noobs think that they can get a university degree's worth, a college diploma's worth and a highschool certificates worth of bitcoin information all wrapped up in a nice little bow and presented in no more then 3 paragraphs.
they need to realise that bitcoin is not just a google wallet.
bitcoin is a whole economy. with industry, investments, retailers, services. and lets not forget 1000's of lines of code.
i now personally tell people that directly ask me about bitcoin. that it is its own country, with its own industry, its own payment, its own currency, its own 'race' whereby the country is called: the internet.
that anything that they want to do and have done with fiat can be done with bitcoin. and bitcoin is open up to any new idea's that fiat laws prevent.
that if they really want to know more then how to open a wallet and send a transaction. then they really need to put in the time and research the sector they wish to get involved in.
bitcoin is far far far past just being a wallet.
Topic: THE REAL reason why BTC has a slow adoptive rate (Read 7064 times)
There is absolutely nothing stopping people from going about and researching Bitcoin themselves and learning about it, we can't be held responsible for peoples laziness or incompetence, I have another theory regarding Bitcoins slow adoption rate and part of the problem is that Bitcoin is trying to undo over a century of yes, I'm going to be blunt here, social engineering and brainwashing. We have been brought up with very little knowledge on how global economics and currencies actually work and that has been a deliberate and systematic process attempted by our governments to keep us ignorant.
Can't have the unwashed peasants understanding how their money works now can we? They'd revolt and bring down the central bankers early on, this is also a reason why many central banks are refusing to define Bitcoin as private money because that would nullify what they have been teaching the public for years, that their paper currency is the only true form of money, why do you think they keep trying to say Gold/Silver are commodities that can be bartered? It's the same situation.
+1 billion Can't have the unwashed peasants understanding how their money works now can we? They'd revolt and bring down the central bankers early on, this is also a reason why many central banks are refusing to define Bitcoin as private money because that would nullify what they have been teaching the public for years, that their paper currency is the only true form of money, why do you think they keep trying to say Gold/Silver are commodities that can be bartered? It's the same situation.
There is absolutely nothing stopping people from going about and researching Bitcoin themselves and learning about it, we can't be held responsible for peoples laziness or incompetence, I have another theory regarding Bitcoins slow adoption rate and part of the problem is that Bitcoin is trying to undo over a century of yes, I'm going to be blunt here, social engineering and brainwashing. We have been brought up with very little knowledge on how global economics and currencies actually work and that has been a deliberate and systematic process attempted by our governments to keep us ignorant.
Can't have the unwashed peasants understanding how their money works now can we? They'd revolt and bring down the central bankers early on, this is also a reason why many central banks are refusing to define Bitcoin as private money because that would nullify what they have been teaching the public for years, that their paper currency is the only true form of money, why do you think they keep trying to say Gold/Silver are commodities that can be bartered? It's the same situation.
+1 billion Can't have the unwashed peasants understanding how their money works now can we? They'd revolt and bring down the central bankers early on, this is also a reason why many central banks are refusing to define Bitcoin as private money because that would nullify what they have been teaching the public for years, that their paper currency is the only true form of money, why do you think they keep trying to say Gold/Silver are commodities that can be bartered? It's the same situation.
Another noob, another dumb post.
Do you suggest that noobs are getting dumber these days?
There's something to it, you know...
Thats it im blaming the goxing on you 
Goxing is such a bad word, don't use it anymore.Another noob, another dumb post.
OP, going from $0 to $450 in 5 years isn't a slow rate.
OP, going from $0 to $450 in 5 years isn't a slow rate.
It went from 0 to 1200 then back down to 450 in 5 years. Its a massive turbulence in price difference, maybe thats what he is suggesting
Yes this is all my fault. I did it on purpose. I'll keep trying to slow down the adoption rate. 
Thats it im blaming the goxing on you
Yes this is all my fault. I did it on purpose. I'll keep trying to slow down the adoption rate.
There is absolutely nothing stopping people from going about and researching Bitcoin themselves and learning about it, we can't be held responsible for peoples laziness or incompetence, I have another theory regarding Bitcoins slow adoption rate and part of the problem is that Bitcoin is trying to undo over a century of yes, I'm going to be blunt here, social engineering and brainwashing. We have been brought up with very little knowledge on how global economics and currencies actually work and that has been a deliberate and systematic process attempted by our governments to keep us ignorant.
Can't have the unwashed peasants understanding how their money works now can we? They'd revolt and bring down the central bankers early on, this is also a reason why many central banks are refusing to define Bitcoin as private money because that would nullify what they have been teaching the public for years, that their paper currency is the only true form of money, why do you think they keep trying to say Gold/Silver are commodities that can be bartered? It's the same situation.
Can't have the unwashed peasants understanding how their money works now can we? They'd revolt and bring down the central bankers early on, this is also a reason why many central banks are refusing to define Bitcoin as private money because that would nullify what they have been teaching the public for years, that their paper currency is the only true form of money, why do you think they keep trying to say Gold/Silver are commodities that can be bartered? It's the same situation.
There should be a "newbie" section on these forums, a place where people trying to understand Bitcoin can go and ask any questions and those people who don't mind answering can reply to them.
Another noob, another dumb post.
OP, going from $0 to $450 in 5 years isn't a slow rate.
OP, going from $0 to $450 in 5 years isn't a slow rate.
It went from 0 to 1200 then back down to 450 in 5 years. Its a massive turbulence in price difference, maybe thats what he is suggesting
I feel ya' OP but online forums in general are not typically known for their pleasantries and there are also plenty of people here willing to be generous
with information and time, seek out the helpful and ignore the rest.
Bitcoin is not mainstream because it's nowhere near ready to be. You shouldn't have to know all the things you outlined just to spend "money".
Average people don't typically know much about money (or even credit) to use it.
I'm not in the computer industry and it's taken me many hours to glean the small amount of understanding I do have, in large part on this forum.
I also understand what it's like to contribute to a forum (for years) and see the same questions asked or... example:
By the end of 2007 if I had seen another RE agent post about "what a great time it was to buy real estate" it would be possible for my best self not to shine through.
Endless posts about suing because "Zestimates" had caused owners to lose equity (It couldn't possibly be due to a market crash).
FUD that was actually coming true and endless spam, shiestyness, market callers, doomers, cheerleaders and drowning homeowners = this site is tame ;-)
OP, if it's important to you that others "play nice" then play nice.
with information and time, seek out the helpful and ignore the rest.
Bitcoin is not mainstream because it's nowhere near ready to be. You shouldn't have to know all the things you outlined just to spend "money".
Average people don't typically know much about money (or even credit) to use it.
I'm not in the computer industry and it's taken me many hours to glean the small amount of understanding I do have, in large part on this forum.
I also understand what it's like to contribute to a forum (for years) and see the same questions asked or... example:
By the end of 2007 if I had seen another RE agent post about "what a great time it was to buy real estate" it would be possible for my best self not to shine through.
Endless posts about suing because "Zestimates" had caused owners to lose equity (It couldn't possibly be due to a market crash).
FUD that was actually coming true and endless spam, shiestyness, market callers, doomers, cheerleaders and drowning homeowners = this site is tame ;-)
OP, if it's important to you that others "play nice" then play nice.
It is because bitcoin is so revolutionary. You cannot compare the adoption of bitcoin to things like smart phones because they just aren't that ground-breaking enough. Comparing the adoptive rate of bitcoin and cars or TV would be a better measure.
People didn't believe in credit cards for a good few years before accepting them!
One reason bitcoin's adoptive rate has been slow partially due to the absence of any sort of physical, tangible component to the currency/transactions. That's starting to change with the growth of bitcoin ATMs, debit/bank cards, and soon full-service bitcoin ATMs.
The real reason is the common folks rather sell their soul to the government than stand up against them.
Or maybe it's because the common folks don't understand bitcoin and thus aren't even really conscious of making the choice not to use it.
Its sort of entertaining reading this dialog. Lots of "I agree with him" and lots of "thats just the way it is.."
To correct the assumption, the difficulty is not the reason adoption is slow. It's slow because most people are lazy and don't develop self-learning skills, and require being spoon fed information.
The real reason is the common folks rather sell their soul to the government than stand up against them.
Or maybe it's because the common folks don't understand bitcoin and thus aren't even really conscious of making the choice not to use it.
The real reason is the common folks rather sell their soul to the government than stand up against them.
I *fully* agree with OP here!! Great post!
Sweet old times, I remember lurking on hackbb and onionforum, talking about different topics before being invaded by kids.
This forum would benefit immensely if they could implement some kind of age verification and keep the kids out of the serious sections (at least block them from posting, if they want to read fine.)
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