Topic: Who hasn't heard of bitcoins? (Read 1517 times)
More and more people know every day, always a surprise to me and ever increasingly so..
http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats.htm
2,405,518,376 internet users.
So you're saying bitcoin has more than 24 milion people involved? Cool story bro.
Hmmm.
OK, maybe less.
But more than you think
http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats.htm
2,405,518,376 internet users.
So you're saying bitcoin has more than 24 milion people involved? Cool story bro.
Hmmm.
OK, maybe less.
But more than you think
Less than 1% people who use internet.
Probably more.
Bitcoiners are not a lof of people ...
2,405,518,376 internet users.
So you're saying bitcoin has more than 24 milion people involved? Cool story bro.
Less than 1% people who use internet.
Probably more.
Bitcoiners are not a lof of people ...
I agree, but most dont need Bitcoin technology for anything
Less than 1% people who use internet.
Probably more.
Bitcoiners are not a lof of people ...
Less than 1% people who use internet.
pepole who never use the internet? probably 30% of the worlds population.
Most people look at me strange
You are strange. 
Most people look at me strange
Better subject would be: Who has heard of bitcoins?
Yea most of my friends don't have a clue about bitcoins or how they work. Its gonna take a while before this catches on
It's difficult to explain/understand the concept within a few minutes.
Ask again in 2 years, maybe a few more people will know.
Yeah hopefully. Who knows where we'll be in 2 years.
Ask again in 2 years, maybe a few more people will know.
Yeah hopefully. Who knows where we'll be in 2 years.
I wear a Bitcoin t-shirt 1-2 days a week. I wear it when I know I'll be in places with lots of people. About once a month, someone will walk up to me and say, "Hey, you're into Bitcoin too?" Those are other miners. About every 6 weeks, someone will say, "I saw that on the news...what is that?" They usually think it's associated with "the dark side" and I politely explain that just as BTC can be used for those things, so can cash. Since people don't view cash that's used for those things negatively, neither should they view BTC negatively. Then I talk about what I've used it for (t-shirts, computer equipment, gifts), how the Winklevoss twins are creating a fund for it, how the transaction fees compare to PayPal and banks, or whatever I can do to create interest.
I figure the more people that know about it, the more it will be used...and the value of my BTC will go up
And even if nobody talks to me, it gets the BTC name out there in people's minds. It's a good-looking shirt (black, with orange "bitcoin" written in the bitcoin [ubuntu] font).
So get yourself a t-shirt!
I figure the more people that know about it, the more it will be used...and the value of my BTC will go up
And even if nobody talks to me, it gets the BTC name out there in people's minds. It's a good-looking shirt (black, with orange "bitcoin" written in the bitcoin [ubuntu] font).So get yourself a t-shirt!
Ask again in 2 years, maybe a few more people will know.
No-one I know has heard of it before I told them.
I think all aspects of it are going to have to get easier. I have a good friend who actually introduced me to Bitcoin while I was recovering from a stroke and more or less strong-armed me into starting to mine ( I think just to get me involved in /something/ ), and yet he has no real interest in it at all, other than intellectually. I even tried to give him some coins once to play with and he "didn't want to have to learn all that stuff", unquote, though he might be more interested now that the coin is above $100. I think it's going to have to be as easy as using a credit card for most people, it's still a geek/nerd thing now, with a steep (though not impossible) learning curve. At least if you don't want your wallet ripped off and bad stuff like that.
Like the quote goes, if you make people think they're thinking they'll love you, but if you actually make them think they'll hate you.
russell
2 of my friends know about it, and 99% of others don't. The crypto niche is still small maybe 300k people?
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