enormous amount of people don't know it yet....
I'm among people every day, crossfit etc for example where a lot of people just come in after there day and in spaces like this ... we can see that most of the people just don't know a lot about BTC.
I have the same experience, even though it's been 15 years since the first BTC transaction, most research indicates that less than 5% of people globally have anything to do with Bitcoin. It is still somewhat explainable that interest was relatively low until 2017, but even though interest increased after that, it is still very modest if we consider that BTC has broken into the mainstream.
However, I personally see a big difference between people's awareness of this issue when it comes to the US and the EU, because Bitcoin is a hot topic there in all mainstream media, but somehow it seems to me that it is still a taboo topic in many EU countries. I have personally met people who are supposed to be intelligent considering their position in society, but 90% of them have a very bad opinion about Bitcoin.
Maybe some people would be offended, but somehow I have become convinced that very few people have the ability to understand something like Bitcoin - as if they have already been brainwashed to the extent that they believe only what their governments tell them.
Exactly that …. Met a lot of people who I consider to be much smarter as myself… higher studies, good jobs etc
But just the belief in what government tell them makes me reconsider my opinion of being smart …
Also being smart bc of studies or jobs can be an illusion as well imo, a lot of them have put some hard work into things and are well earned where they are, but at the same time a lot of them have been lucky with knowing some of the right people at the right time etc
Also being high schooled and good studies can help, but at the same time a lot of people with not the best school carrière can succeed as well… I wasn’t the best in class, never had the interest at a young age and I met was lucky after school meeting the right person at the best time to introduce me to BTC …. But still even he told be to keep stacking and Hodling… it was still me who had to hold and keep on to it…
Also lately I did a lot of travels in the EU and out the EU and still it surprises be how low of a % of people
Really knowing BTC…. Also every single one who knows or heard of it is more interested in the low cap meme/alt coins etc
The ones who heard of BTC are still in the tunnel vision of can we get FIAT rich fast?