I sure agree with the op, and amongst all the options listed, I think it is option two for me, one time I've found myself explaining bitcoin to a friend of mine in such a manner I myself would not believe him if it was the other way round.
As bitcoin holders and evangelist that we are, it is definitely our responsibility to contribute the best we can to the awareness and adoption of bitcoin, but then, we must realized it's not something every one is mandated to do, so there is no need forcing someone into it, like you are getting paid to do so, like the op said, there is a way we talk to people about bitcoin, and instead of winning them over as bitcoin investor, we further drive them away from getting involved in bitcoin because withing themselves, they might start thinking there is something fishy about buying bitcoin that we are not telling them, some might even conclude it's a ponzi scheme, and that we depend on their participation to get paid.
So in what ever form we are promoting bitcoin, it is very important we do it in a civilized and very professional manner.
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I am very happy reading your contributions and making people to understand that it is not proper to stress yourself on people who are adamant to learn about bitcoin. I am a living example,I could remember some time ago, my uncle that started his bitcoin journey early in 2012,told me about it but I find it difficult to digest and I left him alone with his stuffs. Late last year,when I went to visit him,he was living a better life than before and when I asked him he told me the same old story of bitcoin and how he has profited from it. I got more interested in it and from that day I do keep on visiting him to teach me more and from that time till now I have being following up to learn more and I also invested into it to understand how it works. I regretted not taking it serious when he was willing to teach me in 2012.
Always remember, just wait for the right time for someone to approach you on this market.
Not everyone is willing to listen the first time they heard it, just like you or me.
As much as possible, the person is willing to learn so he will also do his due diligence on his own.
If you shove it on their face, they will likely be pissed and will blame you if anything goes wrong with their decisions.
Learning of bitcoin should be based on interest and not by force. If you try to teach someone about bitcoin and that person is not showing any interest, it is better that you forget about it,and try to talk to someone else who will be interested on it.
I don't know of anybody, but, speaking for myself, I really have no time to Force knowledge on someone who doesn't show interest or who is not ready to learn what I am educating them about. In the past, I tried to teach my nephew a few things about Bitcoin, but although it was a free day for me, I was just thinking of how to happily spend that day with my family. Apart from that, I think it is better to educate people who are in need of education rather than educating people who are not even ready to accept what you are saying. Educating someone about something that doesn't catch their interest is just an absolute waste of time and energy, so I agree with your topic. Most people that I have talked to about Bitcoin were people who really had a big interest in it, and I gave it to only a few of them because the time was not There to educate them all, and I will not have the chance to do that as well. I am thinking of organizing them all for a meeting, but I will arrange it in due time.
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Learning of bitcoin should be based on interest and not by force. If you try to teach someone about bitcoin and that person is not showing any interest, it is better that you forget about it,and try to talk to someone else who will be interested on it.
I don't know of anybody, but, speaking for myself, I really have no time to Force knowledge on someone who doesn't show interest or who is not ready to learn what I am educating them about. In the past, I tried to teach my nephew a few things about Bitcoin, but although it was a free day for me, I was just thinking of how to happily spend that day with my family. Apart from that, I think it is better to educate people who are in need of education rather than educating people who are not even ready to accept what you are saying. Educating someone about something that doesn't catch their interest is just an absolute waste of time and energy, so I agree with your topic. Most people that I have talked to about Bitcoin were people who really had a big interest in it, and I gave it to only a few of them because the time was not There to educate them all, and I will not have the chance to do that as well. I am thinking of organizing them all for a meeting, but I will arrange it in due time.
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Sometimes, people who are very passionate about something (for example, bitcoin) turn out to be overly persistent and assertive in agitating the subject of their passion. The point here is the excitement that a person experiences from delight and awareness of future prospects, if we talk about bitcoin. Such a person wants to share this knowledge with his friends and relatives in order to help them share valuable information for the benefit of their loved ones. But most often, these impulses are met with indifference or distrust of loved ones who don't perceive this information with similar enthusiasm. Because of this, there is a certain dissonance in the views. At this point it is better to stop and not try to convince them that bitcoin is the solution to all their problems and a ticket to a brighter future.I tend to think that there is no need to agitate and try to attract more new users in bitcoin, as in some kind of sect. I believe that when people themselves are ready, they will find a way to get information about it. There is enough information about btc around, whether it is in the news, or promotions carried out by enthusiasts. I want to say that bitcoin appears in the news background quite constantly and I hear from people who are far from bitcoin mentioning about it (heard about BTC for a long time, but they are not in a hurry to try it). So, many of our people around us have heard about bicoin more than once, but still they are in no hurry to study it in more detail. If they were interested, they would have taken a step in this direction long ago. Talking to friends like "buy BTC - get rich" is the dumbest way to talk about bitcoin.
You are indeed right in saying that only a personal example is the best way. Less words - more results. And then, when you have something to show, others will start asking questions. It is this moment that will be the best to talk about btc.
In general, I believe that it is not entirely right to try to change other people's lives. First, change yours for the better. Start with this. Otherwise, it turns out that as soon as they learn about bitcoin, people are in a hurry to advertise it to everyone around.
I am very happy reading your contributions and making people to understand that it is not proper to stress yourself on people who are adamant to learn about bitcoin. I am a living example,I could remember some time ago, my uncle that started his bitcoin journey early in 2012,told me about it but I find it difficult to digest and I left him alone with his stuffs. Late last year,when I went to visit him,he was living a better life than before and when I asked him he told me the same old story of bitcoin and how he has profited from it. I got more interested in it and from that day I do keep on visiting him to teach me more and from that time till now I have being following up to learn more and I also invested into it to understand how it works. I regretted not taking it serious when he was willing to teach me in 2012.
This is to show that people usually just believe in someone when they saw good results already. I'm not sure if it was regretting but for me, I consider the situation that not all have the courage to take risks that is why we wait to see someone that would prove it before it ignites. And besides, there is no late in here as we still have the chance to invest and become financially stable as possible. That is also I don't hate if I told someone about Bitcoin and ignored me or even said it was a scam because this is also what I did before.
We don't need to push others life, that's right, but just let them have the courage and educate themselves alone.
I am very happy reading your contributions and making people to understand that it is not proper to stress yourself on people who are adamant to learn about bitcoin. I am a living example,I could remember some time ago, my uncle that started his bitcoin journey early in 2012,told me about it but I find it difficult to digest and I left him alone with his stuffs. Late last year,when I went to visit him,he was living a better life than before and when I asked him he told me the same old story of bitcoin and how he has profited from it. I got more interested in it and from that day I do keep on visiting him to teach me more and from that time till now I have being following up to learn more and I also invested into it to understand how it works. I regretted not taking it serious when he was willing to teach me in 2012.
Bitcoin is not for everyone, but we cannot over-emphasis its benefit. For awareness' sake, it is good to talk about it but not enforced it. Am not sure that Bitcoin's popularity is enough as we speak also your growth in Bitcoin should convince and want to make people invest willingly.
I want to believe that the forum that enforce people to join Biotcion has seen all the benefits but the approach shouldn't have been to force but enlighten them. It is important that you talk about it AND afterward encourage them to do their research.
I will not support the idea that Bitcoin is not for everyone, bitcoin is for everyone who have the interest of Bitcoin, if say Bitcoin is not for everyone that means we scaring people who is planning to invest in bitcoins away because of the statement, I can see were some people said that Bitcoin is for only male and it's not for females, in such statement I disagree with this people because I know that who ever that have interest in bitcoin will participate in it with out issues, their is no gender inequality in bitcoin investment and other kind of investment, what really matters in bitcoin investment is to know the procedures of the investment. I want to believe that the forum that enforce people to join Biotcion has seen all the benefits but the approach shouldn't have been to force but enlighten them. It is important that you talk about it AND afterward encourage them to do their research.
I personally wouldn't start a conversation about bitcoin with anyone if they don't start it first. I prefer to wait for people to ask first. then I will respond and explain what they need to know. Without exaggerating and I will tell what it is. and let him decide for himself whether he is interested or not. Even this method I also use in my family. i.e. I have never encouraged or convinced any of my family members to like and invest in bitcoin. but they were the ones who asked me first. And then I told a long story explaining according to my knowledge capacity. But I have books on bitcoin. and initially one of my family saw and read it. and now my brother is even more bitcoiners than me. he has even better insight than I do. and the investment is also much more than mine. I'm racing with my brother regarding bitcoin investment. 
The challenge I always have is to convince people not to invest in bitcoin. After all bitcoin is not an investment and it is not meant to give you profit. It is a currency and if you want to introduce it to someone you should introduce it as a currency too. That way they won't have a heart attack each time price has a sudden drop or a sudden rise while using bitcoin the way it was meant to.
They have interest to invest in Bitcoin when the market is very hot and they are very FOMO to join. Convincing them to cool down, stop their FOMO is very hard. Convincing them to not invest in Bitcoin when the market is heated a lot and might be corrected a lot is not easy. They probably think you are a bad guy who want to be rich for yourself and don't want to help them with your experience.It is very painful experience so I myself don't talk with others that I am a Bitcoin investor. I keep it like a secret for myself and I will face with less challenge to be asked by other people.
Do not let us teach about Bitcoin to people who are not even interested in learning about it, because something that is too forced is not good.
Why wont you teach about bitcoin to people that are not interested, most people don't know about bitcoin till you introduce them to it. After introducing them to it, then some might be interested why some wont still be interested, the once that are interested you can help them invest, and the once that are not interested just leave them, you don't have to force them. Some people lose interest in bitcoin due to poor orientation, maybe due to bad things being said in public about bitcoin, but if you can enlighten them more about bitcoin,, some of then orientation is going to change.
They ignore something very important and maybe in the future they will regret not learning about Bitcoin from the beginning and maybe they will look to us to ask about Bitcoin in the future.
Most people ignoring bitcoin currently will regret why they didn't invest in bitcoin now, i still keep on saying it that bitcoin price is still very low. When bitcoin was created, few people knew about bitcoin, and most of them didn't invest in bitcoin they didn't believe in bitcoin, but we can all see bitcoin price today, most of those people will be regretting now, even if they now believe in bitcoin and they are holding bitcoin now, they will be regretting why they didn't invest in bitcoin when the price was still very low. 
I will like to ask how it is possible to force someone to invest in Bitcoin because you can't force somebody to invest their money on something they don't know much about and if anyone comes to me and tell me to help them invest in Bitcoin I will advise them that I'm not up for the task that they should do investigation for themselves by using Google search engine.
I will also advise them about the risk of investing in crypto and the risk of losing their Bitcoin to bad actors in the space all this bad news is enough to scare anyone away if they don't want to lose their money now I don't understand where the false like will come from because it feels impossible to me what is your gain even if you force any one of them to invest in Bitcoin, are you going to get paid for doing that so why the force.
I will also advise them about the risk of investing in crypto and the risk of losing their Bitcoin to bad actors in the space all this bad news is enough to scare anyone away if they don't want to lose their money now I don't understand where the false like will come from because it feels impossible to me what is your gain even if you force any one of them to invest in Bitcoin, are you going to get paid for doing that so why the force.
We cannot force anyone to invest in bitcoin, but many people recommend it to others without saying it all. I mean, they only talk about the benefits, emphasizing the return on investment in bitcoin, they don't mention the risks that bitcoin can pose to the investor. Even though those people don't get any benefit from doing so, I don't understand why so many people still do it.
Like you, I am not willing to give investment advice to anyone. But if there is no other option, I will focus on the risk rather than just talking about the profit. We can see that although investing in bitcoin can generate huge profits, there are far more losers than winners. And even we ourselves have no guarantee of profits, so we need to be honest when giving advice to someone.
Investing in bitcoin carries inherent risks, so why would we compel anyone to invest in it?
Although we believe that bitcoin has the potential for future growth and can be profitable to invest in, we cannot guarantee it. Bitcoin is considered a high-risk asset, which explains why a majority of investors may choose not to invest in it. In fact, our goal is not to have everyone invest in bitcoin, but rather to encourage its use for daily transactions. This would increase the demand for bitcoin and reduce the supply through holding, which is the recipe for profitability based on the supply and demand factor.
I am also against advising anyone on how to manage their finances and where to invest their money, especially when it comes to high-risk purchases.Although we believe that bitcoin has the potential for future growth and can be profitable to invest in, we cannot guarantee it. Bitcoin is considered a high-risk asset, which explains why a majority of investors may choose not to invest in it. In fact, our goal is not to have everyone invest in bitcoin, but rather to encourage its use for daily transactions. This would increase the demand for bitcoin and reduce the supply through holding, which is the recipe for profitability based on the supply and demand factor.
I think that thanks to the emergence of players like Blackrock in the cryptocurrency market, we are in for very good times, this is a sign for me that I am investing in bitcoin correctly. But this is my decision, because before that I bought bitcoin for a long time, because I believed in its future. Investing in bitcoin should be conscious, everyone should do their own research and understand how this opportunity suits them, whether they are ready to expose their money to such a risk. The risks are not small, but the gain in case of success will also be very significant, and then they will again say that those who bought bitcoin were just lucky.
I will like to ask how it is possible to force someone to invest in Bitcoin because you can't force somebody to invest their money on something they don't know much about and if anyone comes to me and tell me to help them invest in Bitcoin I will advise them that I'm not up for the task that they should do investigation for themselves by using Google search engine.
I will also advise them about the risk of investing in crypto and the risk of losing their Bitcoin to bad actors in the space all this bad news is enough to scare anyone away if they don't want to lose their money now I don't understand where the false like will come from because it feels impossible to me what is your gain even if you force any one of them to invest in Bitcoin, are you going to get paid for doing that so why the force.
I will also advise them about the risk of investing in crypto and the risk of losing their Bitcoin to bad actors in the space all this bad news is enough to scare anyone away if they don't want to lose their money now I don't understand where the false like will come from because it feels impossible to me what is your gain even if you force any one of them to invest in Bitcoin, are you going to get paid for doing that so why the force.
We must remember about the context of teaching.
Teaching means that there are people who want to learn and want to teach, so there's nothing wrong with teaching bitcoin to people who want to learn, right?
The key is the desire when someone wants to learn then it's not wrong to just share with bitcoin but most of the time it's actually wrong in the sense because when telling people who don't know about bitcoin I prefer to say this is an introduction because they might just know about it for the first time and Introduce and teach are clearly two different things. but seeing from several threads sometimes the introduction and teaching are generalized so that things like this are created where there are pros and cons about learning about bitcoin.
Teaching means that there are people who want to learn and want to teach, so there's nothing wrong with teaching bitcoin to people who want to learn, right?
The key is the desire when someone wants to learn then it's not wrong to just share with bitcoin but most of the time it's actually wrong in the sense because when telling people who don't know about bitcoin I prefer to say this is an introduction because they might just know about it for the first time and Introduce and teach are clearly two different things. but seeing from several threads sometimes the introduction and teaching are generalized so that things like this are created where there are pros and cons about learning about bitcoin.
Investing in bitcoin carries inherent risks, so why would we compel anyone to invest in it?
Although we believe that bitcoin has the potential for future growth and can be profitable to invest in, we cannot guarantee it. Bitcoin is considered a high-risk asset, which explains why a majority of investors may choose not to invest in it. In fact, our goal is not to have everyone invest in bitcoin, but rather to encourage its use for daily transactions. This would increase the demand for bitcoin and reduce the supply through holding, which is the recipe for profitability based on the supply and demand factor.
Although we believe that bitcoin has the potential for future growth and can be profitable to invest in, we cannot guarantee it. Bitcoin is considered a high-risk asset, which explains why a majority of investors may choose not to invest in it. In fact, our goal is not to have everyone invest in bitcoin, but rather to encourage its use for daily transactions. This would increase the demand for bitcoin and reduce the supply through holding, which is the recipe for profitability based on the supply and demand factor.
I approach spreading knowledge of Bitcoin gradually. Often people hear that I've been investing in some kind of "digital money" and are interested in what is actually happening. So I just explain the tip of the iceberg and then depending of the scale of interest I can go more into detail. You can see who is not interested to invest or use Bitcoin and you should not shove information to a bottomless hole because it gains no result.
I think it's the best way and that people who are willing to go in that water will just ask you for more and more information until they start investing themselves. Also, a good tip would be recommending Bitcoin to people who are already in some kind of investment/business mindset as most others are just into normal day working(which is okay, you shouldn't force someone to be what they aren't).
General knowledge is good, everyone should know that Bitcoin exists and that is possible to invest - and where to get help if needed, but every individual should think with their own head.
I think it's the best way and that people who are willing to go in that water will just ask you for more and more information until they start investing themselves. Also, a good tip would be recommending Bitcoin to people who are already in some kind of investment/business mindset as most others are just into normal day working(which is okay, you shouldn't force someone to be what they aren't).
General knowledge is good, everyone should know that Bitcoin exists and that is possible to invest - and where to get help if needed, but every individual should think with their own head.
Spreading bitcoin awareness or teaching people about bitcoin is the best way for rapid adoption of bitcoin. Some forum members try to force their kids,friends and relative to learn bitcoin which shouldn't be so. Learning of bitcoin should be based on interest and not by force. If you try to teach someone about bitcoin and that person is not showing any interest, it is better that you forget about it,and try to talk to someone else who will be interested on it. Remember, no matter the effort that you put in,to teach someone who is skeptical to accept new ideas or that person feels that he is a professor or knows more than you in other aspect of life,or if he is even richer than you,will end up being a wasted effort. This can discourage you to stop spreading bitcoin awareness, due to the negative responds that you will get from them.
Another reason why you don't have to force people into learning bitcoin or investing in bitcoin is that,if you force them, it will look as if bitcoin is a scam because, you are over doing it and they will be reluctant. Lastly, if you want to teach or introduce bitcoin to someone, make sure that you tell him more of the risky side and don't just tell him about the benefits,so that it will be the person choice to invest in bitcoin or not. If you only tell the person about the positive side and the person gets excited and believes that bitcoin has little or no risk,or the person thinks that bitcoin is a get rich project from your explanations. If the person invests and the market moves downward or in opposite direction away from the investor mindset,he will the discourage and might call you a scammer because you failed to explain the risks of bitcoin investment to him. One should also take note that bitcoin is a very risky investment and needs proper knowledge and understanding for a newbie to believe in it.
It is how we explain bitcoin to people that will make them decided whether to invest or not. I think that the best way one can convince someone on investing in bitcoin is when you live by example,i.e when you have invested into bitcoin and you also have what to show for it. Some newbies don't have any bitcoin investment but they are teaching people about investing into bitcoin, how will they be able to convince the person that they are talking to.
Remember that knowing the theory and carrying out the practical will help you to have a proper knowledge on how to spread bitcoin awareness the right way,i.e you have the knowledge that it is long term investment that is more profitable and you have your bitcoin investment which you are holding for long,so that you can bring in more people into the bitcoin community.
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Another reason why you don't have to force people into learning bitcoin or investing in bitcoin is that,if you force them, it will look as if bitcoin is a scam because, you are over doing it and they will be reluctant. Lastly, if you want to teach or introduce bitcoin to someone, make sure that you tell him more of the risky side and don't just tell him about the benefits,so that it will be the person choice to invest in bitcoin or not. If you only tell the person about the positive side and the person gets excited and believes that bitcoin has little or no risk,or the person thinks that bitcoin is a get rich project from your explanations. If the person invests and the market moves downward or in opposite direction away from the investor mindset,he will the discourage and might call you a scammer because you failed to explain the risks of bitcoin investment to him. One should also take note that bitcoin is a very risky investment and needs proper knowledge and understanding for a newbie to believe in it.
It is how we explain bitcoin to people that will make them decided whether to invest or not. I think that the best way one can convince someone on investing in bitcoin is when you live by example,i.e when you have invested into bitcoin and you also have what to show for it. Some newbies don't have any bitcoin investment but they are teaching people about investing into bitcoin, how will they be able to convince the person that they are talking to.
Remember that knowing the theory and carrying out the practical will help you to have a proper knowledge on how to spread bitcoin awareness the right way,i.e you have the knowledge that it is long term investment that is more profitable and you have your bitcoin investment which you are holding for long,so that you can bring in more people into the bitcoin community.
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I think the most important role in promoting Bitcoin is people who have made a significant profit from Bitcoin. Bitcoin profits have significantly changed his daily life. Influenced by such people, people will show more interest in Bitcoin, because it is a fact that people always follow successful people and are always inspired by successful people. So the role of such people is very important.
You are right that no one can be forced to invest anywhere, but it all depends on the passion and interest of the person. One should always convince the next employee by taking all aspects into consideration. Every investment involves both losses and gains. A person who has his own capital in Bitcoin and has also earned profits from Bitcoin can be successful in convincing people.
I think that the best way one can convince someone on investing in bitcoin is when you live by example,i.e when you have invested into bitcoin and you also have what to show for it.
Totally agree with what you said. Teaching Bitcoin to people should not be forced, we must educate them properly and with their will. Do not let us teach about Bitcoin to people who are not even interested in learning about it, because something that is too forced is not good. Especially when someone is reluctant to receive education about Bitcoin it is a loss for them, not us. They ignore something very important and maybe in the future they will regret not learning about Bitcoin from the beginning and maybe they will look to us to ask about Bitcoin in the future.
I think a lot of people agree with that notion, a forced education would only result in having people resist the teaching or not even focus on the information because they don't want to learn it in the first place. I wouldn't say that it's a loss for them but maybe a missed opportunity but can you blame them, if you forced them in the first place to learn then it will only make them more ignorant about bitcoin because the one who forced them to learn set an impression that people who teach about bitcoin are rabid fanatics that want to force feed their ideas and knowledge to people.but suddenly I was denied many times though there are some who comply and those who did understand? are now one of the happiest people in the world because they succeed and yes they are earning from their investments.
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