Topic: When I talk to NON-BitcoinTalkers they don't know.. (Read 3013 times)

People aren't just adapt to getting new things regularly, and when they do it does need to a continuous flow, I tried bitcoin'ing some friends and they didn't understand or have a shred of interest, but when silk road fallen and everything was in the media, they came to ask me again about it, MEDIA is effective as it can be.

Sometimes explaining won't be enough, it's not just about that the system is complex or it is hard to explain but if they can't experience the real thing they won't be able to fully understand it. Yeah we can. Explain how it will work or how it will function but knowledge is only meaningful if you put it into practice. Yup we did our part of explaining it to them and the decision is on them on whether they are willing to join this community but still it will be good that they are part of this.


Every great scientists experienced that, reminder when Nikola Tesla revolutionized the modern electrical engineering. People that time even some scientists that time can barely understand what Tesla is saying. It's like being an " alien among us ". We can't blame them because humans knowledge is limited only to what it can hear, feel and see. Only few go outside the box and get rid of it, of course we can laugh to someone when we can't understand what he is babbling about but that is the problem, some don't even try to listen! They don't even try to understand, we should be thankful that there are people that is putting so much effort to give information to those who don't understand. I feel pity for those who just knows how to mock someone without even understanding what he's talking about.

Whenever I explain bitcoin to newbies, they look to me as if I am talking about quantum physics. What more if I have to explain to them BU, Segwit, Lightning and all that is happening right now in bitcoin. They'll be lost.

It is better for them to know it on their own. If they are really interested, they'll dig it up.

For us, let us relax and enjoy the summer sun.

I also had the same feeling several times before, because of this. Nowdays, I only talk about bitcoin if i know that the people I talk to will understand it and if they have questions, they can ask the questions in the proper way, and they are interested in the answers as well (no trolls )
In the conversation mentioning the depth of the technical background of bitcoin can also make difference, because non-IT people will need more time to understand it, and if they're not patient enough, it it can lead them to resist the complete thing.
Some people are only interested if this can make them rich really quickly or not, and if I say no, they'll quickly lose their interest...

I understand that feeling of being stupid. just imaging how did Albert Einstein had faced this same situation he has tried to explain his theory to other people but all they had said is he was crazy. We also face this same situation when people around us do not exactly gets what we are saying but i don't care because i know exactly what i am using and how this can change their feature

it is because your friends didn't use bitcoin in practical and that is the reason that they doesn't want to believe in bitcoin they just think that it is the wastage of time but if once they join the bitcoin community then they could believe in this digital currency. well it is their unawareness that they doesn't believe in bitcoin.

The same happens to me but at the end they are the ones to decide their financial futures, in ten years we will know who was right, if it was them saying bitcoin was never going to work, or if I was the one I was right when the price of bitcoin skyrockets.

The right choice. Actually the things I want to look for is the advantages and benefits that I can get when using bitcoin, if indeed a lot out there that talk or discuss about other things or ways to deliver solutions to the bitcoin then I am very happy and grateful to them. But as long as it is only still be discussions or projects that have yet to be applied. then I'm in no mood to talk about it, because we live already has a lot of matters to be resolved
 

I think it would be better if your friends are curious and interested in bitcoin as they will tend to be more active. although you explain all about bitcoin but your friends don't really want to digest your explanation it will be difficult even get confused.

Well, I usually have those moments with my friends also when I'm talking to them about bitcoin. They're aware that BTC exists but they didn't want to get involved in it because they don't believe in digital currency. They believe in stocks and commodities but don't give any of their attention to BTC. And their faces will have blank responses when I talk about the looming hard fork of it.   

While bitcoin can give good earnings the time where bitcoin will give to us enormous earnings has passed after all it is way easier for a coin that is worth a dollar to be worth ten dollars than it is for a bitcoin with a value of one thousand to be worth ten thousand.

It is also the reason why there are a lot of people here who do not know the real issues with Bitcoin. They also do not try to understand how it works and what try to think what it is supposed to be in our society. All they want from it is to make money from it just like any get rich quick scheme.

There are a lots of people here that do not know bitcoin, and I guess they are not really interested on it because it is a internet thing, but when they knew that these digital currency is a good asset or investment, they will be changing their minds quickly, no second thoughts. Many people here in our place loves earning money even if it is not that big, they love making businesses but the only problem is their capital to start that business. I can use that to let them know what bitcoin does and what does it hold in the near future.

yes the price often come to discussion when we talk about the investment in bitcoin while for many the earning of it is important which maybe for free or from investment. While I also have saw some people talking about its feature of globality. But I have not saw anyone saying that it is used by criminals.

I agree with OP completely! Most interesting was the part when he say " too much information's for them", yea that is it, I had many moments like that one. We should really get out more, winter is behind us and now we will get out much more, that's why price of bitcoin is falling down every summer.

That's pretty anecdotal evidence you've got there :p When I mention Bitcoin to my friends, the conversation is more about the price than anything else to be honest.
I don't think that everybody sees Bitcoin as something that's only being used by criminals... Just saying..

I rarely talk to people about bitcoin. You just can't met anyone on the street, at the dentist, in the shops etc. and start to talk about bitcoin like you would do about weather when you do the small talk. Once I had to talk about bitcoin to a few people and I just convinced them that bitcoin has a practical side, I've ordered a drink for them and payed with my bitcoin debit card after that, they started to belive the every day usage of bitcoin

That is why a lot of people take sides because they miss the point and they think that one implementation will increase the price and double their "wealth". I have noticed this behavior mostly from people from Asia. They do not try to understand the issues happening in Bitcoin, most of them only care about if Bitcoin can make them rich.

Actually sir, where both in the same page I also don't understand yet what segwit means and BU there's must be a bit ideas but still not 100%. Just all I wanna do now is I'm enjoying the usage benefits of bitcoin in my daily routine in life. And it gave a weekly profit too and savings also.

That is why it's a bubble. Not bubble in the sense of something popping but a bubble we live in. It would be hard to believe that they'd even know of this internecine war if they only have a vague idea of what bitcoin is. Especially if they only heard about it through media which mostly portray bitcoin as some bubble about to burst or as criminal tokens.

I believe there are also people who engage in bitcoin but don't know all the intricacies of the system. Including me. Me and other people I know are mostly just here trying to make a profit and we are just watching how things will turn out.


Oh no! It's gonna be horrible here again in the tropics. I'll just stay in away from the sun. I'm basically wearing so much fur all the time I'd put the Starks to shame.