One of the main reasons why people are aloof with bitcoin is because they don’t know about how it works.
It’s a natural tendency for people to avoid what they don’t know and they’re not familiar with. It’s like looking on a restaurant’s menu. If it’s your first time in a restaurant, most of you will pick the food you know that is delicious and will not disappoint your taste buds. Majority will play safe to savor the food they paid for. They want a guarantee that their money won’t be put into waste. Same goes with bitcoin usage. People that avoid using bitcoin are the same people that know nothing or very little about it. In addition, some of them have wrong perception about it as well. Hence, opting to use the traditional payment method such as paying in cash and using bank accounts so that their money will not be scammed.
We can’t force these people who avoid bitcoin in using it. What we can do is educate them and guide them to know more about its advantages and disadvantages. In that way, they would be knowledgeable about cryptocurrency. After this, we should let them decide on their own. We’ve done our part and we should leave the choice on their hands whether to use it or not.
That's certainly true, mate. It's no secret that most people are unaware of Bitcoin's true benefits relative to Fiat. They're only judging Bitcoin based on its price and negative uses in the mainstream world. But they haven't gone deeper to explore its hidden potential. Some will believe what it's said by mainstream media and the government, while others will do their own research to know what Bitcoin is all about. As long as we do our part in spreading awareness of Bitcoin to the mainstream world, there should be nothing to worry about. Bitcoin will have both its supporters and haters. It happens all of the time with Fiat and any other asset/commodity/precious metal in the real world. We cannot force people to join the Bitcoin revolution as not everybody has the same preferences.
Given that Fiat still dominates the mainstream economy, Bitcoin will co-exist with the traditional monetary system for a long time. Decentralization and censorship resistance is all that matters in order to bring banking to the unbanked. Otherwise Bitcoin will be no different than ordinary banks. With due time, people will be able to recognize Bitcoin as the next generation of Gold. We just have to be patient to see positive results in the long run. Just my opinion