be criticized.
They will think that this is a form of gambling though it is an investment form for a proper explanation. Religious groups always hate gambling because it is a sin in their eyes and probably the reason this was not unlikely heard by religious leaders.
There are too many ways to promote BTC but I think it is not ideal for the church or any religious group. However, mentioning BTC could be fine and it is up to them if they will have further research on it, at least you spread awareness to them.

Before going any further, I want to ask whether the religious leaders in that country welcome Bitcoin and support it. because in my country it is not, in fact some even consider that Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies are haram for various reasons. What's more, religious activities in certain places may only focus on matters related to religion, or maybe social, but if you deliberately spread and influence people to be aware of and use Bitcoin, I don't think it's unethical and inappropriate. Maybe conditions are different in your country?

We really understand that we want to make many more people know and use Bitcoin, but we also need to understand how we can tell them. Because I think that it is too risky for the leaders to explain and influence people to join Bitcoin, moreover if they actually don't really understand but they are only following their leaders, it will be too risky. Sometimes, they may feel that they have spent the money but their assets are decreased because the price is volatile. This will lead them to some issues. This will be too risky also to lead many people to certain businesses by religious leaders.

Religious leaders are still human and have a need for financial sustenance and most of them can find Bitcoin as one of the aids on this need.  Preachers, priests, pastors and other religious groups can find Bitcoin interesting especially if a person explained Bitcoin well making them understand its potential.  I find it not wrong to involved religious group in propagating Bitcoin.  Even though they are dealing with the spiritual side, they are still human and have human followers that have needs for material stuff in order to maintain their living and operation of the religion.


Discussing and explaining the potential of Bitcoin is not forcing anyone to join the crypto economy.  It is only giving them information about the opportunities, potential, and current technology trend that can help them and their followers alleviate their standard of living whether on the currency transaction area or in the possible financing area because of the stated opportunities that come with adopting Bitcoin.

The world has mixed with the religious setting and the religious setting has mixed with the world. Hatred, hostility, and division in the world have affected the attitude of the religious leader that's why it's hard to see religious leaders who are very loyal. However, Bitcoin is the only common thing is bridge the gap in religion, race, etc.
If the religious leader could embrace Bitcoin it will be good maybe we could see Bitcoin bridging the same gap in the religious setting.