Topic: People become believers when they see you pay IRL - page 2. (Read 2008 times)
Sounds cool. Putting forward a real life example and getting people to see it themselves is obviously much better than spending countless hours trying to convince people with the same message and repeating non stop. In the end a far simpler approach is much more effective.
Actually this is nothing comparing to btc becoming real money above all other. I mean they still see btc as fraud or something like pseudo-money. It is not. It is all real money.
It will take the masses some time to adjust to what btc really is and what it will be able to do in the future, in the meantime consider yourself lucky you are still one of the few people in the world who know about it and can buy into it still.
I hope I'll live to tell my grandkids that I was one of the early adopters of btc even though I heard about it in 2014 first.
Too bad I dont have any local bitcoin accepting shops in my area to try that out.
Careful, you might prompt some nutjobs to lecture us all on the evils of permanently storing cups of coffee in the holy ledger. 
Coffee is fine. Even scrap payments of 0.005 BTC is OK. Just don't complain about the fees.
I've said it before but I will say it again: I really believe that merchants follow customers, not the other way around.
Added to this, the barrier for entry for merchants is very low. Either open a wallet and get free transactions or go with a BitPay who make everything simple and easy for you for 1% (far lower than VISA etc).
The barrier for entry is not merchants adopting it. Merchants chase money, and they will get familiar quickly with whatever he customer wants.
Once you have customers who can get hold of Bitcoin easily, trust it, and understand it then in my view everything else will follow.
I am working on this, and so are many people - but I think it is important for people to realise that this is perhaps the key event - this is one of, if not the killer app in Bitcoin. Many people say well, we cannot have everyone paying for coffee in Bitcoin. Don't worry about that. That will sort itself out.
What we need is for everyone to have some small amount of Bitcoin, even 10 USD each just to fiddle with - and then it will grow imo.
Added to this, the barrier for entry for merchants is very low. Either open a wallet and get free transactions or go with a BitPay who make everything simple and easy for you for 1% (far lower than VISA etc).
The barrier for entry is not merchants adopting it. Merchants chase money, and they will get familiar quickly with whatever he customer wants.
Once you have customers who can get hold of Bitcoin easily, trust it, and understand it then in my view everything else will follow.
I am working on this, and so are many people - but I think it is important for people to realise that this is perhaps the key event - this is one of, if not the killer app in Bitcoin. Many people say well, we cannot have everyone paying for coffee in Bitcoin. Don't worry about that. That will sort itself out.
What we need is for everyone to have some small amount of Bitcoin, even 10 USD each just to fiddle with - and then it will grow imo.
If more people were technically inclined then Bitcoin would be growing at a much faster rate. It's just unfortunate that most people don't care about innovative technology and the good that can come out of it, at least not until they are given a reason to care.
This is true. Now, bitcoiners just need more places to be able to pay with BTC
Nice, but more is needed. You've got to explain, otherwise people would just see BTC as a payment method, like paypal or a credit card. I admit it's a good start for a conversation, though. Many teachers do that in school, they show the students what something can do, before explaining how it actually works.
Would be cool if a company like BitPay could sign on a major retailer like Walgreens or Target or something like that. I think that would cause adoption to increase dramatically. Even amazon would be a game changer. Until the avrage person can walk into a store anywhere and buy milk, eggs, bread, and toilet paper, bitcoin will always remain a nerdy thing.
It is indeed unfortunate that people don't see Bitcoin as money after these kinds of episodes, and even when they see these things happening some end up not regarding Bitcoin as money.
I remember when I first exchanged Bitcoins for fiat and people around me realized, for the first time, that Bitcoin was money. We have to find a way to make people believe straight out of the box that Bitcoin is money. I think that's only achievable with wider merchant adoption... One day
I remember when I first exchanged Bitcoins for fiat and people around me realized, for the first time, that Bitcoin was money. We have to find a way to make people believe straight out of the box that Bitcoin is money. I think that's only achievable with wider merchant adoption... One day
This only works if the shop that accepts the bitcoin knows how to actually set a transaction up..
Last time I tried paying with bitcoin, I had to explain what they needed to do with their own system.
Last time I tried paying with bitcoin, I had to explain what they needed to do with their own system.
When people see you use bitcoin in real life they get more interested in bitcoin and try to learn more about it.
Thats why we must never forget about the importance of small transactions like those. Buying some coffee in exchange of Bitcoin impressed them more than any of the revolutionary protocol tech stuff you could explain them.
Careful, you might prompt some nutjobs to lecture us all on the evils of permanently storing cups of coffee in the holy ledger.
They'd have you believe adoption in this manner is irrelevant because Bitcoin is just going to be a settlement network for the wealthy. They'll tell you Bitcoin can't scale to allow everyone to transact in such a fashion, so there's no point in trying and we should concede defeat now. They honestly believe it doesn't matter if the developing world, or even the average user, is priced off-chain, because the only important aspect of Bitcoin is how cheaply you can run a full node.
Personally, I think great things will happen if more people use Bitcoin for everyday purchases without relying on banksters or card providers. I agree that small transactions like that will be vital for future success.
You have a point, but that doesn't disprove the fact Bitcoin as we know it would be dead if the nodes become centralized, which is what would happen if absolutely everything went on the blockchain. Can you guys please consider a scenario where both mining and nodes centralized? Might as well use fiat then ffs. Lightning network will allow for small transactions. Yes it sucks that we can have all of it on the blockchain, but it's better than having a monopoly of centralized nodes. Until anyone comes up with a better solution, we'll have to deal with it.
Great story! Hopefully more people will start using their coins than just sitting on them waiting for miracle to happen to the price...
Shame I don't particularly like coffee but if the story was about burgers or pizza I would definetly keep my Bitcoins instead of giving them to the casinos.
Are you an early user of bitcoin? How many bitcoins did you give to casinos? Wish not a lot.
so did they end up buying bitcoins?
Shame I don't particularly like coffee but if the story was about burgers or pizza I would definetly keep my Bitcoins instead of giving them to the casinos.
guess you missed the "bitcoin pizza" story that happened years ago which was the first big story of using bitcoin. which ignited the flames of thousands of peoples imaginations
So my friend was in Canada and it was really cold, none of his friends had change, he had some Bitcoin in his phone. Happened to find a place where they would accept BTC. He bought some coffees and warm chocolate and invited all of his friends with it. A quick payment into the guy's Bitcoin address which was printed in a piece of paper, delivered a nice breakfast for him and all his friends. Then they understood how Bitcoin is money no matter what others might say. They stopped seeing it as some geek weird thing. I think using Bitcoin in real life in return of some useful service in front of clueless guys that still think it's not real money, is a great way to teach them how Bitcoin is very real and the real party hasn't even begun yet. Thats why we must never forget about the importance of small transactions like those. Buying some coffee in exchange of Bitcoin impressed them more than any of the revolutionary protocol tech stuff you could explain them.
I had the same experience on a lunch appointment with some clients. I took them out for lunch and I paid with Bitcoin. They were very amazed and intrigued and we extended the
lunch to talk about Bitcoin. I helped them to setup a wallet and transferred some coins to them and to thank me, they paid with Bitcoin for some desert.
Out of the three of them, two still use their wallet regularly. { I still have their Bitcoin addresses, because I transferred coins to their wallets, so I can check up on them }
lunch to talk about Bitcoin. I helped them to setup a wallet and transferred some coins to them and to thank me, they paid with Bitcoin for some desert.
Out of the three of them, two still use their wallet regularly. { I still have their Bitcoin addresses, because I transferred coins to their wallets, so I can check up on them }
Im really amazed with both of your story. What a nice place there. Directly accepting bitcoin in some of your physical stores there just like how fiat is moving. Hope someday my country will have that too. Even bitcoin debit card are not accepted here afaik. The only good thing here there are lots of online merchants here accepting bitcoin and converting our btc's to fiat is just one click away. Hope physical store here are will adopt bitcoin payment too.
So my friend was in Canada and it was really cold, none of his friends had change, he had some Bitcoin in his phone. Happened to find a place where they would accept BTC. He bought some coffees and warm chocolate and invited all of his friends with it. A quick payment into the guy's Bitcoin address which was printed in a piece of paper, delivered a nice breakfast for him and all his friends. Then they understood how Bitcoin is money no matter what others might say. They stopped seeing it as some geek weird thing. I think using Bitcoin in real life in return of some useful service in front of clueless guys that still think it's not real money, is a great way to teach them how Bitcoin is very real and the real party hasn't even begun yet. Thats why we must never forget about the importance of small transactions like those. Buying some coffee in exchange of Bitcoin impressed them more than any of the revolutionary protocol tech stuff you could explain them.
Nice story, but without adoption of bitcoin by merchants it would be impossible to achieve. In some countries you can't actually buy anything directly for bitcoin yet.In addition it seems that people are forgetting that money on their banks accounts are purely digital too when they using Debit and Credit cards.
The story is interesting, and glad that there are places like that,
who accepts bitcoin as a payment method, personally near me there is not any place like that.
And i only exchange bitcoin to fiat money when i urgently need them.
who accepts bitcoin as a payment method, personally near me there is not any place like that.
And i only exchange bitcoin to fiat money when i urgently need them.
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